This is really some pretty desperate-sounding reaching

So unless your position is "city people are nasty and gross and should all die," in which case, go to hell, there's no argument to be has here

There's a very simple way to understand this: imagine all the people in cities. What would be required for them to all move to a rural setting? Easy: the complete devastation of every remaining natural environment, and even that wouldn't be enough to spread everyone out.

We polled him among a core audience - 18-29 men - just 11pct professed strong familiarity with his content and less than half knew the name. When pressed, a quarter of *that* group evaluated him with a "meh"

Multiplying through, ~12pct of young men "know, like, and trust" him

www.ymrp.org/polling

personally I think anyone who assumes rural and suburban Americans are somehow less consumerist is out of their fucking mind

These people hate my friends and me, and then wonder why I hate them back.

oh high key. i think survivalists are stupid too. they're individualists. individualism is a stupid ideology. communalism is superior regardless. plus they've probably underestimated how hard it will be psychologically and how much they actually are gonna need. groups are better for that too.

if anyone can audio record diner meltdowns I would appreciate it

....overwhelmingly by urban areas) would objectively seem to benefit these same rural areas. Not that one could ever tell from the deranged, contemptuous whining that the more Hitlerite segments of rural America constantly aim at more diverse cities...

Ironically, for all the ways in which rural America likes to scream about being 'disenfranchised' by redistricting moves like this, Democratic elected officials' policy prescriptions for rural areas (like *actually adequately funding rural healthcare*, using the tax revenue generated...

Urban or Rural: Which Is More Energy-Efficient? Most Americans live in urban areas, forming huge hot spots of energy consumption. But while rural residents use less energy overall, cities are often slicker ab

Yes, it absolutely still applies in the U.S. The concepts hold true.

www.treehugger.com/urban-or-rur...

“I recognise that this was the right thing to do and also I hated having to do it” isn’t even that complex a combination of ideas! In fact it’s a pretty common human experience!!

I created a PA bot that runs on my framework using Gemma4 and can write it's own tools. Notably, I gave it the name Johnson, so I message it with things like "Johnson, I'm meeting clients for drinks tonight at <ZIP>, what are my options".

i need someone to give skywatch takedown abilities just for 30 seconds

I like my email job

sorry babe it's time to side with the more advanced part of the working class (the PMC)

i dont have a solution either but i do wanna say that my mum explained why my step dad kicked me out for being gay was that he and his whole family were working class. like it was just a given that blue collar workers homophobic.

cities are still exponentially better on that front than a stupid bunker though

Knowing which Discourses to stay away from is critical self-care and I've (for the most part) avoided this one. You're goddamn right I'm bragging.

There isn’t a way to make every level of density sustainable. That’s against the laws of physics.

Almost sad I’m traveling so I won’t be able to fully bask in the shrieks and mewls of the GOP over having their own gerrymandering bullshit turned back on them

Yeah women and Catholics shouldn't have the franchise but how DARE you dilute the voting power of white rural smallholders

The meta story of the (imminent) Yes win in VA is the total inability of Trump to ever look down the game tree. He was apparently unable to comprehend that Democrats would respond to his push to redistrict in GOP-run states

This same pehenenon is also why we are losing a war to Iran.

Cf. the Bezos Post, "Republicans gerrymandering in Texas is fine, actually" b/w "Democrats gerrymandering in Virginia is a threat to democracy"

"I was ABSOLUTELY told that the Democrats would be bringing knives to the gun fight. What the fuck are they doing bringing guns?" --a whole lot of Republicans looking at the results from Virginia right now

Yeah, they can get back to me on disenfranchising when they’re ready to talk about how unfair it is that each state gets two senators

A good way to protect nature is not to build a fucking detached house in it! Just visit it from your urban home!

Vibes are a stupid fucking rationale for human development, and yet….

Exactly. I don’t give a fuck about the delicate baby-shit soft feelings of these people any more.

Christ even I am only dimly aware of who or what a Hasan Piker is