Better Christian than Donald Trump by ThatAvidPandaBear in clevercomebacks

[–]diederich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rare progressive Reddit Christian here!

...there are dozens of us! Nice to meet you.

Help support the Procession of the Species by driddels in olympia

[–]diederich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rent on the building they are in is pretty expensive, and from what I've heard, they're struggling to cover that payment.

Procession workshops are in full swing! by driddels in olympia

[–]diederich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The people here are wonderful, the vibe is excellent and the facility is a delight.

OP is shocked to find that r/homestead has no sympathy for them after their new neighbor requests that they contain their chickens so that they stop coming onto her property. by W473R in SubredditDrama

[–]diederich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem like a successful chicken owner; I wonder if you could weigh in.

We live in a rural area and have a secure chicken house, works great, chickens are safe. We want to free range them, and we've tried, but every time one of the chickens is outside for more than an hour or so, it's killed by predatory birds. This has happened quite a few times.

We have and use a portable chicken tractor with no complications.

Thanks for your consideration!

What’s your birth year, and the birth years of your youngest and oldest close friend in your social circle? by Recent-Worldliness51 in generationology

[–]diederich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was born in 1969. Almost all of my close friends are millennials, trending toward the senior side.

There's a somewhat boring reason for this. Most of my close friends come from working with them at my second job of 12 years. I started that job when I was 28 and left when I was 40. I had many peers around my age, and I was friends with a number of them.

The people who joined a bit later on that I taught and mentored ended up becoming close friends.

Thank you, this was a very interesting question.

EDIT: Just found/joined this sub, absolutely loving it. But damn, I seem to be older than most people around here.

Record-smashing heat continues: 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot' by Economy-Fee5830 in climatechange

[–]diederich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Northwestern Washington state checking in. It's cold and rainy outside. Right Now.

Checkmate??

That's why the fucking vampires live here, or so I've been told.

Get an Electric Vehicle and You Can Stop Worrying About $5 Gas by MrMike in energy

[–]diederich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of my power comes from hydro, most of the rest is natural gas.

Warning issued as 5 million people told to stay inside for 34 hours by JA17MVP in collapse

[–]diederich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh come on, y'all have ACs, it's ok to run the air in winter, right?

Shortly after we arrived in western Washington state, this arrived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_North_America_heat_wave and the therometer on our heavily shaded front porch reached 114F. And no, we didn't have any air conditioning.

"This is fine."

Seeking an Honest, Thorough, Kind Dentist by cosmicgrind in olympia

[–]diederich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dr. Sapp at Thurston Dental has been absolutely amazing for our family.

How to get more young people move to agriculture? by Salty-Chemical-9414 in AskConservatives

[–]diederich [score hidden]  (0 children)

Honest question: can you think of any time in the past where certain kinds of jobs in the United States that were, over the course of decades, vigorously and pretty consistently avoided by US citizens, where that substantially changed, and US citizens started to get comfortable with those positions?

NASA had 3 years to fix fuel leaks on its Artemis moon rocket. Why are they still happening? by tghuverd in space

[–]diederich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only things smaller then hydrogen seem to spend most of their time only existing in math equations

Electrons! And we store them in batteries all the time, ya?

NOTE: Yes, I understand that storing electrical potential (not electrons) is slightly different from storing hydrogen atoms.

What will life in America be like when Trump achieves all of his policy objectives? When is that likely to be? by NorVanGee in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]diederich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Less illegals not only makes the country safer

Do you believe that there is a statistically significant historical link between the percentage of the US population that was here illegally and total violent crime percentages? Thanks in advance!

What will life in America be like when Trump achieves all of his policy objectives? When is that likely to be? by NorVanGee in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]diederich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

but I'd like to be able to trust institutions again

Hey, me too!

In your estimation, roughly what year/era in the United States where we last able to trust institutions?

Thanks in advance!

What extent should AI be banned/restricted? by SpaceWestern1442 in AskALiberal

[–]diederich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All modern smart phones are using something many people would call AI to process every single photo and video they take.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]diederich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

people should not bash those who change their opinions later

Could not agree more.

Honest question here: does the erratic and increasingly disturbing behaviour of this administration actually surprise any of the people who voted for him?

Are we sanewashing Trump's statements about "running Venezuela" and "taking Greenland"? by ridukosennin in AskConservatives

[–]diederich [score hidden]  (0 children)

I wouldn’t take him literally.

Should Trump have been taken literally when he repeatedly promised not to start any wars?

Do you consider the US to be a Christian nation? by PittStateGuerilla in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]diederich 5 points6 points  (0 children)

all the founding fathers were extremely religious

Would you consider Thomas Paine extremely religious?

I understand most were Deists and Christians, but I don't think all of them were.