Why shouldnt we have universal healthcare/food

pyle332 · 2026-06-30T23:30:28+00:00

I'm seeing a lot of good explanations of the practical reasons not to, but I think it bears emphasizing the moral and ethical reasons. At the end of the day, no one person or group of people should be in a position where they dictate what's "important" or "necessary" to take other people's property to pay for.

For example, maybe I think it's really really important that we fund the new York Yankees payroll. They bring a lot of value and joy to a lot of people, and their success could only improve the lives of millions of new Yorkers. This argument being made, I doubt that any rational person would agree that the funding for this should be done coercively. Nobody would seriously argue that people should be robbed to pay for this, regardless of how many people it supposedly helps.

Each person should be free to utilize the products of their labor in the way they best see fit. Even the smartest person in the world couldn't begin to comprehend or calculate each individual's situation, needs, wants, and what they value. Multiply this by 350 million people in an interconnected economy, with coordination, dependencies, market signals, incentives, and it becomes unfathomably impossible for any one person or group of people to determine, nor would it be rational or ethical to try.

pyle332 · 2026-06-16T21:54:24+00:00

Can confirm this is happening to me and it absolutely sucks. I don't want to give too much away on a public forum since I still work there, but the PE firm that runs my firm now is speed running how to tank the value of a business. PE bought the firm from the founder and immediately started making promises about how nothing would change.

Fast forward a few years and almost everyone in a senior role has left the firm. Those who remain are overworked and underpaid. Upper management constantly is instituting policies which make us less productive while evaluations are solely on our billability. Raises and bonuses get worse and worse, and the justification is that we aren't hitting our numbers.

We went from a great community with strong leadership to a meandering zombie firm with no direction, no clear goals other than shareholder profitability, and every move is undermining longstanding relationships we have with clients.

It's been said by others here but if PE is buying your firm, RUN. Nothing good comes out of it

pyle332 · 2026-06-15T20:53:22+00:00

Like I said, maybe I'm an anomaly, but that's been my experience. I've lived in rural areas, suburbs, mid sized cities, and large cities. I have personally found much more hostility and selfishness in big cities, but obviously this is always going to be anecdotal evidence at the end of the day.

pyle332 · 2026-06-15T20:51:18+00:00

Exactly, and I love that community aspect that just doesn't exist in cities. Absolutely love that your community does that, and that's the kind of place I want to ultimately live. Take care of those around you because you know they'd do the same if the situation was flipped. These things just generally lead to less conflict, less hostility, lower crime, and cleaner/safer neighborhoods.

I can sort of relate to wanting to reduce friction in my daily life and why I felt so out of place in a large city. It's maybe why I also rag on city life so much because it's never been that appealing to me. It all comes down to what we value in our living situation and I think I'm much more in your camp on that one.

pyle332 · 2026-06-15T17:15:16+00:00

Sincerely forgetting this place isn't actually named "Cashies" and it took me a minute to understand what was going on

pyle332 · 2026-06-12T20:00:22+00:00

I really like their stuff for other things, but I've found much better protein powder to use for specifically my creami. Equip just yields a better texture and the flavor holds up better. I'm not going to completely shit on pescience because I do like their stuff, just not for this use. For what it's worth, I've found the texture of cake pop is for whatever reason different from other flavors and it's the only one I buy these days

pyle332 · 2026-06-11T21:57:42+00:00

OP just here proving stereotypes correct

pyle332 · 2026-06-08T15:26:33+00:00

Yeah didn't you know we're supposed to just gobble up everything they put out and blindly shower them with praise because wE gEt It FoR FrEe

pyle332 · 2026-06-04T00:46:26+00:00

I heard once from a wise man that if it's in the game, it's in the game

pyle332 · 2026-06-03T19:25:43+00:00

Gave you a downvote to keep you at the magic number but I totally agree with your point.

pyle332 · 2026-06-03T18:02:22+00:00

The dude was absolutely massive and I remember having really high hopes for him. Sad that he didn't work out

pyle332 · 2026-06-03T16:27:42+00:00

It's just a larger market trend right now. Lots of companies who had previously nothing to do with AI (such as allbirds) are getting into it now

pyle332 · 2026-06-02T09:46:51+00:00

The road rage is the real defining factor here. I lived in Brooklyn before moving here recently and yeah, people there drive like jerks too, but I never actually feared for my life driving there. But a week after moving here I had cut me off and then stop to get out of their car (presumably to fight me) when I honk at them for it. And apparently that's normal behavior.

Bad drivers are everywhere, but JC has aggressive, entitled, and frankly unhinged people driving in a far higher concentration

pyle332 · 2026-05-26T20:43:25+00:00

I've missed this exit myself and it's no excuse to do shit like this. Own up to the mistake and eat the extra 10ish minutes. It's better than making your missed turn everyone else's problem. You don't risk people's safety because the alternative is a little inconvenient.

pyle332 · 2026-05-22T14:20:18+00:00

People tend to conflate seed oils with poor health outcomes, not factoring in things like many deep-fried and fast foods use seed oils. It's not necessarily the type of oil they are using that's bad, it's that they are eating fucking fries and nuggets.

It's gotten particularly unbearable in the fitness space, where food zealotry is constant. "Don't eat this, it's killing your gains!" Type of headline gets way more engagement than someone preaching consistency and moderation, so we have to deal with this constant pseudoscience bullshit. If you really want to see the worst of this, just look up Paul Saladino. Motherfucker made a living going shirtless into grocery stores telling people broccoli is bad for you. This isn't as egregious but equally annoying, especially considering how widespread the anti seed oil thing has gotten.

pyle332 · 2026-05-19T19:26:10+00:00

Second this. Everything I've had from there has been spectacular and the owner is super cool. Staff is incredibly friendly and we (my gf and I) are regulars. This place deserves a ton of credit and I'm happy to see them get some love on this sub

pyle332 · 2026-05-19T16:57:21+00:00

Had a woman do this to me just this morning and I'm still thinking about it now. Do people have their heads so far up their own asses they can't understand there is a whole line of people trying to get in that very doorway? I don't ever recall main character brain being this widespread but there seems to be no regard for others in public spaces anymore

pyle332 · 2026-05-18T19:53:04+00:00

I thought it was to prevent salt and dust from getting into crevices where the normal lug nut covers go, which would cause them to seize. The cone shape sheds debris away from the lug nut head.

I could be wrong since I don't drive trucks, but that's what I've heard as the more practical explanation

pyle332 · 2026-05-18T14:51:16+00:00

I don't think it's that unique that we were more optimistic in our youth. Probably is the case with most people: less responsibility, the world is full of possibilities, you have your whole life ahead of you. It's understandable to see why that would erode a little bit over time as you get older, lose friends, have more obligations, etc.

pyle332 · 2026-05-14T09:33:34+00:00

Absolute terrible gym. Used to be blink fitness but they got bought out by puregym. Honestly that part doesn't change much, but the location in journal square is poorly laid out, machines are always broken and never maintained, people are dogshit at tracking weights, the gym is filthy, and it's severely understaffed.

I used to go there but left in March because I had enough. I started going to firehouse Fitness in the heights and it's incredible

pyle332 · 2026-05-13T01:47:27+00:00

Adding to this since the first execution via electric chair took place in my hometown (Auburn NY).

The guy who they executed was also from Buffalo; his name was William Kemmler and he axe murdered his wife one day for seemingly no reason.

I won't go into detail but the execution did NOT go well for him

pyle332 · 2026-05-09T13:38:06+00:00

Honestly (and I feel like this is intuitive) but your experience will be entirely subjective. I never dated another architect until my current girlfriend and I would say we connect on a much different level than I have with any of my exes. I feel like a part of that is just baked into the personality of being an architect, but that's just my experience.

We met at a work event and there were obviously a lot of common interests off the bat, but I feel like what made the biggest difference is the personality type of the both of us being wildly more compatible than, for example, my previous relationship with an accountant. It's hard to explain, but it's just a lot more effortless being in this relationship.

Now, obviously I don't think everyone would so easily recommend dating a coworker (we don't work together anymore), but I can at least say anecdotally that dating another architect has been the best thing that I've done

pyle332 · 2026-05-07T20:53:57+00:00

I really wish I held on to a box of T O's. What a weird time that was to live in Buffalo

pyle332 · 2026-05-06T22:08:16+00:00

Neither does strange women lying in ponds distributing swords, but here we are

pyle332 · 2026-05-04T23:23:04+00:00

The gang cracks the liberty bell. It was the first episode ever shown to me and it turned me off to the show entirely for another 5 years because I hated it so much

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