that she had no idea that there was any risk to drinking the milk

Did this person not take 9th grade history?

The ignorance and stupidity of people is astounding

Using a predictive text tool instead of showing the Wikipedia summary is a downgrade.

I would build homes, trains, bus lines, and green power.

And also make sure the water fountains in the park actually work year round.

I like the game but I never finished it. I got pretty far when setting it to checkpoint mode, but lost interest near the end.

I don’t really understand the game in detail so I don’t know all the good builds. Extra legs and guns seemed strong.

That sounds psychosomatic but I’m not a professional. You take care of yourself.

The “American” one is full of [bullet] holes

Yeah I noticed that, too. Not sure why. Using apt on the command line is probably an alternative, at least.

Is this real? Source? It’s believable and that makes me upset

Edit: https://www.wired.com/story/battle-toilet-workplace/

From like 2019

Also switched to Linux (popos) this month. It’s been fine. Games work. Browser works. No complaints, really.

I think there are protests but coverage and communication is limited. Probably because a lot of news and platforms are owned by shitty, rich, people.

Not counting nice walks in prospect Park, I can get on the metro north train and go on a variety of hikes. It’s not 20 steps, but I also get all the other benefits of a city.

Also Manhattan isn’t known for smog, and there is a lot more to New York than Manhattan. Go look at like park slope or Astoria

They said the problem was “widespread”. I’m saying it’s not like everywhere you look, but it feels worse than it is if you only go to the high traffic areas where homeless people go to beg for help.

Cost of living is rising higher than salaries everywhere. This isn’t unique to New York.

The fact that homeless people exist is a poor reason to avoid New York, in my view. People act like you’re going to be wrestling with the homeless every day.

We should do more than ignore the homeless, but that’s a separate conversation.

I think most computer users now don’t know that file systems exist

If you live here you don’t really go through Penn station. That’s a major commuter hub.

I’ve lived here for years and only go there if I need to go to NJ transit for some reason (which isn’t often).

That’s like thinking all of NJ is Secaucus train station, or all of someplace else is just the airport. It’s not representative.

I’m confident whatever you are imagining is not the daily lived experience of new york city. People picture like times square in 1973 on new years eve and also classic film the warriors. Go look at like park slope on google street view (or another similar service of your choosing).

Ok so there’s like 0 chance the person who wrote that knows this, but with a browser plugin like adblock or scriptmonkey, or probably even a custom css sheet thing, you could change the color.

Or they were being a troll and don’t care.

Fear and hatred of out-group is a pretty core part of conservatism. They are bad people

Is there any of that here? No, so you’re reaching & pulling shit out your ass.

The idea that cities are dangerous crime areas full of violence is a racist trope.

Hold on. Like how old are you? I’m going to feel bad if I’m engaging with like a 15 year old who’s never taken Literature 200.

You seem to be media illiterate and I don’t know if I have it in me to do a whole course. But here I am typing on my phone.

The comic is being derided because it’s showing the NYC subway as a dangerous place where fights just happen. This coincides with the common right wing belief that cities are dangerous, which has racist roots (see: white flight).

In order for the joke to work, you need to accept that premise. Imagine if the comic was instead someone in the first frame holding a $100 ticket to a zoo, and then a $3 ticket to the subway, where the subway is full of elephants. That wouldn’t make any sense because there’s no idea that wild animals are on the train. It would simply be absurd.

Even if the author didn’t intend to reference that fear of urban areas, it’s there. Death of the author. Authorial intent does not supersede the text. It can provide clues, but it can’t take something out.

The joke doesn’t work without the racist context imported.

The authors usage of woke could be any of those things, but given their comics seem to mostly be making fun of left wing positions, I don’t think it’s plausible that it’s some deep irony. It’s much more likely that they’re a simple right wing troll.

Also like why are you going to bat so hard for this?

He got people talking, which is worth something.