I haven’t seen this option mentioned yet but you can also order your groceries online, and have them delivered. That’s what I do at the moment, because I live outside the city and my nearest grocery store is 2 km away. I could bike or hop on a bus, and I do sometimes, but ordering online is just really convenient.

If anything it’s the car-dependent infrastructure that is ableist, as many people with disabilities cannot drive. I can’t, and if I didn’t live in a place where alternative modes of transport were a thing, I would either be stuck at home, or have to waste money on buying a specially made car.

Far from all disabled people use wheelchairs or have mobility issues. Some have problems with their sight, concentration, fine motor skills etc. which prevent them from driving safely. Even if you cannot walk or ride a bike, and have trouble getting on/off public transport by yourself, living in an environment that is walkable and bikeable usually means that it is also easier/safer to get around in a wheelchair or on a moped.

I’ve grown up in a rural area, and while I associate dav/davs with old farmers or workers, I rarely hear them use it nowadays.

I occasionally use “davs” semi-ironically but it is definitely not the most common greeting. It’s probably not a greeting you should use the first time you meet someone, or at a job interview, but it is fine (albeit a bit atypical) for greeting friends. Hej or hey are more common, and as a bonus, also much easier to pronounce for the average English speaker.

We would be riding cows instead.

Americans seem very “fighty” compared to people from many other countries. You just have to say something that could be construed as liberal (the American kind) or conservative, too politically correct or incorrect, or mention you ride a bicycle or have an outdoor cat, to set some people off. With some Americans having a conversation is like navigating a minefield, especially those who have very little understanding of the rest of the world and reads everything you say into an American context, language barriers and all.

I love talking politics, and have had pleasant conversations with all kinds of people but I have learned from experience to just not bother with Americans, unless they’re the very curious and open kind.

I’ve heard that you fall off the edge of the world, if you go too far.

Fisk er mindre klimabelastende, men vi har til gengæld problemer med overfiskeri, og man kunne måske i stedet for subsidiere eller sænke momsen på planteproteiner. Hvis vi skal fortsætte med at være et landbrugsland, er fremtiden måske alligevel i forarbejdede klimavenlige fødevarer.

Det er for eksempel helt absurd at kiloprisen for tofu ligger på samme niveau som kiloprisen for kød, alt efter hvor/hvad man køber, selvfølgelig. Jeg er med på at det ikke er alle der er en fan af tofu, men der er mange andre alternative “køderstatninger”, vegetariske/veganske færdigretter og ganske almindelige grøntsager som indeholder meget protein, og som man kunne erstatte lidt af ens (okse)kødforbrug med i stedet for.

Jeg synes dog at det er helt på sin plads, at vi også beskatter de ting i vores samfund som skader klimaet.

Apropos ulighed, så havde jeg en lidt spøjs oplevelse i bussen for et par måneder siden. Jeg var selv på vej hjem fra jobcentret, efter at have ansøgt om uddannelseshjælp (kontanthjælp for unge), og nær mig sad en mand og talte om at han havde været til ansættelsessamtale og aftalt løn. Han havde bedt om 85.000 kr., og det mente arbejdsgiveren var alt for lavt, så til sidst endte de vidst på 120.

Det er ikke fordi jeg ikke kan unde nogen at tjene 120.000 kr. om måneden, eller 500.000 kr. for den sags skyld, men hold da op hvor må vi leve i forskellige verdener, og dét er uretfærdigt. Ikke de dyre biler eller alle udlandsrejserne, men det at kunne spare op til pension, og det at have bedre adgang til for eksempel sundhedsvæsenet og uddannelsessystemet, eller om ikke andet at kunne betale selv, når de offentlige tilbud er utilstrækkelige.

Transport koster penge uanset hvilken transportform der er tale om, forskellen er bare hvor pengene kommer fra. Det ville være sjovt at se en sammenligning med hvad privatbilismen koster, alle udgifter medregnet. Jeg ville blive overrasket hvis det ikke var endnu mere svimlende beløb.

Jeg er ikke fra Aarhus, men på landsplan tror jeg det er urealistisk at indføre gratis kollektiv transport uden at hæve skatten, hvilket der nok ikke er interesse for pt. I stedet for kunne man følge Tysklands eksempel, og indføre en dansk D-Ticket - fri brug af busser, lokal/regionaltog, letbaner, metroer ol. i hele landet for 400 kr. om måneden.

I like to recite grammar rules or language facts to myself when I’m feeling stressed out, almost like a form of meditation.

There’s also Coromon, which even has a similar style.

I think some people’s self-worth relies on them being “good”/right/perfect, so they can’t apologize without also hurting themselves. I don’t really get it either, because in my experience being able to apologize when you need to, is a huge strength. People will overlook almost any mistake you’ve made when they know that you feel bad about it, instead of having it turn into an useless conflict.

Even if you don’t feel like apologizing surely you can say “I didn’t mean to hurt you and I’ll try not to do it again” or even “I didn’t mean to hurt you but I don’t really care about your feelings/I think you’re being unreasonable” so you know where they stand.