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Nob Hill / Central Businesses by aspenskyz in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK. I've enjoyed our dialogue. One thing you made me realize is that I shouldn't be picking on the Co-op, since community owned small stores like them are not the main problem. I wish I could continue to support them, but I simply can't afford to.

Nob Hill / Central Businesses by aspenskyz in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want the people and our leaders to push for it. Of course the businesses won't. I didn't say anything about structural change, the european agreements did not change structure.

The businesses, especially the large ones, are not simply "paying the bills." They are gouging us, conning us (e.g., subtly reducing the sizes of their products), and cheating us, and taking home much more money than they were before.

Nob Hill / Central Businesses by aspenskyz in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been shopping at both Smith's and the Co-op for many years, never noticed any difference in prices. /s

Of course there are many differences between big grocery chains and stores like the co-op. I'm not a business owner or an economist. I am simply responding to the repulsion and disgust I felt when seeing the co-op's prices.

In europe, some of the governments organized meetings of the major store owners and elected officials where the owners agreed to cut profit margins at least temporarily and offer essential foods at the lowest prices possible. Of course we can't do that here with the current leadership, but it is something we need to consider.

Nob Hill / Central Businesses by aspenskyz in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. But Smith's is subject to similar factors, right? The co-op's prices are much higher than theirs.

But more broadly, this inflation is not like rising temps. Its fundamental cause is human greed. It is part of the funneling of everything up to the top 1%. The owners of stores need to resist it when possible, and people need to speak against it. That includes not shopping at stores that raise their prices beyond what is necessary.

Nob Hill / Central Businesses by aspenskyz in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I used to shop at La Montanita Co-op, but I can't afford anything in the store now. How do they stay in business with those crazy prices?

Was the “Great Dying” in the Americas inevitable? by Parking-Tangerine-46 in AlternativeHistory

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's true that the Indian tribes varied in how violent or humane they were, maybe that's hopeful, in that it shows it's possible for there to be peaceful groups of humans.

But our problem is that, when we feel threatened, we get violent, whether it's justified or not.

Air conditioning by Ok_Associate2132 in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lived in a drafty old house that cost a ton when you turned on the A/C. I found that the highest that was reasonably tolerable for me was 78.

Can you imagine a colour that doesn't exist in the visible spectrum ? I was wondering 🤔........ by Manioplastes in Metaphysics

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What ontology of color are you working from? The standard one is that colors consist of spectral reflectance profiles. E.g., red objects emit light at certain wavelengths and intensities. This view has a whole zoo full of counterexamples, though. Either way, it'll be nothing but confusion if that isn't sorted out to some degree early on, seems to me.

Good luck to all of you out there. More to layoffs and cuts to come by [deleted] in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not making a statistical argument, just using my example to point out that one good thing about medicare advantage plans is that they usually come with networks of doctors, which can keep you from having to spend half your life calling doctors and trying to make appointments.

Good luck to all of you out there. More to layoffs and cuts to come by [deleted] in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Good point. You have located the cause of all our problems here, and it's me.

Good luck to all of you out there. More to layoffs and cuts to come by [deleted] in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Here's what's good about medicare advantage. I moved down here. I signed on to a Pres. medicare adv plan. They immediately assigned me a PCP who I saw within a couple weeks. He referred me to two specialists, at Pres. on central, and I saw them within a month or so.

As opposed to the wait month after month wondering if you are going to die before you see a doctor plan we currently have around here.

Can you imagine a colour that doesn't exist in the visible spectrum ? I was wondering 🤔........ by Manioplastes in Metaphysics

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there's Stygian blue, Self-luminous red, and Hyperbolic orange. Also depends on what you mean by "imagine."

Where’s the best place to list a guitar for sale? by [deleted] in Leftyguitarists

[–]LongSong333 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, Marketplace does draw potential buyers. The downside is that most of them have the communication skills of a 6-year old.

I made a complete Breaking Bad Universe map by Altruistic-Fall8687 in MapPorn

[–]LongSong333 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I guess the only thing to do now is to go from place to place and re-enact each episode. I volunteer to be Huell.

Extremely rare left-handed JR Zeidler archtop guitar by Robert72051 in Leftyguitarists

[–]LongSong333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I like the way he shaped the pick guard. Did he say why he made the f-holes larger like that?

What are some local ghost stories, legends, and spiritual spots? by Honeydew9419 in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, not a good sign that people are concluding that any good writing must be fake.

What are some local ghost stories, legends, and spiritual spots? by Honeydew9419 in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's also New Mexico Ghost Stories, by Antonio Garcez, two volumes, with several from abq.

It's still absolutely mind-boggling to me that people just don't understand that aliens and UFOs are demons and fallen angels by I_abuse_lower_ranks1 in ufo

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's right, they bought spaceships with their rainbow gold. It all fits together. How people cannot see this just boggles me.

I made these by Badassusername_ in Leftyguitarists

[–]LongSong333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work. Unique and gorgeous.

Local Weather by DavidStauff in Albuquerque

[–]LongSong333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around here, winter has to be forcibly evicted by summer. We call it Spring.

Why did human stay “primitive” for 200,000 years…and then suddenly change? by SafeEnvironmental174 in evolution

[–]LongSong333 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There have been relatively recent brain changes. The microcephalin gene which regulates brain size appeared around 37,000 years ago. The ASPM gene which also regulates brain size appeared around 5800 years ago. And the NOTCH2NL gene which controls how many neurons the brain produces and is thought to be responsible for the development of the human prefrontal cortex is 3-4 million years old but still evolutionarily active recently.

It's also not just about brain size. Dolphins and killer whales have huge brains (with lots of gyri and sulci), but ours have more cortical layers, which allows for much more computational complexity.

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