An individual giving money to good causes will always be limited by the fact that it is based on the whims/biases of that individual. So, it is possible to see that some billionaires like Bill Gates and (dare I say it..) J K Rowling give substantial amounts to charities - we can also see that they are donating to personal pet causes. Society already has a way for rich people to give to a structured system that (attempts to) give(s) out the money to a wide variety of causes - its called tax and the system is government! If these people who society has allowed to become so wealthy just paid taxes and supported a proper, fair government then they wouldn't need charities... but then they wouldn't get to name buildings after themselves.

There is an intrinsic micro-mort rate for working on a roof. If you take this number and the number of hours that are spent working at height fitting solar panels (I got this from industry data a few years ago) its then fairly easy to put the annual deaths from fitting solar panels far above that of nuclear. These deaths are a 'tragic accident', rather than systemic so...

[edit: I can't find a value for professionals anymore. This link mentions 1micromort per person on a ladder at home] [edit: clarity]

I feel like I should. (edit:accent)

Its not a problem for me - I'm old :)

As it ever was?

edit: it does feel different now - but it has never been easy.

This is good. It doesn't have to be punk - I don't even know what people listen to now...

Thanks! Childish Gambino - is a great example!

I didn't know some of these, so I'll check them out, but they aren't exactly new - the rest are from the ninties, right?

I hate to break it to you but Billy Talent formed in 1993! ;)

Thanks for your response - I think that we agree. My point was just that your post was about being decent, then you randomly dunk on a group.

It's not that your personal experience isn't representative - I think that there is a contingent of privileged people who feel left out by progress towards a level playing field. That sort-of makes sense, right? There are also strong echo chambers pushing those people towards radicalization. I suppose I'm asking you to feel empathy for these, very privileged, victims of a society that doesn't know how to engage with them. Egalitarianism has to bring everyone along - I don't know if that can be done.

It’s usually straight white american males too.

Can I ask why you wanted to add the last sentence? You might be right, statistically, but the tone sort of implies that you judge the group rather than the behavior. (apologies if that was the joke).

Thanks for the heads up. Yep most definitely a scam. Woke up bleary eyed today! No details put into the website, but link followed - maybe need to close that email down :/

Not the US, and not complaining about the country. I agree with @theskyisfalling the driver probably just posted that they had tried to meet quotas or whatever, but the business mechanism that tries to trick you into paying a small amount is a feature not a bug. Whatever way you look at it, it's a dark pattern that skims money. [edit:spelling is hard]