It was clearly not a red card, this is the right thing to do, but the optics suck. It especially sucks that Trump stuck his nose in it and will further taint the optics.

She can’t decline your attention on her business account, it’s possible you’re making her uncomfortable with unwanted attention and in a situation that is lose lose for her.

That might have happened if he sought competing bids from experts, but he just funneled the job to his pool guy, who was out of his depth.

I’m surprised more people aren’t actively wasting the time of the resources on the other side of that email address.

Article does not say what he thinks the mistakes were, I bet he doesn’t think they’re the same thing the crowd does.

Maybe the left right dichotomy is false and creates a presumption of two camps that doesn’t align with reality.

This is a conversation about why a broad group of people have certain behaviors, and the observations I made were in regards to the common “why” for that broad group of people.

You’re trying to make the conversation about why those people making those decisions are wrong in your opinion, but that wasn’t what we were talking about. We were talking about “why” they were making their decisions, not “was their decision moral”.

You’re getting downvotes because you’re trying to have a different conversation than was being had, and don’t seem to be understanding that.

I think you’re mistaking me as some kind of crusader who is trying to evangelize chicken or something instead of someone observing what the general perception is relevant to the conversation.

Taste, convenience and local availability all matter too. In fact there’s a whole massive ecosystem of influences creating the observable change that we are talking about.

There’s also a whole massive ecosystem of changes that haven’t created the change you want here.

Yeah, I drive an EV and will never go back to gas.

I mean maybe if I had a project car or something but even then my thoughts drift towards how I might swap an electric drivetrain…

It’s my understanding that it’s cheaper, healthier, and more environmentally friendly than beef, and I’d bet its growth is inversely correlated to beef consumption.

Also it’s the staple protein for people who are trying to be more fit because of how lean parts like the breast can be.

Either they’re in an in group you aren’t a part of or you’re an asshole and don’t know it.

Well this was entirely predictable and obvious.

This is written like someone who hasn’t lived in real economic struggle.

Nobody needs that, they want that, and they want that because it’s fun for them and makes them feel good. I’m not judging.

Or the Yangwang U9 Extreme, maybe the fastest car in the world, looks amazing, and is an ev.

https://www.yangwangauto.com/en/car/u9-xtreme

Agreed, there are some really cool ev hypercars out there and Ferrari could have done that and gotten positive responses, but instead they made the most boring looking car ever.

That their neurodiversity absolves them of any responsibility and the rest of the world should cater to it.

I’ve been using kagi and even replaced the default search on my iPhone with it. Works great

That would be great! I cancelled my subscription and have been trying to buy direct for a while now.