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jbphilly t1_je2mius wrote
Reply to comment by CVM525 in Is there any sort of tiki subculture in the Philadelphia area ? Not seeing much of any tiki bars on a Google search by CVM525
No, it's still there. There's just confusion about the name and it was closed for two years starting March 2020.
jbphilly t1_je1xm1d wrote
Reply to comment by sheds_and_shelters in Is there any sort of tiki subculture in the Philadelphia area ? Not seeing much of any tiki bars on a Google search by CVM525
They're using "Upstairs at Abyssinia" as their social media now because the original manager wasn't part of the reopening, and took all the Fiume social media with him. But I and everyone I know are still calling it Fiume.
jbphilly t1_je1u4lv wrote
Reply to comment by sheds_and_shelters in Is there any sort of tiki subculture in the Philadelphia area ? Not seeing much of any tiki bars on a Google search by CVM525
No, that's Fiume, it's a great bar but isn't and never was a tiki bar.
jbphilly t1_je1jcgl wrote
Reply to comment by gnartato in Student, 15, shot and killed blocks from Simon Gratz High School in Nicetown, police say by JBizznass
We (as a nation) also voted to be absolutely inundated with guns so that teenagers can easily obtain them. But that probably wasn't the point the OP thought they were making.
jbphilly t1_jczulif wrote
Reply to comment by researching4worklurk in Where to get just a little mulch in South Philly by researching4worklurk
The 3-3-3 rule for mulch is: Make a circle about 3 feet in diameter around the tree's base; make the mulch about 3 inches deep, and leave about 3 inches clear around the tree's base to let it breathe (as the person above you said).
jbphilly t1_jc1zqpp wrote
Reply to comment by peakedattwentytwo in yooooooooooooo it finally happened đ by sandwichpepe
Smoking anything on a train of any kind is psychopathic, doesn't matter what it is.
jbphilly t1_jc09yia wrote
Reply to comment by Ng3me in yooooooooooooo it finally happened đ by sandwichpepe
Trolleys are the same. Iâve never seen anybody try any fuck shit on the trolley, even in the post pandemic era where I literally havenât been on the el without someone smoking on my car.
jbphilly t1_jbj82h1 wrote
Reply to comment by Hanpee221b in Whatâs the deal w the turtles people sell at intersections? by RoverTheMonster
Even if you could, these are probably invasive species that shouldn't be released into local ecosystems and there's no viable way to get them back to whatever part of the world they originate in.
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Reply to comment by Beer_Is_So_Awesome in The Wissahickon looking magical by shnoogle111
Don't feel like a dick. The signage is spotty and confusing at best, and often misleading or outright nonexistent. I regularly refer to my Gaia app while riding because there's no other way to know which trail I'm supposed to be on.
jbphilly t1_jamdhj0 wrote
Reply to comment by Alex_A3nes in The Wissahickon looking magical by shnoogle111
If I remember correctly itâs right where the MTB trail diverges from the no-bikes-allowed trail, which goes through the pass pictured. So if Iâm correct, you shouldnât be riding it. But I may well be wrong.
And the new âimprovedâ trail signage in the Wiss is so bad that you can very easily end up on a no-bikes trail even while making a good effort to follow the signsâŚhappens to me at least once every time I ride there.
jbphilly t1_jaj94jt wrote
Reply to comment by felis_scipio in Philly mayoral candidates are discussing gun violence tonight. Here are some key policies likely to come up by PhillyPanda
>Also the upward trend during Kennyâs term started before Covid hit,
Also the upward trend began before Kenney's term (and, notably, before Krasner's). FWIW
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Reply to comment by LowPermission9 in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
Gun cultists. The price of all these innocent lives is one they're happy to pay so they can have their collections of death toys.
jbphilly t1_j9udxoq wrote
Reply to comment by crispydukes in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
It's true that America also has a deeply violent culture that doesn't seem to exist in most other developed countries.
But even if we had all of that, but no unfettered access to guns for literally everyone, we wouldn't have this amount of shootings.
jbphilly t1_j9udlgp wrote
Reply to comment by LowPermission9 in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
The gun cultists can't handle the truth so they downvote. Symptomatic of the problem with our country.
jbphilly t1_j9swfeo wrote
Reply to comment by ColdJay64 in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
Our country has a death cult obsessed with flooding every corner of our society with guns. You're damn right we're not well.
jbphilly t1_j9swdc7 wrote
Reply to comment by Phl_worldwide in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
Until every random idiot and/or teen in America no longer has easy access to guns, nothing will change.
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Reply to comment by Vague_Disclosure in 4 teens, 1 woman injured in shooting in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section by bulbous_mongolian
> this country has some serious cultural being-completely-inundated-with-guns issues it needs to figure out
FTFY
jbphilly t1_j9pgv0j wrote
Reply to comment by _whatthehell_iswater in What are they shooting in Old City? by nemesisinphilly
No, that's Servant.
jbphilly t1_j961g72 wrote
Reply to comment by catlady198787 in Regional Rail Question by catlady198787
No chance it'll accumulate, the ground needs to be cold enough for it to stick at all, and it's going to be so warm in the all the days leading up to Saturday that even if it does snow, it'll all melt before piling up.
jbphilly t1_j8y0uba wrote
Reply to comment by DoGreat_DieGood in Why Even Bother Recycling by ferrusmannusbannus
Amazingly, my lid lasted 2.5 years before getting destroyed after they flung it into the street. (Or maybe they flung it onto the sidewalk and the wind then blew it into the street...same outcome). And that was after being run over twice.
Never thought of zip-tying it to the bin like people mentioned. I'll try that if I ever get my hands on another lid...
jbphilly t1_j8fdoop wrote
Reply to comment by djmuaddib in Moving Mondays - New Resident Questions by AutoModerator
A tip for not sounding like a noob: Philly does not have "sides," this isn't Chicago, there isn't a "south side of Philadelphia" or a "west side of town." It's West Philly, South Philly, Northeast Philly, etc.
Also, the blue line is the el, the orange line is the subway, there is no Metro.
jbphilly t1_j88iwug wrote
Reply to comment by babywithahugedick in 2016 by Failedmysanityroll
If by "it" you mean "not a Trump presidency," then yes, we almost had that. Could have had it if a bunch of butthurt leftists had been more interested in doing what was good for the country and voted, instead of obsessing about posturing and ideological purity. But nope, hating Hillary was more important than hating Trump, and now we have a fascist supermajority on the Supreme Court, taking away more of our rights every year. Great job!
If by "it" you mean "Bernie getting the Democratic nomination," then no, the math was never there. People were kidding themselves.
And I voted for him in both '16 and '20, I just had realistic expectations. And even if by some fluke he had ended up president, he wouldn't have had the ability to usher in a progressive paradise, because as you might have noticed, even moderate policies like Biden's can barely get through Congress. In a country where rural states have massively outsize power in the Senate, you can elect the most far-left president you want, that doesn't get you any closer to Medicare For All or anything else. It sucks but that's the reality we live in.
jbphilly t1_j6x9i08 wrote
Reply to comment by gnartato in Pro-Pedestrian/Biking City Council/Mayoral Candidates by Fattom23
Lol, don't even get me started on how many pedestrians will walk off a sidewalk straight into my path in the bike lane, while looking either in the opposite direction or straight down into their phone. While I'm obviously not going to victim-blame for all the pedestrians injured and killed by drivers, there are some people that seem to have a death wish or at least no survival instinct.
jbphilly t1_j6x5ek6 wrote
Reply to comment by gnartato in Pro-Pedestrian/Biking City Council/Mayoral Candidates by Fattom23
I'd argue bikes are way more vulnerable than pedestrians as they are (supposed to be) sharing the roadway with cars at almost all times, whereas pedestrians do so only at street crossings.
But it's not a contest obviously. All of us (and bikers/drivers are also all pedestrians at times) need to be protected from drivers.
jbphilly t1_jeeavqp wrote
Reply to comment by piper4hire in Good thing ACME restocked just in time... by misterfox20
Even in West Philly (where the water was never at risk) there were long lines of people with cases of water bottles at the Acme near Penn.