crtdaydreams: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/pest/2026-04-09#1036075 << it comes down to the organised destruction of "third spaces" - your life is now home and work - all other activities not within these spaces at least appear excessively cost-prohibitive, which is enough for most people (myself included) to ignore pursuing further.
dulapbot: (pest) 2026-04-09 asciilifeform: but they wanna stare at screen instead of doing anyffin even vaguely original
crtdaydreams: If I wanted to lease out a commercial shed not much larger than a dual carport, the middlemen ensure it would cost on the order of 30-50% of my above-average annual pay.
crtdaydreams: The prospect of debt slavery for a paper-walled wad of kindling most around here consider a 'home' also shares no appeal.
crtdaydreams: Make note, I'm not defending the behaviour - video games, doomscrolling etc - that results in infantile men. Rather highlighting an issue I've encountered personally with trying to accomplish anything of substance in the meatspace.
crtdaydreams: Garage engineering is mostly dead.
crtdaydreams will tune in later in the hopes of continuing thrd