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by bequanna 4y ago
I have what was once pretty serious social anxiety which is why I chose that example. I view it as MY challenge, not everyone else’s. Your emotions aren’t just these immutable, uncontrollable things that happen to you. Discomfort very often
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by bequanna 4y ago
You’re absolutely free to do use whatever language you want, but your expectation that I do the same, implicit or otherwise, is where I draw the line. I get it. You’re super hip. But words are indeed meaningful and you don’t get to choose h
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by bequanna 4y ago
Huh? You do realize that the numbers you’re being told about solar/wind being price competitive don’t take into account the overbuild required, storage or even the huge transmission costs. Also, there is no storage option on the horizo
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by bequanna 4y ago
Wind and solar are not a real solutions and would require massive capacity overbuild. We need to focus on base load replacement, not intermittent “feel good” sources.
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by bequanna 4y ago
Ah, but the whole genesis of this discussion is that many people are trying to impose it on others. I have absolutely no problem with gender neutral bathrooms. But I have a big problem with the name calling (“transphobe”), bullying, and s
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by bequanna 4y ago
I hear you, but please also consider that almost all people (trans or otherwise) experience social discomfort. For example, there are many more people who experience severe social anxiety than would identify as trans. Those people can have
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by bequanna 4y ago
> They do however take issues with trans men existing and being acknowledged as such. sigh The arguments like “they are denying trans people exist!” and “this is causing violence!” are so over the top and tired. No one is denying trans
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by bequanna 4y ago
An interesting argument. Quantum physics does a better job of explaining the universe, that’s why we use it. Changing common language for the sole purpose of being an “ally” to some ultra small minority only serves to confuse. Quite a dumb
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by bequanna 4y ago
Common myth. Income based health insurance is available via every state govt. Most low income people pay nothing for health insurance in the US. Additionally, COBRA lets you continue coverage using your old plan under your employer. But tha
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by bequanna 4y ago
Most in the US have the majority of their heath insurance premium paid by their employer AND have higher than Euroland salaries. After spending time in impossibly small Euro homes/apartments I’m still not sure what people are referring
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by bequanna 4y ago
The number of households artificially increased as a result of student loan payment deferments and the general COVID free money bonanza. More households = more rental demand = higher rent. Expect that to revert to the mean (people move back
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by bequanna 4y ago
> House prices are set at the margins, just like any asset. Even if the folks with 3% mortgage rates sit tight and don’t sell, there will still be downward pressure on prices because prices are not determined by non-transactions. YES! Th
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by bequanna 4y ago
Housing affordability has never been as low as it is currently and we are headed into a recession. I think large drops (40-50%) in most regions are likely.
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by bequanna 4y ago
The article addresses this. There are currently more new homes under construction in the US than at any other time in history.
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by bequanna 4y ago
Right, but that sprawl is apparently what people want. It is not typical in the US to raise a family in an apartment in a high density neighborhood. There are exceptions, but typically only younger or lower income people live in apartments
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by bequanna 4y ago
Cool with that too. Let’s start with the politicians who use the excuse “we’re just following the science” to seize power and hold it as long as possible.
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by bequanna 4y ago
Just say what you really want: Equality of Outcome You know, the system that puts less qualified people over more qualified people for no other reason than virtue signaling. The feel good system that kills competitiveness, decreases efficie
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by bequanna 4y ago
I’m cool with that. We could start by defunding public universities who refuse to fire professors pushing their political views on young, vulnerable students.
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by bequanna 4y ago
Those sound like the same people who would like to make “micro aggressions” illegal.
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by bequanna 4y ago
> White carries a different set of meanings; capitalizing the word in this context risks following the lead of white supremacists. Just… wow. This is some next level nonsense.
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by bequanna 4y ago
I hear you, and I simply stated that I don’t like where that line of reasoning can go. I’ve spent plenty of time around people who have been incarcerated for serious crimes and many of them are life-long con artists who take no responsibili
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by bequanna 4y ago
Not really an obstacle to tweeting. It’s nothing other than making people pay for a status symbol.
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by bequanna 4y ago
I don’t think so. The current reckless course has us replacing stable base load with intermittent sources before we have any storage solution. That means you need to massively overbuild generation and transmission capacity to meet reliabili
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by bequanna 4y ago
I really don’t like this line of thinking. This is the kind of bullshit trick that many terrible, violent criminals like the Menendez bros try to pull when they get caught: “It isn’t my fault I murdered/raped/etc, my upbringing wa
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by bequanna 4y ago
Interest rates. People don’t care about prices, they care about payments and low interest rates kept payments low and pushed prices higher. The Fed was sucking up MBS and keeping mortgage rates artificially low for far too long. That is ove
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by bequanna 4y ago
The clickbait, alarmist title of the article definitely seems to be suggesting this is not temporary.
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by bequanna 4y ago
How is it an extraordinary claim? It is by far the simplest and most obvious explanation.
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by bequanna 4y ago
I think you don’t quite understand why people participate in lotteries and gamble. Lottery scratch off tickets are especially popular because of the possibility of many plays in a short period with intermittent rewards. Also, in your scheme
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by bequanna 4y ago
> And to the extent that the U.S. does have more crime/incarceration than other countries, I'd ask what we're doing wrong, or more neutrally, what's different about our approach? Why are you only considering our appro
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by bequanna 4y ago
I see this cited very often, but what exactly should we take away from this? Just some general idea that "too many" people are in prison? I think most people agree that low-level drug offenders shouldn't be filling our prison

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