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Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) sitting at a lemonade stand, smiling, with a sign that reads, "Trains and micromobility are inevitably the future of urban transportation, whether society wants it or not. CHANGE MY MIND."

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah that's a bold assumption. My bet is on "it's going to get progressively worse and never better". I have yet to be proven wrong. Since the day I was born everything's been enshittening with only inconsequential cosmetic improvements (lol technology, what a joke).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My plan is to work from home, be completely self sufficient with minimal transport and do all I can do online.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So your definition of self sufficient is to be 100% reliant on Internet infrastructure?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eh, I guess? Partially. I have stores nearby that I can go walking, and WFH so yeah internet reliant, but I'm a programmer so that's already a given anyway.

I did say self sufficient with minimal transport though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I live mostly this way. I have an electric car but I live in a very dense urban area and don't drive much. Looking to get myself an ebike or scooter to use as my main mode of transportation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah...being a programmer, it doesn't matter if WFH structure falls because around the same time most technology might fall. We just gotta hope that it's multi-decades away at this point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Internet infrastructure is best infrastructure humanity made. To be fair, this is only infrastructure entire humanity made.