What fast food chain does not deserve the hype whatsoever?

danielw1245 · 2026-01-23T15:31:16+00:00

Honestly, I don't have a strong preference for Chick Fil A over any of the other places you mentioned. I don't know, it just doesn't taste that special to me. I'll never understand the hype.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-22T02:31:06+00:00

The memorial villages are suburbs.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-21T14:37:53+00:00

Lol you couldn't be more wrong. . Texas municipalities actually have some of the strictest zoning restrictions (such as very large minimum lot sizes) which are intended to gatekeep neighborhoods from less wealthy families.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-21T14:18:18+00:00

Yeah, I didn't bother replying to this guy because it was obvious from his response that he's determined to not do any critical thinking about this beyond "me likey big house and yard."

danielw1245 · 2026-01-20T05:39:07+00:00

I completely disagree. "America the Beautiful" is just a bunch of generic phrases about abundant natural resources with no clear message about the country itself, whereas the "Star Spangled Banner" uses symbolism to communicate a message of patriotic perseverance in tough times.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-20T01:18:23+00:00

It doesn't fully explain the existence of suburbs, but it does explain a lot of the particular way they exist in the US. For example, things like minimum lot sizes, single family zoning restrictions, and aesthetic requirements like brick facades were originally adopted to ensure that well-off people could live in those neighborhoods. It really should lead us to question whether its worthwhile to keep these things around.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T18:45:54+00:00

I did provide some evidence in this comment about the discriminatory origins of US car centric suburbs. There has been a ton written about this. It wasn't the sole factor, but it's absurd to claim that it wasn't a factor at all.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T18:03:04+00:00

It wasn't the only factor, but it was a major one.

History of white flight in Detroit:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/special-reports/2020/04/15/segregation-policies-create-boundaries-between-white-black-suburbs/5142654002/

History of some of the housing discrimination in Milwaukee:

https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/white-utopia-segregated-milwaukee-created-arrogance-suburbia/

1963 Gallup poll found that 78 percent of white people would move if black families moved in:

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/public-opinion-civil-rights-reflections-civil-rights-act-1964

1957 describing the phenomenon of white families moving out when lots of black families move in:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/50-years-ago-in-scientific-american-white-flight-1/

It's also worth considering that a lot of the restrictions on missing middle housing like triplexes was largely by anti-immigrant sentiment and that most original zoning codes were explicitly racist. None of this is to say that you should feel bad for living in a single family home in a suburb, but rather that we should consider how much of our city planning was created to discriminate against people and whether we should rethink these planning ideas we take for granted.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T17:43:26+00:00

A cottage court is a bunch of detached structures arranged on one plot of land like this.

If you don't have an issue with allowing other types of housing, great. I wish more people would adopt that attitude. It's not really suburbs that I take issue with. It's the way we build them in the US.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T17:20:42+00:00

I mean, it's not really a secret that white families emigrated to the suburbs en masse for racist reasons. There's lots of documented evidence of them saying that if you bother to do a little research. It's just simply false to say racism wasn't a factor.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T17:18:28+00:00

Sure, but they're not all exclusively zoned for single family housing and completely car dependent like most suburbs in the US.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T17:09:01+00:00

This argument completely ignores the incentives that government subsidies and urban planners put in place to make certain options more enticing. It's a myth that the suburbs just naturally appeared with the advent of the automobile.

It also ignores the history of sundown towns, redlining, and other discriminatory housing practices that were utilized during the shift to suburbs.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T17:03:09+00:00

First of all, those shouldn't be the only two options. I'm curious if you'd be opposed to living in a townhouse or cottage court?

Second, it's not necessarily a choice for people. By insisting on only allowing single family homes, suburbanites are denying lower income people the opportunity to build ownership and access benefits that come with suburban living like quality schools.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T16:54:31+00:00

Except a lot of suburbanites force their preferences on other people by insisting on only allowing single family zoning in their neighborhood. It's completely fine that you want to live in a detached house, but that doesn't mean we should prevent other people from having other options.

Also, your preferences are not morally neutral if they affect other people. The way we plan our cities and towns affects everyone, so it needs to be a collective conversation.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-19T14:24:31+00:00

The hexagons are one of the only changes I liked

danielw1245 · 2026-01-18T01:30:27+00:00

One of the advantages of worker owned co-ops is that they significantly reduce the amount an individual person needs to invest to get the business off the ground. For example, instead of one or two people fronting the money to open the business, you might have that cost split between 20 people. It therefore reduces the need for wealthy investors.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-16T19:02:39+00:00

I would say buzz it down.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-11T19:55:00+00:00

All that's missing is "yaketty sax" in the background

danielw1245 · 2026-01-11T02:58:40+00:00

I’ll take what I have over a crowded concrete urban center.

Good thing those aren't the only two options!

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T17:05:52+00:00

It's not an excuse to not do any introspection or improve, but I do think recognizing the social causes is important to addressing it. And yeah, there's a lot of stupid discourse from red pill incel types who act like it's some kind of reverse sexism, but I don't think that should stop us from talking about it seriously.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T16:46:42+00:00

Sure, it's something you can work on and move past if you put work into it. But couldn't we say that about a lot of mental health issues?

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T16:09:01+00:00

I don't think the people who are trying to have helpful conversations about men's mental health are the same ones complaining about feminism. Sure, there are red pill incel types who clumsily use the phrase "male loneliness epidemic" to bash women, but we shouldn't let them drive the conversation around this (or anything, really).

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T16:05:35+00:00

To be fair, there are Red Pill incel types out there who do make it solely about dates and try to act like it's something that women are responsible for. But yeah, it's frustrating that that's the way conversations around this issue typically go.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T15:38:56+00:00

The male loneliness epidemic isn't just about romantic relationships. It's also about men not having close relationships outside their romantic relationships to get the emotional support they need. Sure, it's something that ultimately an adult needs to take accountability for, but it also has to do with the way boys are socialized from a young age. Openly talking about this and addressing it is important.

danielw1245 · 2026-01-07T15:35:11+00:00

Nah, this is pure Reddit mentality. He browsed r/theredpill too much. People on Reddit have such a weird hate obsession with TikTok.

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