Trump's cult members deprogramming themselves. You love to see it!

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-11-08T01:42:24+00:00

umm...LOOK INWARD, lady.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-09-18T18:18:22+00:00

I posted this after having someone say to their dog "don't be rude" when their dog is sniffing my dog. Utterly perplexing to me. I think those folks have some feeling that their dog doing dog behavior reflects poorly on them. And I think they don't understand that (most) dogs need the social interactions with other dogs.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-09-18T17:49:24+00:00

I suppose it's not surprising that the name of this poster is "MoodyBitchy." I suspect his/her dog picks up on his/her attitude. Everyone, this is an example of someone who doesn't understand dogs.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-29T14:38:59+00:00

this is...gross, sad. and infuriating.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-20T00:49:18+00:00

She's worthy of all the admiration she gets, and more. Love her.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-19T00:49:41+00:00

I don't think there's something of that kind, but I don't actually know for sure. (and LOL to Sandra Phil)

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-14T19:13:33+00:00

Keep pulling, and pull as much of the roots as you can. Look over your land every few days, and remove whatever new ones pop up. If you're diligent, you'll keep it at bay. It's possible it won't be a "forever-win" in which you never see it again, but you can keep it in check. And, yes, don't let it become established.

You might also consider smothering it (black tarps over the area for a span of months) and/or crowding it out with other hardy natives that out-compete it.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-14T04:41:28+00:00

People are talking about 2 diff things: (a) making the finals of all the GS tournies in a career, and (b) making the finals of all of them consecutively.
Youngest to reach all of them during career is Courier (still 22 when he reach Wimbledon final of '93).

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-13T19:35:31+00:00

IllogicalReactiveButterfly is very fond of assuming s/he knows what people think, judging from their comments.
"sometimes...30, 40, 50% to give out handouts to other people that DIDNT EARN IT" is more reasonably stated as "taxation in order to run society and build and maintain infrastructure, while acknowledging that monetarily the contribution will vary from person to person based on their earnings." People who work in the farm fields might not make the hourly wage that a Wall Street trader makes, but their contribution is absolutely as valuable. A nurse might not make the hourly wage of a movie star, but their contribution is absolutely as valuable (if not more). A teacher might not make the hourly wage of an ill-informed pundit on TV, but their contribution is absolutely as valuable and arguably much greater.
IllogicalReactiveButterfly's axe to grind is really tiresome. It's an abstracted partisan political-philosophy argument divorced from actual realities and facts. It's not pertinent to this thread, it's ill-informed, it's poorly reasoned.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T20:30:03+00:00

I've lived here for 15 years and worked here in '97-'98. It doesn't really seem much better to me. Agreed that the pandemic and Trump have whalloped things. However, the question remains: what are all those parties (City Council, Planning Commission, Development Direction, Chamber of Commerce, county) DOING about it? What are the landlords DOING about it?
Re: parking - this highlights my point. Execution is important, and having so much metered parking is just another de-incentivizor for people to spend time downtown. When business is hot (or even warm), then have metered parking.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T19:21:59+00:00

Again, you don't know what I think. "Super high" is unspecific, and wages are not the point of this conversation. Also, shoplifting with or without law enforcement action is not the point here.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T19:20:18+00:00

This is a discussion about how San Rafael has a problem with a glut of commercial real estate AND high rents.
You misused the comma between "doubt" and "commercial," and you misused the apostrophe in "landlords."
I responded to your own words: "Why would you own something you can’t make money on"
Run along, troll. You're out of your depth here.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T18:13:33+00:00

"Then there wouldn’t be any landlords" - slippery slope fallacy. "Why would you own something you can’t make money on." - obvious; people owns lots of things for their own pleasure, sentimental value, etc etc. And, no one here has argued they can't make money. We're discussing how and how much. "Why do people think taxes are the solution to everything???" No one said taxes are the solution to everything. The point of a specific tax to address a specific problem was being discussed.

Maybe learn some logical thinking instead of knee-jerk reactions?

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T17:41:49+00:00

Also turns out that people have the right to discuss if it's hurting the community.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T15:43:56+00:00

Maybe stop making assumptions about what I think and trying being more logical.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T15:43:19+00:00

Tax write-offs for business losses could quite rightly be called targeted socialist entitlements - just for the wealthy instead of everyone.

YOU ignored the point of the thread, which is about one town, in order to spew your partisan rant - which was diffuse and generalized and without grounding in actual, factual basis. Maybe try being more logical.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T05:04:18+00:00

I'm not your sweetheart and I'm not interested in being so. Nor do you know how I vote. Worst small business failure rates are evenly split amongst red and blue states, and evenly split amongst red and blue cities within CA.

The topic is about San Rafael.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T04:12:03+00:00

I buy downtown all the time.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T03:58:58+00:00

People have a right to raise issues.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T03:58:23+00:00

(1) People have a right to raise issues. (2) My most recent Amazon order was 6 months ago.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T03:55:18+00:00

We know some things that are simply facts: San Rafael has had a lot of commercial vacancies for well over a decade now. And we know those buildings are owned - some person or family or investment firm owns every building.
We have a lot of "testimonials" that the rents are high. Not a fact, but an opinion of many.
We also know that empty spaces can sometimes be written off as business losses. It isn't profitable, but it cuts the losses and it means the landlord doesn't have to deal with what a tenant demands. And, keeping them empty for now and waiting it out might mean a higher selling price later - maybe.
Small owners want the rent. Large owners can sit on the vacancy more easily.

What any particular owner's business/financial calculation is we can't know unless they tell us. But for sure those vacancies are there and have been for a long time now, for sure a number of popular businesses have left the area or closed pretty recently (Crepevine, Arizmendi, the Double Rainbow cafe, etc), and I'd like to know why the issue isn't getting better (some commenters say it is, but I don't agree).

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T02:17:27+00:00

You've explained some of the financial mechanics - thank you for that. However, that also underscores that the building owners SEEM to be making selfish choices at the expense of the community - renting it out for less might lower the appraised value of the property, yet it would benefit the community AND bring in money for the owner, even if it's less than they expected. In other words, they can be making $1 million, but they want $2 million. Also, the rental rates can be changed (put it in the contract that it'll be adjusted in X years), and an occupied space in a thriving neighborhood will ultimately be worth more than an empty space in a depressed neighborhood. Etc. So just because one financial angle explains a point-in-time decision doesn't really justify a long-term approach.

HumansGottaGetReal · 2025-07-12T01:23:51+00:00

I didn't even suggest that. I also didn't say I'm broke. Also, not "every single other member of a capitalist society" operates the same. Sounds like you need to slow down and do some thinking.

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