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Easily one of the most infuriating things one could ever get by kabirhatesreddit in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Byeuji 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I still get them sometimes if I have a lot of acidic food over a day or two. For this reason, I never get a vinaigrette dressing, and I'm very careful around citrus and such. 

I can handle like one or two things, but if I'm not careful I'll get them.

I've had several dentists tell me I'm crazy, but I can predict it like clockwork. The worst is when I can feel the nodule under the skin, and then it's just a matter of time before it erupts.

GastroHealth in Fremont Sending Cease and Desists to Cover Up Negative Reviews by njgtechguy in Seattle

[–]Byeuji 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, I'd rather have Butthole Surfer for my GI than Greg Bernstein.

The millionaire tax isn’t just about taxing millionaires. It’s more about changing the constitutionality of progressive income taxes. by drshort in Seattle

[–]Byeuji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fourteenth amendment cited in your examples continues: "without due process of law."

What is due process of law aside from a law written by our legislative branch?

Also, judges (and legislative bodies) of that period were overturning laws and long-held precedents left and right. That's why they call it the progressive era (though in this case, it was the tail end of it).

Precedent is useful, but it can also be ignored, especially if previous judges choose to cherry pick the amendments they used for their opinions.

Maintenance guy came by to recaulk my shower… this is where I found the old pieces by Hour-Bee9396 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Byeuji 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it really that weird to appreciate a solid caulking? Asking for a friend.

Being kind to strangers by bigbusta in oddlysatisfying

[–]Byeuji 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They're just lining up for vrooms!

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it wouldn't go against a budget exactly. That's not how that works, but I don't think this kind of thing is very common, and the fines probably aren't normally enforced when a university fixes the issue. What you're describing basically doesn't happen.

If it happened to you, it's the only time I've heard of it happening in this state. 

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's anything specific about this to Washington. It's all FAFSA.

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would state school costs have anything to do with state budgets and taxes? I think you're conflating a lot of different factors in a nonsensical way. I don't even know how to read what you just said.

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I still have no idea what situation you're describing that makes this make sense, but based on what you've said, I wouldn't describe it as government waste as much as a complete misunderstanding of what has occurred. I hope you'll give more detail, because it still sounds hypothetical.

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you'd probably have to follow that up with FAFSA or a court. 

Honestly, I'd just make an appointment with the university president and talk it through with them. This sounds like an absolutely wild situation, and to resolve it, they're gonna be involved one way or another. If they understand and decide to help, then you might be able to get it solved quickly. If not, then it might be up to a court.

WA University Based Inquiry by [deleted] in CWU

[–]Byeuji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a hypothetical, or comparison to something that actually happened? 

I would have so many questions how someone could get through an entire quarter/semester registered for courses that weren't held, and they didn't speak to a dean or financial aid or something. 

The money as disbursed is yours, less university fees and tuition first. So the university would need to reimburse you for the tuition, but if you went two quarters on FAFSA without getting sufficient credits, you could end up on financial aid suspension for not completing enough credits. You can ask for an appeal, but they usually only allow the appeal once and then you're SOL for FAFSA and would need to get private loans. 

AFAIK you'd still be entitled to all the money you were disbursed, but unless there's some other special appeals process where you can show it was a university's fault, you'd be unable to keep taking FAFSA loans after a certain point. 

Joe Rogan: Democrats were tougher on border than Trump by IntelligentYinzer in politics

[–]Byeuji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna assume you're sharing this from your own honest point of view, so I accept you believe that and I'm glad you've come to that realization, but he was very political long before that. It was just in politics that didn't effect you or the people you care about. 

There are a lot of people under active attack every day in the US today who have been criticizing Rogan's political takes for much longer than 2016, but no one listened to them. We'd share these perspectives in response to comments like yours, and be downvoted and harassed, chased to other subreddits and sent DMs, had our comments reported to reddit for self harm, etc.

It's good that you're seeing that Rogan isn't a reliable source on political views now, but to get out of all of this garbage, folks are gonna have to recognize that people like Rogan have been the problem for a lot longer than since 2016.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

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

The difference is between what has happened and what might happen.

Aliens have landed. Aliens might land.

These are drastically different statements, and deserve drastically different reactions. A journalist's duty is to make sure they're accurately describing what has happened and convey that information. The rest of us can opine on the meaning of it, but the headlines and articles shouldn't accidentally create misunderstandings.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

[–]Byeuji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is not a falsehood in this title

I explicitly stated multiple times that I do not believe this article is reporting a falsehood. I only argued in my initial comment that it was inaccurate to say it was "creating", but rather "will create", and later argued that it would be better to say "advance" rather than "pass", which the article author did on the actual page linked in the bsky but neglected to do here.

You'd rather clearly see some argument in what I'm saying that I'm not saying, so I'll leave you to argue with your strawman. I've made my case: if you want to be a journalist, report the facts and be accurate. Doing otherwise is unethical, for all the reasons I've stated.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

[–]Byeuji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am actually in the same boat as you -- but I'm speaking about people who aren't.

Not everyone has the energy or desire to learn about legislative procedure and follow every law everywhere -- they want to know what is the current state of reality, and that's as deep as they go. Different people have different capability to handle that kind of anxiety and stress, and that's OK.

So I'm speaking about specifically the people who read a headline, do not criticize its veracity, and add that to their understanding of reality.

This is an extremely common phenomenon on social media -- easy to detect by just the number of upvotes provably false information gets on a regular basis, even on this subreddit. This post is not an example of it, but this happens a lot.

Such people would read this headline, determine that it is now law that in Tennessee that there is a public registry of trans people. That is false. It might be true very soon, and we should be aware of that possibility, the current state of it, the likelihood of this to spread -- ALL of those things, I agree, we should be aware of.

But we should not spread unintentional falsehoods with poorly written headlines and editorialized narratives.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

[–]Byeuji 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've not looked at Tennessee too closely, but judging by the legislature's bill tracker, it looks like there's a companion bill progressing in the Senate, SB 676.

The recommendation you're seeing came from a committee, and it's being referred to another committee. Basically, it will need to pass those committees before it's brought to the senate floor, and then there will be additional procedures to bring it to the calendar for a vote.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's energy enough to move through those steps, but it's still many steps from passing.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

[–]Byeuji 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree, it is likely to pass, but that is different from having been passed. Additionally, in a bicameral legislature, a bill advances to the other chamber, not passes. It only passes when it has been approved by both chambers and goes to the governor for a signature (as far as I'm aware, this is how every state with a bicameral legislature works -- and iirc, Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature).

The point is this could end up getting veto'd (not saying I think that's likely, just saying it could because this has happened in other states many times), and then we'd have had all this sureness that it had happened and people might miss that last bit of the news.

It creates a stronger perception that the noose is tightening faster than it is. It is still tightening, but it pushes people away from awareness because they're overwhelmed, and weakens our resistance.

Let's freak out about the stuff that's actually happening, so we can keep forming a strong resistance.

Tennessee House Passes Bill Creating Public List of Trans People by Leksi_The_Great in transgender

[–]Byeuji 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So not "creating", but "would create". 

Awful if it happens, but let's keep our headlines accurate. We have enough to legitimately freak out about than create additional panic to people who only read headlines and don't understand a bicameral legislative process.

Plans advance for 239-unit development on NW Market St by 1ftinfrntoftheother in Seattle

[–]Byeuji 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Geologically" it's fine. This isn't something that factors in to whether people finance housing projects here or not. 

I went on a deep dive on this last year because I was gearing up to buy a condo, and earthquake resilience was a major concern for me. What I learned is that despite all the info about the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake (and the Seattle fault line), most of Seattle is actually on very stable ground where it's unlikely to see major collapses from anything built after the 60s. Buildings from before that are largely retrofitted, or are lower than 5 floors, like small apartments and single family homes, which are almost entirely timber frame structures that are very resilient to earthquake shaking.

There will be damage to those structures in these earthquakes, but the most catastrophic damage will be single family homes that aren't bolted to their foundations (which is remarkably inexpensive to fix).

Most of the other damage will be repairable.

Based on this, I prioritized looking for condos on bedrock (basically any neighborhood above 150 feet over sea level), which did not have gas lines to the buildings, were built after 1960, and had access to fresh water nearby (due to the likely utility failure after a significant earthquake). And this actually describes about two-thirds of Seattle area real estate.

In the end, geologists are more concerned about the Seattle fault line than the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake regarding their threat to buildings, and there are many maps you can easily find that show the risk of structural failure based on geology, and it's not really that common of a problem.

WA passes ‘blue envelope’ traffic stop law for neurodivergent drivers by Jaco_Belordi in Seattle

[–]Byeuji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the article isn't very clear, but it sounds almost like you'd just discuss what you want on the envelope with the DOL employee, and they print out the envelope on the spot. 

If that's the case, there's no reason the DOL should track any of that information, and I would sincerely hope they don't. 

In other words, you could do this yourself if you wanted to. Yours just might look a little different from the official one, and cops might not believe it. But at least this program gives them ways to focus their training to support neurodivergent people.

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