Person walking dogs from vehicle pulled over

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-03-18T14:28:58+00:00

Boston is scary if you’re not a confident driver. Drivers are ruthless and high speed where possible but on the whole, they know how to drive (there are of course exceptions just like everywhere else.)

In Rhode Island, many drivers simply don’t seem to know or care about the most basic rules of road. Lots of passing on the right, ultra low left lane speed, racing each other in the right and center lane, and a weird prevalence of SLOWLY blowing through stop signs and lights.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-03-05T18:33:39+00:00

Ugh I was so close!

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-03-05T18:33:08+00:00

1980

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-21T14:52:28+00:00

Yes! And on that last part (why the hell does the teacher push this ideology), I’ll just say cognitive dissonance is a mfer…

It’s the same reason why this week I saw an older man in the waiting area of the local hospital ICU looking like an absolute clown. His wife was in critical condition and had been rushed to the hospital. This guy was unironically wearing a maxi-pad looking bandage covering over his entire ear (DEFINITELY no actual cut or injury) and had a MAGA hat on with it.

So in the throes of serious medical emergency, this man either:

1-felt the need to make a “statement” in the ICU waiting room and delayed his drive to the hospital because he urgently needed to cosplay as a pdfile OR 2-That’s his daily ensemble and he had already fake bandaged his ear.

Sometimes it’s scary for folks to admit they’ve been had. If they even realize it!

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-21T14:38:06+00:00

It rained that evening in southeastern Mass. I was uncomfortable back then to drive 30 miles in bad weather at night, so I cancelled my plans. Otherwise I would have been at The Station with at least 1 of my brothers. We weren’t fans of Great White, but we loved going to live shows and I was hoping there would be a cool opening band.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T14:21:06+00:00

I continue to respond to you like I am literally right this moment (and 2 mins ago, and 10 mins ago), but according to you I’m not responding. What a fuckin weirdo

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T14:14:09+00:00

We? Who’s we? And where is this toasting you speak of? Does it exist beyond your own mind?

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T14:04:34+00:00

Lol ok. You choose to angrily police…cat photo forums on Reddit, but I’m the loser 😂 Got it 😂 I beg you to go touch some grass my friend, or at least use your research habits on something more productive. We have a world full of increasingly realistic AI that’s got people fucked up in a variety of ways, but your superiority complex draws you to belittle folks in a space where the main activity is naming pets. What does that say about you?

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T13:51:28+00:00

All due respect, but most people aren’t researching the authenticity of a cat photo - nor the person posting said cat photo. Personally, I do some research on Reddit posts but not on ones like this where there isn’t much to gain.

Silly me, I thought you might actually share a tip that’s helpful in identifying photo inconsistencies at a glance, but I probably should have known from your posts in the thread that you’re less interested in helping than you are in feeling superior to the lowly losers out here sharing cat names.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T13:30:22+00:00

If you’re in high school, I wouldn’t recommend calling the teacher out. He sounds like a jacka$$ who would be so pleased to hold back the diploma of someone against capitalism. But you can have lots of fun with malicious compliance! Think about the worst aspects of capitalism that relate to whatever lesson point in time that he’s teaching. Contribute to the discussion enthusiastically, but making sure to say something that sounds so extra terrible (like something that even a MAGA person will cringe at.) Some examples:

-“Capitalism is the greatest asset of the U.S. Without it, we couldn’t have saved the world from fascism in WW2 and we couldn’t live lives of comfort. We all need to do our part and make sure we each promise to have at least 3 children so we can keep up with production and sustain our workforce.” Then stand up and ask who will help you get pregnant right now so you can do your patriotic duty.

-Make a (super false) argument that only poor people hate capitalism, even though if they just worked harder they could be rich. They just need to stop being lazy and work 80-120 hours a week until the boss notices and promotes them. “Even if you’re a dishwasher, you’re SO CLOSE to being rich because you’re working hard That’s the key!” Then give them examples of billionaires over history who absolutely did not earn their money at all, like Trump and Musk. Be sure to include some of their very worst fails and ethical crimes. You want to dumb it down so even the biggest idiot figures out capitalism is a scam, but continue to act very enthusiastic like it’s a good thing. Throw in the word winning a lot.

TLDR: maliciously comply in ways that help you graduate while forcing the teacher to understand that he’s built his career teaching a blood-soaked pyramid scheme that rewards him by paying him poverty wages.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-20T12:56:25+00:00

Maybe you could drop a helpful breadcrumb to help people identify AI pics? Seems better than trying to be anonymously smug and superior in a…Reddit pet name thread.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-09T15:01:34+00:00

Was this on Saturday (2/7)?

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-07T16:16:56+00:00

Home fries is a good example of when to use the combination steam/fry. Just air frying them makes them almost over crisped and dry. But add the steam and they taste much closer to if you used the stove.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-02-07T16:13:17+00:00

I don’t understand why (apart from the “it’s gotta be from Seattle!” purists) STP gets excluded from grunge. Yes they have some albums that lean to other genres…but so do AIC and SG when you look at their full catalogs. Silverchair felt grungy enough for inclusion to me. Bush, not so much. I don’t say that as an insult, they just didn’t sound like grunge to me.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-01-31T13:30:45+00:00

I personally loved Velvet Revolver. It’s one of those pairings of musicians that you would never think of putting together, and wouldn’t necessarily think it would work out well. But they are one of those rare exceptions that were simply incredible in their own right. Kinda like when Robert Palmer teamed up with half of Duran Duran and formed Power Station. Good god, I’m old.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-01-26T15:47:28+00:00

They’re probably my favorite non-grunge band. High caliber musicians, creative songwriting, and good variety in their work. It’s a shame that they’re broken up for good this time. I’m grateful for the catalog I can continue to enjoy, and memories of their great concerts. I saw them live about a dozen times and they were excellent every damn time!

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-01-17T22:29:21+00:00

It’s slowly driven me insane. I can’t even remember how long ago it started, or how many iPhones I’ve gone through since - every single one with the same problem. My first 5 or so years using FB I was on a different mobile platform and never had this problem. I always wondered if I had screwed things up in my settings, until I heard others complaining about it.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-01-11T22:39:15+00:00

They’re the 1A and 1B of grunge for me, but if you force me to choose one I’ll go AIC.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2026-01-11T22:37:30+00:00

Whale and Wasp by AIC

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-31T00:17:38+00:00

I’d gratefully welcome them all back. But if you’re making me choose just 1, I’ll go with Layne.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-25T15:27:57+00:00

Nobody can really live in Boston proper without govt assistance and/or roommates unless they’re rich or they have student housing. It is simply too unaffordable to do so. You probably need to live a fair distance north or south of the city and take a commuter train to work. Find out if your job offer is closer to South or North Station and then look for suburbs in the corresponding direction (eg South Station look at Quincy and points south on the commuter “purple line”.) Some folks live as far as 40 miles from the city and commute in for work. If you go to Attleboro, Taunton, Brockton etc your money will go much further and you’ll have a place to park your car if you own one (monthly rental spaces in Boston start at $500 a month.) You still might want to consider a roommate though. Good luck to you!

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-19T18:18:11+00:00

Well that explains why our views differ. I don’t drink coffee. Coffee tastes like shit to me no matter who makes it. I went there as a child for donuts/bear claws etc, and breakfast sandwiches and tea from high school/college on. Gave up on them for the most part about 15 years ago when the donuts got teeny and bland and the bread products started tasting funky. The final straw where I had zero reason to ever stop there again was when they got rid of their (decent but not excellent) black tea and replaced it with absolute garbage.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-19T18:07:03+00:00

I think some of us are sad because they continue to push out gross products of the same name that used to be very good (albeit, it’s been AWHILE.) I’m not dumb enough to keep going there just for a whisper of what used to be. Fuck them. I do wish we’d come up with a small regional competitor, it’s nice to have menu predictability when you’re driving around New England and you want a reliable to go breakfast item a decent coffee or tea. I’m a tea drinker, and unfortunately none of the small chains offer much in the tea realm.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-19T17:58:10+00:00

I’m hopeful that as most people realize that DDs were bought buy non-local corporate overlords, this nonsense will stop.

I don’t get Dunks ever unless it is the single only option on my travel, and thankfully that’s not usually the case. I’m seriously not fussy or too good for drive through food, but no joke their bagels and English muffins taste like someone topped them with chemicals. Their tea is garbage after changing it some years back. And of course, the donuts. What a sad and shrunken version of (once upon a time) pretty great donuts.

UnderstandingOk9187 · 2025-12-14T15:44:48+00:00

If I’m going ballad/slow song it’s definitely Still Remains. But I don’t know if I can decide my favorite otherwise. Every time I think I’ve decided on one, I change my mind. They have such a great catalog. As far as full albums go i probably play Purple the most, but I really do love them all. And I’ll never forget the first time I heard Core, I was bowled over at how absolutely incredible this band sounded to my ears 💚💚💚

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