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[–] orrk@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

oh yay, a techno dystopia, just wait for the repo men after you miss your heart payment

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 hours ago

https://tubitv.com/movies/332938/repo-the-genetic-opera

I guess that could be the specific dystopia we're aiming for. It's a hell of a race to beat the other dystopias/apocalypses there though. But what else would you expect from a type 13 planet in it's final stage?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is Australia, so the patient would be out of pocket about $2.50 for parking at the hospital.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

Canada's the same except we have serious parking mafia and it's c$20.

When my dear friend suffered a Widowmaker heart attack, and they lit up and staffed a theatre on an early holiday Sunday morning for a brace of stents, he didn't have to sell his house to make payments for it... Because it was c$20 for parking and a bit more for some really bad coffee. Costs were borne by all of us and it was pre-paid from taxes.

Dude survived and annoys us with his sarcasm and piss-takes to this day.