Recent comments in /f/CambridgeMA

NJS_Stamp t1_j6jvr9x wrote

Reply to LARPing by MrSneakerr

Depending what type of larping you’re looking for, you could try to go on a few Scul missions. Scul is a sci-fi bicycle chopper gang that goes on missions and documents them as space logs.

I’ve never done it, but I see them around from time to time.

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a11y__cat t1_j6jmn2f wrote

Reply to comment by AMWJ in Predatory Parking Enforcement by blkread

If your job is to ticket people who are already breaking a parking law, then you waiting to catch someone one second after the meter flips is NOT your job. They’re failing to ticket cars that are not moving for hours in favor of randomly targeting specific cars. But if you do your job by just waiting until you can do a specific task rather than looking for something that can be handled at that moment, then I don’t know what to say. But if I stared at something that would eventually become work rather than looking for something that is currently work, I’d be fired. 🤷‍♀️

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jpseudo t1_j6j9p8c wrote

Reply to comment by tbootsbrewing in LARPing by MrSneakerr

I bet it was a group of players honing their skills. Most games I know of run 4 weekends a year, and that's not enough practice to get good. Also, it's fun to hit your friends with swords XD

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tbootsbrewing t1_j6iajxr wrote

Reply to LARPing by MrSneakerr

I saw a LARPing group at Grove Street park on a Sunday morning/early afternoon in the fall of 2021. I don't know what group it was, I brought my kid to the "Caterpillar park" as she requested and we watched an epic sword fight.

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AMWJ t1_j6i6y1n wrote

Reply to comment by a11y__cat in Predatory Parking Enforcement by blkread

I don't drive, but that doesn't seem unreasonable to me at all. I would venture to predict that upwards of 95% of cars that are unmoved 1 minute before their meter is up will still be there after the meter's time has run up. And, if that happens, it is their job to ticket the car.

So, if there was a 95% likelihood that your job needed you in one minute, wouldn't you wait there?

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realvladdiputtn t1_j6hlu61 wrote

Reply to comment by blackdynomitesnewbag in Possible Rule Change by blackdynomitesnewbag

Cambridge Day puts out a weekly event list every Sunday that you can easily link to. The full link name rotates every week, but it looks like you can chop off the end and it’ll still link like:

Full (unpredictable): https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/29/a-week-of-events-in-cambridge-and-somerville-from-valentines-rb-show-to-hasty-pudding/

Abbreviated (predictable): https://www.cambridgeday.com/2023/01/29/a-week-of-events-in-cambridge-and-somerville

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poop_harder_please t1_j6gwuoz wrote

Reply to Possible Rule Change by blackdynomitesnewbag

Instead of polluting the community page with promotions, why not create a separate subreddit that you directly link to in the sidebar? Then you can be a little more lax about the permissible posts and this page’s quality isn’t negatively effected.

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AMWJ t1_j6gdbpi wrote

Reply to Possible Rule Change by blackdynomitesnewbag

I like this, and even think that non-free events run by non-profits should be allowed, but I think mods still need to be active in setting limits:

What if there's a free open mic Tuesdays and Fridays? Can they advertise three or four times every single week? That seems excessive, unless there was sustained interest from the subreddit.

If, every week, there's a discussion about the upcoming performers, and the posts get upvoted, then sure, post again later this week and next week and the week after. If the posts end up in the negatives a few times, then it's spamming to not wait a little longer to advertise again.

So, like, I think it should be modified to

  1. Allow fewer posts for recurring events.

  2. Allow posts for non-profits even if they have an affordable entrance fee.

  3. A warning to frequent posters that they should be cognizant of the interest shown to their past posts on the subreddit so they can avoid spamming.

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