• @[email protected]
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    1319 hours ago

    Some are mandated, like auto insurance. Some are because your relative loss from buying insurance is waaaaaaaay less than your loss from an actual disaster. I for one don’t mind paying (and this is an example, lol, like I can afford a home in my area) $200k over 40 years when the cost to rebuild my home after a fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or godzilla would be >$400k.

    Health insurance is the real head scratcher. It’s almost a guarantee that you’ll need it at some point. Pet insurance falls under this as well. A friend was telling me that it was a no brainer unless you’re the type to shoot the dog as soon as it gets mildly sick. It’s something along the lines of $40 a month, which means you’re paying $480 a year, or maybe $4,800-$9,600 over the 10-20 year lifespan of the dog (it’s a dog in this example because my fingers like the d more than the c). You know how much a single emergency with a dog can cost? Probably the entire amount you’d pay over a 10 year life span. If it is a longer problem, it balloons even more. And, importantly, right now pet insurance is where health insurance was at years ago, where they didn’t scratch out your eyeballs over every payment. It may take that turn here soon, once the industry is more established. That’s what my buddy actually wants to do, is review cases for pet insurance companies. I might have to toss him out of the car one day if it gets to the point of our human health insurance.

    • @Maggoty
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      717 hours ago

      I might have to toss him out of the car one day if it gets to the point of our human health insurance.

      Just take him for a walk…

    • @Agrivar
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      318 hours ago

      (it’s a dog in this example because my fingers like the d more than the c)

      Come again?

      • @[email protected]
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        11 hours ago

        See, if I liked the c more than the d, I would be using a cat as an example. You know… typing? My fingers like the d, which is on the home keys, more than the c, which is a downwards reach.

        • @Serinus
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          27 hours ago

          This isn’t one you can dig yourself out of.

      • @EvacuateSoul
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        214 hours ago

        This stopped me in my tracks also lmao. I was wondering how you get vet bills from playing red rocket.

      • @Cort
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