When I was younger I was troubled, and not very good in school, so I got put in Special Ed for all of my classes. The Downs Syndrome kids were always super nice to me, hardly ever a negative thing to say about anything. People are people, but the guys who chose to be friends with this guy in the story are amazing human beings.

The average person can not afford an electric vehicle. You are just punishing the middle and poor classes. Also, have you ever seen lithium mining or how they recycle the batteries for these electric vehicles? Yea it is absolutely horrible for the environment!

Read "tearing apart trannies" and thought this was a very inappropriate comment.

Sadly, that's not how it works in the Netherlands, we work on a system similar to UK railroads with private companies servicing certain claims. I probably don't need to tell you it sucks a**.

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I think the son having downs or something helped this work without leaving the house. Are you able to get out?

I don't have any answers for you but I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time! No heat in a MO winter? Yikes! I lived in NW Arkansas for 26 years, those winters can be brutal. I'm glad you made it, though. I'm not sure if it's easier outside of the Midwest. I moved 4 years ago to the PNW and I like it better but I have no friends, just my sister and bf and live with parents. 4 years being unemployed and hardly ever leaving the house due to fear of covid...it gets depressing sometimes for sure! I feel like there could be more opportunities to make friends here just bc I grew up in a small town and when there's nothing to do, how do you meet people you know? But it's been 4 years and I still don't have any new friends so...I sometimes think I stick out as obviously not being from this area and that can make it harder to connect, almost like we're speaking different languages at times. People up here are a lot more aloof. Not in a rude way, but they just seem less interested in talking to strangers and perhaps more guarded? I just think after you leave high school it gets harder and harder to make friends.

Yes but they are nowhere close to "affordable and reasonable" for a regular worker like me.

Truth is Companies have eliminated entry level cars in the $15-20k range. That's what most of us need. Everything is at least one or two grades more expensive now.

Is there an EV at an entry level price? No. Entry level EVs are still very expensive. Also EVs will be complicated to repair so you have to bring them back to the dealership, again another expensive item. That's why only the rich will be able afford to drive.

How's that a fud??

I'm sure your brother & your family bring a lot to her life as well!

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I don't know what this language is but if it's dying and people aren't using it. What's the point of keeping it alive? Seems like they're just giving kids more work to do for no reason

When I was a kid my mom did home health care for people with developmental disabilities. I made a lot of friends that are still in my life today. I would 100% be friends with this guy.

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Like I said PB might have some issues, I know what I talking about-living in bumfuck part of Slovakia.
I do also know, that all public transport in EU si subsidised, so number of links, they routes and timetables are scheduled by local authorities, You need to take an action: write a letter to your council and inform them that there is this problem. They love solving problems if its for free: rerouting, or changing schedules cost almost nothing if so, and they can boast it in campaign. Of course is different in really rural areas, like in place, where I have my cabin- there are 2 buses per day, but its still manageble.

This is good.

But it's a bit of a double edged sword. No way Ireland has the public transportation infrastructure to replace people getting priced out of the market with electric cars. They're prohibitively expensive.

Where would one go to ask for help? In my experience the internet makes fun or ignores it. I just made it through winter without turning my heat on because I have no income thanks to long covid. I don't want money, just friends and people to talk to. I don't recommend not turning on the heat or having almost no one to talk to for three years. My now ex boyfriend thought it wasn't fair that his girlfriend was so sick so he ghosted me after five years. I've got some stories to tell lol! He still hasn't told me anything and it's been a year since he apparently moved out. I still live with his stuff, but I won't be selling his expensive fish stuff. I love that fish get wiggle-butt when it's feeding time 😆 it's adorable!

But really, with no money, where would one go to make friends and not be lonely? I know the mother in the article used money, but if someone doesn't have any family or an income because bootstraps (I'm in the U.S.) how does this get fixed? Maybe it would be easier outside of St Louis? Or the Midwest? Neither are options for me but can someone post a flyer in a supermarket and not get creeps/creepy responses? 😅

I remember seeing her advertisement a while back

I cannot imagine how heavy hate must feel on your heart if you have anything negative to say about this or anyone with a disability for that matter. People matter. This is beautiful and I hope he continues to make more friends

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My commute takes 40 minutes for a round trip in my car. It takes over 2.5 hours if I take public transport, as well as me not being on time for the start of my shift even if I take the earliest option, and costing €14 for the round trip. Not to mention the fact that half of the busses on this particular line didn't even drive today due to staff shortages.

Public transport only makes sense if you're either living and working in a major city (in which case, why aren't you taking a bike anyway?), or commuting between major cities.

The leaf has always seemed so small to me, though it is 10inches shorter than a civic. I don't get why they're so.... aesthetically unappealing. That's just an opinion though. Same for the chevy bolt. Those EVs and the prius have similar looks and hatchback... the Teslas look more like a normal car like the civic or accord or camry. Maybe there's a reason the others look like that. Aerodynamics while Tesla isn't quite that concerned about it?

Exactly. Seems like these days people divorce each other for stupid reasons

No the carbon foot print of an ev is far higher than that of a conventional combustion engine car, especially when you also factor in the shipping of parts around the world to allow for construction.

Electric was never a good option tbh, the funding would have been far better spent developing hydrogen or bioethonol systems, bioethonal being very close to petrol but more efficient in volumetric efficiency and close to carbon neutral over a 3 year cycle with the added bonus of it being possible to also convert existing petrol vehicles lowering the costs over the next 10-15 considerably. Diesels can also be run on different heavy oils such as peanut oil, lowering their carbon foot print considerably

Edit because u/mjfi4cp2 blocked me.

>I actually thought it was closer to 4x the energy.

>There isn't the investment in in the process to do it cheaper though, remember before an eccentric billionaire spent a fortune on battery technology it was unbelievably expensive to build an electric car.

I like this story better :)

Thats actually not that far, but we have all these nests on big poles (purpose build) where they nest. And i cycle quite a lot, so i see them a lot. Impressive birds :)