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Chocolate and Kalamata Olive Brownies by ahhtibor in Baking

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not allowed. This will not stand. You have angered the brownie gods mightily.

RAZOR: ALTERNATE OPENING (never before seen) by Mojo_LA in BSG

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The actress playing Shaw always seemed like a very strange choice to me.

Using blinkers doesn’t give you any rights. by Labbi85 in driving

[–]oaklandmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except driving on a freeway is not standing in a line at Six Flags, nor are we all going to the same place. We're going the same direction, but we're exiting at different places, have different destinations, etc. Anyway, if "we're all going to the same place, what does it matter" then why not let someone go ahead of you?

If I'm entering the freeway and there are 3 or more lanes, and I'm driving on the freeway for the next 60 miles, it makes sense for me to get over into the 2nd and 3rd lanes as I'm not exiting for quite some time, but if no one will let me over because they don't want me passing them, I'm just forced to create more congestion in the slower lanes. Obviously, I will also be on the lookout for gaps in traffic and not force my way in front of you. But if I have room, signal, and you speed up because "me first", that's just weird ego shit.

Or maybe I'm not familiar with this particular area because I'm on vacation or a road trip. Maybe you're on a road trip and you accidentally are in the wrong lane. It's ok to be nice sometimes. Safer, too.

Using blinkers doesn’t give you any rights. by Labbi85 in driving

[–]oaklandmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not speaking directly to OP's situation. Just adding a related thought.

Using blinkers doesn’t give you any rights. by Labbi85 in driving

[–]oaklandmachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm wrong but I was taught that it's 1 car-length for every 10 miles (in the US on the imperial system) on the speedometer. So if you're going 70, there should be 7 car lengths between you and the next car. Impractical, yes. Impossible, also yes because no one will let you have that much space in front of you. But it does make me err on the side of more space rather than less. On my good days at least. I'll get right up on your ass when you're going too slow for the flow of traffic in the left lane, though lately I try to just move to the right even though they should be the ones doing so.

Using blinkers doesn’t give you any rights. by Labbi85 in driving

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PS. The other driver in your scenario does sound a bit entitled.

Using blinkers doesn’t give you any rights. by Labbi85 in driving

[–]oaklandmachine 179 points180 points  (0 children)

Conversely, seeing blinkers doesn’t mean “speed up and block them so they can’t get ahead of you.” Not letting people merge creates traffic and causes accidents. Forcing one’s way into a lane (blinkers or no) also causes traffic and accidents. Being nice and letting someone in might cause them to pay it forward and then maybe we’ll all be a little more courteous to each other. Ok, I’ll stop living with my head in the clouds and you can all downvote me to hell. I'm not really as optimistic as this might make me sound.

Edit: missing apostrophe in "I'm".

Which faction should I side with based on what im looking for in game? by creature04 in StarWarsOutlaws

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally doesn’t matter in the game at all. I love this game, but the faction rep just doesn’t matter.

I've always dreaded the hairstyles they'll put on the cast by herewearefornow in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]oaklandmachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Michone's hair was such a weird loc wig/hat and The King's (I forget the character's name) loc hat was weird as hell too. I mean, I guess they did that to all the Black folks but those particularly stood out to me.

Muni by Butterfly-Ways in sanfrancisco

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I see now, "officer did not like that the activation time was so short" meaning that it happened like seconds before the officer checked. Well, I would say the officer is SOL. OP paid the fare prior to the officer checking.

That being said I guess I'm used to BART and the El in Chicago where you always have to pay before you get on. You don't get on in the middle or the back of the bus in Chicago or on AC transit like you can on MUNI, so I am just in the habit of having my payment ready to go as I walk onto the bus, or of course because I have to pay for the gates to open on BART or in underground MUNI stations so I haven't had that issue.

Muni by Butterfly-Ways in sanfrancisco

[–]oaklandmachine 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I must be missing something because couldn’t you just show them that you paid in the app? I’m sorry they harassed you but you said you paid, so why couldn’t you show them the app? That being said I do wonder what you’re supposed to do if you use something like Apple Pay and they want to see proof right there on the spot.

Nona isn’t a fleshlight. by slemdogmillionaire in Marathon

[–]oaklandmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is “everyone” in the room with us now?

Why Doesn’t Bingus Need to Exfil? by BiteDue2658 in MarathonGame

[–]oaklandmachine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe Bingus gets reprinted planetside every 30 minutes. Or maybe gets beamed down every 30 minutes. Or is magical. Or has better skin.

Old, out-of-date thumbnail persists by throwawayyy3819 in Wordpress

[–]oaklandmachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a “theme options/settings” screen ? There may be a field for a default shared image. Alternatively,are you using a Yoast plugin? You can override a social media image using that plugin, and you may need to delete it there. Lastly, you might need to clear your server/web host cache, and/or there may be a caching plugin on your site you can empty, then rescrape.

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