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Started by Max Rockatansky, November 30, 2024, 12:04:20 PM

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hbelkins

Quote from: Molandfreak on December 03, 2024, 05:22:44 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 03, 2024, 04:29:30 PMLink doesn't help explain the point made?
Paragraph 11-15, actually a misquote of the book South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire explains Mahatma Gandhi's activism in South Africa as part of his belief in the "Ar**n Brotherhood," more accurately described as the Indo-Ar**n Brotherhood--a belief that North Indians and Caucasians belonged to a higher social order than Black South Africans because of their common ethnolinguistic background. It's a complicated topic that I maybe shouldn't have posted about since it has the potential to be controversial, but the point is that everything in history (including symbology such as the swastika) should be taken with proper context.

Asking again, since my original post seems to either have been deleted (if so, why???) or never made it from my keyboard to the forum, but why is the word Aryan blurred out with asterisks?
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LilianaUwU

Quote from: hbelkins on December 04, 2024, 10:54:21 AMAsking again, since my original post seems to either have been deleted (if so, why???) or never made it from my keyboard to the forum, but why is the word Aryan blurred out with asterisks?
Gonna assume an overabundance of caution, which I guess is reasonable, but then again we are talking about that Brotherhood so why bother? (Not that we should be talking about it, but that's besides the point.)
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Molandfreak

Quote from: hbelkins on December 04, 2024, 10:54:21 AM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 03, 2024, 05:22:44 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 03, 2024, 04:29:30 PMLink doesn't help explain the point made?
Paragraph 11-15, actually a misquote of the book South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire explains Mahatma Gandhi's activism in South Africa as part of his belief in the "Ar**n Brotherhood," more accurately described as the Indo-Ar**n Brotherhood--a belief that North Indians and Caucasians belonged to a higher social order than Black South Africans because of their common ethnolinguistic background. It's a complicated topic that I maybe shouldn't have posted about since it has the potential to be controversial, but the point is that everything in history (including symbology such as the swastika) should be taken with proper context.

Asking again, since my original post seems to either have been deleted (if so, why???) or never made it from my keyboard to the forum, but why is the word Aryan blurred out with asterisks?
I assumed the word combined with brotherhood could potentially result in the forum running into trouble with the web host or shadow-banned from search engines.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 05, 2023, 08:24:57 PMAASHTO attributes 28.5% of highway inventory shrink to bad road fan social media posts.

hotdogPi

Quote from: Molandfreak on December 04, 2024, 11:13:29 AMI assumed the word combined with brotherhood could potentially result in the forum running into trouble with the web host or shadow-banned from search engines.

Do we even want this thread to be visible to the general public?
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LilianaUwU

Quote from: hotdogPi on December 04, 2024, 12:05:18 PMDo we even want this thread to be visible to the general public?
This could describe so many threads in here.
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Rothman

Heh.  TikTok's censors are leading to overcensorship everywhere.

"Your calling that other user a cotton-headed ninny muggins goes against our community standards..."
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Plutonic Panda

Quote from: hotdogPi on December 04, 2024, 12:05:18 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 04, 2024, 11:13:29 AMI assumed the word combined with brotherhood could potentially result in the forum running into trouble with the web host or shadow-banned from search engines.

Do we even want this thread to be visible to the general public?
I'm surprised we haven't had a slew of anti-Car people come on here and bombard certain posts. I've seen some post by DOTs on social media where a single particular post will be just completely bombarded with comments like stop wasting money on freeways and roads and build trains instead. I also follow transit groups that are pro mass in active transit and sometimes they'll share a DOT post that praises a construction project for a freeway they built. They will all go and swarm on that post and shit on it.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Plutonic Panda on December 04, 2024, 01:34:47 PM
Quote from: hotdogPi on December 04, 2024, 12:05:18 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 04, 2024, 11:13:29 AMI assumed the word combined with brotherhood could potentially result in the forum running into trouble with the web host or shadow-banned from search engines.

Do we even want this thread to be visible to the general public?
I'm surprised we haven't had a slew of anti-Car people come on here and bombard certain posts. I've seen some post by DOTs on social media where a single particular post will be just completely bombarded with comments like stop wasting money on freeways and roads and build trains instead. I also follow transit groups that are pro mass in active transit and sometimes they'll share a DOT post that praises a construction project for a freeway they built. They will all go and swarm on that post and shit on it.

Don't new users have to be manually approved?  That probably serves as a major filter. 

Max Rockatansky

This "Loaf Bread thread" stuff I feel is more or less just reinforcing what I said in the first paragraph here. Clearly the lad is only concerned about this fictional future tech nonsense.  How is that tangibly different from P13 wanting to create fictional Arctic Island Gulags?

Plutonic Panda

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 03:28:02 PMThis "Loaf Bread thread" stuff I feel is more or less just reinforcing what I said in the first paragraph here. Clearly the lad is only concerned about this fictional future tech nonsense.  How is that tangibly different from P13 wanting to create fictional Arctic Island Gulags?
When I saw that thread, I immediately thought that K12 started it or had something to do with it without even clicking on it, and I finally clicked on it and went to the first page and sure enough there it was.

Roadgeekteen

Kernals is just a more articulate version of P13. He seems to be more interested in his agenda than roadgeek topics.
My username has been outdated since August 2023 but I'm too lazy to change it

LilianaUwU

K12 is why some people think the roadgeek fandom is full of only car nuts who hate transit, when that's of course not the case.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

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Voyager

Quote from: Molandfreak on December 03, 2024, 10:25:29 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 03, 2024, 09:37:03 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 03, 2024, 06:15:41 PM
Quote from: Voyager on December 03, 2024, 05:05:20 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 02, 2024, 10:41:50 PMThis thread made me realize I gave myself the label of troll by creating my own "in one thread", well, thread.

At least you didn't start the famed bbarr.
the what now
The original has been lost to time, but the OP can be read by hovering over the thread title on the very first snapshot of what became the OT forum on the Wayback Machine.
When did voyager become V'Ger? Did the mods need to change the deleted account's name for them to register their new account?

To be clear - yes. Both are me, I co-created the forum with Alex back in 2009. He brought me back last year after a very long siesta.
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Voyager

Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 04, 2024, 04:33:35 PMK12 is why some people think the roadgeek fandom is full of only car nuts who hate transit, when that's of course not the case.

Personally I love both. Living in San Francisco is difficult because it has neither in a very good or meaningful way - MUNI is missing tons of subway lines and moves very slow, and driving to the Golden Gate Bridge from Daly City takes forever when there easily could have been at least one or two (Crosstown and Westside) freeways that would have gone through sparely populated areas that aren't even parks due to their geography.
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Roadgeekteen

Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 04:37:57 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 03, 2024, 10:25:29 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 03, 2024, 09:37:03 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 03, 2024, 06:15:41 PM
Quote from: Voyager on December 03, 2024, 05:05:20 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 02, 2024, 10:41:50 PMThis thread made me realize I gave myself the label of troll by creating my own "in one thread", well, thread.

At least you didn't start the famed bbarr.
the what now
The original has been lost to time, but the OP can be read by hovering over the thread title on the very first snapshot of what became the OT forum on the Wayback Machine.
When did voyager become V'Ger? Did the mods need to change the deleted account's name for them to register their new account?

To be clear - yes. Both are me, I co-created the forum with Alex back in 2009. He brought me back last year after a very long siesta.
OMG I didn't even realize you are V'ger who I recall seeing ancient posts from when I started using the forum. Wow!
My username has been outdated since August 2023 but I'm too lazy to change it

LilianaUwU

Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 04:39:25 PM
Quote from: LilianaUwU on December 04, 2024, 04:33:35 PMK12 is why some people think the roadgeek fandom is full of only car nuts who hate transit, when that's of course not the case.

Personally I love both.
I don't own a car, so of course I'm gonna become an advocate for better transit - but unlike most of that crowd, I know it's unrealistic to get rid of all cars.
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—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her. Also, I'm an admin on the AARoads Wiki.

Max Rockatansky

I use transit options where they are available and convenient.  I've talked several times about using BART to attend As games.  As mismanaged as I think the HSR has become as it was original billed (namely the price and timeline) concept I didn't think it was a horrible idea.  If there was an available alternative to commuting by car I'd look into it.

Voyager

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 05:31:20 PMI use transit options where they are available and convenient.  I've talked several times about using BART to attend As games.  As mismanaged as I think the HSR has become as it was original billed (namely the price and timeline) concept I didn't think it was a horrible idea.  If there was an available alternative to commuting by car I'd look into it.

Are you also in the Bay Area? The only thing I'll give credit is CalTrain, their new trains are so nice and the half hour lead times are wonderful.
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Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 06:31:38 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 05:31:20 PMI use transit options where they are available and convenient.  I've talked several times about using BART to attend As games.  As mismanaged as I think the HSR has become as it was original billed (namely the price and timeline) concept I didn't think it was a horrible idea.  If there was an available alternative to commuting by car I'd look into it.

Are you also in the Bay Area? The only thing I'll give credit is CalTrain, their new trains are so nice and the half hour lead times are wonderful.

Fresno, the BART station I was using was in Dublin off I-580.

Voyager

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 06:36:53 PM
Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 06:31:38 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 05:31:20 PMI use transit options where they are available and convenient.  I've talked several times about using BART to attend As games.  As mismanaged as I think the HSR has become as it was original billed (namely the price and timeline) concept I didn't think it was a horrible idea.  If there was an available alternative to commuting by car I'd look into it.

Are you also in the Bay Area? The only thing I'll give credit is CalTrain, their new trains are so nice and the half hour lead times are wonderful.

Fresno, the BART station I was using was in Dublin off I-580.

Gotcha! I was always fascinated with 168's incomplete expressway section up Tollhouse - did you ever do a blog about that? (searched but nothing came up)
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Rothman

When I lived in SF, I found public transportation to be quite serviceable, whether MUNI (buses or trains) or BART.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Max Rockatansky

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Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 06:59:53 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 06:36:53 PM
Quote from: Voyager on December 04, 2024, 06:31:38 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 04, 2024, 05:31:20 PMI use transit options where they are available and convenient.  I've talked several times about using BART to attend As games.  As mismanaged as I think the HSR has become as it was original billed (namely the price and timeline) concept I didn't think it was a horrible idea.  If there was an available alternative to commuting by car I'd look into it.

Are you also in the Bay Area? The only thing I'll give credit is CalTrain, their new trains are so nice and the half hour lead times are wonderful.

Fresno, the BART station I was using was in Dublin off I-580.

Gotcha! I was always fascinated with 168's incomplete expressway section up Tollhouse - did you ever do a blog about that? (searched but nothing came up)

One of the first I did on Gribblenation:

https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/07/tale-of-ca-168-west-climb-to-kaiser-on.html?m=1

I also put together a hub page for just California.  I need to get around putting links in-blog back to it though:

https://www.gribblenation.org/p/golden-state-highways-version-30.html?m=1

vdeane

Anyone else feel like the forum is overheating right now?
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hotdogPi

Quote from: vdeane on December 04, 2024, 09:37:29 PMAnyone else feel like the forum is overheating right now?

I feel like there should be a global 1-hour cooldown.
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Max Rockatansky

Quote from: hotdogPi on December 04, 2024, 09:39:25 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 04, 2024, 09:37:29 PMAnyone else feel like the forum is overheating right now?

I feel like there should be a global 1-hour cooldown.

Nonsense all increases in temperature even of the figurative variety are optimal.  Haven't we been attention to these K12 threads?



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