j_roby

j_roby , 3 months ago

ineffective altruism checking in! =P

j_roby OP , 3 months ago

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/67743c95-36a0-4570-bae7-65a138ad3f23.webp

j_roby , 3 months ago

It really seems like my grocery store (a Kroger brand) has been doing this for a bit now.

Prices on certain things vary wildly depending on the time of the month or the day of the week. Plus, with their bullshit, incessant push for everyone to use their app and online ordering, it seems like this will be much more common moving forward.

j_roby , 3 months ago

::chef's kiss::

j_roby OP , 3 months ago

I see what you're saying... But, you don't start your negotiation by asking for incremental change. To continue on your analogy, the anti-abortion activists have been demanding a full stop to it up-front since they started...

Change may sometimes only happen incrementally, but nothing worthwhile will happen if that's all that's asked for.

j_roby OP , 3 months ago

What do we want!?

gradual change

When do we want it!?

in due time...

j_roby OP , 3 months ago

I think you may find yourself in good company on this instance.... Or maybe I forgot my meds too...

¯\(ツ)/¯

j_roby , 4 months ago

Whether or not you believe that self-reliance is feasible, there's nothing stopping you from learning to do more things yourself.

Failing to do so only works to solidify the status quo.

j_roby , 4 months ago

I definitely enjoy learning to fix electronics and appliances things on my own, and I enjoy designing and 3d printing helpful parts.

That's great! You're already cutting out middlemen and the necessity of shipping things across the globe.

But I have no urge to learn how to grow my own food or make a house or furniture etc.

And that's ok too. But the more you learn in those regards, the better. It cuts out that reliance on middlemen and international shipping.

I don’t see a feasible situation where that would be helpful.

I mean... Were you not affected in at least some way during Covid? That first year of lockdowns and massive shipping delays was eye-opening for lots of people. It's hard to imagine that you can't see at least some benefit to these ideas.

j_roby , 4 months ago

I think you're missing my point.

Middlemen merchants and international shipping are things that regular folk have absolutely no control over. And if those things go away, whether that be due to a pandemic or a CEO deciding it's just not profitable, those who rely entirely on that are fucked.

Having at least a bit of knowledge on how to sustain yourself, even if it's not a 100% self-reliant, will only be a net positive

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

Oof...

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

I see what you're trying to say. But I gotta ask tho: did "we all" actually, really agree on that?

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Believe_(yard_sign)

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

Can we be neighbors?

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

I almost felt bad leaving that link, because it seemed like you put in some work gathering that info lol

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

Found the landlord.

j_roby OP , 4 months ago

Give it some time. He's helping people at the moment with his current business model. But his model really seems like he's just moving to corner the market. Once he has cornered enough of that market, his true colors will show.

You don't amass that kind of wealth by being altruistic.

j_roby , 4 months ago

I am a very skinny/lanky dude, and I've even snapped the back legs off of several of these chairs over the years just from leaning/rocking back and forth on them.

j_roby , 4 months ago

Headline reads: Millennials ruining the wall industry

j_roby OP , 7 months ago

I'll just leave this here.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening

j_roby , 10 months ago

It's hexbear/lemmygrad speak for "liberals"...

Like tankies is used to describe those supporting the Tiananmen Square massacre, Dronies is used to describe liberals who "support" western drone attacks