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rdtthoughtpolice t1_ja7hy4l wrote

Reply to I was thinking of getting a Nintendo for my son’s 6th birthday. Is there anything I should know? And certain models or accessories? From what I understand it’s handheld, but we can hook it up to a TV and play games too? Any input is appreciated by [deleted]

  1. Nintendo is the brand, Switch is the model you want.
  2. Get the proper switch, not the Lite.
  3. Get two Pro controllers to go with it.
  4. Get a decent travel case
  5. Get a screen protector
  6. There's fun games for little kids on the online store, and the store sometimes has deals where you can get credit vouchers at a discount
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rdtthoughtpolice t1_j9yuihc wrote

Reply to comment by theluckyfrog in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

I have a bike and I have a car. The bike is too slow and is mostly useless for anything other than recreation because it cannot move anything heavy. A frikkin horse would be more useful in all honesty.

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rdtthoughtpolice t1_j9ycxma wrote

Reply to comment by Majbo in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

Australia has enough lithium to replace all our cars if we would actually manufacture batteries and cars ourselves instead of just exporting raw material so we can buy back finished products at exorbitant rates, but in principle I agree with you, except again this is a question of political will and our politicians are all just greedy corporate schills. There's tonnes of potential in graphene and sodium batteries, we just aren't putting in the effort.

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rdtthoughtpolice t1_j9yb10v wrote

Reply to comment by Majbo in New cohort study of 3.7 million adults finds that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease — associations more pronounced in low socioeconomic status communities by marketrent

You only have to spend 5 minutes with your window down in peak hour traffic to see that cars are the immediate problem for those of us who live in cities. No one is burning coal within 100km of my house but every day I am exposed to fumes from cars. It's not just C02 by a long shot either. Australia has some of the worst emissions standards so we are getting dumped with all the dirtiest burning cars, not to mention all the old cars on the road here that you see just billowing black smoke. The best thing for air quality here would be to replace as many of these as possible with electric cars.

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