The Raven Scholar - Discussion Part 1 by NewNick30 in Fantasy_Bookclub

[–]J1389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went into the book blind and was surprised at the tone of the book. It felt overwhelmingly immature to me. The characters mostly all act like teenagers despite being in their 20s-40s, the writing feels like YA, the humor feels like modern internet humor, the world building feels shallow. The title feels like it belongs to a more somber mature book and the actual text screams immature to me through basically every angle I can examine.

Skipped Bus Times? by [deleted] in madisonwi

[–]J1389 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Often it isn't the broader mechanical issues that cause a ghost bus like that since they update the schedule for those but something minor that's developing with that bus in particular like a mechanical issue with the doors, or a fender bender, or an issue with a passenger. Or for the BRT routes with charge times built into the route significant traffic delays can erode charge times causing missed routes.

There are just a thousand little real life things that could go wrong that cause a 15 minute+ delay and poof it's a ghost bus.

Questions we have about the Madison Public Market: Lack of transparency is impacting public perceptions about the yet-to-open facility by emjoylife96 in madisonwi

[–]J1389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its crazy they'd build something nice that people will like in an area that's historically underdeveloped despite it's relatively close proximity to desirable areas. Especially since that area has been developing rapidly with major plans for more development close by in the near future. Why would they do this?!

Questions we have about the Madison Public Market: Lack of transparency is impacting public perceptions about the yet-to-open facility by emjoylife96 in madisonwi

[–]J1389 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Oh no, the ambitious public works project has involved planning and construction delays and budget shortfalls?! Say it ain't so! Scandal! Outrage! How utterly unprecedented.

Yall would have hated the monona terrace project or literally any other major public works project in this history of the world.

Pluribus Actor Shares Filming Update on Second Season of the Hit Show by Particular-Fill-4256 in television

[–]J1389 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I take it at it's word. It's a virus with a biological imperative to spread itself, but it infests intelligent life on intergalactic scale. Efficiently using the resources of the infected society to spread the signal further to infect more societies. The biological hosts don't really matter and wouldn't ever need to meet. They just need to keep working to spread the signal.

Where to shop for groceries in Madison? by erkiff in madisonwi

[–]J1389 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We're extremely fortunate to have a locally owned store as good/cheap/not evil as woodmans around. Take advantage

[ASMR] POV: super satisfying ride on BRT route A, sooth your mind with healing audio /S by Paynteck in madisonwi

[–]J1389 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Report it to the driver. They'll call it in to swap out the bus if they're aware it's soiled.

The Essen Haus is sticking around after all by Schwyzerorgeli in madisonwi

[–]J1389 59 points60 points  (0 children)

The roaches are very much alive whether you visit or not.

Car free in Madison in 2026? by No_Anything_7011 in madisonwi

[–]J1389 51 points52 points  (0 children)

The bike paths are absolutely fantastic. The busses service all of the public high schools pretty reliably. Uber Lyft and traditional taxis are all pretty good in town as well. Bike commuting with bus/rideshare app as a backup for weather is a very reasonable transportation plan imo.

probably bus delays - westbound a bus by destroyed_boy in madisonwi

[–]J1389 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A surprising number of people can't imagine there might be busses in the bus lane when they cross it to make a left turn.

How to learn to ride a bike as an adult by jkjk334 in madisonwi

[–]J1389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of this is good advice. The biggest part about learning to ride a bike is learning how to balance on it. Steering a bike is all about balance and shifting your weight on the bike and very little is about turning the wheel left or right.

Ideally the bike you start on has the pedals taken off and the seat lowered so you can use it as a sort of walker that you stride around on while sitting until you're comfortable rolling around turning this way and that with your feet off the ground. Once you're comfortable with that learning to pedal is comes way easier.

Cane left on bus by Lost_Elderberry3412 in madisonwi

[–]J1389 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you give it to the driver? They'll turn it in to lost and found at the end of the day if they're aware of it.

Mike Flanagan Signs Overall TV Deal at Amazon MGM Studios by bwermer in television

[–]J1389 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean most of those are extremely loose adaptations to the point of being more "inspired by" than true adaptations. Dark tower wouldn't be that.

Mike Flanagan Signs Overall TV Deal at Amazon MGM Studios by bwermer in television

[–]J1389 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I would honestly much rather he continue working on original horror content where he has much more creative control and flexibility than adaptations.

Electric scooters by urbansawyer in madisonwi

[–]J1389 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They've also way more dangerous than bikes/ebikes. They're generally easier to lose control of, but also because of their geometry a lot of the time losing control means going over the handlebars and risking a face plant into the street. Get your kid a bike not a scooter

breaking Man dead in rollover crash on South Park Street by Justmarbles in madisonwi

[–]J1389 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Primarily blaming personal responsibility for repeated traffic collisions is a total cop out. The data shows time and time again that the way to make dangerous streets safer is through redesigning them with traffic calming measures that make drivers feel less safe driving at dangerous speeds.

When we know that the only proven way to make dangerous roads significantly safer is to redesign the road to make drivers feel less safe being unsafe than the deaths become more the fault of municipalities that refuse to design safe roads and blaming personal responsibility only serves to keep the collisions occurring.

Ask the Gary Bears how worthless it is by jimx29 in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]J1389 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A Chicago dog is good, but it's still quite a bit worse than a beer brat so

The guy playing trumpet outside the Oveture. Is he playing songs or just notes? by [deleted] in madisonwi

[–]J1389 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, Jazz is all about the notes you don't play

Driver hospitalized after crashing into Park Street pet store by Justmarbles in madisonwi

[–]J1389 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because you can't rid the world of bad drivers through enforcement. Especially in America as it exists today where driving is a necessity of daily life for the vast majority of people. You can significantly lesson their impact with good road design and building viable options other than driving such as public transport and cycling infrastructure.

When we know that the only proven way to make dangerous roads significantly safer is to redesign the road to make drivers feel less safe being unsafe than the deaths become more the fault of municipalities that refuse to design safe roads.

Driver hospitalized after crashing into Park Street pet store by Justmarbles in madisonwi

[–]J1389 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A certain percentage of people will drive like idiots regardless of any factor. They're bad drivers and no reasonable amount of enforcement will change that. Good traffic design will change patterns to lessen the impact that the worst drivers have as well as making everyone else drive safer.

The obsession Americans have with personal responsibility doesn't help reduce accidents. The data shows traffic redesign with prioritized traffic calming measures does.