r/bullcity

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but traffic will not go faster by blocking someone who needs to merge. Matter of fact, it backs up even more.

I commute to Raleigh every day so naturally I have to take this horrible ramp to get onto 40. Every once in a blue moon someone thinks that if they put their car in the middle of the two lanes to block the right merge lane, everything will go faster.

Spoiler alert: you’re now making traffic worse because now the entire right lane is backing up. Then Inevitably, someone in the left lane will stop and let people over too early, which then messes everything up for people in the left lane too.

Y’all. There are two lanes. If it was meant to be a one lane, it would be one lane. If you continuously let people merge and drive, traffic never backs up.

Sincerely someone who is rage baited by this god forsaken ramp every day

Hi all! I am a school nurse deeply underwhelmed by the NC sex ed requirements, and not super impressed with DPS in particular (though I understand they are somewhat hamstrung by state regulations.) So I am thinking about developing a comprehensive sex ed program differentiated for ages 4-19, that can be taught in small groups, maybe on a sliding scale.

Some major gaps I have identified in NC law are these:

-"Teach that a mutually faithful monogamous heterosexual relationship in the context of marriage is the best lifelong means of avoiding STIs, including HIV/AIDS."

-"Condoms and other contraceptive devices may not be made available on school property."

"Each local school administrative unit shall provide a reproductive health and safety education program commencing in 7th grade."

(115C-81.30)

I believe that 7th grade is way too late to start the conversation. And while lawmakers may aspire to have everyone celibate until they join a "mutually faithful monogamous heterosexual relationship in the context of marriage, " we know that this is simply not the reality, and declining to give them more information about other pathways does not prevent them from taking those other pathways.

I'm not really much of an entrepreneur, but I'm trying to do some market research. So I come to you, netizens, to ask...is this something y'all see as a need in Durham? Would parents be interested?

This averages things out, I guess. Published by Axios this afternoon.

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Hi all! I will be in town next week to see Hamilton at DPAC and was hoping to grab a drink and chill after the show! Thanks in advance 😊

Hey folks! Our hot water heater is on the fritz and we need a replacement. There’s not a lot of recent posts about this and none with direct information.

We’ve gotten two quotes so far:

• Bar D Plumbing: $3400
• Enbridge Gas: $2860

Both seem high to me, but I don’t have enough context to know, which is why I need your help! For reference, ours is a 50 gallon gas water heater on the second story. Will you share your experience with me?

we’ve had an awful time with Alternative Aire. the company was bought out by Chill brothers in march of 2025.  A predatory company from Texas. They are terrible now. We are having so many probs with our not even one year old unit. Avoid them!!! They’ve been here 4 times and still not fixed. Woke up this morning to a warm house and a unit with a giant snowball around one of the pipes. I think they used to be really good. it’s a shame.

any other recs? local cos?

eta: thanks everyone! I appreciate the advice. It’s so frustrating when these private equity firms buy up good companies and ruin them. not fair to the workers there either.

I am meeting a friend on Saturday for breakfast as they pass through town. They will have a dog. Too hot to leave in the car. Do you know of any weekend breakfast/coffee/donut/bakery with outdoor seating and allow dogs?

Local guy, mid-40's, looking for some new friends interested in music and seeing some live shows in the Triangle. Also likes good food and a few pints now and then before the show. It'd be fun to get a group together when time allows.

I'm a big fan of a wide range of music, from pop and rap to metal, but I do mostly listen to rock. From classic rock to indie to modern day metal. Let me know!

A few upcoming shows I'm interested in: 

• Killswitch Engage + Machine Head (metal)
• Fake Happy: Paramore Tribute (punk/pop)
• Social Distortion (rock/punk)
• Minus The Bear (alternative rock)
• Black Label Society (rock/metal)
• The Midnight (alternative, electronic-synth rock)
• Sparta (rock/punk)
• Saosin (rock/metal)

 

I am starting a Cyberpunk RED campaign in the triangle area and looking for four players. In-person, at a table, with dice and paper.

Read this part before you DM: I'm looking for people who can commit to a recurring game, weekly or bi-weekly, whichever we can agree to, and actually show up. If your schedule won't reliably hold a session on the same day every week or every other week for the foreseeable future, this isn't the game for you and that's fine. I'd rather wait for the right four than backfill seats every month.

Cyberpunk RED is the current edition of R. Talsorian's TTRPG, set in 2045 between the original Cyberpunk 2020 and the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. Ten character Roles (Solo, Netrunner, Fixer, Medtech, Nomad, etc.), lifepath character creation, lethal combat. If you've played 2020 it'll feel familiar but cleaner. If you only know the video game, this is Night City thirty years earlier, still pulling itself out of the rubble of the 4th Corporate War.

Tone: closer to Edgerunners than Borderlands. Serious table. Room for humor but it's not a parody.

Logistics:

• 4 players, adults
• Weekly or bi-weekly, weeknight or weekend evening
• Session zero before anything else: we set tone, lines/veils, and party composition together
• I will GM
• You will need to purchase or obtain a copy of the Cyberpunk RED book. I can send out details on what's needed. Small investment.

Experience level doesn't matter. Showing up does.

To respond: DM me with level of experience, availability (days and times) for the next several months. I'll setup a mailing list and we can go from there.

A couple weeks back at the farmers market on the 9th there was a woman selling bagels, pastries and a couple other items. I bought an assortment of bagels from her and literally the best I’ve had but I’m curious on the name of her shop. She was on Foster St. on the playground side of the side and closer to Hunt St. I want to say her tent was blue and at the time it was just her selling alone. She was not there last week but curious if she had a social media presence to follow her. Thanks in advance!

I loved Reuse Warehouse when it was still around. Are there any similar places to buy reuse, cull, or surplus landscape and building materials? Even better if they have stuff with a backstory.

Our inadequate transportation infrastructure has cost many lives over the years to dangerous drivers most recently Jack O'Shea who was only 15 and killed by a drunk driver.

Please come out and join us to honor and remember the many victims of our car centric infrastructure. The ride will be slow-paced and silent.