It shows one person greening an average pension is 57 times more effective in dealing with the climate crisis than having a vegan diet and 20 times better than driving an electric car.

I heard a similar news report on PBS a couple weeks ago. Aside from the obvious, and already mentioned, don’t have kids. Both for the environment, and to not put your kids through the coming bullshit.

What a bummer, direct hit in a commonly held insecurity. I guess the best way to get over it is sleep with her friends so they can see it normal size. Also, your girlfriend fucked up, so she can’t bitch about you doing so and should help it happen. Or have take a picture of yourself fully engaged and from a flattering angle, and have your girl share that. Also, if it needs to be said, don’t let anyone take a picture of you that you wouldn’t want family to see. Ever. One of the firm rules I’ve always lived by.

Top comment on that page is perfect:

One wrote their own operating system incorporating others ideas on operating systems, the other’s mom bought theirs.

I’m often a dick. I probably wouldn’t say anything immediately, and then use that asinine opinion to dismiss anything else the person says later. Forever. They say something about <whatever topic>, “Yeah, but you also think vaccines kill people, so we already know you are an idiot.” Just on repeat on every opinion they voice, until they never want to say anything around me or talk to me.

“There weren’t any campaigns that had failed after they had achieved 3.5% participation during a peak event,” says Chenoweth – a phenomenon she has called the “3.5% rule”.

Me scatching my head thinking,“10% of Hong Kong protested and still got stomped by China’s boot.” I suppose it could be argued that it’s not the same thing.

For me, personal justice almost has to be punitive. But I’m an asshole. And more importantly, I’m not society, just an insubstantial slice of it. Any study on how to deal with crime shows that punitive measures rarely, if ever, increase the wellness of society. Rehabilitation, understanding, hippie dippy shit, has a much greater positive impact on society, as hard as that may be to stomach. Facts are facts, regardless of feelings.

Reddit was shitty, just because it’s people and people suck. But I hung around because…I’m a masochist I guess. I left because of the 3rd party shit. I’ve never gone back. As that great '80s pop band said,“People are people.”

I had to read your comment to realize it wasn’t some cool home-chicken-owner egg holder.

In my experience, it’s just a couple topics that bring out unreasonable assholes. After I spent a little time blocking the assholes, and then using a keyword filter to just skip shit I don’t want to have any interactions with, the experience became much better.

The couple of times they tried out roundabouts in my area, they didn’t last long because people were too stupid to figure out how to use them. So instead they just bitched until they were taken out.

My limited experience in my little pocket of the US is that the produce sections have gotten much shittier. There was a great produce store near me that was in business since the '60s, but they closed last year. Maybe that’s what I’m noticing, but all the grocery stores in the area have a pretty shit selection of fresh produce.

Exactly my thought. I had a next door neighbor develop schizophrenia, accuse my roommate and I of talking to him through the electrical sockets, and eventually attack us outside our door. He was taken away.

I don’t even know what anyone means when they throw out “liberal” anymore.

Once or twice every 4-5 years.

Skin is just a lazy way of seeing “the other”. If we all, worldwide, collectively fucked our way to a uniform pigment, we would just find another way to define “the other”.

The link gives some arguments. It’s mostly stupid right wing claptrap.

Opponents of ranked-choice voting argue that it benefits voters with more time and information, leads to decreased voter confidence in elections, and disconnects voting from important issues and debates. Opponents of ranked-choice voting also argue that RCV winners do not necessarily represent the will of the voters.

It goes on to giving statements for those reasons from such respectable organizations as The Heritage Foundation, so do what you want with that.

An old family friend has done this a few times. They have a place in Colorado. They’ve spent a month or more in Netherlands and NZ for sure, and I think a couple other countries. They’ve had good experiences doing it. I don’t know the details though.

Sleep test -> C(or V)PAP machine. I snored horribly before getting diagnosed with sleep apnea and using a CPAP, although especially annoying for a week or so, made a world of difference.

Dude just could have said something like,“Hey, I’m a developer of Plex and have really enjoyed my experience using it. Let me know if you’d like to see something added/fixed.”

This was my first thought reading his post as well. That and lotion.