Boston Daily Discussion Thread, Wednesday October 26

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jcosta223 t1_itu68s4 wrote

Yay, another day of clouds and on off rain. Since Sunday ffs

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A121212As t1_ituop69 wrote

How do people live in Oregon?

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smokesmokesmokes t1_itv88fp wrote

Heroin -> fentanyl/heroin

Copious amounts of shotguns.

Many escalate to serial murder.

Etc etc

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boreas907 t1_itw4bni wrote

Quite comfortably. The clouds are like a cozy blanket.

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DarkIsiliel t1_itvg13f wrote

I spent last weekend in Vegas and coming back to this is not helping me deprogram from Pacific time

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es_price t1_itxh6a7 wrote

Did you get some of those 35 dollar cocktails?

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DarkIsiliel t1_itxj22l wrote

Nope - most of what I got ended up in the 20 dollar range (something from a robot bartender and a smaller-end foot long daquiri)

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georgethethirteenth t1_itwbyyu wrote

This may be an unanswerable question and I don't want to start a political flamewar, but I'm genuinely curious to know.

Is there an easily identifiable reason that Jair Bolsonaro has (what seems to me anyways) a pretty decent hold among the local Brazilian diaspora?

There are a number of pockets of Brazilian population in and around Boston and I've noticed a lot of Bolsonaro material around. There are at least three separate vans in my immediate neighborhood that have been painted in his support and I've seen a number of cars with window writing in his favor over the last couple of weeks. The Brazilian bakery in my area had a rack of Bolsonaro t-shirts on the sidewalk last weekend. Many of my kids (I teach sixth grade) have worn these shirts to school or made statements in his favor this school year - I've asked, and the best answer I got was "my dad says he's a good strong man".

Like I said, not looking for political opinions, just curious to know if there's something unique about our local Brazilian population that might explain this support. I can't think of a time when I've seen an overseas election garner so much visible attention to an outsider like myself and am just wondering why.

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adaquestionade t1_itwe777 wrote

I am experiencing the same (I have one class that's mostly Brazilian, about half for Bolsonaro and half for Lula but in high school). I've had a hard time teasing it out besides party line parroting and the Lula crowd just being repulsed by Bolsonaro as a person. His policies towards indigenous groups has been something that all my students have agreed is not great.

So far it doesn't split geographically either, I have more than a few students from the same town and they are split. Ditto larger regional differences.

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georgethethirteenth t1_itwhogn wrote

Interesting, geographic influence was my first guess; the vast majority of my kids are Mineiros so I was wondering if there was a connection to MG or Belo Horizonte. If there's a Lula crowd in my school I haven't seen it and I've got one eleven year old who has, since early September, been walking around the school telling anyone who will listen that "Lula is a dirty squid" (I know this is a translation of 'Lula', but this is a kid on the spectrum and I think this has become a stereotypie for him rather than carrying any meaning, but it must have originated in the home).

It's funny that you mention indigenous policy because the thing that really got me wondering about this was spending my lunch break today reading this article about the murder of a journalist in FUNAI territory.

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adaquestionade t1_itwjfdm wrote

Most of our kids are from MG (specifically Belo Horizonte or Ipatinga/immediately outside Ipatinga) or São Paolo, and then a random kid from Içara and Cariacica. Wide split of economic/racial background but it all falls about half and half. Who's to say...

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OldSweatyBulbasar t1_itxti16 wrote

This Brighton creeper is really starting to freak me out. He’s moved into our neighborhood and I’m not able to sleep knowing he’s targeting our street.

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yarned-and-dangerous t1_itvwxzw wrote

Anyone know a good spot for quality wood furniture (used or new)? A leg snapped off my W*yfair coffee table last night and I’d love to replace it with something durable, but I don’t know where to look.

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werther57 t1_itxt73u wrote

I second looking on Craigslist. New quality furniture is expensive, but expensive furniture isn't always good quality (looking at you Crate&Barrel and West Elm). Costco furniture and the higher end pieces at Ikea are good quality but the choice is a bit limited.

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walthamian t1_itx4jm2 wrote

Have you considered looking on Craigslist? There seems to be quite a selection in a range of prices.

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deoxyhaemoglobin t1_itw70pc wrote

Does anyone know where I could find marmite or Vegemite? Ideally in the Brighton area but will travel

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OldSweatyBulbasar t1_itwuxo9 wrote

I’ve seen it at Wegman’s in the tiny international foods shelf. You might have to hunt around for the shelf but it’s been in every Wegman’s I’ve found and stocked with clotted cream, pickled eggs, vegemite, Barry’s tea, etc.

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werther57 t1_itxq5gl wrote

World Market in Framingham has both and they would even ship it (but Amazon would too).

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Janeeyre446 t1_ity754x wrote

Stop and shop and market basket both had it in the "foreign" aisle.

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blondiegirl1012 t1_itwgkae wrote

I received a paper ticket monthly commuter rail pass in the mail from Wageworks. Wtf is this?! Can the MBTA swap this if I complain? Plastic is really getting scare I guess. $340 a month for a paper ticket. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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werther57 t1_itxpls6 wrote

That's the MBTA. You cannot use a CharlieCard (which is the official name of the plastic card) on most commuter rail lines because they don't have CharlieCard readers. The only exception is the Fairmount Line which runs a pilot in Zone 1A where a machine on the platform can print a proof-of-payment based on your CharlieCard.

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Vivecs954 t1_itxw22i wrote

No they make charliecards with the commuter rail pass printed on the other side if you order them online.

They are a lot more durable than the paper tickets, using a commuter rail paper pass can get pretty beat up in a month

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