It is my duty to inform us of this play. Megasota must go or they will wrong us how they did to Michigan!
r/geographymemes user u//Jfullr92 has created a fun map voting game wherein daily top comment deletes a US state with a new map unveiled each day. Other top commented whims, such as how to divide the lost territory or renaming states ala Megasota & Vermonster, have also been implemented.
User u//RoseRaving knew Colorado's end was near and decided to subvert Top Comment on map #44. They originally wrote "Sorry Colorado it's time to go" but changed it an hour before votes were tallied (with 1.7k+ votes making it top comment), to "Sorry Oregon it's time to go."
The edit was clear and all the related comments were about Colorado. However, there was enough confusion that the map creator didn't immediately catch on to the change and posted map #45 to erase Oregon (known as Cascadia).
After much outcry, downvotes, and obviously many geography meme posts, the content creator was clued in.
Some users argued that there were no rules in the game against strategically editing a top comment. The sub mods got involved, removing the edited comment from map #44. The creator of the map clarified, writing "If you gain thousands of upvotes because people believe something and then you change that, that’s cheating. It’s morally wrong. It’s an unwritten rule."
The original map #45 post was taken down, the creator posted an update about the situation and had to spend time editing the map for the updated map #45 post.
Although the cheater was named and banned from participating in the map game going forward, a user in the community was careful to caution against DMing the individual. Because, you know, bullying is bad. And this is a game meant for fun. So far, the worst the cheater has received is a Reddit Cares report. (And countless memes posted in the sub.)
The map creator called on the cheater to apologize, but so far all they've said is "Hail Blucifer".
1 hour between seattle - portland and seattle - vancouver would be transformative for the region. the pnw has a disproportionately high transit ridership and the economic benefit would quickly overshadow the investment costs. i want cascadia hsr in my lifetime
okay so i seen a lot ppl make arguments as to why our system doesn’t lend itself to running all hours everyday but im wondering if there has been much thought given to the middle ground. maybe we can have late night (24/7) service on just friday and saturday nights?
i think theres a practical and romantic and cultural and urban clout aspect to being able to take the metro on your way downtown for a night out knowing that you can rely on it to get you home late that night whenever you decide to go home, potentially while intoxicated, and get to see other late night locals and visitors all in the same situation.
we already have a great and growing system. and i think the magic of this is worth us continuing to return to the question of doing it and if not now then how can we work that into the plan ~
(don’t jump me i just haven’t seen arguments for or against this middle ground option yet:)
If one infected individual is likely to have directly spread it to at least 7 other individuals on the ship, why would we be starting with an assumption that the R value is around 2 of this strain? Not trying to make an argument that it isn’t but just want to understand this concept. Thanks