Well, I’m sure a human domicile would be a bit more robust than “alligator Alcatraz” so instead of 8 days, it might take more like… 8 weeks? To build something comparable for the homeless?

Depending on how complex each housing unit is (bathrooms/kitchens/whatever) possibly more or less. Idk.

But knowing that the world runs on capitalist dollars, there’s no profit in it. They can’t pay rent, they don’t have any money, and they would actively cost you money, either in property tax, water, power, and/or food… Not to mention any replacement costs for any fixtures or furniture that’s damaged/stolen.

Not saying the unhoused are thieves, but a nontrivial number of them are desperate, and desperate people do things that they otherwise wouldn’t consider doing.

In any case, the solution to the homeless “problem” (being that people are homeless at all) is not just housing, but also community services to get any drug users into their respective rehabilitation programs, and anyone willing and able to work, into job placements… Mental health services…

All of these things cost money and don’t yield any profits, so I understand why they’re not done. That doesn’t mean I’m ok with it not being done, it’s a shame that we’ve left a portion of the population to fend for themselves on the streets and we almost universally dehumanize them as less than a person because they’re homeless. They’re people. We should take care of them because they’re people.

No child left behind, but anyone post highschool that’s living on the streets, fuck them… I guess.

None of us did.

I didn’t get a say in whether or not to be born. I’m just here now and I have to deal with all of this shit.

It’s not AI.

There’s one big tell that I don’t think AI is advanced enough to replicate.

Op took this picture though a window that had multiple panes of glass. So there’s an echo of the image from the secondary reflections between the panes of glass.

I also can’t spot and of the debris in the shot blending into itself. Everything seems to be complete objects.

But that reflection? I’ve never seen AI do anything like that.

In case anyone doesn’t quite see what’s going on here, the image is taken from inside (lights seem to be off from where the camera is), through thermal glass into a concrete window space, which is common for places that have basements so the window can serve as an emergency exit (even if you need to break it to get out)…

Looks like there’s some kind of evergreen tree not far from where the window is, given the debris in the photo.

Great shot OP.

I can see why, it looks AI as hell…

I think it looks nice. AI or not.

I’d have to stare at it for longer than I have to decide if it’s AI. So until I can do that, I’m going to trust the OP until I can verify their claims.

Edit: definitely not AI. Nice shot OP.

29 days “lost” at sea, is therapy for all of the external bullshit we deal with every fucking day.

By “we” I mean people in society, not just men. Everyone struggles with making their way in “this world” we built for ourselves. We made it to be this horrible.

I felt this comment.

Thanks, I hate it.

Canada. It’s generally easy and free (no direct cost to me). I try to avoid having to go to my doctor whenever possible and I live with a nurse (and my doc knows that). Usually when I send him a message, either by email or by calling, he’ll have a follow up question or two (sometimes none) then decide a course of action and move right to implementation. Sometimes that’s sending a script to my local pharmacy, sometimes that’s a referral to a specialist. Who knows? I haven’t seen the guy in years. But if he made the request for me to go in, I would without hesitation.

I know my experience isn’t the same as others, since my doctor and my spouse have actually worked together; but still. It’s all free and there’s usually minimal waiting.

The only significant delays I’ve heard of in Canadian healthcare relate to major procedures when the issue is non-critical. Like getting an MRI as a precaution, to make sure things aren’t messed up or something (IDK what MRIs are used to diagnose, I am not a doctor).

Everything is triaged, so if you’re not actively dying from a thing, and you need a big piece of equipment to scan you to figure something out, you’re going to be waiting a while.

I’ve been there, done that. Welcome to the club my friend.

The only reason I got through my last layoff without stooping into a deep depression is that I’ve done this dance so many fucking times that I’m tired of it all.

Luckily I had a new job about a month later, which I 100% acknowledge is luck.

I still miss my previous job, it was much better than the one I have now. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not angry at being employed, I’m just sad that I didn’t get to remain employed with the last workplace.

I get it, 100%. Nothing you said is really all that abnormal. You clearly liked the job, and there’s no good way to express that loss. It’s just something you have to go through all the stages of. Eventually the whole ordeal will seem further and further away and you’ll settle into a routine and get your life back to where it should be. You lost something and it’s okay to be sad about that.

What isn’t good is if you start getting any worse than where you are at now. If you start sliding deeper into it, or you feel like you’re drowning, please seek help. The people who care about you don’t want to lose you.

My advice for the future is: never invest more than you’re willing to lose, whether you’re taking about money or emotional investment, the reality is that you can lose it all in a snap. Make sure you know what you’re risking and ensure you can sacrifice what you’ve invested if there’s a sudden change from management. Take care of yourself first, then worry about everything else.

You see, that’s a can. That can can’t be mistaken for anything other than what it is, a can.

Unlike a can of coca cola, which could be “soda”, or “pop”, or “coke”, or any number of other things.

Op is dumb.

With clothing specifically, it generally has a purpose. Socks can make you more comfortable, warm up your feet, pull sweat away from your skin and generally reduce odors… Not all of those in all cases, mind you, but depending on the circumstances and the type of sock, any/all of these could be the case.

Undergarments in general have similar stories.

All undergarments also play a role in keeping your over garments cleaner. Changing out your underpants and throwing on yesterday’s jeans can get you through a day with nearly no compromises… Depending on how dirty your jeans get on an average day.

Over clothes protect you from getting dirty to a limited extent, they’ll block/absorb spills that reduces the amount you have to wash/bathe/shower… It’s easier to just throw on a new shirt than get into the shower and clean yourself up. Same with pants and other over garments.

Outerwear usually provides a protective element, eg jackets can help prevent things like thorns from scratching you, or keep you warm in cold weather, or dry in wet weather…

Clothes, to me, are a useful thing to be wearing, each piece serving it’s own small function, all of it coming together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

There’s plenty of social constructs, this is true, but clothing definitely has a practical purpose, along with so many other things.

I just wanted her sidekick… As a young boy that seemed to be more my speed.

Xena was a bit much for me when I was watching Xena on TV… At like… 5? 10? IDK. What year is it?

I’ve gotten into the habit of eating lunch while I’m working specifically so I can take a short mid day nap during my scheduled “lunch” at work.

Working from home has some nice perks.

That’s a controversial take.

As far as I’m concerned, TST is only a “religion” on the books as a basic requirement for them to insert themselves into all of the places that religion, specifically Christianity, is inserted into by government, so they can demonstrate the hypocrisy of the “leadership” that was elected.

Also, having a belief that there isn’t anything in the great beyond, is still a belief. You can have a belief without denying reality/Science. None of these things are mutually exclusive. I’m saddened that you don’t seem to believe that.

At the end of the day, I see anyone identifying as a satanist under TST to be doing advocacy work on behalf of nonbelievers, since most governments would rather deny all religious symbols/rituals/information from government than allow “Satanists” a platform. Their actions unilaterally has eliminated, mitigated, or otherwise diminished the involvement of any one particular sky daddy from government. It’s a worthwhile thing to be done.

You’re entitled to an opinion, even if everyone else disagrees, so think whatever you want. I don’t agree that you can’t be agnostic/atheist and be a part of a “religion”. You absolutely can.

Even the lack of a belief is, in and of itself, a belief.

As I get older, the value of nap time has increased.

When I was a child I was very anti-nap. In my youth I was very indifferent to napping. In my mid-adult years, napping is more important than most things.

I like the cut of your jib.

I can only give you examples from my thoughts when I was faced with this dilemma and what I did about it.

Simply: wired headphones don’t need to be charged. Having “true wireless” (aka airpod style) headphones, you need to stop listening to charge your headphones, which seems unnecessary to me, and I’m worried it would happen at inopportune times; I’m pretty bad with keeping things consistently charged, I usually charge them, toss them in a bag then promptly forget about them for a few months until I need them, and with some stuff, that means it’s dead by the time I pick it up again. Not a problem with wired headphones.

My car also is pretty old, not tape deck old, but the Bluetooth in the car is still Bluetooth 2.0, which isn’t the most energy efficient.

So when I got a phone with no headphone jack, I set out to solve a few things. Among those things: if it’s wireless, I need to be able to charge while listening, and output to my car’s aux, and an unpowered/wired headphone.

My solution to the dilemma came in the form of a device from Fiio, the BTR5. Basically the BTR5 is a Bluetooth headphone jack. It just connects over bt and outputs to a 3.5 (or 2.5 balanced) jack. It charges by USB C, and can charge while listening and it’s actually designed to do that. It has a “car mode” that will turn on/off the device depending on whether it is receiving power or not, so it will come on when you turn on your car by hooking it up to your vehicle semi permanently.

Now, I can charge my phone, and my BTR5 while I’m listening, giving me practically infinite use time. I have a small collection of IEMs that I can toss in a bag and it doesn’t matter if my BTR5 is dead or not, since I can charge it with my battery bank that holds a charge longer than other battery powered things I have.

On top of that, the BTR5 can also playback via USB. Aside from that, I also picked up a USB C charge/listen dongle as a backup and that works with my IEMs, or any other 3.5mm headphone or aux connection.

I also have a direct USB C to headphone adapter that came with one of my smartphones. Between all of my options I have never needed to make any compromises on when I listen to music or how I want to listen.

I also have some fully Bluetooth headsets, my favorite is from trekz, which mainly makes bone conduction headsets; i mainly only use that one headset but I do have others that I don’t pick up very often.

I find that most consumer Bluetooth headsets cannot be charged while in use. Even if you can physically plug in the charger while wearing them so it should be able to do both, I usually find that they will turn themselves off while charging. The trekz are not immune to this. I like them mainly for the bone conduction, but because of their inability to charge while in use, I tend to put them on the charger the night before I plan to use them.

I just throw my BTR5 in my bag with a few sets of IEMs, and my USB to headphone adapters. I have my power bank in my bag all the time as well (along with a USB C charger, which powers/charges my phone, laptop, power bank, BTR5, etc).

I don’t know what other people’s requirements are, but I found my solution. I won’t throw any shade at anyone who has different requirements, nor uses their tech differently. My solution isn’t your solution. I’m happy with my setup, and it works really well for me. I can put in my IEMs, wire up my BTR5 and listen as long as I like, when the BTR runs low on batteries I can stuff my battery bank in my pocket and plug it in to charge and have no interruption in my listening. I can also just plug the BTR5 into my computer by USB C and it will connect as an audio device over USB C and I can get my computer audio over my headphones without needing to unplug them.

I hope that fills in some gaps for you, I’m certain my use is not the only use cases that require a 3.5mm jack, and I know I have more significant demands than most (otherwise airpods wouldn’t be popular). So I know I’m in a minority, and that’s fine.

Let me know if you have any questions, or comments. Take care.

Sort of.

The satanic Temple chose their name because of the literal meaning of the word “Satan”, which may be the name of the big bad from religious types but actually means “adversary” when directly translated from Hebrew.

Atheists can take all forms, and by no means do I assume what any individual believes, but by the very definition, atheists can be extremely passive in their belief, or more accurately, non-belief. The atheists I know are usually very live and let live, after a while because they realize that arguing the point with religious folks usually doesn’t get you anywhere.

TST is dedicated to the fair use and representation of religions in society. They’re obviously based in the USA where there is a separation of church and state, at least, there’s supposed to be. So the state cannot show favoritism to any religion, but they often do. Usually with monuments like a depiction of the ten commandments placed on city owned land. This is a real and fairly recent issue that TST got involved on. They asked that a statue of Baphomet be placed on the same city owned land, forcing the city into a position of either allowing the statue to be placed along side the very Christian ten commandments, or admit that they are favoring Christianity, which they basically cannot do because it’s a violation of their station.

Satanists are a bit more active, by default, than atheists. Not to say atheists are inactive or lazy, it’s just that Satanists have a very specific target.

Sorry, but that comes off as a bit arrogant. There’s still plenty of use cases for wired connections.

Older cars that either have aux or still need a tape deck adapter, that don’t have Bluetooth.

Until recently, you couldn’t use wireless headphones on planes.

On top of that, there’s vanishingly few USB C to headphone adapters that also allow you to charge your phone, so if you’re using wired headphones, and you need to charge your phone, you have to stop listening, in order to plug in to charge.

There’s a lot of compromises and trade offs.

I’m not saying that one is definitely better or not, there’s a thousands of ways to connect everything that works. Not every solution is going to work for every person and every use case.

I get what you’re saying, but no. Just no.

For feedback, I would just print off the federal labor codes for my country, highlighting specific sections. I’d just hand it to the management verbatim. I wouldn’t cherry pick or leave anything out, just emphasize specific passages.

Guess what? That’s illegal here.

It would be a thinly veiled threat that I’ll ruin their lives if they don’t back track immediately… All said without uttering a single syllable.

That’s what I would have expected/assumed. I haven’t had the time to review any of this in detail, so I’m not speaking from an informed position. Thus I generally keep my assumptions to myself.

Good to know.

As captain Picard said: it is possible to make no mistakes, and still lose.