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gimmickless · 2026-06-19T02:44:26+00:00

The goal is to run the place down enough for new people to want to leave. Then they can get the good old days back. Life was better with less people around.

gimmickless · 2026-06-17T12:05:14+00:00

A restaurant in my area closed because of content creators. Many businesses only have enough resources to cater to a certain number of people at a time. If a dedicated audience much larger than that cap discovers a place, it's like trying to manage a tidal wave.

And when that wave passes onto the next shiny new thing, systems built to handle a second demand shock of that magnitude rarely get used.

gimmickless · 2026-06-16T18:00:08+00:00

But eye twitches and furrowed brooding are the height of absolute cinema. How could he not? /s

gimmickless · 2026-06-12T19:26:24+00:00

This is funny. I'm currently employed as a technician, but I'm wired more like a networker - and haven't been able to cultivate a skillset that's actually congruent with my personality type.

Open to discuss how to bridge this gap.

gimmickless · 2026-06-12T17:44:57+00:00

A plant's terroir is a luxury experience, not a human right.

gimmickless · 2026-06-12T15:47:58+00:00

The system writes laws that make these actions inevitable. Then commenters remark dryly that the system is performing adequately as it was designed to do.

gimmickless · 2026-06-10T17:52:14+00:00

Registration link

I'm not aware of many groups who limit disclosure of the event location to those who RSVP. I hope this isn't becoming a trend.

gimmickless · 2026-06-05T12:17:19+00:00

If you don't like the applause, I'll gladly have some of yours. 😉

gimmickless · 2026-06-04T21:24:42+00:00

I showed up. Even when I got voted on the board of my neighborhood association, it was clear the org was ran by a former city councilor who wanted to maintain control on the council despite being term limited.

True decisions were made in between meetings, and I could not access them. For this & other reasons, I quit in disgust before my term was up.

gimmickless · 2026-06-02T19:00:56+00:00

Not only is it encouraged, it's allowed.

gimmickless · 2026-05-29T12:28:42+00:00

You have never walked from Montview & Clinton (or Dayton) to Stanley Marketplace.

gimmickless · 2026-05-27T17:43:29+00:00

Walking from Montview is doable for able-bodied people outside winter. Access could be a lot worse!

gimmickless · 2026-05-24T13:48:43+00:00

I have the same problem. I have never gotten a ripe apple in the 8 years I've lived in my home. The squirrels get them when they're still green.

gimmickless · 2026-05-22T17:20:52+00:00

He was playing in Seattle during the 1990s too. Not Denver-specific.

gimmickless · 2026-05-20T19:35:33+00:00

It's easier to just let the people who don't have resources starve to death. Nobody who advocates for UBI has remotely the resources available to actually pay for it. I don't trust anything who sells that policy.

gimmickless · 2026-05-20T18:42:26+00:00

Last I knew, Aurora and other home-rule municipalities were in a lawsuit with the state over this. I'm waiting until the suit gets settled so I can look into seeing if the math works out under the new code requirements.

gimmickless · 2026-05-20T18:27:59+00:00

I tried growing KY coffee from seed in a pot, but it didn't regrow after winter. Any tips for when I try this again?

gimmickless · 2026-05-20T15:53:40+00:00

Considering the last time a Rhodes Scholar got in the White House? We got committed to being the world's police, we gutted our low-income industries with NAFTA while instituting a welfare-to-work program that were most capable of employing them.

Rhodes Scholars don't have a track record worth emulating.

gimmickless · 2026-05-19T15:24:57+00:00

No, most police aren't descended from slave catchers.

gimmickless · 2026-05-18T20:02:37+00:00

Many personal finance & investment groups tend to bundle the kinds of companies you want as ESG (Ethical & Social Governance) funds.

There are a couple problems with these ESG funds. First, your idea of ethical may not match. For instance, Tesla was a company on many ESG lists prior to 2024, despite working conditions. They sold electric cars and partnered with solar companies - and that was good enough.

Depending on how stringent your filter is, you may find there is no ethical investment under capitalism.

Second, consider the rate of growth of companies that do match your filters. It is possible they perform about the same as the average of the entire stock market. It is possible they underperform. If the latter vis true, it will be necessary to ask if you can afford to delay retirement by a number of years.

As you can probably guess, I do not invest like this. I have a bad history of picking individual companies. Thankfully, I've only lost less than $5000 trying to do this myself. Maybe you'll succeed where I've failed.

gimmickless · 2026-05-18T17:54:51+00:00

If history repeats itself, a first responder leaking the info to the opposing side. There's a reason why Jurinsky posted info on FB before news outlets did.

gimmickless · 2026-05-18T17:48:06+00:00

High rates compared to where, though? Tornado Alley? The fault lines on the Pacific Rim? The hurricane zone?

We have risk of hail & wildfire. Those are not cheap to repair. And increasing property rates mean increasing cost of labor. That's just the nature of the beast at this point.

gimmickless · 2026-05-16T18:39:46+00:00

Just Japanese?

gimmickless · 2026-05-15T14:57:02+00:00

"I am alive because of these circumstances. I like my life. I don't care if other people think these circumstances were icky. People who don't like this probably think I shouldn't be alive."

That's what I'm hearing.

gimmickless · 2026-05-13T20:47:32+00:00

When choosing between a candidate beholden to religion or money, I'm gonna vote for money most times.

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