I think this is less, "tik tok made this close" and more, "this guy was clearly moving away from this part of his business and this excelerated the inevitable."

There's another westword article from September where its made a little more clear the owner was focused on other things. When it became more popular it probably made him realize where he wanted to prioritize his time.

Plenty of restaurants have exploded because of social media and most of them have not closed down because of it.

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I kit you not!

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Sometimes people really blow my mind. That person tripled down so hard they’d rather delete their account than incorporate new information.

I bought a cheap electric space heater for under $50. It’s not the same as a heat pump but it works and I am not burning oil to use it.

Demand spurs mass production which lowers costs. Quite sure heat pumps will majorly drop in price in the next few years as there is high demand

My favorite thing about living in the greater Seattle area is now I get to be picky about where I get pho. Back when I lived in the middle of the US I was lucky if the town I lived in had a single spot that served pho. Now I eat it several times a month and don't have to settle for mediocre.

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I know it's not healthy, but fat cats are the best cats

almost always if you catch a sign language interpreter at a concert they are super high energy and fun to watch.

Then or right meow?

Yeah man! Gotta be careful that you don't strain yourself too far! I lucked out that the timing was good for me.

My state pairs it with other incentives like home energy efficiency upgrades and discounts on a whole class of energy upgrades. You get loans with preferential interest rates (like a couple % off the rate) if you let them do a home energy audit.

So like, I got heat pumps on a line of super cheap credit because I'm willing to let them help me plug holes in my sieve of a house. I get thousands of dollars in tax incentives back.

That same home energy audit is good for like a year? Maybe more? It also gets me major tax incentives on buying solar panels, which you can also get super cheap lines of credit. So whaddaya know, I'm doing that too.

Between the savings in heating and cooling costs, I don't think the whole rig will be free, but it'll be cheaper than keeping my existing heating cooling solution even without the leak seal I'm getting. From a real cost standpoint, provided electricity and oil don't become ludicrously cheap simultaneously suddenly, it's about what I would've paid to get old school central air alone and stay on grid power. Even if it does, I now have a system that lets me handle major power outages due to weather without being miserable. If it goes up, I'm better than break even.

'Murica or something! 🇺🇸

I was thinking the same thing. Why only a year?

I guess this is some heated political stuff I missed? But like holy shit dude, chill out...

Edit: ah, it's about the suppression of stem cell research over religiously rooted arguments. Guessing this is US politics, republicans?

Awesome!

If they can afford the upfront costs. The poorest of the population and renters will still be living without these.

I wonder how the cat is feline abt all of this...

The corner case use of TikTok being good

I am not judging the guys food on one photo but that is one terrible looking bowl of soup did they choose the worst photo they could find?

Btw pho is amazing if you haven't tried it do so soon.

You gotta be kitten me

I want to do solar panels and batteries too, our type of roof (standing seam metal) and the north/south alignment has been arranged with panels in mind. I just need the money to afford the setup, just the house itself is taking up quite a bit of cash!

god forbid we use taxes as a way to do things like feed children.

Oh my god I'm so jealous of your sealing. My place was oil fired, and even though electricity rates have gone up, oil went up more. My switch to heat pumps already saved me money over the oil furnaces it replaced this winter. The local utilities are jacking electricity rates up, so my next move was easy. Solar panels and a battery system up next!