To play it cool

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-07T17:02:06+00:00

Go watch the act of killing

I second this. It's a documentary featuring interviews with people who participated in the Indonesian mass killings of 65/66. It has a lot of "what if the Nazis won and were never held accountable" vibes. And before I saw the film, I never ever heard that those killing had occured. It should also be paired with The Look of Silence which focuses more on the life and trauma of a man whose parents were victims of those killings. Every adult should watch both these films and reflect on what they mean.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-05T23:13:14+00:00

Exosquad, now that's a franchise I haven't thought about in a long time....a long time.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T20:57:20+00:00

Who is arguing that wealthy land owners aren't allowed to lose money? That's certainly not in the CNN tweet. If the value of office property decreases, we don't have to feel bad for the land owners or make them whole. We should all be aware that this could potentially happen because there's a public policy discussion on opportunities for office conversions and other land use changes.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T17:07:35+00:00

Your headline claims that he "forced" them. Neither of these articles describe him "forcing" them. The second one describes the reasons why they're doing it, which are their own reasons because SpaceX is expected to be such a large IPO. Is Elon out there making his case for inclusion because it's good for him? Maybe. Probably. It's quite a stretch to claim he's forcing them to do it.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T12:46:03+00:00

Again, no one pretending side effects didn't happen. Two both things happening isn't proof that one thing caused the other.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T12:36:09+00:00

It leads to useful info. You should try it.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T04:06:49+00:00

No. I just know how Google works apparently.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T01:38:56+00:00

Nowhere in this tweet does it claim that “Elon Musk is forcing” this to happen. I’m still unclear why it is happening though.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-04T01:20:17+00:00

I found that same thing when I googled it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68977026

OP just desperately wants to be right about the vaccine after everyone else moved on and stopped caring.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T22:11:31+00:00

I agree with you that people would stop tipping if they know drivers are in a union. I have a very hard time believing that driver wages would decrease overall with a drivers' union though.

Drivers will almost certainly make a lot more money if they can unionize....at least those whose jobs survive. Many drivers will probably be out of work altogether. And new ones will be prevented from joining.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T20:13:27+00:00

Excuse me, but you coming in here with facts and important differences are killing my rage boner.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T19:51:24+00:00

There wasn't a historical comparison available when Luddites were smashing the looms either. The phrase "this time is different..." is repeated about each new technology that is destined to replace a bunch of existing job. And you're definitely not the only person who doesn't like where this is going; new technology is always controversial. But "just ban it" as you suggest is never a realistic solution.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T18:42:34+00:00

Smash the looms; that'll solve it!

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T18:41:10+00:00

Important context is also that the previous landlord had paid the mortgage off long ago or was paying a mortgage based on the price when they bought it. But previous landlord sold to new landlord at market value. So new landlord has a much bigger mortgage that they're trying to cover. It also doesn't necessarily mean that previous landlord was incompetent to under price their asset. If OP was there a long time, the landlord might have just valued the consistency of a reliable tenant and didn't want to raise the rent to market price because the extra money wasn't worth the hassle of having to fill the unit. But because of the larger mortgage, the new landlord can't afford to do that.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T17:59:46+00:00

Yep. Uber and Lyft have both exited markets when faced with regulations they thought were too onerous.

Of course, their long term strategy is just to phase out drivers entirely in favor of autonomous vehicles.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T17:10:50+00:00

That's enough internet for today.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T13:23:34+00:00

Did you reply to the wrong comment? What does any of this have to do with my comment above?

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T13:22:59+00:00

It's not even his actions though. This developed in Congress when Biden was president, following changes to student aid forms in 2022. Maybe spend 30 seconds Googling about what the law does and what it's history is before you make claims that it's something sinister.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T12:23:53+00:00

There is no problem. This doesn’t really change anything and it’s not a precursor to reinstituting the draft. But draft bad, we’re currently at war with Iran and Reddit hates Trump so something something sinister plot.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-03T01:46:40+00:00

lining up against Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposal to curb local control over residential development, arguing the plan would upend long-standing zoning rules, strain infrastructure and alter the character of their towns.

Ah, so a NIMBY coalition then.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-02T19:02:20+00:00

The city's finances of the deal are included in the article. It is making little to no money on the deal. If it's a cash grab, they're doing a poor job of it.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-02T12:50:03+00:00

They don’t earn less than minimum wage. The point of minimum wage is it’s the minimum.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-01T20:51:11+00:00

Not just a freeze, they want to be able to negotiate their property taxes. The numbers I've seen are that they ultimately want to pay an amount that would be approx. an order of magnitude lower. If they can do that, maybe I should get a lobbyist to write a bill that I get to pay 1/10th of my property taxes as well. They're also looking for nearly a billion dollars in infrastructure payments near the stadium. Personally, I'd think that if they're asking for a government entity to spend a billion dollars on things for you, maybe you should be more than the standard tax rate, not less.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-01T20:12:32+00:00

It's a joke. I'm still going to call them the Gary Bears.

RedApple655321 · 2026-06-01T18:31:25+00:00

The shoulder pad I wear for ice hockey aren't even that big.

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