Bless the Millennial generation who seem to be bucking this trend.
I used to think the internet brought a shift towards progressivism for all generations adapted to it, but now I think it was likely an aberration for millennials - when our internet was controlled and crafted essentially only by those smart enough to navigate it. Then when the internet became 3-4 apps, conservativism as consensus became the norm again.
Hopefully we're a big enough cohort like the boomers were, that we can set a progressive political standard for a few decades.
In two years I've paid $104,000 to my mortgage!
...why is it only $17,000 lower...
Trigger warnings should be labelled anyway, like TW [rape]. A blanket trigger warning is useless, how are people supposed to know what topic is triggering?
LOL.
Don't make me do it again.
Agreed, if we all cut out meat from our diet, land the size of both of the America's and China are returned to us while still providing the same amount of food. 20% of the entire planets GHG emissions are instantly removed. Humans aren't a virus, people who refuse to change their lifestyles are.
There's a few chubby King parrots up in my neck of the woods that expect ThreeduckEats, and they're on their finest behaviour to get it.
But this one seems to be updated for some reason? The bottom spit take reaction is not the original.
Na it's belt driven, apparently the belt can lose teeth and require replacement, but it's rare, so I don't consider it a maintenance part like you would a chain
I had a Kawasaki Z 400 for about a year, good fun, absolutely enough to get yourself in trouble. Then I basically swapped it for a SuperSoco TC Max.
I prefer the electric even though it's a big power downgrade (about a 125cc equivalent).
It's considerably lighter (it's 102kg with the 22kg battery), so my 48kg Mrs has no trouble keeping it upright (she dropped her Honda Cb250 once or twice).
It's essentially silent (don't wake the neighbours at 5am), I can charge it at work, no chain/oil/fluids beyond brake fluid, and has a really neat power delivery. I bought it when electric bikes in were rare, nowadays I'd definitely go for something with more grunt like OPs braaap, or a Zero.
In my uni days, we studied why cigarette shaming was effective, and why fat shaming wasn't, turns out a lot of overweight people eat to regulate emotions, shaming them for being fat increased risk of emotional eating. While it may have worked for you, studies show it's ineffective at pushing people to lose weight.
My logic is buy the game, now you have a perpetual license. I bought Abe's Oddysee on the PS1, I can now download any roms, any re-releases, any ports. Buy all new games, and if it gets taken off of steam, free reign to pirate.
Mrs and I tried lab grown fois gras quail, apparently the first in Australia. Amazing to be able to buy this in a restaurant, after hearing about it year after year.
It was certainly meaty, a flavour you simply don't get with any meat-free chicken, really pungent and distinct (not that I've ever had dead quail).
A place called Bottarga in Brighton, Melbourne. Wasn't cheap, but I'd pay top dollar to support the transition.
Back in 2017, with no prior coding or game development experience, I decided to learn Unity and started work on Game Over.
Up until the pre-release reviews were giving it 10/10, 8.5/10 & 8/10 (Pizza Fria, Checkpoint Gaming, Thumb Culture respectively), I was dead set nervous that the game might be no good.
It comes out today on Steam (in half an hour, feel like I'm gonna barf). I've met some of my best playtesters here on Lemmy, so I'm happy to announce it here specifically!
Back in 2017, with no prior coding or game development experience, I decided to learn Unity and started work on Game Over.
Up until the pre-release reviews were giving it 10/10, 8.5/10 & 8/10 (Pizza Fria, Checkpoint Gaming, Thumb Culture respectively), I was dead set nervous that the game might be no good.
It comes out today on Steam (in half an hour, feel like I'm gonna barf). I've met some of my best playtesters here on Lemmy, so I'm happy to announce it here specifically!
Pieces required. Three books from a thrift store ($6) pretty books are everywhere it seems! Australian lamp fitting with switch from AliExpress ($11), 3w LED bulb from AliExpress ($14).
Things I needed to buy: 40mm drill bit to drill through the books to fit the lamp socket ($12). Clamps to hold the books down during surgery ($20 for two).
Things I already had: PVA glue to attach the books together and seal the pages. Drill and 8mm drill bit, to feed the wire though and out the back of the bottom book. Soldering iron, I had to break open the light switch and snip the wires off to feed JUST the power cable through the drill hole I'd made (power plug too big)
I'm no DIY expert, and this was a fairly easy project. No major hurdles, and it looks great on my homemade ladder shelf.
Was originally with AAMI, and noticed they had quietly dropped my covered rate to $7,500. If I was willing to pay more, I could be insured for $10,500 max. This is for a 2008 top spec Nissan 350z, which you couldn't look at for anything less than $17,000. My premiums for comprehensive were about to go up to $141 a month (despite being with them for 5 years with no claims) so I checked with Shannons, and they covered to $20,000 for $146 a month. Always pays to check how much you're covered, as if my car was written off, I'd be getting less than half it's worth. Outrageous.
I pre-ordered a pair of Jennen shoes (elevator shoes, so I can be a big boy) from their online site (they no longer have the shopfront on Johnstone street) and got asked for a tip at the end. For basically changing a stock allocation assignment. I had a whinge on their contact forms, and they replied "the tip function is optional".
2 years later I emailed again, saying "I haven't bought a replacement pair of shoes, all because of the audacity to ask for a tip. I get that it's optional, but so is a cashier going 'hey give me that twenty from your wallet', and when the customer goes 'wtf??' the cashier replies 'oh lol it's optional'. You may have thought 'you know, a tip screen could give us free money! What's the harm?', and I guess this follow up email is proof of that harm. Don't bring tipping culture here please!"
I get this reply a day later, and can confirm the tip function is now gone. Loverly! Whinging may be one thing, but persistent whinging made the difference.
You'd think that, but the general age with which people tend to trend conservative is currently met by millennials, and they're not turning conservative - if anything they're becoming slightly more left wing.
And I shun your necessity of death. Crispr will enable me to see 1 billion years (I hope god I hope I hope)