Styxia

• pay online fee: $2.50
• Paper bill/pay by check fee: $5.00.

I made the numbers up as I don’t recall them offhand but my energy company effectively has this policy now. :/

At a guess, the number being needed to pass the validation? Though the strong tag does give it a better dad-joke vibe.

“I was being sarcastic” surely could be the defensible response… right… right?!~/s~

Don’t want to assume where you live, I found several available as a poster/print by searching “Milky Way Galaxy Map Poster”

(“google it” is often a scornful response, please know that is not my intention here.)

Reminds me of “The Cube Rule”, which argues that a hot dog is a taco!

(Sincere) are you implying that these pictures are the elite/upper class and the counter narrative is more the norm of the time?

Edit: nvm, other comments in the feed seem to add further context.

But that first purge feels so healthy though!

Kinda…. :/

Epitome and Penchant for me. Mocked mercilessly for those two.

I read recently that white plastic was the more expensive color to produce. I wanted to cite/link a source but internet search is frustratingly bad these days.

Edit: Not quite what I read but close enough.

https://moralfibres.co.uk/the-plastics-to-avoid-next-time-youre-shopping/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1bxng7f/comment/kyehonz/

Ridiculous isn’t it? I had my annual physical a few weeks back, which for me is filling an online form and having my blood pressure read and a few blood tests. $550, insurance pays for everything.

Well. Almost. Turns out 2 of my blood tests were not covered by some healthcare bill passed in 2007. $267. And the mole I asked to be checked, billing code wasn’t covered as standard checkup, and so that question was $240. Mole was benign, and surprisingly didn’t result in some convenience fee.

ER was in-network. The nurse and doctor was also in-network. The second nurse, who connected me to the ECG, and the person who read the ECG was not in-network. No way of knowing at the time. Balance billing was permitted in that state at that time, which out-of-network provider used to the full extent.

I’m still salty about that.