$17 is almost 20% less than it will cost me to see OPPENHEIMER in 70mm IMAX. The former lasts a year, the latter 3 hours. Which will be more engaging? 🤔
I was very proud of "my" sub over there (sole active mod and most consistent poster). 11K+ subscribers and personally acknowledged by the author of a recent book on the subject of our sub.
Something died in me just before and during the blackout. I haven't posted anything over there since, and of the 11K subscribers, it's possible NONE of them followed my migration to the Fediverse where I set up an equivalent "official" sublemmy.
Once you know what you know (at least for some of us), it's just not the same participating in that space any longer.
I keep an eye on the place out of respect to...something. (I feel like I cleaned the place up nicely, and really raised the level of discourse.)
I guess I was naive in the extreme to think that at least a couple of hundred of the faithful would follow me over here? I don't do it for the numbers, but there is something gratifying watching your community grow.
At this writing, the new sub has double-digit followers! ;-P
Yes, driving, parking--all manner of auto-related behavior are prime examples of this. But I would add that pedestrians are not faultless. Can't count the number of times I've had to wait for a young, healthy pedestrian just taking. their. time. in the crosswalk while a bunch of us are waiting to complete a turn, for example. I always double-time it in a crosswalk--it's not only courteous--it diminishes the likelihood of me getting run down by someone looking at their phone while they're driving.
I think about the "zero consequences" thing a lot. I help run the local farmers' market, and recently our city has stepped up parking enforcement. (As a "rule-follower", I celebrated the change.) Our customers are howling at the parking tickets they're getting. They come to the market Info Booth to complain to us--as if it were our responsibility somehow.
Rats. Didn't see "Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson" on there (yet). 🤞