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Comment on Zipcar and the Cretin Epidemic by Anna

Anna — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:33:16 +0000

I know you wrote this half a year ago, but bravo.

I went to a college full of hipsters who drove zipcars a couple of years ago (I’m in my mid-20s now). I owned my own car, had my own apartment and worked to put myself through school while they were drinking and partying without any responsibilities. Owning a car really is a great introduction to adult life. Does anyone really wonder why most of my generation is still living in their parents’ basements?

Comment on On the Bicycle Menace by matt

matt — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:53:35 +0000

>any person old enough to drink legally who rides a bicycle for transportation purposes is a consumer of health foods, marihuana, and foolish continental political philosophies

40+ registered Republican here, commuting 25 miles per day round trip from the suburbs to downtown Boston. it’s faster than driving (by far, unless you leave home before 6am) and even a bit quicker than taking the T from where I live.

I can’t imagine why someone would want to sit motionless wasting time on talk radio for 2 hours per day when they could be enjoying fresh air and getting some exercise

Comment on Charlie on the Hubway by Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:08:47 +0000

Looks like you were wrong. 140,000 trips by Hubway in the sole three months it was in use in late summer.
Better get your crystal ball checked out.

Comment on Sweating the Small Beer by Keohane

Keohane — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:07:37 +0000

When I worked in the South End, I used to get my hair cut at State Street Barbers. For the first few months I’d walk in to the handsome wood-paneled room, take a chair, and a glass of scotch would appear as my Chechen barber went to work, regaling me with suitably hair-raising tales of the old country. Sinatra was usually on the stereo. It felt like entering another world, one where minor transgressions were coolly overlooked instead of being immediately stamped out in a Puritan tantrum. Then one day I walked in and they handed me a ginger ale.

Comment on Post Haste by Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You « the snob

Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You « the snob — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:46:25 +0000

[...] truly, three months ago: That being said, fuck the Post Office, or as I call it, the garbage delivery service…. I [...]

Comment on On the Bicycle Menace by Charlie on the Hubway « the snob

Charlie on the Hubway « the snob — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:01:06 +0000

[...] I the only person utterly perplexed by Hubway? My long-standing feelings about bicycles aside, I just don’t get the point. The one bona fide use case would seem to be [...]

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by The Snob

The Snob — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:43:10 +0000

If nothing else we can be pretty sure that two gay men will pick good wallpaper.

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by Keohane

Keohane — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:31:11 +0000

“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” — Friedrich W. Nietzsche

Comment on Why I Don’t Care About Social Issues by Fedrich W. Nietzsche

Fedrich W. Nietzsche — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:14:47 +0000

My primary concern of legalizing gay marriage would be the domino effect it would have on other traditions. I don’t see a single benefit of having homosexual parents adopting a bastard created from artificial insemination. Children these days already are riddled with psychological problems, do you really think having two “Daddies” or “Mommies” will create a suitable environment for these adopted children to prosper?

Comment on Speed Freaks by Keohane

Keohane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:54:28 +0000

Of course “safety advocates” are alarmed. That’s their natural state. The issuance of any response short of alarm at this or any other looming threat would be to tacitly acknowledge that ours is a long, slow, pointless slog that leads but to the grave. This is the thing that safety advocates are loath to admit. And also the funding.