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  • And European countries usually have some form of mass transit that would aid protestors in getting to the capitol. The most populous US cities are not the political center of the country and don’t have cheap access to them. An Amtrak ticket from NY to DC is like $130 minimum and can barely hold a normal day’s amount of commuters, let alone an influx of mass protestors. And the Amtrak NE Corridor is some of the best interstate public transit the US has.


  • What do work hours of people not in the farming industry have to do with the raw costs of food?

    The “cost of food” has been abstracted from the “amount people have to pay downstream to afford food” by companies’ desire for profit. One guy can manage acres of land with a few good machines. Food is cheap: that is why people can afford to ship it around the world to be processed in one country and then sold across the ocean in another country. We don’t have to work as many hours as we do to sustain ourselves to the level they did back then. Industrialists have just countered work efficiency improvements with…more work.


  • They mean “do an extrajudicial murder instead of handing down a death sentence to someone in court.”

    If, in executing some villain, you are going to die on the jury anyway, just murder whoever you think should die and bet that 12 other people won’t think you’re worth a 13-way murder suicide.









  • qarbone@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksAnon is bored of it all
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    5 days ago

    I don’t get that opinion. It’s a place where you, depending on what you pay for, get to eat and drink as much as you like, while reading in the sun. Sometimes you even stop in ports and find other cool places to visit later. If you can’t ignore the other passengers, then you need a higher level in Ignore.








  • That is a really cool idea. I think the problem is it’s just a bit too niche. A good portion of the people intrigued by the narrative and world-building might get stymied by the travel simulation (I’m envisioning both flying and sailing) and the simulation nerds might just skip past the text and story to get back into flying.

    It’s certainly something that an indie dev has to shoulder for pure passion of seeing an idea come into the world, and that requires an idea that grabs you. Targeting it as an underserved market will only backfire.


  • qarbone@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldThoughts?
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    9 days ago

    I’m not against the idea, but I’m wondering what’s the trigger for non-child-havers? Or is it just the idea of a sabbatical?

    On a sidenote, what’s the terms on parental leave? How soon after one can you take another? If you’re popping 'em out quick as can be, is it months off every 12 months?