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livunia t1_j9bgzr0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine : Megathread by cafenegroporfa

Well I’d recommend you do the same then. I searched “temporarily closed” in this subreddit and found nothing. This thread also LITERALLY says “any threads outside of this one pertaining to … tourism … will be deleted and redirected here.” So I’m not exactly sure what “information” you’d need about me to answer whether or not places are closed seasonally or where you’d prefer I look.

Also, an amazing tip for the internet, you can literally just choose to not respond 😊🫶🏻

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j9bfgmp wrote

Reply to New tourist trap by ButIDigress79

Honestly, good for her.

Both the fact that her mother drove her to see the famous pole, and for the fact that she and her mother somehow didn't get plowed over.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j9bf2xe wrote

Reply to comment by amb8936 in New tourist trap by ButIDigress79

...There's a general entrance of a Walmart? Since when? AFAIK it's just been 2-3 doors--Grocery and Pharmacy, and Home and Garden/Living (and/or Lawn and Garden), depending on location. There was a general entrance 2 decades ago before the franchise's stores as a whole rebranded, but that's gone away now.

This pole has the lights and the barriers, plus the solar panel. I don't think it's the wrong one.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j9bc3ue wrote

Reply to comment by Flimsy_Perception_94 in Portland area female dj's? by frankandbeans12

Ohhh, so you're one of those idiots. The "slurs don't exist because they're just words that don't have meaning if you don't let them have meaning" breed of idiot. The username checks out, at least.

Yep, I've played this song and dance before with someone else entirely who was also ableist, and I'm gonna tell you once again...whether you like it or not, you are ableist, and that is the truth that you can either take or leave as you so choose.

The R slur is used as an insult. It's never, and I repeat, never used in a positive light. You can't really take a word that has been coined to mean "slow" and has been linguistically shaped by society to become a term referred to a legitimate disorder and then an insult and just wipe it free so it has a clean slate, where it can mean whatever you want it to mean. Not how that works.

Same applies to all slurs, not just those that are derogatory towards autistic people. Words have meaning, and the meaning changes all the time, but in terms of slurs, there is no giving them clean slates to make their meanings positive.

Consider this the only explanation that I give you. You can't help someone who doesn't want to help themselves, and I'm not willing to deal with stubborn ableists any more in-depth today.

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livunia t1_j9bbrsn wrote

Reply to Questions about visiting, moving to, or living in Maine : Megathread by cafenegroporfa

Hey! I was looking at planning a trip to Maine this summer with my family & hitting Portland, Camden, and Bar Harbor. As I would looking at some restaurants (specifically in bar harbor) I noticed many were temporarily closed!! Is this a seasonal thing? Will these places open back up in May-Juneish?

Secondly, if anyone has any must see or do for those three cities, I’d love any and all recommendations 😊

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