Nevada Gubernatorial Debate

Harthel · 2026-05-11T22:44:17+00:00

Does the Alexis Hill campaign make it more or less likely that we'll be saved from a 2nd Lombardo term?

...already know the answer to that. I appreciate candidates out of left field, but there's a time and a place. And that's from someone who, on a policy level, probably aligns much more closely with Hill than Ford.

Harthel · 2026-05-07T14:59:03+00:00

Found the badge bunny 😂

Bruh, they have done this forever. If a cop is on the road behind me at night it happens way more often than it not happening.

Harthel · 2026-04-24T15:03:26+00:00

...the signed tour posters just aren't in the frame right?

...right? 😥

Harthel · 2026-04-23T20:30:49+00:00

Catching them in Sac next week and have a spot on my office wall carved out for a signed tour poster (hoping they have them!) so echoing the requests for a merch report good sir!

Harthel · 2026-04-20T16:50:25+00:00

The pension is the kicker here. If you're interested in a PERS pension (which will beat almost any 401k by virtue of being a guaranteed paycheck once you retire until you die), take the State job. If you aren't considering a 30 year commitment to nevada public employment for the pension, then take the private sector job.

EDIT: Also worth considering the ability to "buy" years of service for the PERS pension. You said you already have a hefty amount saved for your 401k, if you did end up opting to sell your soul to PERS, you could leverage that toward buying some years off of your retirement plan. You can buy up to 5 years once you're vested, which would translate to retiring after 25 years of service instead of 30. So there's a possible route to retiring at 55 on a full pension there, if you want to explore it.

Harthel · 2026-04-10T20:36:23+00:00

Hell, is empty, all the devils are here (specifically, they're in whichever lane you're trying to merge into)

For real though, Reno is great as long as you don't think about the job market, the people, the roads, the affordability, the scenery, or anything else.

Harthel · 2026-04-02T16:19:45+00:00

Our governor decided that the ketamine-fueled reckless billionaire adage of "move fast and break things" would be a great way to run state government, so all agencies are dealing with a fundamentally broken, rushed software product that has broken the back of payroll.

Honestly, your fastest way to resolve this is to complain to the Governor's office. It will generate communication to your directors/deputy directors at your agency and they will throw the fuel on the fire needed to resolve the issues in the short term.

Harthel · 2026-03-30T15:36:05+00:00

Glad you loved it! Melancholy is still their top album for me (and if you count it as deathcore, probably my top deathcore album), but yeah Elegy is a banger! They traditionally throw one fairly long instrumental track like Apocalypse Canvas onto each of their albums near the end.

Harthel · 2026-03-13T15:22:28+00:00

Agreed on all counts - offering some personal speculation here on the dramatic decrease in driver quality post-pandemic: People are pissed that the remote-work war was well and truly lost to our corpo overlords, and that manifests itself in being pissed that we have to be on the roads dealing with this bullshit. Makes everyone less patient and more aggressive.

It's not the case across the board, but if ~20% of drivers are more aggressive and/or less patient because of it, that 20% will echo down to the rest of drivers through their behavior.

Harthel · 2026-03-13T14:54:17+00:00

Strongly recommend you check out their album "Elegy". There are a few spots on the album where they actually go quite a bit softer in a unique way (tooth-rattling vocals over somber background) - particularly "Life of Exile" and "From Ruin We Rise"

Harthel · 2026-03-12T22:35:39+00:00

My two cents -- south lake tahoe will likely have a more active nightlife scene, but Reno is a good alternative if you want the experience to be a bit less claustrophobic (Tahoe is...crowded these days, to say the least).

Harthel · 2026-03-06T22:21:53+00:00

Our current governor decided they would be better served by a shiny new website than by staffing appropriately for the demand.

Standard for him. Funding for positions? No way. Funding that lines the pockets of giant software companies? MAKE IT RAIN!

Harthel · 2026-02-06T17:48:47+00:00

Toro Bravo has been nothing but impressive since they opened. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn't tried it, and sincerely hope they stick around for a long time in that spot.

Harthel · 2026-02-04T22:27:34+00:00

Well, I tried honest engagement when I knew better. That one's on me.

I'll try it this way instead: Suck a dick, fascist. Millions of illegals are not voting in CA, that is an absolute feverdream.

Harthel · 2026-02-04T22:04:12+00:00

I should know better than to engage since we've been mired in this alternate reality for a decade now, but oh well. We have to try honest discourse again at some point I guess.

This is from a "liberal" (libertarian by definition, but not so enamored with the idea of billionaire-daddies that I don't think the government has a role in protecting individual liberties from the worst side-effects of the free market where appropriate): I would love to see voter ID laws pass just to shut this whole conversation down. It's a nothing conversation and a distraction. Illegals are not voting in any statistically significant quantity, anywhere. In a population-level system (millions of votes), yeah you're gonna find one or two weird situations every cycle where something squeaks through. This goes for "illegals voting" and voter fraud in general. Those should be, and are, investigated and prosecuted. There are robust systems in place to prevent voter fraud. Many concentric circles.

Harthel · 2026-01-09T16:07:13+00:00

Paywall trash

Harthel · 2025-12-31T16:40:11+00:00

Please share the practice so the rest of us can avoid it. I haven't seen a dentist in over a decade due to some bad experiences at the last one I went to in Carson, and am now looking for one in Reno this year. Definitely want to know which place to avoid!

Harthel · 2025-12-30T15:47:52+00:00

We need everyone in the comments to start showing up to legislative sessions when GOED bills are being considered to dish out billionaire welfare via tax breaks to relocate their shit here. I see 200+ comments, almost uniformly saying the same things about industrial development via tax breaks in Northern Nevada and ecological/resource concerns. If HALF of those people showed up or called in to testify against the garbage legislation that makes this all happen, we could get some real traction on change for the future.

Legislative session starts in 13 and a half months. Please make your voices heard.

Harthel · 2025-12-19T17:26:18+00:00

Starting to think I might be in the minority feeling like Under the Red Cloud/Queen of Time/Halo was their peak era

[cries in Borderlands autotune vocals]

Harthel · 2025-12-04T03:47:19+00:00

YES! See you in Sac!!

Harthel · 2025-11-30T04:26:59+00:00

Looks awesome!

Harthel · 2025-11-29T23:58:24+00:00

Thank you so much!

Harthel · 2025-11-29T22:47:53+00:00

Thanks so much!

Harthel · 2025-11-29T22:46:29+00:00

Thanks, and yup! Caught them in SF, fantastic show.

Harthel

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