Friday Ephemera

LadyTheo: I’m sorry you were called names and your reasonable comments went unheard. That’s the way it is on sites like NextDoor: good-hearted, open-minded people gave up on those sites long ago, at least for remarking about loaded topics. The rude, the unmannerly, — the axe-grinders — have it all their way.
I’m glad you tried anyway to say what needs to be said. You can’t expect to see the results of your good action. It’s enough; helicopters can’t do as much as patience and goodwill.

Seeing this absolute gaper wearing these ridiculous prosthetics to me is just as offensive as wearing blackface
Well said.

I suppose that NextDoor became a cesspool for the same reasons that Facebook did
Next Door is far worse. You can choose your friends. You neighbors, not so easily. I regard it as the app for Karens and lost cats. As soon as I am done with being on my HOA board, I’m dumping it. It was marginally useful for finding out about issues in the area regarding crime or accidents or utility outages, etc. But those useful things were about 5% of the posts. The majority were about rescuing dead squirrels, phone numbers for snake rescuers, and why opossums are a gift from God. Understanding how insane so many women in my community are has been a secondary but huge factor in my seriously considering moving elsewhere and further away from even quasi-city people.

disrespectful
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11227833/Trudeau-slammed-embarrassment-singing-Bohemian-Rhapsody-days-Queens-funeral.html

You all are right about NextDoor. I knew better. I need to delete the app. For Oakland, anyway, 95% of it is crime reporting. As though, at this point, having your catalytic converter stolen, or your car broken into, or someone shooting up the neighborhood, etc., is newsworthy. I do notice that slowly by slowly (a phrase my youngest son invented), some people are waking up. They even talk about guns –in a positive way– every now and again.
Cheers, everyone!