Appalachian mountains are even older

That’s fine and perfectly allowed, but constant mold cleaning fyi isn’t good for your health in general compared to minimal or no mold cleaning. The concrete holds moisture, and the paint is what keeps it at bay, sure. But there are likely other materials that can be developed that might not do this. And there’s also the impact to the environment to consider, as well as health impacts of what could be getting offgassed in our paints and walls, especially when mixed with cleaners because they are constantly being moldy.

It’s not that I personally think concrete houses are bad anyway. I personally think housing variety is important and that housing standards are also important as we learn more about civil engineering. I think concrete has limitations as a material, which is long established in material sciences, that no material is a “perfect” material for everything. There are risks and flaws and benefits to every choice. Therefore again, to answer the question of “well why not all full concrete houses?” It’s mainly the 25 FEET OF FLOODING that makes it irrelevant as a solution in this case.

It appears in Canada, unemployment benefits are indeed an unemployment insurance. In the US, this is paid into automatically from our paychecks, and id assume it’s similar in Canada but I could be wrong.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei.html

Yes it would be bad if a ton of people went on unemployment, it just wouldn’t work exactly how you’re describing. Unemployment isn’t UBI.

Wow, amazing thought. Tell me how the literal Appalachian mountains are a flood plain or flood prone.

RIP in peace 🙏

Yes I’ve been asking around, was new to Lemmy when I made my account, and have narrowed it down to 3 instances but am not totally sure which one to pick. I want to be able to post nudity, and I also do not want to be around people who are authoritarian (eg tankies) if possible.

You’re letting simplistic ads and movies tell you what those folks are like, and you forget the history behind them. Not everyone there, especially in the mountains, even votes or likes government. In general, most Americans do not vote. The people being interviewed are not representative of everyone - they are being interviewed to generate engagement for ads.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/07/opinion/red-neck-army-bloodiest-labor-battle-american-history/

Many of those people have ancestors who died for your rights. Most of those people would feed you and be kind to you if you spoke with them. Don’t let propaganda convince you to give up community and empathy.

I knew someone who was homeless in the south (Louisiana) and all over the country for the last 3 years, living on the street. He said the south was very poor but generous with what they had, and always had really good hot food unlike the west coast. He said people were nice. He did end up getting trench foot there due to the wet conditions.

The south and everywhere is full of people like you and me, people who are queer or leftist or whatever discriminated group. And yeah there are also PoS too, but they deserve a working FEMA and proper disaster relief and tbh the Dems have a bad case of incompetence. If they were a medical doctor, they could be sued for malpractice, they’ve done so badly. So yeah it is the Dems’ fault too.

I don’t think investors in crypto want it to lose volatility. But again, all currencies are subjected to volatility. No currency is perfectly stable. Hence, derivatives.

A proper house won’t save people from fucking 25 FEET (7.6 meters) to 50 FEET of flooding in a hurricane. A ship can’t even save them because it’ll get knocked into houses. Same thing with a sub. There’s weather you can’t survive.

it’s not the time to discuss solutions to this

I never stated that. I am just unwilling to go over every building material pedantically when the problem - overwhelming climate events - isn’t going to be fixed with fucking concrete blocks.

Unemployment benefits in the US are a short term (usually less than 6months) insurance plan that pays out only under qualified situations. Eg fired and without cause, after having paid into the unemployment system for either a set amount of time or hours. Also, since it’s a temporary payment, people will exit the unemployment system as others enter it - no one can be on it indefinitely. And last, the insurance is paid for by the individual who gets the money - it’s their money.

Look at my comment history - I’m sincere. Fuck .world and the neolib bootlickers there

That’s not how unemployment benefits work

Jessi Slaughter and many others.

.world is a hellhole, agreed

Name one stable currency. All currency fluctuates (Forex trading). But yes, crypto is very volatile comparatively

And full concrete houses are made in Florida currently. But the original question was why do some people prefer wood houses to concrete in Florida - and I gave a long list. Yes there are pros and cons to many materials. That’s not really the original question though, which was asked pretty insensitively and condescendingly in a thread about a very recent, ongoing disaster where they are still finding bodies.

Those same people upset about rape in the superdome don’t care at all when it’s homeless shelters

The right project, so probably it’s a confession also of their own plans for FEMA

She is a Russian asset meant to harm the US as much as possible, including killing people impacted by climate change

Michael Jackson had a crush on Diana Ross and lived with her for a year as a kid. He called her the love that got away. Diana Ross was well known to Clive Davis, who is currently being looked at as the man who taught Diddy how to have Diddy parties. I have long thought MJ was groomed if not molested by Diana - and his dad, Joe, would lock him in rooms with girls after shows as a kid, so clearly he had no one to keep him safe from that dynamic.

https://thedetailchannel.medium.com/michael-jackson-diana-ross-their-untold-love-story-a09d3dcefc1d

In 1983, Michael Jackson once said in an interview, ‘Diana Ross is everything you could wish for, I love her. I hope she marries me. She always tells me her most private secrets. That’s the kind of relationship we have. It goes on forever’.

Later on, during the shoot Diana was apparently overheard talking to some girlfriends of hers and said to one of them, “well, I’ll tell you one thing, Michael definitely isn’t gay.” When this assistant asked Michael if anything had happened between them, Michael said, “you’d have to ask her that,” and when he asked Diana, she told him he needed to ask Michael.

The special also included a mini interview between the two where they flirted and called each other sexyMichael moved in with Diana.

Michael used to tease his brothers, call her his ‘girlfriend’ and wouldn’t let anyone near her.