Hellworld Thread (2 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

I'm guessing you could be a TCIN fellow traveler?

I am indeed. I'm up on the 3rd Floor. Well not right now, I'm at my kitchen table attending a conference.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I am indeed. I'm up on the 3rd Floor. Well not right now, I'm at my kitchen table attending a conference.

I am one of the ground floor dwellers (similarly, at home now). Small world.
I figured the combination of references to brains and trinity might mean we're in each others extended network!
Although I come from a research background, my career has morphed more into a project/programme manager/jack of all trades type...

 

[moose]

That street could be Portland, Seattle or Vancouver. The three cities I visited when I was in North America last.

 

[magicbastarder]

when was that?
we stayed in a ropey(ish) area of seattle in 2003 (probably ropey by tourist standards, to be fair) and it was nowhere near that bad.

 

[moose]

when was that?
we stayed in a ropey(ish) area of seattle in 2003 (probably ropey by tourist standards, to be fair) and it was nowhere near that bad.

Around two years ago.

 

[magicbastarder]

i need to correct myself, it was vancouver i was referring to.

 

[moose]

i need to correct myself, it was vancouver i was referring to.

Same time but there's a whole section of Vancouver where people live in tents, huge problems with Fentanyl etc. Look up East Hastings. Of course it's still Canada so nearly everyone is remarkably friendly.

 

[thumped]

when was that?
we stayed in a ropey(ish) area of seattle in 2003 (probably ropey by tourist standards, to be fair) and it was nowhere near that bad.

We’re you at Wrestlemania 19 too?

 

[magicbastarder]

Same time but there's a whole section of Vancouver where people live in tents, huge problems with Fentanyl etc. Look up East Hastings. Of course it's still Canada so nearly everyone is remarkably friendly.

it was east hastings street we were staying on.

 

[taubstumm]

it was east hastings street we were staying on.

so grim it actually got its own apocalyptic soundtrack from the canonical apocalyptic-soundtrackers of our era

 

[Cormcolash]

We’re you at Wrestlemania 19 too?

We sure are

 

[thumped]

Ah, autocorrect

 

[Cormcolash]

A likely story!!

 

[moose]

it was east hastings street we were staying on.

I'd say it changed a bit over the 16 years. Still decent music venues there though.

 

[therealjohnny]

Seems like the right thread for this:

La vida en las calles de un barrio marginal de Filadelfia, capturada por Jeffrey Stockbridge - Cultura Inquieta

La vida en la calle de un barrio marginal de Filadelfia capturada por Jeffrey Stockbridge

culturainquieta.com

 

[JohnnyRaz]

This is still going:

Will these pasta crisps with a whipped feta dip be the next TikTok recipe trend?

Please tell me I'm not the only one who scrolls endlessly on TikTok...We've all seen the dancing trends on TikTok and then we went through that Baked Feta Pasta Trend, the clever Folded Tortilla Melts and those Twister Ice Cream Cocktails. We think that this one could catch on

lovindublin.com

What was the name of your man who set it up again?

 

[therealjohnny]

This is still going:

Will these pasta crisps with a whipped feta dip be the next TikTok recipe trend?

Please tell me I'm not the only one who scrolls endlessly on TikTok...We've all seen the dancing trends on TikTok and then we went through that Baked Feta Pasta Trend, the clever Folded Tortilla Melts and those Twister Ice Cream Cocktails. We think that this one could catch on

lovindublin.com

What was the name of your man who set it up again?

Harbo?

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Harbo?

Ah yes.
Where is he now? Probably rolling in a pile of Bitcoin eating all 7 of pastries you have to try this weekend

 

[therealjohnny]

The Scandal Behind La Paz's Unbelievable Elephant Cemeteries

Learn the incredibly sad story behind Bolivia's elephant cemeteries, and those experiencing enough despair in their lives to want to visit.

theculturetrip.com

 

[magicbastarder]

The invisible migrant workers propping up Ireland’s €4bn meat industry

There has been a chronic mistreatment of workers in the country’s meat industry, according to unions

www.theguardian.com

"Between 2015 and 2020, nearly half of all inspections in meat plants detected breaches of labour law relating to pay, working time, inadequate record-keeping and employment permit issues. The inspectorate is also responsible for regulating employment agencies; in the past two years, 1.3% of all agencies were inspected and of these, 40% were non-compliant with wage law."