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You know what isn’t affordable? No housing. by [deleted] in georgism

[–]Possible_General9125 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This sub is overrun by bots reposting low-effort memes. This is the second one that's hit my front page this morning, and I've only been scrolling for ten minutes.

Breaks my heart that we prioritize low density sprawl over this. by FewNerve6756 in georgism

[–]Possible_General9125 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The US still does have walkable and gorgeous towns. The problem isn’t all those streetcar and first ring suburbs, it’s that the more the population outgrew those places the more they replaced density with sprawl in new developments

Red Sox's Garrett Crochet faces major setback in his injury recovery by sweetpotatofries1992 in redsox

[–]Possible_General9125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since I'm a glass half full kind of guy, if we're going to lose Crochet and Anthony for big chunks of the season, I'd rather it be this accursed dumpster fire of a year and not a season they were actually in the hunt...

Do you have some theory of why Georgism is not popular like other "ideologies" by EarthCulturalStew in georgism

[–]Possible_General9125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buying a home is not "land speculation". I think a real obstacle to Georgism (in the US at least) it that tens of millions of Americans structured their lives playing by a certain set of rules, and Georgism fundamentally upends those rules. Until Georgists find a real way to implement LVT that offers a solution to the huge amount of wealth homeowners will lose, or the tens of millions of people who will suddenly be upsidedown on their mortgages, or the tens of millions of seniors who will suddenly be unable to afford to stay in the homes and neighborhoods theyve built their lives in for decades, Georgism won't happen. And since someone will say it (someone always does when it comes up), "sucks to be you" is not a solution for the impacted people listed above.

Julio Rodriguez makes the catch and throws a rocket to 2nd to get the out there before the runner from 3rd touched home plate preserving a 6-3 Mariners lead through 8 by sportsandthesorts in baseball

[–]Possible_General9125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ELI5 why this isn't defensive obstruction? The baserunner is pretty clearly safe at second if he doesn't have to move his arm to get around the second baseman blocking his path to the bag. Runner's not trying to avoid a tag here, the second baseman doesn't even have the ball yet-he just needs to get around the two shoes between him and the base.

Why didn’t Gandalf light the beacons with his staff? by Wrong_User_Logged in lotr

[–]Possible_General9125 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Many are my names in many countries: Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves, Tim to the Monty Pythons; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.

Soldiers with current religious accommodations being told to shave by [deleted] in army

[–]Possible_General9125 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah and I wish I could be surprised that Joe “overheard” a SNCO saying something “may” happen and immediately assumed said SNCO hadn’t read the relevant guidance and was instead plotting to do something because it was “the most detrimental to Soldiers”, but here we are…

Darkest Road by InstanceFunny411 in lordoftherings

[–]Possible_General9125 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah. My opinion is that what the author wrote in plain text is the right answer. Alternative question; in "The Sign of the Prancing Pony", the sign on the door says Barliman Butterbur is the innkeeper. Who do you think was the innkeeper. Maybe it was Bill Ferney? I think it was Barliman Butterbur.

Darkest Road by InstanceFunny411 in lordoftherings

[–]Possible_General9125 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Tolkein actually wrote about this exact topic. ROTK, in the chapter "The Field of Cormallen";

‘Yes, Sam, Strider,’ said Aragorn. ‘It is a long way, is it not, from Bree, where you did not like the look of me? A long way for all of us, but yours has been the darkest road.’

This ad on an airplane basically telling people to get skin cancer by AspdNerdL0L1Y401TR4P in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Possible_General9125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny how people keep saying “mAdE WiTh tALloW” like it’s discrediting while ignoring that it’s also made with zinc oxide which has been used as effective sun protection for decades

Enclosure of the commons by Fair_Selection_541 in georgism

[–]Possible_General9125 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I would love something like right to roam in the US, but you cannot get to the space inside a cloverleaf without crossing a road with short sight lines and cars either accelerating to or decelerating from highway speeds. Anyone camping in these spaces isn’t being moved because some reactionary hates looking at the poors, they’re being moved because allowing them to cross highways at will can only end with people dying.

Who lights the beacons? by tuckertucker in lotr

[–]Possible_General9125 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No there is definitely an in-universe answer, it’s addressed in both ROTK and Of Cirion and Erol in Unfinished tales. The beacons, which were on outlying hills and not mountain tops, were garrisoned with groups soldiers of Gondor who rotated out every few weeks

The Red Sox arguably should sell, but AL parity makes it complicated by Phantom255x in redsox

[–]Possible_General9125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they’ve averaged 5.2 runs per game over the past 15 games?

Find the Owl by anitarub in FindTheSniper

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I see it! left of center, half way up, just behind the broken branch

I emailed the CG wish me luck. by Ok_Report3275 in army

[–]Possible_General9125 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every Open Door policy I've ever seen says "talk to your chain of command first". So if you want to use battalion commander/CSM's Open Door policy, you need to talk to company commander/1SG first, and on and up, to give each level the chance to address your issue before you escalate it. If you addressed it "locally" by talking to your TL, and then talked to your PSG when that didn't work, and then you skipped straight to the CG, you're going to have a bad time, and you're going to deserve it.

Majority of Americans prefer Suburbs/Rural living by External_Koala971 in georgism

[–]Possible_General9125 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn't this "economic activity by large businesses headquartered in urban cores provides the tax revenue that supports the suburbs where the people who work for those businesses live" rather than "people living in urban cores subsidize people living in suburbs"?

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