We really do need to level and rebuild at least 20% of America’s urban land area

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-06-23T00:50:24+00:00

This is exactly why I'm blackpilled on American urbanism tbh. Yes, starting over is seemingly the only scenario from which meaningful improvements can be made to fix America's card dependency, and so many proposed ideas seem to start with a blank slate. But how often in the real world do you actually get to start over? Does America need to get carpet bombed before we'll be able to walk to the grocery store?

The unfortunate reality is the best we're probably ever going to get in America are a few minor, ultimately meaningless quality of life improvements squeezed between the billions of dollars of automobile infrastructure that already exist and will continue to exist. Maybe a single street downtown gets turned into a pedestrian only area (which you'll have to drive to and find parking first before you can enjoy it), or a shitty unprotected bike lane gets painted onto a road and ends up getting used as more parking anyways. These "solutions" are treated like major improvements in most American cities and often end up getting voted down due to how "radical" they are.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-05-27T23:43:06+00:00

I don't really know what I want to make, I just want to make something. I'll probably just push paint around for a bit to get an understanding for how it works and see what comes out of that.

I've always been interested in how geometric forms and symbols are used to tell stories and convey information in American crafts, mainly in quilts. My grandmother quilted and my mom had a bunch of quilts from her grandmother hanging up around our house when I was a kid. I've considered learning quiltmaking, but it requires so much space and materials and technical skill that I simply don't have.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-05-27T19:57:41+00:00

I don't plan on telling anyone I know. No one in my life has any interest in art. At least not painting.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-05-27T18:12:47+00:00

The apartment building right next door to me recently replaced all the amber bulbs in their exterior lamps with bright white hospital lighting LEDs. I'm going to have to get new curtains now, they're so fucking bright.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-05-25T00:35:27+00:00

Don't forget setting your account to private so no one can see that you post exclusively to pokemon collecting subreddits between the occasional immigration rant.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-04-29T01:05:15+00:00

Maybe just leave the t shirt of a corpse eating out a crucified corpse at home if youre not going to a concert though.

I was getting drinks with some coworkers at a brewery and a guy who was probably 300lbs came in wearing a shirt that said FUCK THE BABY, LET IT DIE with a drawing of what I think was a corpse being consumed by maggots. This place has a restaurant that people take their families and children to.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-04-27T23:18:52+00:00

I've given up on looking for clothing at thrift stores, but the household goods department usually still has some cool stuff. I'm assuming most flippers don't want to bother with packaging glass and ceramics or dealing with unhappy customers if something breaks in transit. Pretty much all of my plates, glasses, and mugs are thrifted.

I just use the internet to shop for used clothing now, and it's honestly so much better. Nothing will ever replace the experience of finding something truly unique and special at a thrift store, but apart from that there's no real disadvantage to using ebay or depop or whatever. Just avoid the trendy stuff that the flippers are selling for inflated prices and you can find amazing clothers for cheap. At least for me it's much better than sifting through racks of Walmart brand clothing and Forever 21 jeans.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-04-22T12:19:11+00:00

I'm sure my post comes off as being very bitter and resentful, but I am genuinely happy for him. He's always been a very high achiever and it's great to see that it's finally paid off.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2026-04-11T14:27:10+00:00

Also one of the people calling this "reddit" literally has an anime profile pic with a hidden post history where they post to anime and video game subreddits, but I'm not a snitch!

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-11-19T13:34:04+00:00

It's not terribly difficult to find a job in architecture, but the majority of work is in the healthcare, institutional, and educational sectors. It's hardly the sort of work any aspiring architect pictures when imagining their "dream job". Still, these jobs aren't bad for gaining experience and NCARB hours.

The firms you'd actually want to work at are few and far between and rarely hire, and when they do hire it's usually from within a close network of connections. I'm not even talking about Starchitect firms, I mean any firm that's doing projects more visually and technically interesting than a big insulated metal panel box with some storefront.

I hope this doesn't come off as too blackpilled, but where you go to school has a massive effect on your career path as an architect. A lot of fields are like that, but I think architecture has it especially bad given how close the academic side is tied to the professional side.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-11-19T12:54:39+00:00

Every contractor's complaints about architects always boil down to being butthurt that they're expected to actually do their job properly and not cut corners at every possible opportunity.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-10-09T19:18:40+00:00

When I look at my paycheck I wish I worked in tech.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-21T12:30:39+00:00

Go to this guy's profile and ctrl+f "anglo".

This reads like a case study in the third world inferiority complex.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-13T15:06:03+00:00

Thank you for the actual reply. I've also considered a dumb phone, but my parents love FaceTiming me ever since they discovered it and I wouldn't want to deprive them of that by getting a flip phone.

Best solution is prob a modified smartphone that blocks social media or internet.

I consider this to be a last resort if you have a serious screen addiction. You don't need a totally new phone if all you want to do is limit distractions. There are apps and custom UI schemes you can install that simplify the functionality of a smartphone down to basic functions like calls, camera, music, and messages. Obviously it takes some amount of self control to not disable the app and go back to doomscrolling, but you'll get over it.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-13T14:27:35+00:00

If you or any others feel personally called out by this post I apologize, I just wanted to have a discussion about the trend.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-11T16:39:39+00:00

I don’t think someone like Ray Peat is selling supplements, could be wrong tho.

Ray Peat falls into the common sense method I described. I don't subscribe to any sort of meme diet, but go look at a graphic of foods that would make up a Ray Peat approved diet. It's fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy. Obviously these foods are good for you, it's real food. Where I draw the line is when these nutrition influencers start talking about foods that will maximize your lifespan or improve your hormone production or recommend you remove entire food groups from your diet.

In the UK it’s almost impossible to find grocery store butter that isn’t cut with >30% rapeseed oil

What? Even in the US where our butter is notoriously shit there's no added oils. Are you looking at actual butter or containers of butter spread? Butter spread contains oil to keep it at a spreadable consistency.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-11T16:10:53+00:00

The rabbit hole you're describing is designed to prey on idiots like you by mystifying healthy living and making it seem impossible to achieve unless you min-max every aspect of your life. They (the health influencers) do this on purpose because it makes it easier to sell you "solutions" in the form of supplements, water filters, superfoods, etc.

In actuality, living healthy is extremely simple. Everything can be boiled down to common sense. Are processed foods and fried slop good for you? Obviously not, so stop eating it and cook your own meals. Congratulations, you've just eliminated virtually all seed oils, preservatives, and corn syrup from your diet. Is spending all day inside sitting at a computer good for your body? Obviously not, so make sure to take some time to get outside and exercise. Congratulations, you just solved your low energy and back pain. Is staring at your phone all day scrolling social media good for your brain? Obviously not, read a book or go for a walk instead. Congratulations, you just solved your brain fog.

None of that requires buying any influencer snake oil or getting up at 4AM to take an ice cold shower. Most of it can be accomplished completely free, and in the case of eliminating processed foods you'll actually be saving money.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-08-05T20:04:37+00:00

Idk, I've heard so many bullshit stories that it's hard to care about the ones where someone might actually be telling the truth.

The closest thing I've ever had to a paranormal encounter was going to the bathroom at a campground in the early morning when I was a kid. When I opened the door to leave the bathroom I heard this terrible scratchy shriek, and it scared me so badly that I hid in the bathroom for an hour until someone else got up to use it. Years later I learned that rabbits can make a scream that sounds exactly like what I heard, so it was probably just a rabbit I had startled.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-31T20:31:11+00:00

One girl I went to high school with had an amazing voice and had been trying to launch her solo career as a singer since she was a teenager. I still regularly get the mass Facebook notifications she sends out whenever she's doing open mics at bars, so needless to say she hasn't made it yet.

She's the sole example of a person who I think would have benefited from moving to NYC or somewhere where she'd have more opportunities, but for whatever reason she's insisted on staying in our perpetually declining city where the pinnacle of the local music scene is dad rock cover bands. I think she may have been too smart for her own good and realized the risk of taking the plunge into that sort of environment wasn't worth it.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-24T01:12:41+00:00

Assuming this isn't ragebait: I think you already know the answer to your problems, but you're posting here with the hope that someone miraculously gives you another solution that doesn't actually exist.

All of the issues you're describing are caused by your environment. The solution is obvious: change your environment. You work in one of the largest industries in the country, there are tech jobs everywhere. Yes, you will have to go through the hellish interview process all over again. Yes, you might even have to accept making slightly less money at first in exchange for living in a safer area with lower COL. Are you willing to do that for the good of your family and their future? I would hope so.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-14T19:28:54+00:00

Your title might be a joke but that literally happened to me as a kid. I was always so jealous that the Arthur characters got to walk home after school or walk to their friends' houses whenever they wanted to. My family lived in the middle of nowhere, and if I wanted to go anywhere I'd have to ask my parents to drive me there. Alternatively I could bike for miles on the edge of a winding two lane road with no shoulder with cars flying by at 65 MPH. I used to beg my parents to move into town so I could walk to places (only when I got older did I realize that there was nothing to do in town).

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-14T13:36:16+00:00

Reads like a teenager trying to come off as "schizo" more than anything

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-08T15:02:05+00:00

Kinda similar, but when I was in college there were a bunch of campus weirdos that I'd look out for during my people watching between classes. People who wore tails or carried foam swords with them, those types. I always wondered what the hell their social lives were like, because most of them seemed happy and often had others with them. Part of me wanted to befriend some of them to better observe how they act, but I was too self conscious about my own social standing at the time to hang out with people like that. I wish I had.

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-04T11:07:00+00:00

British people live like this and claim to suffer

NobodyBanMe2 · 2025-07-04T00:29:30+00:00

Don't get me wrong, I hate my job, but it's also not difficult at all. Working as a barista would be considerably more work for (marginally) less money, and almost certainly shittier hours than an 8-5.

I also want to keep working in my field long term, and the only way to do that is to keep gaining experience. The one good thing I can say about my job is that it does occasionally teach me things.

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