@BertramDitore @Hegar
Running water and indoor plumbing was relatively common in the ancient world.
really ?
In 1920, only *** 1% of US homes** had indoor plumbing
https://www.aceee.org/files/proceedings/2004/data/papers/SS04_Panel1_Paper17.pdf
even if this were true, it is true only if you have time rest and rejuvenate, and in particular rest after an injury
tht option often not available to people working at lower wage jobs
right ?
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yeah, I lie about my age
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re the 1,000x
if you read the comments in the thread you posted, several people point out this is just ludicrouis
so I"m not quite sure what I should have said to you when you post something that is absurd
seriously, what am I to say ?
@SteveKLord
I was born in 1953 and my image of people doing labor like this , based on how we perceived people in low income countries, is of a person whose body was worn out by age 30
to a large extent progress is humans not having to do heavy manual labor
sheesh
this is probably not true
eg, read the best thing, IMO, written on 2016, then think about how often liberals talk about trump's plan to cut taxes on working people [ "plan" of course being BS ]
don't wanna read the link ?
Tl;dr
Trump supporters didn't pay attn to the crazy stuff; they just hear him say: When I am POTUS there will be jobs
thats it, thats the mesagge
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/12/6/13853314/trump-speeches-lessons-democrats-economics-trade
I distrust toots that assert something without providing a link
I was lucky and found a link to the 31K figure; sounds partially like it does NOT apply to all homeless people, just some small percentage, so probably a bullshit number
https://homelessvoice.org/the-cost-to-criminalize-homelessness/
If YIMBYs are in favor of turning parks into asphalt, then YIMBYs are bad
but terms and conditions apply; what I said is certainly true for NYC or Chicago, maybe not Bloomington
but in general the willingness of YIMBYs to pave over grass is IMO really bad IMO
@pluralistic@mamot.fr @bazkie@mstdn.social
Eugene Debs:
Even if I could lead people into paradise, I would not, because if I could lead them in, someone else could lead them out
It is quite possible that my memory is from the slashdot era of comments like
"I put Linux on my laptop and then the wireless didn't work and it took me 3 hours on the help forum . ."
66 yro upper middle class Note: class is important boring cis white guy I often shoot from the hip, but unlike many, I often apologize if I am wrong PhD/molecular biology; eg I actually know about DNA Interests: data graphics/charts liberal US politics, insect photos, and NYC Retrogrouch in all things #nobridge
Failed Lyndon Larouchite is a joke
\#prochoice \#forcedbirther is what so called "prolife" people are