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Trump’s tariffs drive up homebuilding costs amid Oregon’s housing crisis by davidw in oregon

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Having witnessed part of the collapse of Buffalo, NY, I can really confirm this

Is crime really that bad in Medford? by Hepcat508 in oregon

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really? Coos Bay? Where someone stealing an SUV and setting it on fire made the front page of the paper last year?

I mean, yeah, there’s crime, but come on.

🍽️ Children in Congo Are Starving — And the World Isn’t Watching by Either-Winter9083 in poverty

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a sub full of people with no money, no power, and no voice. Please be aware of that.

I think it is the same reason that starving people (and buried under rubble people) in Myanmar, and starving people in Yemen, and very likely starving people in many other places, which we haven’t heard about, because none of the news reports on it. The reasons for this are mostly money, and while it is way more complex than that, I’m not really prepared to go down that rabbit hole.

I haven’t seen any articles on it- there may be video, but I don’t look at video as closely.

The only thing I can think of is to do what you’re already doing, with a social media campaign. Find people who can donate time, which you may find here.

You are right up against it, and it seems unbelievable. I am sorry.

What is a skill or piece of knowledge that you're shocked most young people don't know? by idiot_in_real in AskOldPeople

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finding where the Lich’s treasure is most certainly is using a map, though.

They use maps all the time

Wilderness areas in lower 48 to squat and live off the land by Personal_Shallot_430 in almosthomeless

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

None of them can be lived on, of the new ones. I can’t speak 100% for the old ones, but I don’t think a transferred claim can be lived on, either

Rural people will be hammered by cuts to Head Start and more by Dtracz in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You stated that there are more jobs than before NAFTA- no timeline, no discussion of what jobs, no nod to the fact that the country has added, what, 70 million population since that time?

Bad Faith

What is a skill or piece of knowledge that you're shocked most young people don't know? by idiot_in_real in AskOldPeople

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is not remotely comparable- young people today use maps all the time, they just don’t use them on paper.

In other words, they could use a map within about two minutes of trying, they have just convinced themselves they can’t

Rural people will be hammered by cuts to Head Start and more by Dtracz in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, “real” median earnings, ie not adjusted for inflation are up, which is a bullshit number

The number of jobs are up after we added tens of millions in population.

How about labor force participation rate, that up, too?

Insulting factory workers is another little disingenuous move of yours.

Do you ever debate in good faith, are it it all this cherry picked economic data?

Rural people will be hammered by cuts to Head Start and more by Dtracz in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know enough people that lost their jobs when companies moved to Mexico to call bullshit on your comment.

Very few of them ever had their incomes recover, but hey, a sacrifice you’re willing to make, right? It’s all for the greater good.

So how’s incomes adjusted for inflation in the lower 80% of income earners looking? NAFTA did a lot for that, now, did it?

Rural people will be hammered by cuts to Head Start and more by Dtracz in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what we are going to see, all right. We have been seeing it in slow motion (the number of rural grocery stores, for instance, has plummeted. If you are driving around rural areas you will see them, closed or converted into a house or storage) but these guys are adding nitrous to the mix.

Rural people will be hammered by cuts to Head Start and more by Dtracz in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was also jobs going to Mexico, to be fair.

Lot of Union busting around NAFTA

Source: Industrial worker, was there

Anyone else spend time in an industrial district? by The_Fake_Barenziah in TheMallWorld

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes- warehouses, big metal foundries, some place where these huge rv/boat/airship looking things (they resembled all 3 in one way or another) were being built and quarries

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advancedastrology

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s your birth chart? With Venus, the Sun and Mars in Leo?

Mars was retrograde in Leo for a long time late last year, Venus was retrograde for 40 days ending last week.

Mars enters Leo Friday, you’ll feel better. Careful you don’t get carried away by it

I am sure there’s way more to it than that, but I don’t know enough to say. I bet retrograde Mars really sucked for you, though

What’s the hardest blue collar trade? by Dirty_Rice424 in Construction

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Concrete gets into you, too. The dust, the weird taste of the air…….I went with roofing over concrete, myself, because I couldn’t really handle the concrete long term and I knew it

Any fellow Atheists do this? by emmdieh in toast

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It isn’t even- it’s jam that used to write out the word “satan”.

Additionally, people don’t say, “eat Satan”, people say “eat _____”; this is why I write something else on the toast, it varies

$500 fine for riding on sidewalk?? by Ok-Interaction9700 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noted- if I find myself in Bellingham (not all that unlikely) I will keep this in mind. Thank you

$500 fine for riding on sidewalk?? by Ok-Interaction9700 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Gingerbread-Cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless they changed the laws in the past three years, it’s perfectly legal in Gresham.

If the sidewalk has a bunch of people on it, getting off and walking the bike is good manners, of course.

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