In America, people may have to pay over $1000 a month for health insurance, which may or may not even cover all their medical needs. People still need Bank accounts; cities are built without public transportation so vehicles are required just for the ability to feed and clothe yourself. This isn't a "consumer" issue, this is a systemic structures of our civilization issue, where the needs of the many are less of a concern to politicians than the loudest voices of the few.
Nevermind lobbyists writing laws wholesale; supply chain management systems owned end to end by single companies; and Wall Street / vulture capitalists destroying companies (and lately hospitals!?!) to extract their wealth.
We need to structure civilization so that Money isn't the only, single end goal of all endeavors; and we need to ensure that Greed is kept in check.
Poverty exists not because we can't feed the poor, but because we can't satisfy the rich.
Yeah, it's not bad. Pretty sure it falls into the genre of "cozy" science fiction
Ahhh, just what the internet needed, another Hot Take.
Except for Sentinel Island. Those peeps are insular AF
Yup, I added to my wishlist after seeing your quality memes on Imgur. Sounds like development has been a fun time, hope the experience continues being rewarding!
Yeah, I don't know why he wanted to dig into semantics when there was such a more salient point being presented. Weasel is applicable
Hear hear
Relinking this one that I found in a different thread from yesterday - https://youtu.be/laUPeXZlPEg?si=9S4bFYNCbQ-ciOLT
I mean, build a country with a functional economy and social mobility, and maybe people will feel more pride
I keep hearing so much love for Outer Worlds but I found it just... Meh. I didn't mind it, but the "picture + text" endings for character arcs seemed rushed and underwhelming, and the character development was minimal.
And I make one "wrong" dialogue choice and so my ship's engineer will be alone forever, and never truly happy? WTF
More relevant with each passing year.
Old one got a tear in the front and was leaking water on the floor. Had to take apart a bunch of the machine, and I gotta say that the two seals (inner drum and outer casing) were both tricky to get on properly.
Doing a test load of laundry now, and there's no leaks (so far), so that's pretty excellent
Madouc (or, Maddy for short) is a lovable black void who enjoys food, more food, and music, especially whistling. Also, if you're talking on the phone with your speaker on, she's very, very interested.
The plastic face scratches very easily- I've had to buff out 2 scratches in 3 weeks, so I feel like it won't have much longevity for daily use. It's also kinda loud, and can be audibly heard clicking every single second when you're in a quiet space.
Feel free to drop by
60% completed, should be done by end of year! :D
Got Barley from the shelter a few weeks back, she's 7. All her life her name has been "Harley", but she responds to "Barley" so we're going with it
Not sure if it's the same mourning Dove as last time but I'm only a little creeped out so it's fine, it's totally fine. This is fine.
I'm not sure what made me so interesting
We're currently Cat-Sitting for family members, this is Nami! She barks little meows like a dog, and absolutely loves staring out the window all day. :)
Taken last week, apparently it posed somewhat majestically
Animal Well is like, 40Mb