Lauchs @ Lauchs @lemmy.world

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I don’t know the answer either, but I think making a judgement that all low income housing attracts only people struggling with drug addiction or mental health is not quite right either.

Oh you're absolutely right. But the ones that stand out in people's heads are the ones that are incredibly visible. There's a recovery house down my block, almost no one would know it exists if someone didn't tell you. BUT that also means that the people who are concerned about these places probably don't know or think of those ones.

Heck, a senior citizen I know lives in what would be a really nice socially supported building but, it is on arguably the worst street in Canada. You wouldn't know from the interior (or the exterior if you couldn't see the street) or most of her neighbours that I've met but she's also been in the hospital after being assaulted for her purse.

I think that's part of the hard part with socially supportive housing, if we can't or don't have the means to differentiate between the ones that are likely to bring serious issues and the ones that are going to be unobtrusive, the default position for most people will be fear and suspicion. Not that that's a solution but that's where the issue is.

Thanks! I go back and forth on UBI... If nothing were to change and you could direct it entirely to the homeless etc, probably the easiest policy answer in a strictly "solving this problem" sense.

But, the second order effects are what kind of throws me. I've known a good number of stoner/harder slackers. I wonder how many people scrubbing toilets and floors or dealing with psychos late night at McDonalds wouldn't swap their job for a guaranteed $25K a year (or whatever it ended up being for basic necessities, noteworthy most studies only look at giving a small amount of money, 1K etc.) And we'll ignore any inflationary pressures at the bottom end of the market) I think of my buddy from high school who is still bagging groceries, living in his parents basement essentially waiting for them to die and then he'll inherit the house. Breaks my heart to watch but he'd be on that 25K in a heart beat. I can't imagine he's alone. So, at that point you either have to drastically increase the wage for almost every job (or suffer wage compression, which the middle class tends to hate) and eat a bunch of inflation.

I don't know what the answer is, I just know that UBI is one of those ones where I have difficulty seeing it being implemented and more difficulty not seeing it spiral into absolute sketch town.

Oh interesting, thanks! I figured out the hashtaga bit but a lot of fun popped up without the hashtaga etc.

I suppose I'll just keep muddling along and figure something that works for me while trying to be a net positive influence!

Tried it last night for a hockey game. I still think I'm not using it correctly but people were nice.

The world would also just be a happier and better place with another season.

Oh totally agree, there's a lot of NIMBY shit I hate and with which I vehemently disagree. I should have clarified, I'm just talking about social assistance housing or whatever the appropriate term is.

If your idols are youtubers and tiktokkers, their business model is selling merch.

So opinions had to change.

Musk aside, it looks so goddamn stupid, I'd be embarrassed to drive around in it regardless. Like a cheap 80s movie version of what a futuristic car would look like.

And as Others have noted, why would you want a truck that looks like it can carry less stuff than a motorcycle can?

Oh, definitely not worth blindly trusting but I've had pretty good success when grabbing whatever is on sale at the grocery store or in excess in my pantry.

That being said, I use it as a planner, not in a "what can I make with what's on hand." So, a CSA box would have the stuff that I'd plan around! I haven't tried more off the cuff but I rarely cook that way.

I know basic food safety so I'm only worried about a bad meal but of the last ten meals I made based on ai, a couple are going in my standard rotation and all but 1 worked out well. (The 1 being just fine.)

My bad! Next time I will end my thought by deciding one of the two (NIMBYs or those needing affordable housing) should be eradicated.

This is really great, thanks for working on it!

Watching folks rally together like this warms my little heart and gives me hope. (I'm Canucks fan, so you can imagine how alien this whole "hope" thing feels to me.)

It's tough. My inner progressive is "fuck those NIMBYs, people need affordable housing!" But I also bike past two different sets of affordable housing twice a week for soccer.

One is near our soccer field and playground. The playground is mostly kid free these days as there are all sorts of needles and other paraphanalia strewn about. Meanwhile, there are usually people smoking hard drugs right by the pitches. Most of us don't leave our bikes at the parking rack as you can come back to a stripped bike or having had the spokes kicked, presumably as punishment for locking our bikes.

The other one is a little out of the way of most people. The street by it is still littered with refuse and drug paraphanalia and for some reason, they seem to occasionally move rocks into the street (as I painfully learned one day when not paying enough attention.)

If I had kids, I'm not sure I'd want that around my kids either. I know people who live in the same area as one, in what is otherwise a nice part of town. Some of the girls are afraid to go outside alone at night in their own neighbourhoods, and frankly I don't blame them. I'm a scaryish looking dude and keep my head on a swivel, headphones off whenever I visit.

I don't know what the answer is but I don't blame the NIMBYs for feeling like they do.

Absolutely! This is the year where I finally sign up for a CSA. (I'm not a good cook and have always been a bit intimidated but apparently most come with recipes and honestly, all the AI has made me a lot more confident in my ability to "find" a few recipes with whatever random ingredients.)

First, thank you!

There's a website that's kind of helpful:

https://madeinca.ca/

Basically, digital stuff is probably the easiest. And as others have pointed out, visiting helps!

Nuh uh, idiot!

/s

His proposal actually seems pretty good. At this point, just taking away Polievre's fucking slogan is a win. Plus, I really love the idea of working more on the international angle, great way to get a lot of countries on board especially while trump is lurching about screaming tarrifs. He can trade with Russia, North Korea and other climate change denialists while the civilized world works together.

And of course, keeping the existing rules on large companies is a nice touch.

Interesting, I'll keep those in mind, thanks!

I just find that over time the ones I use for my phone get trickier and require more jiggling around to charge at max speed instead of glacial pace.

From reading the responses though, I think I may just be too hard on my cables I guess. (Also my cat loves attacking them but I'm pretty good about keeping them away from her.)

Ha, totally fair. Right angle connector, never thought about that...