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Not even indestructible, just big heavy destructible death traps!

There's a video floating around of a midsized sedan from the 60s and the 00s in a frontal offset crash and the old car is absolutely demolished.

I didn't realize that was Chicago's tornado siren, but it's 100% the one that popped into my head. It just sounds viscerally wrong.

Man, I feel that. Used to live in MN for quite a few years, and both the summers and winters could be brutal. I'm about 300 miles south now and somehow both winter and summer are milder 🤷‍♂️

I wish it set at 5pm.... 4:25pm here and it's not even December!

That said, I honestly don't mind winter. You can always add layers, but heat and humidity are just plain miserable. Plus I think it's much more pleasant to come inside to a warm house after being out in the cold than it is to come into an air conditioned house from the heat. The former actively feels cozy and relaxing while the latter just feels like relief.

IMO summer and winter are just the price you have to pay to really appreciate those fleeting perfect weeks in the spring and fall.

Ugh, this one hurts to read. I have plenty of hobbies and interests, but for whatever reason it feels so painful and awkward to discuss them with people i'm not already decently acquainted with, so it probably comes across as you describe to many folks.

I'm basically a toddler when it comes to fruit. It can sit around on the counter looking all pretty for days and I won't touch it. But the moment my wife cuts some up, I'll devour it.

Maybe you just need a wife who likes to chop things 🤔

Until compensation in the food service industry is fundamentally reworked, always tip well.

Unfortunately I think the reality is that as long as people are tipping well, there is little motivation on any party (except the customer) to rework compensation in the food service industry.

As a customer, I hate the situation. The explosion in tipping (both expected amount and breadth of jobs relying on tips) I've seen in my couple decades as an adult is staggering. But I still want my server to be paid decently, and therefore I tip decently. But it leaves a bad taste in my mouth every time, knowing that the establishment is relying on my guilt to pick up the slack in their compensation.

You touched on something that makes sense, but for me personally it takes more than just having different public vs private personas for a person to seem fake.

Many people naturally have a different demeanor or way of interacting in public than private, which doesn't necessarily make them seem fake. What feels fake is when you can pick up on a deliberate or curated public persona, especially if it's being done deceptively or for some material gain.

Paypal has altered the deal. Pray they do not alter it further.

Gotcha, so it's just an emotional appeal based on word choice, rather than attacking the real issues problems with the rental market...

I agree with you, but it's not even for-profit spaces that are an issue.

The ability to interact with so many people--in near total anonymity, and who you are virtually certain to never meet again--significantly lowers the barrier for acting uncivilly. And likewise the facelessness of other people means that it's so much easier to mistakenly interpret their actions as hostile.

Think of that jerk who totally cut you off yesterday, versus you who just needed to squeeze in between two cars to make your exit. Or how much less likely you'd be to react negatively to your neighbor driving slow in the left lane versus a total stranger.

Our ape brains and thousands of years of human evolution give us the instinct to treat strangers outside our "tribe" with suspicion and interpret their neutral actions as hostile.

Sure those instincts can be exploited for profit and exacerbate them, but I disagree it's the root cause or the reason hostility seems to be on the rise.

How is this not believable lol? You act like renting is some kind of degradation and owning is some kind of release from slavery.

Lots of things about home ownership suck donkey balls, and there are lots of benefits to renting. I've done both for significant chunks of my adult life, and while my life situation is currently such that I prefer owning my place, I can absolutely see myself opting to rent under certain circumstances.