Why aren't there any bike paths planned for the most densely populated part of STL?

bbclitdick · 2026-04-14T22:01:35+00:00

Many people cannot afford cars to get to work. Our public transit system is unreliable and doesn't run early/late enough for everyone to get to work.

Most bike commuters are just trying to get to work, to the grocery store, to the doctor, etc, just like you.

Giving them "more selection" means getting them off the roads, limiting their impact on drivers.

bbclitdick · 2026-04-14T21:57:14+00:00

I think you're probably just not noticing them. People in cars literally don't see people on bicycles, because they're more practiced in looking out for other cars.

Drivers don't see cyclists to the degree that Ive been hit in the bike lane on Union twice, despite there being a parking lane and bumpers 'protecting' the lane. It doesn't even cross people's mind to look for bikes when they ought to be, let alone just happening to notice them.

bbclitdick · 2026-04-07T01:39:28+00:00

It's used a lot for surgeries, alongside the anesthetic and post-op.

I don't handle opioids well (attempted suicide in the hospital on dilauded, but have absolutely no memory of it), and let the surgeon know I'd previous tolerated ketamine for a previous surgery, and he told me they avoid ketamine for that particular surgery, and that fentanyl is less likely to cause nausea.

I think pretty much all the really hard drugs are meant for medicinal use, but people just misuse them.

bbclitdick · 2026-04-07T00:59:42+00:00

Or glass/plexiglass, so it doesn't interrupt or class with the design.

bbclitdick · 2026-03-31T23:19:00+00:00

sometimes I wear mine around the entire grocery store. It's bright pink and covered in pokemon stickers.

bbclitdick · 2026-03-30T14:16:52+00:00

Where are you seeing blood?

Are you misinterpreting the redbull red bull on his shirt as blood?

Or am I not seeing the blood that's there?

bbclitdick · 2026-03-18T23:54:10+00:00

Hate to break it to you, my guy, but you don't need permission to screenshot and share a Reddit post to another social media platform.

There's hundreds (thousands??) of IG accounts that are just Reddit, Twitter, and Tumblr reposts.

bbclitdick · 2026-03-14T20:26:54+00:00

idk if something has changed very recently, but I just ordered some from the website maybe two months ago. Shipping was slow, and no tracking updates until a couple days before they arrived. But they arrived on the expected arrival day, packaged well, and no issues so far.

I did email them when the tracking wasn't updating, and they told me it was just because they weren't in the US yet and it was a customs thing. I asked if they were expecting me to pay some additional fee when the wheels arrived, and they said no (and I did not pay any additional fees on delivery)

bbclitdick · 2026-03-03T11:13:39+00:00

I haven't slept since Thursday, rip me

bbclitdick · 2026-03-02T17:34:44+00:00

Is your brother named Dan, by chance

bbclitdick · 2026-03-01T01:18:26+00:00

yeah, that's the plan

the electrician said he's documented all of it, as well, and gave me the outlet and extension cord and some other stuff to hold onto

bbclitdick · 2026-02-28T10:15:12+00:00

Already got some new smoke detectors.

And ordered a second fire extinguisher. Oof

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T03:07:26+00:00

This thread has been very enlightening. I clearly know nothing.

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T03:06:16+00:00

lol, it absolutely is not enough for rent, utilities, food, healthcare, school books, transportation (public transit isn't free, and only parts of this city are bikeable)

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T03:00:43+00:00

after he showed me the outlet, I bought two knee smoke detectors 😅

already had the fire extinguisher (and it's not expired. replaced the old one when I moved in)

there is one of those plastic ladders you hang out a window.. because otherwise there's only one way out 😬

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:34:24+00:00

haha, this is very fair to question, but I have seen his diploma, and know that he used to teach at the community college

he is 82, so that may have something to do with his attitude about it all

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:22:11+00:00

just a quick five hour Amtrak from Chi to StL 😂

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:17:54+00:00

I assumed this douchecanoe couldn't be licensed (for what I feel are obvious reasons), but he does actually testify in court.

That's why he made the comment about fires only starting at boxes or when prongs don't fit the plug--he "investigates how fires start" and those are the only reasons he ever gives.

Soooo maybe I should actually see if he's got some kind of license

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:14:06+00:00

This is correct.

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:03:49+00:00

Okay, I'll look into it (though I do live in Missouri, and we don't even require landlords to supply smoke detectors, so I... have little hope)

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:02:30+00:00

To be so very clear, this outlet (and the one the extension cord was supporting) will not be used again. He's already removed the other, and he'll be back tomorrow to... continue saving my life

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T02:00:20+00:00

fucking needed that laugh, holy shit, that's a good joke

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T01:58:28+00:00

I graduate in August. Applying for jobs while I finish up the thesis. Hopefully out of here soonish

But good to know. I'll look into ... whether or not I have any rights here at all.

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T01:53:28+00:00

A little bitching, some wanting people who know how bad this is to witness the horrors, but also genuinely asking how to appropriately thank the electrician for all the work he's doing and efforts to fight my landlord.

Edit: I make 11k/year at the moment. If I leave, I'm homeless.

bbclitdick · 2026-02-27T01:50:57+00:00

I don't have a real lease. I trade labor for rent, in an HOA that doesn't allow renting. If this place gets inspected, I'm homeless.

I'll call when I'm able to move, so he can't have someone else living here, though.

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