FireRetardant

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aged like milk⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  People have been asking for gun control far longer than trump has been in office. The current acting president won’t sway their opinions on that, but it might sway their opinions how extreme they want the control to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For people who relocated: when did you realize you want to live in the new place long-term & why?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it was the money. I couldn’t make enough to get ahead in my hometown so i moved to a smaller city. My living costs went down and my wage went up. It really sucked leaving my friends and family behind but in less than 3 years i went from almost nothing to purchasing a small house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel this. I refuse to use dating apps and everyone calls me weird. You go back 10 years ago the sentiment was the oposite, it changed so fast. I’m not a selfie guy, i don’t take photos of myself much, and imo my best qualities don’t translate great over texting. The couple months i did try to use them was exhausting. Spend an hour chatting with someone just to get ghosted. I’ve even caught girls I’ve been on dates with swiping while we met up. Already looking for something else before even giving me a fair shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I met or exceeded every single requirement for all sorts of jobs that were “urgently hiring” and after 8 months of applying to a few jobs a day, i still had 0 interviews. I eventually got a job at a small local business i discovered was hiring through some small talk. The days of a smile and handshake aren’t dead yet for some places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people just copy and paste the job description in because that often contains some of the key words or certifications they are looking for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some places literally build cookie cutter subdivisions on a chunk of land in the middle of farms they bought so the classification may not be that far fetched depending on the circumstances. My parents house is technically zoned as agricultural yet the recent sprawl of nearby cities means there is now a mcdonalds less than 1km away and suburbs creep closer each year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In my area it means you can rent something out thats had nothing but the bare minimums of renovations for the past 40-60 years and still get a decent market price for the unit. The stuff that is farther out is newer, more spacious, and often considered in a safer area, so they can ask for more. You are getting a better unit farther out but you gotta pay for it vs living in something run down but saving on rent and transportation.

  There exceptions of course, it really depends on the age and desirability of the neighborhood

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on the city. Smaller non touristy cities. Your cheapest rents are near downtown core with all the old buildings and the only place density has been allowed to be built for the past 60 years. Bigger cities the central downtown is defintely expensive, i guess in those cities im more so refering to anywhere with apartment buildings density, which can give a downtown feel if older buildings are still preserved nearby. Although a lot of the time they’ve been paved over and thats how we get apartments that stand 20 stories high surrounded by a sea of single story strip malls and box stores.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of owning vs renting can be very different depending on where you live and work and the amenities you want access to. Renting somewhere centrally located with good access to high quality transit and other amenities would likely be cheaper than owning. Unless we can start normalizing owning apartments again. You could own for cheaper on the outskirts of downtown, but you’ll likely be sacraficing access to some amenities by doing so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Whats going on is decades of mismanagement of property taxes and city zoning. People fight tooth and nail to keep their property taxes low, and eventually the city has to do a big increase because they failed to increase incrementally. The bigger issue is how poorly we zone and design most north american cities.

  The average car dependant suburb costs more to maintain than it generates in tax revenue. A denser area like mixed use neighbourhoods and “missing middle” housing fares far better and generates enough that it often ends up subsidizing the rest of the city, the same is usually true for denser downtowns. That trend is dying off as those denser areas demolish tax revenue generating businesses and homes to pave parking lots that don’t generate taxes to park cars from the suburbs that don’t generate enough taxes.

  You can’t afford a home because for decades suburbs were given a massive tax break while denser downtowns (guess where the poors have to rent and ultimately fund the property taxes) have to subsidize car dependant expensive to maintain subdivisions (which is usually for middle class or wealthier people, especially when built new). Add in some racial demographics and we’ve basically engineered every city to have secret tax cuts for anyone rich enough to get into the suburbs.

  The best part is, many cities are keeping the cycle going because the only way they are paying for maintaince of an old subdivision is by using the devleopment taxes and fees from a new subdivision. This is not sustainable and ultimately equates to kicking the can down the road to let a future generation figure it out (which is literally as simple as building cities densely again, as they had been built for 100s of years).

  This hasn’t even touched yet on the urban sprawl, energy ineffeciency, and secondary effects of car dependancy that have all spawned from “the american dream” of suburbia. We seriously need to reconsider how we zone, build, and get around our urban spaces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest thing we can do for the housing crisis is making density legal again and allocating more space in cities to housing instead of parking cars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To be the devil’s advocate here. Rental payments vs mortgage payments is not an accurate comparison of the true financial burdens.

  With many rentals some if not all utilities are included in the price of rent, whereas homeowners must pay the full cost of utilities. There is also the additional cost of home insurance and property taxes. Most rentals have the majority of their maintaince covered whereas the homeowner is responsible for lawn cutting, gutter cleanings etc. The cost of repairs and maintaince is not negligible. While renting if the heat quits or an appliance breaks, the landlord is supposed to cover the cost but owning means you must take that full cost.

  In the posted example, having double the mortage payment in rent payment is probably adequate to cover the additonal costs but the comparison of renting vs owning is not black and white. Several financial managers have even studied that depending on your needs and income, you can actually be getting ahead financially by renting if you don’t actually need the full benefits of owning and are able to maintain a store of wealth through other investments. This is especially true if you are in a rent controlled unit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Metal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We don’t for certain if thats a pork, chicken, beef, or mystery meat weenie

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Without unions, they'd have us working around the clock⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll skil god and thank the union directly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird that we "take a shit". I don't know what other people are doing, but i definitely leave a shit, not take it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically only true if you’re maxxed out on the hot, usually the hot is mixed with the cold water supply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uninvited pool guest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He might just be staring at the woman’s breasts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uninvited pool guest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its the modern family. Wife, husband, and their shared boyfriend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm ready for spooky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been, then i do my best to stop the behaviors that are putting me there and start doing the stuff that alleviates it. I haven’t been clinically depressed or had it majorly derail my life but I’ve had some rough stretches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the spiders could be manageable with the right gear. Maybe something like the top half of a bee or a bug suit. If i couldn’t feel the spiders crawling on me and they can’t get on my neck or face i think i could get used to them chilling while i harvest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm ready for spooky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If theres no snow you can still go on regular walks or hikes. If the water isn’t frozen you can paddle and fish it. You can ride a bike down a big hill instead of sledding it. Theres still plenty to do snow or no snow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm ready for spooky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never really got the whole winter gives depression thing. Yea theres less sunlight, but its not like i enjoyed every single minute of sunlight in summer. You can snowshoe or ski through the woods instead of hike. You can fish in a hut instead of off a boat. You can go weeeee down a big hill then realize your cardio sucks walking back up. Learn to dress adequately and for the most part the cold isn’t that big a deal. Sometime i do end up working through all the daylight hours but my job is often outside so i still catch some sun while on the clock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make it make sense ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My area kinda has this except the on ramp ends quickly merging into the right lane, then the off ramp starts almost immediately after. It makes traffic worse as cars trying to get on cannot merge effectively because cars want to be in that lane to exit. I find the best flow is having the off ramp before the on ramp, which minimizes right lane conflicts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make it make sense ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest issue with zipper merging is humans need to not be selfish for it to work. Its very efficient when moving well and everyone is in turn, as soon as 1 asshole sneaks in or prevents a merge, it causes the entire flow to stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got a six-pack for me and the boys⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how its advertising 5+1 as if its a bonus. A 6 pack is not a new packaging technique and its easier to pack and ship an even numbers of cans. I’d even argue its almost false advertising but i guess the 6 pack is the price of 5 cans? But again, bulk pricing is not a new concept and would be somewhat expected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A real question about trans athletes and records⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Men would still on average out perform women in most categories, making it very difficult for women to get to the top of the chart. High ELOs would almost exclussively be men and thats where the media focus and attention would be on, drowing out some of the top women atheletes in lower ELOs. In a system where the highest ELO wins a medal or something i think it would be less fair than having gendered ELOs. Something like amateur or beer league sports might benefit more from genderless ELO but i think it would be controversial for pro athletes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A real question about trans athletes and records⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you mean to say “I’m not saying it’s right,…” at the end of your first paragraph?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It slaps tho⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That glizzy looks way too tasty to be a struggle glizzy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are many places you can’t be legally armed. In Canada for example firearms are legal for hunting purposes, but even using one for genuine self defense will lead to lengthy legal battles at best.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🤝🤝🤝⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats why i donate 3 times a day