[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, I like being told about new features rather than needing to discover them myself twenty months after they came into existence

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use any clear gel, currently Old Spice. I haven't found a single "normal" deodorant that doesn't leave white shit on my shirts, so clear gel it is.

As for shower gel, I just use a bar of soap. Anything is fine. What you should be really worried about is your shampoo and conditioner. Don't use either of them daily. Don't get that bullshit 2-in-1. Most people use them wrong, too.

Dudes got done dirty in the shower game

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Preface: I'm not intending to come off as bragging, but providing some justification

I make plenty enough to retire by 45. Does that mean I'll stop working by 45? No, that sounds ridiculously boring. I'd rather work part time or do contract work until I'm physically and mentally unable because otherwise I'll become a vegetable. I enjoy my work and at the moment have no intentions of stopping at any point

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Enough countries use glass instead of plastic containers that I'm sure it isn't nearly as difficult as they'd make us think

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

They must be gen z

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

I can almost guarantee you nobody is drinking 200° coffee. Hell, not even 160°. Closer to 140° is where it gets bearable without burning your mouth, but that's still pushing it

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

If we aren't comfortable striking a person's offenses from public record once they're released from prison, then clearly we did a shit job of rehabilitating them and should've kept them locked up for longer.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The US government subsidizes farmers by a huge amount because for every dollar they spend they get a dollar and some change back in value. This happens all across different sectors and is beneficial for everyone involved. The farmers get a new pond for free and everyone else in the US gets a reliable, cheap supply of food. It's a win/win.

Public transport is the same way. It needs to be cheap so everyone can afford it, otherwise you leave huge swaths of the population without access to their basic needs, or you cut their already short supply of money even shorter. There's a reason progressive tax rates are ubiquitous across the world. By supporting public transport, you send people to places they produce value or spend money, increasing taxes earned across the board, while simultaneously reducing the cost of maintaining the roads because there's significantly less wear and tear. It's also CHEAPER to use public teansport. Cars are goddamn expensive! Repairs, insurance, the cost of it in the first place! A ride on the bus is like $2. You'd have to TRY to ride it enough to make it more expensive.

I digress. The point is that you indirectly get more out of it than you pay into it.

We're at a point (and have been for a few decades) that just taxing cars isn't going to fix the problem. We've demolished cities to replace them with vehicle infrastructure. If you tax cars without fixing the walkability, all you've done is make people pay more in taxes. You have to have the infrastructure before you can incentivize using it.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Then pay to remove the ads. Someone has to pay at some point and it's either you or the guy already spending his time to make the app.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're assuming his fixed expenses are exactly what they were a decade or even a year ago. People have obligations. Houses, cars, insurance, loan payments, all of that. Reasonable expenses at the time of acquisition based on the reasonable expected income.

You can't assume someone can have their income reduced by 100% for a month, then maybe get ten percent of that back without issues. He's got bills to pay. This is his full time job.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Everything is a subscription because users demand their software be updated on a consistent basis. That's the nature of software development.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

It's bad, full stop, even if you expect it

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