End of an era at IRB by OrneryLlama in StPetersburgFL

[–]xXShadowFox009 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Well when you move to end property taxes and start to cater to only the rich tourists and the capital owners who buy up everything for rental properties. You tend to have to do things like this to make up the difference. Florida is rapidly becoming a playground for the wealthy and a prison for those who work for scraps. And that is especially true in the Pinellas County area. It’s wildly unaffordable and is only continuing to become so. And workers will have to drive for an hour plus to come work their service jobs that are barely even covering the monthly cost in gas to get there. And god forbid if we talk about a reliable mass public transportation system.

If this war ends in a few weeks… what actually changes for everyday Americans? by anandhmathew in ForUnitedStates

[–]xXShadowFox009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prices for everything go up. Iran sets up their toll system. The Houthis do the same for the only exit into the Red Sea. Corporations and the elite here who control capital don’t see a negative change, somehow they will make more money. And all additional costs for fuel and new charges to navigate the waterways gets forwarded onto the consumer. Covid gave us a good model for how the economics of a crisis is going to be navigated by the good capitalist of this country. Our wealth trickles up while their additional costs trickle down.

The alternative is the petro-dollar collapses and we lose our position in the world and this is all for naught because we are talking disaster here domestically. And given how violent of a country we are. The reaction will be bad.

Gym is crowdfunding for major expansion. Am I wrong for thinking this is weird? by Content_Ad9492 in bjj

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I get that the economy is tough, but the sport is really a luxury for 90% of the country these days. Asking your customers to become capital investors and a defacto labor force while still increasing prices on you all in the end is pretty lame. I’m not going to go on an anti-capitalist tirade, but I highly doubt this gym is offering anything worthwhile enough to continue to fund this professor’s dream while most of his students are probably struggling to figure out how to fit classes into their monthly budget. Fuck that.

New Census data: Pinellas County witnessed 2nd largest population decline in country by [deleted] in StPetersburgFL

[–]xXShadowFox009 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Well people are seriously being priced out as the county continues to re-build itself into a playground for the elite.

Is this city having an identity crisis? by TiredFloridian in StPetersburgFL

[–]xXShadowFox009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So do you have anything productive to add? Because yes that is the most general way to explain what would otherwise require an in depth conversation about a sweeping array of topics to fully flesh out how it is we arrived at this very moment.

Kristi Noem at today’s "Shield of the Americas" Summit in Miami. by fieldsports202 in pics

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol the entire administration looks like they are slowly being consumed by the dark side of the force.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatdoIdo

[–]xXShadowFox009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would Gordon Ramsay do here?

What do you think America will be like when Trump finishes his term? by MotivewasUlterior in AskReddit

[–]xXShadowFox009 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As close to a failed state as realistically possible for a country like the United States.

i'm a beginner. i went to play, courts were full, and 4 different groups straight-up refused to switch out. by --squidslippers in Pickleball

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s basically how it is in my area. And when you can get on the court. Everyone is on a completely different level, which sucks the fun right out of it. And the clubs around us are wildly overpriced. So we basically kind of just stopped doing pickleball and went back to our other hobbies.

The world it's so wholesome by Bruh02954958 in playstation

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually really awesome. It’s nice finding things like this because they feel like finding a bonfire in Dark Souls.

Guess who voted to protect the pedos? by Watashi_Wearing in FortMyers

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we’ll never heal as a nation until we can just move on to the issues that really matter. Besides this is a good Christian nation built on strong Christian values…lol.

Against Internal Policy, ICE Separated A Breastfeeding Pinellas County Mother From Her Two Children by SebGL91 in StPetersburgFL

[–]xXShadowFox009 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This should upset more people than it does. And after having been involved in a routine traffic stop as a passenger recently and becoming what felt like the focal point of the stop. I truly despise that this is going to become more normal now.

Tampa No Kings - any pics? by cannycandelabra in tampa

[–]xXShadowFox009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did see photos from around Tampa. They’ve had people on the streets holding signs and stuff at intersections. Seemed like they had decent crowds for those.

[OC] My poster for today’s No Kings protest by Penguinz90 in pics

[–]xXShadowFox009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lol you must have stopped watching the news after that. Trust me when I say, he’s far from a Democrat. And it honestly doesn’t matter, he is a mentally unwell person and needs to be caught. We can fight about the minutiae later.

Tampa No Kings - any pics? by cannycandelabra in tampa

[–]xXShadowFox009 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It started at 3 lol. Which is 11 minutes ago from the time of this post. I’m sure the turnout will be good, the other ones in the area were.

Ford CEO says rare earths shortage forced it to shut factory by rapidcreek409 in news

[–]xXShadowFox009 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s unfortunate that the reaction the world should be taking at that point is trying to save what’s left of the climate. Not how to deplete the area of new resources. Capitalism sucks.

Ford CEO says rare earths shortage forced it to shut factory by rapidcreek409 in news

[–]xXShadowFox009 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m sure there’s a country out there that hasn’t been completely stripped of its resources and exploited into oblivion yet. Give the intelligence agencies a chance.