You'd have to change some lights, right of way, and lane use. I think you run Peoria Station, past the university hospital, down Peoria, cut through to Havana, the commercial districts (The Gardens) on Havana, hit…
People are down voting you for this, but like, I'd rather have that honesty. I know where I stand with you when you do that. Everyone is out here thinking I'm policing, correcting, eradicating, or some other verbing.…
I don't think that's true at all. I think language carries history, and that we all come from different upbringings and life experiences that give language context. There are words we use because they are familiar that…
And yet despite centuries of use of singular they/them pronouns, people respond the same way when they encounter them. Presumably you are comfortable with singular they, given its long and frequent use?
Why would I express that opinion though? There's zero benefit to me to indicating you've slightly damaged your reputation. We both move on. And it's never couched as a correction. It's always an expression of the impact…
I don't expect either. Why is it unreasonable to say, "I'd prefer something other than USian"?
First, I definitely don't judge people for a preference I haven't expressed. If something genuinely hurts me, I need to advocate for myself. And I'd only do that if it was really something that genuinely hurt. From…
You and others keep putting words in my mouth. Where did I sell the eradication of language? The scenario here is, "I feel excluded by 'guys', would you all feel ok using something else?" You are a grown up, you can…
You seem to not be listening, or perhaps not understanding. You are free to consider my request unreasonable. The consequence is a minor one -- I'll know I asked and you declined, and you'll lose some fractional amount…
It can be a problem. If someone doesn't like people taking calls at their desk because it interrupts them, they might ask their peers not to do that. If someone has a dislike for a food, they might ask their friends to…
No one is offended by the use. Some folks feel excluded by it. Those are wildly different experiences.
I think if you want people to give you the grace to form your own opinions of others, you need to be comfortable with us forming an opinion of you. I'm allowed to have people I think about as allies, I'm allowed to…
I'm glad for you it doesn't feel exclusive. Your experience is totally valid and also you are correct, there are structural issues at play that also need addressing. Other folks, myself included, do feel excluded by…
No one decided it was offensive. Show me anyone saying they're offended by the use of "guys" as a gender neutral term. People get lumped into "guys" and feel excluded. That's such a different bar than feeling offended.…
I'm thinking predominantly urban area, probably at least 100k people in a non seasonal capacity. Eg. Pullman Washington is a small rural town that becomes huge during college and quiet in the summer as the students…
Appleton has 75,000 people. I guess under some definitions that's a city. I'd focus on the college corridor. (Airport, Fox River Mall), Appleton Transit Center, Downtown Appleton, Lawrence university, maybe a little…
> you don't need [BRT] to create a reliable public transit system No one made this claim.
That's a different goal post. The original claim was: "If only most cities could have this today" Seattle has this. No one claimed or required it to be universal within the city.
No one is talking about spread out areas. This conversation is about US cities. Pick a US city, then pick a neighborhood within that city you feel is emblematic of the pattern you observe. We've selected a few --…
"Suburban cities" is a very funny concept to me. Typically the suburbs are not a part of the city. "Transplant this pattern onto a suburb and it breaks." Well, we're talking about the city, aren't we? Let's pick a city,…
This exists in many cities. See Bus Rapid Transit and many rail lines. Seattle's network has many instances of this.
That's a bad idea. That would be weaponized against minorities instantly.
Bolsonaro attempted a coup pretty plainly. I think you are describing a conspiracy theory that Bolsonaro is innocent? Pretty far fetched.
You'd have to change some lights, right of way, and lane use. I think you run Peoria Station, past the university hospital, down Peoria, cut through to Havana, the commercial districts (The Gardens) on Havana, hit…
People are down voting you for this, but like, I'd rather have that honesty. I know where I stand with you when you do that. Everyone is out here thinking I'm policing, correcting, eradicating, or some other verbing.…
I don't think that's true at all. I think language carries history, and that we all come from different upbringings and life experiences that give language context. There are words we use because they are familiar that…
And yet despite centuries of use of singular they/them pronouns, people respond the same way when they encounter them. Presumably you are comfortable with singular they, given its long and frequent use?
Why would I express that opinion though? There's zero benefit to me to indicating you've slightly damaged your reputation. We both move on. And it's never couched as a correction. It's always an expression of the impact…
I don't expect either. Why is it unreasonable to say, "I'd prefer something other than USian"?
First, I definitely don't judge people for a preference I haven't expressed. If something genuinely hurts me, I need to advocate for myself. And I'd only do that if it was really something that genuinely hurt. From…
You and others keep putting words in my mouth. Where did I sell the eradication of language? The scenario here is, "I feel excluded by 'guys', would you all feel ok using something else?" You are a grown up, you can…
You seem to not be listening, or perhaps not understanding. You are free to consider my request unreasonable. The consequence is a minor one -- I'll know I asked and you declined, and you'll lose some fractional amount…
It can be a problem. If someone doesn't like people taking calls at their desk because it interrupts them, they might ask their peers not to do that. If someone has a dislike for a food, they might ask their friends to…
No one is offended by the use. Some folks feel excluded by it. Those are wildly different experiences.
I think if you want people to give you the grace to form your own opinions of others, you need to be comfortable with us forming an opinion of you. I'm allowed to have people I think about as allies, I'm allowed to…
I'm glad for you it doesn't feel exclusive. Your experience is totally valid and also you are correct, there are structural issues at play that also need addressing. Other folks, myself included, do feel excluded by…
No one decided it was offensive. Show me anyone saying they're offended by the use of "guys" as a gender neutral term. People get lumped into "guys" and feel excluded. That's such a different bar than feeling offended.…
I'm thinking predominantly urban area, probably at least 100k people in a non seasonal capacity. Eg. Pullman Washington is a small rural town that becomes huge during college and quiet in the summer as the students…
Appleton has 75,000 people. I guess under some definitions that's a city. I'd focus on the college corridor. (Airport, Fox River Mall), Appleton Transit Center, Downtown Appleton, Lawrence university, maybe a little…
> you don't need [BRT] to create a reliable public transit system No one made this claim.
That's a different goal post. The original claim was: "If only most cities could have this today" Seattle has this. No one claimed or required it to be universal within the city.
No one is talking about spread out areas. This conversation is about US cities. Pick a US city, then pick a neighborhood within that city you feel is emblematic of the pattern you observe. We've selected a few --…
"Suburban cities" is a very funny concept to me. Typically the suburbs are not a part of the city. "Transplant this pattern onto a suburb and it breaks." Well, we're talking about the city, aren't we? Let's pick a city,…
This exists in many cities. See Bus Rapid Transit and many rail lines. Seattle's network has many instances of this.
That's a bad idea. That would be weaponized against minorities instantly.
Bolsonaro attempted a coup pretty plainly. I think you are describing a conspiracy theory that Bolsonaro is innocent? Pretty far fetched.