I think both posts are complaining about the same thing: policing each other's behaviors and expression of sexuality.

Maybe a lot of incels/gooners bring their lack of sex on themselves by not considering others desires or experiences. Until they figure that out, they have to be removed from common spaces. The loneliness epidemic is self-inflicted (and exacerbated by patriarchal capitalism).

Moderated consumption is a valid goal that many aim for- it's the 12-step programs that make this taboo, but their success rate isn't stellar.

I've been dialing back as I approach forty. I was in a band during my late 20s through mid 30s, and was drinking 2-5 beers a night (25 a week) pretty easy. That's not heavy alcoholic level, but even at the time I knew that was more than was healthy. Now I'm aiming for 5 drinks a week, and have been hitting that goal half the time. When I miss that goal, it's only by a few, so that is still a drastic improvement over where I was.

The things I try to keep in mind are impact and enjoyment. How am I affected by my level of consumption? (Heartburn, cost, grumpy when I can't have it.) Am I enjoying myself when I do drink? At my height, no, I just wanted something carbonated and malty. Now I do enjoy the drinks I have- and put a lot of intentionality and anticipation into what I select.

It sounds like you're well on the way to a healthier relationship with alcohol, keep it up! Stressing about the missed goals isn't as helpful as focusing the next one, so don't beat yourself up. You're already doing better than you have, and know how to get where you want.

Not on its own- the inferiority complex cranked up to psychosis levels was the main joke

I'd say the outcome is known: no one is going to have a good time.

Shifting precipitation patterns.

Drought in moist regions, floods in arid regions, massive shifts in farming methods that would be necessitated by famine/crop failure, drying of wells and rivers that provided drinking water.

You're completely missing the point of the trolley problem:

Do you take an action that causes a direct harm, even if it's in service to reducing harm?

It's a valid moral stance to decide you will not personally perform a harmful action. That's not walking away from the trolley, that's refusing to throw the switch.

Your framing of the situation is false. Voting for Harris is throwing the switch and dooming Palestinians. Voting third party/not voting is not throwing the switch: you are not condoning the system that runs people over, you are not taking an action that directly harms people.

To be clear, throwong the switch is also a valid moral stance.

Personally, I believe voting for Harris prolongs our faulty political system. I voted for Kerry, then Obama (first willingly, then let myself be guilted into it). The Democrats have only gotten worse with time, and I won't vote for a party that represents me less with time instead of more.

As this is relevant to my job, here's the score:

This process has been coming for a few years now.

Some old houses had small sections of their "service line"- the pipe between the main and the internal plumbing of the house - made of lead. The amount of lead that leaches into the water depends on the chemistry (the Langelier Index) and the contact time. There is currently a requirement for regular testing to see if water that sits for 8+ hours leaches enough lead (& copper) to be dangerous if someone drinks it for 20 years.

The difficulty of replacement is that records from before the 60s are spotty and may not note the material of the line. This will require potholing in front of every house to try to determine the material.

My town was already planning this out, and was starting to get prices from contractors.

"Utility is when left side of head go brr"

Economics in this country is such a fucking joke. I don't envy the neurologist who had to try to explain this thing to such dipshits.

Which they're doing, using a waste stream. I imagine the machinery is largely diesel at the momebt, but could be converted to electric in due time

It can be done in a non-shitty way. Most people don't, so if you want all the ranchers against the wall, I get it.

Look up AMP grazing if you're interested.

Yeah, people here don't have to sound out our words when we read.

It's projection. The US tried to make one, along with bombs that turn everyone gay and hallucinogenic mind control. We are fucking stupid.