alt texttweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time...
It’s close to the same time. So time advantage washes out. What about the free time you get as you don’t have to focus on the road? Then the cheaper costs since you don’t pay gas and insurance (hypothetically assuming this fully replaces cars)
This chaotic scenario is exactly why we need to focus on public transport. If it sucks, we need to improve.
The first computers sucked. Should we have given up because they were massive, expensive, totally niche, and required specialized knowledge to even turn on? Very impractical, but we improved. The same can go for transport. Look at the goal and work towards it.
Don’t look at the ingredients and give up because they aren’t already a pie.
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A worrying amount of people will disregard the opinion of “the other side”. Republicans will see this as their point of view knowing it is a Republican speaker.
As a kid around age 5-6, I wanted to be a garbage truck driver. I knew that jobs paid the bills, and garbage truck drivers only had to work one day a week!
If only.
I’m happily stuck with my job in special education now. I didn’t know squat about myself when I was 5 :)
I am asking this question because the young adult in question, is me. I am to move out in a few years, and it feels impossible to move far away from my hometown (which I want). I have no idea how to juggle both finances, a job, and the move itself. With the global inflation going on, it feels impossible getting hold of a decent...
I’m not sure why you’re moving out, but can I offer an unconventional idea?
Look at things like workaway for housing. Different hosts have different minimum and maximum stays, but this would be temporary anyways.
Try a work exchange program. You work, they provide accommodation and sometimes much more. Bills are taken care of (you’re a guest), your accommodation costs only up to 25 hours of your time, and there could be other perks like them letting you use the staples in their pantry or invite you to dine with them. They can show you around the area and tell you good info. Maybe they have a bike or even a car to lend.
There a lot of different types of jobs to pick to find one that suits your needs. Some job examples are farmwork, IT help, teaching, nannying, accounting, dog-sitting, and even plain-old house-sitting!
And since it’s just regular people making a deal, there can be a lot of flexibility schedule-wise if you have school or job hours.
It could be a nice way to move out and not be alone with all those bills, rent, and furniture buying/moving until you get your “sea-legs” in your new environment :)
*I will add that hosts’ accommodations can range from a tent in their backyard to an apartment/house for yourself. There may also be more than one work-exchange guest, but it’s pretty much roommates.
Dust comes from everywhere. Micro bits float in the air like a dandelion would. And clean is relative thinking about tiny molecules. The risk of something disastrous happening is so small it really doesn’t matter. For me, I don’t like the pegboard idea.
If you want your kitchen to rock like this, go for it!
Food grime from the steam of the cooking is what I meant. Boiling soup emits “flavored steam” that can rest just as dust does. Not like that miniscule amount of grime will be.a problem. You’re 100% right that grime lands on regular cabinets and such too.
I’m neutral on it now. Not for me, but it is very smart way for storage on the wall.
Suppose there are two employees: Alice and Bob, who do the same job at the same factory. Alice has a 10 minute (20RT) commute, Bob commutes 35 minutes(70RT)....
I like the idea of the commute being included in the work hours. When you start driving to work, that’s when you’re clocked in.
Alice lives closer so she can get to work faster and get more done sonce the company only loses 20 minutes of Alice-time.
Bob is farther so thats 70 minutes of Bob-time not doing work during his shift.
Maybe companies will begin to factor in the lost time of commutes and hire more locally. It could get more organized.
I am sure people’s time is being wasted by inefficiency. Like, company X has several factories in the state. How many people from city A are working in the factory at city B while B’s commute up to city A?
Lots to think about. Traffic, time, privacy? I dunno. Just thinking as I go :)
The same company. If they are far from their employees it’s not the employees’ fault.
They hired Bob in the first place, meaning they want his work. Now it’s on company time instead of the people’s time. How much work do people actually do in their 9-5s?
Try not looking at this from a money perspective over a people perspective. Companoes threw fits and anguish at the ideas of 40 hour workweek, weekends, overtime pay, etc, yet here we are! 32 hour work weeks and commute time included on the 8 hours can be next.
I get that, but then those “undesirsbles” can be directed to help. At first yea, lots of grimy people could show up. With time as those people get help, you’ll see less and less. Change takes time. This change would be like removing a dam. A crazy surge of water, but then it calms to be the beautiful river it can be :)
Oh I understand capitalism. I want to break it down. This can be one of the steps. I will totally discuss your views of you want. The government can eat a rock.
NIMBY away. Those are all great reasons. They all revolve around the store keeping its money though. The point is that they use their money to help their community and not their golden horde.
Change makes people angry, but time softens the view and people will adapt.
A note: stores throw out unexpired goods all the time.
As for food safety, yup, that’s important. Some goods could be too risky, like raw meat. But so so many goods are processed and stay good long past the expiry.
Expiry does take into account oxygen. Once you open a bag, air gets in and then it could get stale, mold, etc. If it has been sealed in its package the whole time, there was never any (*a lot of) air to start those food-ruining things.
Rather than defeat the idea, why not try to think of ways it could work. Ideas need time to grow and flourish with revisions. Nothing is made perfectly the first time. What changes to the idea would you make in good faith?
Just because an idea won’t happen doesn’t mean we can’t explore the ‘what if’ :)
There isn’t much to retrofit. It could be like adding another pharmacy department counter.
99%? Is there any data to back that up? I see incredible amounts of waste just where I am. I can’t imagine a number even close to 99 is true.
It depends on who you poll as well. If you only talk to stores that do it and ignore the ones that don’t, your averages are going to be misinformed data skewed too high. I dunno.
99 is an unreasonable number so I don’t believe you.
Churches in concept are amazing. They are a place for people to gather and learn about morals and ethics and such, to bond with the community. And then there is(maybe) free food after service where you can eat and chat with other people.
And the other services they can provide, like food banking, homeless help, counseling, community space, being a safe space, a refuge with resources. I’m glad there are some institutions doing it. I hope they are the snowball that triggers the avalanche, but so many churches are money vacuums draining their communities :(
I would love to see more churches climb to the top and better their commuities. I choose to be hopeful. One step at a time :)
Staff from the store itself. I see no barrier for a large business with m/billions in profit to add additional staff to run the food bank area.
To add a capitalist view: the food bank brings in people who might buy more. Yes, they are there to get food for survival, but the money saved might be spent on other goods like clothes or supplies in the store. (Stuff they need but wouldn’t be able to buy for food budget reasons).
What did I fail to understand? I said some churches are doing the work of charity and that I hope the many churches that don’t (the griffs) will follow the example.
Putting hypothetical profits before human needs is a problem. I’m not saying you don’t have an argument. Just commenting that that is what is being said.
Social work. I work in social work. I added loss leaders as a comment to provide context that stores make financial decisions that are a loss for the specific reason of getting more people to the store so they buy more. A food bank might be a loss that leads to more sales.
Ok. I got my “free food”, but maybe I want some ketchup for my potatoes too? I don’t mean to imply a foodbank will bring in net profits, but it can lessen the cost of running the bank.
Is a food store having a charity branch unrealistic?
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Grocery stores should have food banks
Instead of the perfectly-fine “expired” food going to the dumpster, feed people. Help the community.