janNatan @ janNatan @lemmy.ml

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Before you get excited, it's an IndieGoGo project.

Also, I feel like your information on how Americans feel about prepaid phones is somewhat inaccurate. Almost everyone I know who doesn't have kids uses a prepaid plan, and there is definitely no stigma against them. Perhaps the Americans you talk to are more high class than I, but the working class uses prepaid more often than plans (at least people 40 or under).

Nope. I live in Tennessee and use Cricket Mobile. Admittedly I don't have children/family whose phones I pay for, which means I can avoid a family plan. That simplifies things. My husband also uses Cricket. $30/mo each (no extra taxes) thanks to using auto pay. (It would be $35 otherwise.) Unlimited calls/texts and 5GB data. That's very low, but I have WiFi at home and the office, so I hardly use mobile data other than for GPS. Cricket uses AT&T's towers, which have made great strides in cell service in rural Tennessee since I fist tried them a decade ago.

This reads like an ad, and I'm sorry for that. But, you should try this out if you can, fellow Americans.

One downside is that I don't get free phones routinely as a plan would allow. But my phone was like $150-$180 and I've had it for... 2 or 3 years? Can't remember. That is like an additional $6/month-ish.

Never. I've only ever used a prepaid plan. I know exactly how much my bill is gonna be.

Well, not never. It's been probably 5 years since I got wifi and changed to the lowest Internet plan. Before that it was also years since my last change.

Thankfully, not everyone around here is a bigot. My officiator was an employee at the DMV who was very happy to be a part of my gay wedding in the DMV parking lot. Three years this August.

Not sure if joking, but if you add it to your library before the cutoff date, then it's yours forever - just like if you bought it.

Long ham soup

It's actually pretty good. there's a little jank but a lot of heart. I was surprised to see that Every pal had battle, working, eating, and petting animations.

I think that's the guy who popularized Alfredo pasta. There's a great episode of Max Miller's "Tasting History" about it (YouTube).

Does the VPN have a persistent notification? If you disabled it that could be a problem. My VPN has a notification that is always on. Annoying for someone who always clears notifications, but I've gotten used to an it.

The recent German book "the door to door bookstore" (original "Der Buchspazierer") actually has a scene involving one of these orators.

I had to re-read a whole section of the book because I thought for sure I was misunderstanding part of the German text. But, nope.

Great feel good book for people who like books, btw.

Ironic coming from a member of an endangered species.

I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU! IT'S NOT REAL PISSIN IF YOU DONT BUILD UP A FROTH, MFER!

Every prison jumpsuit I've seen had a collar, but I like where you're going with this.

Fair point.

Oh yes, these states are red because the Republican party has convinced them all to vote against their own interests.

Many may not understand this, but the single most important voting point to most in my area is abortion. The churches have convinced the masses that it is basically the ultimate sin. They will choose any candidate with an R (Republican party) next to their name on the ballot.

They've also convinced them that social programs are for lazy layabouts, and they should be cut. Even if the abortion issue were somehow solved, it would not change much.

It really depends on where you look. In rural areas of red states (states in which the majority of elected officials are members of the Republican party), things are pretty bad. Red states tend to have fewer (read: almost no) social programs.

I have a bit of a unique perspective on the dichotomy, because one side of my family is firmly in the lower class and the other firmly in upper middle.

There's a big difference for the two. It's like two different countries. For the lower class, what you've described is indeed normal. And many in the other classes would not believe that it is that bad for them.

For those of us who were in middle school on 9/11, this is hilarious.

You drink powdered milk? We pretty much only use it in baking. It tastes off. Do you do something to make it more palatable?

Hah, bet you're having back pain about now.