🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞

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Joined 3 years ago
Cake day: June 13th, 2023
  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.world•[OC] Sunset on the James RiverEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I opened the tab so I’d not lose track and my ADHD kicked in. It’s been sitting here waiting on me, sorry - I’m afraid it happens. :(

    I don’t know if I could handle THAT small. I grew up in Dallas but with family in Mississippi - so several times mom would drive me (and herself) to visit family in Natchez, which has around 20,000 people. Maybe another 5,000 across the river in Vidalia, Louisiana. Not much in that town, surviving mostly on tourism especially after the last industry - a paper mill - closed down. Very very sad, which is also a bummer because it’s really a pretty place with some history (although I suppose a lot of the history they trade on is a bit distasteful).

    Actually, worth mentioning… it’s easy to google my name - Isaac Eiland-Hall - but that is, of course, my married name. When mom was pregnant with me, they were living in Natchez at the time. Obviously they had my last name - Hall - and waffled between Jacob and Isaac eventually settling on Isaac… but they couldn’t come up with a middle name. Driving around town one day, they passed by a particular antebellum home, and mom jokingly said “How about Isaac ‘Stanton Hall’?” - and dad, not seeing where they were, thought about it, and liked it. And then mom thought and liked it too, so I was named after a building. heh.

    It actually caused me to have to sit and think when I found out my wife wanted to hyphenate. I’d vaguely heard about it before and was fine with it - but it would “ruin” my name thing! But I finally decided she was more important than it (and I wanted to share the same last name) lol.

    It’s funny how where you live changes perspective. It definitely freaked me out in Panama City with the huge expanse of the Gulf, although by the time we moved up here, I’m fine with having the Atlantic close by. heh. I kinda like it. It’s also still weird after eight years growing up watching the NYC ball drop at New Year’s at 11pm, then watching whatever local event at midnight. Now, of course, the ball drop IS midnight. lol. And growing up with television talking about programs playing like “Watch the latest episode tonight, nine Eastern / eight Central”. Now I’m the Eastern. lol.

    I do kinda like living on the east coast, though. There is some lack of respect for places inland. And while I’m not particularly interested in the military, having Norfolk here feels nice. And as much as they’re a pain in the butt to use, the bridge-tunnel complexes are just cool and rare infrastructure…

    I’m sorry for the broken phone, dealing with that sucks. I’m glad you got a new one. :)

    And mountains are the one thing I wish we had closer. My time in Seattle got me spoiled on them. But I guess you just can’t have everything. lol.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldtoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in AmericaEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Are you going to realize the tomatoes are ringing up at $2.51/lbs when the label was $2.40 in?

    You’re telling me in this day of grocery prices impacting us that nobody would notice this happening? All it takes is for a very few people noticing it for people to riot.

    I would be MORE surprised if there are NOT cases of people claiming this is happening when it’s not.

    Also, if there are rumours that it is happening, there will be people who take pics of prices on the shelves and compare that to the checkout price. If they find it happening, they WILL post and people WILL be up in arms about it.

    Another person replying mentioned gas. People drive miles out of the way to save a nickel per gallon - average tank is like 10-20 gallons, give or take, meaning they will spend a couple of dollars to “save” 50¢-$1.00 or so. People are not rational about these things, and if they try it, someone will catch it, and when they catch it, all hell will break loose.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldtoEurope@feddit.org•Sweden to deport migrants not following ‘honest living’English
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    3 days ago

    why would any country want people who are inherently more prone to crime in the first place?

    Have you not heard of people trying to escape war or death threats? Countries love to gain highly educated immigrants, but many countries also open their doors in cases of need. And more typically, those tend to be poorer folks. That said, at least for the US, undocumented immigrants tend to commit less crime, although poverty is also a big factor in predicting crime. But it’s complicated and rather more nuanced than simple little pat phrases.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldtoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in AmericaEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Technically, a price can change at 9 a.m., change again at 2 p.m., and change again before the dinner rush.

    Technically in one sense, maybe. Technically in a practical sense, no. Because the price on the shelf is the agreed price to pay, and if it changes after you put it into your cart, that’s gonna break laws.

    People are making hay over something that will not happen.

    but let’s say it does. People will absolutely lose their SHIT. And while companies are stupid, they are not THAT stupid. And even let’s say they ARE that stupid: This is the type of the legislatures would love to pass laws about becauase it’s easy to do and extremely popular. Like cops running stings. It’s easy and shows they’re doing something.

    So I am absolutely zero worried about this and all this hype is stupid.

    Will they changes prices nightly? Sure. Will they change prices multiple times during the day or for individual shoppers? Nope.

    And if they were going to pull this shit, they’d already be pulling it online where they can already do that. And yet, not a single fuckin peep about that from any of these people hyping up this thing.