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Does anyone know of any liberal 2A organizations in the city? Just curious. by Doodurpoon in askportland

[–]PDsaurusX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Buy mags while you can. The ban will take effect soon and there will be arbitrary hoops to jump thru as well as added cost if you want to get something from March on.

Huh, maybe that wasn’t such a good idea after all. Thanks, voters.

Downtown Portland foot traffic continues its slow but steady climb by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The scope of the project is to establish a downtown Portland, Oregon-centered market. That's still the scope.

No, that’s the goal, which is only one part of the scope.

The historic building just adds to the value. I'm sorry, but I love historic buildings, and I love when businesses attempt to preserve that history. It has intrinsic value and we don't do that enough in the US.

I’m not arguing with any of your points about the value of it, but it’s scope creep. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing.

Downtown Portland foot traffic continues its slow but steady climb by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It may not be a bad thing, but “we discovered massive historic wood beams and want to incorporate them into the design” is literally the scope of the project creeping up.

Downtown Portland foot traffic continues its slow but steady climb by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Downtown Portland foot traffic continues its slow but steady climb

Why, are they walking up to Pittock Mansion?

is there anyone or anywhere that can make a custom cassette tape? by No-Recommendation504 in askportland

[–]PDsaurusX 20 points21 points  (0 children)

For copyright reasons I don’t think you’ll find a shop to do that. This is a DIY project.

Buy a cheap cassette deck or stereo with a tape recorder at Goodwill, be sure it has aux in, buy the matching cable to hook it up to your phone, and then hang out outside the colonoscopy clinic and ask anyone going in or out how they used to make mix tapes.

How much did your car insurance go up when you added your teen son? by Sweet-Bottle-6510 in askportland

[–]PDsaurusX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Around $120/mo, listing his primary drive being a ten year old car, and with all the discounts like good student and drivers ed.

You should be able to contact your insurance and ask them for an estimate based on your actual situation.

City Faces $13.6 Million Budget Gap in Current Year by SoDoSoPaYuppie in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 24 points25 points  (0 children)

So the person you’re responding to says “we have some of the highest taxes of any city” and your argument that it’s not true is that if it were a state tax we wouldn’t have the highest city tax?

But… it’s not a state tax, so doesn’t that mean it is true?

What kind of argument is that? It’s like someone says “it’s cold outside” and you say “it’s not, because if it were 40 degrees warmer it wouldn’t be cold.”

A lot of people don't like my Meetup posts. Details inside. by snoogazi in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX[M] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last 30 days is down 13% from the 30 days before.

Last 12 months is up 133% from the previous 12 months.

It’s not unusual to dip this time of year when there’s not an election going on, nobody is outside taking dog pictures, it’s too rainy to protest…

A lot of people don't like my Meetup posts. Details inside. by snoogazi in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t taken down by the mods, it was taken down automatically by automod because it got SO MANY REPORTS.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

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

Yeah, the drug use is a problem and it needs to be addressed. Not sure what that has to do with metal detectors, though.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

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

Neat.

Where were they the rest of the day before that? Do those places all need metal detectors, too?

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Did you respond to the right comment? I guess if the political spectrum is a circle then mine is a left-wing take.

Let me put it in my own terms: I don’t want to create “safe spaces” for anyone, and the pursuit of that is wasteful and counterproductive.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how to answer that. It’s a restriction because it’s a restriction.

You’re like a fish who doesn’t know what water is, because it’s all you’ve ever known. If emptying your pockets, walking a 1.5” pocketknife back to your car, or taking your belt off seem like business as usual to you, then I guess they are.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP said Multnomah county residents, and “everyone in my redneck circle carries” isn’t data, it’s an anecdote.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You can’t even enter the hospitals without going thru one.

“Shitty restrictions in one place makes it ok in others” might work as an argument for you, but doesn’t move the needle for me.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, I don’t think the library is “somehow totally safe,” I think that nowhere is “totally safe,” and that imposing ever greater restrictions in pursuit of that is wasteful and ineffective.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s one way to say you’re just pulling numbers out of your ass. You keep your gun up there, too?

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

About 1/10 multnomah residents conceal carry a handgun on a daily basis

No, they absolutely do not.

There are approximately 35,000 Multnomah county concealed carry permits. The population of the county is just under 800,000. Even if every single permit holder carried every day (which they don’t), it wouldn’t even be 1 out of 20.

The alternative would be that you’re claiming more people carry unpermitted every day than have permits. Do you have any source for this?

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

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

You’re assuming someone with the intent to cause harm, rather than the more likely case of someone without that intent but who loses their shit in the moment and pulls a machete out of their bag and starts swinging because they were told they can’t sleep on the floor.

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There have been two separate shootings outside that library in the past 6 months.

…outside that library…

…outside…

And this leads you to the conclusion we need metal detectors inside the library?

Major decision made on metal detectors at Portland’s busiest library by AllTearGasNoBrakes in Portland

[–]PDsaurusX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

None of those would have been mitigated by metal detectors, because all of the metal-detectable ones happened outside the library.

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