A carbon tax falls well within a capitalist system (much the same as any other tax or method of dealing with externalities) so I’d put that as a failure of democratic systems more than anything.

I’m also not convinced communism would actually solve the problem. Communists have historically been pretty reluctant to share bad news, from letting folks know about mass starvations to, oh, most of the world news in China.

Oh that’s fantastic, thanks for sharing!

Ehhh, I’m pretty willing to give him some broad license in telling it. Given her note, you can pretty easily imagine some argument with members of her smaller, more irl friends, who would probably delete or have done things in small chats.

It’s like when Chappelle talks about being confronted in the restaurant, I don’t expect the guy was actually a 6"5 Texan gay wedding a knotted shirt…

Steven Hawking? If you watched Chappelle’s latest special, this one is even more odd.

I think giving them the best professional opportunity of a lifetime is a bit different.

And telling a tragic story about her isn’t really patting one’s self on the back.

I always find it funny that people forget the whole story of the Closer in his special, where he took his trans friend and comedian Daphne on tour, effectively giving her, arguably the single largest possible chance a comedian could have?

Don’t want to spoil it but damn, that story broke me.

The inspiration is just having programmed guard rails, not the actual three laws.

Red, easily.

Yeah, some childhood stuff would suck but you could probably skip a good few grades. As you already (hopefully) know how to socialize by now, a lot of the childhood friend stuff seems pretty optional.

Dating would be really tricky through the early teenage years as I don’t know how I’d feel about girls my own physical age at that point.

Because I’m relatively older and would have insane future knowledge, I could absolutely rock in stocks and have enough money to actually effect change. (Eg, singelhandedly fund a massive Democrat turnout machine in the rustbelt for 2016.)

The hard part would be somehow connecting with my current group of friends whom I love to death and wouldn’t want to lose. They are the only thing that makes the blue pill tempting.

So, uhhh, did you watch that John Oliver bit too then?

One asterix to this, if you buy wrapping paper for “cheaper” at a dollar store, you are likely paying much more per square foot. So if you have space to store it and intend to wrap things again, probably worth it to buy a proper roll.

Goddamn, America you never cease to find new ways to disappoint me.

It seems to vary state by state, though also for anyone on medicaid/medicare. You might be screwed by that professional job insurance!

I dunno if it helps but some googling took me to this diabetes resource Which seemed pretty good. Might be worth checking as this seems like stuff you have to look into vs having it happen automatically because why not screw us one more time?

The inflation reduction act is probably the most significant piece of climate change policy in American history and is expected to bring emissions to a little under half 2005 levels.

Also, I think it capped insulin prices at $35 a month? That was the hope anyway.

Dude, I’m literally not allowed to tell you how many black op raids I’ve led. Watch out, I’ve got the super record for super crazy wild military killer super guys,

Nahhhhh, I researched this… You think it’s just a coincidence that this is also what the liberal media would want us to think?!?

The whole point about federation is you are welcome to find another instance that shares this view!

Personally, I don’t want to stumble onto CSAM or racist shit and have to block those instances myself. (It’s exhausting enough blocking the hentai and furry communities as it is!)

I mean, it also seems much more easily mined so hopefully less environmentally destructive than the crazy stuff we for rare earth mineral mining.

Edit: also, supply matters. If we can make much more of the necessary materials, price comes down, adoption increases etc.

“But I read a book written by one of the few people who were privileged enough to read and write, and things didn’t seem so bad!”

Not processing our waste water leads to very local consequences, which is we process it. Adding to climate change is a global problem, any one country’s actions have relatively modest effects. So we don’t invest to stop it.

I’m not saying it’s a good thing. But it is a serious thing so we should be clear on the causes etc.

The reason we don’t use renewables is that fossil fuels are much cheaper.

If one country goes alone in developing them, they and their citizens pay more for a very marginal benefit.

This is a collective action problem, individual countries acting by themselves aren’t going to solve it.

I just love this description so much, thanks!