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by trgn 3y ago
It's scary. But are families really now more poor than ever, that unlike today/before nobody will be able to retire? I think there's a huge difference in baseline cost. A lot of people on high incomes have huge spending jumps
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by trgn 3y ago
The numbers dont jibe with reality. Yes, 80k (or whatever the median is) feels low, but people are constantly - in reality - retiring, vacationing, sending their kids to school, buying cars, eating out, ... on that income. There's a hu
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by trgn 3y ago
whoa! Consumer Reports is a non-profit. TIL.
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by trgn 3y ago
Things can always get worse.
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by trgn 3y ago
Where's all that new wealth though? Asset values are flatlining. Would love to have somebody explain it to me, how this big growth number has made anybody wealthier in inflation-adjusted-terms.
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by trgn 3y ago
Is it? Are your referring to the varnish that's applied after?
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by trgn 3y ago
And you feel it, barefoot, touching it, it feels more natural. Hardwood floors cleans better too, more hygienic. Hard to put into words.
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by trgn 3y ago
lol the news made every analyst bump the value of the expected interest-rate cell in their spreadsheets. gdp-numbers are basically just mirroring inflation. It is not growth if it decimates companies market caps.
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by trgn 3y ago
Yep, "hit by a car" is the perfect example of fetishization, the attribution of agency to inanimate objects. Note to that it will be the cyclist that will hit the old lady, never the bicycle. The bicycle, even though as old as the
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by trgn 3y ago
Speed limiters should be an on all vehicles, especially commercial ones. Speed limiters are virtuous technology; they remove a source of dont-ask-dont-tell coercion for delivery drivers to beat a schedule. Slow(er) moving trucks and cars al
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by trgn 3y ago
for sure. especially the doordashers. at least an amazon van usually has to make multiple stops on the same block.
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by trgn 3y ago
> Anyway, most everyone likes to walk around and explore whatever environment they're in. I know a lot of people who never walk anywhere, never really "wander", think it's weird at best, unsafe at worst. They will on
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by trgn 3y ago
> vinegar + salt + dish-soap works great! But you need to use it regularly, weeds will grow back after a few weeks.
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by trgn 3y ago
This is the mirage. Seeing roundup on shelves at home depot casts a spell. Because it is, it must. There is no reason for pesticides for residential use. The virginal lawn is an aesthetic and just that. Fads and aspirations can change. Some
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by trgn 3y ago
I don't know if they're brewing for the world market, but when I was in Dar-es-Salam, I remember ordering Tanzanian beer (e.g. https://untappd.com/b/serengeti-breweries-ltd-serengeti-prem... )
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by trgn 3y ago
On that note: breweries are bellweather industries. Need glass bottles, assembly lines. High hygiene and cleaning requirements, bringing more of the procedural sides of industrialization.. When a country starts brewing for global market, it
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by trgn 3y ago
Hmm... the fact that the flaneur is an archetype of the industrial city, and he only got a name 150 years ago, is pretty interesting, and worthy of further elaboration. Add to this the odd state of affairs that in America, most do not even
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by trgn 3y ago
I think this is the perfect example. Sure, americans make more money, but we spent _way_ more on the biggies (education, healthcare, childcare, ...). I have the unfortunate situation having to witness europeans in my family lead a much more
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by trgn 3y ago
weird. Walkable cities are much more quiet than the car ones. Sure, a busy area is noisy from revelers. Cars are just loud technology, compared to bikes or walking.
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by trgn 3y ago
People who live out in the country, outside the city. I'm sure there are some still.
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by trgn 3y ago
Another reason, why cars, the actual technology is just trash. Too heavy, too fast, completely unnecessary for the city* Can't wait to when we get off this dumb fetish. The robot car of the future is a golf cart, or a kei car, or a bat
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by trgn 3y ago
No, it's not what I said. Keep the car out in the country. I wrote safe mobility options for all, so active modes of transportation are a viable alternative to the car. That applies both to the city and the country. To make walking and
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by trgn 3y ago
> Bold ideas are welcome. Burrying heads in the sand not an option. It's simple. It's more mobility options, especially safe active transportation. EVs are still cars. It's a change in the margin. What is really needed is
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by trgn 3y ago
Maybe it's better understood as plate, not coin. Dishwear put it in a burghers display case most of the year, that can, in times of war or distress be used as money. It has a sentimental value primarily, nonetheless, it has a veneer (p
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by trgn 3y ago
I wasn't sarcastic! point taken though, maybe the choice of sports does not fit the ideal.
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by trgn 3y ago
A healthy mind in a healthy body. We should all aspire to it. It's a beautiful thing, to have institutions nurture both athletes and scholars.
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by trgn 3y ago
That's already the model for a lot of libraries. They are all "learnings commons" now. Sometimes there are "maker spaces" or whatever attached to it, for tool use. They can be next to each other but don't have
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by trgn 3y ago
Modernism. Infatuation with the transformative power of technology. It transfers responsibilities of political participation (what it means to be a citizen) to a mechanistic, consumptive process (what it means to be a consumer). Could not e
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by trgn 3y ago
It's an irradiated wasteland
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by trgn 3y ago
> I think it's what needs to be done, so I'm doing my part because I'm an able, healthy adult, but it's definitely an activist/enthusiast thing, not a reasonable solution for the vast majority of my state who use

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