Random Rants 94 I rant at the thread title and shake my fist menacingly.

[Valka D'Ur]

So the other day my commute to work was interrupted by a temporary shutdown of the subway line I use. It was a [stink]show. First, there is simply no way the transit authority can run enough buses to transport the number of people who use the subway at rush hour. They would need 6-8 buses running the route every 10 minutes, and unlike the trains, they'd have to be doing it on a winding route, through city traffic. But it was even worse than that. I saw a guy walking with a cane almost die because he tried to cross in front of a bus that had people standing in the door beside the driver, such that the driver couldn't see out the righthand side of the bus. And there were no police there directing traffic. Pedestrians waiting on the opposite side of the street walked out in front of the bus yelling to alert the driver that there was a person in his blind spot.

It turns out the fustercluck was even worse than I knew.

I learned later that day that the problem had been caused by a track fire. But just a few minutes ago, from a radio program I'm listening to, I learned that the standpipe inside the subway station was nonfunctional and the fire department actually formed a 'bucket brigade' to get water on the fire. And where did that water come from? The sink inside a janitor's closet? If just one standpipe failed, there wasn't another one within the distance that the fire department's hoses can reach? Kind of suggests that all of the station's standpipes were dry.

Now they're talking about how a crucial intersection of subway lines was abruptly closed on the weekend. This is while travelers trying to reach the airport are specifically being told to use the subway because the vehicle tunnel that gets you to the airport is closed for critical repairs.

What the actual f...

You either need to invest in motorized roller skates, a bike, or get a horse. Assuming they're legal there.

 

[Tee Kay]

SBS broadcasted all matches for the Men's World Cup last year but for sexism and generalised evil reasons free-to-air rights were given to Seven¹ who can only broadcast fifteen games. If I want to (legally) watch the rest I have to pay... *gasps* Optus²

Football Soccer is soccer dammit! I don't care if they're men or women I just I wanna watch

¹ best known for not only hiring a war criminal as general manager but funding his failed defamation lawsuit and subsequent appeal
² was the reason I got a new drivers license in the mail after they leaked the personal data of a third of Australia's population

 

[Sommerswerd]

So now how are you doin'… raisin' the garage door?

Not eating it, that's for sure...

 

[Ajidica]

The Ken Song from the Barbie movie is stuck in my brain, and I can't tell if it is just a massive earworm or a banger.
I'm just Ken
Anywhere else I'd be a ten

Where I see love
She sees a friend

But I'm Ken
and that's enough
'cause I'm good at doing stuff

 

[Kyriakos]

That is so horrible that I'd make sure to avoid listening to it.
But for you it's too late.

 

[Takhisis]

the Barbie movie

You've watched that?

Not eating it, that's for sure...

For no raisin'!

Football Soccer

FTFY.

 

[Kyriakos]

Someone sent me a linkedin invitation asking if I am a shareholder at Patreon looking to sell.
I guess it's more original than the eternal nigerian prince.

 

[Ajidica]

You've watched that?

Nope, I've been mildly intrigued by it since I learned it had Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, and Simu Liu in it. Thats a pretty respectable cast.
Then I saw the trailer with the I'm Just Ken song and I upgraded it to officially intrigued.

 

[Hygro]

I saw like one promo shot and have been assuming it’s gonna be fire.

 

[choxorn]

My internet keeps cutting in and out and it's annoying as balls

 

[JohannaK]

The Ken Song from the Barbie movie is stuck in my brain, and I can't tell if it is just a massive earworm or a banger.
I'm just Ken
Anywhere else I'd be a ten

Where I see love
She sees a friend

But I'm Ken
and that's enough
'cause I'm good at doing stuff

The Ken Song is an absolute banger and I love it.

 

[JohannaK]

You've watched that?

For no raisin'!

FTFY.

I watched it, and 20 minutes afterwards went into Oppenheimer. Both very good movies. Barbie is held back by being so commercial but it goes much farther than anyone would have expected from a commercial movie, whilst Oppenheimer is very good but it's framing device narrative lacks a final twist that ties it all together.

 

[Takhisis]

My internet keeps cutting in and out and it's annoying as balls

I would recommend single-player offline games. Sprite-based, in my personal order of preference…

Nope, I've been mildly intrigued by it since I learned it had Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, and Simu Liu in it. Thats a pretty respectable cast.
Then I saw the trailer with the I'm Just Ken song and I upgraded it to officially intrigued.

I watched it, and 20 minutes afterwards went into Oppenheimer. Both very good movies. Barbie is held back by being so commercial but it goes much farther than anyone would have expected from a commercial movie, whilst Oppenheimer is very good but it's framing device narrative lacks a final twist that ties it all together.

A-ha! Time to go to the bay, it would seem.

 

[sophie]

Some creepy dude just repeatedly walked back and forth in front of my kitchen window very obviously staring at me while I cooked.

Like saw me as he was walking by, visibly slowed to watch me, then 20 seconds later slowly walked back going the other way, still watching me, then 20 seconds later back the other way again. The third time I stared back and I haven’t seen him since.

 

[Takhisis]

Is it safe to call the police where you live?

 

[Birdjaguar]

I would even though we do have some bad cops.

 

[sophie]

Is it safe to call the police where you live?

don’t trust the cops

 

[Takhisis]

That's why I'm asking.

 

[Synobun]

There's a lot of (legitimate, non-petty) things to complain about, but I find myself feeling ashamed the moment I express any of them, publicly or privately. The side effect of this is that I am approaching overwhelm since I have no realistic outlet for those feelings. (I have never really derived any benefit from journaling.)

Is it safe to call the police where you live?

The SPD are a bunch of weirdos, and I'm theoretically the demographic best positioned to happily walk away from an encounter with the police. Can't imagine it going any better for demographics known to be profiled and harassed.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Is it safe to call the police where you live?

This might make an interesting thread in itself.