My coworker just bought a car and was stoaked he only paid $3000 over sticker price.
I work at a semiconductor fab in Portland Oregon, we get 5 weeks paid vacation. There''s a fairly large group of my coworkers who never use their vacation or sicktime out of principal.
(3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they did not partake:
(a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. Therefore, the American people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policies. Thus the American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians. The American people have the ability and choice to refuse the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want.
-Osama bin Laden
LA probably has more laws about fishing from piers than Phoenix does too. Places with higher gun crime rates combat that with gun laws.
I’d hardly call requiring an item be unlocked to purchase being treated like a felon, but I understand that it annoys/upsets people. Just a bit of an overstatement there though seeing how felons are treated much, much worse in reality. Kind of insulting to what felons actually have to deal with tbh.
Its having an armed security guard rifle through all your groceries on the way out to check receipts. The Stadium FM has a gravy seal in body armor stopping everyone at the exit. Its illegal to force anyone to stop though so you can just tell them no and keep walking.,
Its just so simple. I see people complaining about getting Nvidia drivers to work on Linux, with Mint it takes like two clicks.
This is why passenger train travel is abysmal in the US. Amtrak owns almost none of the tracks they operate on. When the trains are running there are consistent hour+ delays due to waiting for freight trains to pass. Amtrak built a "shortcut" in the Tacoma area to bypass a lot of the Seattle/Tacoma area rail yards. The first train on it derailed from taking the first corner twice as fast as it was supposed to.
I tried to take a train from Portland to Seattle in April. Amtrak sent me a text the day before the trip saying "All trains are cancelled due to weather, a bus will be provided for you." I got a robocall the next morning saying the same, but to stay on the line to talk to an operator. After about an hour hold the customer service agent said, "Yeah there was a landslide and its blocking the tracks. There won't be a bus, there never was going to be a bus, I don't know why the system sent that message out. Would you like a refund?" It ended up being the same price to just rent a car for the weekend.
Unfortunately I lost my shirt that I paid a fucking whole bitcoin for.
*swan boats
Uber jacks up prices in "airport zones" to an insane degree. For example an Uber from Seattle to Sea-Tac is about $75. I rented a car in Portland, drove up to Seattle for the weekend, and drove myself to the airport for $60. An Amtrak ticket from Portland- Seattle is around $40 usually.
This doesn't work everywhere, but when I'm flying back into PDX (the best airport) I'll take the light rail public transit two stops and get a ride share from the Target parking lot. Ends up being about half the price once you're far enough away.
How do we deal with the areas with no people living in them?
I'm mostly joking, but an extreme proposal like this would probably only take effect in metropolitan areas. 80%+ of Americans live in an urban setting. Electric trains and busses in the city, electric trucks in the country.
We did the same but with Special K in a blender, and held a magnet to the side of the blender's cup.