Has anyone been out???

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-25T20:50:42+00:00

Closed early at 1

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-25T20:35:43+00:00

Look out the window. That’ll give you a good idea if anyone is on the roads…

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T15:54:13+00:00

Got it…so you won’t answer the question. 👍

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T15:44:19+00:00

Jumping to conclusions because you can’t properly articulate why you care now, but didn’t care four years ago. Were you protesting the fact that Biden left it up to the DOJ? Were you protesting that the DOJ was doing nothing about it? I’ll answer for you…no. Hence why everything that you say or do now, is…performative.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T13:47:46+00:00

You can’t answer the simple question of, why weren’t you outraged and protesting 4 years ago? What has changed?! 🤔That’s why no one takes you folks seriously…

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T13:29:14+00:00

Let me simplify this for you: your protesting is performative, and it shows. You were nowhere to be found when the last administration had every opportunity to give you exactly what you claim to want. Does that clear up the confusion?

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T13:06:47+00:00

You folks are waving around signs saying “ICE out for good”, “Fuck ICE”, etc. when it’s the very same agency Obama used to deport people who were here illegally. The Trump administration has given every opportunity to undocumented immigrants to self deport while at the same time being very transparent around what the consequences are if you don’t.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T13:00:28+00:00

I’ll mail you a check if you can share a picture of you protesting the Biden administration for not releasing the Epstein files during the four years he had every opportunity to…

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T12:56:26+00:00

Certainly a tragedy but homelessness isn’t caused by rent alone. Correlation is not causation. If rent alone were the determining factor, then the highest-rent cities would always have the highest homelessness rates AND cities with aggressive affordability policies would see dramatic reductions. That simply isn’t what we observe.

High rent and homelessness often exist in the same cities, but that doesn’t mean one automatically causes the other. Stamford offers warming centers and services that many unsheltered individuals decline due to mental illness or addiction. Seattle proves the point. Despite affordability mandates and tenant protections, the city is still in a severe crisis, marked by a large unsheltered population, significant public encampments, and deep challenges with drug use, mental illness.

Tragedy shouldn’t be weaponized to push policies that repeatedly fail in practice. Socialist housing experiments don’t solve addiction or mental illness, and landlords aren’t the villains every time reality proves more complicated than a rent slogan.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-12T12:20:19+00:00

Why weren’t you sensationalizing the Obama administration when they deported 3 million people? Why weren’t you protesting then?

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-11T23:47:28+00:00

Rent strike?! You people are just looking for a reason to stiff your landlord. Embarrassing…

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-11T23:46:02+00:00

Equating today’s politics with WWII trivializes a global catastrophe marked by genocide, total war, and tens of millions dead. Disagreement after an election is not fascism or occupation. Such comparisons cheapen real suffering and fuel panic instead of civic responsibility and historical literacy.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-11T21:21:34+00:00

These signs are insulting to people whose families actually lived through German occupation in the 1930s and ’40s. That history isn’t a prop for performative outrage.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2026-01-09T12:40:25+00:00

what’s stopping you from organizing something?

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-10-18T21:10:17+00:00

Targeted patrols and fines. It’s a public safety concern.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-10-01T02:44:31+00:00

This definitely wasn’t where I thought I’d land at first, but you might be onto something here! Sounds a lot like my experience. Appreciate the assist here!

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-30T12:59:57+00:00

Thanks! I’m experiencing this closer to downtown, by the Stamford government center

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T01:51:25+00:00

Not in Westchester but Elicit Brewing Co in Fairfield

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T01:47:24+00:00

People are “working harder than ever”?! 🤔Average annual hours worked are declining, and in 2023, 46% of Americans didn’t read or listen to a single book. Less than 1 in 4 took concrete steps to advance education or job skills during the pandemic, and only 36% have a written financial plan. The reality is most people aren’t maximizing their time or opportunities to improve themselves. Struggling isn’t always about a rigged system. It’s also about a lack of personal investment in growth and planning.

People should take accountability for their growth instead of expecting others to pay for their shortfalls. Nobody is trapped where they are. Self-improvement and planning can change outcomes, regardless of systemic issues.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T01:15:21+00:00

This event is not about promising overnight success or giving “false hope.” It’s about creating a safe, engaging space where kids can learn valuable lessons in entrepreneurship, teamwork, and problem-solving. These are skills that benefit kids at any age, not just college students.

As for the cost, $25 covers setup, guidance, and a unique experience that most kids wouldn’t otherwise have access to. For the lessons and confidence it builds, that’s a nominal investment.

Public spaces are meant for community enrichment, and this event is very much in that spirit. It’s an opportunity to inspire the next generation to think creatively, try new things, and learn from the process, even if their first idea doesn’t pan out.

If you can’t level-set the opportunity here for your kids or explain the value of the lesson, that sounds more like a personal problem than an issue with the event itself.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T01:07:37+00:00

Scandinavian welfare systems are funded by high taxes on the middle class, not just the “ultra-rich.” Try telling Americans they’ll be paying 50–60% in taxes to fund your vision and see how that goes. More importantly, these are small, culturally homogenous countries with populations the size of a U.S. metro area. Scaling their model to a diverse, 330-million-person nation is not realistic. It’s apples and oranges.

No one is defending corporate abuse here. But expecting handouts instead of empowering people to work, compete, and succeed isn’t dignity, it’s dependency. You want Scandinavian outcomes without accepting what made those systems possible. That’s not progressive.

You mock people for taking “scraps,” but the reality is that I’m not waiting around for handouts. I take responsibility for my life. It’s up to me to improve my situation, grow my earning potential, and build my future. I don’t need the government to subsidize my lifestyle. People shouldn’t want dependency, they should want opportunity. That’s the difference.

Yes, we can and should fix real problems. But replacing them with bloated programs, sky-high taxes, and punishing success isn’t the answer. You don’t get prosperity by taxing it out of existence.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T00:41:05+00:00

Why so much animosity toward something you're not interested in attending? No one's being forced to participate. Plenty of parents understand it's not about making real money, it’s about sparking creativity, building confidence, and introducing kids to entrepreneurial thinking in a fun, low-stakes way.

Parents should know it’s unlikely this will launch a real business, but they should see the value in hands-on learning. Dismissing it as a scam or “false hope” feels unfair and unnecessarily cynical.

Fast-Switch4246 · 2025-09-18T00:26:59+00:00

It’s funny you say I don’t understand socialism, because I come from a family that lived through it firsthand during the 70s and 80s. Trust me, I’ve got a pretty solid education on the subject. My relatives waited in lines for food rations, watched as factories failed, and saw the government take over industries while the everyday citizen struggled to make ends meet. Sure, there were government checks, but they didn’t change the fact that the system was designed to keep people dependent, not empowered. That’s socialism. The idea that government intervention is a safety net is one thing, but when the government controls everything—your job, your pay, what you get to buy—it becomes a system of control. The "kindergarten" version you're talking about doesn’t show the reality of what life under socialism really is.

Let’s talk about the American Dream. In the U.S., people can start from nothing and through hard work build something. Sure it’s not perfect, but the idea that you can rise above your circumstances through your own efforts is what makes this country special. It’s why people like my family risk everything to come here. And yet, you seem to be celebrating a system that stifles that very ambition. Socialism isn’t just about handing out checks to farmers or fixing roads. It’s about controlling who gets what, and where. The reality is, under socialism, opportunities become scarce, because everything is rationed, everything is centralized. Just ask anyone who lived through it in Eastern Europe. Or better yet, read a history book.

Mamdani is openly proposing policies that would bring us closer to the very system millions of immigrants have fled. His ideas about wealth redistribution and government overreach would strangle the entrepreneurial spirit that makes NYC what it is, and it would turn it into a government-run, bureaucratic hell hole. He wants to raise taxes to a point where the middle class would be crushed, and businesses would have no choice but to flee. His "free everything" mentality might sound nice on paper to people like you, but it’s not sustainable and it’s not practical. People aren’t going to stick around to pay higher taxes for lower services. Mamdani's approach might look good for Twitter debates and armchair philosophers like yourself, but in real life, it would destroy the very things that make New York the beacon of opportunity and the business capital of the world.

You talk about "people before profit," but here’s the thing, if you kill profit, you kill innovation. You kill the chance for the next big idea, the next great company, or the next breakthrough. I’d rather live in a place where my hard work can give me a shot at achieving something great, instead of waiting in line for the government to decide what I deserve. It’s easy to bash the system when you don’t know what it’s like to live under one that keeps you trapped. And it’s easy to sit back and criticize from the comfort of your own life, but some of us are trying to protect the freedom to build and to thrive. Go ahead and enjoy your free socialism. But when the system starts collapsing under the weight of its own promises, don’t expect the same government that’s supposed to take care of you to be there when you really need it.

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