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pillbinge t1_jefw8ot wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Exclusive: Ayanna Pressley on Introducing Bill to Advance Trans Rights by wdcmsnbcgay
She can't directly affect any of those things, so that's irrelevant. My question is why she's focusing on this as a trans issue, or why outlets are, when this has been happening for as long as married women have been changing their name, and other people have decided for different names for other reasons, for a long, long time. I'd say thousands of years, but it depends where, and credit bureaus have only been around so long.
pillbinge t1_jefcak2 wrote
People have been changing their names for a long time. Why is this specifically a trans issue and not a reform on credit companies, barring the obvious - she can’t reform them at her station. Still, I’d imagine this affects anyone who’s changed their name.
pillbinge t1_jdxw6kr wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Officially less homes for sale in Greater Boston than any other time during pandemic market craziness. by [deleted]
It would be the latter, but it doesn't make sense, since you took the time to respond.
pillbinge t1_jdhzw7t wrote
I understand there's a news effect, where if you hear news of, say, a suicide, suicide rates go up. Same thing happens, horrifically, with school shootings.
But is it literally everything? Trains just derail now? Or have they always derailed like this and we just haven't gotten reports?
pillbinge t1_jd6a4tc wrote
Reply to comment by p53lifraumeni in They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law by psychothumbs
Because they're juggling a few things that don't work together. Dense housing is a neat idea for a static environment, but New York is dense. New York is still expensive. Building densely doesn't compare to building intelligently, and right now, companies want to be in Boston. Instead of making companies go to other locations, they're making towns build up like they're Boston, only at break-neck speeds.
pillbinge t1_jd5fz93 wrote
Reply to comment by cumsona in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1
Don't just say "yup" to go along with things lmao
pillbinge t1_jd5fx1b wrote
Reply to comment by WelfarePeanutButter in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1
What's that "solid evidence" no article has ever listed? And if it's from Jim Crow, why don't other parts of the country even know the term? I asked a girl for jimmies in the South and she was amazingly confused.
pillbinge t1_jd5ftph wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in In honor of ice cream places opening soon do you call them “Jimmies” or “Sprinkles”? by IamMikey1
No, and this comes up so much that I wonder if people like you are just saying that to stir conversation. You can Google it.
pillbinge t1_jcgutl1 wrote
Reply to Bars showing wrestlemania? by HaarisonHero
There was one in JP, but it just shut down 25 years ago.
pillbinge t1_jc1iz0k wrote
Drivers who know it won’t be enforced would love to have a lane to themselves.
pillbinge t1_jb5c6v3 wrote
Reply to comment by BannedMyName in Texting while driving by Scared_Cheesecake442
Maybe he was on thesaurus.com.
pillbinge t1_jb3os47 wrote
Reply to comment by Scared_Cheesecake442 in Texting while driving by Scared_Cheesecake442
We can't possibly act as soothsayers for which judge you'd get.
pillbinge t1_jaxni1e wrote
Reply to comment by SouthShoreSerenade in Lawmakers want more representation in Healey's cabinet by HRJafael
And executive appointments, being undemocratic in practice, can still be made to be democratic by aligning with the interests of everyone. That's the idea. The governor isn't given carte blanche by the people to then hire anyone uncritically.
>What I'm saying is that if people from western regions are asking for more representation, and want to advocate for their regions, that's great, but it can also be a curse
I know what you're saying. I'm saying it's horrendous that people with a representative government are being told to be cautious about asking for representation.
pillbinge t1_jaxh9e1 wrote
Reply to comment by SouthShoreSerenade in Lawmakers want more representation in Healey's cabinet by HRJafael
It's not a popularity contest or student council lmao. It's representative government, and we're talking about an office that represents more than just Boston.
Boston's status as a regional hub is neat for people riding the wave, but fewer are as time goes on. Because Boston is one location with a near monopoly on everything, it means other areas aren't flourishing, and that's bad for everyone.
pillbinge t1_jajqe9f wrote
Reply to New Hampshire ordered to phase out practice of keeping psychiatric patients in emergency rooms by greenhousecrtv
So fund psychiatric help for people lmao. Why not just order houses to stop burning down to save money on fire departments?
pillbinge t1_jabf2s4 wrote
Reply to comment by Little_Elephant_5757 in Boston Public Schools Staying Open Tomorrow 2/28 by ndiorio13
Not the same thing. Teachers will still have to work a day of the year regardless. It's just tacked onto June, instead, where students will be expected to show up anyway. Doesn't work like that in medicine.
pillbinge t1_ja20e2z wrote
Reply to comment by Dseltzer1212 in BTRS vs Federal pension by TheChronicler011235
Why shouldn't the public fund pensions?
pillbinge t1_ja1y38r wrote
Reply to comment by Dseltzer1212 in BTRS vs Federal pension by TheChronicler011235
And even the creator of the 401k regrets what it did to the system.
pillbinge t1_j9zp8l6 wrote
>Ideally
So pretty much the idea for everyone in the area, including those who are getting priced out by transplants who want to buy their way in? At this point, people need to post what they don't want that everyone else typically does.
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pillbinge t1_j9quju8 wrote
Reply to comment by DJCzerny in Beautiful day for a walk in Newton. by MelvilleMeyor
I'm standing by for upcoming transmission.
Good correction to whom though. Big fan of people who get it.
pillbinge t1_j9qemas wrote
Reply to comment by MelvilleMeyor in Beautiful day for a walk in Newton. by MelvilleMeyor
You're rationalizing. It's a photo of someone just going about, with a dog that someone may even recognize. Maybe they're on here. We can't readily identify the person but that's a rule of thumb for the media, not posters online. Most people wouldn't like this.
>a dude who wears shorts and a hoodie in cold weather and/or snow, which there are a lot of in this state.
Right, but then it's not remarkable, which is also something to consider. Post yourself, not people doing nothing wrong.
pillbinge t1_j9qccs2 wrote
Reply to Beautiful day for a walk in Newton. by MelvilleMeyor
Some guy is just out for a walk with a dog, and now his photo is posted online, because you're new to the area and don't know how to handle the cold?
pillbinge t1_j9pt4cz wrote
States have been reduced to entities that cater to consumers. The speed at which things have changed isn't manageable. It's why so many nations haven't even figured it out, let alone states that have less power.
Boston is too important to the state and the region. That's not good. You see the same sorts of things with monopolies, and Boston is a monopoly. People are leaving MA for a lot of reasons, but an MA where people don't leave isn't necessarily one where people come to. The region is too crowded. Sorry, but it is. Housing is too spread out and car-dependent. The area has changed even since I was a kid and I was a kid not too long ago. There's no direction other than up for some people.
We need more housing, we need more people, we need more more more. That's not going to work even if everyone's onboard. MA is trying to manage a neoliberal society that's "post" production (really just moved abroad), but these kinds of jobs that follow are weak and ephemeral. How can you build up anywhere when a decade could spell disaster for a whole industry - and when other recessions loom?
MA is no different from so many other places. It's just trying to always play with big dogs, and it's tiresome.
I'm from here, so it's different. Why do people move here, though? Opportunity. They move elsewhere as a secondary option. That means we're constantly trying to keep up with other trends just to say attractive, but attractive to whom? Things were way different decades back, but the economy was totally different too. Are we supposed to want more people here? We can't handle them. Are we supposed to want fewer?
Ideally, the state would make sure that the region were condensed in some parts and that industry were spread out. People should be asking "Boston, Worcester, or Springfield" at a minimum. They don't. It sucks. This is why we have people scrambling for the same things, so that when they can't live in Boston, they often jump states - not even regions within MA.
pillbinge t1_jefyp5g wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Exclusive: Ayanna Pressley on Introducing Bill to Advance Trans Rights by wdcmsnbcgay
But she can't introduce bills in the same way.
It's one thing to be critical of this piece. It's another to then be outraged at the wrong things.