Recent comments in /f/pittsburgh

segfaultxr7 t1_j6oe33m wrote

> Pittsburgh has way, way too many local restaurants (and other businesses) that make themselves needlessly difficult to patronize.

It's like the "only in the mood for Chick-Fil-A on Sunday" problem, but for half the week! I'll try to eat somewhere and find that they won't be open for 3 more days, or they are open, but only for dinner and I need lunch. Or vice versa. Eventually I lose all interest and quit trying.

And then there are the times where all the stars align, I call in an order, and they act like I'm crazy for trying to buy something that doesn't exist. Because their menu on their website is 6 years out of date, and I'm supposed to just magically know that.

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Zenith2017 t1_j6od599 wrote

Police shouldn't brutalize someone, ever. By definition, that is wrong and unnecessary. Violent action must be a last resort. And of course, the law more or less says that - but after a few hundred Trayvon Martins and Breanna Taylors et. al., one should understand that's not a realistic representation of what happens. Our cops kill extremely frequently, and it's not on the victims most of the time.

Trying to "get away" is not cause for brutalizing, beating, murdering, or otherwise treating a suspect cruelly and unusually. They're innocent by definition until proven otherwise, though conservatives love to accidentally forget constitutional rights like that one.

Paid leave, a promotion or a job at another department, that about sums up the consequences for 95% of police killings. Do you think that's an okay consequence for murdering the wrong person in their bed by accident - a promotion? A new job? They had to drag Chauvin kicking and screaming through the courts for him to see justice; if that's not emblematic to you I don't know what to say. I genuinely hope you're a troll and not actually this clueless

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tonytroz t1_j6od0pw wrote

Taxes are based off the assessment which is based off sales price so what others are paying in your neighborhood doesn’t really work against you.

By abusing the homestead exemption they’re taking money away from the local government which funds resources you might use like firemen, roads, etc.

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