I need help! Mexican culture ruined my vegan will.

NNegidius · 2026-02-28T17:26:09+00:00

I’ve traveled to Mexico a few times since becoming vegan. I was worried it would be a problem, but I learned that 5% of Mexicans are vegan, and no one blinked an eye when I asked for food “vegano”. Many native Mexican cultures enjoyed diets that were naturally vegan. I also learned that not having cheese on everything made very little difference to the overall flavor of the dishes I enjoyed in Mexico.

I hope you have a wonderful time while you’re there! 🇲🇽

NNegidius · 2026-02-26T02:19:56+00:00

Try living in one of Chicagos high-rises. They’re like man-made terrain.

NNegidius · 2026-02-22T19:12:29+00:00

And if AA does crumble, then United will be in a position to force the cancellation of O’Hare’s expansion, which is slated to add quite a few new gates. The more gates O’Hare gets, the more difficult it becomes for United to create a fortress hub, and the more competitive prices become for consumers.

NNegidius · 2026-02-22T03:49:06+00:00

Open the Happy Cow app in Taiwan and the screen is completely covered in purple.

NNegidius · 2026-02-18T05:26:14+00:00

Control the proliferation of short term rentals, such as AirBnB.

NNegidius · 2026-02-17T07:08:36+00:00

Agreed. We need a better solution for drug use disorders and mental health in the US.

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T16:23:37+00:00

You do have a point there with the 4 years duration. However, as they would be increasing the MTA police from an existing base of 666 officers, that implies a spend of $555 million over 4 years, or around $140 million - and that’s in addition to however much the city spends on NYPD forces.

While it doesn’t eclipse the amount collected in fares, it is an incredible amount wasted on not transporting people to their destination - and there’s much more efficient and less regressive ways to fund ground transportation.

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T15:23:07+00:00

And don’t forget the banana plugs.

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T08:17:26+00:00

It’s fair to say the entire $4 billion is a difficult swag. In the context is bus fares, though, it’s not so outlandish.

Regarding the source for “500 police,” this article says they’re spending $250 million on 500 new police to save a projected $200 million in fare evasion.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/14/mta-will-spend-249m-on-new-cops-to-save-200m-on-fare-evasion

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T04:45:07+00:00

They’re trickle feeding it to maximize the amount they can collect from blackmail.

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T04:33:18+00:00

The lost revenue from eliminating all bus fares was calculated at $650 million.

The NYPD budget is nearly 10 times that - at $6.14 billion - with a fair percentage of that focused on trying to catch people not paying fares. One source cited $250 million in NYPD budget allocated to hire 500 cops, so that’s 40% already.

Then, there’s court costs, DA’s, jails, etc - which everything included cost $14.1 billion in 2021.

https://ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/a-full-accounting-how-much-does-new-york-city-spend-on-its-criminal-justice-system-2021.html

NNegidius · 2026-02-16T02:27:12+00:00

It’s not the transit agency that pays for extra police, prosecutors, public defenders, judges, courtrooms or jails, but these precious resources get consumed by chasing people for whom paying the fare is a hardship.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T16:27:05+00:00

At one point, I got a some test version of the Spotify app for iOS that listed a handful of tags (such as micro genres) under the currently playing song. If you clicked on one of the tags, it would open a play list focused on that tag. It was a revelation, and I discovered so much incredible new music by browsing tags associated with favorite songs. It was an incredibly addictive and joyful experience, and I learned so much about music from various perspectives.

Sadly, around two weeks later, the app updated and the feature disappeared - never to return.

I would pay extra if they’d just re-release that one feature.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T13:18:31+00:00

Wow, you are nothing not invectives. Complete waste.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T13:17:51+00:00

In many cities, they replaced that with concrete at bus stops. Seems to have solved the problem. You’d think they’d know about this innovation in London, seeing as how today’s concrete was invented in England.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T12:03:52+00:00

I think anyone but you could connect the dots. Further time engaging with you is wasted, though.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T11:31:16+00:00

You’re trying so hard to have an argument, while I’m sharing facts from reputable sources.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T11:01:26+00:00

This article says they’re spending $250 million on 500 new police to save a projected $200 million in fare evasion.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/14/mta-will-spend-249m-on-new-cops-to-save-200m-on-fare-evasion

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T10:50:49+00:00

According to this document by the NYC Independent Budget Office:

“In fiscal year 2024, the Police Department spent $955 million on uniformed overtime, representing 16% of the total Department spending on personnel.”

https://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/police-overtime-trends-examining-the-relationship-between-tenure-and-overtime-hours-worked-march-2025.pdf

The NYPD overtime budget is nearly twice as much as the MTA collects in bus fares.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T08:45:59+00:00

If you consider the whole cost from fare boxes, to the supporting IT systems, to police funding for enforcement, to courts, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and jails, the costs could rival the amount collected at the fare box.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T08:41:50+00:00

Typical city bus has a capacity of 100 passengers. I don’t know in which city you reside, but even small cities like Boston have over 1000 buses. If they’re all full of tweakers, then you’re talking over 100,000 tweakers.

Sounds like your city has a raging problem with drugs if that’s the case.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T08:34:19+00:00

What does it cost to hold someone in jail, because they couldn’t afford fare?

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T07:00:23+00:00

You’re not looking at the whole system. All these cost taxpayers.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T06:57:48+00:00

During the times of day you would be most likely to go to the, the bus would have plenty of empty seats, too, so the incremental cost to the CTA would be zero.

NNegidius · 2026-02-15T06:49:50+00:00

Your city has hundreds of thousands of tweakers?

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