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Here I was thinking you were in the pockets of "big chopstick" and now I find you're secretly a plant for "big spoon"! Well played, sir!

Were they in their twenties? I've run across lots of folks in their 20s that were like that. I admit I did some of that myself in my late teens and early twenties. Its certainly possible to grow out of that, and cutting them out of your lift is the right thing to do. I know I didn't have the words or reasons why I was doing that at the time, but with years of life experience I can now verbalize it. Feel free to give them some parting words as to why you're doing it too. If they gain a bit of maturity and self awareness they can make a change and be someone worth being around.

However, its not your job to fix them or even put up with them. You can leave them with their own problems.

So you can't eat anything with chopsticks! /s

It’s a multi-generational problem, so we should start fixing it now.

First, sure we can try, but we don't live in a monolithic place. We have to convince others and come up with plans on how to do it. That's going to take time. We can start, but ending is a long long way from now.

What is it about EVs is going to make that easier?

I've already said it many times, EVs don't put out CO2 while we're working on transitioning.

Further, we still have no answer for last mile non-EV green delivery . I notice you ignored that last point.

Soup is a bit challenging with chopsticks.

You're talking about trying to fix a multi-generational problem. In many places the things you're asking to change have been in place for hundreds years. The politics and land ownership laws and implications are immense! That is NOT a fast problem to fix. If you're taking EVs off the table, then that means you're committing to 30-50 years of ICE vehicles pumping out CO2 all of that time.

How can you consider non-EVs a greener solution in your scenario?

(I take that back if the EVs we’re talking about here are e-bikes and micromobility devices.)

Its simply not possible to deliver 2000kg or 2000lbs of cargo to a business for last mile delivery in a timely fashion without a much larger vehicle than an e-bike. Why on Earth would you want a belching diesel vehicle doing that for decades on end when an EV could it with zero CO2 emissions?

Ugh. I know that personality you're talking about. Everything with them is a fight, and they expect the same in return and are pissed when you don't play along.

"I'm not avoiding confrontation. I'm simply not willing to be your non-consensual sparring partner. You thrive on drama where for me its draining. You're trying to provoke me into active conflict as a means to stave off your starvation. Instead, I'm disengaging with you so I don't die of exhaustion."

Did someone here order the Snow Machine/Snowmobile based drones?

Is Musk learning he is this administration's Trotsky?

He must have been on his way to one of those famous MS-13 league volleyball games. /s

You forgot Musk leaking all the snooped data he's collected from all the White House staff traversing his Starlink dish on the White House roof. Anyone know what the over/under for number of christian conservative senior White House officials found actively using Grindr?

Sure, you've seen the episode, but have you watched this scene recreated in the style of Lego?