Boozilla

I wonder how the Joe Rogan bros who voted for this guy will like it when Project 2025 makes porn illegal. I bet 99% of the dipshits don't even know that is a thing.

Nomadland

Yup, this is all true. Worker cooperatives, unions, and expiring patents faster are all things that can help. None are a magic wand. But they make a difference.

I have definitely heard parents encouraging kids to go into the trades. Could be a regional thing. Anecdotal either way.

I agree elite schools are bullshit for the vast majority. There are some PhD and medical programs that aren't. But that's a tiny percentage of students who would benefit.

Glad you mentioned that. It can be very hard on the body, and for older people they will likely want to transition into ownership, or a supervisory or admin role...and those slots are limited.

We need to think about using technology to help people work less. Not just fatten profits.

Agree. We need trades people but we also need jobs, re-shoring, affordable housing, affordable health care, affordable education, etc. to go along with. It could become another bubble like pharmacists and knowledge workers.

The longer I'm in the workforce the more I think David Graeber was right.

"Go to trade school" is my guess. I've even suggested it. I'm not sure it's really being over pushed, but maybe it is. Easy answers to complex questions are a trope.

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Your experiences are anecdotal. They don't tell us anything about the performance of all public servants. Perspective is important.

Someone smarter than me said: if you smell shit everywhere you go, check your shoes.

I get this question a lot, since my wife and I always vote in person. The place where we vote is right around the corner from us, a 2 minute walk. We go mid morning and there's never a line. It's just more fun for us, kind of a tradition. The same poll workers have been there for several years and it's always nice to see them.

As microscopically unimportant as our two votes are in the big picture, they are still important to us.

If I still lived in some of the places I did in the past, I would definitely mail it in. Those places always had a long wait.

Looks like you're right. They may have updated this since I last tried it.