Breaking Bad....Only in America

[ShaMan]

Shhhh call 8675309 and ask for "Jenny".

I actually get that joke. How old do I feel now?

40something?

[Chad32]

I must be.

[FreeTony]

I saw a comment by a doctor on facebook that actually with the advanced nature of the cancer in Breaking Bad Walt woudn't have had treatment under NHS rules ( I've no idea whether that is true or not).

Having said that I think any modern society should have an NHS. It's not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than what goes on in America. I had a minor operation on the NHS last month and they were great.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

Shhhh call 8675309 and ask for "Jenny".

I actually get that joke. How old do I feel now?

I only get it because of the short-lived talent show "Rock Star." One of the worst contestants sang that song and it was hilariously awful, as was pretty much every one of her performances, except the one she did in Spanish.

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I saw a comment by a doctor on facebook that actually with the advanced nature of the cancer in Breaking Bad Walt woudn't have had treatment under NHS rules ( I've no idea whether that is true or not).

Having said that I think any modern society should have an NHS. It's not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than what goes on in America. I had a minor operation on the NHS last month and they were great.

*GASP* But that would be SOCIALISM!

[Mr. Moncrieff]

I actually get that joke. How old do I feel now?

40something?

I'm 28.

Does that help?

[Chad32]

You've heard that song too, and you're four years younger than me?

[Mr. Moncrieff]

You've heard that song too, and you're four years younger than me?

My dad liked Tommy Tutone...

Now how old do you feel?

[kılıç_mehmet]

Well, the Brits do probably pay more taxes in accordance though. They are used to it. Though for Americans, who hate the mere thought of their coin slipping through their fingers, I'd say that it needs some getting used to. Increase of government services requires either an increase of Tax(and believe it or not, taxing the rich more will not be adequate. Everyone must be taxed more.), or increase of government owned businesses that will generate revenue to pay for it. Else, you'd have more and more internal debt, though internal debt is something that the US certainly does not lack in.

In my opinion, that certainly is a good deal, like, paying more tax, and receiving free healthcare, though some people do not feel the need to pay for other people's health, and in the US, I'd say that they're right. High numbers of drug addicts, high numbers of obese people, high numbers of people with STD's....The Americans simply do not wish to be healthy as it seems, and I don't see how anyone should be obliged to look after the health of someone else that does not do the same for his own person, by eating fatty food, engaging in excessive unprotected fornication or using illegal drugs.
Cigarettes and alcohol are there too, though I don't know much about the prominence of those as causes of major health problems in the US.

Free healthcare is first and foremost a deal. A public contract. And people who act in ways to bring various forms of illnesses upon themselves break that contract. And when one talks of universal healthcare for a country, one should look at the prominence of the collective consciousness within that country. A sense of unity must be in the minds of the citizens, a feeling of obligation to your fellow countrymen. I don't see that in the US. You might say, have you ever been there? No. But from what I gathered from my conversations with Americans on the Internet, I'd say that roughly 300 years of existence has not really contributed to much in those areas.

I'd say that the US taxpayer money, and all legislations, laws and etc. that are made after this point on, should be there to improve the overall health of the Americans by promoting healthy lifestyles, banning fast food, introducing healthier food choices into the kitchens of the average Americans, combatting drugs more efficiently(instead of legalizing them as some have suggested here), and to promote a healthy and regulated sexuality by education and the ban of material in the media that glorifies irresponsible behavior.
Then, when a better health standard has been established, a universal healthcare should be implemented.

Although, I think that the US government could spare some money to allow its citizens to get a check in a hospital for minor ailments.

[Chad32]

You've heard that song too, and you're four years younger than me?

My dad liked Tommy Tutone...

Now how old do you feel?

Too old.

[Aractus]

Well I'm glad it was set here because it's my favorite show ever.

It is a good show, but can you tell me this. Why do they waste time stealing methylamine just to make their precursor when they could instead use phenylalanine to make amphetamine as their precursor which results in a far simpler cook (amphetamine + chloromethane + vapourize together = meth), and would mean they don't need to get their hands on any difficult-to-obtain and restricted chemicals? Here's a link. Converting Phe to amphetamine is also very easy, and the whole cook is a lot simpler, and for that matter safer, than a P2P cook. Mr White obviously can't be a very good chemistry teacher if he wants to make meth the hardest imaginable way!

Some one should do a comic of that!