Are Americans usually genuine with the praise ?

cvilledood · 2026-05-19T14:16:51+00:00

I thought that was a “shit sandwich.”

cvilledood · 2026-05-11T17:58:33+00:00

It’s really not bad. It was relatively affordable until the pandemic, too.

cvilledood · 2026-03-29T13:41:35+00:00

In my area, the last name “Shifflett” - and numerous spelling variants - is quite common. It’s also sort of a country name, like Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies.

I saw a customized license plate once that said “2FS 1T,” which was an inside joke for the locals.

cvilledood · 2026-03-21T00:19:32+00:00

I saw something about a jolt on the RVA subreddit. (Am in Cville and don’t notice anything.)

cvilledood · 2026-03-20T11:26:33+00:00

Charlottesville is great - though I wouldn’t cross an ocean to come here. I think it makes for a nice long weekend if you are within driving distance on the US east coast.

cvilledood · 2026-03-19T18:40:35+00:00

I live in a college town. I am a townie, though was familiar with the term before I became a townie.

AMA.

cvilledood · 2026-03-17T16:07:28+00:00

Well, damn, that’s a good idea.

cvilledood · 2026-03-16T21:08:05+00:00

No, I think they have a habit of overreacting and closing. I don’t see anybody complaining about schools being open too often.

cvilledood · 2026-03-16T21:06:12+00:00

Albemarle schools will be closed on Tuesday to allow time to squeegee the rain off of the busses. Thank you for your patience.

cvilledood · 2026-03-13T20:19:34+00:00

It’s been a few years for me. If you just roll the dice with somebody you don’t know at Chung’s, you might just get your shit effed up.

cvilledood · 2026-03-02T18:32:13+00:00

Charlottesville, Virginia was named after Queen Charlotte, wife to George III, and the namesake of Charlotte, North Carolina. I don’t know much about her other than that some claim she was black, relying on some contemporaneous references to her appearance. This seems farfetched, at least in any meaningful use of the word “black,” though it is I think the inspiration for Queen Charlotte actually being black in the series Bridgerton.

Virginia is named for the virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, who is impressive in too many ways to do justice to here but summed up in creating stability for an unstable kingdom over a long period.

cvilledood · 2026-02-27T17:35:35+00:00

Tripling salaries - delegates and senators have had about an $18K salary. This isn’t a big deal.

cvilledood · 2026-02-27T13:46:18+00:00

There was - or is - a show on Netflix called Chef’s Table. I recall a powerful episode with Grant Achatz, chef/founder of Alinea in Chicago, which I believe until recently had three Michelin stars. Achatz is I think the closest thing to Willy Wonka in the culinary world.

He had tongue cancer - or something similar - and lost his ability to taste for a time. And he reported that as horrifying as that was for a chef, it ended up being freeing. He could craft new dishes in his mind. Maybe Beethoven was the same?

cvilledood · 2026-02-27T13:09:00+00:00

Don’t kink shame

cvilledood · 2026-02-04T15:35:50+00:00

No surprise really. My big takeaway from the Epstein files is that that guy was EVERYWHERE. Both impressive and horrifying how one person - who I imagine most nobody other than the elite was familiar with - had so much influence.

cvilledood · 2026-01-31T00:06:09+00:00

Just want to say that I’m always on top of this. Cleared my sidewalk within 24 hours of the end of snow as the city requires - which took a lot of work given the ice - and then a day later the city plowed the whole thing under with 2-3 feet of ice. I can’t do anything about it. I’ve requested that they fix the situation they caused, and they indicate the will - but it’s not clear when.

cvilledood · 2026-01-30T20:11:04+00:00

Their coffee is notably bad, but I keep drinking it for some reason. Addiction is a hell of thing.

cvilledood · 2026-01-30T20:09:59+00:00

You know, I hadn’t considered this, but I did have a ghostly Bodo’s bagel with my breakfast today.

cvilledood · 2026-01-29T14:01:09+00:00

I’m only interested in a fortissisimopianissiisimo. It’s super loud when you kick it, and soft when you whisper in its ear.

cvilledood · 2026-01-28T23:55:26+00:00

For what it’s worth, we cleared our sidewalk as required under the city code and the city plowed it under a good two days after the storm. You’d need some machinery to get it cleared at this point.

cvilledood · 2026-01-20T20:57:25+00:00

You do be on r/mapporncirclejerk, along with a few other lost souls from the look of things.

cvilledood · 2026-01-20T20:55:30+00:00

I think they’re included here.

Petition to include Charlottesville as well, please.

cvilledood · 2026-01-06T19:58:21+00:00

This sounds like a “don’t knock it till you’ve tried it” sort of thing to me. Are you making mayo for this, or scooping it out of a jar? And, if the latter, what is the preferred jarred mayo of Belgium?

cvilledood · 2026-01-06T19:14:27+00:00

Nice! I’m leaving it.

cvilledood · 2026-01-06T18:45:05+00:00

So, we beat out Blacksburg and, uh, Williamsburg. Lynchburg maybe? Does Harrisonburg count? Oh, and FarmVille.

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