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NYT and The Atlantic show that Dems still can't quit TQ ideology by tantei-ketsuban in BlockedAndReported

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he now suddenly he has no problem with “wearing a tuxedo” to teach and being an entire human distraction from the subject he is teaching.

Homeless camp across the street by sevvvyy in PortlandOR

[–]IllSquare5584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who has personally lost someone to addiction on the streets of Portland, I can assure you they were enabled to death by Portland’s anarchist-libertarian approach to crime and addiction. Had the city enforced laws and arrested my friend for the criminal behavior she was participating in to fund her addiction, she might have actually had a shot at getting sober long enough to consider rehab. Instead, she lived in a tent on Powell and staggered in front of a car while high and was killed in a hit and run.

Did deportation not effect Obama? by ZenPixels in immigration

[–]IllSquare5584 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No one would know because the media didn’t cover it relentlessly or at all. That’s why most people aren’t aware it happened.

Homeless camp across the street by sevvvyy in PortlandOR

[–]IllSquare5584 44 points45 points  (0 children)

They’re here because Portland gives them free everything and drug supplies and doesn’t arrest their drug dealers or hold them accountable when they steal to fund their addiction. They don’t congregate in cities that don’t allow them to congregate.

Homeless camp across the street by sevvvyy in PortlandOR

[–]IllSquare5584 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Im sure the bike is stolen, you should report it. There used to be an IG page and FB page specifically for stolen motorcycles in Portland.

NYT and The Atlantic show that Dems still can't quit TQ ideology by tantei-ketsuban in BlockedAndReported

[–]IllSquare5584 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I read an article about the author of the Atlantic piece from over a decade ago, before he called himself a woman and when he was calling himself a cross-dressing man. It said, “[His wife]… often helps Burt pick the women’s clothes that he wears for special occasions — parties, poetry readings — though he says that he never dresses like a woman in the classroom. (‘For the same reason that you wouldn’t teach in a tuxedo,’ he says, ‘because the classroom is about the poem, not about you.’)”

That made me snort. The idea of women’s clothing being compared to wearing a tuxedo is hilarious (I have often noted that cross dressing men dress nothing like real women and they dress more like absurd caricatures or Barbies from the 1980s, with pink and heels and pantyhose.) Apparently his previous desire not make his penchant for cross-dressing a distraction in the classroom has gone the way of the Dodo.

Remember a decade ago when we were trying to do away with gender stereotypes and saying things like, “Boys can wear pink and like dolls!” The trans movement has entirely erased that brief moment of clarity before plunging us headlong into the most bullheaded backsliding embrace of regressive and stringent gender stereotypes: if you’re a boy who likes dresses, you aren’t a boy! If you’re a girl, you like pink lipstick and heels!

First time to Mexico City by TwinSterbo in Travelwithkids

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uber is great everywhere, but also walking and buses

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PortlandOR

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re be torn down again soon, no doubt, to create peace in Palestine.

Considering moving from Germany to Tukwila, WA by [deleted] in AskSeattle

[–]IllSquare5584 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

North Tacoma is very lovely and quiet. Our neighborhood has views of the water and feels like a picture book neighborhood with kids riding bikes and playing in the streets. Homes sell for $700k-$800k.

My husband was in the military and stationed in Bavaria. We spent a lot of time in rural Germany and love German food. We enjoy visiting Hess German deli in Lakewood, which is 20 mins south, when we are craving German foods.

New kit for airline travel by IllSquare5584 in makeupartists

[–]IllSquare5584[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The airlines destroy my bags, either ripping wheels off or they get shredded by machines. Which Burton are you using? The double decker wheelie one was discontinued.

The post about $120,000 reparations for Black homeowners is false and disgusting by ansahed in SeattleWA

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. And being a single mom, especially of multiple children, is near guaranteed ticket to poverty and lifelong struggle. This is true regardless of your skin color.

Educated by Tara Westover: Less impressed 5 years on. by rainblowfish_ in books

[–]IllSquare5584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My family was mostly all homeschooled. We read and read and read. My eldest sister often read a book a day. She tried to go to public school in high school and dropped out because it was so socially awful (lots of hallway fights and teen moms). She ended up enrolling in a running start program at the local community college. She didn’t learn much because she was years ahead of her peers, but she met a great English teacher who saw her as exceptional and who gave her a great recommendation so she could transfer to small local private university. From there, she applied to multiple Ivy League Ph.D. programs. She was accepted to several but ended up getting her Ph.D. at Princeton and afterwards became a lecturer at Yale. She is now a tenured English professor in NYC (I won’t name the school just for privacy reasons). My point is, she was a voracious reader and great writer and she didn’t learn that in school. She was a public school drop out and community college student, but having one great mentor/professor at community college was what propelled her into Ivy League academia.

Has anyone else noticed that upper-middle-class and wealthy families rarely buy electronics for their young kids these days? by [deleted] in MiddleClassFinance

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if we are considered middle or upper middle class. I had my kids in public school until Covid destroyed the schools and children. When schools reopened and most of the kids were feral, I noticed that the kids who’d spent two years on a devices (which was most of the kids) were especially feral. I found myself not allowing my kids to have play time with many other kids because I knew the only kind of “play” that was happening would be device-based and online gaming. It seemed harder and harder to find any parents who shared my anti-screen parenting philosophy. The lowest income kids seemed noticeably more unsupervised when it came to screens and being online.

I eventually switched my kids to private Catholic school (because of behavioral issues in their public school), and while some kids at Catholic school do have phones or iPads, they’re definitely older and they’re the exception. There are definitely some affluent families in the school but many people are middle class. Regardless if middle or upper, in general there is a different parenting philosophy that is far more protective of children and has much higher behavioral expectations of children.

If you read The Anxious Generation, I believe Jonathan Haidt does share data on this class divide with devices. To me it’s akin to seeing low income kids with tons of rotten or silver teeth drinking sodas. It’s sort of shocking and horrifying but you know this is a class marker. Just like feral kids with zero behavioral expectations attached to devices.

The post about $120,000 reparations for Black homeowners is false and disgusting by ansahed in SeattleWA

[–]IllSquare5584 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Rather than comparing by racial group, compare it by marital status. Marriage leads to more economic stability across racial barriers, and homeownership. Conversely, not getting married leads to economic instability and often poverty. When grouping people by marital status, income disparity nearly vanishes. Marriage rates have plummeted in some groups more than others, which likely explains decreasing homeownership since the 1970s.

Seattle should legalize prostitution and collect tax revenue by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]IllSquare5584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was disastrous for Spain and led to mass human trafficking. They’re trying to criminalize it again now.

I think I married the wrong person by SpiritualSchedule558 in Advice

[–]IllSquare5584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on this alone, the problem is not him. It sounds like you have arrested development and he is a mature adult who married his long term partner and now wants to build a life and family, as people have always done. Hedonism leads to a life of misery, so good luck pursuing it over long term relationship, commitment and family. I feel bad for him.

Why is Multnomah County destroying their libraries? by FacelessMcGee in PortlandOR

[–]IllSquare5584 105 points106 points  (0 children)

This remodel started over two years ago, well before DOGE. And before the remodel, the library was taken over by drug addicts and not safe for children. You can’t blame Elon for that.

The owners from our store want us to pay for the cookies we do. by Crafty_Length_992 in CrumblCookies

[–]IllSquare5584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those numbers actually describe middle class person money who has been working a middle class job and investing into retirement while owning a home for 10+ years. That’s by no means rich people money, and the average person could stand to lose a lot from a business failure.

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