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Maybe I read this differently than you. I don’t see this as volunteering personal time, but asking people during their work time to help iwith a different job. Not that the article says either way, but volunteering personal time seems unlikely

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But the question is deaths by car and you don’t need to entirely get rid of cars to make a huge difference.

• inspections. It boggles the mind that some places don’t have them

Traffic calming really can work. I’m not talking about speed bumps, but things like curb bumps to narrow the road at intersection while increasing pedestrian visibility, traffic islands, roundabouts. Even repainting lines can make a difference. My town’s master plan is driven by accident stats, so every road rework is a noticeable improvement

A couple years ago my town repainted a two lane road into one lane plus turn lanes. Now traffic is slower and calmer yet you get through that area more quickly. Most importantly it’s no longer one of the most dangerous roads in town

Most recently they built a median. This was a dangerous intersection because it always backed up so impatient people would blast straight through in the turn lanes, causing accidents. Now they can’t

And yes, because of Florida Man, my town built medians at every railroad crossing so idiots can’t go around the gates. We never had that problem, but idiocy is contagious.

Every city and town can make a difference. Now. Relatively cheaply. Just by collecting accident data and prioritizing by that. Just by making small changes a little at a time

My ex is on one of those for blood sugar. She’s not losing weight but she said it made a significant difference controlling her blood sugar.

On the other hand her Dad is also on one of those for blood sugar but he’s never hungry and forgets to eat for days so has lost too much weight. It’s to the point where the doctor said anything he wants, load him up on chips and ice cream if necessary to get him back to a healthy weight

As someone working in a hospital, how are you not on every vaccine, especially those for world travelers? If someone picks up something unusual from a different part of the world, they will be going to the hospital, they will be exposing you to it

That’s a bit of an edge case but why not? If they earn enough to live the way they want, are secure from immediate financial catastrophe, and can afford some luxuries, then maybe they are wealthy, despite being subsistence

Meanwhile someone can earn a nice fat six figure salary but be over mortgaged for house and car, not living comfortably, and paycheck to paycheck on the edge of financial disaster. They’re poor, despite it being by their poor choices

Wealth is freedom from want and financial anxiety

Maybe I was looking at the bougie ones then.

My kettle is glass and stainless, and everyone I noticed was either glass or stainless. Plastic is only on. The outside: lid and base, and you’re not drinking out of those

My pour over funnel is silicone. Like plastic but different. Assuming it’s food grade, less likely to be harmful

Best way to recover from a spin is push the yoke to straight down and rudder opposite the spin.

Wow, exactly as I remember it … from decades ago!

So does my mom, but hers is really ancient.

I used to like them but since I got the kettle, I prefer

• more convenience for multiple cups or for ramen, more flexibility
• no plastic to drink
• fewer moving parts
• easier to empty, dry, put away
• it looks cooler

This exact question from this thread is how rich are you and 34 months is quite wealthy.

It’s an important distinction where I’m a potential counter example. I admit it. I earn what ought to be a comfortable living but poor choices in the past (and probably still) mean that I’m only a couple months from financial disaster. And since it would affect my kids education and my old age, the affects would be major. I am clearly not wealthy, mostly due to my own choices

A couple months, but

Basically I’ve been saving up for years to redo a leaky moldy bathroom. That wouldn’t get done. Maybe ever

I’ve saved what I could to pay for my kids college. I could ruin their entire future to stay alive

I’m coming up in retirement age with way too little savings. I’ve finally able to put aside enough to catch up a little bit I guess that would go pretty quickly too

At one point many years ago, there was an fad for a “hot shot” small appliances. I guess it’s a similar functionality to a kettle but with more moving parts. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared though.

Holy crap, they still exist!

• https://products.bestreviews.com/best-sunbeam-hot-shot-water-dispenser

For anyone concerned about the quantity of plastics you consume, coffeemakers have a lot of plastic but kettles do not.

I was tempted. If 240v kettles or other small appliances were generally available, I would have.

People add all sorts of silly stuff to their kitchens, like pot filler faucets, but one or more 240v outlets would add real value

Same here. Got it for French press coffee for me and hot cocoa for the kids.

Realistically I rarely use it and I really can’t claim it saves noticeable time but it’s so simple and and cheap an appliance that i consider it well worth it

I’d go even farther. Since there’s been precious little due process, essentially none are criminal. Essentially none of those deported have been convicted of any crime.

And no, I’m not taking the word of the people who deprived them of that right while hiding their own faces

You could easily argue she was deported for trying to take the legal route. They grabbed her from her green card hearing

Realistically I’m sure it’s just laziness. ICE has quotas to meet and they realize they can’t meet them while performing due diligence. So, instead of finding and convicting criminals, set ambushes at immigration courts and places of work. It shows both the stupidity of quotas and the reality of creating “criminals” where none existed before

Not that it helps the victims but maybe we need a bunch of falsely abused and detained reporters able to afford significant lawsuits.

I like to think I’d stand up and do it, but I’m white and in a state where we don’t often have such conflict.

I mean we do, you can’t avoid it with the current administration. However it’s just not as often. Actually a couple of weeks ago one of my city councillors was roughly detained for videoing a gang of masked thugs depriving people of their rights. However while I don’t think it’s as simple as racism, he is Hispanic and that clearly makes a difference

We can only hope that emergency declaration decisions are applied consistently in the future, regardless of where a states citizens tend to vote