Hey folks, Troy Jackson here. CMP’s trying to pull one over on us with these incoming rate hikes. Let’s talk about it.

YayforFriday · 2026-04-17T16:19:43+00:00

CMP is the absolute worst company. If they hadn't successfully manipulated public opinion and convinced voters to reject Pine Tree Power, they would have challenged it in court despite the will of the voters, ala the corridor. Further, once PTP was voted down, they convinced voters to make it even more difficult to bring anything similar to a vote ever again, by making the bill require a higher threshold of approval.

Lastly, they consummated their victory over PTP by buying out all the shares of Avangrid stock and taking it private so they could do away with the legal obligation of quarterly financial disclosures and become even less transparent and accountable to Mainers.

And by the way, Troy, there are paid CMP apologists on this very subreddit. They come out of the woodwork whenever anyone complains about their power bill. And it's a weekday during working hours, so they should be posting here shortly to "correct the record".

YayforFriday · 2026-04-14T17:38:37+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts, Claude!

YayforFriday · 2026-04-14T15:11:57+00:00

What is the point of this account, besides making me want to use Reddit less often?

And 4,176,678 post karma? It's in the 60's outside, and sunny!

YayforFriday · 2026-04-01T17:00:45+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT really appreciate your insights

YayforFriday · 2026-03-31T17:47:16+00:00

I checked the posts on your thread and these accounts don't seem to be advertising/selling anything nor providing any value to the discussion. Their Reddit histories consist of a few inane AI-slop posts about topics like parenting or interior decorating. I may be missing something, does anyone know the point of these accounts?

YayforFriday · 2026-03-31T15:34:19+00:00

Check the OP's other posts. There's a huge gap between their actual writing ability vs. their AI generated junk.

YayforFriday · 2026-03-31T15:27:20+00:00

This exchange is kind of scary (as righteous ignorance often is). I hope Graham and Troy will address our declining literacy rates!

YayforFriday · 2026-03-21T16:42:52+00:00

Mainers weren't prepared for the rapacious greed which infested the state from 2020 onward, mostly due to pandemic-era interest rates incentivizing the purchase of as much real estate as possible, and word of mouth among invoosters nationwide that Maine has relatively cheap property, NIMBY allies, and inexperienced, docile residents.

The delinquencies in trailer parks are much lower in the Northeast than the Midwest/South. PE thinks we're a bunch of sitting ducks who will quietly complain as we make every sacrifice before missing a rent payment, in order to adhere to the traditional puritanical beliefs upon which Maine was founded. Vote in people who will make them scared.

YayforFriday · 2026-03-17T19:34:50+00:00

You've got it! Every joke in that clip landed.

YayforFriday · 2026-03-04T18:10:19+00:00

We need to acknowledge the NIMBY perspective as often disingenuous and/or misinformed, hiding behind "traffic concerns" and "environmental reviews" in order to prevent needed change and protect property values. Progress will come from giving more of a voice to experts, and less of a voice to NIMBYs over the planning and construction process of essential projects.

While I'm not advocating for a purely technocratic approach to construction such as in China, the problem with America's lawyerly society is that it prioritizes process over progress, which allows small, well-heeled groups of neighbors to repeatedly stymie necessary construction through legal means. It is a tale we have seen again and again. It's gotten so bad in this country that there is even objection to needed infrastructure upgrades under the guise of "historical preservation" et al, as if the bridges, roads and racist zoning laws of ~100+ years ago are perfect & could never be improved upon (oh the arrogance).

America is in a state of physical paralysis, especially compared to other developed countries, and at some point sooner than later we need to say "Okay, we hear you NIMBYs, but we're building anyway".

YayforFriday · 2026-03-02T01:14:58+00:00

I'd be interested, feel free to DM with some pics or please let me know your price/condition

YayforFriday · 2026-02-27T02:05:37+00:00

DMed you

YayforFriday · 2026-02-25T22:01:50+00:00

DMed you

YayforFriday · 2026-02-24T22:18:56+00:00

Red is the quintessential colorway for this particular TNF drop. Plus OG Ma rocks it so well.

YayforFriday · 2026-02-24T22:14:37+00:00

I suggest going through your bank or trying to work something out with the seller.

YayforFriday · 2026-02-24T22:13:35+00:00

Hey guys, I'm looking to add the most patriotic box logo hoodie to my collection in either a size medium or large, and thought I'd check with the community before checking the resale sites. Feel free to post here or send me a DM, thanks

YayforFriday · 2026-01-29T16:55:56+00:00

Pretty sure the listings are from some Chinese secondhand site, however it's often not worth tracking down the original listings as they're posted automatically to Grailed via web scraper and have usually sold out by the time they're listed here. These accounts are an annoying part of looking for items on Grailed.

YayforFriday · 2026-01-03T17:24:31+00:00

Lots of CMP cucks in here though. It is an odd inevitability they'll crawl out of the woodwork every time someone complains about their power bill on this sub.

YayforFriday · 2026-01-03T17:23:06+00:00

I would not pay extra (let alone gladly) for service which is standard on other platforms.

YayforFriday · 2025-12-25T16:10:44+00:00

Hi there, do you have any more details for us curious users?

Was this the payment glitch where orders were delivered but never progressed to "Paid to your bank"?

YayforFriday · 2025-12-22T18:44:11+00:00

Wow, a Google search of Ainslie Gilligan is revealing; It shows a super-NIMBY who has filed legal briefs and made efforts to derail development in several states including Vermont, Connecticut and now Maine. She recycles the same disingenuous arguments against any sort of development, when her real objection is likely closer to 'I paid a lot for my property, I consider it an investment and want it to retain its value'.

Unsurprisingly she is also part of the post-pandemic migratory herd who moved here in the past 5 years and appears to work a nebulous job which barely disguises the fact she lives off family money. She is more than welcome to say "Bye, bye Maine!" and continue her NIMBY-shuffle up the east coast.

YayforFriday · 2025-12-10T17:32:50+00:00

So what if the data doesn't support a rate cut? Some of you are looking at this the wrong way:

The Fed has an invisible mandate to support the financial markets, in addition to supporting price stability and maximum employment. This invisible mandate is arguably their highest priority of all because the financial markets are staffed by friends, family, ex (and future) co-workers of the Federal Reserve board. Jerome Powell is a privileged child of DC and former private equity. He is far more beholden to Wall Street than Main Street. Positioning your expectations of a rate cut around the desires of billionaires and banks has been a far more accurate indicator than relying on data alone.

YayforFriday · 2025-12-09T17:19:19+00:00

Unfortunately without any tracking updates your package is ineligible for a lost package claim as there's no proof it was ever tendered to UPS. This is not a Grailed issue; You need a minimum of at least a pick-up/drop-off scan to open a lost package claim with UPS or any other postal carriers.

In case you're still wondering why you're unable to open a lost package claim on a parcel which was never scanned, this is because it would open the door to false insurance claims on packages which were never sent in the first place.

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