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Aren't you homeless? Your first priority should be a getting a job so you can get out of debt and put a roof over your head. Then worry about big ideas like cha

Aren't you homeless? Your first priority should be a getting a job so you can get out of debt and put a roof over your head. Then worry about big ideas like changing healthcare. To be perfectly candid, the reason people dismiss you is that someone who seems incapable of providing for themselves to take care of their basic needs is certainly incapable of starting a hugely disruptive business. Sorry if this is harsh. Just trying to help.

Mz 14y ago
I left my job in order to finish getting well. I was working at a desk job but the building was in an industrial park, surrounded by factories. Given how expensive and debilitating my condition is via conventional treatments, it makes no sense, financial or otherwise, to pursue an income source which keeps me ill. My first priority should be, and is, my health.
- fearless 14y ago
  Isn't being homeless generally accepted as being more detrimental to health than pretty much any office job? My only point is that you should start at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy and take care of the basics for yourself before trying to change the world. Seriously. Get off the internet, get off HN, and figure out some way to have a stable income(or apply for disability and welfare), get health insurance, etc. After you've done that you can transform healthcare. Not before. Ranting online isn't going to change anything for you. Get out there and fix the basics.
  - Mz 14y ago
    I am fixing the basics. I know you mean well, but you do not know what you are talking about when it comes to my situation. Also, I did not post in this thread to ask for support, but to make a point, and not about me per se. I am sorry you are so distracted by the particulars of my situation, which are really rather incidental to this discussion, which is about HN culture. Anyway, I have things to do. Logging out now. Later.
    - namdnay 14y ago
      > I am sorry you are so distracted by the particulars of my situation, which are really rather incidental to this discussion Well, you did talk a lot about your personal situation in your original comment, so you shouldn't act surprised that the discussion took that turn

Mz 14y ago

I left my job in order to finish getting well. I was working at a desk job but the building was in an industrial park, surrounded by factories. Given how expensive and debilitating my condition is via conventional treatments, it makes no sense, financial or otherwise, to pursue an income source which keeps me ill. My first priority should be, and is, my health.

fearless 14y ago
Isn't being homeless generally accepted as being more detrimental to health than pretty much any office job? My only point is that you should start at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy and take care of the basics for yourself before trying to change the world. Seriously. Get off the internet, get off HN, and figure out some way to have a stable income(or apply for disability and welfare), get health insurance, etc. After you've done that you can transform healthcare. Not before. Ranting online isn't going to change anything for you. Get out there and fix the basics.
- Mz 14y ago
  I am fixing the basics. I know you mean well, but you do not know what you are talking about when it comes to my situation. Also, I did not post in this thread to ask for support, but to make a point, and not about me per se. I am sorry you are so distracted by the particulars of my situation, which are really rather incidental to this discussion, which is about HN culture. Anyway, I have things to do. Logging out now. Later.
  - namdnay 14y ago
    > I am sorry you are so distracted by the particulars of my situation, which are really rather incidental to this discussion Well, you did talk a lot about your personal situation in your original comment, so you shouldn't act surprised that the discussion took that turn