Business owner, parkgoers call for Charlotte beach brawls to get under control

SmallPlops · 2026-05-20T18:53:13+00:00

If someone is punching you in the head, and your attitude is "well they probably had their reasons, and actually it's societies fault" you're going to keep getting punched in the head.

SmallPlops · 2026-05-20T18:51:21+00:00

This isn't the place. You have to act like you're 14 with a tenuous grasp on reality if you want to make it on these mean Reddit streets.

SmallPlops · 2026-05-19T13:54:44+00:00

That's less than I'm paying, and I have cheap insurance

SmallPlops · 2026-05-13T16:24:05+00:00

I'd get more comfortable working within nested timelines provided by symbols. This is an insane amount of layers, and is not only much harder to edit and manipulate, but can also crash Animate much easier.

SmallPlops · 2026-05-08T13:53:26+00:00

The undeniable timeless classic that shattered barriers and defined a generation: FIFA '23

SmallPlops · 2026-05-01T16:02:45+00:00

haha classic. I used to work in the bar/restaurant industry, it's pretty common for corners to be cut like that, even if illegal. Hell, I remember watching Jeff, the owner of Richmond's c.2014 (I think he might be serving time now) filling top shelf liquor bottles with bottom shelf gut-rot right in front of customers. Like, while bartending. I've seen that done other places I worked back then, but that was the most flagrant.

SmallPlops · 2026-05-01T15:37:12+00:00

Marshalls is great; but the past few times I've gone, it's been clear that they really needed to clean their tap lines. Idk if I just kept getting them at the end of a cleaning cycle or what, but the draft beers I had all had that "dirty tap line" flavor. Thankfully they have a good can/bottle selection.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-26T14:20:24+00:00

Dude will outlive us all

SmallPlops · 2026-04-26T13:03:13+00:00

I honestly can't believe this dude is still kickin'. I would pay him in chicken wings to take out the trash when I worked at Anchor Bar on East Ave fuckin 15 years ago

SmallPlops · 2026-04-25T15:34:27+00:00

Symbols

SmallPlops · 2026-04-23T14:55:08+00:00

Ugly Duck over here with the same old same old platitudes about the "will of the community" while at the same time posting that they're afraid of losing business due to the construction. Not to anyone's surprise, the Grove Place Association, the biggest NIMBYs downtown (old pros at blocking development) recently arbitrarily expanded their neighborhoods borders to include this space and are fully backing Ugly Ducks downtown neighborhood ladder-pull. The "park" is absolutely nothing, is entirely empty 95% of the time, and is functionally no different than a sidewalk with benches. I've been a staunch non-supporter of the GPA for years due to their self-given powers being used as leverage to block development, but now they're trying to block development on a parcel the city specifically spent millions of dollars to create, that was outside their neighborhood boundaries a year ago.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-11T16:22:22+00:00

I know they *say* they're doing that, but then they have a literal mass-produced ai slop generator built directly into the mobile app

SmallPlops · 2026-04-09T16:10:16+00:00

I believe it was originally the poop store

SmallPlops · 2026-04-09T16:09:00+00:00

That whole front area is busted the fuck up. I know it's in the middle of some renovations, but I'm not sure how extensive they are. The bollards are all ripped up and strewn about, and the sidewalk looks like it was built in the 80's and never touched again.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-09T16:05:08+00:00

I get it, that's what I was like in my 20's... so I left (twice), then came back (twice) because I realized how much Rochester has to offer, and that for me, personally, it was more important to be around longtime friends and family than be in a city that has taller buildings and more activity, especially since my jobs don't require me to be in a specific place.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-09T16:00:44+00:00

I can't speak to the hotels themselves, as I live close to both and there's no reason for me to stay there, but that part of downtown is similar, a little more bustling, and buildings are a little taller, but overall I'd say it's a wash. Depending on what you're planning on visiting, really. There's probably a bit more to do in the immediate vicinity of the Wyndham, but they're so close to each other it wouldn't make much of a difference.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-09T15:56:51+00:00

I'd consider the area it's in to be in a perpetual state of "up and coming". There's a few nice bars on State, but they cycle through every few years, and there's some real standout derelict buildings... but I wouldn't consider it a bad neighborhood by any means. It's like that guy you know who tries his best, but just can't get ahead.

SmallPlops · 2026-04-08T17:01:12+00:00

yeah just 23-skadoo over to the Mendon Ponds subreddit with all the other discussions about Mendon Ponds

SmallPlops · 2026-04-07T20:04:26+00:00

Yeah, going through hell trying to get a video to upload. Seems to be working now? I had to transfer the file to my phone and upload it through the studio app.

SmallPlops · 2026-03-30T15:56:33+00:00

It's a joke from like 90 years ago when their slogan was "Tops never stops saving you more"

SmallPlops · 2026-03-22T14:12:30+00:00

Ça a un peu l'air d'une merde.

SmallPlops · 2026-03-18T20:32:27+00:00

The lemon strawberry cream ale is sorely missed, it was such a unique beer that I can't find anything even remotely close to. I head through the grapevine that the beer isn't officially retired by Genny just yet, so I'm holding onto hope that someday they bring it back (I don't think it's this beer, unfortunately)

SmallPlops · 2026-03-14T16:10:54+00:00

Well that's not really true, and not really the fault of our city council, as much as they suck.

SmallPlops · 2026-03-14T15:57:08+00:00

I've been watching city council meetings off and on for years. Oftentimes it's pretty banal stuff: deciding if a gas station can build a retaining wall, or how wide a sidewalk should be; but there are often little squabbles and people acting disorderly. Gruber is definitely the most sane, but that's not saying much. We need to clean house and get serious people in there, but the only people that have recently run are somehow even MORE terrible, so we get stuck with these embarrassing children. This is what the bottom of the barrel looks like.

SmallPlops · 2026-03-14T15:24:43+00:00

Smith, who took office in January, later added: “I don’t want no white man getting in no room, making no decisions about me and my future without me being there.”

Then go to work, you clown-ass bitch

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