The rural population isn’t the issue, it’s suburbia which is where the majority of the US population lives.

It’s not dense enough for public transportation to be viable and it’s zoned in a way that makes pedestrian traffic a non starter.

Suburbia causes a lot of problems. I understand why it exists - owning a house with a yard is nice. I personally wouldn’t want to give that up to live in an urban environment if I didn’t have to

That critical mass will never come because people don’t feel the data has been stolen from them.

Rather, it’s traded in exchange for whatever online services they use.

And to them it’s a decent trade.

A lot of people.

I’m excited for it for the same reasons.

I don’t have skill in art or coding.

But AI platforms have let me produce things that work for my personal needs that would be beyond my abilities before starting the project.

Do I need sources for the failed invasion of Kyiv?

Everyone knows about it.

Yeah, but I didn’t care about any of that.

Naw, lots of us stopped when Netflix streaming came in full swing.

Yeah. This is the one that came to my mind.

Dude straight up ended his career. His band members left, label dropped him and his colabs said they wouldn’t work with him anymore.

Turns out he was a lieutenant in the oath keepers and the FBI grabbed him. Last I heard he made a plea deal and got put into the witness protection program.

He is the band and it can’t exist without him. Even if he could continue, he’d have to rebuild it from the ground up.

It’s a shame, I really Loved Demons and Wizards, the iced earth / blind guardian colab group.

… Based on some song lyrics I feel I should have seen this coming when looking back though.

Keep in mind that depending on the type of eye issue they may not need them all the time. In this example the person only needs then to read and it might actually make their vision worse to wear them when not.

… The very first link you provided shows a chart that has more assistance going to corn than beef, more going to soy than dairy and more going to wheat then pigs.

https://agriculturefairnessalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2020bdcat-1320x743.png

???

Hermit reporting for duty, sir!

It’s true, game prices today are the same as they have been for the past 40 years for AAA titles.

I can’t think of an industry which hasn’t had a price raise in decades.

Gaming had managed to get by on this thanks to increasing market volume as gaming became more mainstream in addition to extra revenue streams like micro transactions. But it’s hitting saturation now and won’t keep counteracting inflation forever

Yes, it’s generally considered rude to switch languages specifically to hide your conversation.

It’s because most will assume you are doing it to talk shit.

Then don’t answer?

It’s not like sending the call to voicemail is going to hurt my feelings.

Asking to call seems redundant. The call is the ask.

Ohh, I’m fully aware.

I love messaging even I have a physical keyboard infront of me.

It’s specifically the mobile keyboards I hate.

Because I hate typing on mobile devices I don’t like texting.

If you try to have a conversation with me over text Imma either call you if it’s important or start giving you one word answers to everything.

Thankfully most people know better than to try and communicate with me in general!