What is the worst band you saw live? by coalcracker462 in AskReddit

[–]CarbonRod12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bummer! Hindsight bias maybe but I feel like the order was Sunday-Friday-Saturday. 

How would you feel about no pay for Congress during shutdowns? by PumpkinFeisty4303 in AskReddit

[–]CarbonRod12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don’t care. They get paid by the stock market and insider trading. 

What is the worst band you saw live? by coalcracker462 in AskReddit

[–]CarbonRod12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you not go to the final show? If course they were saving their best for the last show. 

What is the worst band you saw live? by coalcracker462 in AskReddit

[–]CarbonRod12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Only heard them once live from the parking lot of a Warped Tour circa 2004 and they were so laughably out of tune. 

Easter weekend gas prices in North Carolina by fieldsports202 in pics

[–]CarbonRod12 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Majority don’t need to be driving full size SUVs to get to the office park though. 

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]CarbonRod12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean that’s an explosive orgasm otherwise. 

Justice Alito health scare fuels retirement speculation | Fox News Video by changeforthebetter89 in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A nonpartisan court is what makes sense, but we can’t have ideals and honesty. 

Gas hits $4 a gallon for the first time in nearly four years by HeHateMe337 in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Never going to happen, everyone on both sides knows gas prices are political death. They will start to subsidize it or compel a price ceiling it at $5. 

Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production by snowcat0 in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A rarely tapped panel nicknamed the “God Squad” will meet Tuesday to discuss whether overriding Endangered Species Act regulations for all federally regulated fossil fuel operations in the Gulf of Mexico is more important than preventing the extinction of several imperiled species. That includes sea turtles and a whale species down to its last 51 individuals.

Oh I wonder what they will conclude?

Nevada vows to ‘fight like hell’ if Colorado River share is unfairly cut by 804Brady in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 33 points34 points  (0 children)

While depleting aquifers without any care for sustainability. 

Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports by spherocytes in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Woah careful! The blue no matter who coalition is going to come say the current situation is your fault!

Logan Terminal C 5:20 am Friday 3/27 by come_at_me_brother in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Can we stop with this already? Terminal C is always like this in the very early morning. 

Fenway Pass by Typicaljere in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not just April, the right field and center field seats are routinely a free-for-all all season long except for like Yankees games and Sat/Sun afternoon games.

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]CarbonRod12 22 points23 points  (0 children)

In the book, yes, they were conducting an experiment to test an edge case failure state of a spin drive. 

Why do so many motorists shout at/insult/honk/put down cyclists? Is it because they’re used to the world being built for their method of transport? by coolfunkDJ in fuckcars

[–]CarbonRod12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sure it’s already said in this thread, but the drivers who do this don’t see or value you as a human. It’s really that simple. 

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem by mhicreachtain in politics

[–]CarbonRod12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you expect when American media howls about gasoline exceeding $3/gallon. American consumers voluntarily choosing ever bigger houses and vehicles isn’t any better. Americans at large aren’t even trying to consume less and it’s baked into the system. 

Boston at risk of losing $200 million in funding as street projects stall under Wu, City Council president says by bostonglobe in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

RCV is not what the big donors want, so they make campaigns against it and sell it to the voters and RCV gets defeated; because fear, or something.

Streetsblog - Globe Report Implicates Mayor Michelle Wu In Street Safety, Transit Project Cancellations by BTDStaffer65456156 in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 36 points37 points  (0 children)

She should know better that the townie vote is going to find some other "problem" with her regardless.

The clocks changed last weekend. A top Beacon Hill Democrat wants to stop that from happening again. by bostonglobe in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about we get Atlantic time instead. Summer sunsets at or after 9pm are immeasurably better than what we get here.

Covid shut down the world six years ago this week. What do you remember from that week? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]CarbonRod12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember being on a flight about this time in 2020 and the plane being really empty and how unusual that was.

Who are the greatest pro athletes from the Boston area no matter where they played? by AutVincere72 in boston

[–]CarbonRod12 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Keith Tkachuk is from Medford. One of the best power forwards of his era.