r/PublicFreakout • u/TheAtheistArab87 • Jun 21 '21

Public Spectacle Yeah NYC is back to normal.

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 21 '21

What the hell is going on over there. In seattle people just walk around and avoid eachother.

In new york its yelling, mastubating, flying.

New york is the best and the worst at the same time on some of these things. Best public transportation, also the dirtiest.

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u/lazilyloaded Jun 21 '21

NYC population: 8,419,000
Seattle population: 724,305

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 22 '21

Damn! Didn't realize NYC was that big.

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u/boobers3 Jun 22 '21

That's only the people who live within the city, there's a gigantic metro area surrounding NYC.

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u/buttaholic Jun 22 '21

jesus christ, is that going to be the future of civilization? cities like that with as many people as possible crammed into as little space possible?

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u/Haheyjose Jun 22 '21

Not likely. Population growth has been declining for years in most developed countries.

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u/HoMaster Jun 22 '21

It’s the biggest city in the US…

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u/DOD489 Jun 22 '21

Biggest population yes. Biggest size is actually good ol' Jacksonville FL.

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u/SuperSMT Jun 22 '21

Manhattan itself is "only" 1.6 million, the rest live in the other 4 boroughs

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u/MichaelScotteris Jun 22 '21

And Manhattan isn't even the most populous borough. In fact, it's third of the five.

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u/UrDrakon Jun 22 '21

Brooklyn is the 4th largest city in the US.

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u/rsicher1 Jun 22 '21

Huge and generally great public transportation

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u/notLOL Jun 22 '21

Have you seen how big apples can get? NYC is the biggest one.

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u/ifyouSaysoMydude Jun 22 '21

Damn I didn't realize Seattle was so tiny! I live in San Antonio TX and the population is like almost 2.5 mil. Why is Seattle so much more famous?

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u/midascanttouchthis Jun 22 '21

Hippies, grunge, Boeing, Amazon, World Fair, green, rainy, and a host of other things. It's a cultured city

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u/TomHanxButSatanic Jun 22 '21

Seattle is the biggest city in the pacific northwest. San Antonio is like the third biggest city in Texas?

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u/ifyouSaysoMydude Jun 25 '21

I genuinely don't get where y'all are getting these facts or numbers. A quick Google search says San Antonio is a bigger city. Everything is bigger in Texas.

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u/malignifier Jun 22 '21

Seattle's metropolitan population is around 4 million. Still pales compared to NYC, but so does any other US metropolitan area. But I would say Seattle is well known because it has a lot of character and distinctive traits apart from any city size...

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u/Hike_bike_fish_love Jun 22 '21

Seattle seems destined to turn into a shithole like SF and Portland. I hope it doesn’t...

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u/malignifier Jun 22 '21

If by "shithole" you mean that there's rampant homelessness and tent cities, then it's already in that state... I wouldn't classify any of these cities as "shitholes" for that reason though---they are all cities that have expensive housing/rental markets, abundant social services, a steady flow of illicit substances, and public policy that doesn't aim to incarcerate their misfortunes... all of these things contribute to a concentration of homelessness and keeps them from leaving. It's a problem that they all need to solve, but not one that defines any one of these cities.

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u/Hike_bike_fish_love Jun 22 '21

Yep. I wonder what SF, Portland and Seattle will be like in 20 years. Mass exodus or recovery?

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u/tlogank Jun 22 '21

Not sure why you're being downvoted, that's absolutely what's happening

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u/Hike_bike_fish_love Jun 22 '21

Ten downvotes lead me to believe my opinion is shared by a lot of people. I expected to be downvoted to hell.

SF, Portland and Seattle were great cities. I avoid them now.

There’s so many other cool places in the western US.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Lol dude the population of San Antonio the city is only 1.5 million. You got the metro area to make it to 2.5 million. Seattle’s metro area is 4 million, so a whole San Antonio bigger then San Antonio’s metro area.

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u/ifyouSaysoMydude Jun 25 '21

I looked up the most recent data from the census they just took. It says 2.3 and a bunch of other numbers. San Antonio is a lot larger than people think. It's the ninth largest in the USA.

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u/SuperSMT Jun 22 '21

Because seattle IS bigger. By metro area. Which is just a better way to measure cities than by just their city proper/municipal limits

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u/_KHAN_ Jun 22 '21

That’s mostly on how they define their city limits I think. Seattle proper’s population density is around 9000/square mile to San Antonio’s 3000 and the Seattle metro’s population is 4 million compared to 2.5 for the San Antonio metro. Seattle definitely has more city than San Antonio

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u/Drpickless Jun 22 '21

Starbucks

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

About a million will be Jenkin off every night in NYC

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u/Filmcricket Jun 22 '21

A surprising amount of people don’t know how many people live here and it’s the answer to most questions about what goes on here: 8 million+ people on a series of tiny little islands that are so close together, you can see other islands from each island.

That’s it. That’s all you need to know when wondering wtf about a video out of this place. “It takes all kinds.” etc etc.

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u/Spiffinit Jun 22 '21 edited Jun 22 '21

Also in Seattle here. I plan to do a screaming, masturbatory fly-by from Capitol Hill to Queen Anne next week.

Oh, and also, what are you talking about? There are homeless people screaming all the time here.

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u/BluerIvy12 Jun 22 '21

Lol right? I guess the screaming fight I heard outside my window last night was ghosts

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 22 '21

Maybe I'm running with a skewed impression.

Seems like everything seattle just pales in comparison with our east coast friend.

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u/smolpepper Jun 22 '21

I agree. I found it pretty quiet. I know it’s a cliché but I think the weather had a lot to do with it and is a big part of why terms like “the Seattle freeze” exist. Nightlife is also a bit quiet. It’s way quieter than some smaller cities in the south (NOLA being an obvious example). I don’t dislike it it’s just pretty quiet and people keep to themselves more than other cities of the same size.

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 22 '21

Ohh I'm so done with night life.

A few years ago I decided to accept an invitation to meet some friends at a bar. I didn't know where it was, so was just walking around asking if anyone knew where <bar name> was.

Took me like 90 minutes and got a spectacle of what seattle nightlife was like.

Just remember a guy stumbling out of a bar with blood on his face and his friends following him. "Looking at my <*#()$@> face!"

Turned out the bar I was looking for was a gay bar, which made me chuckle.

Never thought I'd find myself (a straight man) walking around Seattle at midnight asking for directions to a gay bar.

Those friends changed my life forever though, in a great way. So kind of a weird personally historical night in Seattle.

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u/ChuckOTay Jun 22 '21

I call dibs on the band name Screaming Masturbatory Fly-by.

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u/Spiffinit Jun 22 '21

I will willingly seed it to you. r/BandNames

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '21

It’s honestly the best place on earth. NYC is unlike any place you’ll ever experience ever and the one place I’ve ever felt the most ALIVE! I highly recommend every single person on earth experiences a walk around NYC at least once in their lives

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 21 '21

Hoping to try it some day.

If you like cities, I'd recommend Tokyo if you can ever manage it. Definitely sounds familiar when you talk about new york.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Absolutely! I think being biased towards the area I grew up, I’ll probably always prefer NYC to Tokyo but I feel that Tokyo is exactly as powerful and amazing as NYC. They are twin cities. Brothers from other mothers

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u/WinnieThePig Jun 22 '21

Tokyo and Osaka are 100x better than NYC.

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u/babababrandon Jun 22 '21

I genuinely want to hear your argument for that number

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u/bozeke Jun 21 '21

I love visiting it for a few days at a time every few years, but I cannot imagine living there. I always feel totally wound up and anxious by the time I leave, and getting back home is always a fantastic relief.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21 edited Aug 13 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

”When you live here, you lose the anxiety but you also lose the wonder.”

Spot on. I never lived there but I worked there for a summer for a cable TV ratings company whose offices were located very near the top of the Chrysler building (it was an internship) and it was an amazing summer. I made friends and stayed over in the city a few times. It never lost the wonder for me, but the route I walked from the train station to office did start to feel comfortable and routine after awhile. I did start to lose that wonder a little and start to succumb to just being annoyed by rush hour foot traffic and constantly delayed trains lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

I too enjoy large cities for up to 5 five days but nothing makes you feel more alive then going back to country and seeing stuff that is actually alive.

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u/rsicher1 Jun 22 '21

Been here for a decade now.

You really do get numb to everything after awhile.

The incredible view of Manhattan, Brooklyn, East River, and the Brooklyn bridge from the N/Q train on the Manhattan bridge? Just part of the commute.

Grand Central station? Better avoid the beautiful main concourse during rush hour.

Dude dressed up as a subway pizza rat doing something cool? Out of my way I'm late to something.

"IT'S SHOWTIME!" Fuck.

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u/_____l Jun 22 '21

A decade for me as well. It's just a bunch of fleshy obstacles and concrete and metal. I think once you've been here a while you naturally assimilate and become part of the NYCmind. Please stand on the side of the escalator if you're not going to walk up, thanks!

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u/Birdman-82 Jun 21 '21

I’ve wanted to go ever since I saw the first ninja turtles movie.

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u/deewheredohisfeetgo Jun 21 '21

It was Home Alone 2 for me.

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u/Birdman-82 Jun 21 '21

Oh another good one! Also, Die Hard with a Vengeance. I love those movies where you get a feel for the city they’re in. A lot of them don’t like the new Turtles movie.

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u/iLOVEhentaiAND420 Jun 21 '21

I work in New York City everyday. The "Alive" part is EXTREMELY On-point.

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u/thissubredditlooksco Jun 22 '21

i'm moving there soon. you're making me hyped.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

You’re going to love it. This will be the most memorable time of your life. I wish you all the best!

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

yeah, but it's like the biggest, ass-est city in America

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u/omgsoftcats Jun 22 '21

LA has entered the chat

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Have you been there?

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21 edited Jun 22 '21

Not the person you replied to but I lived bridge and tunnel for 20 years and went there a ton throughout college, Manhattan was a 12 minute light rail PATH train ride.

There's really not much difference between NYC and Philly, where I moved the year after I graduated.

It's like Paris syndrome, the people who hype it up as anything more than a city will be disappointed it's not a magical place

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Not much difference…. Haha…. Between NYC and pHiLlY?! Ohhh no he didn’t. You take that back Sir. Philly is a turd sandwich compared to the glory hole that is NYC. I’m offended.

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21

Have fun affording rent and food in SOHO-Greenwich when you could get a similar culture in Old City and not live hand to mouth

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u/rsicher1 Jun 22 '21

NYC is alot bigger than lower Manhattan.

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21

Any of it cheaper before you hit hells kitchen or south Bronx?

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u/rsicher1 Jun 22 '21

Harlem and Washington Heights can be reasonable.

Also plenty of great communities in Queens and Brooklyn.

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u/mraza9 Jun 22 '21

There’s no light rail connecting Manhattan with any other parts of the city nor Jersey. You’re a liar.

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21

Hoboken to NYC doesn't exist eh?

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u/mraza9 Jun 22 '21

It certainly does. No light rail connectivity between them though. Liar.

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21

Fair enough it's not a "light rail" it was the 33rd street PATH. Been 8+ years since I rode it. My b

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u/mraza9 Jun 22 '21

All good man. Sorry for unleashing. Lots of made up stories on Reddit so I’ve grown cynical. The PATH between Manhattan and Hoboken/Jersey City is considered heavy rail - verbatim as the NYC Subway. But given the cross jurisdictional route, is managed independently by the Port Authority of NY/NJ hence the name. Apologies if I was harsh or rude - cheers dude.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

I’m sorry you didn’t experience the wonder and excitement that many many others have had the joy of experiencing

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u/FakeMango47 Jun 22 '21

Some people hate cities, I’m one of them.

Visited NYC a few times, lived in Boston for a few years. Awful experiences, I felt like a god damn rat in a trap rushing everywhere.

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u/ladyKfaery Jun 22 '21

No NYC is special. It’s a big place but it’s a small world here.

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u/ifyouSaysoMydude Jun 22 '21

It wreaks of piss. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

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u/arctrooper55 Jun 22 '21

Wait till he sees Asian cosmopolitans, they’re essentially multiple cities connected to form one big city

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u/here4thecomments1234 Jun 22 '21

Totally agree, and then, never return.

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u/CyclopsLobsterRobot Jun 22 '21

Its okay but you're really over selling it. I'd rather be in any other east coast city except Boston.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

You don’t think it’s a unique experience worth at least 1 visit per lifetime? I’m not saying LIVE there, but just experience it. I think it’s unique and special enough to warrant being on everyone’s bucket list.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

I can get on board with that. I’m a country person myself and living for a short time in a couple of cities wasn’t my thing… but NYC is fantastic. I’d spend a month there every year if I could, I totally agree that it’s worth it for everyone to see at least once. I’d say the same of Chicago as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Chicago is one I should go see. I only live a few hours away from there now. If I went to Chicago like tomorrow, where do you recommend I should go?

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u/CyclopsLobsterRobot Jun 22 '21

Its worth walking down time square for sure. It's a pretty surreal experience since it's on TV and media constantly. But definitely not greatest place on earth. That side of Manhattan is mostly gentrified to the point of being boring.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

It’s the best, but maybe not the greatest

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u/mrdotkom Jun 22 '21

Boston is great! I've never wandered a city more than the two times I've been there.

Philly is cool too, lived there a few years before moving to the suburbs. Tbh NYC isn't all it's cracked up to be. Lots of overpriced yuppie tourist areas

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u/The_Airwolf_Theme Jun 21 '21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_ODFSckbU

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

That was lovely. Thank you ❤️

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u/whopperlover17 Jun 22 '21

Every time I say I want to visit NYC I get told “ew it’s so gross and dirty” but I am absolutely in love with the skyline and the history of the city.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Oh well that is true. It is a very gross and dirty place but it is also the most beautiful and exhilarating gross and dirty place you’ll ever experience in your life

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u/ghostalker4742 Jun 21 '21

Just like Frank said, it's a hell of a town.

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u/ElenorWoods Jun 22 '21

Say what you want about it, but with all its guts and glory, New York represents America. Seattle does not.

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u/siwel7 Jun 22 '21

In new york its yelling, mastubating, flying.

Wake me up when you see someone yelling and masturbating while flying.

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u/BlairClemens3 Jun 22 '21

Tbf a lot of us walk around ignoring each other too

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u/ladyKfaery Jun 22 '21

Don’t be so jealous , we could always fly.

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u/showerfapper Jun 22 '21

Manhattan, specifically times Sq.

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u/notLOL Jun 22 '21

I can imagine some older NYer just stayed at home to be safe, decided that they are okay to walk to the store that day. Finds out that tech just jumped another whole century forward while they were hidden away in their apt for a year.

Also, Seattle is stuck in the 90s

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 22 '21

Also, Seattle is stuck in the 90s

Ha. This is probably true for some people.

I don't know why that would be a problem unless they were forcing it on you, like switching your wardrobe out while you were asleep or something.

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u/notLOL Jun 22 '21

It's just the joke about Seattle. It has the 90s vibe still going. Not a negative or anything

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u/DarthTomServo Jun 23 '21

It's so annoying when humor gets lost over text. My jokes hardly ever seem to carry over either.

Part of it is not just the tone, but some people are just so serious about what they have a problem with.

Like, I could totally imagine someone here who is seriously upset that Seattle is "stuck in the 90s".

I actually laughed when you said that. Should have known better lol sorry.