limelight79

@limelight79@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're going backwards⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve stayed in a lot of hotels all around the US (and a few abroad), ranging from 1 to 5 stars. I’ve found that the age of the hotel is the primary factor in the quality of the room.

  It seems like they build them nicely, but then never seem to have (or want to spend) the money to maintain them. There are exceptions, certainly, but I’ve seen maintenance issues even in high end hotels.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember seeing an SUV that had this in vinyl on their back window (paraphrased, I don’t remember the exact wording): “RIP so-and-so - God cured his suffering and took him to Heaven.”

  So, God either gets credit for killing the guy, or he gets credit for saving the guy. No matter what, God comes out as the good guy!

  I have no idea how people live in this mindset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been downhill from that day ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget the sequel, 1: Odyssey 1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, Canada still takes credit for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  War of 1812. They burned the White House.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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.