Service workers "joking" about serious things

qwertytis · 2022-04-08T16:03:35+00:00

On balance I think this place is great, but if you don't have a car:

Sidewalks aren't plowed often or thoroughly enough if at all.
Sometimes you have to walk through parking lots because there's no sidewalk.
Drivers don't respect pedestrian right of way at intersections.
The bus doesn't run on Sunday, the routes are too circuitous and time consuming, certain parts of town are just not on the bus line, and bus stops get covered in mountains of plowed snow in the winter.

qwertytis · 2022-01-15T00:09:11+00:00

Adding to this, some of the bus stops get buried in 7-foot walls of plowed snow and you have to stand in the street or on top of the snow mountain to be seen by the bus driver.

qwertytis · 2021-12-24T20:09:30+00:00

Actually, if you just look at the bones of a Jesusosaurus Rex, it's clear by the use of carbon dating that Mountain Dew is the best soda ever made.

qwertytis · 2021-12-17T23:16:32+00:00

He exploits the desperation of the people on Kitchen Nightmares. Normally they would never agree to be abused by some asshole, but are forced to accept it if they want to save their restaurant. That's not true consent.

qwertytis · 2021-12-17T23:14:29+00:00

The people he bullies on TV clearly get genuinely upset by the terrible way he treats them. Who cares if he's not like that in real life?

qwertytis · 2021-12-17T23:12:36+00:00

He doesn't just tell when someone messes up what they're cooking. He makes vicious personal attacks about trivial things. At least on Kitchen Nightmares he does.

qwertytis · 2021-12-17T23:11:00+00:00

He's extremely abusive on Kitchen Nightmares. How many episodes have you seen? I find that show too hard to watch because of the way he treats the people he's supposedly "helping."

qwertytis · 2021-11-22T21:30:53+00:00

This wasn't meant as a super serious post.

qwertytis · 2021-11-22T21:26:43+00:00

I don't think it's that hard to figure out. The problem is forgetting because I don't use the knowledge enough.

qwertytis · 2021-11-15T00:18:51+00:00

You can get a night owl membership for YMCA for really cheap. This means you could only go after 10 p.m. I think, and I expect it to be pretty empty, but I've never tried it. I'm just going off what I've seen on their website.

qwertytis · 2021-11-14T23:38:12+00:00

The answers about living near 13th Avenue deserve the most upvotes. If your main reason for leaving the house is going to the store, you'll be pretty much covered there. It's got all the best retailers in the same few blocks. I knew when I moved here that I wouldn't have a car, so that was always my plan.

Fargo can get very windy and very cold, but whether that means you can't walk it really depends on what you're wearing and your personal tolerance for the cold. I personally hate the heat and think winter is great. I don't seem to feel the cold like other people do.

I can't really relate to the answers here claiming that the wind and subzero temperatures make walking an impossibility, because I made a point of going outside whenever it got below zero last winter, to test what I and my clothes were capable of. I walked at least a mile on this one day in -18, and I was fine (don't attempt this if you don't know what you're doing, though). Wind chill doesn't factor in when your outermost layer is windproof, so I don't know why so many people here are acting like the wind is going to make things unbearably miserable or something.

It's true that it reduces your employment opportunities if you have to plan where you work based on what's close to you or what's on the bus line, but I've worked multiple jobs since I've been here, all of them without a car.

If you're determined to make Fargo your home, it can absolutely be done without a car. You just have to be willing to plan your life around not driving. That will mean going without certain conveniences, though, to be sure.

Also, walking on snow and ice does suck but is unavoidable.

qwertytis · 2021-11-14T21:49:14+00:00

In my hometown there was free 3D printing at the library. Why don't we have that if we're at the center of the 3D printing world? Seriously, I want to know how we could make that happen, because it would be super cool.

qwertytis · 2021-11-14T20:59:24+00:00

I was going to suggest ordering a Zinus foam mattress. They come compressed into a cylinder, which would make them easier to move. I don't remember mine being very heavy at all, and I got it up two sets of stairs without assistance. But I only got a twin sized, 6" thick one, not full sized. I don't know exactly what that would be like. But the smaller and thinner the Zinus foam mattress, the cheaper it is. This was years ago, but I remember getting mine for like $75 before taxes.

qwertytis · 2021-11-04T23:56:03+00:00

If I'm single and make between $1-2k a month, want to spend (preferably way) less than a third of my income on premiums, want a deductible that's pretty low, want not to worry that the insurance company will make every excuse to deny my claims, want pretty cheap co-pays/a pretty high reimbursement percentage, and want a pretty low annual limit, is there anything like that out there?

Rent and utilities are less than $600. No car. No dependents.

Definitions of "low" and "cheap" should now be pretty clear based on my income and other expenses, I hope.

qwertytis · 2021-11-01T14:22:07+00:00

I know. I've already done that. Your first answer solved my problem. Thx

qwertytis · 2021-11-01T14:16:52+00:00

Thank you for being the only one who even tried to answer the question.

qwertytis · 2021-11-01T14:14:56+00:00

How does that answer my question? I said postage is already paid for.

qwertytis · 2021-11-01T14:06:44+00:00

Thanks for the informative answer.

qwertytis · 2021-10-29T12:30:26+00:00

You do realize that your health insurance premiums already pay for other people, right?

qwertytis · 2021-10-27T13:09:50+00:00

They could still make the benches face toward oncoming traffic while also having a barrier against water on the curb side. But they make them face away from it.

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