ReluctantMuskrat @ ReluctantMuskrat @lemmy.world

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Give an example of where it's led to less truth. When X perpetuates lies, truth and the world's welfare is harmed. Look at the number of people that died thinking covid was a lie and people that think vaccines are somebkind of conspiracy to harm them.

I takes abject poverty to lose weight though. Carbs are cheap and highly addicting. Poverty often brings a high bmi but poor nutrition.

And cheap oil is bad for the US oil industry and US energy independence. Under ~$3 a barrel and our fracked oil fields become unprofitable. Something like ¾ of Texas' oil fields were closed in the first year or so after covid and most fracked wells suffer damage from closing process and can't be re-opened. Putin intentionally kept production high during Covid, causing the prices to plummet more, to damage the US oil industry as we'd become the world's top producer.

Heck the stupid XL pipeline not being available keeps prices low for the US Midwest because Canada is forced to sell crude at a discount to US midwest refineries. But Republicans repeat the Koch brothers promoted, well-rehearsed lies that that somehow that pipeline allowing Canada to get their crude to refineries on the Texas coast and sell on a world market would lower gas prices.

My understanding is DST did still save appreciable energy until we replaced incandescent lights with fluorescent and leds. Longer daylight in the evening when people are awake and less in the early morning when people are asleep means lights aren't being used as much. The average light bulb used to consume 60 watts or more and also let off significant undesirable heat, so with a house full of lights DST really did cut back energy usage. Now though with led lights low consumption and virtually no heat, it's not nearly as significant.

My Vizio smart TV's smart features won't work if you don't accept the terms of use. HDMI inputs worked though, and probably TV tuner... didnt try it. I eventually accepted of course, but that might be an option for you.

The difference though is the most important. We can change our minds and vote someone else in after Biden. If we elect Trump he will do his best to completely dismantle our democracy, something he almost accomplished the first time.

You can hear the first VP debate question... "How did you feel the first time you heard Trump say 'I just grab 'em by the pussy!' ?"

The kids have no idea what you're going on about...

If you drive safe then you have nothing to hide.... wait, this sounds familiar, right?

I wish your belief that racism didn't effect people's abilities to get jobs, loans, education, etc where true but alas it's not. You of course supplied not evidence that such problems no longer exist.

If you worked at a staffing agency for a little while you'd discover pretty quickly there are still companies that won't hire people of color. As bad as it used to be? No, but racism is still present, and employment is just one of myriad of issues POC still face.

Not if it's Arabian.

He's undoubtedly counting on tips.

She didn't point it at them... they weren't in danger. People are allowed to have guns in their own home... she did nothing wrong.

Given how these types of encounters keep working out, if I feel in danger when I see a cop with a gun coming to my house do I get to shoot him and say I felt threatened? If the cops did nothing wrong why can't I do the same because clearly we are in danger when cops come to our house.

What way do you think the Dems would use this?

I mean if you really care about security you're not using wifi... you're going hard wired. Wifi can be messed up by your neighbors unintentionally and then there goes your tampering alarm. Tampering alarms are good when the system isn't fragile.

No security installer is going to suggest wifi if someone's genuinely concerned about security.

A 40 mile commute is a reason to get a cheap, fuel-efficient vehicle. Save money on gas, insurance and maintenance.

If their smaller new house is worth less than their original the property tax bill will be less. This is one of the incentives to downsizing.

The have their new property paid for and also have a much smaller property tax bill and lower maintenance costs. There's still plenty of incentive to downsize.

Paying taxes on profit might hurt a little, but it's a good problem to have.

Such a sad story. We should start a Go Fund Me!

It's truer than most realize.

Decided to start lifting at age 47 because I was depressed with work, expecting to be laid off, and needed something positive in my life. A few months in I realize my back no longer hurts while sleeping. I'm not waking up in the morning aching. Here I thought I was hurting just because I was getting old when the reality was I was hurting because I was weak. I was dealing with back pain for several years unnecessarily.

I can do nothing and suffer, or I can suffer a little under the bar and feel great. Either way I suffer but the latter suffering is so much better.