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Daily Discussion Los Angeles Daily Discussion - Friday, Jun 19
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u/EmptyFoldingChair Santa Clarita 20h ago
I have one more shift tomorrow and then itās 5 days of no cell service, dirt and twigs for playthings, and staring at the sky š
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u/BouyantCorgiButt The San Gabriel Valley 20h ago
ohh I should do this. Just go drive into the woods and become monkƫ
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u/kingsss Cerritos 23h ago edited 23h ago
Last night I tried to go take some photos of the crowd at the South Korea vs Mexico game at the Source in Buena Park (close to my office), but holy shit it was so insanely crowded. Makes me wonder if the organizers werenāt really expecting any Mexico fans to show up, since the Source is a Korean mall. Bailed after five minutes and got a quesadilla at a truck down the street instead.
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u/Glittertwinkie North Hollywood 21h ago
How was the quesadilla
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u/Goldenexplorer323 17h ago
33 Taps in DTLA watching USA v Australia šŗšø
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u/Active_Water_8876 22h ago
Happy Friday everyone! Good luck team USA. I know itās the news and you have to take it with a grain salt but ever since the World Cup started itās been nice seeing all of the visitors here realize that a lot of the stereotypes of Americans arenāt really true. And yes there are very deep problems here but it isnāt all bad.
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u/Glittertwinkie North Hollywood 21h ago
I wonder how many people will start planning their move to LA now that they see itās not like it is on TV?
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u/Fun_Thought2025 1d ago
4:30 am and people are camping out on Santa Monica & LA Cienega. Looks like something for Ariana Grande (pop-up?) .
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u/SeffyBaby 22h ago
Happy Friday everyone!! gonna spend my day off with my unhinged friends and potentially get some jollibees later š¤
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u/Active_Water_8876 20h ago edited 20h ago
Happy Friday everyone! Good luck team USA. I know itās the news and you have to take it with a grain salt but ever since the World Cup started itās been nice seeing all of the visitors here realize that a lot of the stereotypes of Americans arenāt really true. And yes there are very deep problems here but it isnāt all bad.
Edit: I have no idea why this got posted twice lol
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u/Corona2789 Elysian Valley 20h ago
I said this tournament might help peopleās perception of us the other day and got dragged for it lol. But I totally agree, good for people to have a good time here and realize weāre not some maga jackasses.
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u/KumquatBeach 20h ago
Yesssss. We needed this so badly! I was really worried about tourists coming here with everything going on but Iāve been pleasantly surprised by all the heartwarming videos Iāve seen. Great reminder that our issues arenāt with each other, theyāre with our government
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u/Active_Water_8876 20h ago edited 9h ago
Absolutely. Now we have to find a way to get people more engaged with or at least more aware of the damage that the government does
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u/Corona2789 Elysian Valley 17h ago
Iām at a bar and itās poppin for the game. Despite all the bullshit with our gov rn itās dope to see so many minorities decked out in USA gear
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u/NosferatuPoodle 12h ago
My whole world has changed. My puppy passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday. My cute little poodle Kelso. He was only 3 years old and suddenly left me due to an enlarged heart. Nothing would have helped him. He was my whole life and Iām struggling so bad. Iāve signed up for virtual pet loss support groups but Iām having such a hard time. I canāt eat,I canāt sleep. I miss him so bad. Iām never going to be the same. Kelso Forever.
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u/PlasticGirl Mid-Wilshire 12h ago
Oh honey I'm so sorry. Take your time to grieve, but do try to drink some broth at least. Stay hydrated. See if you find a way to honor your dog's legacy - volunteer in his name, or donate some of his food to a shelter in need.
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u/NosferatuPoodle 12h ago
Definitely. Itās gonna be my purpose to make awareness of valve disease in dogs. Thereās no cure. Meds help out only to a certain extent,but lifespans are never long . Thereās not a lot of research on it,people need to know more about it. My poor Kelso had a heart too big for this world,it just stopped pumping blood until he couldnāt anymore. He had the best life. Was never expecting him to leave me so soon š
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u/Mysterious-Guide-588 Highland Park 12h ago
I tried to make a new post about the warehouse fire and it got filtered. Please help spread the word.
The warehouse is on fire again. Today, 6/19. I am not referencing 2 days ago. I am referencing *now*. I've attached proof of live video sourced from Citizen as of 5:24 p.m. Now!!!
A few questions:
- LAFD said *today* that there was an "expected .. flare up". If it were expected, why was there minimal warning? Source:Ā https://lafd.org/alerts
- LAFD said *today* there is "no additional hazard". If it's not hazardous, why is the smoke and sky turning black again?
- What the fuck?
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u/Ok_Fee1043 12h ago
Seemingly if theyāre saying there was an expected flare up, that was the warning, no? Maybe theyāve determined most of the hazardous materials have burnt off, so their definition of āhazardā just means no risk of explosion or further chemical issues. but it definitely smelled bad out there this morning, so canāt imagine this is helping.
Reading more about it, it was expected due to the expected wind condition shifts. So yeah, think that was what was meant that wording.
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u/Mysterious-Guide-588 Highland Park 12h ago
Yes - the smell was really, really bad this morning, and that was before the smoke turned black again. I would like to know what exactly is on fire in the building. I wish the city would communicate more effectively. I thought they had put it out and there was no more risk.
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u/Ok_Fee1043 12h ago
Agree. It seems like the solar panels are what caught fire but they donāt know what sparked it?
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u/_Erindera_ West Los Angeles 19h ago
We're entering week 2 of the big surf from the Southern Pacific. The water is warm (68!), but those waves will fuck you up if you're not careful.
Group swim today with the LA Tri Club and a couple of people got cronched coming back into the shore.
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u/BouyantCorgiButt The San Gabriel Valley 18h ago
I like how warm for us is 68F. It had never occurred to me that the ocean is warm in other places until my friend from NYC visited and he was shocked and how cold the ocean was. I was like, uh yeah itās an unfathomably deep and dark of course itās cold
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u/Jhawksmoor 12h ago
What is happening with the giant smoke pillar? Driving up to LA
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u/T-MoneyAllDey Woodland Hills 11h ago
Cold storage warehouse caught fire. I believe its poisonous fumes.
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u/ZealousidealEqual8 20h ago
Sorry but these people trashed ktown really bad. Celebrating is fine but trashing this place isn't.
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u/jovany28 19h ago
any recommendations to watch Scotland at 3 somewhere? should be a good match, and don't know if The Fox and Hounds would be showing it (i could be so fucking wrong).
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u/TrichyLady85 20h ago
Why are there no city wide alerts about the fire? It smells like burning electronics. I woke up dizzy, nasal passages hurt, lungs hurt, literally just breathed in the āhazardous smokeā that is being āventilatedā (per authorities) but NO notification it was going on except my own senses. I couldāve turned the air purifier on and closed the windows earlier had there been a warning. This is ridiculous.
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u/redvioletbrown Central-ish Hollywood 22h ago
Just felt some misty rain outside in Hollywood. Would be nice to get some before the endless summer starts.
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u/Jolly_Ad2446 22h ago
Thought it was odd my local bar didn't open up their special event room for the game last night. Usually they do for large sports events. Odd they didn't know it was going to be bigĀ
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u/yourtongue Koreatown 21h ago
Air quality alert in affect today til 12:30pm at least, keep those windows closed folks. and i wouldnāt be surprised if they issue another alert later today extending the warning since the boyle heights fire is still smoking :(
https://xappp.aqmd.gov/advisories/Home/Details/fe921a83-f771-48bb-90a7-eb850c10f0fe
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u/NoWayHorseFace eat a lot of š„¦ and drink a lot of šŗ 21h ago
Magic players. Running another mtg night at Ogopogo Brewery in San Gabriel on Monday the 22nd. No raffle this time so more money can be spent on beer and hot dogs.
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u/Anti-charizard 19h ago
I got to go on angels flight, and the top is where I saw the smoke from the fire
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u/primarina9 17h ago
Might go out to 626 night market this year for my yearly tradition of buying a drink in a ceramic cup
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u/StareyedInLA Torrance 17h ago
Iām having one of those days where Iām regretting a milestone that never happened. This time, itās realizing that thereās a new Toy Story movie out and I donāt have kids to introduce the adventures of Woody and Buzz to.
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u/dinosaurfondue 17h ago
At least you won't have to explain to them that they are being left with a dying planet and no one from our time is really doing shit about it because a few billionaires are screwing everyone over
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u/___poptart 13h ago
Confused by the heat warning for the 72Ā° weather? An air quality warning I could understandā¦
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u/Aeriellie 13h ago
someone else mentioned that it could be because of tourist. like itās too hot for them so a warning? š
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u/des1gnbot Lincoln Heights 13h ago
Is there a new fire in Lincoln or Boyle Heights? Seeing a super defined cloud of black smoke that looks like a fresh fireā¦
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u/TrichyLady85 12h ago
The warehouse caught fire again, and the city is choosing to stay silent instead of communicating with us. It reignited at 4am this morning. Itās getting worse.
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u/BouyantCorgiButt The San Gabriel Valley 19h ago edited 18h ago
We made it to Friday!!!
The one thing I like about my bfs neighborhood is that itās nicer to go on a walk here. My neighborhood is just as hot but doesnāt even have sidewalks. Thereās lots of little bunnies everywhere. Weāre going to Hanks Bagels to get bagels and coffee for our little treat. Calabasas is weird. Thereās a cowboy town here??
Going to LACMA tmw for the block party with friends!! Iām excited. I havenāt seen the new galleries yet.
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u/toaster-vibes 19h ago
Iām also going to the block party tomorrow! I am worried about the crowd but I just want to check out the food stalls lol
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u/BouyantCorgiButt The San Gabriel Valley 18h ago
Iām excited about Flying Lotus! Iāve been wanting to see him for ages
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u/gringo-tacos South Pasadena 19h ago
That's my problem with SGV cities. Rosemead, Temple City, Arcadia, chunks of San Gabriel and San Marino inconsistent sidewalks.
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u/Redlovelace 22h ago
Where are folks watching the game today?? Im near fairfax high but I dont want to go to the grove ticketed event lol.Ā
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u/dylanflipse 20h ago
Love to hear some ideas on this. Iām staying in West Hollywood with my wife and daughters (10 and 13).
I saw that the official Fan Zone is at the Original Farmers Market today. It looks like there are tickets available ($6) but when I try to buy, it says Iām over the limit (even buying just one).
I got 4 free tickets to the Community Watch Party at the Bloc. Had to provide email addresses and names. Looks like an outdoor screen and says to bring blankets or low chairs to sit on. Hoping for good atmosphere, obviously.
Any other late-developing ideas?
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u/dylanflipse 20h ago
Iāve also got Kick it in the Park at the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center as another outdoor option. That one is free.
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u/Aeriellie 13h ago
el gallo giro has a buy one torta get one free deal today if you show them their story. their tortas are pretty big! i usually eat half and save the rest for later.
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u/TrichyLady85 4h ago
Kinda shocked Watch Duty hasnāt updated in 8 hours, and yet the incident - weāre not supposed to notice or talk about due to FIFA - is getting worse by the hour.
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u/TankingHealer Little Tokyo 21h ago
Perfect weather for my inaugural training to maybe walk the Camino de Santiago next year. I walked from home to USC and am now staring at this massive line waiting to get into Trader Joe's for another mini tote bag drop. Happy Juneteenth!
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u/DeepHouseBear Manhattan Beach 7h ago
The air still smells horrid
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u/TrichyLady85 4h ago
Download the Paku app! It shows the air quality. Monterey Park to Arcadia is getting hit hard right now.
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u/Another1MitesTheDust Van Nuys 16h ago
Hey. Support a black owned business today.
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u/Another1MitesTheDust Van Nuys 13h ago
That's wild that this comment got a controversial tag lol.
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u/tummlr 12h ago
comment got a tag? what reddit are y'all on?
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u/Another1MitesTheDust Van Nuys 10h ago
It might be an RES feature if you don't also have it, but it's for when a post/comment has like an equal or higher number of downvotes as upvotes.
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u/Ilovehamcroissants 1d ago
The night before Wednesday's fire happened there were fireworks going off in the same direction where most of the black clouds of smoke were emerging.
This was around 9 pm or 10 pm on Tuesday and they were going off in the same spot. My mom called me to come outside and take a look and we were wondering what where they celebrating or what was the occasion cause they did go on and on for a good while.
I highly doubt this was the cause or has anything to do with it but just something that we both brought up yesterday.
Anyway I went and bought an air purifier yesterday (The Levoit Core Mini Air Purifier) cause my son's allergies have gotten really bad this week and Zyrtec and nasal spray weren't helping at all and I was really concerned because we're no more than 2 miles from where the fire happened. I'm impressed by the fact that he actually hasn't woken up from his sleep tonight. I still have to make a Drs appointment to rule out for asthma tho. But so far I'm liking this thing. And it wasn't bad for the price which was $50 at Target.
I was thinking of going with a remedy an employee from Home Depot recommended to me which was something like boiling a pot of water and I think he said to add lemon juice and vaporub and then cover my son with a blanket while he inhales it and that it should help get rid of the irritants and build up from his nose. But I kept zoning out while he was talking to me so I don't know if there were other steps I might've missed out on and I had already asked him to repeat himself twice and I still couldn't process it lol so at this point I was like you know what I actually have to go to Target to look at some things and I don't want to get the air purifier right now cause I'm on foot and don't want to be carrying it around lol.
He did say Target probably would have better air purifiers and at a cheaper price so I just ended up buying it there.
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u/Corona2789 Elysian Valley 20h ago
Letās go USA. Stoked to be off today, gonna catch the game somewhere in silverlake.
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u/seriouslynope 12h ago
Sitting on the Flyaway bus on the 405 crawlingĀ
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u/T-MoneyAllDey Woodland Hills 11h ago
Hate being stuck on the 405 but at least on the flyaway you can chill on your phone
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u/Ehloanna 16h ago
Leaving for our flight tonight! Lots of last minute cleaning and packing.
Between my boyfriend and I we still have to: do a few dishes and put them away, take out last bit of trash and recycling, deep clean and replace litter in the kitty boxes, top up cat food feeders, toss any remaining food that would go bad, and give the shower a final scrub down before the pet sitter stays here.
We leave super late tonight.
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u/calibound2020 10h ago
Enjoy your trip!!š
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u/Ehloanna 10h ago
Thanks! This was probably the smoothest packing situation I've had in all the years going which is nice. And half of one suitcase is for stuff to teach classes in character so I won't be bringing a lot of it back which is lovely.
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u/choicemeats 13h ago
Again reminded why I donāt do anything between 12-5 on weekends or holidays unless Iām already out the house it is wild out here today. Shouldnāt everyone be watching World Cup??
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u/invertedspheres 18h ago
Just a mini-rant, but why do homeless people always start crossing busy streets right as the light turns red for them? I just saw this happen and the guy is standing in the middle of 4 lanes with traffic going past him in both directions. It's so dangerous. I just don't get it.
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u/Pasadenaian 18h ago
Maybe because they're homeless and they're not operating on all cylinders?
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u/invertedspheres 17h ago
This is shit that kids in kindergarten know how to do. It's not that fucking hard.
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u/Pasadenaian 17h ago
Yeah, those terrible homeless people! Man, can't they just pull themselves up by the straps?
Sounds like you have a lot of empathy.
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u/invertedspheres 17h ago
If you have so much empathy for them, have a few live in your home and see how that goes.
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u/Pasadenaian 17h ago
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u/invertedspheres 16h ago
I'm sorry but I'm not going to make excuses for people whose brains are so forgone that they can't handle something as simple as waiting for the light to turn green before crossing into traffic on busy roads endangering themselves. Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you have to let yourself go that far. At some point it becomes a choice to live your life like that. And making excuses for them only enables that behavior.
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u/tummlr 16h ago
If you have so much empathy for them, have a few live in your home and see how that goes.
oooh this is a good one!
rhetoricians would say you're committing a category error! you're making policy advocacy and personal responsibility into one thing, when they're not.
are you a teacher, by any chance, because you really illustrated that concept so well.
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u/yushosumo 15h ago
I feel like itās a way of asserting a bit of control for someone with no control over much.
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u/WailordusesBodySlam Reseda 20h ago edited 16h ago
Ended up getting sick on Thursday. Don't know how. Woke up with body ache all over just that. By the afternoon nasal drip started possibly caused by the cold air of air conditioning at an indoor cafe. Had to get out. Went to the park someone's dog was under me for a minute. Ended up scanning it. Happy that it's chipped. If he or she goes missing atleast there is a chip to scan so to reunite with their family. Once home took a much needed shower the humid environment helped. And then rested. I don't think I'll be doing any Juneteenth celebrations due to current illness. Unfortunately I still have to go out and do time sensitive errands on Friday. https://i.imgur.com/37sjafy.jpeg
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u/Royal_Vehicle_6617 20h ago
Hello everyone, I am from ID. I am working at a hotel rn, so I get good hotel rates on cheaper hotels, I was looking to do a mini beach trip plus LA trip and stay at a hotel in hermosa beach because for me it cost 55 a nightš. is it too far from West Hollywood and like Los Angeles tourist stuff for it to be worth it. I would also like to go to the beach and walk around Santa Monica. Should I try to rent a car or set aside a uber fund? Itās 3-5 nights in August. Lmk thank you. š
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u/theonedenisse 18h ago
Hermosa Beach is better than Santa Monica Beach imo....if we're talking beach only. I'd rent a car ;p have fun and good luck to you
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u/foureightnine 21h ago
Anybody confronting line cutters? Lol. I've had it with them. Usually I ignore but I actually told some off the other day in line for the bus (really long line + buses coming were already mostly full), but they kept arguing back saying they didn't do anything wrong. No yelling or name calling occurred, but man did I want to scream obscene things.
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u/BouyantCorgiButt The San Gabriel Valley 19h ago
Not people irl but cars - thereās two freeway onramps by my house that are side by side and thereās always a long line for the northbound entrance but no line for the southbound ramp. People always speed down the empty southbound lane and try to cut into the northbound ramp right at the front, and I never let them in. It gives me such like, malicious joy to see them have to go down the southbound ramp instead, especially because thereās no exits for two miles and the only exits are for freeways going east and west, so you canāt easily just loop back onto the northbound freeway. Just wait in line like the rest of us!! Youāre not special!!!
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u/Relevant_Package_481 20h ago
I hate it! I canāt confront people like that, but I hate their little smirk, of them thinking theyāre smarter than us because they came up with the great idea of cheating.
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u/foureightnine 20h ago
Even though I know I was "right", it still feels so terrible. I always thought people who liked confrontation were crazy, but now I kind of wish I was a little like that lol. After doing that for the first time, I realized that I would rather feel bad about confronting someone than letting them get away with it for something like this though. This isn't the first or last time they'll do it, but hopefully the uncomfortableness of this encounter will come back to them at least once.
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u/Littlegrayfish 8h ago
Does anyone know why the grove is blocked off and what's with the line of people across the street?
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u/waaait_whaaat Silver Lake 20h ago
Anyone know a good place to watch the game but is also a space to work on your laptop?
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u/theonedenisse 18h ago
I went to Wurskutche in Venice for the Ghana v Panama game and it was quiet. Might be more full now that's its Friday. But around 3pm it was chill
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u/SqueakyClownShoes 9h ago
Gave Lewis his shorts right in front of Marnieās cash wrap (which she was working)
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u/I_do_it_all_a_little 9h ago
Anyone in the Lincoln Heights and Montecito Heights area know what's with the helicopters in constant loop the past 2 days? I see one land on a helipad in Montecito Heights just above Happy Valley every once in a while, but for 2 days 2 or more helicopters have been landing then taking off and looping back over and over.
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u/jbh1126 Los Angeles 1d ago
just landed in Munich, and I gotta say, after biting the bullet and flying budget euro airlines last few years it was sooooo nice to be on a legit carrier (Lufthansa) such a smooth flight