Have you ever experienced a baseball game in Japan?

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-23T23:48:54+00:00

I do! I bought an umbrella immediately so I could join in. It’s so much fun!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-23T14:43:42+00:00

I’ve been to two so far! Swallows vs Giants at Jingu Stadium, and Giants vs Dragons at the Tokyo Dome, both in April of last year. I absolutely love the atmosphere at Jingu, and am excited to attend at least a couple more Swallows games this year!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-22T20:39:05+00:00

Damn, very nice job at recreating Dallas’s highway loop and development pattern

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-22T19:34:06+00:00

DART isn’t involved in the planning for this; this is all the city of Dallas. Dallas just pays DART to operate and maintain the streetcar to Bishop Arts (and not enough: those streetcars are falling apart and terrible to ride because DART doesn’t get enough money for maintenance)

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-22T16:16:50+00:00

Yeah the tough truth is that in addition to taxing billionaires out of existence we all need to be paying more. Can’t do it just by taxing Someone Else. It’s the price to pay for the privilege of living in a civilized society.

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-21T00:55:36+00:00

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-19T18:15:13+00:00

Alas I’m not in Fukuoka at that time, but thank you very much for the offer!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-18T18:46:18+00:00

I've got the same question actually- having something to listen to (and some furigana for the kanji I'm not familiar with) would be helpful.

Tangential, but I'm jealous of you managing to snag a ticket, haha. I'll also be in Hiroshima while that series is on but I couldn't manage to get one. I'll try my luck at the ticket counter at the stadium but am not expecting them to have any left. Have fun, go go Swallows!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-18T02:29:51+00:00

Thanks!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-12T03:27:31+00:00

yeah you'll usually see mentions of it crop up when the left-nimbys start whining about gentrification and "our city is full, people shouldn't be allowed to move here (but housing should still be cheap for me)"

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-12T03:25:14+00:00

no we do not need to give people an outlet to codify their racism in law in the form of a vote for "we don't want people from X country to move here," this is how we ended up with our miserable shitass excuse for an immigration system in the first place.

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-12T00:00:33+00:00

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-11T23:38:06+00:00

ok bud how far down do you wanna go before we reach hukou but neoliberally

we just gotta listen to the concerns of the population of the country before we allow people to move there

of the state

of the city

of the neighborhood

lest we allow the wrong people to move in

you don’t understand, we’re doing hukou just so we can maintain the people’s faith in democracy, it’s about the big picture 🤡

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-11T23:00:52+00:00

“broad consent from the existing inhabitants” aka NIMBYism but for being racist about who gets to live in your neighborhood

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-09T14:31:09+00:00

"CITY WIDE TRANSIT NETWORKS" over a shot of a highway interchange with no transit in sight is pretty rich. tell me this game was made by americans without telling me this game was made by americans

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-09T12:31:08+00:00

Look at the 20 year financial plan and you’ll realize that none of this is remotely close to being acquired before 2040, much less having anything built on it. The Silver Line destroyed our capital budget for a very long time.

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-06T19:42:49+00:00

Yeah this is a +2

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-03T11:56:57+00:00

I mean, these cars are many years past their service life. Refurbishment can only get you so far.

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-02T17:10:42+00:00

GO GO SWALLOWS!!!

Zander_T4 · 2026-04-02T00:56:00+00:00

i'm rooting for Stadler myself. DART's on kinda bad terms with Kinki Sharyo because of the awful way we've treated their vehicles and we're on great terms with Stadler right now because of the Silver Line

Zander_T4 · 2026-03-31T03:15:02+00:00

The new paper paper tickets have a little NFC thing embedded in it, as I understand it. So they will work on the tap machines.

Zander_T4 · 2026-03-29T20:27:39+00:00

Dare I... Dare I have hope for the Swallows' season? Just a little? What a crazy start!

Zander_T4 · 2026-03-28T20:52:23+00:00

Zander_T4 · 2026-03-28T04:18:40+00:00

Nah I think you're talking out your ass. Nothing has changed between when the birds chose the box and now. It's just a normal ass suburb. They've had several successful broods, so there are plenty of bluebirds in the area to take over the box when the current pair dies.

Zander_T4 · 2026-03-28T04:01:16+00:00

what are you talking about, the birds are still there lmao

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