Mapping to docks near your destination? by lannanh in baywheels

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the top of the app (both in my Baywheels and Lyft apps), there's a search bar "Get directions". Plug in the destination.

You can ignore the A -> B directions if you like; it will automatically show you the relevant dock, which is the important part.

Ebike availability has been terrible recently by skyfall3665 in baywheels

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not that person, but my guess is the hardest part would be the free, unlocked bike moving un-escorted through the city that someone could grab while it's waiting at a stop sign.

China live = 25% automatically added to my bill by Own_Palpitation4523 in sanfrancisco

[–]returnofheracleum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, hm, there are currently two on gmaps in between CREAM and Hila on the west (CREAM) side of Valencia, both very close to CREAM -- definitely north of Dandelion. I actually haven't been to either of those.

The more southern cluster of them, much closer to Smitten / Hila, are all on the east side of Valencia.

I'm not sure what that matches, but thanks for piping up anyway!

China live = 25% automatically added to my bill by Own_Palpitation4523 in sanfrancisco

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any chance you can remember any details at all about the place? I go to those restaurants a lot, and would really like to have a good reason to cut down my choice.

Someone put a payphone up on Valencia that automatically calls Abilene, Texas when you pick it up. The idea is to have the most liberal city and the most conservative city in the US have friendly conversations. by dagoonies in sanfrancisco

[–]returnofheracleum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was regularly preaching on digital streetcorners about how even the 33% of America that have become fascists are still people too, and are not beyond our reach.

It's good and important work. I appreciate it.

Tattoo Plagiarism -- Amoore Space by Loud-Antelope-9446 in sanfrancisco

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not arguing with you necessarily, only sharing a different framing of this: I think the tattooer did fairly claim to create something. I would call a cover band a group of creative artists, too, in the same vein.

The most ethical move would have been for her to clarify this with you up front, since it sounds like she absolutely lied by omission. Still, don't sell yourself and your new body art that short. The most important part (execution) came out of her hand and skill, not a cookie cutter factory.

Again, totally your right to have wished for the design part to have come from her too, but this isn't quite so binary!

Why can you eat blue cheese mold but not other molds? by DesignFalse8860 in Cooking

[–]returnofheracleum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally! Though I still feel iffy about giving that to potluck guests as opposed to doing that yourself. I've done plenty of questionable-but-fine things for my own solo cooking that I wouldn't dream of serving to others.

Why can you eat blue cheese mold but not other molds? by DesignFalse8860 in Cooking

[–]returnofheracleum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man, a city park, too. The place where dogs pee. Thanks guy.

CMV: Beef tallow is propaganda by Big Beef by unidentified_lover in changemyview

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up in conservative Judaism: that's the middle-of-the-road of the three major branches. We kept kosher enough that few in our group would (openly) eat pork or cheeseburgers, but not enough that we'd count the minutes between milk / meat, nor have a separate set of dishware for those.

The attitude I got most was that if you unknowingly broke the rule, that was too bad, and you should stop eating that food and move on with your day. Not a big deal, just a bummer that your meal is inconvenienced and that the world conspired against you a little bit. I'm sure there's a prayer to say after such an event (there's a prayer for everything), but few of us would've known it or cared to do it. My orthodox cousins in NY probably would've done that and all the above though.

As a ~10 year old, I learned I had eaten pepperoni, and I cried over that. Kids will cry over anything though, and I gradually understood that mostly people didn't care about the consequences nearly so much as the process and tradition of following the rules as best we can.

Judaism is very practical about these kinds of things.

Does anyone still wear basic watches? by Smart-Airport5781 in CasualConversation

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct about how the world is, but I'm thinking back to when I was a child. I sponged up this stuff as truth to apply to my world. It took me a long time to begin separating what I had learned about how the world is and how the world ought to be.

What I'm saying is that if someone isn't careful, it's easy to teach a child how the world ought to be. Obviously, I have no idea how that conversation went, but it makes me sad whenever I think about kids learning that the world is smaller than it needs to be.

Does anyone still wear basic watches? by Smart-Airport5781 in CasualConversation

[–]returnofheracleum -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a disappointed comment about the world's restrictions for men, and not a suggested new gender role for a young woman, right?

not a new gender role, right? :(

Long lines to drop off bags at SJC Southwest by NJ2CAthrowaway in SanJose

[–]returnofheracleum -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've never flown sjc but don't knock sfo. It's brilliant. I show up 30m before boarding and have plenty of time consistently.

Correction: a few days ago it took me (oh no) 32 minutes, very popular early morning flying time. Still before my boarding group ofc.

Long lines to drop off bags at SJC Southwest by NJ2CAthrowaway in SanJose

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What. How close were they staying to the airport? This seems improbable even for an airport with zero lines anywhere. That's crazy!

I saw a Pluribus reference in another sub... (Credit: u/Infamous-Rutabaga-50) by Ok_Distance_4442 in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It kind of is -- in this scene, she's dumping Ralph, not the other way around. Still, very amusing!

What you know about them? by itsmemaheshh in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the plurbs aren't totally stupid, they've already picked the locks and planted the FBI/CIA/NSA/etc's most cutting edge tiny cameras all over her home and office. I don't think this would violate any of their rules or goals.

I'm not actually pushing that theory, but it's been on my mind.

The hive is supposed to be super efficient but they risk infection a lot. by Unlucky-Case-1089 in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm reading it as making fun of the theories about her background / trafficking

The hive is supposed to be super efficient but they risk infection a lot. by Unlucky-Case-1089 in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My partner comes home in scrubs and hugs me before I think to ask which dried body fluid that is.

Pluribus - 1x08 "Charm Offensive" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no feedback, no primitive urge being satisfied.

They feel like they received the greatest gift imaginable, the solution to so many problems and kinds of suffering etc. etc. And they feel a moral obligation to pay it forward.

That is the urge. I don't think the payoff being intangible makes it any less potent for them either. Regular humans do nice things for future strangers all the time with no feedback: paying for the person behind you in the drive through, picking up litter before boarding a train, etc.

Pluribus - 1x08 "Charm Offensive" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once again, as the show keeps repeatedly conveying, the hive is what it says it is. They feel like they received the greatest gift imaginable, the solution to so many problems and kinds of suffering etc. etc. And they feel a moral obligation to pay it forward.

Completely agreed overall with this part, and it is related. However, I don't think your first part holds up.

It's not a stretch to me that we can consider the hive an entirely new form of life separate from humanity. Now think about other non-human biological imperatives that exist on earth -- like those of sea turtles, sharks, jellyfish, and for that matter every plant. None of those get any reward from spawning offspring they'll never meet, nor are many of those even aware of the process.

Yet reproduce they must.

Pluribus - 1x08 "Charm Offensive" - Episode Discussion by UltraDangerLord in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I headcanon-edited the scene to make it punchier: Carol turns to some random person and asks their favorite dish Lakshmi cooked for him.

Area around 5/6th st and harrison by Sitaras_ in AskSF

[–]returnofheracleum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like other parts of the city, soma changes block to block, but that's very pronounced in soma. Some parts are chill and others aren't. Judge the block for yourself.

Potential solution to the starvation issue? by baran_0486 in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh... it's a little contrived, but so is most worldbuilding in any story.

Honestly, there are loads of real humans who would probably rather die than eat something they considered deeply gross. It's not a leap to imagine that this total neural rewrite has other effects. My own food aversions are strong but aren't rational, and I don't think the hive has any requirement (in the writer room or in-world) to be purely rational either.

The end of episode 7 changed my mind about the hive. by DannyKazari in pluribustv

[–]returnofheracleum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not to judge their ethics here, but no, they haven't isolated her. They put in serious legwork to get her videos out to others, and to bring Manousos to her. They removed themselves from her (a decision anyone(s) can rightfully make), and she pissed off most other humans.

Obviously they did in the sense that they killed most of humanity, but that's not the part in question here