And the endless whining about gas prices. Ok sis, you now have to spend an extra dollar per week. Maybe complain about the book bans and other fascism creeping into everyday life instead.

Fair enough. Cheers.

I don’t think I understand your point here.

I was talking about my experience which is 80% in North America. Your points do not apply in North America as we have actually been getting worse for non-car travel in most cities since the 90s.

And that’s without even mentioning the atrocities that are considered inter-city or city-rural travel.

Not in Canada. Not in the US.

Over here we are actively gutting existing bicycle infrastructure to please the right wing morons

We actually did live in switzerland back in 2020 (I know, schengen is not EU) and were about to lease a home in France, but someone in my family fell ill and I had to come back to Canada.

The transit, grocery , pharmacy, and cultural access was amazing to us, even in times when locals were complaining of severely limited services.

Also Canada where the majority of my experience comes from. If I could see some my taxes going towards a Euro-style infra for moving people and things I would be a much happier person overall.

Ditto. But the rest of the travel we do need to do to interact with people, amenities, and services, is still worse than it should be due to poor inter-city and city-rural transit. At least here in Canada. My time in Europe showed me how bad we really have it. Even with the unavoidable foibles that happen in the best of cases/countries.

I was referring to the city planners as @EtherWhack@lemmy.world correctly surmised.

I also have worked from home* for almost two decades. But the non-work travel is still stained by the horrible planning in most urban sprawls.

* For various strange definitions of “home”. From a campground to an RV on a lake, and apartments in Switzerland to rotting farms in Alberta.

And since then - We have found ways to make all travel worse for comfort, more expensive, and more necessary.

Not that I believe this is real in any way. But there are ten chairs at that table. His interview could be like those predatory knife MLMs where they pack the room full of idiots to find the one apex idiot.

Schedule:

Ten at a time. Ten minutes each.

Even if you space them out to the top of the hour you have time for a long lunch where you can commend yourself about being a drain on your species while staring at yourself in the bathroom mirror of a cracker barrel where you are scoping out some poor underage girl to molest verbally.

Wait… What were we talking about?

I’m in that cabin. Slowly pushing the outside world as far away as I can get it, while maintaining access to hospitals and whatnot.

It is infuriating. I don’t even know if I’d want the meds. But I’d like to have someone with expertise be like ‘yes, that thing you have thought you are dealing with your whole damn life, and is reflected in every damn ADHD post making you cry at the idea that you are not alone, is real’

Alas - I am in Canada. Many thanks though!

My family doc unironically told me that adults can’t have adhd, and kids grow out of it. I don’t even know where to start.

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Very interesting insights. Thank you for sharing!

Regarding your jib. I like the cut.

Our snake Ruby (12 foot, 80lbs, red-tail boa) has been to kindergartens, old folks homes, random family reunions, and about 100 pet stores. She has never wrapped herself around anyone, hissed, or done anything aggressive. It sounds like your friends with snakes don’t take very good care of them. Or they got troubled animals.

smartass

I can sit on ice cream and tell you the flavour.

Sincerely though - I was just being an ass. I didn’t intend any actual offense. I Apologize. And I am not one of those downvotes.