It’s a race to the bottom, which I’d call a systematic bug.

Who’s buying anything fun when nobody has a job? So yeah, I agree with what you’re saying too.

I miss my old city sometimes.

When you didn’t want to/couldn’t pay for a view of the statue of liberty, just hop on the ferry with your family who’ve come up to visit and enjoy the gentle hum of a massive machine plying the waters quietly at night.

It’s a terrible idea, having been a biker in socal. You’d think ventilated fabric, even a regular t-shirt with air moving on you from your forward motion would cool you…

It doesn’t. You’re actually adding heat (thermal energy) to your body faster than it can be removed by your sweat glands, the glands cannot output water fast enough to match the thermal energy being injected into you as the hot air passes over your body. You actually need to insulate yourself with a wind blocking jacket, at which point fuck that, stop riding, and wait a few hours.

It’s a very odd sensation, but you understand it almost without explanation if you’ve tried it… So what were these guys thinking, ignoring their body’s alarm bells?

Nah. Chill out.

I miss when the US was renowned for its peace corps, building wells and hospitals, helping communities which weren’t relevant to our income, but were helped for the sake of helping.

I can only mind my small corner, though we all work on our own little projects which may have positive effects in a larger sense.

I grew up here and want to share our wealth with all who strive to benefit both team human, and mother nature. We must quest for good, both locally and globally, or die trying.

For fucking real bro, just ask them if they’ve actually read the Bible or constitution in it’s entirety.

Crickets, every fucking time.

Just block this low-quality troll. Don’t engage, just let 'em die of loneliness (like real life).

I think I was wrong, see edit. Carry on!

Yeah but JIS for screws/bolts has been abandoned by the Japanese govt as of… 2005?

My JIS screwdrivers are fantastic, not easy to torque out on a regular Phillips screw. Stick with the “vessel” brand.

E: I can’t find anything more than discussion about it, nothing official. Sorry for the wrong info, looks like JIS screws are still alive.

I understood you meant the first one. I’m also biased towards the people of my former home city.

There are several sources that collude to raise prices for the average New Yorker, rent and food amongst them. I’m not at all blaming the lady taking the job remotely, there is pain in financing & operating the business, for the employees in getting to and from, and getting paid close to what their work is actually worth.

The bitch is that none of this system is voluntary. Work or starve, how inhumane.

At no point have I ever said our excessive consumerism is good, only that people shouldn’t be competing internationally for an in-person job.

Having been raised in NYC, I can tell you directly that the job market is a bit fierce, and I think offshoring basic service jobs is terrible for everyone involved, owner included.

Same, stuck with tiered on SCE and it worked reliably and at reasonably low cost.

Everything in the US is already expensive, that “great wage going to a Filipino/a” is at the expense of a person in their own hometown not having a job.

Too bad? Put the shoe on your other foot. If we in the US ban imported rice to protect our farmers, would you and friends feel comfortable in that time things take to adjust? The loss of income?

How far does $6/day go in the Philippines? I can tell you how far it goes in NYC.

Where did you get that info? Cops in LA NYC & Seattle (all places I’ve lived) have very high starting salaries, besides all the excellent benny’s like double pay for anything over 4hrs OT work per day, zero dollar PPO insurance, etc…

Hot. Just gotta do all the things for her that’ll make her happy, so she’ll want to bend you over.

Two way street and all 😎 I think they’re called relationships?

3M made a great alternative I actually tried to get my company into, Novec 4710… But turns out they’ve stopped making it.

The bitch about SF6 is that it’s so stable (as required, to resist high voltage electric breakdown) that it also lasts way, way long in the atmosphere.

Yeah man, I don’t know. I think we need to just use less energy, as a species.

I think this is what anti-natalists are going on about, that life is more painful than joyous, don’t bring more conscious beings into it.

I understand that premise, but I’d argue that there is more good than bad in life, that while the universe may not care about any of us, there are plenty of genuinely beautiful moments out there, even just walking around your local park.

Death is certain, maybe some should be permitted to exit life early, but there’s gotta be a way to show people nature’s beauty. I don’t really know where to go with this comment in truth. I just hope people in pain find genuine solace.

That’s no bueno for the environment.

Not worried about it. I don’t get people’s lack of understanding on this: a presidency is an administration composed of multiple people.

The hell you think the cabinet does, hold china?

Yep, I’m still voting for him. I’ve had my own troubles speaking in public on occasion. Poor time for it to happen, don’t care.