• P00ptart@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Then who are you? Do you even know who you are as a person if you don’t have the ethics to make a stand? Do you just meh all over your morals? Just give up on everything you believe? Or is it that you don’t have morals, and you’re just making excuses?

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      5 hours ago

      Oh yeah. Here I’m just a silly little installation wizard who contributes here attempting to be meaningful and provide conversation nuggets. In real life I’m playing that balancing act between ethics, my resources/influence, and trying to not burn out.

      I’ve done plenty of things based off of morals without it being the “smart” or most personally beneficial decision. AirBnB just isn’t one of those due to how much I can save and put towards local restaurants, bars, and tipping when I finally vacation. I also don’t trust hotel corps to use my money ethically, and have used an AirBnB maybe once a year on average. I’m hoping I can have another actual vacation soon since it has been 4 years.

      Also, I strongly believe that my responsibility is taking care of my wife and family first, then community/political contribution.

      What about you? Where do you stay when traveling where there aren’t friends or family?

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        5 hours ago

        I don’t travel. Like, at all. The most I travel is the 20 miles it takes to get my kid from his mom’s house. I don’t need the luxury of burning CO2 and ruining the housing market to have a good time.

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          4 hours ago

          Neat! I’m glad you are comfortable within your bubble.

          On a different tonal note, it’s very impressive you have the resources to single-handedly ruin the housing market, but choose not to. /s

          I’m satisfied being well below average in CO2 contribution. I need to see new places in person, and that need serves me much better than putting all my efforts into lowering the CO2 average consumption by another -0.002 kg/year.