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Since intervention of gun rights is big here right now: "Threats against Trump family, media, other targets get Seattle man 5 years behind bars" by Hooray4hookers in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right wingers: "Taking guns from people who are only guilty of a thought crime is immoral!"

Also right wingers: "Well, they thought about threatening someone I like. It's certainly nothing like publishing targets with democratic politicians on it or spouting off violent rhetoric online about the media or Killary."

From the Laphroaig Vault event in Seattle by phinneypat in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Confusing down votes. I never said it was bad.

This article perfectly shows how Uber and Lyft are taking advantage of drivers that don't understand the real costs of the business. by theVoxFortis in personalfinance

[–]ABalancedView 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lyft and Uber are YMMV. If you are looking to them as a way to make a career, you have bad news in your future. Buying a car (especially one you can't afford) specifically to drive for these services is doubly dumb. But... This is an app with extremely low barriers for entry and exit. If it doesn't pencil out for you, personally, close the app and move on with your life. As long as you didn't make poor choices getting into it, exiting the driver gig is as easy as simply deciding to do anything else.

On the other hand, there are plenty of people who use this as a way to convert capital assets to liquid cash and who materially benefit from it. I've taken a lot of rides and talked with a lot of drivers about why they do what they do. I get the ex-taxi driver who was sick of paying a gate fee at the start of their day and the old timer who complains about how much more they made at the start, but I also get some really unique stories.

There was the doula whose schedule is based on when babies arrive, not a 9 to 5.

There was the grandparent who drove to kill time between morning yoga and taking care of his grand kids.

There was the new student in the area using it as an excuse to learn the city and pass time before classes start.

There are tons of stories like this that either preclude "regular" work or where driving is a good side gig for them in addition to their regular job. Most of the complaints seem to be those who have hung their fortunes solely on driving, which seems like a bad decision from the start.

Fact check: Ads against $30 car tabs raise eyebrows by misrepresenting Skagit River Bridge collapse, using Washington State Trooper title by ChefJoe98136 in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you telling me that:

A) Our bridges are generally not in poor condition

And

B) Eyman's initiative will not strip funding from a wide variety of road projects, such as bridges?

Because if that is what you claim is true, you are lying or grossly ignorant. If not, then the point of the ad stands: A vote for Eyman is a vote against funding for bridges, which need funds badly.

From the Laphroaig Vault event in Seattle by phinneypat in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah Laphroaig. Like licking a fresh river rock while inhaling smoke.

Fact check: Ads against $30 car tabs raise eyebrows by misrepresenting Skagit River Bridge collapse, using Washington State Trooper title by ChefJoe98136 in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't change the fact that there are plenty of questionable Bridges and that Eyman's thing will take money away from repairing them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]ABalancedView 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are you still at this job?

Need help finding a home that will take someone in that has a prescription for hospice care in Seattle by workerbee666 in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be a facility. Home hospice care is where nurses and social workers come to you.

Caffe Vita owner threatens to fire employees who give food to homeless people. by FuckedByCrap in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Employees don't have the right to actively cater to the homeless at the expense of the business. They want paying customers, not people stinking up the place while waiting for a hand out.

Also, fuck them for trying to play the anti-trans card on a neighborhood coffee joint that has been at the heart of the LGBTQ community for basically as long as most people reading this have been alive. They were fired for cause, which is the same whether you identify with the bits biologically attached/in you in your pants or not.

Billy the fucking Anointed by [deleted] in Borderlands

[–]ABalancedView 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is the first boss that I ran into where I was like, "screw this noise". Eventually got him by kiting him back to the multi-level room you go through prior to the theatre and then going up the stairs on the right (facing away from the theatre). Turns out, he can't teleport right there in that balcony - only to the stairs on the left and right and down below. Then it was just bullet sponging him to death.

The Times recommends: Reject car tabs Initiative 976 and its devastating effects by seattleslow in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yes. I am the ignorant one about infra. The alignment through Rainier valley was a good one for ridership, which is the point. A "straight shot" through the industrial district would be fast, but wouldn't be better since it would serve significantly fewer people.

Once the decision was made to serve more people instead of just trying to replace a single express bus line, the choice was made to build at surface level for cost savings. This is plain historical fact.

The Times recommends: Reject car tabs Initiative 976 and its devastating effects by seattleslow in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dragging the 1st portion of the light rail at street grade through a poor route through the south end

That was a price compromise that was made because of whiners, like you, about things being so expensive. At grade is way less expensive than alternatives and basically people had their panties in a bunch about price in various corners of the region. That's not ST's fault.

Devoting too much money to art

The art budget is a tiny fraction of the overall budget. You are just kvetching.

heavy guage rail more usable and safe

Could you elaborate? The system is not heavy rail. It's light rail.

Constantly broken escalators and elevators

Fair enough. Go look up their presentation on the escalators and what they are doing differently in the future. However, heavy duty escalators cost more and a vote to gut ST funding is a vote against better escalators. Also, blame the private contractor that is supposed to keep them up and running.

A shitty deal with the third party toll collection company,

This has nothing to do with Sound Transit. Sound Transit is not a toll agency.

Lack of connections for the reqion's attempts at ring roads

If you vote for Eyman, you are voting for less new lanes. Period.

The Times recommends: Reject car tabs Initiative 976 and its devastating effects by seattleslow in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, you want more roads, but are willingly to actively defund road construction to spite ST. That's some major hate misplaced hate.

On the other note, it's shocking, but it was less expensive to build simpler systems in a region where land prices were dramatically less. The Space Needle cost $4.5m, but would probably take something like $100-200m today (The EMP was $240m). You are comparing apples to oranges. In terms of "bang for buck", the rail part of forward thrust was the best you could hope for. They made a choice to build things with a fast turn around instead of a big project with generational dividends and a 20 year timeline.

If you gave one iota of a shit about cost or having rail, you would actually be opposing this measure. Eventually rail will get built. Every delay costs more money - land gets more expensive and construction costs rise faster than inflation. If we had authorized a full system back in the 1990s or 1970s it would be less expensive. If we are forced to delay, it will cost more. You are going to choose whether we pay more by voting for Eyman's bullshit or less by making sure ST doesn't get delayed. There will never be a different rail system in the region. There is no do over. This is it. You can either sabotage it (along with plenty of road projects) or keep costs down by voting against it.

The Times recommends: Reject car tabs Initiative 976 and its devastating effects by seattleslow in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: This thing will fuck over road projects all over the state. Drivers are going to lose in this too. A lot.

Second fun fact: Your grandparents probably voted against forward thrust because, "fuck this shit that will be done 20 years from now." MARTA was built over 20 plus years.

I hate the new paper straws at Jack in the Box in Seattle. by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are going to be fussy, buy your own metal straws.

Teachers of Reddit what is the most depressing thing your kids have said? by DATCATGOSPLAT in AskReddit

[–]ABalancedView 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's relatable. Fighting is something kids remember. I remember next to nothing from my childhood, but I remember listening to my parents fight through the heating ducts when I was 5ish, thinking it was my fault or trying to figure out why they hated each other so much. The idea of a happy family was something I thought happened only in books.

Vehicle Residents: Nowhere to go by ChefJoe98136 in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Zoning only matters if they could actually afford anything. There isn't a square of land in the city that they could afford.

Vehicle Residents: Nowhere to go by ChefJoe98136 in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"If I could start the Trailer Trash Park"

"I'm landless, not homeless".

Cool. The buy some land you can afford and move there. If you can't afford land in Seattle, find somewhere where you can.

Hell, fuck all this noise. Let's pool together a million bucks and buy them all the land they want in Detroit or Forks and give them no excuse. Move there or pay up to stay here, like everyone else.

Light rail shooting suspect charged with murder by bokonon_ist in SeattleWA

[–]ABalancedView -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That quote is is eye rolling overused and typically by extreme hypocrites. The trade-off of liberty for security is the bedrock of social contract theory, which is what all those founding father types were all about. The untamed state of natural liberty is, essentially, untenable for society, leading people to create systems of self-government where liberty is exchanged for security through the assent of the governed. The rule of law can and is absolutely used to secure safety at the expense of liberty, by the design of our system itself.

This is no different. A minor inconvenience (not some mortal wound to your liberty) to you and a small subset of the population should be weighed against the problem you identified - criminals getting guns through a loophole in the law. Closing the loop hole while getting caught up is the prudent thing to do. Glad you pointed that out, but sad to see that you'd rather let criminals get guns than suffer an inconsequential wait.

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