Read all about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_element

It’s a good example of how conservatives will say anything to chase their desired effects.

I had a negative impulse because it initially read as “I was there once but I have wisdom on the topic”. It sounds like they’re weighing in on something they don’t have lived experience with.

Also, NYC is one of very few cities in the US that supports a car-free life

Yes. I’ve been saying for years that electric cars and self driving cars are solving the wrong problem. The problem is if I need a car to get groceries. The problem is I’m not safe on the street because of all the cars.

People who have never lived someplace that doesn’t need a car are very eager to tell you how it won’t work, though.

Happily using Linux at home. Played some elden ring today, and the original fallout last week. Did some writing in libre office. It’s fine. And free. I never have to tinker with it.

I’ve had cases where I’ve moved the needle. Got someone to move from “I hate communism!!” to “I see where you’re coming from. Capitalism has problems, I admit”.

For some people, you need to let them feel heard and avoid being too antagonistic.

Some people are just trolls, though.

Neat. I’d love to work on that instead of at a horrible megacorp.

Maybe they’ll build something to easily report jobs with no salary listed.

Stepping outside in NYC feels like it costs 100 dollars every time you do it.

I feel the opposite, because I just walk places instead of driving. Not having a car is a big savings!

I got my monthly food budget around $100/month for a bit when I was unemployed.

There’s more to New York than Manhattan. Queens and Brooklyn are often cheaper.

Brooklyn search

Shit is still too expensive, but there are lucky finds still.

You don’t need to bring car usage to zero. It’s a win to bring it down.

Maybe let local people decide what’s right for them instead of making blanket proclamations for everyone and every place?

Local, non-expert, people are famously wrong. You’d have everything paved over for more parking if you listened to them.

If they know the social media algorithms are harmful why don’t they deal with that? Like Facebook tried to see if they could just make people sad by tweaking their algorithm (they could) and no one faced consequences.

The answer is money and corruption, I expect.

Things like this contribute to people calling Luigi a saint. If there was justice through official channels (more justice than merely laws being applied), people wouldn’t cheer for an executive being murdered on the street.

It’s an ass-backwards system. People making small amounts need the money now more!

It should be progressive. The first $x aren’t taxed, then the next chunk are taxed a little, then the next chunk more, and so on.

A fanciful guess: the mass transit over car culture means less ambient isolation. You see and interact with more people from more walks of life. You can walk places after work together, have long talks on the train. It’s less soul sucking than just driving to work and home by yourself.

I’ve worked a lot of non-union jobs with absolute idiots in charge, where nothing works and its a shit show. I don’t think union is the deciding factor there.

I don’t know what it does on Lemmy but I’m clicking the gold star on this reply

Generally speaking, snakes only attack when they feel threatened.

Well, a lot of conservatives feel threatened. The fear isn’t justified, but it’s real.

Without jeopardizing your academics, prioritize rare things.

TV and video games will always be there. Your friend asking you to come play tennis won’t. Go play tennis even if you don’t think you’ll love it.

Not easily and safely. You could try to talk to them, but most people are kind of brittle and will get defensive if you so much as suggest they are not saints.

Recognize that behavior in yourself, and try to be better. We’re all vulnerable to getting defensive when we’re wrong.