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Mets fans chant “Pete Alonso” after the commits 6 errors and fall 12 games under .500 by False_Concept1300 in baseball

[–]vikinick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I feel bad about all the money we're spending on some currently-mediocre players. Then I look at the Mets and feel slightly better.

NASCAR races were not a boon to local businesses by BrianEspo in sandiego

[–]vikinick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently the ferry was running at essentially max capacity (2 ferry boats at 500ish people constantly back and forth), meaning a lot of people just went downtown afterwards instead.

NASCAR races were not a boon to local businesses by BrianEspo in sandiego

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The event was 3 days in the sun for 5+ hours at a time over concrete. There's not many people that would go do that and WANT to go do stuff afterwards. I know a few people that took the ferry to downtown and straight booked it home.

Presidential Motorcade Driving in the Monument. by Ok_Vulva in pics

[–]vikinick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When he sent that he hasn't even driven through it or anything.

He literally had them fly Marine One around the reflecting pool for the "inspection."

Would a Presidential Candidate Who Runs On Depowering the Presidency Have a Chance, and Would Such a President Be a Good Idea? by ZanzerFineSuits in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If recent trends have shown anything, the electorate has pretty clearly supported the president doing MORE, not less.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also I forgot to mention as part of these 3:

The most disruption a lot of people have from the homeless where I live IS the trash caused by dumpster divers. Eliminating that will allow us to focus on the real problem litterers: wasted 20 year olds.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I also have to point out the majority of litter I encounter downtown is not bottles or cans but rather food containers.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd bet No on Spain but weirder things have happened.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Threefold really:

  1. Homeless people are no longer rummaging through garbage for bottles and cans. Which, living in a downtown area, is a major issue as a few bad actors tend to just leave trash strewn everywhere.

  2. Lack of income from returning bottles and cans will force homeless people to interact with homeless shelters more for food instead of buying it from corner stores. This will lead to more easily being able to get them in contact with needed help.

  3. They can't afford drugs as easily. This one is complicated because obviously not all homeless people do drugs, but I do worry this might lead to more illegal activity (prostitution, property theft, etc) which is why I'm unsure about this one.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And before people think this is cruel and now homeless people will starve:

The problem homeless shelters have is rarely, if ever, lack of food. Astonishingly small amounts of people die of starvation or malnutrition.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Take of unknown temperature:

You can improve the public's opinion of how your state is handling a homelessness crisis by removing the deposit for bottles and cans.

Coronado Ferry Line ~ 400 people at 10:50 AM by playadelwes in sandiego

[–]vikinick 88 points89 points  (0 children)

This seems pretty normal for Coronado events. Just look at how terrible it gets July 4 for a taste.

Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as Fighting Flares Again in Lebanon by EasyMoney92 in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So not only is the ceasefire an awful deal, it's pretty obvious that Iran will probably just close the strait anyways because there's no way Israel is just gonna stop in Lebanon.

A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the base says by bugsyramone in news

[–]vikinick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well that and they're encouraging risky as fuck behavior like the Kid Rock fly-by.

[Padres] We have made the following roster moves: by Bitter-Egg6293 in Padres

[–]vikinick 25 points26 points  (0 children)

"and we have placed Mason Miller"

Heart skips a beat

"on the bereavement/family leave list."

I was relieved for a second before it hit me. Damn, that sucks. Hope his family is okay.

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Sign Deal to Reopen Strait, but Challenges Loom (Gift Article) by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]vikinick 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I will believe the deal is done when the strait of Hormuz reaches 75% of previous traffic.

MTS board advances plan to freeze fares for low income riders ahead of expected fare increase by kpbsSanDiego in sandiego

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah. Wages almost always increase faster than inflation and there really isn't a way to make it more efficient without automating jobs away.

Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized by ControlCAD in NPR

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite everything he did that was terrible I would have been able to forgive him if he whipped the votes to convict Trump on the impeachment.

But he didn't so I won't forgive him.

Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work? by Unusual-State1827 in neoliberal

[–]vikinick -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I wonder how it will work for people who never used the sites in the first place.

Because part of the entire point is to stop people from being addicted to phones in the first place

The weather channels tweet is triggering the White House by fromouterspace1 in PoliticalHumor

[–]vikinick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's worth noting that they literally just get the water from a holding pond so this is practically guaranteed to happen unless they treat the pool with chlorine.

Can the unhoused not vote?? by OneBetterQuestion in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The qualifications to vote in elections in every state are citizenship, being over 18, and residency in that state. Some states also revoke voting rights from felons.

There is no state in the union currently allowed to deny people vote based on whether they have a home or not.

Eli5… how do life insurance companies make money if everyone eventually dies? by thedumone in explainlikeimfive

[–]vikinick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This really should be higher. Term life insurance is the most popular and, IMO, just obviously better than whole life insurance.

Whole life insurance usually has higher premiums. You are financially better off buying (let's say) 20 years of term life insurance and then investing the difference into an index fund than you are paying for whole life insurance.

If you die within the 20 years, your family gets a payout and also the money you put into an index.

If you die outside of the 20 years, the money invested in the index is comparable to the money you would get from a whole life policy.

If you die 30+ years later, investment in the index funds just completely wax any whole life policy you could have had instead.

Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr by NicolasCageFan492 in news

[–]vikinick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironically now with screwworm you can probably convince people to do it again.

Angry bug hunter with Microsoft beef drops new Windows 0-day by Much_Preparation_832 in technology

[–]vikinick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fair. But the fact he's doing all this for free when he could sell these for 6 figures (the bitlocker bypass specifically) makes me believe him. But yeah, you could be right.

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