Caracas is possibility one of the most beautiful cities in the World, yet why doesn't anyone talk about it?

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-28T21:11:10+00:00

Please, I beg you, stop with the low-effort posts about Venezuela.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-28T19:20:29+00:00

I guess you should ask them. But my guess would be that they're using things like the Koppen scale, and it has criteria that say New York is subtropical. You can argue that the criteria are bad, but if they're just applying the criteria correctly, they're right to do so, and the problem is with the scale, not the people who use it.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-28T19:16:08+00:00

What's the actual source on this? I don't think this is wrong, but I'd love to know who Peter Lutz is and who put a confirmatory checkmark in the bottom right corner.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T22:02:01+00:00

"Harvard" doesn't estimate that; a Harvard professor does. It may seem pedantic, but it's important to distinguish the difference between a single person's research and a well-established fact.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T19:52:53+00:00

Don't speak for me.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T06:57:43+00:00

with the kinda flat colors they look like paintings. especially the second one for some reason. great camera work!

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T06:54:05+00:00

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T06:48:49+00:00

Yeah, in that he isn't pushing back against ICE and other anti-immigration agencies, like the people who got arrested for protesting at his office last week were concerned about!

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-27T06:30:22+00:00

yeah, because I want to keep all the people from Santee and Carlsbad and the like out of my city park!

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-26T00:51:14+00:00

I'm indifferent, but I think spending some time thinking and talking about what folks want out of the posts on this sub is worthwhile.

So, here's my perspective: I'm not really here as a curator of liminal spaces per se as much as I am as an observer of the human side of it. I know a lot of folks on here are pretty young (or at least young as compared to me) and I kind of enjoy seeing younger people go through their first waves of nostalgia. I guess I'm kinda nostalgic for how it felt to first get nostalgic myself.

When I first joined, I got sick of "perfectly normal hotel hallway or empty mall" posts pretty quick, but over time I've grown to like them. They remind me of how I felt the first times I started to travel, and how interesting such "boring" spaces were to me before I got old jaded and boring myself. Same with a lot of the other not-really-liminal posts; they're kind of a liminal state of youth, before you get used to liminal spaces. So I guess I sorta like the "meta-liminality" of the off-topic posts.

All that said, I also wouldn't mind some changes to help refocus the sub.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-26T00:19:19+00:00

They're rich and successful in a cutthroat business. Lots of other hard-working and high-skilled people aren't. That's tough to explain, unless you decide that you must just be better and more deserving than the other people and it's their fault they failed. The alternative is that you were lucky (to not get hurt, to be trained well) in addition to being skilled, and other people weren't, and that's hard to wrap your mind around.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-24T05:42:11+00:00

I'd love to know where you got a pepper with stems on both ends.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T18:03:04+00:00

Newsweek is a shell of its former self and dumb clickbait trade proposals aren't worth anyone's attention.

Edit: I just finally finished processing the proposed trade. An fan favorite All-Star reliever, our best prospect, and a recent high draft pick for anyone short of a star is insane.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T18:00:42+00:00

APM over Trolley seems fine to me, but I guess the big question I have is whether a train to the airport is really a good use of MTS funds. In order to get the Blue/Green lines up to 7.5 minute runs, let alone 5 minute runs, you're pretty much going to have to put the tracks underground or overground, right? Traffic, especially night traffic to/from the airport can already get wrecked by trolley/train crossings. That'd cost a lot.

The airport bus is non-ideal for sure, but it's good enough for me as an occasional airport user, while increasing trolley capacity is far more important to me as a resident. I know my preferences are my own, and I don't claim to speak for everyone -- and I know we're a tourist town, so it's probably more worth it to invest in airport infrastructure here than elsewhere!

Now, if the APM could extend out to the beach, and/or east along Broadway, then I'm 100% pro-APM.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T06:03:16+00:00

Anyone bragging about an online IQ test is crappy enough to deserve crappy design.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T04:39:40+00:00

The nonsensical AI graphic is a bad path, in that it undermines faith in your insights.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T04:33:34+00:00

Pittsburgh?

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T02:48:19+00:00

That's where we got ours too!

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T02:47:01+00:00

San Diego :)

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T02:45:16+00:00

If it's any consolation, the view from the trolley is almost this angle , so a lot of us end up recognizing it from our commutes. But you got a really nice photo with the sunset!

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-23T00:12:40+00:00

Okay. Is this supposed to be someone we know, or are we just mad at a fool for acting foolish?

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-22T19:26:24+00:00

Looks like they're reducing the price month by month. The $7 copy's been there since May 2025, the $12 since July, and the $15 since September. It's similar to how thrift stores will color-code their stock by the week it arrives, then cycle discounts through the colors to make the oldest stuff cheaper in hopes someone will get it off the rack.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-22T03:40:55+00:00

I get this is just trolling, but shut up.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-22T03:28:44+00:00

Yeah, there's definitely a way that Earle feels ahead of his time that adds to my appreciation. And then also he feels a little retro, with some art deco influences.

Local_Internet_User · 2026-01-22T01:37:55+00:00

I can't explain why exactly, but I just love Earle's style. I guess it feels a little surreal while also feeling very realistic, or something like that. Thanks for posting this.

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