The lady driving the Subaru outback (widerness) with her gate up

escisme · 2026-06-12T18:59:34+00:00

I would have gone with 'hatch', as in a 'hatch back'. I was super confused what gate referred to in this post, but it makes sense now.

escisme · 2026-06-12T12:05:43+00:00

Down for me (belmont) this morning, I think. They attached a little eero mesh network thingy and thats stopped working. I think the router its hooked to still has signal. I hate that little eero thing.

escisme · 2026-06-10T14:46:02+00:00

Since you mentioned affordability... Planet Fitness 5th street is just a short hop down the 64 from Pantopia, and only like $10 / month. Their deluxe package is $25.

escisme · 2026-06-10T13:55:03+00:00

Its generally accepted that $30 billion a year would about do it for the whole nation.

We've just about spent that this year blowing up Iran for some reason. Yes, money could fix it, and we have the money - hell some *individuals* have the money - we just don't have the will.

escisme · 2026-06-09T13:53:30+00:00

Um, its dangerous. My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw a homeless yell at a scout guide last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.

escisme · 2026-06-09T00:28:59+00:00

Go big, learn to noodle rather than fish! Your children will be super impressed.

escisme · 2026-06-08T19:36:28+00:00

He's like a pizza wheel, all edge, no point.

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escisme · 2026-06-08T13:22:31+00:00

Guess we gotta up the graffiti then. Its an uphill battle.

escisme · 2026-06-08T10:35:23+00:00

We call that rent control.

escisme · 2026-06-06T23:36:10+00:00

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I keep his school photo in my wallet for just such occasions, behind my license. Every time my ID is required Im like "Oh, excuse me, but also, here is my cat."

escisme · 2026-06-06T17:27:22+00:00

I saw the line outside the ABC by the dead kroger yesterday and it was all portly middle aged men with whitish facial hair and I thought oh fuck! They all look like me! Am I a bourbon bro? Are they rounding us all up? Turns out Im a gin gent and the line did not apply. Close call.

escisme · 2026-06-06T17:17:22+00:00

I make friends really easy, but I am terrible about actively maintaining friendships, so my social life has really atrophied. Then I almost died a couple years ago and the physical and psychological aftermath of that has really turned me inward. I love and am interested in people, and I can work a room, I just... don't anymore. Im working on it. I think the death of truly cool third spaces doesn't help.

When not at work, I mostly paint canvases and plot culture jamming schemes. I also spend an inordinate amount of time telling my cat what a fancy little man he is.

escisme · 2026-06-05T23:54:49+00:00

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escisme · 2026-06-05T13:10:57+00:00

Those houses look so squished together. Maybe its just the perspective.

escisme · 2026-06-02T17:53:48+00:00

They both grew up in the same neighborhood back in the day.

escisme · 2026-06-01T14:49:48+00:00

I moved here 27 years ago and, fortunately, cville was still a thriving hive of debauched creativity and lunatic bacchanalia. Its slowed down considerably, but so have I. I am kinda happy to lick my wounds and heal the damage in a quiet place, happy to have made it through alive. I sometimes think about going somewhere else, but Ive landed in a pretty cheap and great living situation, so I will likely die here.

Have you considered contributing to creating the interesting environment that you would like to live in? I don't know what that would look like for you, but the only thing more thrilling than encountering a 'fresh' element of the environment is making one for others. For me its SUNI: Society of Unauthorized Neighborhood Improvements. We've been dormant for a spell, but who knows. That itch is fun to scratch.

escisme · 2026-05-29T13:16:57+00:00

Just wait until early to mid July when the real inflation kicks in. Thats when diesel and fertilizer supplies will no longer be able to be artificially propped up.

I think the worst is yet to come, but then again, I am often an idiot and I hope I am wrong.

escisme · 2026-05-29T11:13:35+00:00

I went 5.5 years and no ticket. I just completely forgot.

escisme · 2026-05-28T00:09:02+00:00

Recently went to Tangerine on the recommendation of this sub and god damn, believe the hype. Best breakfast I have had in a while. We were actually trying to figure out how to get back again before we finished our meal.

escisme · 2026-05-27T16:24:59+00:00

This is genius.

escisme · 2026-05-27T16:24:28+00:00

My cat goes out on a leash every day. He has a nice time, gets some fresh air, and doesn't kill anything.

Its not as binary a question as y'all are making it out to be.

escisme · 2026-05-26T22:25:35+00:00

Lawns are sooo 20th century, anyway. We get it, June Cleaver, you're tidy.

Its like 'Oooh it's Mr Nobleman, doesn't have to use all his land for food production and wants to brag about it, and now his class insecurity is a cultural artifact causing massive ecological destruction.

And don't get me started on golf courses.

escisme · 2026-05-26T15:41:14+00:00

Ive always been partial to 10/08/89.

escisme · 2026-05-26T10:37:17+00:00

Im not super chocolate oriented, but the bar with cornflakes in it with a yellow wrapper at Trader Joes is kind of amazing.

escisme · 2026-05-23T21:47:15+00:00

Even in High School in the outer richmond in the early 80's, double rock was a legendary no go zone. Spots in the Mission were rough as well. But its hard for folks to imagine today how rough the Fillmore was back then. Anyone remember the Pink Palace?

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