we are all just sentient cans of baked beans

I have a feeling you would have more fun in Paris than other places

Well if you want to be boring with your answer and not have fun thinking of other interesting ways to solve this problem then yeah it’s dumb,

Not being a troll. I’m genuinely curious. What do you see as the new jobs/careers in 10 - 15+ years?

These companies are not thinking that far ahead and they don’t care about the consequences even if it hurts them too.

Yep. We’ve already see that with climate change so it’s not a stretch to apply it to AI.

I read something that reports the rest of the Epstein oligarch parasite job creator class is reacting with a “HOW DARE THEY! Don’t they know who WE ARE?”

“You’ll eventually give in” Tells you everything you need to know about the power of large tech companies in the US .

We have the money and the power to force this technology in to the mainstream. Tech companies know that Congress is way too old, way too corrupt, and way too slow to really do anything about regulating stuff like this in a reasonable time frame. They have no real barriers and the heads of these companies don’t give a shit about the user as long as they pay their monthly subscription.

This would work well in old mall parking lots -

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I mentioned this in a different comment - My feeling is that the RNC sees the writing on the wall with trump - his age, health, cognitive decline, etc and are previewing the potential next president and vice president (Rubio). They are letting Vance get some air time to build him up in voters minds before he gets thrown in the deep end when trump isn’t president.

This isn’t the presidents job at all whomever it is. This is the job of the Congress.

Well yes. In this case it looks like this is a roll out of the new administration. What this signals to me is that trump is closer to the end of his term - either by health or 25th amendment (or both) and we are previewing the next president and vice president.

I’m going to guess that the guy who took this picture is wearing a blue polo shirt, light khaki shorts, with a dark brown belt, loafers with no socks.

The modern American lifestyle is built from very sophisticated and aggressive marketing especially with vehicles. The lessons we have learned have never been around moderation (Thanks Reagan) but around consumption. Look at the backlash when the Prius first came on the market to see how people were shamed for buying something small and efficient. The brainwashing is real and deeply set. I agree with your assessment I hope that more people start looking at fuel efficient cars, but in America its a big economic and mental hill to climb.

Changing the framing can help from weight loss to health improvement.

You may always be overweight by health standards (BMI) but if your blood work is good, you’re happy with how you are able to do the activities you like, you feel/are strong, you eat quality foods, and are mostly a happy person then I would say that you’re successful.

I’m always baffled by the lack of curiosity around this subject. It’s just blame the victim for being obese. Just eat less, bro! and then defend that viewpoint to the death. There never seems to be a point where the question comes up “I wonder why only in the last 30 years or so that the western world has seen this dramatic increase in obesity?” Can’t be large food corporations making cheap unhealthy foods highly addictive. Can’t be a significant reduction in nutrition education. Can’t be a reduction in access to mental healthcare.

Nope. Just fatty goin’ to be fat. Such a fucking lazy take.

Statements like this from people like him just tell me that they are scared.

So with a large percentage of people in America living close to paycheck - to - paycheck the price of gas and food increasing while income stays relatively stagnate. More and more are using credit to get by just for day to day stuff. With the current administration killing (killed) off any incentives for EVs along with a lack of charging infrastructure for them - the biggest being in apartments which is where many live due to the cost of buying a house is outrageous. How and what are they supposed to use for buying these more efficient vehicles ?

I’m not trying to be a dick with this its just not as easy as getting a more efficient car - and with gas prices continuing to go up more efficient cars will become more expensive and sought after as well.

What gets me are the two different excuses that the public are given when it comes to gas prices:

Well oil prices went up yesterday, so of course gas prices need to rise today.

Well just because oil prices dropped doesn’t mean we can just lower gas prices - it takes weeks for that cheaper oil to make it to your car.