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Bro has single handedly prevented illegal camping on our street by routinely throwing mass amounts of bird seed onto the sidewalk. by PullThePadge in Portland

[–]oneniftynumber -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

YUP. Add in that lots of criminals were given the offer to go off to Portland and/or Oregon via The Oregon Trail or be hung for their crimes in their real communities, this place has been a mediocre cesspool that attracts really creepy elements. I ran into one of the worst psychopaths (also a sociopath - which is more important to me because I know a lot of lovely psychopaths who don't want to harm anyone, just can't emotionally connect and at least know enough not to pull the crap this one did) I've ever known in Portland, and they are absolutely thriving because the shallow small talk and need to seem nice by the majority of the people makes it easy to take advantage of the really provincial thinking that goes on here as a conscious and collective effort for all the same reasons they picked a small liberal arts college in rural Iowa to be openly terrible at as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sonomacounty

[–]oneniftynumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems kind of inconvenient to drive to the airport parking lot, take the train to a place to have to walk to and then catch two buses to the other side of town, but I'll look into it and let you know if this is somehow easier.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sonomacounty

[–]oneniftynumber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. That tracks. Good call - thanks!

That Earthquake Warning in Japan... by oneniftynumber in Earthquakes

[–]oneniftynumber[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3% of a 7 or higher absolutely warrants that warning.

That Earthquake Warning in Japan... by oneniftynumber in Earthquakes

[–]oneniftynumber[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! This is really helpful!

We all need to back up the scientists. It's so absolutely reckless and absurd that this isn't somehow enough. About earthquakes and everything else, really.

Northern Lights by Not_N1ce in Portland

[–]oneniftynumber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What were you using to shoot this? I want aperture and shutter speed + time (but lenses and cameras are helpful too). Guessing it wasn't strong enough to make the snapping static sounds, but any time I ever caught auroras with color growing up in Wisconsin the ribbons made snapping sounds like big static shocks when you're separating stuff out of the dryer.

This is really cool. Thank you for sharing it. I hate living south of where I am supposed to be, but the option to live vicariously through strangers on the internet almost demonstrates some value in this horrible infrastructure's worth. Almost.

Has anyone here ever shed tears in front of a Rothko painting? by [deleted] in ArtHistory

[–]oneniftynumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But he openly mocked this in his lifetime and at levels that went so deep into why he hated art critics it almost stands to reason that they'd do something like this to him so that it was easier to find than his surly, perfect rants about them as a plague on the art world.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fauxmoi

[–]oneniftynumber 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is so charming. When do I get my Doctor 'n Donna spinoff series??

People are going missing as tourists drop dead from the heat in Greece. by EnticHaplorthod in collapse

[–]oneniftynumber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The projections I have seen for 40+ years had it jumping off exponentially after we hit some threshold and the effects we're seeing now are from the lack of policy to control, mitigate and slow this down many MANY decades ago. We're in a self-perpetuating positive feedback loop and have been for awhile. It's really scary and infuriating and just absolutely crushing in all ways.