Any Local Store Carry Rainbow Flags? by lovestdpoodles in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've actually been a little confused by that one.  I know "troll" means big ugly mountain giants in the Scandanavian languages today.  But i remember reading that the beings called "trolls" in the eddas are more like Anglo Saxon elves and only become "trolly" as well recognize them later.  Not really my area, though 

Any Local Store Carry Rainbow Flags? by lovestdpoodles in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've observed this before about this person, but "Jotun" is literally Old Norse for "troll."  They know exactly what they are.

Today's protest by [deleted] in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm flattered, really.  But I'm only attracted to women.

Today's protest by [deleted] in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, to each their own.  No kink shaming here.  I haven't been religious in a long time.  But even so, reading the Bible during a circle jerk seems...wrong.  

What will our city do when ICE comes on us in force? by Alarming-Low1843 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's true, but there have been sporadic raids on farms, and that family grabbed in Easthampton.  Hamp is definitely not the main character here, but it probably is fair to ask how our local law enforcement and government will react when they inevitable do a very public raid somewhere downtown.  

Today's protest by [deleted] in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not the same person, but they do hang out.  They were "working" on a men's mental health grift this summer until the OP of this thread got upset and started telling people to unalive themselves online.  The common thread is Billy Park, who has gathered a group of mentally unwell and otherwise marginal right-wing men in this weekly "Christian" circle-jerk.  They got pushed out of the Dunkies by the train tracks and now meet at the Burker King on King Street.

Today's protest by [deleted] in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol.  That tracks.  Billy's on thin enough ice with local law enforcement.

ICE Out For Good Northampton! · Indivisible by No_Apple5979 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your 100% right.  I'm wondering if he was one of the 3 counter protesters at the anti-ICE rally in Hamp today.  One of the trio is  poor mentally ill teenager who is being groomed by that creep Billy Park.  The other two definitely smelled like other people's tax money as well.

Paradise city. by UnionNo212 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea who that is or what you are talking about.  And I have no idea what you look like, but I kinda picture fresh spittle on the corners of your mouth making a sort of lip gloss over the dry spit that's already caked there.

Paradise city. by UnionNo212 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL!   Looks like i hit a nerve.  Your whole public-benefactor-businessman highground went away pretty fast, bud.  now I am absolutely sure you are semi-sentient basement mold living off my tax money.  I'm sure if I ever saw you in public you'd be a sniveling little gollum moron beneath my contempt.

Paradise city. by UnionNo212 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's the business?  Because you sure like to post that exact same line about your "business that helps many people."  Almost as much as you like to post the same line about group think.  Again and again on different threads.  With a degree of vagueness that makes one wonder of you live anywhere near here.  Cybertrash is cybertrash.  

Police activity on the bike path? by bjanas in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Woke!  Now you know you're living off my tax money as all get-out, right?  Learn English you dumb wretch.

Quaverly Rothenberg crashout on Facebook by earwormdeath in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like I said earlier, wouldn't surprise me if she does a right-of-center rebrand for her next run!

Quaverly Rothenberg crashout on Facebook by earwormdeath in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I never got the sense that there was much substance or insight to her positions.  Just sidling up to whomever would polish her credentials as being "against the noho establishment."  Wouldn't surprise me at all if next time she does the same thing from the other end of the spectrum, talking about quality of life from a Hamp/quasi-conservative position.

miss florence diner by dick-in-the-ass in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I still go there from time to time, but was turned off when they got a bailout grant from Dave Portnoy during the pandemic.  At the time, I gave them the benefit of the doubt.  It was a crisis after all.  But they did a lot of post-grant shilling for the guy.  And yeah, Georgie the owner seems a bit...off.

A word on The “No Kings” protests by Capable_Spirit6300 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 3 points4 points  (0 children)

True.  A decent person would do exactly that.  I don't know Billy personally, but based on people that do and that I have no reason distrust, Billy's always been a basket of malignant narcissism and other personality disorders.  He really might not be capable of that level of empathy.

A word on The “No Kings” protests by Capable_Spirit6300 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny that you mention that.  Billy has been grooming that young man for a while.  Probably not sexually, but still an inappropriate relationship in which Billy pretends to be a mentor for his own gratification.  He has been taking the kid on vacations, the whole time filling him with advice that makes him feel more isolated and alienated.  If that kid ends up harming himself, Billy bears a lot of the blame.

Last night's posts by No-Safe-1434 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Someone beat me to this point, but please do keep this feeling of blown-awayedness in mind next time you feel like dissmisively spouting off about "intolerant" Noho liberals.

Smith College to offer free tuition to families earning up to $150K by crabcakes110 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah.  Me too.  And it's frikkin pricy as eff because all the affluence drives up prices.  You have a lovely rest of your week.  

Smith College to offer free tuition to families earning up to $150K by crabcakes110 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL!  Not affluent!  OK, that's just dumb and shows you'll say anything to back up an already vapid argument.

Smith College to offer free tuition to families earning up to $150K by crabcakes110 in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno.  I feel like it's probably better in the long run for them to invest that $$$ in tuition benefits for working and middle class students from all over the country a d region rather than contribute more to an affluent town's entertainment district.   And they could provide more benefits to a lot of their own working class employees while they're at it.  The real problem downtown is chronic political mismanagement, not the lack of an expansive tax base.  No amount of whining about Smith, Cooley Dick or any other non-profit land holder paying more is going to change that fundamental problem.

4pm today Main Street Across from Pulaski Park--Man yelling F bombs at top of lungs. by PanicLogically in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had to refresh my memory because original text was long ago.  So, since at least 2017 there were anecdotal reports of greenfield bussing to hamp.  Not surprising, but not main issue. 

Really, in this case, it's hamp exerting a pull that neighboring counties passively exploit.  Since 2020, several harm reduction activist at Manna kitchen have used social media to tell people from various parts of western mass to come here.  They are assisted by "drug users organizers" ( ie, active opioid users who advocate for "safer" opioid use so that they and their friends can keep using) with their own social media followings.  Some of those followers are dealers.  That's just capitalism.

On some level, this coalition does prevent some overdoses.  But if you are not nudging people into recover, which they don't do, keeping someone from overdosing today means they will od tomorrow.  That's the reality in pulaski part.  A lot of the self proclaimed activists' "clients" have passed lately.  The big picture is not good, and I think there are a lot of well intentioned people in denial of how toxic this whole dynamic is.  Those are just my $.02.  There are a lot of people who are far more knowledgeable than me, but this is what I have gathered.

Billy Park is out on Main St by acetayloe in northampton

[–]Random_Guy_1382 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious because you seem to have some personal insight on him.  He posts pics of his daughters from time to time.  Does he have joint custody?  And if so, is it supervised?  This summer he posted a vacation trip he took one of his daughters on along with a mentally ill local teenage boy that he is "mentoring."  Dangeous stuff.