Luke_Orlando

Luke_Orlando t1_j9ydguh wrote

Yo his profile is absolutely insane.

He talks about conspiracies, escaping this planet by becoming addicted to sex so you can "chain your life energy out of reality", and apparently he either does,or at least thinks people should... drink their own semen for health benefits?

He doesn't seem stable and I don't think you're gonna get an answer lol.

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Luke_Orlando t1_j7xav45 wrote

One absolutely can deactivate health insurance. That exact issue was the subject of a teacher strike I participated in four years ago.

Depending on the type of strike this is, they may be protected under the labor board's laws regarding strikes on unfair conditions:

"Such strikers can be neither discharged nor permanently replaced. When the strike ends, unfair labor practice strikers, absent serious misconduct on their part, are entitled to have their jobs back even if employees hired to do their work have to be discharged."

If this is the case, what Temple did is illegal.

There are many other conditions in which the workers are protected, this is just one way in which temple may have violated labor law in the blundering way they've handled this situation.

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Luke_Orlando t1_j4pmooq wrote

So yeah if you pick the worst possible angle, taken with a wide angle lense, from what looks like an elevated position... It will look like trash.

I'm not saying it's good, but using a single photo to represent the sculpture is dishonest.

Look at some more natural pictures and judge for yourself.

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Luke_Orlando t1_ixypoqo wrote

Did you even read what I said?

Subjective liking and disliking of literature is not the issue at hand here. Everyone is entitled to like or dislike things for whatever reason they want.

I don't like Maroon 5 because I think Adam Levine sounds like a cat in heat. That's not an objective criticism. They might be a well-receieved band with lots of fans but I just don't like it. I cannot sit there and say that Maroon5 is GOOD or BAD based on my personal LIKES and DISLIKES.

This person does not understand the difference. They seem to believe that their subjective experience while reading a book is the best determining factor of a book's objective merit.

Therefore her worldview is "if I don't like it, it must be bad."

That is a stupid view that leaves no room for objective interpretation.

Please read my comments before responding.

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Luke_Orlando t1_ixqyr51 wrote

Taste isn't the issue.

People like what they like. That's their business, but to sit there and call a book objectively bad just because you have the critical reading skills of a capybara is really ignorant.

That's what bothers me. They read a classic that is beloved and critically acclaimed by millions, and they go "I don't like it, which means it's bad."

Edit: they edited their comment to seem less off-topic so my response doesn't make sense now. Whatever, leaving it lol.

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Luke_Orlando t1_ixqa2u4 wrote

Coworker of mine hates this book and for a similar reason. She has a doctorate so I assumed she had like, valid reasons to criticise the books she read but no. It's a lot of "that character is a whiny teen" and "oh it was boring" <-- her withering critique of The Great Gatsby. 😒

Like, how is that a critical read of the book? Really sad. The most surface level reader I've come across in a while.

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Luke_Orlando t1_iv59xbm wrote

Yeah, again, I never suggested that rural areas should adopt those policies.

I specifically said "cities", usually interpreted as extremely high density areas.( in which public transit is a reasonable option.)

So you wouldn't be regularly subject to the theoretical policies I would support. 👌

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Luke_Orlando t1_iv2g0nv wrote

>ah, you're just trying to pat yourself on the back. We need to cover electric transportation next? I have news for you about where our rare minerals come from.

Don't make assumptions about me to make your argument seem more condescending. It's petty and makes you look bad.

Electric vehicles are good in some ways and problematic in others. Rare earth minerals like lithium are just that- rare, and they won't replace current demand for cars. I never said otherwise, so don't put words in my mouth.

Unregulated capitalism is certainly the problem. No doubt.

But to your point, yes, actually larger vehicles have actually increased the average sizes of required parking spaces in many areas. My township passed a law increasing regulation size of spaces from 8 feet to 10 feet, or 9 feet with a buffer.

Larger vehicles often times don't fit in on-street parking and block bike lanes. Many trucks and SUVs do, literally, have twice the footprint of a sedan or smaller vehicle that carries the same number of passengers.

One common counter argument is that this taxes the working class. My counter argument is "not if they're actually using it for work".

If one actually has a truck or SUV that is required for their job, it is possible to write off the taxes and gas purchases on the vehicle as a business expense, meaning it costs them less money to use and operate the vehicle. Is this option fully available to everyone? No, but it would be a great way to relieve burden on small business owners, while taxing the people who purchase oversized vehicles for vanity purposes.

As far as corrupt politicians go? All we can do is vote. I plan to on the 8th. I hope you do too. :)

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Luke_Orlando t1_iv097t6 wrote

I agree.

But, getting large cars out of cities is working to improve infrastructure. Hard to build trains and bike lanes when every single spare patch of ground is covered by F-350s and parking lots.

Discrouaging the use of vehicles in places like London through gas taxes has been very effective in increasing the use of public transit into and out of the city.

The simple fact is that doing something is better than doing nothing, and blaming the lack of action on inept politicians rather than the consumers buying needlessly large vehicles by choice is just passing the buck.

Both things need to happen: reduce dependence on cars and provide attractive alternatives. One can't happen without the other.

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Luke_Orlando t1_isnnsjp wrote

Monochromatic art is attractive to many people on its own. I do a lot of ink-stipple projects, and a LOT of people say "you should add a splash of color!"

But those people don't have any interest in then buying that piece of art.

They just feel the need to push their own preferred aesthetic on the monochromatic piece- as if to imply the ink work is "missing" color.

It's not. The lack of color is the point.

There are people who do that style you are talking about, but if someone doesn't do it, it's an active choice. You're not recommending a novel idea. They've considered it, and rejected it already.

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