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  • You’re assuming people who are forced to buy into the suburban hell have a choice.

    If a person had a choice between a 100k house in a suburban hell or a 100k house in secluded heaven. That they pick the suburban hell.

    Have you seen the housing market in the US?

    It’s also funny how “Suburban” meaning has changed. It’s supposed to be non-urban.

    But with these “suburban” neighborhoods in cities. It has basically became a word for a neighborhood with houses built next to each other and less about where it’s located.

    Suburbs use to be an inexpensive option as opposed to urban living.



  • I have been on this planet for a while and I have only seen the night sky like the last picture driving through Texas in the middle of nowhere.

    Power going out in a city isn’t enough to stop the light population from surrounding areas. It would have to be the only city around for miles and it would have to be a full power loss.

    I would say most people have never came close to seeing an uncountable amount of stars in the sky.

    I live in a medium sized city that is 30 minutes from a large city. I can count like a dozen stars in the sky. If we lose power the sky doesn’t magically change to look like it was in Texas. Honestly, I don’t remember it changing at all.


  • The idea was as she got older he wouldn’t date younger than her current age. Weird and creepy but not the weird and creepy way you think.

    “In 3 years when you’re 20 I won’t be dating an 18-year-old.”

    This was in 2006

    Trump married Melenia in 2005

    So imagine saying this after being married to your wife for a year.

    Here’s another quote of him saying he has no age limit only to back track and then “weaved” to bring up another senator’s folly to divert attention on what he almost just let get confirmed.

    Things got a little weird after co-host Robin Quivers asked Trump if he had “an age limit.”

    Trump fumbled a bit at the response.

    “If I— No, no, I have no age— I mean, I have an age li—” Trump said, while Quivers asked him “the upper bracket” of his limit.





  • A libertarian who decides they want no government control is an anarchist.

    If they want limited government control they are libertarians.

    They are similar but differ on a key issue, government control. And that’s the biggest issue for anarchists.

    If I say I am an anarchist it means I do not want the government in public libraries at all.

    Now if you need to rip the bandage off fast or slow is debatable, but there is no debate on if the bandage needs to come off completely for an anarchist.

    If I say I am a libertarian it means I want the government limited in public libraries.

    Again, how fast it needs to change is debatable.

    They both rely on the goodness of the people rather than a government. They both share pretty much the exact same ideology, other that anarchists are for “No Authority” and libertarians are for “Limited Government”

    Personally, I don’t think a public library would exist in today’s world without the government.

    You want me to donate money so people who cannot afford books can go and check out physical copies of books they can look at digitally for free?

    I’m better off donating to a homeless shelter or another cause.

    Libraries are only good for homeless and poor now because we currently do not give them better options.



  • You can’t call yourself a communist and only want socialism.

    What you’re describing is libertarianism

    Limited government control (Against Anarchy). Highest personal freedom (For Anarchy).

    Both anarchists and libertarians would argue that the people would fund a “public” library if the government didn’t. That has not been tested.


  • Sludgeyy@lemmy.worldtoBooks@lemmy.worldWell this sounds right...
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    Anarchists are against public ran and funded libraries.

    If anarchists got their way there would be no state to run the public library

    You could make the argument that something like “free little library” or just people supporting the idea of neighborhood free libraries is proof

    But no true anarchist is going to be happy paying taxes to a state for the state to decide what books are available to them.






  • Sludgeyy@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzDik Piks
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    28 days ago

    A picture is worth a thousand words

    “Hi I am…I am looking for sex”

    If you are using a dating website and actually trying. You’d look at a profile, read their bio, and then send a message that had something to do with their bio. (Could also comment on pictures)

    But it is a numbers game to an extent and most messages sent will never see a reply.

    So what is the least effort highest reward thing to send first? Private picture.

    They are hoping that the person opens it and it catches their eye.

    If their first thought is to send a private picture, they are not really looking for small talk. So it has the added bonus of weeding out non-sexual people.

    It’s no risk, high reward