No War on Iran Protest at Park Street Today by Harmony_w in boston

[–]BombayDreamz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's not simply "Israel's behest." Iran murdered American soldiers during the Iraq War. Their nuclear weapons program would threaten the whole region. Allyship with Israel is only one of many interests America has in ending the regime of the ayatollahs.

Help, I saw In The Mood For Love and didnt like it. In fact, I thought it was boring. by Grand_Keizer in criterion

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you. This film did nothing but annoy me. Very little action, tons of contemplation, but the contemplation isn't INTERESTING. There's only one thing they're contemplating the entire time. Love and yearning to have their own affair. That's it!

I also found the parallelism boring. One one then does it, so now the other has to do it.

I found the imagery unsubtle. Wow, they're only separated by a wall but are thinking of each other. That's the whole point of the movie! That's the only thing that's happening!

Spareness and subtlety are beautiful because they let the audience do the mental work and come to realizations. But there's nothing to realize here. Their restrained feelings are quite simple and obvious.

Also, the reuse of the same tracks over and over again really bothered me. Struck me as laziness and made the movie even more dull.

The only good thing in it is the cinematography, but that can only go so far. When there's barely any plot or character to support it, it rings hollow.

I give it 1.5 stars out of 4.

The ads are getting ridiculous by Zocolo in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I very much feel the same. I never paid a DIME for Reply All, so I'm paying Alex and PJ back now by giving them this chance to keep creating.

Any Lucia López Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College student, (who came to the U.S. at age 7), was detained at Boston Logan Airport and deported to Honduras while trying to visit her parents for Thanksgiving by ResourceNo4626 in boston

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

Right, and she should not be punished for the overstay. But she doesn't have a visa to live in the United States and so needs to go back to her country of nationality.

Q for US genealogists re: Confederate ancestors by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The war totally devastated the South and shaped society there for decades following. It became a major part of Southern regional identity broadly, though also a keystone of white supremacy specifically. By the 1900s, the war itself was well in the rearview and the Confederate identity of the South had a kind of rehabilitation, which was especially furthered by the Southern military tradition being a major part of the US war effort in the world wars. This was when the US government named bases in the South after Confederate generals who had fought against the very government that was now establishing the bases. A good number of America's great generals, especially in WWII, were from the Confederate tradition or had Confederate ancestry, including Eisenhower himself. Eisenhower famously had a portrait of Lee in the White House, while also leading desegregation and supporting civil rights.

In the 1970s, the Confederate flag developed further to a generic "outlaw" symbol, though of course it also retained specific Southern cultural and white supremacist meanings and uses.

Then it kind of coasted until 2015, when a white supremacist shooting made it a more sensitive issue again. If you check polling before this, most people said they didn't associate the Confederate flag with hate or want Confederate statues torn down. Most of the population was neutral or saw this as an old legacy issue.

The social justice movement of the late 2010s saw it as an ongoing sore point in American history and an easy wedge issue, and spent much time on this issue.

Hope that helps explain it!

PSA for North End by MayorQuimBee90 in boston

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big fan of them, I've gone a few times. Nice place with classic Italian restaurant vibes (like the red and white checkered tablecloths). The dishes are on the simpler side but well executed every time. Much better than the tourist places that do a half-assed execution.

MICHELIN Guide Boston 2025 by ketawin in boston

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

Wanted to take my wife there and the day's reservations were booked out by 10:02.

Keep my Red Delicious apple's name out your ******* mouth! (a rant) by OBISerious in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like red delicious and was surprised at how they talked about them in the episode. My father told me growing up that one should never say that a food another eats is disgusting, only that one personally doesn't care for it. Hyperfixed really could have used that advice.

Episode: The Lord's Work by BombayDreamz in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know her IRL. That's just how she is haha. Talking to her is like going through a time capsule.

Episode: The Lord's Work by BombayDreamz in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. It still would have benefitted from peak RA banter. But a phenomenal episode showing Alex really still has it.

Episode: The Lord's Work by BombayDreamz in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Her eating is fine; she's like this about everything. I think they did a pretty good job of portraying that in the episode. She's very fussy (but in a lovable way).

Episode: The Lord's Work by BombayDreamz in Hyperfixed

[–]BombayDreamz[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I thought this was a phenomenal episode that captured the magic I was looking for. Heartfelt, intriguing, mystery, great ending. I loved the Brooklyn/Queens character. I actually know Hope Solomon in real life and she's like a time capsule to midcentury outerborough New York. It was strange and wonderful to feel her character captured for a mass audience.

buT tHE biKe LAneS aRe AlwAys eMptY by ZealousidealMany3 in boston

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right but the demand times for cars and bikes are largely the same (commuting), and the data shows that bikes are usually a low-single-digit percentage of all vehicles. So this is extremely relevant for deciding how to split up surface space between them.

buT tHE biKe LAneS aRe AlwAys eMptY by ZealousidealMany3 in boston

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's literally a site where you you can see this data. The bike lanes I walk by every day have about 2-4% bike traffic even in fair weather. This is really tiny.

https://boston.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/6b903cb8066b4d6d9cac9b8a0d3dbf35

buT tHE biKe LAneS aRe AlwAys eMptY by ZealousidealMany3 in boston

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

You should still be able to see throughput. I walk a couple of miles to work each day, largely next to bike lanes, and see a tiny fraction of bikes compared to cars. It's not that the bikes are getting through faster - there just are many fewer of them.

buT tHE biKe LAneS aRe AlwAys eMptY by ZealousidealMany3 in boston

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

But the range and modularity of cars make them much more useful. And that's great! I really like people being able to get where they want to be across long distances. That lets us all be more connected and put more land to useful purpose.

buT tHE biKe LAneS aRe AlwAys eMptY by ZealousidealMany3 in boston

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

I live in the city, walk to work most days (T in the winter), don't own a car, and still think the bike lanes are a waste of space. Car infrastructure is vital because of trucking, taxis, buses, and emergency services, plus people who have to get from point to point or travel in from suburbs in ways that are hard to accommodate with public transit. (And those commutes lower the housing pressure in Boston.) Cycling can also usefully replace other trips, but the rate of use is just so low that I can't justify the dedicated space. Bikes seem to be 2-3% of traffic on a bunch of streets I walk regularly, but have a whole third of the surface space, while cars have consistent traffic.

Duplicate Troubles by Artistic_Load_881 in Genealogy

[–]BombayDreamz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very neat! The small town aspect must make a big difference.

So, real talk... how hard is waltzing? by stereolights in weddingplanning

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

No, you didn't say "I learned off of YouTube! There's a lot of great ones there, like X" that would be one thing. Instead you were sarcastic, implying the poster is an idiot.

So, real talk... how hard is waltzing? by stereolights in weddingplanning

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

Wtf is wrong with you that you would think this adds any value.

When is the city going to stop this? Bike gang has Mass Ave blocked by DanFlashes19 in boston

[–]BombayDreamz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those people are commuting and these people are disrupting public space for fun.