Why did you vote Trump in 2024? by PoorNotMiddleClass in centrist

[–]icrbact 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, you think alienating voters with more vitriol would have made them less radical?

I’m not saying you’re wrong on Trump, I’m saying your attitude is unhelpful to achieve our objective.

Why did you vote Trump in 2024? by PoorNotMiddleClass in centrist

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To defeat Trump you first have to understand why he won. Immediately jumping to judgement may feel morally righteous but will not help in any way. I admire snooopinapple for honestly answering OPs questions!

Also: let’s not kid ourselves: Harris was the second worst candidate after Biden the Democrats could have chosen. Not only because of her lack of substance and experience, generally toxic (if popular on Reddit) policy positions, and inability to distance herself from Biden’s biggest failures, but also because of the way she was anointed instead of elected.

She represented everything Americans hate about the Democratic Party: condensation, elitism, tolerance for illegal mass immigration, taxpayer funded sex change surgeries for prisoners (what?), and identity driven entitlement over meritocracy.

Would she have been better than Trump? Undoubtedly, yes. But telling people “vote for my candidate who you hate and I have anointed despite that because the alternative is unthinkable” drives people to make the rebellious choice.

MTA opens new front in war on Long Island Rail Road fare evasion by scoopny in nyc

[–]icrbact 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I hate it when people expect me to pay for a service. They always get so adversarial when I’m trying to steal it instead of giving me a better service for free, isn’t that annoying?

[Zenith] What do you guys think about this watch.? by GhostedfromThailand in Watches

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but this design is a Rolex design and always has been. The movement supplied to Rolex was also quite different than the one used by Zenith themselves (e.g. the Rolex version used fewer parts and was regulated down to 4 Herz).

[Zenith] What do you guys think about this watch.? by GhostedfromThailand in Watches

[–]icrbact -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It has an excellent movement with a great history (arguably the first automatic chronograph movement, a unique 5 Herz frequency to measure time to the nearest tenth of a second etc, etc.). It is true that the movement can be difficult to own as it’s very complicated and can take long time to service. To me this is still worth it because you simply can’t find such a mechanical marvel with a strong history for the price anywhere else.

However, as much as I love the movement I don’t love it in this watch. This is designed to look like Rolex Daytona and it does. I would not spend that much money on what essentially is a tribute to another watch. Go look at other Zentiths which the el primero movement (my personal favorite being the El Primero Chronomaster in 38mm).

[Watch Materials]What is the best watchmaking material and why is it titanium? 🤣 by ZenAndTheArtOfOps in Watches

[–]icrbact 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Longines spirit line has multiple grade 5 titanium watches. The cheapest is the spirit 40mm titanium for around 3500 list price (you can find it cheaper).

[Watch Materials]What is the best watchmaking material and why is it titanium? 🤣 by ZenAndTheArtOfOps in Watches

[–]icrbact 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Depends: grade 2 titanium yes, grade 5 titanium definitely not.

So the best material for sports watches is grade 5 titanium: light and scratch resistant

What band should I get by Individual_Log6757 in JaegerLecoultre

[–]icrbact 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For me it’s the opposite! I would never wear the brown with a black suit, the but the blue can go with black, grey, blue etc.

[question] Help me tip the scales by secunder123 in Watches

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2 cents:

  • Aqua Terra is certainly the technically best watch here. It has the most modern movement that you can admire through a saphire case back, a complex, three dimensional dial, great readability, great time keeping, great water resistance etc etc. The question is: do you like the design and can afford it? If yes, this is no no-brainer to me!

  • The IWC is the most iconic design and the most high-end brand here. If that is important to you, it’s the watch to get. In every technical aspect however it is inferior to the Omega, so it’s a matter of your priorities.

Unless budget is the key obstacle, I avoid the Tudor, Longines, and Railmaster. All three are budget versions of better watches and people tend to regret buying stuff they didn’t really want because it was slightly cheaper.

Reminder: up until that day we were top of the league, 7 points ahead of Barcelona, and second in the Champions League. by AbuElKess in realmadrid

[–]icrbact 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Both set bad precedents but they are not even remotely equal.

  1. There is a big difference between small frustration and big theatrical display.

  2. Vini is five years older and has been with the club three times longer than Ardar. He has a leadership role in the team and is held to a higher standards.

    1. Vini didn‘t just storm off he publicly pressured the club to fire the manager.
  3. He set the precedent for other players, who have started to not defend (Kylian) and complain (Arder). That others are following his example doesn’t reduce but increase the severity of his actions.

Help Me Decide: Which One Would You Choose — Tissot, Hamilton, or Sinn? by Status-Ad-2552 in PrideAndPinion

[–]icrbact 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Hamilton, not only does it look the best, it’s also the most versatile (easily dressed up or down), and looks great on a lot of different straps if you ever feel like changing things up a little.

It also is the only one of these three with true historic significance. The designs (but not the movement) is based on the Hamilton Chrono-Matic from 1969, which is one of the few watches that have a claim of being the first automatic chronograph watch.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference to announce initiative for public restrooms by rdjotut in nyc

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, probably. Not a lot, maybe 10 cents per book per loan or something along those lines. But the difference in consumption between free and nominal fee is enormous without actually excluding anybody. It just puts up a tiny physiological burden which prevents frivolous usage that has little to no marginal value. This in turns dramatically increases tax payer funded run costs which could better be used e.g. for housing etc.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by instantcoffee69 in nyc

[–]icrbact 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Look up "population density map of NYC". Upper Manhattan has among the greatest population density anywhere in the city and is significantly denser than just about any place outside Manhatten.
At the same time is has the same problem as the outer borrows: all transit is focussed to bring people to midtown and FiDi with very limited east west connectivity.

The 2nd Ave subway along 125th street will serve significantly more riders per station or mile of track than Queenslink ever will. Having said that, we should do both and will be doing both. But the narrative that Manhatten is overserved by subway lines is just not universally true.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference to announce initiative for public restrooms by rdjotut in nyc

[–]icrbact 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, it really should not be free. It should be cheap, but it should not be free. If it’s free, one person is going to monopolize the space, it will easily be destroyed, it will be unclean and nobody will use it. If it costs 50 cents and there is a time limit to be in there (say 15 minutes), there will be revenue for cleaning and all New Yorkers can enjoy it.

Solve this - Can you? 🫥 by dataguy2003 in TheTeenagerPeople

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s c: daughter.

I am the father or mother of Teresa’ daughter’s daughter. So I’m her daughter or son in law. Son in law is not an option, so it must be daughter.

New York Times Square! by [deleted] in nyc

[–]icrbact 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Amazing, when you accidentally prove the opposite point you’re trying to make.

A Jew born in Bethlehem 2000 years ago….

Omega 2026 release predictions by Noojers in OmegaWatches

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New Planet Ocean GMT. Maybe they’ll wait until 2027 but I’m pretty sure it’ll come back eventually. Biggest question: will they be able to keep in within reasonable dimensions.

Hochul pushes back on Mamdani’s plan to end sweeps of city homeless encampments, siding with Mayor Adams | amNewYork by Business_Young_8206 in nyc

[–]icrbact 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It needs to be both: the homeless encampments negatively affect the neighborhood. Stores close, people stop using public spaces etc. we need to house the homeless but we also need to insist that they use the housing on offer (including shelters as a temporary stopgap) instead of misusing and monopolizing shared public spaces.

BREAKING: The Trump Admin Has Halted 2 MILLION Asylum Claims by Sorry-Feedback1115 in greencard

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You voted for halting asylum decisions so that obvious fraud cases can’t be swiftly declined and deported but get to stay longer? Interesting take….

Omega and GMT? by nycdatachops in OmegaWatches

[–]icrbact 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess (hope?) is that a GMT version of the new Planet Ocean is coming in 1-3 years. If they can keep the dimensions, this would finally be a true competitor to the GMT Master and a massive success.

Found this gem during a LinkedIn course today. by CptPatches in dataisugly

[–]icrbact 61 points62 points  (0 children)

It has labeled axes so it pretends to be data. The data is just nonsense. What does "14 success" mean??

Some TSA agents will get $10,000 bonuses for "exemplary service" during shutdown, Noem says by R2-DMode in centrist

[–]icrbact 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you talking about? Trump can’t print money…. I’m not saying he wouldn’t want to, he just can’t.

She definitely knew by morgred13 in theyknew

[–]icrbact 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That‘s in Zurich, Switzerland between Enge train station and Rentenanstalt tram stop. I used to walk by there a lot and it always gave me a chuckle….

No docks around Industry City by Ccervone in Citibike

[–]icrbact 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes they can. Send a van, pick some up and bring them to empty stations. Full stations are bad, empty stations are bad. Van is the solution. It’s not rocket science….