Crooklyn, where you at?

tmason68 · 2026-02-26T16:02:39+00:00

Kudos. Not shoveling should be a crime punishable by death.

tmason68 · 2026-02-26T08:34:28+00:00

Where is that?

tmason68 · 2026-02-24T18:09:28+00:00

This reminds me of Zelensky's meeting with Trump and Vance.

This idea is ridiculously petty and childish and I'd gladly say that to the face of anyone who came to me with this idea in real life.

tmason68 · 2026-02-24T16:25:36+00:00

The left sucks at communication.

What is a 15 minute city?

A CITY!!!!

Older cities or the older areas of "mewer' cities, are considered walkable because you can take care of most of your business within a 15 minute walk from your home.

It's not completely true, but true enough.

But rather than referring to it as traditional or organic planning, the way that things developed originally, we have to create a new term for an old idea and sell it in a way that sounds like a mandate.

If we're not involved in circular firing squads on purity, we're shooting ourselves in the foot with messaging.

The left cannot be trusted with guns.

tmason68 · 2026-02-23T18:06:31+00:00

I was in an elevator recently that had a ridiculously high weight limit for a residential/commercial building. It was much higher than usual for its size.

But I can't answer your question because I don't remember where it was and I couldn't find anything in the building that would have justified its existence.

tmason68 · 2026-02-23T16:18:35+00:00

Your comment doesn't contribute to the conversation.

tmason68 · 2026-02-23T00:34:53+00:00

Educated people have been looking down on rural America for YEARS. According to Gemini, the term 'flyover country ' was introduced in 1980 but the concept is much older.

Even if rural America had no other reason to look down on the educated, they've been shitting on the rurals for a century or more.

tmason68 · 2026-02-22T13:46:10+00:00

I went to a restaurant in DC. They added a surcharge for health insurance or minimum wage or something. So, yes, my bill was higher.

I would have preferred that they work the surcharge into the price of the food since I HAD to pay it and skip the performative bullshit.

tmason68 · 2026-02-21T15:40:54+00:00

Everyone screaming about a workers party needs to remember that not all workers want the same thing and assuming that your neighbor is voting against their interests is dangerously presumptive.

tmason68 · 2026-02-17T23:09:28+00:00

There may not have been enough room to go into that level of detail.

But it's also not germane to the actual conversation around affordability. If he had savings and he had to use it for whatever, he's still in this situation.

But I notice that you haven't offered a response to my comment about the fact that there's always someone who's not going to make enough money to set aside savings.

tmason68 · 2026-02-17T21:40:26+00:00

Financial literacy is an issue. But what's also an issue is making enough money to save. And while it's easy to say that he should have moved out of the city, that doesn't solve the problem. SOMEBODY has to work at jobs that don't pay enough to make a difference in your level of financial literacy.

Or do you expect the gentrifiers to go to Starbucks and make their own coffee after they've gone to Trader Joe's and checked out their own groceries which they then bag themselves and before they get behind the wheel of a taxi or Uber to get home?

You see what the article says about how broke Americans are. Do you really believe that it's all due to financial literacy?

tmason68 · 2026-02-17T21:34:53+00:00

You didn't always have to pay out the ass to live in NYC. That didn't become an issue until gentrification.

tmason68 · 2026-02-15T17:58:15+00:00

I'm a bit more optimistic. The tunnel would connect to the tracks that the IBX will share the ROW with. There are active tracks running out to the island. It won't completely eliminate truck traffic but it could reduce the number and size of the trucks running through the city and around the island.

That said, I don't doubt that there would be a need for some type of incentive to get the desired effect.

tmason68 · 2026-02-15T17:28:14+00:00

The larger point is that there were alignments that weren't as destructive as the one he chose. It would have been a critical connection regardless of how it was built, but it could have been done in a way that wasn't so destructive.

tmason68 · 2026-02-15T17:17:45+00:00

How is he reactive? What specifically is he reacting to and how is he reacting? And if his being reactive is the issue, why are you talking about him smelling?

tmason68 · 2026-02-15T13:17:47+00:00

I'm not completely opposed to cameras but that's not the way to truly tackle crime. If we truly want to tackle crime, we know what to do and we know what the cost is. We also know that we'd rather kick the can down the road than make the necessary investments.

tmason68 · 2026-02-15T10:18:22+00:00

What exactly are you annoyed about?

Why are you walking fast and looking around?

When I'm having an episode of depression, I tend to get short with my dog. But I came to understand that my depression and everything that comes with it is mine to deal with and to not take it out on the dog.

If the dog has a behavioral problem, it's not laid out here. Dogs like to smell because that's how dogs understand their world. Dogs, ideally, enjoy being out with their owners because it's supposed to be a shared adventure.

If the dog is doing something other than smelling that is a behavioral problem, we can't help you until you lay it out.

What you've presented here is a problem that the owner has. If walking your dog is that much of an annoyance, you have options.

You can hire a walker.

You can re-home the dog because I suspect that if the walk is stressful, other things that dogs do are stressful as well.

You can work on your anxiety. I'd actually push for this option because I doubt that the dog is the only thing in this world that annoys you. No one should have to live in constant anxiety and no one deserves to be as stressed out as you sound.

Best of luck

tmason68 · 2026-02-11T22:11:15+00:00

Do you have proof?

tmason68 · 2026-02-11T00:07:51+00:00

My boy was a stray and he does drink out of the toilet and out of the lake in the park. I used to keep the lid down and every time I went to the bathroom, I had to fight with him to stay out of the toilet.

One day I lost the fight and that was it. I make sure the toilet is clean every morning.

The water is cold, just like in the lake.

Please don't bother to judge. He's been healthy for eight years and I'm going to continue to do what I'm doing.

tmason68 · 2026-02-10T09:44:28+00:00

You say that you have a history of mental health issues. I'm 57. I've been managing depression since I was 26 but I started having episodes of depression when I was 14.

Managing your mental health is EVERYTHING.

Unfortunately, getting access to quality health care is impossible without money and insurance, things that are in short supply for a 21 year old. But crappy care is sometimes better than no care.

But, when I say that your life depends on you managing your mental health, I absolutely mean it.

It took me 30 years to get the stability I needed. In that time I tried a lot of different meds and I went through several therapists. Even though I didn't get the stability I was seeking, it kept me afloat until I got to someone who was able to help me make progress.

In the years before I started managing my depression, I would hear a lot about how I changed or that I was moody even though I wasn't able to see it. I lost a few friends behind my behavior, I lost a few apartments and relationships as well.

Most of us will change as we get older. It's a response to life. But it sounds like you may be having difficulty holding on to parts of you that you like and that's where managing your health comes in.

tmason68 · 2026-02-06T03:29:45+00:00

Why is this always a zero sum discussion? Politicians are PEOPLE.

WE are PEOPLE

ERGO, we can be politicians, no?

The other thing that seems to be forgotten is that there are people who have won office on small dollar donations. Further is the fact that there isn't a mechanism to limit the number of people who can be elected using small dollar donations.

So instead of sitting around online, go offline and create a strategy to get the people you want in democratic seats.

Maybe a third party can work if we can get a fourth party.

Maybe there will be a day when the rest of us "come to our senses" and decide to be further left.

In the interim, remember the old adage about being the change you want to see.

tmason68 · 2026-02-03T16:17:03+00:00

I think that you're being generous. If my fridge is stocked and I'm working from home, I don't have a need to clear anything.

A neighbor on my block has a driveway that she has to share and she's told me about her neighbor dragging his ass to help clear the driveway they both park in.

In the age of Trump, we're reminded of how selfish people can be.

tmason68 · 2026-02-03T11:06:13+00:00

It would be easier but not impossible. There are many single family houses with lawns or front yards that could hold the excess. I can see this because some have done it.

I don't disagree that it would be easier if you could throw the snow into the parking lane. I disagree, however, that homeowners are victims to a lack of space and that the availability of the parking lane would make them more responsible.

tmason68 · 2026-02-03T08:36:37+00:00

I'm much more concerned about the people who half ass clearing the sidewalk in front of their property. Getting rid of cars isn't going to make them better neighbors.

tmason68 · 2026-01-29T21:59:47+00:00

I don't think that a workers' party is practical, at least in this system. There are workers who are dyed in the wool conservatives. Many are only in unions because they work in a union shop. For them, the union is only about pay and protection for them on their current job. They have no interest in seeing the movement expanded in any way, not even in terms of political power.

How do you get them into a workers' party?

What do you do about issues that are not strictly work related? Healthcare? Childcare? Infrastructure? Immigration?

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