FUCK yes, at least if you live in a rural town. I live in a small farming town of 5 000 people. There is ONE grocery store here. Once a week, I go on errands (appointments, shopping, etc.) and I have to travel 25–30 minutes, or about 15 miles. And that’s driving. There’s no bus line, no train line, so if I wanted to walk, it’d take about 6 hours to walk.
There are other places to buy groceries: for example, there’s a small carryout down the street and a Dollar General as well. But those aren’t really “grocery stores” nor are they big stores. There are also a smattering of small businesses of course.
There also might be one or two in nearby small towns (which are still like 10–15 min drive away even then).
But for a good number of tasks, you still have to go into town, so my point still stands.
As someone who has worked for Family Dollar (which is a part of the same industry (“discount variety store”)), I absolutely hate that industry with a passion and refuse to shop at any store like Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree, etc. That whole industry is even more predatory towards employees than even regular retail stores are. That’s how they get the items so cheap in the first place—aside from supply chain injustices (read: slavery, same as most other industries), it comes out of the workers, both in pay and workload.
Anyway, I didn’t initially mean to go off on this spiel, so I’m sorry about that, and in any case my original point is still valid, I feel.
Because I live in America and there’s pretty much no public transportation.
Trust me, if I had a train, I’d fucking use that sucker. Travel into town for my weekly errands AND I don’t have to deal with people not using cruise control on a highway? SIGN ME THE FUCK. UP.
This is why I keep a physical backup of all my emulator installers on an external hard drive. They get rid of some emulators, I still got my personal copies!
According to software engineer and blogger, Paul Biggar, however, one key detail on the methods employed by the Lavender system that is often overlooked is the involvement of the messaging platform, WhatsApp. A major determining factor of the system’s identification is simply if an individual is in a WhatsApp group containing...
Wow. facepalm The words literally say there’s no problem, and yet it somehow implies there is a problem? Talk about overthinking what someone is saying.
This is why I often hate neurotypical communication styles. The world would be a lot more straightforward if people just said what they meant. Jesus fucking Christ on a motorbike…
What did someone want to gift you the last time you wanted to turn down the gift (and why)?
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Am I doing this right? (lemmy.ml)
Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here (www.ghacks.net)
The writing is on the wall–I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.
Best ship ever! (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15581511...
What's a job you couldn't get paid enough to do?
What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?
What is the most horrifying thing you've seen on the internet that didn't involve gore?
I'll never understand this kind of mindset. (lemmy.ml)
Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?
Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns (www.engadget.com)
WTF - Rest in peace… I hope no one has to pay any legal fees. Wish you all the best!
Israel using Meta's WhatsApp to kill Palestinians in Gaza through AI system (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
According to software engineer and blogger, Paul Biggar, however, one key detail on the methods employed by the Lavender system that is often overlooked is the involvement of the messaging platform, WhatsApp. A major determining factor of the system’s identification is simply if an individual is in a WhatsApp group containing...
What happened to "You're welcome!" as a response to "Thank You"? It's not even included in the canned answers on an apple watch. Have we as a society abandoned it?
I hear “No problem” far more often.
Is there a "canvas" of the universe? Do we even know? Would a canvas follow the same laws as the paint?
Think of the universe as a painting. There’s the image made in paint, and the surface it was painted on. The canvas....
I'm giving up — on open source - Blog (nutjs.dev)
Sustainable open source will stay a dream
What do we think about the new DDG AI Chat feature? (duckduckgo.com)
A “natural language query” search engine is what I need sometimes....