[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 26 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I grew up in a small American town and my cousins were more like my siblings than my actual sister because they were the same age as me. We all fled that small town, so the next generation are all growing up not surrounded by extended family.

I think there are good and bad sides to it. It was nice to grow up surrounded by family with a strong sense of belonging. But my cousins' children are growing up knowing people from far more diverse backgrounds than I ever had access to, which is good for them in a different way.

Overall, I think the effects are probably neutral

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 28 points 11 months ago

Bullshit

I'm born and raised in Appalachia, my daddy worked in the coal mines and drove an 18 wheeler. Certified redneck enough that I confuse the shit out of my New England neighbors.

I went out and marched with striking nurses when Bernie put out the call, and I've never voted Republican in my entire fucking life.

OP, you need to learn what a redneck is.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 11 months ago

I'd miss you guys. I've jumped in on conversations on your instance a couple of times and it always seems like a nice place

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dark healthcare provider humor incoming: When considering these kinds of questions regarding CPR, we actually say, "Well, they ain't getting any deader."

CPR actually reverses death. That's why it only works sometimes and only if provided in a very short window of time after you've died. Nothing that is done during CPR is going to make that worse. So yeah, the reality is that it's a little bit of a controlled free-for-all. It's called "heroic measures" for a reason.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago

I knew a lady involved in a rollover accident in one of those old, flawed Ford Explorers back in the day. When she recovered, her solution to deal with her trauma and make herself feel safer on the road was...to buy an even bigger SUV with an even higher center of gravity.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 24 points 1 year ago

They actually do need to fly nose first, believe it or not! The warp bubble created by the nacelle has a front side and a back side. Essentially it bunches up space behind the ship and thins it out in front of the ship, turning space itself into a sort of wave that the ship surfs forward on.

This is what I remember from the TNG Tech Manual anyway

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago

Not even cutting edge. Just the normal shit everybody gets. We're...REALLY good at keeping old people alive these days. Like shockingly good.

Unfortunately in the case of some.

Sincerely, a critical care nurse

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago

Electricity monopoly in the US = they can price gouge, and this is literally the only reason I installed a dual fuel system with a less efficient heat pump. The Eversource electricity price hikes last year probably would have meant I couldn't afford to heat my home in the worst parts of winter here in Massachusetts.

This is how policies are killing the planet. Socialize electric utilities, upgrade the electric grid, subsidize the use of electric heat pumps so they're actually affordable for all end users, and of course more people would adopt them.

As it is, I run my heat pump as much as I can, which is like 9 months a year. Better than only having gas heat at least.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago

Making price per unit mandatory on all retail items sold would go a long way toward making shrinkflation transparent for the customer

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 26 points 1 year ago

It is illegal under federal law to fire workers for striking. Mass layoffs like this were likely already something they were planning and they're just using the strike as an excuse to make it seem less like it's just the naked corporate greed that it really is.

[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 26 points 1 year ago

As an old person, can confirm it never existed. People have always been like this.

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