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b0rtb0rt··on Having Kids (2019)
birth control also plays a role in it
b0rtb0rt··on Having Kids (2019)
a friend once described having kids as passing through the singularity, you can’t really know or understand it until you’ve crossed through
b0rtb0rt··on US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year
the postal service’s main job seems to be delivering garbage to my mailbox which gets placed directly into my garbage

i don’t totally see a downside of it not existing

b0rtb0rt··on Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
in america, more density and more people always means more crime
b0rtb0rt··on Neighbors Say SF Tesla Supercharger Lot Has Become Urine Dumping Ground
and this is somehow notable for san francisco?
b0rtb0rt··on Our Experience with I-Ready
“it’s just going to ask you a couple questions”
b0rtb0rt··on Buckle Up for Bumpier Skies
they went past the wreckage of other recently crashed planes during takeoff

even with todays relatively good safety record i refuse to fly unless absolutely necessary, i don’t know how you could be willing to fly back then

b0rtb0rt··on Nicki Minaj's social media propped up by bots, analysis finds
in constrast to literally every other famous person on social media?
b0rtb0rt··on Microsoft team creates data-storage system that lasts for millennia
pretty sure there are a few 2000 year old texts that people are still reading today
b0rtb0rt··on Trump raises tariffs to 15% day after Supreme Court ruling
educated to vote for the candidate that you like better?
b0rtb0rt··on How to stop being boring
the ability to read the room and know how to act in different social situations is a symptom of low self esteem?
b0rtb0rt··on Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10M
> People should get to move and live where they want.

why?

b0rtb0rt··on Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight
and you’ll lose even more if those calories are not ultra refined carbs
b0rtb0rt··on Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight
calories in calories out isn’t true at all

as a simple example consider eating 100 calories of vegetables vs 100 calories of pure sugar. your body has to work a lot harder to digest one of those vs the other

b0rtb0rt··on Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you
feels like this post was written by a robot trying to act like a cool dude
b0rtb0rt··on Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you
if you had to wait an hour for the food, what was the tip for exactly?
b0rtb0rt··on So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink
have you ever been to a real desert? lots of plants and animals live there
b0rtb0rt··on Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life (2016)
mongoloid he was a mongoloid

his friends were unaware

mongoloid he was a mongoloid

nobody even cared

b0rtb0rt··on The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline
who cares about their genetic line? literally every human being who has wanted grand children
b0rtb0rt··on The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline
ironically enough my community is inside of one of those scary red states lol
b0rtb0rt··on The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline
this really depends on where you live. i’m in an extremely safe family oriented suburb, there’s lot of community, kids have freedom to go outside, good friends with lots of neighbors and parents, my social life is busier than it was when i didn’t have kids.
b0rtb0rt··on NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing
this isn’t really a compelling argument, i can still take a 10 minute trip to the store if i forget something

japan is always used as the example here, but america is not japan. i’ve spent a lot of time in japan. due to “cultural differences” the systems that work in japan don’t work in the united states

also, the car dependent areas of japan are still way nicer than tokyo anyway

b0rtb0rt··on NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing
what is so important about being able to walk to a store? take 1 weekly trip to walmart or costco and you’re done shopping for the week

my soulless suburb has lots of parks, trails, and friends and neighbors houses for me to walk to, why do i need a commercial development in the middle of this?

b0rtb0rt··on Parking lots as economic drains
Japan also has some other differences from america that are required for this system to function
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