Irrational Robot
@irrationalrobot.bsky.social
Arcade games, lock picking, speed cubing, movie reviews, I'm "a little better than average" at a lot of dumb stuff.
Love to hate my least favorite sports teams. I watched the Simpsons when it originally aired
Love to hate my least favorite sports teams. I watched the Simpsons when it originally aired
Pre-ACA, my family did the individualized browsing route, and ended up picking a concierge health care service plus a catastrophic plan, and that worked pretty well, but post ACA the concierge model went away.
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
Qliance closes after 10-year effort at new approach to basic medical care
Seattle-based Qliance is closing its clinics, affecting some 13,000 patients who participated in its subscription-based model for primary care.
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pre-ACA, my family did the individualized browsing route, and ended up picking a concierge health care service plus a catastrophic plan, and that worked pretty well, but post ACA the concierge model went away.
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
Airline tickets are pretty individualized. If I want to go to Denver, it doesn't really matter if I go alone or take six people.
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Airline tickets are pretty individualized. If I want to go to Denver, it doesn't really matter if I go alone or take six people.
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
There's a school of thought that shopping for insurance should be like shopping for airline tickets.
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's a school of thought that shopping for insurance should be like shopping for airline tickets.
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
Gosh that sounds cool. Heck, I liked Renegade when that was in arcades. 4 player co-op beat em up loosely based on Xenophon's Ten Thousand?
Sign. Me. Up.
Sign. Me. Up.
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Gosh that sounds cool. Heck, I liked Renegade when that was in arcades. 4 player co-op beat em up loosely based on Xenophon's Ten Thousand?
Sign. Me. Up.
Sign. Me. Up.
I remember it coming out, but please indulge me and just tell me awesome things about it so that I can like another post about it. :-)
It looked so damned cool.
It looked so damned cool.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I remember it coming out, but please indulge me and just tell me awesome things about it so that I can like another post about it. :-)
It looked so damned cool.
It looked so damned cool.
Good place for a Phil Foglio reference. :-)
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Good place for a Phil Foglio reference. :-)
I'm just here to post how much I love Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I'm just here to post how much I love Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas.
My teenagers did a pretty good job understanding what might be a problem with a 50 year mortgage.
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My teenagers did a pretty good job understanding what might be a problem with a 50 year mortgage.
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
Paul, when he read the graffito
two men are standing next to each other with their mouths open .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other with their mouths open .
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Paul, when he read the graffito
Looks like after the president found this "one weird trick," (hey! If someone sues DOJ, I can just order them to settle!) he's trying to roll it out to friendly Congress critters.
New tiers of corruption.
New tiers of corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Looks like after the president found this "one weird trick," (hey! If someone sues DOJ, I can just order them to settle!) he's trying to roll it out to friendly Congress critters.
New tiers of corruption.
New tiers of corruption.
He will not see me in my Kart
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He will not see me in my Kart
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
And... I was wrong by the time I finished writing the skeet. Okay. :-)
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And... I was wrong by the time I finished writing the skeet. Okay. :-)
The cameras come out, he stands and poses.
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The cameras come out, he stands and poses.
Taco Chronicles, Volume 1 episode 1 is required viewing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Ch...!
(Yes, it is on Netflix)
(Yes, it is on Netflix)
Taco Chronicles - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Taco Chronicles, Volume 1 episode 1 is required viewing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Ch...!
(Yes, it is on Netflix)
(Yes, it is on Netflix)
Things he probably associates with grocery stores:
* Having someone scan your groceries (no self check)
* Paying with a personal check (no tap-to-pay)
* Browsing the VHS video rentals before leaving
* Picking up some pictures from the photo department (yep, that's a thing that used to happen)
* Having someone scan your groceries (no self check)
* Paying with a personal check (no tap-to-pay)
* Browsing the VHS video rentals before leaving
* Picking up some pictures from the photo department (yep, that's a thing that used to happen)
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Things he probably associates with grocery stores:
* Having someone scan your groceries (no self check)
* Paying with a personal check (no tap-to-pay)
* Browsing the VHS video rentals before leaving
* Picking up some pictures from the photo department (yep, that's a thing that used to happen)
* Having someone scan your groceries (no self check)
* Paying with a personal check (no tap-to-pay)
* Browsing the VHS video rentals before leaving
* Picking up some pictures from the photo department (yep, that's a thing that used to happen)
Best campaign swag ever
debsfoundation.org/index.php/pr...
From when he was an inmate running for president!
debsfoundation.org/index.php/pr...
From when he was an inmate running for president!
1920 Campaign Button – The Eugene V. Debs Foundation
debsfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Best campaign swag ever
debsfoundation.org/index.php/pr...
From when he was an inmate running for president!
debsfoundation.org/index.php/pr...
From when he was an inmate running for president!
Humble suggestion to conclude with Rick Moranis absolutely _killing_ his line at 1:57 here...
youtu.be/KNHrzZUascE?...
youtu.be/KNHrzZUascE?...
Little Shop of Horrors - Feed Me
YouTube video by Ivan Gibson
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November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Humble suggestion to conclude with Rick Moranis absolutely _killing_ his line at 1:57 here...
youtu.be/KNHrzZUascE?...
youtu.be/KNHrzZUascE?...
Reposted by Irrational Robot
This is video of the incident bsky.app/profile/thet...
“YOU hit HER.”
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is video of the incident bsky.app/profile/thet...
Nope, you were right!
November 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Nope, you were right!
I thought that the scorer gave him the win for game 7?
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I thought that the scorer gave him the win for game 7?
My kid and I were talking about how "Max Munchy" sounds like an 80s breakfast cereal mascot.
Who's going to eat this bowl of corn fried sugar poppos?
It's Max Munchy! Whaddya say, Max?
Max: Ooga Booga delicious!
Who's going to eat this bowl of corn fried sugar poppos?
It's Max Munchy! Whaddya say, Max?
Max: Ooga Booga delicious!
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My kid and I were talking about how "Max Munchy" sounds like an 80s breakfast cereal mascot.
Who's going to eat this bowl of corn fried sugar poppos?
It's Max Munchy! Whaddya say, Max?
Max: Ooga Booga delicious!
Who's going to eat this bowl of corn fried sugar poppos?
It's Max Munchy! Whaddya say, Max?
Max: Ooga Booga delicious!