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Is there a legitimate scientific reason the old disgusting shoes (top) are an order of magnitude more comfortable, or am I just (and this may come as a shock) a fucking weirdo?

Note that I'm not *replacing* the old shoes; they'll just be dedicated to garage work from now on. Yes, I was still wearing those in public as of yesterday. Yes, I am aware I'm a goblin.

Workers are on strike against Republic Services - the waste disposal company - and there's no trash pickup in a whole bunch of areas.

That strike includes North King County and south Snohomish County, which is to say, hi.

Republic Services reps are doing a trash / recycling / etc dropoff location not far from me.

Does anyone know if the strikers have issued a statement opposing the use of those dropoffs? Do they have a position?

(It would be much easier and cheaper than trying to haul stuff to the closest transfer station, so I do actually care.)

eta: see my reply with what I've found, such as it is

An effort to clean up Oakland started small with one man. Today, volunteers say the cleanups aren’t meant to replace government services, but are to remind people of the importance of community. #Oakland #PublicService #trash
csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025

The Christian Science Monitor · ‘What community looks like’: Oakland volunteers haul away 25 tons of trashBy Troy Aidan Sambajon

Meet Raju, a 13 year old boy picking up #garbage from the streets with his tricycle. He doesn't go to school. The age where he must be focusing on what he want to do, he is doing this job, which is very unsafe as he didn't even had wore shoes.

This is just for living, they just want to get done with the day. Then another day comes and they start picking up #trash again, no matter the heat, pollution.
I am Goldbeard with the golden sunglasses and will make sure he gets one too.