Most of the violence and oppression gets exported, so it’s probably best to just sit tight here in the heart of the empire.

Vance himself was a DEI student at Yale. Hypocrisy doesn’t matter.

Adopting children is more difficult than giving birth to them in some cases. Also, the nice thing about reproducing your own children is that you can be sure that you’re not effectively human trafficking them or otherwise participating in family separation schemes. Idealism gets in the way of us realizing that adoption is kind of an industry with some dark aspects to it. Of course, good people choose adoption for good reasons and I am supportive of them. However, I don’t think there’s any good basis for judging negatively parents who choose biological reproduction. The only logic for that is Malthusian, which is a worthless, repeatedly failed doomsday prophecy as far as I am concerned.

If we’re counting property values, millionaires are a dime a dozen in some areas.

You need a computer and an Internet connection that isn’t too restrictive. Install Yunohost on it (or on a VM) and then the Lemmy app. It’s not perfect, but it will work. That’s what I do.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a billionaire IRL.

Take advantage of the free energy and build a power plant around it.

I suppose it depends on context, but someone who was born in PR, but lives in NYC, is a Puerto Rican. Someone born in NYC to a Puerto Rican family is a New Yorican. Both people are ethnically Puerto Rican, but only one is from Puerto Rico.

Gringo and yankee are both fine. However, it’s most correct to refer to people from the USA by their birth state.

Yes. I mean, there’s someone for everyone. She just needs to put herself out there. Getting on the apps is a start, but it’s important to just be social with people doing activities she enjoys. She needs to keep in mind that dating is supposed to be fun.

That part of the problem seems avoidable. There’s no need for an instance to automatically mirror content from other instances.

Definitely not good for anyone running a website hosting users’ content. However, I wonder if the Fediverse offers some resilience to this threat, since everyone can have their own server.

Is this happening?

Yeah, it seems a little epicurean to devote an entire instance to stoicism.

If we’re talking about using existing technology to achieve a semblance of Internet functionality without the Internet, that might include Sneakernet, Pirateboxes, and Deadswaps. Or if you want to get sci-fi with it, there might be human couriers or data mules like in Johnny Mnemonic.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that symbol in a username anywhere.

Maybe you can just ask them?

Anything that can be reused. Containers and packaging material should have a significant return deposits.

Correct answer

Can you put a baby gate between the stationary pane and the frame?

Also, consider crossposting to !dadsplain@lemmy.ca. Not sure if you are a dad, but they’re not too picky. !homeimprovement@lemmy.world and !diy@lemmy.ml are good choices, too.

If I visit a city, I always try to ride their metro if they have it. I also try to at least find find a historical landmark to visit.