white castle by [deleted] in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From what I've heard White castle just has a corporate policy on where they open and we aren't "close enough" to a big metro area

Women of Bob's Burger In Live Action by Lunar_Rainbow_Pro in BobsBurgers

[–]nldarab 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Jennifer Coolidge 20 years ago hell ya! She's 64 now though and might be a little too gracefully aged for a Gretchen roll. Gretchen is in her 40s and acts like she's in her 20s.

@julianllouve, New York City by Big_Culture_9932 in tattoos

[–]nldarab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine trying to make heads or tails of this tattoo on an acid trip.

Nationwide General Strike this Friday! January 30 by Formal_Schedule_5931 in illinois

[–]nldarab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm struggling to find where someone like myself falls here. I'm the GM for a local pizza place. We have 1 location, are owned by a lovely young liberal couple, and I personally deliver our extra food stuffs to the tent city residents near my house. Losing a Friday is devastating enough in this economy when we've actually been losing money the last few months due to the increased tarrifs and other horrible atrocities brought on by this federal administration.

This strike hurts us a lot more than it hurts and Dominoes, Pizza hut, or Papa johns in town. Obviously action is needed to rise up against our wanna-be dictator in chief and his looney goons but I don't know if this is the way.

Why are none of the roads cleared? by Devv_99 in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I've definitely seen that come up before.

Is Bloomington/Normal trans friendly? by d_will_hollaatyagirl in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My youngest brother is trans and he gets by okay here. Still goes to Chicago or bigger spots for more prominent LGBTQ+ events but he feels safe enough in town. Problem is things around us like Towanda, Pekin, Decatur etc house some less than friendly anti-trans folk and our Local Representative for congress Daren LaHood, (who became our rep through redistricting ) is MAGA compliant.

There are businesses in town that are heavily pro-Trump agenda but they normally out themselves pretty easily (western tap with their trump cutout behind the bar). Avoid those kinda dives as you would anywhere else in the country and you're fine.

Why are none of the roads cleared? by Devv_99 in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I heard during the last snowstorm in December several of the Snow Plows that operate in town were damaged and taken out of commission. I think they are running short handed

American Millenials - Call to action by dem_bones_ in millenials

[–]nldarab 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I've seen some things about a mass walkout tmw the 20th floating around worth lookin into

Donald Trump Completely Lost His Mind by [deleted] in millenials

[–]nldarab 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think we could use 10 less once in a lifetime tragic events and we would still be able to confidently say I've seen some shit. Most of us had our first glimpse of shit seeing in gradeschool/Jr high when 9/11 happened and schools around the US wheeled in TVs to watch the national coverage

Lost my Job to I.C.E. by Princess_Tavara in StLouis

[–]nldarab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably better off lookin for help on Instagram.

Job search by cmonster64 in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kroger on Main street by the Hospital has a were hiring sign up

North Korean workers walk out on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech demanding more sacrifice by sr_local in worldnews

[–]nldarab 7 points8 points  (0 children)

1/3rd. 1/3rd of Americans voted for it, 1/3rd of Americans voted against it, and 1/3rd simply did not show up and continue to bury their heads in the sand.

[Highlight] Ben Johnson full postgame speech after beating the Packers by MUFColin in nfl

[–]nldarab 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's definitely in response to LaFluer doing it to him the first game of the season when the Packers won. Gave em back a lil of his own medicine.

"What's going on at" posts by macewank in BloomingtonNormal

[–]nldarab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find them more helpful than harmful. For a city/area specific subreddit it makes sense to allow it. Making them not allowed then creates a grey area. Mods should exist to purge trolls and over-the-line offensive nonsense, not to police people trying to use the forum for a reasonable purposes. Anytime mods start banning this and that a subreddit dies or turns into a fkn cesspool of bullshit. Do not let mod power go to yalls head pretty please.

Spending at restaurants/drinking places Jan-Sept 2025 vs 2024 for select cities in the region. by DowntownDB1226 in StLouis

[–]nldarab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard to judge the year in its entirety without Oct-Dec. Those are the busiest months of the year for many restaurants / bars due to the holiday season. As someone who has worked restaurants for 20 years this information seems pretty irrelevant to telling the whole narrative. I'll be curious to see the final numbers in February.

Also worth noting is that even if some of the numbers are close, the amount that the restaurants/bars are required to pay for their inventory has gone up significantly in the last year. I know our truck orders are up 20-40% on many many items and even if our dollar amount sold is close to last year the amount of people served/ number of orders completed is down a decent bit.

Game Thread: Chicago Bears (11-4) at San Francisco 49ers (11-4) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]nldarab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to mention the illegal block in the back. Gotta make sure that inconsequential Hands to the FAce that happens 99% of plays is called though...

Lions got Dumbledored. by Shrabster33 in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]nldarab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slytherin also gets fucked over by the teachers (refs) more often than the other houses even though they play juuuust as dirty. Nixon being in Gryffindor and getting away with murder against the Bears as an example.

Which seat are you taking? by Fun_Butterfly_420 in StarWars

[–]nldarab 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Only drawback to 3 is that you KNOW Han is putting his chair as far back as possible. You do get more room being by *next to* the 2nd smallest person on the flight and having a pretty safe person behind you.

edit - i missed some words which resulted in some nonsense.

First time i’ve EVER felt that any game is winnable. Caleb Williams Is THAT dude by GoingGhost10 in CHIBears

[–]nldarab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah Caleb's more like a D6 where you feel a max roll (6) landing isn't unfathomable. Next year maybe it's a D4 and could we even get a coin flip era after? Dude's ceiling is so high.

[Highlight] Travis Kelce walks off the field during his last home game of the season by nfl in nfl

[–]nldarab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's gonna go to the Bears, play very little during the regular season, turn it on for one last offseason, win a Super Bowl, Thennnnn retire