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by washbrain 4y ago
It's more complicated than that. Inflation is a combination of supply and demand. Too few goods for an extended period of time? Inflation. Excess money allowing people to bid up for the goods they want? Inflation. A sudden reduction of
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by washbrain 4y ago
Right, they change the who from "former student" to "no one".
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by washbrain 4y ago
A huge group of Americans have less than $1000 in the bank. A student loan of $20k can still be a huge financial hardship for them.
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by washbrain 4y ago
Yes, all outlets are biased. It is literally impossible to have a neutral news source. But there's a world of difference between, say, a random article on the BBC and Alex Jones saying the kids in Sandy Hook were crisis actors. I think
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by washbrain 4y ago
No, I'm not debating it. I'm asserting it. It is not a subject of debate. You might as well debate the existence of left handed people. So no, no debate. Your positions are factually wrong.
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by washbrain 4y ago
Almost everyone isn't red haired, doesn't make it ok to exclude red haired people just because they represent 3% of the population.
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by washbrain 4y ago
I'm saying there are gay men in all countries, whether they are in the open or not. Their existence might be underground or behind closed doors, but they are there.
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by washbrain 4y ago
You do not see the hypocrisy in your position? Homosexuality is not unique to humans, it's common in the animal kingdom (including humans) and only unusual in some countries for cultural reasons. It's also universal among all coun
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by washbrain 4y ago
> it's also true that the state has no obligation to subsidize particular lifestyles So you oppose heterosexual marriage as well? As it is also a particular lifestyle.
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by washbrain 4y ago
I have panniers and a cargo rack on the front and back, I've carried six or seven bags of groceries without having to think hard. I've carried a car seat and two large plastic totes at the same time with a bit of Bungie cording.
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by washbrain 4y ago
I have a tern, it's amazing . I can bike at 30mph, most of my errands within a ten mile trip are doable on bike. I do grocery shopping, cargo delivery, a bunch of stuff. It doesn't replace a car for all trips, but you'd be s
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by washbrain 4y ago
The people who buy $100k cars will usually refresh them on the regular, passing the car down to another buyer. But also, the older Tesla's do not and cannot have the hardware for FSD so they really are EoL in that respect.
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by washbrain 4y ago
Yeah? It was a toy then, and it's a toy now. Yes, it's a much better toy, but it's still a toy.
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by washbrain 4y ago
If they actually do something impossible, sure, it'll be worth some money. But even then, why would individuals ever be able to participate in that market? If it's a sure thing, companies (including Tesla) will buy many cars and r
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by washbrain 4y ago
But why? Is it because the early adopters were paying for a product that would never work? Feels like a good opportunity for a class action...
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by washbrain 4y ago
It's shocking to me that anyone would pay for this. Tesla has been selling fsd since 2014, and nearly a decade later they aren't that much closer. Between the low reliability, low build quality, and scammy practices, Tesla has tur
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by washbrain 4y ago
Full self driving - the snake oil Tesla sells to improve their bottom line.
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by washbrain 4y ago
"There's plenty of space, grow wide." "That land is in use already." "Lololol strawman! No u!" Alright, sure.
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by washbrain 4y ago
Interesting. Now I'm wondering if I can check my own genome from data from 23&me to see if I have any unusual variants.
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by washbrain 4y ago
Almost certainly undiagnosed. A similar thing happened when we stopped stigmatizing left handedness. There was a sharp increase in lefties over the next decade, then it leveled off at whatever the natural point is. I expect autism, depressi
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by washbrain 4y ago
Maybe it was challenging before, but honestly, getting enough iron and protein in a vegan diet today is pretty trivial. There are plant based alternatives to more or less everything these days. I'm vegetarian,, and only for 3 or 4 year
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by washbrain 4y ago
So no, you can't find any?
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by washbrain 4y ago
My experience doesn't match yours, we probably roll in different circles. Agreed on Latinx vs the more pronounceable latin@/latinao.
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by washbrain 4y ago
That's typically how it's done, yeah. Intentional communities will often market themselves specifically as walkable or transit adjacent. But there's no reason not to take the things that work well in them and bring them elsew
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by washbrain 4y ago
I don't want housing to be an investment. But I also own a house that will inevitably be treated like one because that's the currently supported cultural standard. I don't think ordinary folks should lose their shirts off the
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by washbrain 4y ago
Show me land on the periphery of an urban center that's large enough to meaningfully expand housing that isn't farmland, rangeland, forestry, or a protected habitat/important ecological preserve. I'll wait, take your tim
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by washbrain 4y ago
Hell, for a long time the Irish and Italians weren't considered "white".
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by washbrain 4y ago
What. You realize that much of mainstream culture is drawn from the queer Black community, right? Voguing, house music, slang like "yas queen", "slay", "shade", and "tea", Pride parades, and more. And
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by washbrain 4y ago
It... Doesn't have to mean any of those things? Trains and bikes (and ebikes) and scooters and sidewalks and buses and trolleys and streetcars exist. You don't have to design around the car...
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by washbrain 4y ago
Totally. I'm a Marxist and I have no idea where half the complaints about socialists even come from. People just make up a bogeyman and slap the "socialism" label on it.

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