strangebattery

I'm learning Swedish. Any chance you could give a quick tip on the "posture" of Swedish?

Were you on a podcast recently? I listened to one that interviewed a scare actor and he talked a lot about his gargoyle outfit. Remembered it because I go to tons of haunted houses and have never seen a gargoyle.

Why is therapy not only incredibly expensive but often must be paid out of pocket?

I've read a number of articles by therapists who explain why they don't like working with insurance - plenty of totally good reasons - but almost every therapist in my area is $200+ per hour. I gave up after months of looking for one with my (extremely good) insurance - as soon as I resigned myself to paying out of pocket I had my pick of a million good therapists (and found an excellent one).

But I still resent the cost. I hear their arguments that they go to school for a long time and need to recoup that money, but that's $400,000+ a year. I just don't buy these articles about how that's necessary to "make a living." Makes me think of politicians and other high earners who say "[astronomical salary] isn't that much these days."

Surely you can sense my anger here, but can you speak to this?