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by tjr225 6y ago
My issue is that it’s worse than anecdata. You’re saying “I’m pretty sure really bad things happen here.” And that’s it. Nothing any more of substance. Just more negative noise with no evidence, links or anything. Just noise. The preface of
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by tjr225 6y ago
> I vaguely recall news of rapes having occurred on the Illinois prairie path around where I grew up. I don’t mean to be a dick but this is completely meaningless and useless. So why post it?
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by tjr225 6y ago
Likely nothing will change or happen regardless of your feelings.
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by tjr225 6y ago
For what it’s worth to anyone who finds themselves reading this for whatever reason; the author of the above comment changed their original post from a snarky “have you?” To its current form after my reply. In my opinion that is not the beh
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by tjr225 6y ago
Lol, from that very article: > Specifically, in New York City, in encounters where white and black citizens were matched for other characteristics, they found that: > Cops were… > 17 percent more likely to go hands on black susp
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by tjr225 6y ago
> The escalated tensions probably adds way more stress to the officers there and they snap and start doing heavy handed policing because they want the protest to be over so they can go home. If they can’t manage the stress in a way that
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by tjr225 6y ago
I _love_ cars. I also _love_ bicycles. I'm not saying I'm normal but perhaps I can provide some perspective. Even before I went fully remote 2 years ago I took a combination of bicycle and train to work here in Seattle where publi
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by tjr225 6y ago
The point is not that they don’t have positives; but that they don’t pay for themselves. If you want to live in a cul de sac you should at least pay more in taxes to keep up the inefficient infrastructure you require for your lifestyle. Iro
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by tjr225 6y ago
It is so strange to me specifically because the cohort that seems to be eating this up(my parents age, I mean) were the same ones telling me NOT to believe anything I read on the internet when I was young and the internet was new. What happ
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by tjr225 6y ago
Why? Its true.
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by tjr225 6y ago
Most of us have all successfully learned how to be kind and polite to each other. We just have to relearn it for our online world.
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by tjr225 6y ago
My wife and I have been using an app called Todoist(no affiliation) and have been loving it. Groceries is a shared list either of us can contribute to or check off of at any time.
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by tjr225 6y ago
Sure but your 7 year old kid would say the same thing about The Godfather vs the Matrix. That doesn’t mean The Godfather hasn’t aged well.
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by tjr225 6y ago
I think Doom still holds up really well. I played it for the first time around five or six years ago and had a great time.
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by tjr225 6y ago
I don't think moderation is the problem- The beauty of the age of forums was that you were forced to seek out communities to discuss similar interests or topics. People were forced to put in the effort to create them as well. Now it is
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by tjr225 6y ago
Sure; I don’t like things that suck and cost too much. Nice work.
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by tjr225 6y ago
> Hopefully this isn't like detroit. Even if it became more like Detroit you'd still have what Detroit can never have- nice weather and unbeatable nature right outside your doorstep.
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by tjr225 6y ago
Simply plug the numbers into Redfin or Zillow. This data is easily accessible. > And if $400k is too much for a house, how do you make Seattle work? If I’m going to have to spend this much to make Kalamazoo work I’m going to be seriously
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by tjr225 6y ago
I’d rather live in Seattle than live in a cheap mansion in Kalamazoo. I’d rather my family live here as well. That’s the entire point of my post. There is a reason it is cheap and it is not a price I am willing to pay.
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by tjr225 6y ago
400k is too expensive for Michigan, yeah. I’ll gladly spend more for somewhere nicer.
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by tjr225 6y ago
I grew up in Kalamazoo. Moved back last October due to the arrival a new child and desire to be close to family/cheap housing. Sold the house 10 months later and I’m already back in Seattle. Whatever idealized version of Michigan I had
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by tjr225 6y ago
> $2000/month is enough to live comfortably with a personal car in low cost of living regions. I really doubt this to be true. You would almost have to choose to live in a place with no opportunity to advance upward for this to be t
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by tjr225 6y ago
I have a family(kid, partner, dogs) and just relocated from the Midwest back to Seattle. I couldn't stand living in the Midwest and lasted just under a year. I grew up there, and have lived in a couple larger cities throughout the midw
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by tjr225 6y ago
What if it is in fact stupid, though?
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by tjr225 6y ago
I think so yes- what about the possibility of the use of a deep fake, for instance?
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by tjr225 6y ago
Again...that’s exactly my point; when you make blanket statements about broad groups of people you always end up being wrong in a lot of cases...I’m not the only young person who gladly chooses to live in a big city- not by a long shot.
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by tjr225 6y ago
I tried to acknowledge that by pointing out that it was an anecdote. My point was mostly that it is condescending and short sighted to think that young people’s decision about where to live boils down to pride.
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by tjr225 6y ago
> Once those younger people swallow their pride and move home ... there really isn't anything pulling them back. I just left a remote oriented(Major infrastructure automation startup) to work for a company in a HCOL area. Just compl
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by tjr225 6y ago
You can’t seriously compare that video to a video of an actual person beating up another person?
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by tjr225 6y ago
I tried to explain this in another comment; you don’t have to go to shock sites to see this anymore. In a main feed on Twitter Instagram or reddit you might see someone getting the pulp beaten out of them.

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