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snowdriftissue

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  • These used to cost less than half as much as they do now and they used to be twice as big.

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  • In the absence of clear demands and organization (which would make it a boycott, which is something that works), "voting with your wallet" just looks like random noise to them. You really think because you stop buying a product or go to the grocery store across the street instead anything will change?

  • These used to cost less than half as much as they do now and they used to be twice as big.

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  • Straight from the article the other commenter linked:

    "The context is since October of last year, you've had lower grocery prices than restaurant prices. And when prices are cheaper at grocery stores, low-income households go there. When McDonald's is cheaper, they go to McDonald's," Wedbush restaurants analyst Nick Setyan said.

    Buying the cheapest available food option is not "voting with your dollar." That's called trying to survive. Low income people don't get to vote with their dollar.

  • These used to cost less than half as much as they do now and they used to be twice as big.

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  • That's not "voting with your wallet" lmao it's not being able to afford food

  • These used to cost less than half as much as they do now and they used to be twice as big.

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  • It also does literally nothing lol. I'm continually shocked at how many people continue to think it's an effective form of resistance despite all available evidence.

    Edit: since this comment seems to have rustled a few jimmies, I found this thread about the nintendo situation which contains some pretty good info since I'm not one to spend loads of time and energy arguing with randos on the internet: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1jr93bv/vote_with_your_wallet_and_other_liberal_arguments/

  • Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

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  • The blame for the kid running out in the street is the CEO's fault?

    Streets are for people. Not cars. Don't blame the kid for doing kid stuff.

  • Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

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  • Automated car makers are always going to emphasize the stopping distance because it's a strong point for them. This was true even in that cruise incident where the car stopped quickly to avoid hitting that woman as hard, but then picked up speed again since it couldn't see her, dragging her underneath and killing her.

    I guess what I would want to know in this case is would a vigilent human driver have spotted the kid faster because a human actually knows how to read body language and spot unpredictable children?

    Either way though fuck cars.

  • smh

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  • Wow lemmings really cannot comprehend the concept of a shitpost. The neverending unironic us political posts in this community is annoying but this is just sad.

  • Absolutely all of it

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  • yeah at first I thought it was just blur/artifact given that it was screenshotted from a video but then I noticed the absolutely MASSIVE clock on the wall lmao and also "KOGEP"

  • Please science

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  • Sometimes antidepressants can unmask bipolar disorder and cause manic episodes but I've never heard of anything similar with antipsychotics. In fact they're often used as sedatives as OP alluded to.

  • Student Parking

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  • The car argument is relevant because OK, you take a train from NYC to Seattle or some shit. It goes across thousands of miles. If you were to stop at a station to visit a relative along the way, you could get off the train and still be 3-5+ hours by car travel to that relative who lives in podunkville population 100.

    We have an enormous amount of land that has very, very low population density. There are huge swathes that also practically have no to minimal population living there permanently.

    I'm confused. Is your argument that mass public transit isn't realistic for students traveling to unis because a tiny % of the population lives in the middle of nowhere where it wouldn't be feasible to access by rail alone? Places where there universities do not even exist? There are towns of less than 10K people in the US that used to be serviced by rail back when they were even smaller than that (and some that still are). Look up a picture of the US freight rail map. Even without the insane subsidies that cars receive, the most extensive freight rail network in the world has been built in the US.

    To your other point, I agree that the political will for public transit is not strong enough. I think that's a poor excuse to advocate for more car parking which will only make the situation worse.

  • Student Parking

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  • I think you should watch this video: https://youtu.be/REni8Oi1QJQ

    The US was built on rail. Almost every US city only exists because it used to be on a rail line. Most US cities used to have tram networks that were ripped out and paved over to make way for cars. LA, despite now being a sprawling car centric wasteland used to have the biggest tram network in the country. Rail is also just a far better solution to travelling vast distances than cars for many reasons, so I really don't understand why that argument comes up again and again. Who the fuck wants to drive from New York to California? I don't.

    The reason for the dominance of cars in the US has way more to do with the power of the auto industry and the lack of political will than any real practical concerns.

  • Student Parking

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  • When you don’t support any kind of parking you also make it difficult for people who have full time jobs or are continuing education as adults.

    When you support more parking you ironically only make this problem even worse. Look up "induced demand." Not to mention increased tuition (avg cost of garages is in the tens of thousands per spot) and butt ugly campuses filled with parking garages.

    The real solution is more alternatives to driving so that only the people who actually have to drive do.

  • Anon goes to therapy

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  • Generally speaking people who need mental health help are going to be more easily discouraged by a negative interaction than the general population even if they can afford therapy in the first place. In the US at least there's also a shortage of therapists, meaning you might have to wait a long time to see anyone at all. And in my experience there are a lot more bad therapists than good ones (though assholes of this level are probably rare).

    Honestly if it were me I'd just save myself the trouble, read a book on CBT and get some antidepressants. But that doesn't work for everyone.

  • Where is Linux not working well in your daily usage? Share your pain points as of 2026, so we can respectfully discuss

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  • I've only been able to get HDR to work properly in Bazzite's gaming mode

  • RuleTok

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  • I use Seal on Android to download them but an actual frontend would be nice. There is Proxitok but none of the public instances really work anymore.

  • Anon goes to therapy

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  • Yeah this sounds pretty believable to me there's a lot of shitty therapists

  • postmarketOS v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues

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  • porting the google number requires a phone plan w carrier; but i only use prepaid accounts between multiple carriers that change roughly every 6 to 12 months or so, depending on the price and whether or not they'll support the unlock phones that i buy online. also: my current carrier will not accept a google voice number per their technical support people.

    Why not just switch to another VoIP provider like jmp.chat then?

    and those companies rely on some sort of multi factor authentication and my experiences with forwarding teaches me that the forwarding doesn't always go through in a timely enough manner.

    I guess. I've never had any issue personally

  • postmarketOS v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues

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  • postmarketOS v25.12: The One Where The Saga Continues

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  • I assume you're "voting with your wallet" which imo is not an effective or worthwhile endeavor. What manufacturer is so much better than Google that they're actually worth going with over a Pixel with Graphene? The only one that I can think of is maybe Fairphone, but it only works in Europe and the extra cost would likely be better spent towards a donation to a project like GrapheneOS than a mediocre device that is neither private nor secure nor degoogled.

    my primary reasoning for an android alternative is to get out of google's walled garden

    You don't even need an alternative OS to get out of Google's walled garden. You can and probably should start doing that before you move to an entirely new OS.