ellabee

@ellabee@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncle brian... I get you now⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  for me, it’s seeing how similar we are. I went low contact and moved away almost 20 years ago. getting to know my now-transmasc brother when we’re both adults is wild. he’s dealt with things differently, but despite 8 years age gap and 18 years not talking, we have a lot in common still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  as long as you don’t think the function bar is a search bar. coworker opened my excel spreadsheet and I guess thought it functioned like Google?

  I was right behind her to train so no formulas were injured.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was in medical billing about 20 years ago, specifically working to get ambulance billing paid by United Healthcare, Blue Cross, whatever. at that time I hated united slightly more than the VA. the VA was a year behind on payment, and they sent a lump check with the list of what it covered separate. but at least they kept track and paid.

  we had to take United Healthcare to the insurance commissioner because their process was deny, then lose the claim, then deny for late billing.

  instead of responding to the insurance commissioner or providing the requested docs or anything, they waited it out, paid the fine, paid the specific claims, and continued as usual.

  so yeah. AI working the way they trained it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll never not want to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  guinea pigs are potatoes. usually you look for the ears, but on a curly multicolor those can be hard to find :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll never not want to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Roxy (cat) and Jasper (guinea pig)

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What kind of upbringing makes an incel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew a guy in real life who got into men’s rights and Men Going Their Own Way nonsense- basically, he had sex so he didn’t qualify for incel, but he held a lot of the same beliefs.

  I was the only woman he seemed to have any respect for. He didn’t respect his mother or younger sister, felt they had taken advantage of his dad and were now taking advantage of him. The one girlfriend I know he had, was very manipulative and not a good girlfriend.

  I pointed out all the issues with his thinking and his MRA, MGOTW sources multiple times. he’d come back around to being reasonable for a while, then wander back into the toxic wilds of the internet. eventually, I gave up; I can’t be the only voice of reason you bother to listen to.