The “gas” in “gas powered turbines” is natural gas - aka, a fossil fuel, aka, the thing causing climate change.

It does, when that additional expense is the difference between being able to buy the home and not being able to. Or when it makes a difference in a developer’s decision to build or not build a home.

… are you a fucking idiot? Any government official that suggested that would immediately be fired, and any politician would never get a single vote for the rest of their lives.

Yes. That’s why quality keeps declining there.

Exactly. You are limiting your ability to make things happen if you insist on making it free. If you just charge a fee, you can use it to pay a venue to host you.

While the result fits my priors, I don’t think the study is worth much, since it relies on self-reported diet, and relies on WEIRD test subjects.

I mean, make your own club. It’s as simple as finding a space to do it, inviting your friends, and putting up some posters or whatever.

But finding a space could be difficult. Many people find dancing, or especially learning to dance, in public spaces like parks to be uncomfortable. So you’ll need somewhere private, out of the public eye. You might be able to find space in a local school, library, community center, or church - but these places rarely seem to have a good vibe. Usually they have bad lighting, modernist architecture, lackluster sound systems (if they have any at all), and/or an odor that isn’t bad so much as it is vaguely off-putting. And just generally, they aren’t the sort of places where a vibrant young person wants to go to have a good time. So you probably need to find a private venue, like a bar with a spare back room. The bar might want to host you as a form of passive advertising and a way to get people in the door - but just as easily, they may want you to pay a fee for the inconvenience you cause them and for the use of their space. And fair enough - after all, they still need to make their rent.

Then, you have to actually put on the event. Picking out music, getting a good vibe going, dealing with assholes and telling them to go away, getting the word out, responding to emails, finding people to cover for you when you just can’t make it this week, etc. At which point you realize that you are essentially working a part time job, so you might as well get paid.

*Witch

Right. Like, first of all, stop watching tv.

Second of all, there is tons of TV about normal people. Like, most of it.

Third, yes, the rich and powerful are overrepresented on tv. Why? Because people like to watch that shit. They know what their own lives are like, and they are boring - people want to watch a show that is interesting. Being rich and/or powerful is an easy way to make a story compelling, and gives writers an obvious way to make up ludicrous plot points.

Yeah. Go do it!

Good, but

now ill see

This is the wrong perspective. What you did was make your intentions clear and unambiguous and put the ball in her court. At this point, you should simply assume she has rejected you and you will never hear from her again. Thank God - now you have removed that uncertainty from your life! You no longer need to check your phone every 30 seconds to see if you’ve gotten a message.

So now that your mind is free, and your conscience is clear, and you know you did everything you could in this situation, you can focus on something else. Something like making yourself more appealing to more women, and then asking those women out on dates.

I haven’t seen one…?

Edit: Yes, but it seems dead.

https://lemmy.world/c/fire

Patience is a virtue, but in this case, sitting on your hands and waiting weeks/months/years until you get another match is not a winning strategy. If you aren’t getting many matches, you need to do the things which will result in getting more matches. Which means getting a better tinder profile. Which means becoming a hotter, more interesting guy, and accumulating high quality photos of yourself being hot and interesting.

Any dating advice that doesn’t start with “make yourself into the kind of person that the kind of person you want to date wants to date” is garbage advice. In the dating marketplace, you can’t be out there looking for “the one” who will just accept you just as you are no matter what. First of all, because these people are incredibly rare. Second of all, because people with such rock bottom standards typically have those standards because they are lonely, because no one wants to date them, because they are walking red flags. And third, because if you ever actually find “the one”, you will perpetually live in fear of losing them because “you’ll never get a chance like this again”, which leads to being a needy little bitch that caters to all their partner’s whims.

Don’t do that! Just make yourself more appealing, and then you’ll have options.

Y’all matched on tinder and traded igs, it isn’t creepy for you to message her - that’s the whole point!

Wanna know the secret to talking to girls? The secret is that women are very forgiving. They’ll forgive you for being annoying, or dumb, or awkward, or creepy, or a jerk. But the one thing they’ll never forgive you for is being boring. Hence, the winning strategy with women is to always swing for the fences. Make a dirty joke, or tease her mercilessly, or just fucking ask her on a date! Anything is better than ho-hum fact-sharing conversation!

Here’s the thing - right now you’re all torn up over whether or not she likes you. Whether or not she is flaking on you. So what do you really want? You want to know. So send her a message where you are completely, unambiguously broadcasting your interest in going on a date with her. Then, forget about her. Send that message, just assume that she is now a dead lead, and move on with your life. And maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

I received approximately the same education. Except without the last bit about philosophy. But I went to a decent school - I can’t speak for all Americans.

I achieved this 2 years ago. I spend my time rock climbing, travelling to rock climbing, hanging with friends, lifting, running, tackling little diy projects, working part time in a fun job to get some extra spending money, and trying to sleep with as many hot women as possible.

This is a lot of fun, and I highly recommend it.

I had steel cut oats for lunch. It was great, and I didn’t carb crash!

sodium isn’t bad for you unless you are eating ungodly amounts. Typically if you get too much of an electrolyte, you just piss it out.

I mean, the solution is to cook in a group. It’s just that nobody does it.

1 can beans. 1 can tomatos. pour in bowl. microwave. add garlic powder, chili powder, pepper, cayenne. Eat.

I have eaten this for months before. It is cheap, convenient, healthy, and tasty.