TheIllustrativeMan

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[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I grew up in churches like this, there's no way it's satire.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 7 points 1 year ago

Jesus, at $20/mo you would pay for a full set of the (expensive) OEM tires on my car in less than a year. They're warrantied for 3 years of standard mileage, so even worse than double.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The anti-EV sentiment has been building much longer than BYD becoming the big boy on the block. About 8 months ago my state passed the equivalent of about a $100 per gallon tax on EV charging.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too complicated, just turn the lawnmower sideways.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't they use different colors for capital vs lowercase vs number vs symbol?

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 1 year ago

Money solves all of that.

If anyone wants to do this, and needs an architect hit me up. I have some good ideas.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would also match nomenclature with Mineral Wool Insulation.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 8 points 1 year ago

I think 150k (ish) in my city would be solidly middle class. You could buy a house/car/retire on that.

I'm in a super weird spot, because I make good enough money that I have savings to support me after job loss, and I make enough money that I don't really have to worry about my grocery bill (within reason). Heck, there's even a chance that I'll be able to have a decent retirement.

But a house? Not happening. New car? No chance. Even eating out every week isn't viable. And even what I have is only because I have a pretty sweet rent situation.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago

Supposedly the Silverado EV does have astronomically better towing range, but GM seems to be slow-rolling that one.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The tiny homes would be about 200sq/ft, but really clean lines, very Scandinavian with lots of glass and metal but very sustainable wood exteriors. The glass would keep people reminded that they’re on the land and in a community.

A) Condos instead of individual tiny homes is probably better, for density, cost, and efficiency reasons. I would strongly advise bumping the square footage up a little to make it more marketable and sustainable long-term.

B) Glass and metal are expensive. Both in up-front costs and efficiency losses. Need to be careful in how these are implemented.

C) If you need an architect, hit me up.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've been keeping an eye open since my car is likely to die soon. Thankfully some of the specific cars I'm looking at have depreciated like rocks. I feel like I'm probably going to end up with one of the first gen Bolts that GM bought back during the recall, because they're (comparatively) super cheap.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm probably going to try this, thanks for the write up.

Just yesterday I looked at the calorie count for my favorite frozen pizzas (Detroit Supreme, ~2400) and realized I need to cut it out entirely. This might soften the blow.

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