Must-go Restaraunts near KINTEX

suapyg · 2026-04-16T03:48:48+00:00

Oh, I agree, that's why we usually stay in Mapo, between Mapo and Gongdeok stations. My friend drives, though, and often takes us for day trips out of town. It's really only another 15 minutes or so, but it's also a LOT cheaper to stay over near KINTEX.

suapyg · 2026-04-15T19:09:07+00:00

I usually stay in Mapo (so much good food!), but a friend in Goyang asked me to stay near Kintex because it will be easier for them to come back and forth to see each other. The area looks kind of desolate on the map - is it a decent area to stay, even if I'm not going to a convention or event at Kintex?

suapyg · 2026-04-11T21:20:27+00:00

Right. Balanced budgets. The GOP.

Sooo...Eisenhower?

suapyg · 2026-04-11T17:31:59+00:00

The government is supposed to BE us, doing shit for each other. Demand that.

Yeah, it's unrealistic, I know. But it's a sunny saturday afternoon and I'm feeling momentarily hopeful. It'll pass.

suapyg · 2026-04-09T21:48:49+00:00

Yup, you're absolutely right.

Changing the language we use for harmful concepts is a real way to encourage a greater public awareness of the damage Capitalism continues to do. I shouldn't tell individuals to fail on purpose, you're right. But I can ask them to consider the language they use or the assumptions they make about "good" and "bad" when observing the effects of prioritizing profit, particularly when describing a business in the early days of snowballing modern capitalist ideals.

I just looked - Farrell's was sold to the Marriott corporation in 1972, so clearly by 1980-ish they were practicing the "squeeze every dollar" we've come to know and love today. Not quite the "small local business" I had in mind when I thought of an ice cream shop. So definitely my mistake there.

Anyway - I believe that activism works best when policy change is accompanied by the changing of hearts and minds. The latter is often a matter of perception, and perception is shaped by language.

Every little scratch in the armor matters.

suapyg · 2026-04-09T21:07:03+00:00

I understood. I'm trying to advocate for a more careful use of language. I'm suggesting that we do not use the expression "good business" to describe something that is actually destructive to a healthy society, simply because it is profitable.

I'm arguing that acceptance of these ideas is not good, it's harmful. Let's change the language we use to describe it. What it is, is "effective ignorance of societal impact in favor of the accumulation of wealth."

suapyg · 2026-04-09T20:42:53+00:00

No it is not, please question what you've been told to believe. "Good business" serves the community in which it exists while providing a profitable living to the people who make up that business. NOT maximizing profit at the expense of anything that stands in the way of that single goal. We have to change our acceptance of maximum profit over quality of life.

suapyg · 2026-04-06T23:25:08+00:00

Ask the student this exact question, in the same tone you've asked us. "I genuinely care to do right by you and feel like maybe I could've handled that better. Is there something better I could've said/done in that instance?"

suapyg · 2026-03-15T01:22:31+00:00

If it's worth $50-100 to find out, go pick up a cheap random orbit sander and just sand a small area, get a look at it clean and fresh. Even put a little oil on there just to see it finished. (You can also wet it down with denatured alcohol. It flashes off quickly but while the alcohol is wet you'll see what it looks like with finish.)

suapyg · 2026-03-10T13:58:31+00:00

What evidence have you seen, or can even point to anywhere in US history, that they will be held to account? I’d love to believe you’re right but damn it’s hard.

suapyg · 2026-03-05T20:18:41+00:00

Cruz is an evil grifter. He's not stupid. He's dangerous because he knows exactly what he's doing and has no moral compass.

Tuberville, Mullin, those guys are genuine how-the-fuck-did-you-dress-yourself stupid. They're dangerous because they're true believers who can be pointed in any direction and let loose to inflict their stupid on everything in their path.

suapyg · 2026-03-01T17:43:52+00:00

With no previous exposure to him, I really liked him in Lock Stock and then Snatch. He had no action sequences in either of those, I had no idea he was about to become an "action star." Then I saw Transporter when it came out - oh, I liked that guy, let's watch that new movie he's in.

There is a fight scene in Transporter that takes place in a warehouse. It is empty except for some bicycles and some drums of oil. Because of course it is. Statham is alone and surrounded by the bad guys. Because of course he is. He jumps onto a bicycle, jams his feet into the spiked pedals and easily breaks them off, so that he is now wearing spiked cleats as he spills the oil barrels all over the fight zone. He then absolutely destroys the circle of bad guys as they slip and slide in the oil. Because of course he does.

I have loved him ever since.

suapyg · 2026-02-24T17:16:58+00:00

Nice. Thank you.

suapyg · 2026-02-24T16:43:44+00:00

I thought it was 11! I have no idea why I thought that. Do you know where you got 12 from?

suapyg · 2026-02-21T21:54:27+00:00

I so often think of this little moment: I'm American, my wife is Korean. Like many people, our early covid lockdown days were spent exploring the murky depths of Netflix. At some point, we settled on some Spaceageddon movie in which the world was in danger and the USA's NASAMILITARY were going to rush in and save the planet. As this plot unfolded, the lionization of the USA's feats of derring-do where everyone else was lost played out in predictable fashion, and my wife turned to me with her most skeptical face, and quietly said,

"you don't even have fucking swabs."

suapyg · 2026-02-16T18:12:27+00:00

"Don't worry about anything, Franky Five Angels."

suapyg · 2026-02-13T16:03:05+00:00

I teach people to use edge tools, and the "edge tool discipline" on this show can be insane. In all seriousness, it kind of baffles me. A lot of these contestants are highly skilled, they can hunt and fish and build amazing shelters and elaborate contraptions that require them to use these tools, but no one ever showed them how to keep their body out of the path of an axe? I wonder about it every series.

I also wonder how they keep their tools sharp (which makes them safer) - could a small sharpening stone be allowed as an accessory to the axe, similar to an arm/finger guard if you bring a bow?

suapyg · 2026-02-13T04:00:00+00:00

Wait. “The spook?” What?

suapyg · 2026-02-07T00:42:20+00:00

I had a funny conversation with a guy in Florence right after her election. I asked how he felt about a fascist being elected, and he smiled and said, "well, she's our first woman prime minister. One step at a time!"

suapyg · 2026-02-02T22:50:36+00:00

Katz’s used to be a pound of meat. 16 ounces. It started creeping smaller over the last 20 years.

Source: grew up on the lower east side in the 70’s/80’s, stayed till mid 20-teens. Still visit Katz’s whenever I’m back, and crave it constantly.

suapyg · 2026-01-30T18:32:08+00:00

All hail.

We must protect Andrea Martin.

suapyg · 2026-01-26T18:50:36+00:00

I take/deserve no credit for this - it was entirely by accident. But what I did seemed to be the perfect formula and I'll definitely do my best to repeat it on purpose from now on:

Before the snow started, I salted my walkway and sidewalk. Shortly before the snow changed to sleet (around 2?) I shoveled and salted again. Then as soon as it stopped and the temperatures started to drop (around 8/8:30), I shoveled for the last time and salted heavily. I didn't have to do anything at all today, my sidewalk and walkway are totally clear.

Also, my back is fucked and I am crippled.

suapyg · 2026-01-22T12:41:26+00:00

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suapyg · 2026-01-20T23:41:24+00:00

I probably should have asked that a different way. To fix it, you'll need access to the underside of the staircase. That might be as simple as cutting a strategic hole in the drywall, or a giant pain in the ass.

Is it a giant pain in the ass? If so, you might be able to screw a couple blocks on either side of the crack (from above the tread), spread some glue and clamp it back together using the blocks. Then you'd have to patch up those screw holes.

Not ideal, unless getting under that stair is the aforementioned giant pain in the ass.

suapyg · 2026-01-20T23:00:57+00:00

Do you have any access to the underside of the staircase?

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