I really don’t understand user-hostile infrastructure like this in SF’s public parks. The main argument I’ve heard is that it’s to stop certain classes of visitor from ruining other visitors’ experience, but stereotyping one specific user group (skaters, in this example) is just old-fashioned bigotry.
Not to mention that this kind of (dubious) strategy isn’t even applied evenly. The worst experiences I’ve had in our public parks have almost entirely involved dogs, but I don’t see anti-dog infrastructure anywhere (heck, I don’t even see respect for, or enforcement of, existing dog regulations most of the time). #SanFranciscoHellscape#HostileInfrastructureEdition#ShowerThoughts
@pootriarch I’ve had some pleasant, casual interactions with groups of skaters up on Twin Peaks. I think we sometimes forget that people are just people, even when they present themselves differently to how we do, and have their own “culture” that may seem alien or exclusive.
@pootriarch Yeah that’s how I read it. As I say, I’ve had the odd pleasant interaction with such groups of skaters up on Twin Peaks, though as an old, white, nondescript dude I rarely have to worry about my safety in public spaces (and I’m well aware that that is a privilege many do not have).
I’m currently waiting in line to buy beer, floating ~20’ above the ground, AT ~190 FREAKING MPH. WHY CAN’T THE USA HAVE NICE THINGS?!?!? #HighSpeedRail#Spain#Civilisation
Oh and did I mention it cost about USD55 and will take ~2 hours? I’m going about the same distance as SF -> LA; it’s literally NUTS that CA hasn’t just cut all the BS and red tape, muzzled the airlines and their fossil fuel cronies, and doubled down on the CA HSR already. #HighSpeedRail#UninhibitedRanting
@pmonks You know that high speed rail is only one step above outright communism? Freedom is being stuck in a highway traffic jam in a massive truck (has to be big to store all your guns).
Is anyone else on sfba.social seeing very strange home feed behaviour? I keep seeing my own posts from up to several days ago reappearing in amongst recent posts from others.
I’ve been dabbling a little in a #Java codebase in recent times, and holy snapping turtles batman had I forgotten how baroque and counterproductive OO languages are. Yuck. #SmugLispWeenie