barf

If it’s anything like the solar panel leasing scams in the US the downsides would be:

• the panels are low quality/old tech, not something you would end up with if you were buying them yourselves
• the contract covers your house, not yourself. So to sell you must get the new owners to accept the contract or pay for the panels outright first
• low quality installation that will likely degrade the roof integrity
• sneaky fine print where they can extract money out of you in various situations like maintenance
• absolutely no concern for viability of placement, installing panels where it doesn’t make sense. The focus is on installing the maximum number of panels so they get the most money

That’s definitely the problems with these contractors in the US. Might be different or actually legit elsewhere, but it’s a common “scam” for the last year or two and has boned a lot of people. IIRC it usually costs $20-30k to get rid of them or buy everything out to sell your house. Fine print!

I still have eebie geebie uncomfortable ewwness when I remember the time I had to handle a cooler full of deer parts 20 years ago. I don’t even remember why I was doing it, other than having to because something something I was told to…uhh yeah idk just the horror of grabbing cut up pieces of something that was alive an hour ago and all the tendons and 👎

Well yeah there’s no compile button

Sign me up

I’m dumber now

GPG keys

There’s your problem right there. Like, really. Use SSH keys for this, it is infinitely easier to deal with.

Clickbait will have me walking on sunshine? Shit I’ve been missing out

Just search for “coccyx pillow” and you’ll find the same thing from a thousand random brands, no need to buy some weird designer version.

And yeah they’re great if you need them for some reason or another.

Hey that was my FOIA request

Reading theory, finally. This post inspired me: https://lemmy.ml/post/22417306

“Well I’m still gonna eat meat” was probably exactly what both of my parents said. A lot of people do. I don’t really know what to say to that so it usually does end the whole conversation.

I’m not a great opinion-water, at least directly. I hate being proselytized and marketed to and can’t bring myself to do it to other people.

That said, I’ve been told I was responsible for converting a few people over the years. Not being pushy or trying to convert anyone was a common thread there, however much that mean in context of anything else.

I’ve definitely had deeper conversations with plenty of people on the subject, usually when they’ve been trying to antagonize me about it but sometimes out of pure curiosity. Not a single one of those has ever seemed to go anywhere productive. Maybe a meatless Monday or two at best.

What could I do differently in these situations? I guess get over my hangups about preaching and actually preach is one thing, though I’m not convinced that would help. I don’t really have any concrete examples of being vegan having a positive effect on my life to lean on, no cured cancer or diabetes or weight loss or gain…but if I did I’d probably point those things out. 🤷