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I thought that was obvious when they crucified him /s

Yep.

A graduated tax structure is evidently just literally too complex for about half the population to understand.

Throw 'how is Social Security funded' into that as well.

The top bracket is 176,000 and everything above that.

All it would take to keep Soc Sec funded is just add more brackets after that.

But nope, America is full of morons who think that their dumb ass making 40k or 80k is going to see a higher tax bill if you explicitly only additionally tax those making stupendous amounts of money.

Some people are terrible with money. Take my wife... (Please) - after 20 years she suddenly* decided she wants a divorce. Rather than either of us keep our house, she wants to sell it and split the equity we get out of it. Fair enough, I can agree with that... But then she said she wanted to dump it on a flipper for 300k, when comparable houses have gone for 430-450. I said if you're going to let it go that cheap, let me buy you out. I crunched the numbers, we owe 150k, so I'd either refinance or assume the loan, and give her 75k (her half of the difference between the sale price and what we owe) - she accused me of trying to screw her over. "I'm not letting you have the house for $75k!" "That's right, you're not- we (the couple) would be selling it to me (the individual) for $300k, it's the same as dumping it on a flipper, just that I'm the flipper!" There was no getting through to her. Eventually she agreed to try and sell it properly for what it's worth.

*to me... Evidently she had made up her mind months ago, but wasn't going to tell me until her job situation improved...

This misconception is widespread enough that I can only think that it is deliberately perpetuated by the ruling class to save them money. The number of people who are convinced that going up a tax bracket could mean you make less total money is astounding, and many of them are like your uncle— utterly convinced to the point that being informed correctly sounds like naivety to them.

If you're on some social security program it could be wise to turn down a small raise. At least in some places. Once you earn above a certain limit those benefits stop and you actually lose money.

I had to explain progressive taxation to a coworker a while ago. Admittedly he was in his mid 20s and was a self described bad student. To his credit he actually understood. He also went back to school some time later and got an undergraduate degree.

Sometimes there's hope for people.

I briefly took insulin for type 2, and it was made very clear to me what the symptoms for low blood sugar were and what to do about it. It seems like a banana is the preferred way, but I think things like M&Ms and juice are also popular choices.

So I’m also baffled that someone with type 1 for so long wouldn’t know that.

Also, just a small correction to your story. Insulin is used to lower blood sugar. If she was passing out from low blood sugar, she wouldn’t be taking insulin. She probably had some sort of glucagon pen

It's definitely a little weird. Just about thing first thing you realize (or should), is that sugar=carbs. You also know, and are told repeatedly, what to avoid (and thus what to go for in the case of an emergency). The nurses/doctors always told us that the expensive shit wasn't necessary. The glucagon shot is expensive, and only is really needed if you're unconscious, which makes it sort of useless to carry because the people around you who know you're diabetic are (I guess maybe not...) usually informed enough to shove something like orange juice or soda at you, well before you go unconscious. You (or the parent) keep something like soda, cake frosting / honey, or candy bars in proximity. Heck, I use granola bars because those little shits will spike the blood sugar faster than a candy bar, and they don't melt. My car has them, my backpack has them; I once carried the little juicy juice boxes but those spoil faster in heat/cold/physical bruising cycles of being carried around.

Even in just the context of day-to-day life, I know to control the blood sugar by what I eat. If I'm going low, I can have a very small amount of those no-no items, like soda or a candy bar. I also know that if I consume that, the blood sugar will spike before the insulin kicks in (it's really hard to give the insulin ahead enough of time to stop the spike without also driving the blood sugar low first). It's why they're avoided in the first place. That makes the poor girl's lack of awareness of it sound really, really odd.

It sucks that she felt embarrassed about it. I get tired of the comments/thoughts that behaviors are diabetes-driven from people who know me, so I get it. It can be quite the source of amusement though. There are stories in my family of the ones with diabetes doing some crazy things, and I've got a few of my own that I joke about. Waking up with a low blood sugar makes me think the dreams were real, as an example. Sure, everyone's got some sleep paralysis thoughts, but try huddling under your covers for an entire morning thinking you're about to get busted by cops for murdering abe lincoln.

山尺工卞工几呂　勹丹尸丹几ヨ己ヨ　工己　ヨ丹己と!

I saw a brand a while back, can't remember exactly what, something like coffee or chocolate, and they were using this fake Japanese for all their product names and merchandise labels.

It was certainly the most surefire way to instantly demonstrate to me they have no actual understanding of, or connection with, Japan or Japanese culture at all.