limelight79
@limelight79@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's been downhill from that day 2 days ago:
Yeah, I remember commuting to work in the DC area the days after the attack - and it was so subdued (they did not close our office on the 12th). There was no, or very little aggressive driving - people just going through the motions in shock. That lasted a few days, then we were back to the usual Mad Max.
The night of the 11th I went to pick up a friend that had gone to a coworker’s place after the attacks. There was NO ONE out, other than an ambulance or two. It was completely dead out there, so much that I wondered if I was violating some kind of curfew. Just completely empty streets from Alexandria to Ballston. Surreal.
- Comment on School pickup lines are wild 3 weeks ago:
I’ve inadvertently ridden my bicycle through a couple school zones during drop-off times - and I’m sure pick-up times would be even worse.
Cycling around cars has an element of risk that we all know and accept. But that risk goes WAY UP in school zones at drop-off time. You’d think drivers would be looking for kids, people, etc. as they drop their precious off IN A SCHOOL ZONE. But, no.
For example: One started to pull out in front of me - I was in the lane, riding past, and she was pulling out of the school’s driveway. I avoided her with some vigorous braking, then she had the gall to pull up at a light and tell me I should be careful.
- Comment on Posting for the "Now guys he was MURDERED! Don't celebrate!" Crowd 2 months ago:
Show me the improvement, because all I see is fascists getting exactly what they want.
They were getting that anyway.
- Comment on One Angry Man 3 months ago:
Don’t forget the sequel, 1: Odyssey 1.
- Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement 3 months ago:
Don’t worry, Canada still takes credit for it.
- Comment on The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement 3 months ago:
War of 1812. They burned the White House.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Sometimes that little thing is the straw. You’ve had a rough few days, all kinds of twists and turns, but hey you have a relaxing weekend coming up to recharge, so you held it together, then that little thing happens and it’s like “ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck!”
That little thing, by itself, probably wouldn’t matter that much…but on top of everything else, it’s a different story.
- Comment on Too many non-working holidays in America. 5 months ago:
If he takes all of his cronies with me, that’d be great.