I work with people I consider friends/get along with/work with. Some, I'd confide in if needed. Others, I KNOW they are the worst possible choice for that. Everyone I know at work is classified in some way in my head. there's the guy you can't joke about animals with, the lady who gossips about everything, the lady who will throw you under the bus at a moments notice. these are just some examples. Knowing this, you modulate your behavior around them. The under the bus lady has a huge amount of knowledge about gardening. I ask her for tips. I know that's what shes good for. But not for opening up, certainly not.
You know what? You can both simultaneously feel compassion for the guy and his family AND believe that what he did is wrong. They're not mutually exclusive.
But that's the thing. If I tax every form of transportation other than horses at 5000%, you can bet that horses would seem a good option. In the end, nobody --other than oddballs - cares if their car is gas, or natural gas, or coal, or steam, or even powered by bumblebees. We just want an affordable vehicle that reliably gets us from point A to point B, has decent power, decent range and doesn't take 24 hours to fill up. That's the key: build electric vehicles that do this, and people will sign up without being forced into it. The big issue right now seems to be cost, range and fill up time.
" In not too many more years, I will have photovoltaic panels on my roof connected to a battery bank in my basement..."
I've been hearing this my entire life. At some point it will be true, just as fusion power generation will be. I'll believe both when I see them affordable.
Stop giving us your facts here, it goes against the grain of the discussion. If it's old it can't be useful. We want NEW! Plus, leeches can't espouse some sort of morality play, so we hate them. PS: thanks, that was interesting and taught me something I was unaware of.
I'm sorry, but that argument was used against Natural Gas, "It's a fossil fuel, it will contribute to global warming, etc." Yet natural gas, based SOLELY on market forces , has resulted in an enormous reduction in carbon emissions in the US.
Those guys touting solar in my neighborhood aren't doing it because it's massively cheaper. They're doing it because it's massively subsidized. They will tell you as much in their sales pitches. They lead with "The gov't will pay X"...
You are correct. Following this logic, poor folk in blighted inner city communities also chose their path by electing politicians who catered to them via pretty words--but instituted no real, possibly painful to their lifestyle, reform.
Current electricity prices: Well, it's expensive to generate electricity! we need to raise your rates. Electricity prices with cheap abundant power: Well, nobody's buying our power anymore, and we need to maintain infrastructure, so we're raising our rates!
I'm American. I hear "trainers", I think "British English athletic shoes". it's not a huge mental jump, and it doesn't hurt anyone to know what other countries call things. It's not as if it's written in Mandarin.
1) Like before, people who would never have gotten a shot at writing will now get it. 2) Unlike before, there is such a huge quantity of material available for viewing, most people could spend their entire lives watching things they've never seen before running out. The only hit will be current pop culture, and trust me: Most people would be happier without it.
have you ever known people who are unemployed but have a family propping them up? Even with monetary support, a life of no purpose breeds bigger issues. Not reproducing is certainly not one of them... Plus, you fell back on the two saddest options there are: 1- "but in Star Trek..." 2- "In nature...."
The Keurig is perfect for some situations. I have older parents, shaky hands, etc. They had problems brewing with a regular one cup, getting the grounds out without making a mess, etc. If they need coffee, they just pop the single serve cup in and go.
This annoys me. I watch TV and Movies for the actors, not their political beliefs. The majority of actors and actresses don't agree with me politically. But I'm not paying to watch their politics. I'm paying to watch a movie. BTW: in the remake of POTA, the ending is taken from the original novel.
as long as we allow bullshit laws that won't let anyone other than Chinese own most things ( including companies) in china and not consider that racist, we'll be screwed.
Hello Sir! I offer you my service, "kill shitbag scammers in a fire", for low price of only $450 per for each fire made! I can easily be gotten by calling my office in NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES. Please search google maps for my servicing!
People have been blaming Reagan for stuff to this day, and he was out of office 30 years ago. Hell, people still blame FDR for crap, and he's been dead for over fifty years.
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I work with people I consider friends/get along with/work with.
Some, I'd confide in if needed.
Others, I KNOW they are the worst possible choice for that.
Everyone I know at work is classified in some way in my head. there's the guy you can't joke about animals with, the lady who gossips about everything, the lady who will throw you under the bus at a moments notice. these are just some examples.
Knowing this, you modulate your behavior around them.
The under the bus lady has a huge amount of knowledge about gardening. I ask her for tips. I know that's what shes good for. But not for opening up, certainly not.
You know what? You can both simultaneously feel compassion for the guy and his family AND believe that what he did is wrong.
They're not mutually exclusive.
But that's the thing. If I tax every form of transportation other than horses at 5000%, you can bet that horses would seem a good option.
In the end, nobody --other than oddballs - cares if their car is gas, or natural gas, or coal, or steam, or even powered by bumblebees. We just want an affordable vehicle that reliably gets us from point A to point B, has decent power, decent range and doesn't take 24 hours to fill up. That's the key: build electric vehicles that do this, and people will sign up without being forced into it.
The big issue right now seems to be cost, range and fill up time.
" In not too many more years, I will have photovoltaic panels on my roof connected to a battery bank in my basement..."
I've been hearing this my entire life. At some point it will be true, just as fusion power generation will be.
I'll believe both when I see them affordable.
Stop giving us your facts here, it goes against the grain of the discussion. If it's old it can't be useful. We want NEW! Plus, leeches can't espouse some sort of morality play, so we hate them.
PS: thanks, that was interesting and taught me something I was unaware of.
I'm sorry, but that argument was used against Natural Gas, "It's a fossil fuel, it will contribute to global warming, etc."
Yet natural gas, based SOLELY on market forces , has resulted in an enormous reduction in carbon emissions in the US.
Those guys touting solar in my neighborhood aren't doing it because it's massively cheaper. They're doing it because it's massively subsidized. They will tell you as much in their sales pitches. They lead with "The gov't will pay X"...
You are correct. Following this logic, poor folk in blighted inner city communities also chose their path by electing politicians who catered to them via pretty words--but instituted no real, possibly painful to their lifestyle, reform.
Current electricity prices: Well, it's expensive to generate electricity! we need to raise your rates.
Electricity prices with cheap abundant power: Well, nobody's buying our power anymore, and we need to maintain infrastructure, so we're raising our rates!
I'm American. I hear "trainers", I think "British English athletic shoes". it's not a huge mental jump, and it doesn't hurt anyone to know what other countries call things.
It's not as if it's written in Mandarin.
Did you tell everyone about your bag saving and feel smug for at least a day? If so, then you did save the planet. If not, then probably not so much.
Converse all-stars aren't exactly good buys for what you get....
1) Like before, people who would never have gotten a shot at writing will now get it.
2) Unlike before, there is such a huge quantity of material available for viewing, most people could spend their entire lives watching things they've never seen before running out. The only hit will be current pop culture, and trust me: Most people would be happier without it.
have you ever known people who are unemployed but have a family propping them up? Even with monetary support, a life of no purpose breeds bigger issues. Not reproducing is certainly not one of them...
Plus, you fell back on the two saddest options there are:
1- "but in Star Trek..."
2- "In nature...."
Oh my god you just made me laugh. Bravo sir, bravo.
The Keurig is perfect for some situations.
I have older parents, shaky hands, etc. They had problems brewing with a regular one cup, getting the grounds out without making a mess, etc.
If they need coffee, they just pop the single serve cup in and go.
This annoys me. I watch TV and Movies for the actors, not their political beliefs.
The majority of actors and actresses don't agree with me politically. But I'm not paying to watch their politics. I'm paying to watch a movie.
BTW: in the remake of POTA, the ending is taken from the original novel.
Wait, your goto for this example is the US and the EU, ignoring the gigantic Chinese elephant in the room?
as long as we allow bullshit laws that won't let anyone other than Chinese own most things ( including companies) in china and not consider that racist, we'll be screwed.
Let me guess...you have an MBA and you robbed a bank?
They don't sell petrol in North America.
Hello Sir!
I offer you my service, "kill shitbag scammers in a fire", for low price of only $450 per for each fire made!
I can easily be gotten by calling my office in NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES.
Please search google maps for my servicing!
You can also do this progressively, with an enormous brush.
For example, up to, oh, 5 times poverty level, Pay X%
From 5X-20X poverty, X=y%, etc.
Which is exactly why we should have a reasonably flat tax with no deductions.
People have been blaming Reagan for stuff to this day, and he was out of office 30 years ago.
Hell, people still blame FDR for crap, and he's been dead for over fifty years.