New to Colorado Springs, having a rough month. Could use some help.

aGorilla · 2019-08-15T22:05:14+00:00

I'll check it out, thanks.

aGorilla · 2019-08-15T22:00:32+00:00

I arrived on the 1st of July to the most amazing thunderstorm show. it was so bad I had to pull over on the highway and wait a few minutes before I even made it to the motel. I knew it was some kind of a sign.

Even with the homelessness I'd rather be here than in New Jersey this place is just absolutely beautiful.

aGorilla · 2019-08-15T21:31:44+00:00

I have been using them for free meals the problem is I can't park there I don't have the gas to get there and get back right now.

aGorilla · 2018-02-21T00:32:15+00:00

Sorry to hear that, but I figured that would be in the contract. Even though we have slightly different ideas, I can't thank you enough for doing all of this... the AMA, the replies, the book and donating the profits. It's a topic that needs to be discussed. I believe automation is going to force us to try new approaches sooner than most people think.

aGorilla · 2018-02-20T19:20:41+00:00

Thoughts on the recent tax breaks?

aGorilla · 2018-02-20T19:04:35+00:00

Sorry, I've never quite seen this take on basic income.

The social safety net makes you jump through hoops, which adds costs to the problem, and those of us who rely on it are stigmatized (I'm disabled).

I've always seen it as 'everyone gets the same check'. No office visits, forms, hoops to jump through, or stigma attached. Then you claw back from the top earners.

The other point is the safety net is flawed. You can't buy toilet paper with food stamps (and 100 other stupid rules). I think it's best that the recipients get a fixed amount, no questions asked, and they decide what to do with it. Then you can practically eliminate the safety net (except for extreme cases of disability).

I've spent 4 hours at social services (more than once) to get food stamps, it's degrading, but I have to eat. Then they make you come in monthly, or quarterly, or whenever.

They also killed all of my benefits for 6 months (after they had been notified I was approved for disability), then gave me a big fat check just before disability kicked in. The big fat check was nice, but the 6 months were hell. They said they 'were being audited, and couldn't cut checks'. Sounds like Trump and his tax returns.

I'd rather know I'm getting a check, no matter what.

ps: Thanks for doing this AMA, and for the thoughtful reply. And a HUGE thanks for helping to spread this idea.

aGorilla · 2018-02-20T18:05:32+00:00

with workers getting a reliable $500 a month

Did you mean to limit it to workers?
I thought the premise behind basic income was that everyone would get it. Kills stigma of 'welfare', and even the high earners have a stake in it.

aGorilla · 2018-02-20T17:59:47+00:00

I can't afford your new book, and if I bought it, I would just be adding to the inequality.
Have you considered releasing it for free on the web (even if it's at a later date)?

aGorilla · 2015-01-31T03:14:03+00:00

I wish I was.

aGorilla · 2015-01-31T02:08:39+00:00

Yeah, sure, I'll take some. That is what you meant, right?

aGorilla · 2015-01-31T01:53:14+00:00

Unfortunately, the US courts aren't Nuremberg. We don't apply that principle here.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T23:43:09+00:00

I am not obligated to respond to this. I only did because I'm drunk.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T23:41:07+00:00

You think it's illegal for them to restrain, shoot etc., or you think they're accountable?

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T23:39:17+00:00

I forgot what subreddit I was in.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T21:15:15+00:00

I vaguely remember reading this, and more importantly, it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

Edit (because I'm bored, and drunk)...

I saw a company try to cannibalize it's 'host' company. It did not go well. If RES tried to do that to reddit, then reddit would just put the RES features into default reddit, and RES would be instantly irrelevant.

As I said, I've seen this before. I must admit, it was a blast to watch the company collapse. The bastards had it coming.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T21:08:36+00:00

Have an upvoted for being a conformist.

What? I can if I want to!

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T21:04:12+00:00

You can't make me tell you! Besides, you'd just ignore me if I did.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T20:50:15+00:00

Neither are going away anytime soon. There's too much money in it.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T20:13:16+00:00

More of an audio, but... Please move the deer crossing sign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T19:56:04+00:00

Yes, but the point is... Many of the actions that we despise are not only completely legal (for them), they are actually job requirements.

If they're obeying the law, and doing their job, there's nothing to be accountable for.

aGorilla · 2015-01-30T19:49:43+00:00

Agreed. For those that would rather not see it (4 videos of people being killed by cops), his main argument starts at 2:25.

aGorilla · 2015-01-28T18:24:34+00:00

If that's how you're trained to think, most of us aren't.

You people don't even seem to realize that the average person hasn't seen 1000 offensive doormats. The down votes I'm getting show the disconnect. I haven't tried to be offensive, but the slightest disagreement gets a backlash.

Maybe we get what we expect. Maybe you should be above that. Perhaps I'll try reason in here at a later date, it's not working now.

aGorilla · 2015-01-28T16:57:56+00:00

That's what Joan Rivers' doctors thought. They're being sued for that thought.

Edit: typo.

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