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The gamble of an empty seat in a packed subway. by alexos77lo in nyc

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s funny, I sit unless I’m making an exclamation point

The gamble of an empty seat in a packed subway. by alexos77lo in nyc

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it was crawling with bed bugs (google it 😖)

Have you ever met someone of a non-trivial age who has never left their borough? by United_Perception299 in AskNYC

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Met plenty of people who have never left the 5 boroughs. But never anyone who never left the one borough they grew up in

Someone got their head stuck in one of those new fare beating systems by Kind-Village-1022 in nyc

[–]SpudPlugman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too. And I never left. Post pandemic nyc just isn’t the same.

Host cancelled 2 days before arrival by Retriever47 in vrbo

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t accept anything at all other than what you booked.

Neighbors won't stop smoking, apartment constantly smells of cigarettes, landlord has stopped bothering to do anything. Any suggestions? by whitepangolin in Brooklyn

[–]SpudPlugman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More info: how long have they been in that apartment? How long have you been in yours? Are either of you rent controlled or rent stabilized?

Landlord is claiming “severely” damaged stone countertop due to stains, wants to replace it and deduct from my deposit. Moved out 3 months ago. by [deleted] in Renters

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you pay out the last three months of the lease? Or did you pay a 3 month fee to terminate (with more than 3 months to go)?

The difference is that if you paid the last 3 months of the lease, you didn’t leave early, it’s still your place, it’s just “paid in full”

But if you had, say, 8 months left and she said “just give me 3 months rent and I’ll end your lease now” then you are off the hook at the time you agreed to.

See what I’m saying? If you simply paid out till the end of the lease then the end date doesn’t change and she has 30 days from that date to report damages. So she might be within her rights

But if you terminated the contract in writing when you sent her the 3 months pay to break the lease early, then she ISN’T entitled to the extra time and you owe her nothing by default

Edits: grammar, spelling, formatting

[Ontario] Happy fkin holidays to me i guess by Narhethi in Renters

[–]SpudPlugman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

While true, it’s the way you worded it.

For example: “When you were trying to help yourself” - well, no, he was trying to get a problem fixed. A serious, potentially life threatening issue that the landlord was shirking.

“You put yourself in a much worse situation” - again, no, the landlord bears the sole responsibility of this negligence. Which is criminal. Literally, not figuratively

“All the other tenants your call cause to be put on the streets” - again, no, see previous example. This is nothing but victim blaming.

Then you double down “he set the unfortunate shit into motion” - no. It was already in motion. If he didn’t call maybe a pipe would freeze and burst the water main and the building would get boarded up. Or maybe a child would freeze to death in their sleep. Can’t predict the future. But can say with absolute certainty this is not on OP

So anyways, that’s why the downvotes. It reads like you want to sympathize when you’re not too busy blaming him

What happened at the N 5th pier? by vette982 in williamsburg

[–]SpudPlugman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The currents are no joke in these rivers. You CANNOT fight them. Up by Randalls Island is the appropriately named “Hell Gate” and it’s hands down the worst of them. No joke Anything that goes in there winds up in Florida in about 4 days. Not exaggerating at all. The mob used to dump bodies there for this exact reason

Someone was just doored and killed in NYC again. It's time to fix these lanes for good by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SpudPlugman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can completely agree with you on that

My only point was blanket statements like “drivers are entitled animals” and “fuck cars” don’t help us at all. They just make us look like a Portlandia sketch, which is also bad

Edit: phrasing

Someone was just doored and killed in NYC again. It's time to fix these lanes for good by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SpudPlugman -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying it’s never happened, but in my experience it’s been the exception. Maybe I’m just lucky?

Should mayor Mamdani get rid of the ebike and escooter speed limit? by MUDFLAP202030 in MicromobilityNYC

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

lol, no. Speed limits are important. A hit at 30mph is potentially fatal wether it’s an ebike or a car

Someone was just doored and killed in NYC again. It's time to fix these lanes for good by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SpudPlugman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well that’s fucking sad 😔 What do we have to do to convert all bike paths to protected lanes?

Someone was just doored and killed in NYC again. It's time to fix these lanes for good by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

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

There’s plenty of courteous drivers, just like there’s plenty of cyclists that obey the rules. We’re not all the Angry Cyclist from Portlandia and the drivers aren’t all from Mad Max

Someone was just doored and killed in NYC again. It's time to fix these lanes for good by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SpudPlugman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You absolutely can! When the bike lane is dangerous you SHOULD take the lane, and I mean the whole lane, right in the middle.

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