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- Comment on Haha si señor 2 days ago:
Oh my God, yeah, that’s a latin American thing. When I lived in Honduras, I knew the game was up when I was trying to stumblefuck my way through a conversation and somebody gave me the big grin and enthusiastic nod.
- Comment on ‘My Property Tax Went From $15K to a Life-Altering $91K a Year’ 4 days ago:
Tbh, concentrated wealth wouldn’t be able to squeeze the market if there was a healthy supply. There’s a lot of issues with single family homes, but the tl;Dr is that they’re expensive because they are by FAR the least efficient way to house people, and it’s basically the only kind of housing that most cities allow by zoning area.
- Comment on The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone 4 days ago:
Just look at them, sitting there, not getting punched by cops. Is that the world you want to live in, son?
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 5 days ago:
I don’t necessarily think he’s bad at writing dialogue and story, I think he’s mostly just bad at writing women. As I’ve gotten older, I went from taking Metal Gear Solid super seriously to treating it like nuclear/techno Evil Dead
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 5 days ago:
I tried playing 2 again recently and I had to stop because my wife would not stop laughing at Rose’s dialogue. God, I wish Kojima had ever met a woman.
- Comment on Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch 5 days ago:
Tech bros try not to invent trains again challenge: impossible
- Comment on Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people with no fridge 6 days ago:
Extremely common Mexico W
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
I got banned from Reddit just for reading this
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
I think it’s just oligopixelosis, tbh
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
Sorry, middle fingers. Showing the middle finger is sometimes called flipping the bird.
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
Their reactions are fucking great, especially the girl on the left. Image
- Comment on butt mogged these zoomers today 1 week ago:
Straight up, one time we got called out to “check on” a homeless woman sleeping at a bus stop. It’s no surprise, people weaponized EMS/Fire to harass sleeping homeless people because the cops sometimes won’t do shit and we can’t say “no, they’re just sleeping and obviously not dead, dipshit”, because there’s always the one chance that they aren’t actually sleeping and really are dead or dying. So, we show up, and fire beat us there. They’re checking on her and basically telling us “hold on, she’s refusing care.” We hold tight and they cut us loose after a few minutes. Well, fire ended up clearing us from the scene. Later on, we run into that same crew, and they told us that on their way to this next call, that same woman ran right out into the middle of the big ass boulevard (it was night), almost in front of them, and started hopping up and down shooting them birds akimbo. Good times.
- Comment on Stay on the path. 1 week ago:
It’s still incredible to me that there were democrats that insisted that Biden had possibly the best debate performance ever.
- Comment on On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down 1 week ago:
Came here to say this. Stop trying the build the whole universe in a game.
- Comment on I don't even have a PieFed account ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 weeks ago:
Because it’s our money for the whole family, and we carry the scars of having had to ask for credit card limit increases to buy gas to get to work to pay the credit card.
- Comment on I don't even have a PieFed account ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 weeks ago:
I don’t really care that they’re running .ml. It’s fine if it bothers you enough to not donate to them, that’s your business. My SO is never going to agree to let me donate to Lemmy, so I’m going to see if I can eek out some time to learn the codebase and contribute that way.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 2 weeks ago:
Imo, it’s people just rationalizing not wanting to give $5 away. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with deciding you don’t want to donate, that’s your choice, but be honest with yourself. If they weren’t commies, people would be finding some other excuse to not donate.
- Comment on I don't even have a PieFed account ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 weeks ago:
Eh, if you want to contribute to Lemmy development, then contribute. If you don’t, the. don’t.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 2 weeks ago:
Tbh, of all the tankie triad, .ml is the chillest, and my own experience is that, unlike the Nazis, they generally don’t cause issues off server. Now, if you wander into Hexbear and spout some mainstream view, well, good luck, partner, but it’s their server. Besides, I sometimes ask myself what the CIA would do and try to do the opposite for the sake of all mankind. It doesn’t really bother me that they run .ml.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 2 weeks ago:
The devs also say that they would gladly accept any development help as well, if you’re either unwilling or unable to financially contribute.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 2 weeks ago:
AND it’s open source software. Nothing is stopping anyone from just forking Lemmy.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
…strongtowns.org/…/360004233911-Local-Conversatio…
You are not required to be a member to start a chapter, and from all that I’ve seen, they’re very supportive of you send an email asking for guidance. I would start by going to local city councils or board of supervisor meetings, put flyers up at the library and small coffee shops or anywhere else you can put up flyers, and start holding regular meetings at least once a month
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, do it! Speaking from personal experience, it can be a little scary at first, but it’s not even a tenth as bad as you think. It’s actually a surprisingly social experience.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
Ah. Well, the problem is that we’ve made building new housing units nearly impossible through decades of unforced errors at the local level in nearly all of our cities, as well as bullshit ass zoning. It’s not even remotely impossible to undo, but a lot of people don’t recognize it as the root of the problem. Again, check out Strong Towns, we’re working to walk these errors back and make our cities places that are built for people again.
- With regards to zoning, nobody in their right mind is asking to let DuPont put a rocket fuel factory next to an elementary school. Many zoning codes have really terrible and not evidence based practices codified, such as enforcing single family housing sprawl, ensuring that you MUST drive to go buy a loaf of bread, and requiring outrageous parking requirements often 2-3x over what’s needed in practice.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
Check out Strong Towns. They’re a policy advocacy group that’s focused on helping people influence policy at the local level to make their towns livable again. I’m a part of my local strong towns group, and they’re absolutely great. We’re getting the ball rolling, organizing with other local activist groups, meeting with local politicians to understand our local challenges better, and all while receiving a lot of support from the mother ship organization. Meanwhile, our town isn’t some metropolis, it’s only 90,000 people.
If that isn’t your thing, just start going to city council or county board of supervisor meetings and start making public comments there. It’s a good way to meet with other policy advocates in your community and start networking with them.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
Upvoted for Alan Fischer reference in the wild. His bits go so much harder than pretty much anyone else in urbanist youtube
- Comment on TRUCKIN' 2 weeks ago:
As a former paramedic, this profile pic makes my back hurt
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Quora-ass question right here
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
While, yes, it does, urban and suburban sprawl is far, far worse for trees. Go to your local Wal Mart super center and, not counting the garden center, tell me how many trees there are per acre in the parking lot. Now multiply that by every big box store and mile of stroad and highway.
- Comment on Me when I zoom past traffic on my e-scooter 2 weeks ago:
This is probably one of the top ten most incredibly based pictures ever. I love it. Thank you for brightening my day, OP
