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NY Gov Hochul delays controversial NYC congestion pricing plan ‘indefinitely’. (jorts.horse)
 

NY Gov Hochul delays controversial NYC congestion pricing plan ‘indefinitely’.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/business/ny-gov-hochul-delays-indefinitely-controversial-nyc-congestion-pricing-plan/index.html

I'm sure lots of revenue will be missed now that NYC congestion tolling has been killed, but was it earmarked for specific mass transit projects or was it just going to be used to hire more cops and whatnot?

#NYC #NewJersey #transit

@usa

Is "resting confused face" a thing? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@ptz @nostupidquestions Oh no. I don't think I default to the Tucker Carlson confused face, but I'm a little worried that I might. I just signed on to a Teams meeting and my CEO immediately asked me why I looked confused.

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Is "resting confused face" a thing? (jorts.horse)
 

Is "resting confused face" a thing?

@nostupidquestions

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Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert (jorts.horse)
 

Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/solar-project-destroy-thousands-joshua-100000768.html

It's crazy to me that a destructive photovoltaic solar project like this one is considered reasonable, but a new nuclear power plant within or adjacent to a city is beyond the pale.

@usa

Green hydrogen producer signs first-of-its-kind agreement with major steel company: 'Increasingly necessary to ensure the long-term survival of our industries' in c/[email protected]
What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

@Kory @asklemmy I'm 38. To me people older than that are objectively older people. I can't think of anyone younger than 45 with whom I've had this problem.

What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

@enbyecho @asklemmy Well, geriatric pregnancies start at age 35, so it's really a flexible adjective. If you took it incorrectly, that's on you.

Based on the mixed responses I'm getting, it is not an established stereotype that older people write emails and text messages poorly. If I knew it was then I wouldn't have asked if others had similar experiences to mine in the first place.

What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

@enbyecho @asklemmy I'm well aware that I'm somebody else's elder. I meant it matter-of-factly, like "geriatric pregnancy".

What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@MissJinx @asklemmy I wasn't sure of the right word to use. Geriatric seemed correct enough. To be clear, I don't think there's anything especially wrong or bad about my elders. I just think there might be some kind of technological and cultural collision happening that makes me feel like I'm crazy sometimes.

What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

@NABDad @asklemmy okay maybe I'm being a little hyperbolic.

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What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke? (jorts.horse)
 

What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke?

Maybe they're used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn't explain the emails I've had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics' messages?

@asklemmy

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[OC] "Can I eat this, yet?" (media.jorts.horse)
 

[OC] "Can I eat this, yet?"
@animals
@pics
#dog #obedience #treat #linoleum

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@animals I wonder if they raised the dog like a captive cheetah or if they raised the cheetah like a pet dog. (jorts.horse)
 

@animals I wonder if they raised the dog like a captive cheetah or if they raised the cheetah like a pet dog.
https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/583816248575430666