misfiled as "Keet, Electric" @ElectricKeet@awoo.space

@packbat This reminds me of the game "Tonight We Riot" (it's in the itch BLM bundle!) which has a great concept and fun gameplay (but horrible sound mixing).

In it, the player controls one person in a group of rioting protestors. More folks join along the way, but the cops are out in force so it's practically guaranteed some won't make it.

If/when the "lead" dies, another one of the group is randomly assigned and the player keeps on going. As long as one remains, the mission continues.

I figure FTL is like that, and I kinda love it as a change of pace from the usual "chosen one" single hero narrative most games have. And it's not that just anyone could fill the role, but there are plenty of folks who can step into it when needed.

@packbat I've grumbled about this so many times to basically anyone who'll listen. Every week, I have to fill out three different questionnaires (QIDS SR-16, PHQ-9, GAD-7) spanning two double-sided pages:

• early in the day when I haven't encountered most of the day's challenges;
• but late enough to be properly up on my daily meds;
• while navigating bizarrely worded questions and multiple-choice answers that don't really explain what I've been feeling;
• as if I can remember a damn thing about the previous twenty-four hours let alone the previous day aside from "world going to hell but also ponies are nice".

This leads to chronic underreporting, even though the tests themselves add a little more to my anxiety. I'm sure these numbers are doing somebody some good, though....

@Soreth I'm one of those in the quarter, so yeah, I feel ya. For now, though... virtual* hugs!

• may be redeemed for physical hugs at a later date

@packbat It's not even new garbage. It's the exact same garbage Anthem pulled. And they pull it because it always fucking works.

Oh, but wait! There's hope! I can appeal with help from their internal review team, and then request help from an external review team hand-picked by Kaiser Permanente! coughs

I'm just glad they let me know all this before I went to a bunch of sessions they won't pay for! Oh, wait, they're backdating the withdrawal of authorization to April 14.

Same garbage, different names, all while I get worse care than I did before. Yet again, the greatest threat to my health is my health insurance provider.