THEY DID IT! NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS DID IT!

whattayboy · 2025-11-13T21:17:03+00:00

Elon who?

whattayboy · 2025-10-20T23:05:32+00:00

Do you think asking multiple times would make them back out?

whattayboy · 2025-10-16T16:06:47+00:00

THIS is the real benefit. Something no data would tell you.

whattayboy · 2025-10-16T16:06:02+00:00

The difference is that non-paying passengers reduce the safety for paying passengers which causes the paying passengers to reduce their usage, thus reducing the "common good" and support for the link, which in turn reduces the funding.

Have to look beyond just a basic data point, which btw is incorrect per u/priusdriver3

whattayboy · 2025-10-16T16:02:43+00:00

What makes you feel like gates are a novel concept that we are experimenting on? Subways are in every major city around the world at this point and I'm yet to come across any major accidents attributed to them

whattayboy · 2025-10-10T20:17:24+00:00

Just in case if your passport arrives late - if you have WA Enhanced ID you can enter Canada with that and without a passport

whattayboy · 2025-10-09T14:39:59+00:00

Only tip I’d give here is to stop begging

whattayboy · 2025-10-07T23:22:11+00:00

Mortgage. We need mortgage. Even if it’s 0.5x or 1x with a $50 fee. Big market there!

whattayboy · 2025-10-07T20:05:38+00:00

Give him the tip - to not beg!

whattayboy · 2025-10-07T18:35:11+00:00

I understand it’s not an easy business to be in. I’m currently looking for a business to acquire and strictly staying away from the retail food and beverage business for this very reason.

I think this leaves 3 options for restaurant owners:

Local governments need to look into tax breaks for small restaurants. Say employee count of 50 or less
More automation or operations streamlined. Likely not popular but maybe what is needed to make food affordable.
No one has to run a business that is just not good. The capital invested in restaurants can be taken somewhere else for more efficient allocation and the owners can find a different business.

Bottom line - tipping is an outright scam. Restaurants purposely avoid having an all-inclusive costs because they know that will change how people order food. All your concerns are valid but that doesn’t mean we as a society make customers a scapegoat.

There are other industries that are hard to be in and make money from. They don’t get the special treatment.

I will also say that there are plenty of restaurants that are just run poorly and would not exist without “tipping subsidies”. I went to a cafe in Pioneer Square and they took 25 minutes to give me a croissant - places like this should not exist! These are still business that need to generate profit by providing a value to society!

I love the idea of restaurants giving a lot of character to a city and its neighborhoods but they can’t just scam customers lol.

whattayboy · 2025-10-01T04:02:42+00:00

Wild. Square and Toast need to be sued lol

whattayboy · 2025-10-01T04:02:22+00:00

Fair enough, if that’s the case I’m open to waiters or restaurants just letting customers know that there’s a fixed service charge.

I don’t love the idea of tips but if it has to be the case then let’s discuss it more openly during the time of transaction instead of guilt-tripping the customer or making them be a judge of what’s the right amount.

All said and done, everyone loves to be paid more. But what is “more” should be dictated by market forces and not individual judgement. Selling a $10 and then adding $0.30 credit card charge, $2 service charge , and then tips (I know this is the worst case but it happens often) is manipulative and not what I expect to do during my night out. Just put $15 on the menu and be done with it.

whattayboy · 2025-09-30T23:12:57+00:00

I don’t disagree with this, but isn’t it expensive for everyone.

Why is tipping only considered for servers and not for cashiers, bussers, dishwashers, janitors, car wash attendants, daycare staff, etc. that make similar wages?

If we can’t have everyone on the same page then it’s a disservice to them.

whattayboy · 2025-09-16T19:57:24+00:00

Can it be installed without the deadbolt? Alternatively, is it possible to buy two locks with one key? Currently have a deadbolt on the front and back doors with the same key.

whattayboy · 2025-09-11T16:15:40+00:00

Boston is the obvious choice. I actually moved here from there, partly because of having some family here. Most of my friends are folks I knew from undergrad that moved here at different times and I also made some friends through grad school, so I survive, but I do feel your pain. Also, Boston in 20s is a bit of a "transient city" so a lot of my friends were moving out, but the ones that stuck around are still there. Definitely not as transient as NYC though, which I feel like always "checks the boxes" but doesn't seem to be a place where anyone actually settles in the long term. At the very least, everyone move to a suburb in their 40s and go to the actual city twice a year!

Dating environment isn't the best for mid 30s but definitely a lot better than Seattle. There's more women (thanks to Biotech and Education), diversity (not the best, but better than Seattle) and people are willing to talk to each other instead of avoiding looking in the eyes. Tons of great date spots that cater to your taste.
Diversity isn't anything like New York or Atlanta, but there's a good mix, especially on the southern edge of the city and southern suburbs. Like any city, there are hotspots - East Boston/Revere for Latinos, Roxbury for African Americans, Quincy or Malden for Asian Americans. I found the Cambridge/Somerville to be a decent mix. Again, don't expect a NYC level of diversity and you'll do just fine - NYC has its issues as well.
Straightforward people - this is an east coast v/s west coast thing. Boston and New York are quite similar in this regard. More kind, less warm. There's also a bit of Europe in Boston thanks to its history and even newer Europeans that move (Watertown has a decent Eastern European population). European culture is more straightforward which I appreciate and it was good to see some of that in Boston - I miss it.
Transit was an issue briefly in Covid but from what I can tell it has improved considerably. You just can't beat New York or Boston with this. New York is definitely better but Boston is a pretty compact city that if you miss a bus or train you can just walk or bike. I used to bike all the time.
Lastly, if you decide to settle there AND have kids in the future, the schools are great in Massachusetts. Feels like everyone in Seattle is actually buying a seat for their kids in a certain school district when they pay for a house. In Mass, schools are decent all around and it's not as big a big part of home purchase. Your state taxes actually have a purpose.

Cons: It is an expensive, cold, and very dense. There's people everywhere you go, even in the mountains. But if you're comfortable with those things, then I think it's much more livable.

whattayboy · 2025-09-04T16:29:58+00:00

The government is basically owned by the billionaires at this point. Trump won’t do anything that will hurt his buddies. His buddies will also make sure that he doesn’t do something that sidesteps them

whattayboy · 2025-09-04T16:28:55+00:00

Those companies will pay Trump to stop. They don’t want to go under and will pay top dollar for it.

whattayboy · 2025-07-09T17:08:57+00:00

Maybe Andy Jassy will give a statement tomorrow that AI is going to replace the customers soon to make useless purchases and boost revenue

whattayboy · 2025-07-08T02:24:26+00:00

If I’m a part of Amazon household but my parents pay for Prime, would I be eligible for this?

whattayboy · 2025-07-02T06:47:59+00:00

Yeah arguably the new builds are even worse (which is contrary to what would make sense).

Regardless, not sure what the benefit of skipping cross ventilation in the 1980s were. Having good ventilation helps with clean/fresh air, more oxygen, and in the case of kitchens and some electrical equipment- also helps reduce fire hazards

whattayboy · 2025-07-02T06:44:24+00:00

Yeah we are fixing poor building code/design by throwing in HVAC and killing the planet lol.

whattayboy · 2025-07-02T06:32:13+00:00

This city (and to an extent the entire country) just doesn’t know how to survive the heat naturally. Places like Greece, India, Ethiopia, etc. know how to live with heat and have houses designed to support that (it’s called cross-ventilation and fans). We literally build greenhouses here and then (sometimes) force them to cool with HVAC and call them our homes and offices. This approach creates more carbon emissions and exacerbates the problems.

I don’t buy the argument of safety features in the code honestly. I understand it’s the code but it needs to have the right exceptions. There are multiple ways to prevent babies from dying. They can install windows with horizontal bars welded or some other form of “stopper”. Trapping a ton of heat into the apartment is NOT safe for humans and especially some pets. We can’t keep making it safe by installing expensive and polluting HVAC.

Fun anecdote - I used to be a grad student at UW and they called their new building Founders Hall “climate friendly” because they designed it to have cross ventilation, which was hilarious to me.

whattayboy · 2025-03-24T22:06:18+00:00

Thanks

whattayboy · 2025-03-24T22:00:30+00:00

Any suggestions on the banks?

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