Have you looked into a dental appliance? I used to use one of those, it would shift my lower jaw forward to help me breathe.

It’s not perfect, but if CPAP doesn’t work for you, it might be an option. Maybe something to talk about with your sleep doc

I am not sure arguing all the edge cases does anything but muddy the water.

Eh, fair. Still, I was curious what you’d say about some of those edge cases.

I would argue that the way housing is working right now

Well, that’s the problem, isn’t it? Housing isn’t working right now for way too many people. :(

Personally, I have very different opinions on “in an ideal world, here’s a sketch of how humane housing might look” and “in today’s dystopian hellscape, these are the worst of the worst”

difference between a hotel and a home. They are prima facie not the same thing

Hey, not so fast. It’s easy to say that glibly, but the lines get kinda blurry when you consider long-term hotel stays and short-term rentals. What’s really the key difference between the apartment and the hotel when you’re staying at the former for a week at a time or the latter for a 3-month stint?

I’m not saying the Venn diagram is a circle, mind you, just that there’s definitely some overlap.

What about condos? Is there something that prevents converting all apartment buildings and having owner-occupants instead of tenants?

As noted above, this isn’t completely true. You can also buy stocks for dividends.

I’m just speculating that someone else will want to buy

No, not entirely. Lots of companies pay dividends. Buy stock in those, and you’re speculating that they’ll continue to be profitable enough to pay dividends.

don’t have the time and skills

I’m not sure I can agree on this point, either. The time, maybe. The skill? If you’re skilled enough to use Lemmy, you’re skilled enough to set up a brokerage account and click “buy” on whichever companies meet your criteria. It’s not actually any more complicated than online banking IMO.

Four legs good,

Two legs better!

Who can ever know the innermost feelings of another? Even the most exquisite language fails to express shades of meaning deep in the soul.

I doubt it, at least in the US. The rich have a lot of influence over how laws are made, and I don’t really see any appetite to pay a greater share.

Ugh, that title.

Damn, I would have simply blocked the troll long before this! You have the patience of a saint.

I’m not mad about it, I just think it’s funny that videos have taken over from images.

Imgur should really rename itself as vidyer. Seems like it’s mostly videos these days!

What would you call it? What’s your objection to the term “employee benefits”? You sound like you have an axe to grind, but I don’t get your angle.

I don’t think you can blame it all on Obamacare. I vividly remember wondering “How TF do people with families afford this?!” when looking at the individual vs. family insurance at a job back in 2002. Premiums were skyrocketing then, and they’ve been skyrocketing ever since.

The same way they do on Earth. Up towards the outside, down towards the center. Of course, most of the elevator shafts would only go down partway.

But – since we see artificial gravity in Star Wars, you could say that all the rooms in the Death Star are laid out as haphazardly as the toys in a kid’s box. It wouldn’t be the silliest thing in the franchise, after all.

Thanks for clarifying! I haven’t heard it much, and all I really had in my head was something like “dudes”.

What is a jabroni?

I’ve heard this before, but I don’t really believe it. George doesn’t strike me as a “grand design” sort of guy. More like, this seems like a cool scene, add it!

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