Oh man This post just awoke a REAL old memory for me. Growing up my dad had these two old beat up flashlights. I looked them up and found this https://www.etsy.com/listing/1027765511/eveready-no1359-safety-flashlight.

I always thought they had a cool design.

Yes. That is indeed grass.

Beg pardon, but are you male or female?

Lets be honest. Most people buy stuff to impress other people. At this stage in my life I have no fucks to give about that any more.

Of all the places to do this to, why The Archive?

Hey, if you got to enjoy that feature from reddit like me, you’d be paranoid too

Probably. It’s over now whatever it was.

Then I wonder what the problem was?

I wasn’t getting anything. I would press the post button and it would just endlessly loop and never post.

They did her dirty in the second photo. She looks like a goul with over darkened eye region and over brightening of her teeth.

To Paraphrase George Carlin “You get the exact type of politician you diserve.”

I have bit of a nuanced take on the subject (ie: I’m going to get downvoted into oblivion.)

So here goes. To me Homelessness isn’t the problem. Rampant drug addiction and mental illness are. For the mental illness part, we need comprehensive and affordable mental health care for everyone. That’s not going to happen in my lifetime though.

The drug addiction however…

Places like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver (where I’m from) have followed the decriminalization theory of drug rehabilitation. This posits that by providing clean drug paraphernalia and safe places to use drugs, will help people to overcome addiction. But the current state of these cities prove that this theory is false. In order to make someone change, they have to want to change. When you make drug use easier, there is less incentive for that person to want to get clean. Homelessness and the accompanying problems are to most of them just the “cost of doing business.”

Their lives should be made more difficult as to incentivize them to want to change their ways. Of course there should be certain exceptions, such as when it’s too hot or cold out. But we have to somehow give them a reason to change their ways.

At least where I live there are systems in place to help you get off the street. I would know as I was homeless for a year living on the street. But when COVID hit, I finally had enough and decided to get help. I went to a shelter, got signed up for disability and through BC housing I got myself a room in a shared complex. I’m proof that when you really try, there is help out there for you to make your life better.

Now bring on the downvotes.

It does happen. Guess how I know…

we get 12 hotdogs in a pack and 12 buns in a pack.

Unless you don’t HAVE 600 dollars.

Fortunately, we don’t have that problem here in Canada.

E-bike legislation. Here in BC Canada, you’re limited to 500W motor and 32KPH. while I have no problem with the speed limit, I think they should allow up to at least 1000w motors. Heavier individuals such as myself would crush a 500w motor.

Except when the cable snaps, It’s an expensive pain in the ass to replace.

Could anyone explain the attraction of discord? To me it’s UX is atrocious.

cromulent.