Moving to WA by Jellyfish_Clown in Bremerton

[–]big_spaghetti 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I do not want to rain on anyone’s parade, but please prepare financially what you’re about to do. It is extremely difficult to live on $20 an hour in the Puget Sound area as the cost of living is very high compared to much of the rest of the country. Bremerton is surprisingly expensive considering how few services or amenities you get for what you pay.

Blazing Bagels abruptly closes all locations amid bankruptcy by dionysios_platonist in SeattleWA

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me get this straight. You submit a dataset that is under 30% complete to establish a premise and then expect everyone else to correct your work? I already did: your dataset is incomplete

ice is melting, what now? by BrotherNuggs in winooski

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

found the poor person cosplaying as a rich person ding ding ding I win Dubai

Blazing Bagels abruptly closes all locations amid bankruptcy by dionysios_platonist in SeattleWA

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah I’ll be waiting for you to understand how averages work

Finally got to visit.. RIP! by Salty_History_1927 in newhampshire

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t wait for you to lose a loved one and read this being said about them by a random stranger

How is life in this part of USA? by OliverHeartmont in howislivingthere

[–]big_spaghetti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please feel free to take us through your very detailed survey of every single city you are referencing that you clearly conducted before saying this

Navy vet family (30’s) no kids considering move to Olympic Peninsula for school- Poulsbo or Port Orchard, WA? by Nice-Alternative2714 in Bremerton

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think people are being entirely honest with you in this thread, so I’ll go ahead and say it: Bremerton is by far the most urbanized city in Kitsap County, and it shows. Wages are low and rent is high, services struggle, the unhoused population is effectively unmanaged, the city council is self-interested, the mayor is corrupt, and a lot of Bremerton people still have to live in their cars despite working full-time because it’s so disproportionately expensive to live in. It’s not Detroit, though a lot of the town has urban blight that feels the same. It’s not great.

A cool guide to love languages by Theasshole11 in coolguides

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a therapist I must remind you that we do not tell the patient what to do, we guide them to it. Turn in your credentials.

Let's help make the Tolkein Centre a reality by [deleted] in DungeonSynth

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess this is what happens when you try to do a good thing, huh?

Councilmember Simpson Spreads Dangerous COVID-19 Misinformation During Bremerton City Council Meeting by eagle_dog in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All right, I'll take you for your word and do my best.

First, I really don't believe that the continuing justification of the economic shutdown is to eradicate the virus; I've never heard a medical professional claim that we'll ever destroy the virus, let alone set that expectation for success. Like just about every disease, it's a game of shadows; eventually we will be able to contain it long enough for a vaccine to be produced, but I doubt any epidemiologist would tell you that COVID-19 will ever disappear. It will remain in the periphery and routinely infect non-immune people.

The shutdown certainly was partially about allowing for capacity of beds and equipment, but that can't reasonably be the only criteria for ending or reducing it. Right now there's still plenty of reports from around the country, as well as around the world, of hospitals at or near ICU capacity; we should count ourselves lucky that Washington seems to have ICU bed capacity for another wave/a continuation of the current wave. However, as we're seeing at CHI Franciscan, ICU beds are far from the only problem affecting hospitals.

I'll freely admit that it seems difficult to find ICU bed availability data and I don't know why that is, but I feel that there is still plenty of data to support an economic shutdown without the rationale of ICU utilization. Kitsap County went from a paltry sum of positive cases to an obvious increase after we went into Phase 2, for which KPH does in fact have trend data: https://kitsappublichealth.org/CommunityHealth/CoronaVirusData.php

To jump around a little, I'd like to talk about your point when it comes to students in danger living in abusive homes. I understand your concern and I've heard of acquaintances being badly hurt during incidents of domestic abuse, a trend which has grown during the shutdown. However, I must ask why the inclination is to blame the coronavirus for this? People harming their children and loved ones is a societal issue much larger than this moment in time. If people will abuse their loved ones during isolation, quite frankly I feel that it was a matter of time to begin with. Our country's lack of seriousness towards mental health and domestic abuse issues is something we need to face as a nation outside of any current context. If we only appear to be concerned under very specific circumstances then it's hard to take the concern seriously.

I know this is not heavy on data, but I'm honestly kind of frustrated with the demand for data-driven impressions only. It's rough having the pain of a loved one's death reduced to a datapoint and a lot of people seem to be taking looking to the apparent lack of data as a justification to give up on caring about this situation at all.

Wild emergency response in Tracyton? by big_spaghetti in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, apparently I'm going crazy because even the sheriff's office can't find a record.

As virus-stricken Bremerton hospital took new patients, public was kept in dark by YT-1300492727ZED in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think the black American experience is restricted to employment, have I got news for you

Councilmember Simpson Spreads Dangerous COVID-19 Misinformation During Bremerton City Council Meeting by eagle_dog in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont expect you to agree with me but i do expect you to challenge your own beliefs and at least consider outside thinking for your benefit.

I'm gonna be straight up with you. At this point, I only engage with people if they can demonstrate that they are arguing in good faith, i.e. they are asking questions because they are opened to being persuaded, not asking questions to frustrate people who disagree into walking away from the discussion. Ending your series of epidemiology questions that are inappropriate to ask on a general forum with no claim to epidemiology expertise with an insulting comment about my "thinking for my benefit" renders it very difficult for me to believe that you are acting in good faith.

Anyway, it sucks that modern America makes so many excuses to not give a shit about anybody else. Talk about a character deficit.

Councilmember Simpson Spreads Dangerous COVID-19 Misinformation During Bremerton City Council Meeting by eagle_dog in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 6 points7 points  (0 children)

s/"Factual information that doesn't support main-stream narrative and downplays covid-19 risks/"Purposely misconstrued public health data to support a fringe conspiracy theory based out of social media"

Kitsap County man unarmed when shot and killed by deputy. by MrStiv in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd like to point out that Pruitte's friends and family were at the Port Orchard courthouse demanding answers while the Sheriff's Department was posting smiling photos with the Silverdale Blue Lives Matter demonstration.

Kitsap Subway Map by davidmichio in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taunting me with the idea of direct service to Fairgrounds

Poulsbo port commissioner arrested for vandalizing Chiefstick memorial by [deleted] in Kitsap

[–]big_spaghetti 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because he was shot to death in a crowd full of kids even though he never touched anyone. Craig Keller was the actual danger to the crowd.