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- Comment on We all know crack was introduced primarily to black neighbor hoods. Why them? Why not people in the Appalachians? Or in Asian neighbor hoods all over the west coast? 1 day ago:
Why would anyone care about poor whites in the mountains? Let them survive in their hovels and shovel coal. They had no organization or other power to affect anyone
- Comment on Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones? 2 days ago:
While usually I’d encourage looking at rescue dogs maybe this is a scenario to be very careful with that. We got a rescue that had been traumatized and can still be challenging at times. While she’s a real sweetheart, she’s definitely not a starter dog.
- Comment on Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones? 2 days ago:
I’ll be the anecdotes for that …… spent my whole life with dogs of all sizes and have always been comfortable with them. But the only one that bit was a mini poodle
Then again, as the other guy said, I’ve always paid more attention to dogs that can do damage, vs the mini poodle bit me when I was ignoring it. Of course the most painful part of that was the tetanus shot
- Comment on I'm 29 and my partner is only 28 am I exploiting her? 2 days ago:
I was occasionally on the other side of that and really hated it. I’m four years older than my ex, but also came from a more conservative (small c) town. Usually we were at the same stage of life but …… Sometimes that four years was a generation difference, which was very uncomfortable
- Comment on What the Hell is this Bull shit ? 4 days ago:
Recently shrinkflation hit juices. What used to be 1/2 gal, is now 1.5 L (at least in my grocery).
I used to buy soda in 2L bottles as the best price, so it was sufficient for a family or a single person several days to a week. The reality is if it’s there I’ll drink it: the sugar rush is addicting. I think a lot of people still do this.
Now I buy soda in a can, despite the much higher price and packaging, because I’m more successful at moderating myself to a can a day (and it’s usually sugar free so the calories are no longer the problem)
- Comment on What the Hell is this Bull shit ? 4 days ago:
33cl is the standard for beer
Same here historically. US beer cans and bottles used to be 12 oz and I still occasionally see them. I even have one in my fridge.
But most new beers are sold in pint cans, which in theory should match a bar draft (but don’t always and there are no regulations to protect consumers)
- Comment on How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us? 1 week ago:
I do wonder about that. My ex’s uncle decided that financial and legal issues were insurmountable so he could no longer be here. Obviously I have no idea whether a humane option would have been an option, but his issues were clearly temporary so any opportunity to intervene could have saved a lot of collateral damage. Including, while his family appreciated that they didn’t have to discover him, that cop shouldn’t have either
- Comment on How does one who doesn’t have a ‘home’ choose their team? 1 week ago:
My brothers and I were competitive growing up, so we all cheered for different football teams and hoped our team would beat our brothers
- Comment on [Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12] 1 week ago:
I even had my work as an example - we have 8 chargers, 30a level 2. That’s lower than many of us get at home
…… but that’s the point where a better goal should be to just make up for energy used by the commute. The reality is most of us move cars at lunch time. 8 fairly low end chargers is sufficient to top off 16 cars in a standard workday.
That factory didn’t need bigger chargers, and could easily halve that if you don’t expect people to share
- Comment on Does having a child with someone give you any legal right to their property? 1 week ago:
Sometimes it’s not the wording of the law but the way it’s implemented. Sometimes the law can seem quite egalitarian, but that doesn’t help if the mother is always assumed both the default custodian and less income. Thats no longer as true as it used to be but judges can be old fashioned
- Comment on [Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12] 1 week ago:
That’s not a normal occurrence. He does a good job of answer that several ways. Watch the video
- Comment on [Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12] 1 week ago:
That video is well done and good at laying it all out. I wish I could get my brothers to watch it.
The thing is, I came here as devils advocate, thinking he was going too strong on level one. But he did well.
- I had a similar discussion with my older brother, where I tried to convince him level one was possible, especially short term, but that he’d be happier with more. He installed 50a level 2, after I explained it’s the same as an electric range circuit (that’s what I have. Almost always more than I need but nice to have)
- no luck at all with my younger brother. He works for a legacy car manufacturer and is convinced EVs are not practical. They found it impossible to install chargers at a plant since it would need the power of a city …… since they assumed every spot needed a fast charger and that all would be in use all day
- Comment on How come I can vote a yes or no vote for new taxes or bonds? But cannot choose where the money I give goes to? Should that also be my choice? 1 week ago:
I’m quite cynical about it. No matter what is short money, the funding is always for education or fire fighting. It seems more likely they always shuffle around the budget so the shortfall always end up where we’ll vote for it
- Comment on How would you rate your country's constitution? 1 week ago:
I still believe it’s a pretty good system that has generally held up well for a couple hundred years.
It’s in tatters right now as all three branches are being run by power hungry sociopaths. Yet The people who run those branches at lower levels are still trying to do their jobs. There are still checks and balances. There is still hope our partly capsized ship will right itself. Authoritarianism required collusion across the heads of all three branches, yet each branch is still partly functioning
- Comment on How do trains save fuel when they literally park on the tracks and block multiple intersections, with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around waiting for the train to fucking move? 1 week ago:
That’s frustrating as hell
- Comment on How do trains save fuel when they literally park on the tracks and block multiple intersections, with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around waiting for the train to fucking move? 1 week ago:
I imagine a big part of it is lack of infrastructure spendinf.
- Is there a place to stop for whatever reason they’re stopping?
- Are there always at least two tracks to prevent bottlenecks?
- are sidings big enough to fit any train allowed?
- are there sufficient non-grade crossings?
Or are we just letting freight lines continue to milk century old infrastructure without regard to anyone else?
- Comment on Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling? 1 week ago:
The US doesn’t have a national language, but does have significant communities of many ethnicities. It is well recognized that a second language is beneficial and I have to assume most states require it, although my experience there is limited. However it’s not reasonable to mandate that everyone learn a specific one. You should learn the one specific to your circumstances.
That being said, most people have no reason to actually use the language they learned in school so are never fluent or lose it quickly. It’s a newer thing for schools to offer immersion programs to establish fluency
- Comment on After opening a jar of pizza sauce, how long would you trust it was still good in the fridge? 1 week ago:
I always assumed they were such small jars because they’re I tended to be single use
- Comment on How would you actually tax the ultra wealthy? 1 week ago:
Pay it off over time with lower taxes income.
If I earn $1M I have to pay a lot of income tax. But if I take a loan for $1M, I may only need to earn a taxable income of $100K
- Comment on Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling? 1 week ago:
It’s a waste of time to have a “survey” of languages in an environment where you’re not regularly using them : much better to learn an additional one well. Maybe it’s different in countries with multiple languages and borders where you’ll need multiple languages every day. Yes, a second language is a good idea for any kid.
Here school generally has a fixed curriculum through eighth grade, then high school is more flexible, with minimum requirements set by state and student choice filling it out. For example my state had a requirement for three years of languages to graduate high school: I decided on 5 Spanish classes.
My youngest kid took two years of Italian but then had to switch schools where they did not offer that language, so took a little Spanish. Yes I consider that somewhat a waste because it would have been better for him to learn either of those more. However in everyday life he’s not exposed to either.
- Comment on Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling? 1 week ago:
I can see the argument of more focus on a second language, but more languages usually means not enough for any of them.
My high school required 3 years of a language: I took 5 Spanish courses but was clearly never fluent.
In my kids high school, it was the first class in an immersion program program from early elementary through high school. Many of them were fluent. That should be a goal.
- Comment on Whatever you feel about Bond Films, Do you think it wouldn't be best they just ended it with the last film. 1 week ago:
We should keep going. There’s already a history of changing actors and timeframes, changing levels of violence and action. James Bond isn’t a series where anyone expects one to follow another. The Daniel Craig bonds were very different from all previous - time to find a new Bond and a new feel.
- Comment on How would you actually tax the ultra wealthy? 1 week ago:
An incremental step would be to look at the tax cuts of the last few decades, and role them back. That especially includes other types of income and passthroughs
As someone who has participated in startups, the options and shares market is a rigged game. We also need to restore rules for the ultra wealthy so they play the same game as we do
- Comment on Can someone explain the Birds and the Bees to me? I get its related to sex somehow but was never told the story or where it got started or how come a plant and insect? 1 week ago:
The flower shouldn’t be allowed a voice or a vote anyway. The flower should just stay at home and receive the bee’s attention. /s
- Comment on How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different? 1 week ago:
Yea, the few times I remembered ear plugs, I had a more enjoyable experience
- Comment on How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different? 1 week ago:
I really like that fourth row, as close to the middle as it goes. I know that’s on the close side so I’ll be looking up, but it also means the screen fills my field of vision more so more immersive
- Comment on How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I just got back from Project Hail Mary - excellent movie, but like always I wished for earplugs too late.
I don’t think this movie was particularly louder than others but I find most movies painfully loud
- Comment on How do movie theaters work? Which seats in theaters are the best? (never done this before) Also is the IMAX thing actually any different? 1 week ago:
Don’t overthink it - most are still Available. Stay away from edges and corners
- Comment on Me watching someone on Lemmy getting cooked for having the same opinion as me: 1 week ago:
Both sides the same. Someone always breaks in that both sides are the same. Then we all waste our time arguing the obvious
- Comment on Me watching someone on Lemmy getting cooked for having the same opinion as me: 1 week ago:
Karma could be a grind to make old-timers appear influential even when they just lurk