Nah, it’s okay to be angry. It’s not okay to express that anger as hostility.

Yep! A lot of utilities offer low/no cost assessments, and I know mine give out smart power strips, LEDs, and lowflow faucets and shower heads if you get an assessment done

It’s not going to be nearly as comprehensive as a paid audit, but still worth looking into!

Ah, darn. If it’s an older model, you would probably save a lot of energy just by upgrading. But if it’s owned by the landlord… split incentives suck.

And yes! You can get a stick of incense (they also make dedicated tools that do it with glycol) and waft it by your doors and windows to see where the air is flowing through

You could do some dialing in of your HVAC settings so it’s heating and cooling as little as needed to keep you comfortable, like pre-cooling at night when it’s colder outside, setting the temperature higher when you’re gone, and sealing up any gaps that let air in or out. You could see if your utility has a community choice aggregator or voluntary green pricing or some other way to allocate your power usage towards renewables.

I’m an energy manager as my day job, so this is like my favorite subject! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask away 😊

WOOHOOO

I can’t wait to get mine!

I’ve been using it to talk to my brother for the past few weeks, and it’s super fun! I really enjoy imagining a bird flying hundreds of miles to deliver my very important meme

Jesus Christ, Lemmy’s misogyny problem is just getting more and more overt. It might be time for me to block LW altogether

I think it’s tempting to imagine that we’re the smart ethical ones, and I certainly do my best not to be the person the meme is describing, but it always strikes me that for as much as I might think that about some others, I’m certain there are people out there who view me as just as ignorant, unethical, and stupid, just for very different reasons

Don’t threaten me with a good time! I’d be driving a BYD right now if I could

Damn, that’s quite the thought spiral. Like, I can see how the train of thought gets there eventually, but holy cow. There are guys out here who give negative fucks and openly treat women horribly - leering, rude comments, groping, etc. Someone going “hey, your dress looks nice!” or “hey, if you’re ever interested in coffee or a drink, here’s my number” and not being weird about it is a completely different thing.

How often is a misguided approach really ruining men’s lives though? I’m kinda struggling to imagine an approach to giving a compliment or asking someone out that can be polite, respectful, and well-intended, but still go so off the rails as to wind up on social media and ruin a guy’s life

Cannabis. Lots and lots of cannabis.

Also spending time in communities with other people targeted by the regime and organizing resistance. Those are probably more important lol

IMO, if you have some sort of posting/commenting history, and you’re talking about a paid service that you happen to like, then no problem. If you’re brand new and just posting to promote something, nah.

That was the very first video game I ever bought. Cool!