AbsentEmpire

AbsentEmpire t1_izanrhx wrote

Not supprised, stopped going there because the straight men in there would get overly aggressive if they so much as thought you were hitting on them; which was obnoxious as fuck. Motherfucker, you're the one who walked into a gay bar, what did you think would happen.

Not to mention it was off putting being treated like a zoo attraction by bridal showers. Every once in a while was tolerable, but it just got so frequent it was obnoxious and slightly dehumanizing.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iz07f1l wrote

You may have the time to take 5 days to cross the country by rail to a very limited amount of cities, and for an absurd amount of money, but not everyone else does.

Until the US decides that railroad track nationalization and infrastructure investment should be a priority, intercity flights will be a common and in demand service.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iyiw41m wrote

Luxury is just a word for new at this point.

When me make building housing as difficult and expensive as possible, the only thing developers will be able to build is high end construction.

Parking is only an issue here because we give it away for free. Some of the schools are over crowded because we don't fund the school district. Landlords do nothing when they have no competition or reason to, because lack of housing supply gives them effective monopoly power.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iyijl6u wrote

Its a US problem not a PA problem.

Many environmental groups have for decades, and many still are today, demonizing nuclear power based on straight up lies and misrepresenting facts to promote a snake oil fantasy where the national grid is entirely powered by wind and solar, which is as bullshit as the hyperloop.

Until we have a national movement to get away from fossil fuels and over shift to modern nuclear plants for grid power, we're going to be stuck with coal, oil, and gas, and all problems that comes with those things.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iyaf0p3 wrote

This city can't handle snow and the already ridiculous situation with parking cones and spot saving goes into a hyper-aggressive, way more violent mode in the snow. Somehow drivers in the city get from bad to even worse when even the slightest dusting of snow happens.

Homeowners don't shovel the sidewalks, and the pretty white of snow is quickly turned grey and black from cars and trash.

While I like the snow, I never want to see it ever again in the city.

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AbsentEmpire t1_iya320b wrote

Why would UPMC insurance cover practices they don't own?

It's a smart business move by them to consolidate the market to themselves if they want to be around and offering advanced procedures in another decade.

This is the inevitable outcome of having health policy that pretends that a free market can exist in the health care industry.

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