I remember having to go to the basement and having a deaf girl fill my cup from a keg of beer.

That is an actual lot. It’s the Gold Lot, I believe. It’s the closest lot to the stadium.

However, if you’re going to a stadium show, the prices won’t be $15. They’ll be much more.

$50-75 for a concert is not true. We pay like $15. It might be that expensive for Steelers or Rolling Stones or Taylor Swift, but just for a baseball game or Stage AE show, it’s $12-15ish

What event? We park in the lot by the garage next to Heinz Field for like $15, and we tailgate there for concerts.

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True. That’s like the most important part of this entire issue, and they don’t report it.

I heard that rumor a few days ago for the first time. Haven’t been there for a while, but I’m definitely checking next time I go.

Luckily, my nephew was selling stickies for a fund raiser this year, so I have some in my freezer for when I get that hankering

THANK YOU

I would happily and easily give the NHL $150 every year for a subscription to NHL.com or NHL.tv or whatever for the ability to watch the Pens.

But noooooo. I have to get Fubo. I mean, come on. It’s 2023. Take my fucking money.

Cigarettes, coffee, and grilled stickies a la mode. You just described half my life in 96-98 between the ages of 19 and 21 hahaha

I come by my pessimistic views of religion honestly. Also, I never said money and control were the ONLY things organized religions were about.

Like I said in another comment, they can call it a fee or alms for the poor or a donation or whatever. There is an expectation of some sort of payment.

It’s like tipping. There is no rule forcing you to leave your server a tip, but if you go out to eat, you always leave a tip. Same in this case.

Money and control. You basically just summed up organized religion in a nutshell haha

I performed a wedding ceremony at Phipps about 15 years ago. While I wasn’t involved in the planning, I can say that everyone involved on the day of the ceremony was helpful and friendly and the couple who got married had no complaints either.

Fee, donation, alms, whatever. It’s all the same thing. There may not be a set cost, but there is definitely an expectation of a donation. Just like eating out. Nobody is forced to tip, but in reality you have to tip.

Also, OP mentions not regularly attending a Christian church. There’s no specifics. If they were raised Baptist, I have to venture a guess that they would have to accept the teachings of the Lutheran or Catholic dogmas and be indoctrinated into a specific denomination before getting baptized.

Churches don’t do that for free. That will cost some amount of money. And they don’t allow anyone to just randomly get baptized. They’ll need to go to classes and get indoctrinated into their specific religion and vouch for their sincerity about being baptized and all that.

You can’t just pop in and get baptized on a random Sunday. You need to go through an entire curriculum and indoctrination and classes and pay fees and get approval and a whole litany of other things.

Please, next time tell the r/Pittsburgh sub about goings on in Fulton or Luzerne counties. Because they’re both as relevant as this.

Thank you! Amazing how difficult some folks find that

Huh. Weird how that question never gets a response. Always “what you’re saying would never work”, never “here is what I think will work”.

Always.

Then my next question would flip that coin. Instead of blaming Democrats for their anti-gun policies (which, other than a few in the very minority, do not involve banning guns or removing guns already purchased), what policies have the Republicans put forth to help in regards to gun violence?

I hesitate to turn this into a Dem vs Rep debate because it’s just about “pro-me and anti-you” catchphrases and sloganeering at that point.

But republicans die in mass shootings just as much as democrats do. Bullets don’t know your registration. Why are Republicans wearing AR-15 or AK-47 or whatever those pins are? Why are they glorifying the gun?

I hear many folks say it’s a mental health issue. Well then, why do I not see any proposals from those on the right to increase mental health budgets? Or institute health care that could allow those who are poor or mentally I’ll to have better access to the tools that could possibly help them overcome their homicidal urges?

It seems to me that Dems at least have proposals to do SOMEthing about the problem. True, I admit that some of those proposals may not be feasible or popular or whatever term you’d like to use, but at least they want to have a discussion. I see absolutely nothing coming from the Reps. They refuse to even talk about any restrictions on guns. They refuse to increase mental health access. They refuse to increase any kind of health benefits at all. What proposals to stop this epidemic have Republicans put forth, other than thoughts and prayers?

I’m trying not to sound glib, but it’s difficult when it comes to this issue. Why not close the private sale/gun show loophole so folks can’t circumvent the waiting list? Why not have a registry? Why not reinstitute the Clinton-era assault weapon ban? It is 100% factual that during the years that was in place, mass shootings were at a low compared to before and after it. It’s been proven to work.

There are steps that can be taken, by BOTH sides. I know there are deeper problems, like getting money out of politics. The NRA and their dollars make it impossible to even have a conversation about it. Remember after Parkland in Florida? The state legislature wouldn’t even allow a discussion on the floor about what could be done. Reread that - they didn’t stop politicians from proposing any legislation. They didn’t even allow the DISCUSSION about what they could do. That is vile and reprehensible and indefensible, in my opinion.

I don’t disagree with much, if any, of the things you listed. However, I see no proposals in that response.

How would you like to see the rampant gun violence in America be eradicated? What solutions do you propose?

What solutions do you propose?

I’m curious, since you are so keen to nitpick things I say and volley comments back and forth, how would you like to see the rampant gun violence in America be eradicated?

None. I never said there was one.

Forgive me, I used an apocryphal example. Libel is still not legal, so my point still stands that sensible regulations are possible when it comes to constitutional rights.

Sounds like a great solution to that problem would be to distribute free identification cards to every American adult on their 18th birthday. That way everyone is able to vote without paying a poll tax and they can own weapons without paying for their license as well.

As for insurance, I’m sure there’s a logical way to compensate for that. Perhaps weapons could have a $5 surcharge added to their price? Something like that. For things that already cost hundreds of dollars, another $5 (or some other negotiable term) shouldn’t be a barrier to anybody. I’m open to other solutions or suggestions as well.