Yeah that’s probably the truth. People complain about shitty roads, so politicians try to increase the gas tax and people just vote no out of instinct. And then the loop just continues forever.

Others pointed out its probably to replace the gas tax they won’t be subject to. And I almost thought it was alright until I remembered most of our roads/infrastructure doesn’t get repaired as it is.

I’m banned from a bunch of random places cuz I made a joke about Jack Ma disappearing for “re-education”. Loud critic of the CCP. Goes missing unexpectedly for a bit. Returns and suddenly sings the praises of the CCP. Definitely not fishy at all and you can’t joke about it.

“And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”

Ahh the Heinz dilemma!! Nothing to do with ketchup, but used in Kholbergs Stages of Moral Development or something like that. Except it was a medicine that could cure your sick wife.

Did they really need to go past 8?

If only U.S. companies could innovate and reinvest instead of spending billions on stock buybacks to drive up share price. Big 3 apparently authorized $5 billion in buybacks in 2022/2023.

Time to swap media with your friends on portable hard drives and USB sticks again baby!!!

People who don’t want kids, won’t have kids, and is a “problem that resolves itself”? Like because they don’t have kids they won’t “pass it down”?

It sounds like the same reasoning as “People being gay is a problem that resolves itself cuz they don’t have sex.” As if being gay is something that can only be “passed down”.

Probably why the other person is getting upset, not sure if this is what you were trying to say or not.

Oh christ the math memes are leaking from facebook

Lol I don’t agree with your experiences of women only going on dates if you spend a lot of money on them?

I’m not the one posting paragraphs about how it’s impossible to go on a cheap date. Since you apparently also know what all women want now?

You keep bringing up random shit too. I’m sorry about your mom but that’s not at all related to you thinking no “proper woman” would ever go on a cheap date with anyone. It’s all in your head man, I’m not trying to hurt you I’m trying to help set you free. And again, that guard has you locked in TIGHT. Just go back and read through your old comments when you’re feeling better, maybe you’ll catch something you didn’t see the first time.

You’ve conflated what’s been true for you with what must be true for everybody. Plenty of people go on cheap dates, you just seem mad it can’t be you.

“Nobody goes on cheap walking dates, at least not proper adults” you have it in your head you cannot go on a cheap date. This is a YOU issue. Jesus man just go back and re-read some of your posts.

“Women don’t want to go on waking dates” plenty of women would be down for that, maybe none that YOU are trying to date. Either that or you’ve been drowning in man-o-sphere bull shit telling you women only want a tall, tan, rich man or something.

I’m not uncomfortable with anything you’ve said, could be projection there my guy.

Again you talk about owning a home but that’s barely tangentially related to going on cheap dates. Again, it’s not your physical living conditions that is worrying, it’s your current mental state. Which would also negatively affect your ability to get dates.

Yeah that last part is just true. You and me both actually.

Yeah just seems like no matter what I say you’re just gonna type paragraphs of doomer shit. Clearly you’re in a bad place mentally (since you assumed I was only talking about your physical, material conditions and not your mental state all but confirms it) and you are dead set in your view and nothing will ever change that. Good luck tho!

Sounds like you’ve got a lot going on, hope you can find a way through it

I can see the guard has those gates firmly shut and chained. Hoping you can get out some day.

And fyi, I went on a 3 hour walk in a park with my now partner on our first date. Getting to know someone is the most important part of a date and you can do that for free, if you would only believe that you could. Maybe the people you are trying to date don’t want to do things like “go for a walk” or “get to know the other person”.

That’s why you can communicate early into dating that you don’t want to have kids.

You’re completely missing their point friend. You think you HAVE to spend $100+ on a date and that’s “just reality”. You could go on a date for free if you really wanted to. But no, you HAVE to spend $100+ for a date you don’t have a choice you NEED to spend $100+ or nobody would ever agree to go on a date.

We’re all living in prisons of our own creation cuz we get an idea in our head and think that’s how it HAS to be.

Ok we can have the homeschooled surgeon operate on you. Don’t worry, he got his certificate online.

Higher education is absolutely necessary for certain fields. The cost and number of different degrees is where the scam is.

Pain is relative, not a competition.