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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Mask Wearing / Not Mask Wearing
« on: June 17, 2020, 08:14:28 PM »
Quote from: CaptainFlannel on June 17, 2020, 04:59:09 PM
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you walk on 34th ave that has everything from reckless children to susceptible old people, but the ones who ask you to wear a mask are unreasonable?

Gee, it's like you didn't read (or comprehend) anything I wrote previously, or what you even quoted. Tell you what, go to 34th Avenue at 8 am and tell me how crowded it is (it isn't).

And yeah, yelling at someone across the street when there's no one on the block to put a mask on is unreasonable. You know what the rule is. If you think everyone should be adhering to another rule (the one you made up in your head and not mandated by the state), you should probably just not go outside.

i just think it's funny you need a rule to be responsible. i read and comprehended everything you wrote and i still think you should be wearing a mask. if you walk in a place that is public and designated for people to congregate (albeit moving, for the most part) you should have a mask on. if you don't you should have it at the ready for when someone passes you by or vice versa.

did you not expect me to extrapolate from your statement that you also walk without a mask when you do pass by people? or should i just assume that during this entire lock down, you've only gone down one block and on that one block, you got yelled at by someone going the opposite direction of you.

golly.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Mask Wearing / Not Mask Wearing
« on: June 17, 2020, 03:44:38 PM »
Quote from: CaptainFlannel on June 17, 2020, 01:34:20 PM
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trying to justify not wearing masks seems stupid

someone asked why folks who walk on 34th Avenue without their masks on do so. No one has said they can't wait to go to whereever the Republican Convention ends up this summer with a full house and no mask wearing. Those of us who do it explain when and why we do.

Mask wearing has become a cargo cult to some. Most people are reasonable, but I've been on blocks with no one on my side of the street for the entire block and someone across the street yelled at me to put my mask on. It's weird.

you walk on 34th ave that has everything from reckless children to susceptible old people, but the ones who ask you to wear a mask are unreasonable? do you have control over those around you? why not walk elsewhere?


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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Mask Wearing / Not Mask Wearing
« on: June 17, 2020, 03:42:25 PM »
Quote from: 7 on June 17, 2020, 12:04:41 PM
Given that Jackson Heights was one of the worst hit neighborhoods for coronavirus in the entire world, with at least 236 deaths here so far, trying to justify not wearing masks seems stupid

https://github.com/nychealth/coronavirus-data/blob/master/data-by-modzcta.csv

this.

it's like someone said if you stay 6 ft away from a bomb, you'll be safe. instead of erring on the side of caution you figure 5 ft is probably fine if 6 is.

if someone told me id be safe from a bomb at 6 ft, i'd stay 12.

and that goes back to not walking along 34th any longer. the bombs are too close.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Mask Wearing / Not Mask Wearing
« on: June 17, 2020, 03:40:20 PM »
Quote from: KGDHP on June 16, 2020, 08:18:46 AM
Quote from: jo3boxer on June 16, 2020, 07:47:28 AM
I think we'll stop, but we've been using 34th Ave religiously every morning to get a walk in before starting our day.

Along the walk we see it all, mask wearers, chin protectors, elbow protectors, hand accessories

I'm wondering if anyone here who choses to walk along the 34th Ave 'path' decides it's important enough to bring outside, put on their head, but not wear across their mouth and nose.

And if you are one of those people, why would you do so along a path you're guaranteed to be close to people on, especially when you're panting like a dog on a run or zooming past on a bike?

I figure since this is the internet your identity is relatively protected, and im genuinely interested in your POV.

Thanks

So the mask wearing guideline reads as such:

A New York State mandate requires everyone to wear a face covering when outside their home if unable to maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others.

In the times that I typically use 34th avenue, I have no difficulty maintaining 6 feet of distance from people. I don't use it at peak hours...I go early in the morning and enjoy the fresh air.

I'll give you benefit of the doubt  then. However what we encounter often are runners, cyclists and walkers who are wearing masks around their neck, but not on the face, and then not respecting (regardless of whether its for a millisecond or however long) the 6ft rule. Coming unnecessarily close because they can't be bothered.

Regardless, I don't know why one would come to an area where there are guaranteed to be people, and decide they don't need the mask. if you do so on a quiet street past northern blvd, it's easy enough to avoid you. otherwise? there are so many people it makes it quite difficult.

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Neighborhood Chat / Mask Wearing / Not Mask Wearing
« on: June 16, 2020, 07:47:28 AM »
I think we'll stop, but we've been using 34th Ave religiously every morning to get a walk in before starting our day.

Along the walk we see it all, mask wearers, chin protectors, elbow protectors, hand accessories

I'm wondering if anyone here who choses to walk along the 34th Ave 'path' decides it's important enough to bring outside, put on their head, but not wear across their mouth and nose.

And if you are one of those people, why would you do so along a path you're guaranteed to be close to people on, especially when you're panting like a dog on a run or zooming past on a bike?

I figure since this is the internet your identity is relatively protected, and im genuinely interested in your POV.

Thanks


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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Looting Rumors
« on: June 05, 2020, 12:26:26 PM »
watch this:

if the cops know there is a loot out, but the cops are not on the scene, or on the scene in numbers to effectively stop any sort of looting in its tracks...then the cops don't care if the neighborhood is being looted.

what they care about is seeing minorities and 'liberals' pitted against black people and the cause.

so be there, and have your cameras out without bias. see who the real looters are.

also this:

who begins looting a commercial street before stores close down. before nightfall? that's beginning with quite a handicap.

finally:

people are arguing that looting is wrong and want it denounced in all neighborhoods.

killing black people is wrong. denounce that, end that and I promise you the looting will end. how many small businesses in this neighborhood got any sort of insurance during covid, compared to corporations. you want to argue about looting consider it out of the frame of standard definition.

PS

defunding police doesn't mean relying on vigilantes keeping the peace. but when crime is down but police budget goes up, up, up...don't you think your kids deserve some of that cash being put into their education? weren't you all up in arms that elmhurst wasn't getting the funding it needed?


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Neighborhood Chat / Re: 34th Avenue "Open Street"
« on: May 26, 2020, 08:35:16 PM »
if you're a kid learning to ride/riding with a parent walking next you, it should be fine to use 34th ave during the car closures.

if you're in full kit and dodging pedestrians and barricades, you're clearly there to show off your spandex. pick another street, another bike lane. biking on 34th is not enjoyable.

the same should be the case for runners not wearing masks. why would you come to a place populated with people when you can run on an empty street all over the rest of the neighborhood. super inconsiderate.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Naked Cowboy sighting
« on: May 17, 2020, 08:17:13 PM »
judging from some of the remarks i've heard out of the mouths of Legends customers, i'm sure a trump supporter would easily find a home at a booth or at the bar there.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: "Pictures for Elmhurst" - Fundraiser to benefit Elmhurst Hospital
« on: April 14, 2020, 08:18:39 PM »
as this is just a mix of photographers (i don't think it's necessarily ny photographers <maybe ny based>) i'd recommend looking into magnum's sale if it's still going on. much more concise selection and generally better photos. i like a lot of the photographers from the elmhurst sale but hate a lot of these photos. it's obviously for a good cause but the leg work was sloppy.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Plastic Waste Around the Neighborhood
« on: March 30, 2020, 08:03:09 PM »
Quote from: 80JHer on March 28, 2020, 06:30:33 PM
...also dog shit.   The dog walkers of JH have forgotten how to pick it up.

a separate issue for sure but I am not sure most ever knew.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Bruson Building
« on: December 17, 2019, 10:29:16 PM »
Quote from: am315 on December 16, 2019, 02:54:17 PM
I'm fairly new to the nabe. What was there before this building was constructed? Or was was it a renovation of an old building?

there was a fire and this is the replacement.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Empty store fronts
« on: December 01, 2019, 10:03:31 AM »
the mcdonald's in flushing, that has been there as long as I can remember, also closed abruptly. one day we went by and it was there, and shortly after it looked as if it had been gone for ages.

i guess the same thing happened with the one on roosevelt where laly's now is.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: Aggressive homeless man on 37th Avenue
« on: August 14, 2019, 04:19:38 PM »
i'm the first person to call myself rude and even a dick but you take things to another level. what are you missing in life that parading around jackson heights life forums, starting shit, and subsequently always trying to have the last word  is what gets you off?

i'm not a sex therapist so i'm not sure it actually gets you off but don't take it too literally there captain flannel.


Quote from: CaptainFlannel on August 14, 2019, 12:05:49 PM
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You're just labeling people as "unqualified" in order to negate what they are saying.

that's rather the point

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its rather condescending to call someone an armchair internet psychiatrist just for labeling someone as mentally unwell.

I haven't called someone an unqualifed armchair internet psychiatrist just for labeling someone as mentally unwell. I've called them an unqualified armchair internet psychiatrist for offering a diagnosis of mental illness - and specifically paranoia - because someone gave them a dirty look (or had dirt in his eye).

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This isn't a "diagnosis", no one is prescribing medication here,  they're just using words to describe their experience.


No, the words I have taken issue with don't describe the poster's experience. The words in question offered a psychiatric diagnoses to label someone else's experience (the person in the title of this post).

You also don't need to get a prescription in order to get a diagnosis from a doctor.

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Restaurants & Food / Re: Helena Fusion
« on: August 07, 2019, 07:26:44 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on May 08, 2019, 11:18:52 AM
i'd love to see one of those old-fashioned Chinese-Latinx places (which were usually Cuban, but sometimes from other countries). i don't see someone using "fusion" to signal that, though.

how badly? a close friend of mine from junior high owns one his father started on the upper west side and i've always talked about bringing it over to Queens. it's not an easy feat but I would love to have one.

We do have Jardin de China on Junction, though.

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Neighborhood Chat / Re: What's missing from this map?
« on: July 15, 2019, 08:54:30 AM »
common sense.

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