Weekly Discussion Thread (Week of Monday, 6/26)
Weekly Discussion Thread (Week of Monday, 6/26)
I figured until we figure out an automatic option, a weekly thread is probably ok, especially since Lemmy does a great job at bringing threads back up to the top if they get comments.
Rules:
- Talk about whatever's on your mind
- But please, please, please be kind
I'm a big pro-biking kind of person. I've lived in LA for almost twelve years now and haven't owned a car the entire time. I wouldn't go quite as far as calling myself anti-car, but I'm absolutely anti-car-brain and think we should be working to make LA as pedestrian-and bike-friendly as we possibly can.
One part of car culture I despise, though, is the recent trend towards super heavy duty double lifted megatrucks that are larger than tanks were in WWII and burn more fuel than God. Sure, there are some places where that kind of vehicle is practical or maybe even necessary, but LA is not one of them.
I work at a parking garage where the vertical clearance is 6'4", and my way to flip those guys a subtle bird is to sell them a parking pass then just let em drive right past and figure out for themselves that they won't fit
Wow, nice. That’s a long time to be without a car in LA. What part of LA?
And agreed, although I would even argue that there isn’t really any situation where those kinds of huge trucks are practical. Definitely, some situations need a truck, but a lower pickup with a larger bed would be much more useful. Trucks these days are too high, and their beds are too small (a lot of times even smaller than their cabs), which is ridiculous.
DTLA and its surrounding neighborhoods. People always say that you can't live here without a car, but I moved here from somewhere very rural, where the nearest grocery store was ten miles down a road with no sidewalks and barbed wire right up to the edge of the asphalt. I'll happily bike 30-45 minutes across the city compared to that, haha
I saw SIX this weekend not expecting much, but it was amazing. The entire cast and musicians were super talented.
Happy Monday, y'all! If you had a time machine, what's the first concert you'd go see?
I don't know about a specific concert, but I'd want to go back to a time when everyone's not on their phone and just enjoying the experience. Man I sound old and grumpy lol
I went to a Puscifer concert at the Greek last summer and the rule was no phones out or you get kicked out because it's distracting and takes away from living in the moment. They were very serious and a couple of people did get kicked out after doing it again when warned. During the last song they let us take out phones for pictures. It was great and I hope that concept gains traction.
Hey man, that's fair. One of my answers is to go back in time to see the first ever concert just to see what it was like, people may not have even been standing for that one for all I know!
I would want to see someone like No Doubt or The Offspring back when they were little garage bands and finding their sound.
Oh, you know what? Robert Johnson. There's hardly any recordings and his music is phenomenal. It's a damned shame he joined the 27 Club.
ooooo, I'm gonna listen to Robert Johnson today
Do any of y'all follow vaporwave? Any thoughts on John Maus and Econ4?
uhhh well I'm glad to see there's a discussion thread here just like the old sub. I am so lost with this federated shit.
Show me your pet pics plz