Chetzemoka

Electricity monopoly in the US = they can price gouge, and this is literally the only reason I installed a dual fuel system with a less efficient heat pump. The Eversource electricity price hikes last year probably would have meant I couldn't afford to heat my home in the worst parts of winter here in Massachusetts.

This is how policies are killing the planet. Socialize electric utilities, upgrade the electric grid, subsidize the use of electric heat pumps so they're actually affordable for all end users, and of course more people would adopt them.

As it is, I run my heat pump as much as I can, which is like 9 months a year. Better than only having gas heat at least.

You flatter yourself thinking I was interested in seeking out any other commentary of yours.

nobody has a responsibility to act

Yeah, let me use that as a defense when a patient codes and I ignore it. Get the fuck out of here with this shit.

I just got a giant, house-encompassing circuit like that broken up in my house. It ran the entire length of the front of the house, one wall each from two bedrooms, the entire living room, and one wall of the garage. Like who on earth ever thought someone would want all of these things controlled with the same circuit breaker? Getting it split up was the best money spent.

Exactly what I was just about to say. This episode was a big deal when it happened because I had been watching Reading Rainbow for years and loved to see LeVar on TNG. That's a never forget crossover episode right there

"Actually, Everyone Loves Censorship. Even You."

https://gizmodo.com/why-censorship-is-part-of-everyday-life-section-230-1850095976

Yeah, the problem is it slips too easily into essentialism. "Oh we evolved this way, nothing we can do about it I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Especially for questions like this, which could pretty easily be explained by cultural influences, no need to bring evolution into it.

Yeah canon I believe is you can't get close enough to transport without violating the neutral zone. So it's a binary either or choice. You rescue and start a war or you watch those people die.

Spectacular. I'm actually over here indulging in a Spooky Season movie marathon. Today's selection, the classic Event Horizon.

Me, stuck quarantined in my room with Covid right now. So much fun.

You saw nothing! Nothing! Do you hear me?

Dude heard the phrase "goes in one ear and out the other" and took it literally.