Anything you buy that comes in a bag can be moved into a jar. It saves a lot of space because jars tesselate nicer and can use up vertical space more efficiently. It also encourages you to actually use the things you buy because you've now removed the friction of digging through piles of bags and hoping that the bag you pull out isn't load bearing for the rest of the pile. Opening a jar is also much easier than opening/resealing bags.
Fascinating thread. Is there some genetic component that makes broccoli stinky to some people and not others? Is this why some people are averse to broccoli? I'm surprised to see everyone just accepting the premise of the question. I love boiling broccoli precisely because it smells amazing.
I don't know why you say "points" plural. I made one point and it's that shortrounddev@lemmy.world came to a very logical conclusion as a kid. No mention of any other kids, let alone all kids. But no matter. If you believe that you know more about shortrounddev's life than shortrounddev, then we're starting from a completely different basis of contradictory facts. You are correct if your bases are correct, and likewise for mine. Maybe you do know more about their life for all I know. I'm just an Internet stranger. I don't know you. I don't know shortrounddev.
A friend who thinks exactly the same as I do and can get excited at the same ideas? Hell yeah, we'd be inseparable. I have so many projects that would be much easier done with two people. Also, free gym buddy/trainer. My partner would be into it as well for a multitude of reasons. The only trouble would be living space.
I can't think of anything worthwhile we can do as a single legal entity so first thing we'd do is probably acquire a new legal identity so we can legally work and be taxed separately and just generally participate in society. It would be pretty easy to prove that we're genetically identical and therefore are identical twins born at the same time at the same place to the same parents. Everything else can be chalked up to clerical error. The people in charge of this aren't paid enough to care and dig any further than that.
If we have this data for each election, someone could also compile statistics on how well each party follows through with their promises. Ideally weighted by how much voters care about each promise.
It gives you an early signal that the relationship won't work out if the other party decides to contribute nothing for no reason other than to have their cake and eat it too.
I'm of the belief that when it comes to relationships, if you're thinking about it transactionally, then you're doing things wrong. As long as being together is a net positive for both parties, then it doesn't matter if one contributes more than the other.
On a more pragmatic note, you can contribute a lot through non-financial means and these are difficult to quantify, so it's simply not worth the effort to do that kind of bean counting. If you don't feel that they're pulling their weight, then you talk about it and make some adjustments.
Ever meet a kid that wanted to be a cop? Why do you think they had such aspirations? Surely not to uphold the status quo and maintain the power structures in our society. They're idealistic kids who think they'll be helping make the world a better place. That dream doesn't suddenly die for everyone upon reaching adulthood. Would it be effective? Maybe not. But it's not like people don't make poor life decisions all the time.
You told me that you're judging them for their chosen profession. Admittedly, I may be lacking in imagination here, but I don't see what other information you could be basing these judgements on if it's not their public behaviour or knowing literally every single person who's ever wanted to be a cop and their motivation. The filtering process is irrelevant when we're talking about the decision to go through the process at all.
Oh, yeah, I can see why uniform randomness would be a problem. I thought the criticism was directed at "Just sort people into a Lemmy server either based off their interests or location"
I was thinking that you do a little questionnaire and it gives you the best matching server.
Let's be real, it'll probably happen faster on 40 hour work weeks than 60.