I hear this a lot. I know you're just answering the OP, but I just wanted to say I have a hard time with this. The point is that it's me and that I know better than to do X. So what then?
I just looked up your source. That is of new vehicles sold. While a good start, you're skipping my latter part about people not replacing their vehicles for a decade. Only 3% of vehicles globally on the road are EVs per the source.
Do you mean physical money in terms of paper/plastic/coins or money as a concept? If the latter, how would society function?
20 years though? That's incredibly generous and unlikely imo.
People are refusing to tackle the infrastructure issue of people charging their cars who do not own single family detached homes. It's a significant population of people for which owning an electric vehicle is a huge inconvenience. Public charging stations exist, but take significantly longer than the 2 minutes it takes to pump gas.
The second big thing is that people simply don't replace their cars that often. Might be pulling this out of my ass, but I had read recently that the average person replaces their vehicle every 7-12 years...and it is often not with a brand new vehicle. Considering how electric cars still make a very small percentage of those on the road, I can't see 100% removal of gas vehicles in 20 years in only a few generations of vehicle ownership change.
The Nissan Leaf came out around 15 years ago as the first big name, somewhat popularish electric vehicle. Yet in 2025 electric vehicles are nowhere close to even 50% of vehicles on the road.
In the more distant future? Sure. 20 years ain't happening tho.
But we'll see!
Thank you for the suggestion! I have a stupid question about it...does that mean your dog has an inhaler type device or is it some sort of oral medication? Our dog had been taking oral steroids for some time but the vet stopped them in favor of increasing cough medicine usage.
I keep seeing articles like this.
Do you know why Samsung's foldables sold so well each year prior to the last? Because they did something insane where they allowed the USA market to pay only $50-100 for the latest foldable if they just traded in their old model. They also often gave away free products with the phones like ear buds and watches.
In 2024, they stopped that insane deal. Obviously sales plummeted as a result.
I'm not saying that was at all a sustainable business model. But people are acting surprised when less people bought the newest line when they weren't dirt cheap like the old ones and they are only iterative changes.
How is this a meme
I'm really sorry to hear. We've been told the family pet has a "collapsing trachea". I'm assuming it's similar. Really hard to watch such a loving being struggling to breathe. We have her on cough medicine as well but honestly I don't know how effective it has really been.
Whatever the outcome, know that you gave him and wonderful life and I know he has loved you and what you've given him.
Congratulations, man! :)
Another vote for Discord. I mostly see it used to text chat. The vast majority of servers are not dating focused.
A caveat...I'm also in my 30s. Unfortunately, most Discord servers are filled with teens. But there are plenty of servers with adults in them as well. Just search for keywords like "21+," "25+", or "30+" and you're golden! Again unfortunately, it means you generally have to just look for a general purpose, age limiting server instead of ones based on hobbies or location. But works fine enough for chatting.
I am part of many servers, but I actually only talk to one that is made specifically of online friends I met in the days when forums were popular. But one of the servers I have in my list is for 25+ and seems pretty chill. I've never really chatted in there, but I can send you a link to it in a DM if you're interested.
Edit: I have nothing against teens. It's just awkward considering you're in vastly different life stages. It also just feels a bit creepy to me.
Well, when people wrong me in very significant ways, I actually don't forgive and tolerate them. Especially when said people repeat the harmful behaviors to others over and over again, often without remorse. In that regard, I'm not necessarily being a ton different in the way I view myself. One of the problems is that I continue to do X even when I try not to.
Idk if any of that made sense.