solstice @ solstice @lemmy.world

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Regarding commuting specifically I meant how do you determine the cost of each extra pound of co2 in the atmosphere. It's inherently incalculable because the effects of climate change are insanely complex. That's my point about externalities. How do you price the value of standing in an open meadow at dusk?

You're hardcore. I just can't do that though. I'm in good shape but I sweat a LOT and can't show up at the office drenched. It would ruin my day.

I've been saying that since W was in office. Dems failure to call out the republicans shenanigans is endlessly frustrating.

You mean Wayne Knight right?

Nope not even close. I hear some buildings have gyms downstairs so I suppose I could keep work clothes in the locker and ride to and from in street clothes. I'm in the job market so I'll look into it.

Modern accounting techniques are amazing and super effective, barely unchanged since their codification in the 1490s by an Italian scholar named Luca Pacioli. The biggest weakness of accounting though is its inability to capture externalities. How does one company record the cost of their employees commute? How do you even begin to calculate that? How do you measure the cost of extra leukemia cases in a town ten years after a train derails nearby? How do you record that in your books? How do you calculate and record the distress these huge noisy shipping vessels cause whales? It's just so subjective and impractical.

I'm deeply introverted but prefer in-office. I'm in a leadership position and gently encourage staff to work in office too when possible. It's not for socializing and awful pizza parties, and you don't have to tell me about your weekend hobbies if you don't want to.

For me it's mainly because my work requires technical skills, problem solving, and creativity, which means it's very helpful for me to know my staff really well in order to properly review their work. If I see something that looks odd it's really helpful to know 'Mary did this and that's her strength so I'm probably wrong' or 'Steve did this and he sucks in this area so it probably is wrong' etc. WFH removes all that and everyone is just a disembodied talking head, or worse, emails and texts only, so I have no idea who I'm talking to.

I truly get the allure and I still wfh when appropriate but again I encourage in office as much as possible.

If it's a nice walk I'm game. I'm continually impressed with how walkable many cities are (except mine of course). If it's ball sweating hot, walking through endless sprawl, dodging cars, on noisy highways, forget it.

The most amazing part of the pandemic was during the peak of all the lockdowns when nature came roaring back within weeks. My gf and I took a walk around a closed college campus nearby and we saw at least ten different kinds of creatures roaming around without a care in the world. Deer, rabbits, turtles, you name it.

Personally I prefer office but I totally get it, and do plenty of wfh when appropriate. The business world is still transitioning to WFH/hybrid/full office models so hopefully we'll reach an equilibrium soon.

AUSTIN! WE GOT AN AUSTIN GUY HERE!

See, nobody cares :p

I would ride to work but there's so many reasons not to. I've tried before, and almost died several times because of asshole drivers and half asleep morons still putting on makeup or drinking coffee or whatever. The bike lanes are a joke and people treat them like passing lanes to get one car length ahead in stop-go traffic. I've ridden with pants on once and got a giant oil stain on my leg from the bike chain. Even if none of that happens, it's extremely hot and humid where i live almost year round, and I wear business casual so I'm drenched in sweat before too long. I wish I could make it work but..no..and of course there's no reliable public transportation.

What do you mean you don't support a right wing militant theocracy? What do you mean you don't support invading the west bank and displacing people who were there thousands of years before you started moving in? What do you mean you don't support apartheid? What do you mean you don't support imprisoning two million people in gaza, an open air prison critically lacking water, electricity, medicine, and any opportunity whatsover, in an area the size of Washington DC? You must be a self loathing jew. /s

I'm in the job market right now and I don't even look at ads that don't include salary range. Sometimes if I'm annoyed enough I'll go full Karen and email the recruiter or whoever posted the add to tell them exactly that. (And completely ignore them if they come back with a number, too late bub.)

Certainly does feel like a pivotal time in the republic doesn't it?

FWIW if malevolent ETs invade us it's highly unlikely we'd be able to do anything about it even with all the advanced warnings in the world.

Maybe I'll buy that handgun after all. Really pisses me off that I'm forced to consider this option because people are too stupid and stubborn to realize they themselves owned walking untrained lethal weapons.

Oof, noted, thanks. I figured it's a decent last resort but I guess not. Vigilance and avoidance are the best bet as usual. I'm not quite ready to buy a handgun over this.

My neighbor has a pit mix and it snarled at me gnashing its teeth once as she walked by. I was just standing there by my car minding my own business barely even acknowledging them. I jump and yell Jesus wtf lady omg. She just made pathetic excuses, he keeps me safe, never does that, it's fiiiiine etc. Ive told her numerous times she needs to train it at the bare minimum, preferably destroy it. I've observed it doing the same to other people as they walk past. I bought pepper spray and look out for them very carefully whenever I go to my car now. I bet it's just a matter of time before someone gets mauled and I hope it's not me. Fucking hate those things.

I'm not a huge Biden fan but I'm surprised how much he's grown on me. Definitely not my first choice but he's done way better than expected.