NYC transit I think caps at $34/week, which I don’t hit because I walk most places.

When I lived in the suburbs I did some math about the cost. I was paying like $300/mo for transit into the city, plus all the other car coats. Moving in meant rent went up some, but I got rid of the car. Big win, in my case.

There’s that bit in Baldur’s gate 2 where some NPCs decide they can take you on, die, and then reload the game.

It’s like when people say they hate obamacare but they love the ACA. They don’t know what they’re talking about, but they have a well worn heuristic of “what does my in-group say?”

Or it’s like that spongebob meme with patrick and the wallet

“So you want workers to be treated with respect” : “Yep”

“And they should be paid a fair wage for their work”: “Sounds good to me.”

“And vital services like health care should be provided to everyone” : “Of course”

“So you’ll vote for the left wing candidate” : “No, I don’t like left wing policies”

That’s not what corner case means.

And that’s not what city life is. There’s music, food, art, museums, cinema, theater, street fairs, cultural events. All of that fits in a city, in a few square miles, because cities are dense.

Why do you think city life is just work and home?

Droll? You’re saying New York City, one of the cultural capitals of the world, is droll?

Most people aren’t going spelunking every day. They go to work. They go to the grocery. They go out to eat. They go out for drinks. You shouldn’t need a car for that. You definitely shouldn’t drink and drive.

No one is seriously arguing for getting rid of all cars for all people in all case. The focus is making them no longer the default. People who do need to drive for whatever reason will have a better time because there would be less traffic.

But really this conversation goes the same way it always does. People propose mass transit to solve the day to day for most people most of the time, and some people say it won’t work because of corner cases and “I don’t want to change anything”.

Have you ridden trains? Like, commuter trains? the NYC subway handles millions of riders per day. The trains have many doors.

I’d be okay with people being ticketed for driving trucks with only 1 passenger and not using them for hauling anything.

Well, we agree on this at least. I live in NYC and most of these huge trucks are a unnecessary menace.

And have you seen the types of people who take trains/busses? No fucking thanks.

That’s kind of a fucked up sentiment, honestly. I live in an area that has a working transit system, so it’s people of all walks of life. Rich assholes ride the train to their high finance job right next to the working class folks. People commute in from NJ and CT because it’s faster, easier, and cheaper than driving.

People who drive when there’s transit available, without a good reason, are assholes. “I don’t want to see poor people” is not a good reason.

Trains, and busses, are a huge tradeoff in time savings.

Also, lol. I can pay $3 to ride the train to midtown in ~40 minutes. Or I could drive, and deal with all the pain points of traffic and parking and take… ~40 minutes. I’ll take the train and read, thanks.

Are you the kind of person who thinks “Where’s the any key?” when the computer says “press any key to continue”? Like, overly literal, inability to parse intent and deep meaning?

poe’s law is real and i can’t tell if this is sincere. It’s so cliche I think it might be a joke, but some people essentially are sad little jokes so maybe it’s real.

There should also be something like “slop’s law” for “any post on the internet might be AI slop, or might be trash hand crafted by a person”

Probably max out all skills by spending time in appropriate settings. If I can learn magic as per, say, mage the awakening, then I’m doing that as well.

Then I’m coming back here and fixing the world with extensive application of five point Mind and Fate magics.

Easier maybe, but less likely to have the best outcomes. I’m sorry dating has been bad for you, and the apps are absolutely predatory, but there’s always hope

Emotions are unfortunately tied to certain political issues, thats the way it is.

Does that mean the topics that elicit emotions are invalid? What does it mean?

Ok, let me amend my position: body mass is not a universal deal breaker. There are people who will reject someone on appearance or weight, but there are many people who would find that same person attractive.

What does this mean exactly?

If your an average Joe like me, there is no reason your identity should be extremely political.

I feel like you almost discovered the concept of privilege here.

If you consistently become emotional about political issues, you might need to take a step back and re-examine yourself.

But then kind of whiffed here.

Someone’s identity as a gay person or black person should not be “political” (whatever that means. Care to define it?). But it is.

Like, it was in living memory that black people had to sit in the back of the bus, and couldn’t buy property in certain places. Women couldn’t open checking accounts of their own until like 1974. Trans people are routinely subject to hate and danger.

Why do you think people are “regurgitating propaganda” rather than describing their experiences? Why is your baseline cool and normal and theirs is “led by the nose”?

And it’s extremely lossy to compress all of politics down to “sides”. There are details. People experience and believe things. It’s not just like rooting for a baseball team (though for some people it can be, admittedly).

I know plenty of larger men who are happily dating. The problem isn’t the body mass.

My friend has a toddler and I always spoke to her like a regular person who just happened to not know things. She seemed to respect it a lot.

How new is your computer?

I found Pop!_OS worked out of the box fine on my new desktop.

Mint had problems, but worked fine on my older computers.

Back up any important software (like, on a separate drive or online). Get a couple flash drives. Try out mint, popos, bazzite. They’re all free so it doesn’t matter that much if you don’t like one.

I don’t recommend trying to dual boot on one drive because windows is a rude room mate.

I’m pretty sure Reagan’s administration decided to just stop enforcing anti monopoly stuff

It’s hard to say. I think too much can lead to the kid not appreciating how much things cost, or how hard it is for other people.

My parents paid for most of my education, and that made a big difference. I entered adulthood without massive debt. (Low five figures seems low compared to many of my peers, anyway. USA! USA!)

Generational wealth is powerful. Many of today’s richest people became super wealthy because their parents paid for stuff when they were getting started.

I think the most important question is if your kid is going to be a kind and decent person, or a scumbag who says “I earned all of this! no one gave me a handout” whild voting to gut aid programs.