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[-] Melonius@hexbear.net 71 points 1 year ago

How does it compare to the air quality in a river of cars rolling 3mph through dystopian city scapes?

Whatever it takes to avoid the excessive snacking debuff

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

But corporations are enticing people to come into the office with free snacks!

[-] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I snacked way more at the office because there was one of this little vendor stores I could easily steal from with a bunch of cookies and chips just sitting there, ripe for the picking.

At home I was too lazy to think ahead and get that junk.

[-] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago

How many air purifiers can you buy with the money you save on gas and vehicle maintenance every year?

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

A 6 pack of 20x20x1 BNX TruFilter MERV 11 filters is $46.99 on amazon.com, about $7.83 each. You'll want to replace them every 6 months.

20 inch Lasko box fans are $23.37 each at walmart

A roll of painter's tape is $4.97 at walmart

It apparently costs $113.36 per year to run a 20 in box fan 24/7, based on average American electrical costs in 2023.

The average American spends $8466 on their commute each year.

You could make and run 55 air purifiers for the cost of the average commute.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

The average American spends $8466 on their commute each year.

Wtf how is this a real stat? I'm not doubting you or anything, just sheer disbelief that the average yank spends $32 a day getting to and from work.

Is it living really far away or depreciation and insurance on a stupid car?

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Gasoline, tires, fluids, insurance, maintenance, depreciation, tolls, registration. Commuters spend an average of 239 hours commuting per year. It really adds up.

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

vehicles are heinous money sinks. one hour of operation (engine running) is something like $15-20 in materials (wear, fluids, maintenance), value depreciation, etc. doesn't include parking, tags, insurance, tolls.

it takes a lot of personal planning, economic power and focus to sidestep this as an individual in the US and end up not needing a car for work, or having a very short commute with the lack of public transport or bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure.

Yanks on average think sitting in their individual petroleum chariot for 40+ minutes a day x2 is "normal" and that only eccentrics would prioritize not needing a car over where they live.

I'm an eccentric and know a lot of people who are very "normal" over here.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Being sedentary at a desk for 8 hours is probably worse for you than the air quality drop and the snacking combined.

[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

There's no way forcing me to smell Amber's chopped raw broccoli breakfast salad is better for air quality than letting me sit in a cloud of my own farts at home

[-] AMBER_BOT@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago
[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That one person that insists on microwaving their fish lunch in the office.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

porky-happy "What? 'Aerosolized virus particulate' is a quality air can have! And let me tell all you stay at home shut ins: y'all are missing out!"

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

I thought this was the onion at first

[-] envis10n@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

It might as well be. Reality IS the onion now

[-] loaExMachina@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

And every day, we reach a deeper layer...

[-] FrogFractions@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

It also leads to more paid naps and the opportunity to do my workout during pointless meetings.

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[-] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

for all that is holy please start commuting again we promise to build another car lane

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago
[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

"the office has a break room fully stocked with snacks, but your mostly-empty fridge is the problem"

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

who the fuck actually works somewhere that provides snacks?

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

My work "provides" snacks, in that there is a little shop in the cafeteria where I could buy a candy bar or a cup of instant ramen for 200% the price of what it would cost at the grocery store a 10 minute walk away.

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

now that sounds like something i can conceptualize of

[-] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These are usually extremely easy to steal from lmao. My boss was always sending out passive aggressive emails like "Whoever is taking items from the bistro without paying at the receptacle, please stop" every month and all the co-workers and I kept stealing anyway

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Sadly I can confirm that these ones are watched by security cameras sadness

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Even in the best case scenario, that cushy benefit is just coming out of your paycheque.

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More offices are getting these little convenience stores with snacks and drinks. You pay at a booth and a camera watches you to make sure you don't steal

[-] Jenniferr@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago
[-] Meh@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

looks pointedly at the 2lbs bag of pretzels I have stashed in my office desk

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[-] puff@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Get a houseplant and a standing desk. Problem solved.

[-] newmou@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

I’m gonna go do an excessive snacking

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

I expect to work from home AND be paid hazard pay for it.

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Ooh you absolute animal! i want you on my negotiation team

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Journal-Constitution what the fuck does that mean lmao

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a zine for spellcasters to share tips on improving their saving throws if they're injured mid-cast.

[-] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Genuinely assumed it was The Onion at first. How many made up excuses can there be?

[-] Sickos@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Well yeah the office air isn't mostly vape cloud

[-] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago

they probably right. judging by ppls reactions to the pandemic, good air quality is a unfamiliar concept for many

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Did they take down the article? It gives me 404 error.

Being in a forest is very healing probably partially because there's just so much oxygen in the air

forest > grassland > carless city > suburb street > city street > indoors > indoor office building

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Doing my work in a perfect replica of the Command Module of Apollo 1 for maximum healing.

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[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Air quality is when you're breathing in COVID instead of dust

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Takes a long drag of my house's air aw yeah, that's the good shit.

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

What else is in the office air? honk

big-honk What else is in the office air, motherfucker?

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