FireRetardant
@FireRetardant@lemmy.world
- Comment on Full circle. 6 days ago:
That could be part of your research process, by moving to city that is more walkable, pro-transit etc. Which i do know is easier said that done and often is more expensive.
We do need collective action to make it better but the affordability crisis is incredibly complex and must be tackled from several factors ranging from car dependancy, city zoning, rent control policies, and several other factors. Most of what i mentioned is on the type and supply side, we also need to consider wage growth and job positions available. It becomes a complex mess with no 1 factor to blame.
One of the most effective things you can do is vote locally for politicians that want beneficial change like density and transit, and not vote for the ones that do things like “even though this road is zoned for multi units and mid rises, im gonna fight every development that isn’t a SFH because it ruins the “character” of the neighborhood.”
- Comment on Full circle. 6 days ago:
Counter to your point, i did leave my home city that was too expensive for me to live in. I did nearly become homeless before landing a job but once i landed a job i was able to afford a small house in a few years, a nearly impossible goal for me in my home town.
I did have the benefit of my work skills are fairly universal and I could find some kind of employment nearly anywhere. If its an attainable goal to move, even if risky id say more often than not its worthwhile. It would be wise to do extensive research into average living costs and employment opportunities before moving.
- Comment on Full circle. 6 days ago:
America can only be great if all the poor people leave, duh.
- Comment on Full circle. 6 days ago:
On average it isn’t any cheaper to live in Canada, Canada does offer more social services at least.
- Comment on Some things were better in the good old days 1 week ago:
Also there was a time where companies actually cared. They would send the engineers for the next model out with service techs servicing current models to help them find the common failure points and help make things more servicable.
- Comment on Some things were better in the good old days 1 week ago:
We also aren’t paying the same prices. The fridge from the 60s in your grandmas basement? She probably had a 10 year payment plan for it.
- Comment on I like this person 1 week ago:
Looks like a kia soul
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Best I can do is indsutrial brutalism
- Comment on If you give the fae a false name which others would identify you as, can they still use that false name to control you? 2 weeks ago:
There are many who genuinely believe in the fae and your question implied you may be one of them.
- Comment on If you give the fae a false name which others would identify you as, can they still use that false name to control you? 2 weeks ago:
Typically these communities answer questions that have a definitive or opinionated question, whereas this is more beliefs and spiritual themed question.
- Comment on If you give the fae a false name which others would identify you as, can they still use that false name to control you? 2 weeks ago:
Tbf, this isn’t really the right community for these kinds of questions.
- Comment on horseshoe theory? 2 weeks ago:
Thats sometimes the problem, life can be too adaptable and drown out many other species through competition or predation. The rate species spread from place to place is a factor and humans have certainly impacted that.
- Comment on try it 2 weeks ago:
Those 2 are probably at each others throats half the time but will put you in the ground if you cross the other.
- Comment on False Fronts 2 weeks ago:
Given most places only hace expensive shitty apartments available right now that woukd absolutely be an improvement.
Also maybe we shouldn’t have such rigid rules that a street can only be used for a single use such as retail because of zoning.
- Comment on hey there, hot stuff 3 weeks ago:
The purpose of life is to post dank memes on the internet
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Same is true for much of Canada yet we can’t seem to shelter them either. It isn’t just the weather, the finnish government is far more compassionate towards homeless people than any other government I know of.
- Comment on This is heresy but lol 3 weeks ago:
Outperformed any vacuum on the market, she was a true vacuum slayer. Surprising suction, wet or dry.
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 5 weeks ago:
Lot of things congress supposed to be involved in they they don’t seem to care about recently
- Comment on It's literally science 1 month ago:
3 wide, middle stacked
- Comment on Me touching my big pair of nuts. 1 month ago:
Imperial units should be an OSHA violation tbh.
- Comment on Me touching my big pair of nuts. 1 month ago:
Surely writing measurements on your glove is a violation
- Comment on Unlimited Power ⚡ 1 month ago:
Truly powerful men would have strong armed the government into paying it for them. Smdh its like modern men aren’t even trying to be CEO.
- Comment on Remember when car controls weren't complicated 1 month ago:
New cars gonna come with used zyns trays and air pod chargers instead of ashtrays and cigarette lighters.
- Comment on PROTIP 2 months ago:
It does depend on the district and general vibe of the school. A big city school may have a different reaction than a rural one. Mine had a mix of city kids and country kids as the school was on the edge of the city. Our school also offered an outdoor education program that included things like fire starting and canoe tripping so students enrolled in that would have a valid excuse to have a knife on them. The student’s history of getting into trouble and reaction to getting caught is also a likely factor.
- Comment on PROTIP 2 months ago:
The closest i came to getting caught is in biology i etched some notches into a toothpick to work an experiment easier. Another student asked how i altered the toothpick, i offered him my knife and he said something along the lines of “just notch mine and i won’t tell anyone what I saw”.
- Comment on PROTIP 2 months ago:
Yes these days it may have been different. We barely had camera coverage. For one of my birthdays a friend gifted me an 8" hunting knife in the stairwell at school. I thanked him but did ask to maybe at least wait til the end of the day or a weekend next time cause that knife is harder to justify carrying than a folding blade.
- Comment on PROTIP 2 months ago:
I carried a pocket knife almost everyday in high school and never once had a problem. If you aren’t waving it around, threatening people, or overall being an idiot most people never even notice.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
In my experience men are much more clear when they like someone than women are. Men are less likely to make it a “game”. Men are more likely too push it even when rejected I won’t deny that, but women have done the same as well.
My buddy recently got a new gf. He offered to go outside and start her car and clear the snow off of it. She no please don’t do that you aren’t even dressed yet. So he didn’t do it then she came home and expressed she was upset he didn’t try harder to do it anyway. They took that as a lesson and he pushes a little more on stuff like that but he also asked her to not say no directly like that and make it easier for him to insist.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Jokes on you I’m into that shit
- Comment on Taste the flavor 2 months ago:
But you woukd finally get to enjoy the corn and peanuts a second time around