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Reporting everywhere is diminishing because people want short spammable memes that validate their opinions and beliefs over news that can enlighten them. The internet has decimated longform journalism and the market no longer exists for it.

Yes, I think more and more we are seeing that. The post was flagged, but it's worth a discussion.

Anecdotally, under previous names, I've noticed that before on HN thoughtful conversations could happen when it came to politics. I'm finding less and less of that to be true, and more posts are becoming flagged/flame wars.

It's starting to become heavily political, I agree.

Seeing debates about Trump/Pelosi on here is very saddening. Anecdotally it seems that discourse on politics here has become much less of seeking understanding and much more snarky comments and evangelizing beliefs.

Tourism isn't always good. Places get trashed, many "tourist" destinations are starting to regulate because people come in, trash the place, and don't give a fuck and leave. It's sad

Yep, but that doesn't matter. It's another item they can advocate for with absolutely no impact to their lifestyle at all, so they can virtue signal.

I don't see why we need to end tipping. Keep it, and raise wages. I get that it's the flavor of the week for people to rally around, but I don't see a problem. Let's let the market solve the problem. The last thing we need is even more bureaucracy and laws to police something that doesn't need policed.

Anyone can work in a kitchen. It's physically demanding, but the tasks are not that hard and easily picked up without any real education. Sorry that's just the truth. And why we don't have as many programmers as service workers.

It doesn't take much to open a small business. There's a reason many small businesses fail, and often times it is the result of rather foolish decisions and ideals.

Honestly dealing with some of the contracts I've dealt with, it's not much better

A hidden major problem too can also be your neighbors, who can be incredibly annoying and won't go anywhere anytime soon. If you rent, oh well, go somewhere else.

Not so easy with a house, also excluding neighbors who do legal things that devalue your home.

You lose it until you sell it. It's unfair to say just because it's an illiquid equity that it's same as cash.

The problem is people are expecting the asteroid impact, or the single point where "civilization is collapsed."

These aren't helpful and aren't realistic. Even historical societal collapses happen over periods of centuries, often.

It's foolish to simply dismiss threats because people make bad predictions. We can already see increases in rare weather events right now, and these have already had significant geopolitical consequences (e.g. Syria).

No nuclear weapons either, which, if countries are suffering from major drought and famine, may tip the scales in favor of using them.

Freedom of speech is certainly under attack and has been under attack by the previous administration more blatantly than ever. And of course, as is typical with the US, once one administration gets away with something, the future ones do, as well.

This would only apply to local town squares.

You can not reasonably argue that a worldwide forum is a US town square.

That's not a lot of money, period, considering the hours and the inflation due to overtime. Consider too that that is the median - many are making far below that.

Most people making money in trades make most of it working more than 40 hours a week, or, like you said, runs his own business (which is completely different. That is no longer a "carpenter" plying his trade.)

> Anyone could have done what he did (skipping the prison part), if they didn't mind working hard.

This is just not true and stated as fact. There is no evidence of this. We have no idea how capable this man really is. I know lots of dumb tradesmen and lots of brilliant ones. He should be proud of what he's done because it isn't as easy as you say.

The bureaucracy comes in because of too many stakeholders, not too many smart people.

Median carpenter pay was 50k last year for carpenters. Yours are outliers.

The point I'm making is that people are different.

Some people make friends at work, others don't. While you may struggle blurring friend from colleague in the office, others may struggle WFH with separating their house and leisure from work. Not everyone has a luxury office to walk into. Some work in their dining room.

There are pros and cons, and those pros and cons change depending on individual circumstances. But ultimately you are working for a company that needs to make money and they need to make a decision. You can choose to stay or leave.

This is just pedantic. I'm sorry in your experience you didn't meet lifelong friends, but many do (I have.)

My point is, there isn't a right or wrong here. It's frustrating see the WFH warrior brigade come out and diminish other's experiences just because they had a bad experience. It's simply not universal.

None of these things are solved by WFH.

Not everyone you meet at work needs to be your "Best friend forever and always."

I just like talking to people. I like being able to go down the hall and solving a problem in 5 minutes that would take 3 days and 3 meetings WFH. I am "friendly" with many people in the office. I socialize with them.

They aren't dear dear friends but they are acquaintances that have helped me out of tight spots and I helped them. I can't tell you how many times I've been helped through these sort of relationships.

If you're introverted just say it. There's nothing wrong with it. But there's nothing wrong with socializing either.

Not to the extreme people with ADHD have.

For example, I know many people who just don't show up for work. They just can't get up and do it and they get fired. That isn't typical for how "everyone behaves."

To someone without ADHD it doesn't make sense at times.

If you have certain types of ADHD and you aren't excited about something, you just have a huge resistance to doing it and you likely won't do it. Many don't even do the work with a deadline.

On the flip side, when you're intensely interested, you often times are completely absorbed into it, at the expense of other human needs.

I feel like I hear this statement a lot, but is there any real evidence of this?

First, I doubt there is any historical evidence of such a phenomenon.

Second, ADHD isn't nearly as prevalent enough in the general population to suggest that it's society.

There was always an argument to go to an up and coming city like Austin or even Pittsburgh. Now, the prices in Pittsburgh are skyrocketing.

It's not just LA, NYC, and San Francisco anymore. Home values are rapidly increasing in places with declining population (Pittsburgh metro, e.g.)

Not worth reading - political piece with little substance or argument from a libertarian think tank. The topic warrants discussion, but this a good piece to start one.

Unless one performs better than the other.

Not really true is it? WFH can mean I'm in Seattle and you're in San Diego. Not exactly a quick trip to the local cafe.

WFH already has been a hiring perk for many who were willing to put in the effort to get there.