Acrobatic_Road

6 ms·

31.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
That ignores all the tax revenue they bring in at the local level. Virginia also has tax exemptions at the state level, but as another commentator points out, data centers are delivering a huge share of tax revenue in places like Loudon Cou
32.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
There's this thing called taxes...
33.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
It's emblematic of Maine's wider anti-business and anti-growth climate which may explain why the state now has the highest median age in the US and one of the lowest fertility rates of any state.
34.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
With low fertility and little reason for anyone to move there the northeast will turn into a barren backwater.
35.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
They sure have a right to enact policies that keep them economically & demographically irrelevant. https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/638FA4CD35438/media%2FF5jNt...
36.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
as somebody who practices from tabs I have no idea how I would begin doing this.
37.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
It depends, it depends. You need to look at other signals. Are they extremely absorbed? Is it somewhere extremely quiet (like a library), or somewhere louder (like a coffee shop)?
38.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
Yes, possibly. But they also don't talk to each other. It's pretty unlikely that nobody in that room likes anyone else. It's more likely that they just don't know how to socialize. And when I start talking, people tend t
39.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
I understand social cues. I am just more than willing to push the envelope. And I have nothing to lose by possibly causing some mild discomfort to a stranger by "gasp" talking to them like a fellow human being.
40.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
I think your idea of a social situation is too limiting and contributes to the loneliness epidemic. I moved to a completely different state where I didn't know a single person so I can't leverage an existing social circle to make
41.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
Depends on the layout. If its a large, sit-down restaurant with wide gaps between the tables, then yes it would be weird for me to go up to you and say "Hi, Stranger!". But at a coffee shop you might be sitting right next to me. W
42.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
Depends. In a library? No. In a social setting? That's fair game.
43.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
>This is a wild projection of your own experience onto someone else's actions. I asked a friend who doesn't use a smartphone about how it feels walking into a room full of people with phones and he told me the same thing. I hav
44.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
Oh, it's everyone's business. Phones are eroding the social fabric.
45.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
It's a more social activity in a world that is increasingly isolated. A book is a nice conversation starter. I'm not going to come up to you and ask about what's on your little screen. Even if you're just reading an e-bo
46.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
It's not hard to bring a book with you. People did it before phones. And I don't know what you're doing when you're transfixed by your phone and I'm not going to peer over your screen to find out.
47.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
No, he's right. Smartphones are a socio-demographic catastrophe. The fact that they exasperate mental illnesses is just a detail.
48.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
Yes! Phones should be treated like smoking.
49.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
you can always go back and finish later...that's what I'm doing.
50.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
they are trying and its backfiring on them
51.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
You should be able to code without the bells and whistles.
52.
by Acrobatic_Road 6mo ago
There's so much shady and unethical behavior from these companies I'm surprised there's not more lawsuits and litigation against them.
53.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
They only have to win once. You have to win every time.
54.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
Countless innocent people are in the epstein files and you want to ruin their lives with ZERO evidence.
55.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
So you think SCOTUS should have entertained Trump's frivolous claims?
56.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
>What about pedophile-run government where nobody ever gets arrested? This is just complete nonsense. We are not run by pedophiles. Nobody is being arrested because the people you want arrested have committed no crimes. Being in the Epst
57.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
>The US has had a 24% drop in the Liberal Democracy Index score Yet another index detached from objective measures. >your supreme court is owned The same court that declined to take up Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 electio
58.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
For now.
59.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
We won't be able to inflate our way out of the debt because government spending is tied to inflation.
60.
by Acrobatic_Road 7mo ago
Tax the rich all you want, you won't raise enough money to balance the budget, let alone pay for all the additional spending that Sanders et al. wants.

More ›