The White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport isn't what it used to be but it's still high-end and not far from SoNH.

That's cool how they broadcast the decimation of the marine fishing industry and another major blow to the food production supply chain. Also, the countries that do the most damage to the ocean will not follow these rules, China being chief amongst them. The UN and the progressive "save the world" liars will destroy every human tradition they can if it means they can signal their virtue.

Literally any other coastal area. Texas is far more affordable and Florida actually is as well if you don't mind living in rough areas. Being somewhere with a more concentrated population helps; there is far more opportunity.

Mostly unrelated: AI is the bane of humanity.

This is the key that people seem to miss: If you are struggling in Maine, you need to move away from Maine.

What is wrong with the term "biological sex"?

What happened? Did they finally realize if the kept crying wolf, no one would believe them when they need them to?

Maine bllloooowwwwssss, unless you like casual domestic violence and Carhartt as a fashion statement.

The best way is to move out of Maine.

I doubt anyone expected it to be so bad that they'd get snowed in on the highway and buried in a snowbank though, the weather reports were the same thing they always say.

That's awesome and great example of why, if you're going on a road trip into an oncoming winter storm, bring blankets, snow gear, and a box of exothermic handwarmers. Really anything you might need because this stuff happens.

Seems that way. Go ask it to comment on how it can be used to assist in government propaganda and report back here with your results.

There already is AI porn but they haven't worked out all the kinks.

There is a lot it can't talk about or comment on. Pretty much every topic I tried to discuss with ChatGPT it couldn't really talk about. There was a blanket response that it would slightly change the wording of as long as I was remotely close to a topic like propaganda, bias, pronouns, and some other social issues. I was really dissapointed honestly, there was an opportunity to have an intelligent conversation about touchy topics with an entity that by definition can't be offended and it won't do it.

Advancements in science and healthcare are meaningless if people still partake in the things that cause diabetes. The diet that lends itself to becoming diabetic is more affordable and more likely consumed by those in poverty, and the education around diet choice is less common in those in poverty as well.

Not that long ago, people scraping the internet for personal photos to train their AI with was considered taboo.

You are absolutely right, you can. Personally, that is not the route I wanted to go, and it can only take you so far before you must open your open business to continue.

Yah though, you are correct.

True enough statement but it is very true that it's incredibly hard to make enough money to get by in Southern Maine without a degree in specific fields. If you aren't a pharmacist, a doctor, a banker, some sales positions that have fluctuating pay based on commission, or the owner of business, you won't be able to move from the economic strata you were born in. Rural New England's economy is more or less based on the assumption that your families accumulated wealth will be passed through the generations, but this isn't a reality with the direction America is going, it will be even less so in the future.

Moving from Maine was the best decision I ever made and the only time I was able to get out of the Southern Maine cycle. You deserve to be able to at least have a chance to ascend the socio-economic ladder. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. Go get it.

I haven't been in years, never cared for either place that much myself. I'll take Market Basket over Hannaford's any day.

Bunk or Bunkport?

Vote with your wallet. If you have been negatively impacted by inflation or the pandemic over the last two years, you know how to vote.

Alaska with money and more regulation.

Project Dynamo really gets some shit done!