Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on cover of TIME

benjs said:

Smellyman said:

mcgruff10 said:

Smellyman said:

I haven't had a car payment in 25 years.  single biggest waste of money people spend money on.

Because you never owned a car or had enough money to buy it outright?
and if there is no interest how is it a waste of money?

I retired at 42, some of the reason why, not wasting money on car payments.

For you, that was your priority. I love my work, and the people I work with are some of my best friends. I'm only 29 so give me 13 years to see whether I'm in the same mental state, but a waste for me would be to not buy a car (as the liberation and flexibility I receive from it to me justifies the cost), and/or to stop using my brain for fulfilling work with great people. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

meh, if you live in a city where the infrastructure supports not needing a vehicle, I'd do that too. Winnipeg currently has horrendous transit. they are trying, but the regressives in my city don't want mass transit (too expensive, who needs it?) and bike lanes (it's too cold half the year to ride your bike, I hate cyclists). very few people live downtown, with good reason. crime, lack of resources (NOT ONE GROCERY STORE IN THE CORE AREA). some are trying to change all that, but it's a very uphill battle. 

So what you are telling me is to skip the next pj show in winnipeg.  

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

meh, if you live in a city where the infrastructure supports not needing a vehicle, I'd do that too. Winnipeg currently has horrendous transit. they are trying, but the regressives in my city don't want mass transit (too expensive, who needs it?) and bike lanes (it's too cold half the year to ride your bike, I hate cyclists). very few people live downtown, with good reason. crime, lack of resources (NOT ONE GROCERY STORE IN THE CORE AREA). some are trying to change all that, but it's a very uphill battle. 

So what you are telling me is to skip the next pj show in winnipeg.  

I have no issue going to Jets games or concerts at the MTS Centre downtown. Safety in numbers. But I'd never live downtown. Not at the moment. 

HughFreakingDillon said:

mcgruff10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

meh, if you live in a city where the infrastructure supports not needing a vehicle, I'd do that too. Winnipeg currently has horrendous transit. they are trying, but the regressives in my city don't want mass transit (too expensive, who needs it?) and bike lanes (it's too cold half the year to ride your bike, I hate cyclists). very few people live downtown, with good reason. crime, lack of resources (NOT ONE GROCERY STORE IN THE CORE AREA). some are trying to change all that, but it's a very uphill battle. 

So what you are telling me is to skip the next pj show in winnipeg.  

I have no issue going to Jets games or concerts at the MTS Centre downtown. Safety in numbers. But I'd never live downtown. Not at the moment. 

I've only ever been to Winnipeg once, and that was many years ago. I've heard about the crime rates (who hasn't?) but didn't realize that your downtown core was so unlivable. That sucks! I live within walking distance of our downtown core and walk in at least a couple of times a week. I don't think it was ever unsafe, per se, but it sure used to be one of those ghost towns outside of business hours, since essentially no one lived there and there was nothing to draw people back except a little scenic strip along the inner harbour. There's been a total revitalization over the last 10+ years and now it's packed with pedestrians, and not just tourists. I hope Winnipeg finds a way to reinvent itself progressively rather than regressively. 

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Only a fool takes pride in driving a car.

Negative.  Driving a car or bike hard is so exhilarating.  Have you never tracked a car? Nothing like that adrenaline for me. 

oftenreading said:

In news that will surprise few people, the woman yelling about eating babies is a Trump supporter and member of a far right group with some pretty conspiracy-theory views. 

exactly as suspected. but because trump jr tweeted about it, and trump sr retweeted it, they'll all believe it was an AOC supporter/climate change "nut". 

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

In news that will surprise few people, the woman yelling about eating babies is a Trump supporter and member of a far right group with some pretty conspiracy-theory views. 

That makes a lot of sense.  I'm still intrigued by the swedish professor who thinks it is ok to eat human flesh.  I need to enroll in his class.   You think he does classes online?  Maybe my own classes could chat with him via the internet.  That would make some interesting discussion.  

Friday Special Choice at Little Caesar's: People Lover's Pizza or the Cannibal's Delight! 

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

In news that will surprise few people, the woman yelling about eating babies is a Trump supporter and member of a far right group with some pretty conspiracy-theory views. 

That makes a lot of sense.  I'm still intrigued by the swedish professor who thinks it is ok to eat human flesh.  I need to enroll in his class.   You think he does classes online?  Maybe my own classes could chat with him via the internet.  That would make some interesting discussion.  

Lots of misrepresentation online - again, no surprise. I've been reading up on this to determine if the reporting was correct, and it appears mostly not. The presentation was in Swedish so a little difficult to tell definitively, but both his own clarification in English and some translated comments show that he did not advocate or even suggest eating human flesh. He's a professor of marketing and his research is around understanding acceptability of certain ideas. Part of his talk was around what alternate foods might be acceptable in the future, and where the line will be drawn. The human flesh aspect was part of that progression - e.g., will people eat artificial meat? will people eat insect protein? will people break the cannibalism taboo? Breitbart et al misunderstood, but then again they're not known for subtle distinctions.

More info provided here:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swedish-scientist-cannibalism/

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

In news that will surprise few people, the woman yelling about eating babies is a Trump supporter and member of a far right group with some pretty conspiracy-theory views. 

That makes a lot of sense.  I'm still intrigued by the swedish professor who thinks it is ok to eat human flesh.  I need to enroll in his class.   You think he does classes online?  Maybe my own classes could chat with him via the internet.  That would make some interesting discussion.  

Lots of misrepresentation online - again, no surprise. I've been reading up on this to determine if the reporting was correct, and it appears mostly not. The presentation was in Swedish so a little difficult to tell definitively, but both his own clarification in English and some translated comments show that he did not advocate or even suggest eating human flesh. He's a professor of marketing and his research is around understanding acceptability of certain ideas. Part of his talk was around what alternate foods might be acceptable in the future, and where the line will be drawn. The human flesh aspect was part of that progression - e.g., will people eat artificial meat? will people eat insect protein? will people break the cannibalism taboo? Breitbart et al misunderstood, but then again they're not known for subtle distinctions.

More info provided here:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swedish-scientist-cannibalism/

Shut uppa your face - nobody's interested in reality anymore! :nuh_uh:

oftenreading said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Only a fool takes pride in driving a car.

Negative.  Driving a car or bike hard is so exhilarating.  Have you never tracked a car? Nothing like that adrenaline for me. 

Do you mean bicycle or motor bike? If bicycle, I'll agree with that, but in that case it's your own effort and strength and expanding your limits that's exhilarating. Just pushing the gas peddle on a vehicle is boring. 

bicycles are fine, but I'm talking about super bikes.  In my youth, I used to amateur race in Florida.  It's not just turning a throttle.  In fact those races were some of the most physically and mentally exhausting endeavors of my life.  Second only to laying 600 sq feet of sod at my house which I'm currently taking a break from doing.  I'm too old for this shit.