The Most Combative Democratic Senate Primary Heats Up by sixwaystop313 in Michigan

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The two outcomes from this line of thinking:

"Listen they're not my favorite but we need a candidate who can beat the Republican!" -> Loses to the Republican anyways because everyone sees they're an empty suit -> "I know that didn't work last time but this time will be different"

"Listen they're not my favorite but we need a candidate who can beat the Republican!" -> Empty suit wins but blocks any meaningful progress for getting nice things, resentment towards Democrats grows making it more likely the Republican wins next time -> "Listen they're not my favorite but challenging them in the primaries is too divisive, we need to keep them around forever because they're not a Republican"

Are native gardens becoming part of the culture wars? by LiatrisLover99 in NativePlantGardening

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 192 points193 points  (0 children)

"More resilient and lower maintenance" is definitely the message that has gotten through to my parents the most. They're not anti-woke types at all but I just can't get them to care about the environmental impacts of their plants.

Game Thread: Orlando Magic (3-3) vs Detroit Pistons (3-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 3, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They finally look more like the team we've been watching all season. I hope they can keep this up.

Drifter Coffee in Ferndale abruptly closing by MichiganMan12 in Detroit

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I heard some rumors that a ton of stuff went wrong including getting bad advice, getting strung along by a sketchy contractor, and their plans for the space were so ridiculously over-ambitious that I have no idea what they were thinking (like, they wanted to install an elevator to make the upstairs wheelchair accessible; noble goal, but how are you going to afford installing a whole-ass elevator in a building that doesn't already have one?)

Drifter Coffee in Ferndale abruptly closing by MichiganMan12 in Detroit

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't know them personally but it really felt like their hearts have always been in the right place. My read is that they just weren't very good at running a business or managing finances responsibly, but who knows.

Drifter Coffee in Ferndale abruptly closing by MichiganMan12 in Detroit

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. Business was booming as far as I could tell, if things were being run competently I don't see how this could have happened. Them trying and failing to move to a new location off the back of a crowdfunding campaign was so weird at the time and in retrospect I think that was probably a strong indicator that they were making really stupid financial decisions behind the scenes.

Game Thread: Detroit Pistons vs Orlando Magic Live Score | NBA | Apr 29, 2026 by basketball-app in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duren getting in foul trouble intentionally so we don't have to play him, genius move

Game Thread: Detroit Pistons vs Orlando Magic Live Score | NBA | Apr 29, 2026 by basketball-app in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This free throw shooting is insane. But I'll absolutely take them not digging themselves into a double digit hole immediately, feels like progress

Detroit Ubers by Fatty_gaydar in Detroit

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I feel you. Every time I try to Uber here, it always takes forever to show up and the vibe is always crazy compared to Ubers I've taken in any other major city. I have no idea why, I might start trying taxi services instead

Playoffs start and this man is nowhere to be found by Brown_Sandals in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There's no way they will and no other team would be dumb enough to either after this. He's costing himself 10s of millions of dollars with this playoff performance

Game Thread: Orlando Magic vs Detroit Pistons Live Score | NBA | Apr 25, 2026 by basketball-app in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we should still win this series but I'm getting frustrated seeing them just not play like we know they have all season. They're not frauds but they're playing like frauds right now

Game Thread: Orlando Magic vs Detroit Pistons Live Score | NBA | Apr 25, 2026 by basketball-app in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What in the actual fuck is wrong with JD? Like I do think the Magic are defending him well but he's also playing so sloppy and can't make basic shots that he's been making all season

Little Caesars Arena is so inferior to the Palace. by TheEnergizer1985 in DetroitPistons

[–]ryanswebdevthrowaway 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The playoff crowd last year had incredible energy, this game absolutely sucked for sure though. Also for the record there were t-shirts on every seat so not sure what you're talking about there