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JoeBoonie
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A GenXer, Louisiana native, who mines fiat as an insurance agent, gamer Dad, amateur photography, and moon enthusiast. I follow back. I love it here!

#nostr since 3/13/2024. 🥳

🩶 Dad's story ended 10-27-2025. Grief has inspired a book I started to author in 2026.
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Recent Notes

verita84 · 2w
Bistros suck Eat manly food
JoeBoonie · 2w
Woops. I meant I don't miss it.
Vic · 2w
USAA was bought out by the Indians. Been going south ever since
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I've always wondered about that, the bigger picture though. With globalization on the rise and corporations moving operations offshore, no identity is private. Post 9-11 and cyber terrorism runing rampant, breeches are very common.

When banks and insurers move operations offshore, they're essentially putting member data outside of direct national regulations and protections. Its really not rocket science.
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This mocking bird came by this week to remind me that, to them, I am nothing more than a human tragedy wrapped in a corporate spreadsheet, archived with zero relays to send an S.O.S.

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FilanysZ · 2w
Haha the earliest bird gets to mock the rest!
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My experience with USAA was horrible. They treat the family of the deceased as if they are just another transaction to be processed, a cold account number to be closed, and not a grieving family in need of compassion and support.

... an inconvenient liability, a set of paperwork that refuses to align, and a nuisance to be managed rather than a legacy to be respected.

... an administrative error ... a cold set of checkboxes to be ticked and a file to be archived, as if the grief of a lifetime can be resolved with a processed claim and a closed account.

... ghosts in the system ... invisible, irrelevant, and an inconvenience to the bottom line, reducing a human tragedy to a series of bureaucratic hurdles and a cold, processed exit.

... like a canceled policy—nothing more than an open file waiting to be closed, devoid of humanity or respect.

Sorry to be so negative, but its been hell since March with these people. Glad to be finally rid of them.
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Vic · 2w
USAA was bought out by the Indians. Been going south ever since