Not an RPG, but the ancient civ-like Output would have a “news” article pop up whenever you loaded a save game. “Entire colony plunged back in time - scientists baffled” or something like that.

they are not stupid people but they always fall for and buy in on the dumbest aspects of the right.

That sounds like they are stupid people.

I got the vaccine and so far so good. Someone close to me put it off, and got sick with the flu despite us spending all weekend together. Probably from one of the kids at the house, who also came down with the flu.

I know it may be hard to believe if you only browse Lemmy (like myself), but the average person actually likes these so-called “AI” tools or at least a significant amount of them do.

This is probably true but makes me sad. I tell all my friends not to use the lie machines but a bunch of people at work use them all the time.

I don’t think there’s any evidence that AI needs to be baked into the browser. They have a robust extension ecosystem for this sort of thing.

Cuphead is a great game. The co-op is fun, too. It’s local co-op so you only need one copy of the game.

The worst part is when my fellow Americans are very “we tried nothing and we’re out of ideas” about it. Or worse, actively fighting any changes.

I’m pretty sure most or all studies have shown a four day work week schedule is an improvement on like every metric, except maybe the “this feels right” emotional metric some people prioritize.

Yeah, I can’t find a 2br for $1k anywhere outside Flyover Country,

I know nothing about philly and can’t vouch for zillow, but a zero effort search found a bunch of hits: https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/?searchQueryState={“isMapVisible”%3Atrue%2C"mapBounds"%3A{“west”%3A-75.19186800188812%2C"east"%3A-75.13255899615082%2C"south"%3A39.954194027975525%2C"north"%3A39.997933180083415}%2C"filterState"%3A{“fr”%3A{“value”%3Atrue}%2C"fsba"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"fsbo"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"nc"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"cmsn"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"auc"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"fore"%3A{“value”%3Afalse}%2C"beds"%3A{“min”%3A2}%2C"mp"%3A{“max”%3A1000}}%2C"isListVisible"%3Atrue%2C"mapZoom"%3A14}

How are you searching?

any savings from not driving is largely offset by the cost of not having a garden, unless I wanted to eat lower quality produce.

I don’t really know anything about gardening, sorry. Some places have backyards, and there are community gardens in some cities. Cars are really expensive, though. Insurance alone is probably like $50/month. Probably more.

What do you do for work, and how did you get there?

Now? Software development. When I moved here, customer service (answering the phone, livechat, etc). Though I’m a cheapskate and still basically live like I’m making $45k. I eat a lot of rice and beans.

I was lucky that my second CS job was at a place that trained people an promoted internally, so I was able to move up in my career. They hired whole “classes” of CS people to onboard at once, and almost my whole cohort went on to do like marketing, management, software development, and other higher paying stuff. A couple of my friends have done the same, but it seems like AI is eating a lot of those jobs.

I don’t think most of my friends are living in luxury apartments. Though there are many shitty apartments, shittiness is not an innate attribute of apartments.

I don’t think you’d find a 2 bedroom for $1k in NYC (though you’d likely save by not needing a car, so factor that into budgets). I see some on the map (Zillow, which I don’t know if it’s the best) for Philly, which I’m told is nice, but I’ve never lived there long term. I don’t know if they’re any good. You’d have to search yourself.

Well, you haven’t provided any details yourself so that seems fair.

Ah, I see. This apartment doesn’t have any rules (that I’m aware of) about what you can put on the walls, but I don’t have anything more than some picture frames up.

I’m also lucky that heat and hot water are included - a friend of mine had electric heating and it was really expensive.

Anyway, point taken that there are some limitations. I guess I’m lucky enough that I’ve never run into them, personally. Thanks.

I live in new york city. I don’t get the impression you’re engaging in good faith, though.

I chose all the furniture and decorations. How often are you remodeling your home? What kind of remodeling are you doing? Like, more than moving the contents around? That’s just not a thing I have a desire to do. (This isn’t sarcastic. I’m being sincere.)

Yeah, could be. I said elsewhere in this thread that I think they’re conflating renting with apartments. They said that buying an apartment is a “scam”, and I didn’t follow up with “but people rent houses, too.”

I could see why eternal renting is depressing, but that’s not the same as living in an apartment.

What parts of the US have you visited? I’ve only really spent time in the NYC area. Many apartments in NYC are pretty nice, though I can’t judge their electrical quality. When I lived outside the city, I rarely had problems with hearing neighbors.

I don’t think most people really want to build a small workshop in their day to day. I did know a guy who got up to some weird shit in his apartment’s back yard. Bunch of artists doing weird metal sculpting stuff.

Again, I just prefer open spaces and not being surrounded by people I dont know and probably won’t get along with.

That’s fine, man. You don’t need to live in a city. But I don’t think it’s accurate to say most or even “99%” of people feel the same. Many people are happy in denser living spaces.

Well, I don’t know. Where do you live? Where do you want to live? There are sites like zillow that let you search, but there’s other listings and word of mouth. A combined budget of $1k for rent and bills isn’t going to go very far most places.

Not every apartment is tiny. I don’t have the measurements for mine but it feels comfortable with two desks, a couch, a coffee table, and some bookcases. Plus there’s the bedroom with a queen size bed, bookcases, another desk, and dresser. The kitchen is admittedly a little small. This isn’t a fancy apartment, and its priced pretty average for the city. I’m pretty sure all the units in this building are about the same.

I very rarely hear my neighbors. I play music through speakers and (I’ve asked) they never hear me.

Also no one sees me, so far as I know. For contrast, where my parents live out in the suburbs, neighbors are always creeping on each other and gossiping.

Now, admittedly, there are many apartments that are tiny, or have shit sound proofing, or whatever. But, again, that is not an inherent property of apartments. Many houses have problems, too.

People surrounding me watching and listening to everything i do

Counterintuitively, denser living spaces make you less seen. Not that you’re invisible, but that you don’t register. If I went for a walk out in the suburbs, people would look and see me. They’d be like “Who’s that weirdo walking?” or “Did you see that weird guy with the metal band on his t-shirt?” Someplace denser, I blend in with everyone else and don’t get a second thought. Not even a first thought, most of the time.

I guarantee 99% of people would want a house on 2 acres thats a 30 minute drive to town than an apartment.

This is an insane take.

Many people like density.

With an apartment you have no yard, probably no garage, cant make any changes to it, and you hear all your neighbors, and smell them if they smoke, and you dont own shit.

Many apartments have yards.

If you own that apartment, you can make changes to it. Maybe not some drastic changes, but I imagine the real limited there is money rather than architectural.

Many apartments are sound proof. I almost never hear my neighbors.

I don’t know if my neighbors smoked. I’ve never smelled anything.

Apartments actually benefit the wealthy class, which is why I find it funny lemmings love them so much.

You seem to be confusing renting with apartments