Insurance Companies court the wrath of Gigantor the Super-Baby - Page 2

Wigmund · 10-12-2009, 10:27 PM

I'm glad I went with the book cover, I was trying to find an animated pic of the giant baby from Spirited Away.

Found footage of the kid from his hometown news station.

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Dr. Speedie at Rocky Mountain Health Plans says all babies are evaluated for insurance the same way. "In children it's based on a combination of height and weight."

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Dr. Speedie

This story keeps dropping little blessings like I'm sure thunder-tyke does in his adult-sized diapers.

Marc v4.0 · 10-12-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

It is. And what's worse, you can't send the military against it, because who'd be asshole enough to fire a missile at it or direct a tank brigade to open fire?

The Insurance Company

bluestarultor · 10-12-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

The Insurance Company

I was going to say I wouldn't have put it past Patton, but that works, too.

Mirai Gen · 10-12-2009, 11:50 PM

We need to get this kid a costume the moment he turns 16.

Amake · 10-13-2009, 12:02 AM

Wow. Usually when insurance companies get called in public on, well, anything they do, they fold over faster than Sweden folded for the nazis. My general impression is that you have to get the news to report on your case to get insurance companies to do their jobs.

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Deny coverage to a baby of a television news anchor!

That was just stupid.

That's right, marking yourself for the vengeance of a future rampaging giant is not the stupidest part.

Professor Smarmiarty · 10-13-2009, 02:25 AM

But if Gigantor smashes up the insurance company when he is older, doesn't that retroactively justify the actions of the company?

Arhra · 10-13-2009, 07:28 AM

If I was to shoot a man and he came back and beat me to within an inch of my life, wouldn't that retroactively justify me shooting him?

Professor Smarmiarty · 10-13-2009, 07:43 AM

That situation is completley different.
It's the insurance companies job to assess likelihood of risk and if they assess you as "likely to go on city stomping rampage" and then you do in fact go on a city-stomping rampage then they are 100% correct.

Arhra · 10-13-2009, 08:29 AM

Wait, so insurance companies can maaaaaagically determine if a baby is likely to go on a city stomping rampage twenty years from now?

Professor Smarmiarty · 10-13-2009, 08:36 AM

That's pretty much what they attempt to do, yes.

Less jokingly they weigh up risks and rewards and oversides baby puts a big tick in the "city crushing" column which is a bad column for the insurance men indeed.

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10-13-2009, 08:29 AM	#19
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10-13-2009, 08:36 AM	#20
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	That's pretty much what they attempt to do, yes. Less jokingly they weigh up risks and rewards and oversides baby puts a big tick in the "city crushing" column which is a bad column for the insurance men indeed. Last edited by Professor Smarmiarty; 10-13-2009 at 08:42 AM.

10-13-2009, 02:25 AM	#16
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	But if Gigantor smashes up the insurance company when he is older, doesn't that retroactively justify the actions of the company?