Mid-sized stand-alone city. Think 50-200K people.
If I explicitly have to choose between big city or small town, then it comes down to employment options. If that is a non-factor (e.g. remote work) then small town.
For those saying culture or whatever, I'm ok with commuting to a big city once a month or whatever for that stuff. I don't need cultural attractions for my day-to-day life.
It was instilled in me from a very early age that cops are not your friends.
Getting a vasectomy is the biggest possible middle finger I could have hoisted to the parasite class
Increasing wealth inequality is a feature, not a bug, of capitalism.
Yeah, I don't think you can really apply eugenics to yourself. It's more something that one exerts on others.
As I see it, the genocide is not up for a vote since neither candidate will stop it. It's the other issues that are up for vote.
They've decided to do genocide regardless of what the voters want.
There's the dictionary definition and the "how it plays out in the real world" definition. It isn't defined as a system pushing for constant growth, but due to its competitive winner-take-all nature it becomes a matter of grow or die.
People have kids at 22. That's a really big permanent decision too that completely changes the trajectory of one's life. If having a kid at 22 is ok, then taking steps to make sure that you don't have one should also be ok. Otherwise that is promoting a double standard.
I'd wager more than 25%
A lot of big state university towns that are not part of major metros probably fit this. They are going to have a lot of amenities due to the university.
No future workers. No future consumers (including being bent over a barrel for essential goods). No future taxpayers. No future people to fight their wars.
Hopefully employers will allow WFH for jobs that can be feasibly done remotely. This will also help reduce traffic for those who cannot WFH.
What other explanation would you have for the endless pursuit of growth if not capitalism? What other explanation would you have for larger companies pushing smaller ones out if not capitalism. I'm talking both the "why" but also the "how"? Consider the mechanisms of how a company such as Wal-mart can go into a small town and drive everyone else out of business. And then consider why they do it.
Alternately: choosing to reproduce for genetic reasons. Positive eugenics is still eugenics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior or promoting those judged to be superior.
Emphasis mine, though seems people rarely get called out for the latter.
I think it's important to make an honest assessment of what is, and what isn't, under control of consumers. Reducing meat consumption is something that consumers actually can control, unlike say the massive environmental destruction caused by military.
Corporations and other entities doing bad stuff does not absolve us of our own responsibility.
Law enforcement in the U.S. in its current form is a gang. The key points here are lack of accountability, lack of oversight, and a lot of unjust laws. The latter may not be their fault per se, but it is still a factor that needs to be corrected.
Good charts comparing why the "just world fallacy" is indeed a fallacy.
it’s immoral to vote for bad people.
One could argue that it's immoral to not vote in a way that prevents the worst choice from winning.
The OP isn't about eugenics of any sort. No one was talking about (negative) eugenics either until someone shoehorned it into the conversation.
I think it is intellectually dishonest to mention one type of eugenics while completely ignoring the other type, hence my bringing attention to a topic which has already been broached.
And tipping culture has creeped in both magnitude (i.e. 15% used to be standard, but now it's the low end) and scope (e.g. tips prompts at fucking fast food places)
"Positive" eugenics is also eugenics, i.e. nations that want more (insert racial or ethnic group) and encouraging those groups to reproduce are engaging in eugenics.
I think "plant forward" is actually a reasonable term.
You (and a great many number of people) disagree with it. I'm simply explaining the concept.
The point for people adopting this mindset isn't to win. It's too avoid losing. It's a risk management strategy.
Not "$50K" of equity, an entire lifetime(s) of equity. A child will have a lot more than $50K of impact of their lifetime if we are talking about first world developed nations.
Obviously it can make life easier on the would-be parents as well, but that isn't really the main focus here.
Alternatively: murder
A 50% tip can get your credit card flagged as potentially fraudulent activity.
I think they’re disgusting. Since they’re disgusting I don’t want their flesh in me.
Isn't this the basis behind some religions' prohibition against eating pigs? Basically that they are disgusting and disease-ridden.
I'm vegan, so I never get to truly vote my conscience and won't be able to until someone takes a stand against factory farming. I'm not interested in debating factory farms here nor am I making a direct comparison to genocide, just noting that it is a significant moral issue for me and has never been up for a vote, just as the genocide in Gaza isn't up for a vote.
I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything here. Just explaining what the position is. You obviously disagree with it, as does the majority of the population. It is an unpopular position.
This is a very sobering read: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/27/23893028/farmed-animals-animal-welfare-human-progress-poverty-climate-change-environment
Endless nightmare indeed
and usually you can find the same community topic on another instance and not miss out on much
One of the worst things about Reddit is that you have some subs that are basically "too big to fail." You have THE sub for a specific topic. Unless it's really a niche topic with a small community to begin with, this is not a good thing.
If the sub has bad mods, you're out of luck. Or you have a bad knock-off sub that gets like 1% of the traffic.
If the only obligation of the DNC is to be not quite as bad as the GOP, how do you expect there to be genuine, positive change, rather than the continued slow descent into fascism?
That's the problem, I don't expect there to be genuine, positive change. Our system is such that I don't see a way to break the cycle.
Our shitty election system is such that if one side puts in a crazed lunatic, this gives the other side a license to be as shitty as they think they can get away with. And the people who have the ability to change it benefit from not doing so.
The best we can probably do is chip away at states 1 at a time to get ranked choice voting or some other system that addresses our duopoly. That's what we should be doing too, but it's a long road (if it will succeed at all) and won't help for 2024.
We are essentially painted into a corner.
I'm sure the people running businesses when Wal-mart came into their town and pushed them out have a better understanding than I do.
Those small local businesses may not be growth-driven, but they still have to compete against companies that are. And the odds are very often stacked against those small businesses, though some of them are able to successfully carve out a niche.
The message specifically said it was due to the "unusually large tip". They wanted me to confirm that it was intended.
If the article linked below is to be believed, the credit card company does indeed know how much of the transaction is a tip due to the way the transaction is processed. Note that this was at a full-service restaurant, not tipping at the counter for fast food or some other thing.
Consider when you pay with a credit card at a sit-down restaurant, they read the card first. Then you write in the tip on the receipt, meaning that they process this part later after the initial card reading. It is probably different with the tabletop self-checkout devices though.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-tips-given-in-restaurants-never-show-on-credit-card-statements
I'd guess at least a week but most likely more.
We need to start using U.S. troops to make these food deliveries. These types of "mistakes" would stop immediately.
I've had transactions flagged for (intentionally) leaving large tips before. These large tips were justified for various reasons, such as comped meals.
Could be the specific credit card company I use?
I feel like I'm just running the clock down to FIRE
Yes, this is what I was trying to explain. It isn't printed right there in the dictionary because it isn't the formal definition. It's just how it ends up actually working.
There's countless other examples too, where the formal definition and what it means in the real world don't fully line up.
Indeed, you've spelled it out plainly: there is no vote option to end the U.S. funding of Israel's genocide in Gaza.
I can either make a vote that won't end it, or I can make a vote that won't end it (and may actually make it worse, as you alluded) and will also lead to significant negative consequences for many groups of people here.
Not just trans, but homosexual, non-white, non-religious, women.