No, because Kroger is a major national chain that doesn't need to operate in NYC to be profitable. It's like a petulant child throwing some of his toys away because he has to share them.
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Why did it take so long to come to that conclusion? That's been the case for years. My mom, who is religious and fortunately not part of the MAGA cult, has repeatedly told me that she wouldn't be surprised if he is.
While I'm not going to say I'm "glad" she lost, which would thereby mean that I'm glad that there's so much more fear and suffering in the country, I think there's some merit to the idea that electing Kamala would have just resulted in more of the status quo that people were clearly becoming disenchanted with and, perhaps, in the long run, Trump being elected sooner is going to ultimately result in less harm as people are incentivized to push back sooner and harder because they're less worn down than they otherwise would be.
Really, idk though, I don't have a window into the alternate universe where that happened. This is all just kinda shit. @DancingBear really should be making that point if that's what they believe instead of being rude about it.
Hertz is the worst rental company I've had to deal with. Enterprise is the only one I'll use if I have a choice.
I completely agree, but your point is irrelevant to mine.
Median household income is around 80k, which means that the vast majority of the population makes a lot less than 100k. I have little pity for the financial concerns of people who are having a hard time getting by with six figures, when so many people have to be content with far less.
I will absolutely still stand in solidarity with them against the ruling class who make things far more difficult for all of us than it needs to be. That's not the point.
Asking me to have pity for the financial concerns of someone who makes more than double what I do (assuming similar circumstances) is like asking the average migrant laborer to have pity for mine.
I'm not necessarily against anyone, but forgive me for not having much pity for the financial struggles of a class of people that can't manage to be happy with incomes that more than double what I've had to make myself content with my entire life.
Are we going to be saying that the struggles of billionaires actually matter next?
"Different" meaning "need to make payments on cars and properties that a poor person can only dream of having"? Look, I get that rich and poor all struggle... but can we not pretend that the struggles are equal?
ok but like, my brain would totally do that too
Other comments seem to have covered the advice around checking insulation and system charge, so I'll say that if you need to get a window unit make sure it's an inverter unit; they're typically advertised as ultra-quiet. The reason you want an inverter air conditioner is purely the efficient gains you get over a traditional on/off compressor; they use around half the electricity in some cases for the same cooling.
All of the U-shaped units from various brands use inverter tech, but they might be hard to find because a lot of them are rebranded Mideas. LG's ThinQ "dual-inverter" units are also very good, I have one that's served me well for a couple years and it's very quiet. You can barely hear the compressor start up at all aside from a faint electrical whine for a few seconds and the sound of refrigerant moving through the system. The fan moving the air is the loudest part by far (and it's not bad).
All of that said, consider replacing your central ducted unit with a multi-head mini-split system in the long run. For residential use they're typically the most efficient you can get, and you have the bonus of being able to control room temperatures individually. A mini-split system uses inverter tech too just like the good window units. In fact, the U-shaped window units are just miniaturized mini-split systems in a rigid housing.
You're completely missing the point here. Yes, being a landlord in some areas can be practically unprofitable... but those landlords aren't the problem, the greedy/corporate landlords that buy large amounts of housing for the express purpose of turning a profit are.
That said, I know what upkeep on a house is like, and I understand that it's not for everybody. But, we should have more people owning homes so that they can cultivate the skills necessary to be less reliant on landlords, or we could have the upkeep and maintenance be part of some social program(s), enabling more people to be homeowners.
My dad (in his 50s) spends a lot of his free time playing it. Like, over an hour every day. It takes the worst and most addictive parts of every brainrot game ever made and rolls them all into one thing. Clearly it's been worth it. 🤦
I don't think anyone is saying that we can't get rid of it, but it's not realistic to think that industrialized societies are going to give it up without alternatives that have little/no drawback, and that's going to take a lot of time and effort to develop. I'm not sure I see that sort of thing being properly incentivized unless we have conclusive data on plastic toxicity.