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If I could, I'd try it once, but I don't think it would be for me.

Robert is a journalist who incorporates comedy into his work, Oliver is a comedian who incorporates journalism into his work.

I'm seeing a lot of speculation about how they may have expanded too quickly. Maybe that's the case, but it seems odd that they'd just shut down all their stores so quickly like this with absolutely zero notice.

Gs12 in 1980 was 28k. W/OUT locality Honestly Today gs4 is 30k w/out locality. How absolutely insane!

28K in 1987 is equivalent to about $77K, so that's actually a bit more than the gs12 rate without locality today. (~$71K)

Having lived in both places, DC's system is far super to Chicago's.

Meh depends on what you’re trying to do. DC is cleaner and feels more modern. But I found it less useful for getting around. Just not a lot of places that the train actually seemed to go between neighborhoods I wanted to go to. Usually could just walk when I was downtown.

Have you taken CTA in the last few years? The headways and reliability have been absolutely abysmal, particularly on the blue line. I've waited 30+ minutes for the train during rush hour in the cold. In DC, they come farrrrr frequently. The headways on CTA have been a bit more reliable lately, but overall service has been cut pretty significantly compared to pre-pandemic days.

If you haven't already/they haven't mentioned it, ask your employer if you can get SmartBenefits or some kind of reimbursement for metro.

If you're a fed it's likely your metro fares are paid for completely!

Why south of Hyde? Why not just call it Jackson Park?

I was making a joke about the names of other gentrified neighborhoods like SoHo in New York or NoMa in DC.

We already have a So place. SoLo or South Loop. But yeah I get you.

I mean, it's not as though cities can only have a single neighborhood with a prefix like that. NYC has NoHo, NoLita, and NoMad.

Was Abed Arab or Pakistani? I don't recall but I always thought of him as Pakistani.

Canonically his dad is Palestinian from Gaza and owns a felafel restaurant. His mom is Polish.

Just checked there are at least 500 apartments under $1,800. I'll check again in a bit if I bring it to $1,500 for at least a one bedroom apartment

$1500 is still considered unaffordable for me, and I make about $60K/year. What are low wage workers expected to do?

I lived in DC on a 40k salary for two years at that rent price, $1500 isn’t great but it should be doable on 60k barring poor budgeting or huge debt

$1500 would mean spending over half of my take home pay on rent.

What a weird line to draw. You're fine with the conventional bombings that targeted civilians in Germany? And if not, why area you deflecting?

I'm not fine with conventional bombings that target civilians either. The terror bombings in Dresden were also bad. Nuclear bombs are worse because it's impossible to try and avoid civilian targets in cities. A conventional bombing campaign can at least attempt to avoid doing so.

They didn't ask about the bombs. They asked about the civilians. Why you're deflecting from the intentional targeting of civilians is beyond me.

I'm not deflecting. You asked me if I was fine with conventional bombs targeting civilians in Germany. I said no. I'm not fine with any kind of intentional targeting of civilians, under any circumstances. That's precisely why I think nuclear weapons are so evil, they're the least discriminate kind of weapons that exist.

OP, I live in Washington DC. We have no representatives in Congress and no senators. Do you think those of us who don't have representation and have little incentive to vote are the problem?

I’m American and it makes me sad all the time. We used to be a great country until the nut jobs took over the GOP. Now it’s a never ending stream of embarrassment punctuated by moments of actual governing when Dems can figure out how to get around the MAGA idiots flinging shit all over.

I've never understood those that frame the cold War as colonialism vs communism. They were two colonial powers dividing up the world. The models looked different, but the colonized nations had a bad time under both

"The USSR wasn't an imperialist power, because of...uhh, theory?" is a line of argument I've witnessed unfold on the Internet an upsetting number of times.

Try finding a couch for rent on Craigslist or a roommate situation with numerous roommates. It would be hard to get ready for work in a car, let alone sleep. And getting in trouble by cops wouldn't be good either. Maybe look into jobs that include housing- nanny jobs, maid jobs, senior live in care, oil field, or anything that includes housing.

I'm looking for apartments where I live and it's $1100+ for a decent room in a house share with 4-6 other roommates.

this kind of reasonable response is not what we’re looking for. pick a side, fence sitter!!

it's not reasonable, there is no evidence that adding bike lanes would increase traffic.

Back to Heidelberg i go

I don't think Germany is the East Coast

Most liberal: Kyiv. If you feel opressed by somebody, you can allways find somebody who will support you.

What are you even talking about? Do you have evidence of this? Any at all?

I mean, he was found liable in civil court for raping E Jean Carroll, right? And in total over two dozen women have accused him of raping or sexually assaulting them. And he was hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and flew on his plane multiple times, right?

Liable in a case that the law had to be changed to even bring the case so that is why honest people know it was just another deep state hitjob against trump. That is why e. jean carroll has accused multiple men of rape and even said she thought rape was "sexy" on anderson cooper.

Right, when it's an accusation against Trump, it's a deep state plot. How could I forget?

Source needed for your claims

Quilette is a right wing rag.

I think it's a good game, just not a very good Fallout game.

Is an apartment your ideal living situation? Wow. Sad.

My ideal living situation is an apartment. I like living in places where I can walk.

Marfa is a tiny little eclectic and artsy town in the middle of nowhere in West Texas. It's a place that has a very specific weird vibe and character.

You know, something I noticed about being in England is they align with the majority, not the minority. So, I met a woman on a plane with a different passport than evwryone else. She was from Northern Ireland but she kept saying she was English with some Irish. I found that odd since in America, theres no way I could just say Im American without my ethnicity being attached.

Right up until fdr (so basically including hoover), America was on the path of being the righteous and free democracy that the founding fathers intended