chmacarthur.bsky.social
#NewWest
Kind of shy. Opinionated and dorky.
Go eat rocks David. I hear diamonds are tasty š
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It good (for plants) but not for biking with frenz
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Exactly. Except Iām not going to even try to piece it together.
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When someone blocks you Bluesky rips your conversation into tiny shreds. I can see your posts. I can see the other personās posts. I can not see any connections between them.
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I wasnāt following. Is it possible that they perceived your intentions were antagonistic? Maybe they wanted to save their energy for other things
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Neoliberal policies have led to despair, and despair breeds hatred and fear ā the fertile ground for fascism.
-Dr. Cornel West, 2014
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Not really
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Itās okay to not agree with everything I say. Iām admittedly an opinionated weirdo. You could always just leave me alone with my weird opinions and go about your day.
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FWIW I do not hate you. I find you irritating at times (but you seem to want that). Ultimately, I donāt really know you at all.
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Is that what drives you? Do you hate me? It seemsā¦ unwarranted.
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This social behaviour is deeply engrained in humans. You arenāt going to change that by antagonizing people, and I believe you know this. There must be something else you are getting out of the troll behaviours
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Generally, people are conflict avoidant. They communicate with other people to build community and belonging. When someone shows up trying to break the common bonds it is perceived as hostility.
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For sure. However, It is challenging to continue to engage with someone who only seems intent to provoke.
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Tell me more about this. How do you feel when you interact with someone and they block you?
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Thank you. Itās been alright. How about yourself?
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I donāt know. I try to be a reasonable person but I havenāt really gotten much reasonable behaviour from the hundreds of anonymous accounts targeting New West accounts š¤·
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We may be encountering a fundamental difference in what we each believe the role of government and taxes is. We will not be able to shift one anotherās opinions on this.
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You realize there are millions of people on here you could engage with, right? Why go through so much trouble to get the attention of a handful of people who arenāt interested?
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What would you call people who want to reduce personal freedom of expression?
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Fair point. I donāt follow federal projects as closely.
FWIW, Iād rather have more social support for those in need than tax cuts. Iām middle class.
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Why?
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āExpensive Consultantsā are actually middle class specialists providing valuable services to cities. It would be much less efficient to have city staff complete all the work that is outsourced
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BTW, Rohan didnāt block me. Heās a pretty cool guy.
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Thanks bud.
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oh?! Please share screenshots.
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Keep up the good manners š
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Thank you for sharing. Itās nice to know that you admit you arenāt engaging in good faith.
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Awesome, and thank you!
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Why would I share private financial information with an anonymous troll?
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Hey bud, can you tell me who you posted this to? They seem to have blocked me and Iām curious why.
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Those shelves! š»
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Ppl love this idea of speaking to ppl out of their "eco chamber". Until they encounter unconstructive trolls and bad faith actors.
And often those same trolls complain about shut out when ppl get tired of their shit
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Haha, I eventually figured this out, but the process left scars š
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Alternatively, we could have fewer stupid rules.
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As an east coaster who grew up among dancing fiends it took me a long while to understood why people here were so affronted by general jovial behaviour (dancing) in social situations. This city needs a rule book for newbies. Instead we just get concerned scowls.
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The worst job in the country!
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The Wās are disconcertingly symmetrical. Maybe if they were more playfully tiltedā¦ l/l/ā¦ they might be more evocative of pilings and other landscape elements
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Ew! Helvetica! š
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āTugboatā is the energy I will bring to my day!
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Great video!
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The waves reference Indigenous linework (Indigenous groups were engaged in the process) in an elegant and thoughtful nod to the unceeded land we live, work and play on.
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The lack of symmetry is a big win IMO, my eye keeps moving around. It conveys energy and dynamism. The previous symmetrical crown logo conveyed the idea that NW was a city that was fixed (and frankly stodgy)
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For reference, this is the logo being replaced
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This W was already taken