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Anecdotal but I know 4 Boomers who retired during covid. I also know a lot of younger folks who opted in to the gig economy instead of working at a store/restaurant, including 3 of…

I hopped into a Jeep Cherokee that I thought was mine and drove it down the road for a minute before realizing I was not in my vehicle. Keys are funny like that.

It looks like 2020 was China 11.5, USA 5.1, India 2.5. The biggest thing to note is both China and India are INCREASING every year.

LOL I'm 99% anxiety free after I learned to manage my allergies and diet! I make light of the situation now but at one point in my life I was confused and freaked out because of th…

I would disagree and say that most land is cheap in the US.

I grew up with my sisters in poverty. I didn't eat at a restaurant until I was 14 and paid for it myself. I started baking crackers, biscuits and pancakes that my younger sisters a…

SF does have a huge homeless population. Yes it go's to homeless shelters and other charities/programs. We sometimes forget that not all homeless are chronic homeless which is what…

I don't feel like you are being honest. Driving across the state of California is not being nearby. A 4+ hour, 200+ mile, one way drive is not nearby.

You are still surrounded by people with the same ideologies, it's just harder to hear us because of the noise. The people who are pro-censorship and regulation have never been a fr…

Since when did "high quality" become impossible? lol. Thats news to me. The fact you think Sears was "high quality" is telling. Maybe you have never bought or been exposed to "qual…

I think the simple answer is we are mammals and feed our newborns milk and since they usually don't die from their breast feedings we equate milk to being good & nutritional. The f…

Do you shower at the place you are walking or riding your bike? Just sweat your ass off all day long and hope everyone around you doesn't mind? You have about 1-2 minutes before yo…

As a teen in the early 90's, who was self taught, there is only one correct answer for all questions, RTFM. lol. Man that sucked.

Im in a smaller company of a few hundred employees. We had the option to go back to the office this week. Exactly 3 people are in the office, the same 3 who have remained at the of…

Outside of a few counties in the US the process is very straight forward.

How? Why would a developer want to lose money housing as many people as possible? At the end of the day your looking to sell or rent for the highest $ per SQ FT possible in your ma…

I worked in HMIS for years and the chronic homeless are almost ALWAYS "mentally ill, drug addicts, or most likely an individual suffering from both problems." Additionally, you mak…

Property is a decent investment, commercial and industrial you can expect to see nice returns and all expenses are pushed to the tenant. When renting homes, its usually about getti…

For the time you spent typing this comment you could have created a return and had UPS come pick up your package or in my experience, Amazon wouldn't have even required you to retu…

I bet you are technically correct, because support roles are the majority of the positions available. The guys who join a combat arms MOS sign up to fight. I signed up for a 19D sl…

Ethics? If you agree with UBI, then ethics do not matter. Why negotiate a minority position, take it all.

I find the concept of UBI and redistribution of wealth terrible to a free society. If wealth redistribution is what the rich and common both "want", why allow the wealthy to set th…

My 10 year old can start a fire, create a shelter, gather/sterilize water, hunt, trap, clean game and cook it. Humans are scary smart compared to other life and can easily pickup s…

The concept is national security. Credibility is a non issue, same with which administration is in power. This is done because of national security concerns and it absolutely makes…

Still going, that will never change.