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Re:YouTuber builds his own x-ray machine after $69k hospital... by throwaway675309 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @04:12PM (#30794788)
Trivializing the cost as "just $2500" speaks more about your privilege than it does anything else.
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Re:YouTuber builds his own x-ray machine after $69k hospital... by sgjohnson on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:11PM (#30795385)
It has nothing to do with privilege or anything other than basic relativity. $2.5k is “just $2.5k” relative to $69k for everyone.
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