The Shinkansen network in Japan was infamously extremely expensive and during its construction, many Japanese hated it and doubted it would ever amount to much. Today, it is held up as the best public transit system ever created.

Here in Seattle, the Link Light Rail system is also extremely expensive, though this is due to many factors, notably the fact that between the time the project got started and initially set its funding goals, the Covid pandemic happened and massive inflation, both in currency and in raw materials. However, the lines that are finished are extremely nice. The Link system is shaping up to be some of the best in the entire US, and the biggest and most important section hasn’t even opened yet: the world’s first rail line to travel across a floating bridge. Once the bridge section is complete, it will connect the two separate systems on the west and east sides of Lake Washington into one system and allow fast, efficient transit from the east side into downtown Seattle.

Anyway, my point is that just because a system is expensive, doesn’t mean it’s bad. I think you’re just furthering car-centric propaganda and reinforcing the belief that public transit is expensive and therefore bad

5% but 3% can be fulfilled with infrastructure spending like roads and bridges that can support tanks

That’s very sad, I’m sorry. I hope it doesn’t come to that for you

I’ve visited before, yes, and I know exactly what you mean lol. I felt the same way when I was there, the freedom of movement and quality of life about everything is so incredible that you just have to experience it yourself to believe it. I think visiting with my partner would help, but that’s a lot of money at a relatively short timescale to prepare in case things get really bad. We could do it, but…

What’s the Discord you’re using to learn Dutch? I’ve actually been “learning” for a few years just using Duolingo and I’ve been pretty lazy over the last year so I’ve stalled. Netherlands was actually always my goal before I even started dating my partner, which is partly contributing to our problems I think.

I feel this strongly. My partner is very resistant to moving to the Netherlands despite the many, many reasons that doing so would be better than staying in the US

That’s pretty good! Only 9 weeks and less than 200 applications, with that many interview rounds and offers? A lot better than what I’ve seen other people do

If i’m driving 10 hours across the US, it’s going to be on the freeway between population centers. A relatively flat course between population centers… oh that sounds perfect for a train! I’d much rather take the train than drive!

Biking three miles takes about 15 minutes, you should do that instead

Busses

Then you better be advocating for better public transit

Drinking alcohol doesn’t give adults birth defects either, but drinking alcohol while pregnant causes birth defects in the child 🤯

Absolutely not

Just want to point out that oftentimes it’s not just their preferred name—it’s their new actual legal name

She’s a successful rap artist who’s made some of the biggest songs of the past decade, but also happens to be a deranged person with some extremely toxic beliefs. I’m not really surprised at her antics, and in this case it makes me believe she was sexually abused as a teenager but she has normalized and rationalized her abuse in her head

I suppose you also believe that RT isn’t Russian state propaganda either, for the same reasons.

“But that’s not the same!” ok

The source is American propaganda https://about.rferl.org/faq/isnt-rfe-rl-funded-by-the-cia/

Sure, it’s not “literally” funded by the CIA, but it is “literally” funded by the US federal government

that’s because /femaledatingstrategy’s literal first rule is that it’s for women only, they tell you they’ll ban men straight up lol

This is the only funny linux meme ever posted here

No because I’m native american and was confronted with the reality of genocide and ethnic cleansing everyday

White children can handle it too

If deplatforming and political action by the ruling class are the main methods to stop this crisis, then none of us had any power to do anything in the first place

It’s no wonder no one takes this seriously: the epidemic of disaffected young men is only a symptom of greater societal issues and can’t effectively be addressed on its own. That’s also what I was getting at with my comment