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I walk my dog past every day - they're not messing around

Noted - we weren't planning on skiing, just staring at the mountains lol

All - My wife and I are likely taking a trip to Europe in February. Right now we're considering Geneva or Vienna. I'm partial to Geneva because we can take a train through the Alps to Zermatt for the day. Have any of you been to either city? I've heard nothing but great things about both Geneva and Vienna, but would love some input from experienced travelers. Thanks!

FWIW - I have a cousin that works there (since college) and he's had an overall positive experience.

@ryanlammiright now:

Not arguing that. I'm just saying, objectively, he was a top 50 QB and should've been on rosters over the last 3 years. I'm not arguing that he's still a star, at all

I'm torn - because on the one hand, the plan looks beautiful and is most certainly an upgrade! On the other hand, I wish we'd start planning for some sort of street level light rail in the infrastructure. It's sorely needed. But again, this is a definite improvement so I don't mean to poopoo the idea

That's not true. I'm fortunate enough to have close friends who've found their groove and excelled in NFL front office positions, and they've told me point blank that the media and fan backlash is the reason why teams hadn't signed him. I mean, currently on active NFL rosters at QB : Geno Smith, Colt McCoy, Tyler Huntley, Mitch Trubisky, Nathan Peterman, Blaine Gabbert, Sean Mannion. There's a reason the NFL settled with Kaep before the suit started rolling - the NFL thought it was worth it to pay tens of millions of dollars to avoid discovery. Beyond that - here's the bottom line: the league knows they're in a pickle. However, they'll have less of a headache if they're seen as merely non-transparent than they would if they opened pandora's box.

Cool to see a developer addressing this and giving a sh**, or at least pretending to

Y'all!!! Not every development is going to be jaw dropping. This isn't bad, has some nice communal spaces, and would add density in that area to support the expansion of retail/restaurant/entertainment traffic to the peninsula. Agreed - the facade isn't great - but that's my only substantial gripe.

To your point - most Cleveland families who are serious about skiing make the quick trip to Holiday Valley and/or have house up there.

We've got a little conglomerate building momentum in Cleveland, folks.

Don't make us regret clicking on the link 🤣

I don't think so. I know this isn't politically correct of me to say, and it will come off as elitist, but unrestricted access to misinformation to people that aren't educated enough to process it critically is a problem. The only comparison I can really even make to it is the union strikes of the late 1800s, which often saw people peddling misinformation about corporations to bait union members to be the first to initiate violence, thus providing a rationale for quashing strikes/riots with brutal force. The schism this caused saw about 70-80% of union members towards the end of the 19th century endorsing Marxism, and state authoritarianism. If Facebook was around for the Pittsburgh strikes, we might not have a free market democracy today.

Agreed - but AM radio doesn't follow you on your phone, work computer, and home computer. There's always been anti-vax movements. But there hasn't always been anti-vax movements that show up at schools and school board meetings threatening violence - Anti-vax movements without social media are explosive, no doubt - with social media, anti-vax movements are the Beirut explosion of 2020. And I also agree with you - Facebook probably only has the negative impact I'm describing on 20-30% of people... But taken in aggregate, that's a LOT of people.

I tend to agree. Misinformation was accelerated by social media because everyone was already at home. There's no way people are taking a horse medication to treat Covid without social media.

I'm actually not totally in disagreement with you. Here's where I've veered off of my 1A purist position though: I actually believe that social media has the potential to end democracy and perhaps even organized government if unchecked in the long term. The extent to which misinformation is perpetuated is awful for our culture and, moreover, Facebook has proven itself wildly incapable of choosing when censorship is appropriate - this applies to issues from both the right and the left. Beyond that - the societal woes such as suicidal ideations, body dysmorphia, social anxiety and the negative effects on cognitive development are also going to result in long term issues. I'd honestly support a version of facebook where all comments/likes are disabled - same goes for Instagram. Since it would likely have to be universally applied - then twitter would lose replies and arguably retweets as well.

AYYYYO!

No - I actually know some people on SD's staff and front office. SD and Orange County are both expected to submit stadium proposals by 2025. And to your point, LA is a Rams and Raiders town before Chargers.

Agreed! That's my gripe with the Columbus/Nashville/Charlottes of the world. What a unique opportunity.

If this is anything like Ponce Market in Atlanta, this is a home run

They'll be back in SD by 2030

It's wild that almost everyone unanimously agreed - right and left - that Facebook being down was a positive for society... Then immediately went back on once they had access

We're good now. We should expect to be in the AFC Championship / Super Bowl. These are the kind of games we need to get under our belt. It's exciting going into a game against an undefeated opponent and not dreading it! As an aside, I personally know 41 people going to that game Sunday in LA. Unless I'm just a major outlier, I think there's going to be a BIG contingent of Browns fans there.

Only thing he possibly could've done better is wrong shoulder the block. But phenomenal no less.