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jazzdrums1979 OP t1_jddwe1b wrote
Reply to comment by Skoles in Is this the new wheelie? Spotted on Rt. 24. by jazzdrums1979
The Rt. 24 speedway, left lane travel encouraged at a minimum of 90 MPH.
takes12KNOW t1_jddszp8 wrote
Sports book investors are calculating that bonus money, in addition to other acquisition costs, are less than the lifetime-value of a bettor. That's the simple math that wall street is uh.. betting on. If you're not part of the 2% who comes out a winner, you're their ideal bettor.
The difference between bonus bets and deposit bonuses is the satisfaction comes from the action of betting, not depositing, centering the dopamine hits for an onboarding novice around their key action (placing a bet) .
The industry determined that for a betting habit to develop, a certain number of successful bets need to happen in a specific window, thus the change from bonus deposits to bets.
- A sports industry professional.
FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jddsxqm wrote
Reply to comment by closerocks in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Most def. To me anything North of 90/Rt 9 on 495 is very dark.
temp4adhd t1_jddslhx wrote
Reply to You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Here's a sub for you: r/FuckYourHeadlights
HAETMACHENE t1_jddrv01 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Want a deer story?
I got a deer story.
I drive into work @2am.
Early pandemic my commute into Boston took me on rt 2 between 495 and 95.
One morning, taking flyby where the left turn at the light used to be, I ran through a fresh pool of blood and a mangled deer carcas on the side of the road.
A little less than a mile down was the Prius I am pretty sure hit it.
There are deer, especially in the more wooded areas.
Don't let your hate of highbeams blind you to the wildlife around you.
temp4adhd t1_jddrrs8 wrote
Reply to comment by pigeononapear in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
You can ask over at r/FuckYourHeadlights.
Mumbles76 t1_jddrl23 wrote
It used to be the Tobin bridge that led you to the shittiest parts of Massachusetts. Now it's Route 24, south.
Skoles t1_jddrdp0 wrote
Reply to comment by jazzdrums1979 in Is this the new wheelie? Spotted on Rt. 24. by jazzdrums1979
> ...driving at Rt 24 speeds...
Nice save.
BitPoet t1_jddqoh2 wrote
Reply to comment by Kantmzk in Bald Eagle over the Charles River by ryguy12345
They've gone from "practically nowhere" to "North America" in a few decades. It's amazing what forbidding hunting them can do. I think the most I've seen in one place was Jackson Hole
Bostonosaurus t1_jddqmy0 wrote
Reply to comment by pigeononapear in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Don't fuck with your headlights because someone on Reddit told you to.
BikerHikerHorse t1_jddqcop wrote
He's gonna send the reserve chute back to Kitty when he gets back to England. Silk. Figures it'll make a good wedding dress, you know. What with the rationing and all.
Nomahs_Bettah t1_jddq8au wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
What? There are tons of those places inside 495
Torpul t1_jddpkws wrote
Reply to comment by Ordinary_Practice849 in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Only if you also have unfixed slow leaks in your front tires so the beam falls lower.
BigHmmEnergy t1_jddpi1z wrote
Him and his dog switched places
RailRoad_Candy t1_jddop74 wrote
This author likely has a six-figure salary from one of the most expensive schools in the world. One that regularly saddles kids with inescapable debt that will take the majority of their working lives to pay off.
...but dropping $5 on the Celtics is bad. Gotcha!!
redtech42 t1_jddogwp wrote
Reply to comment by BikerHikerHorse in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
It's almost like the only way to avoid the problem is to be the problem...
RhaenyrasUncle t1_jddo5tw wrote
Again, sports betting isnt slot machines. There are ways to effectively navigate it and make money from it. There are people whose entire livelihoods are based on sports betting...like stockbrokers, effectively.
Just dont be an idiot.
Icy-Neck-2422 t1_jddo3nn wrote
That piece is a meandering mess. It reads like it was written by a middle schooler.
BikerHikerHorse t1_jddntia wrote
Reply to comment by redtech42 in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
There really need to be better regulation and enforcement on this. Was driving home last night shortly after dark, already a very tricky time for night time vision and movement perception for most people, and just kept getting blinded by one car with insanely bright or incorrectly aimed beams or another one of those dumbass 6 foot tall "IM bIg BoY!" trucks that are in vogue right now after another. I was essentially blind on the road for a good chunk of it and if a kid ran out in front of me or something I am not certain I'd be able to stop or evade in time. It's ridiculous and there's seemingly nothing I can do about it other than buying a fucking lifted hummer.
Maybe my eyes are getting old, or I just didn't notice or care before but this seems like a thing that got way worse in the last 2-5 years.
TerryPistachio t1_jddmmi2 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
I grew up inside 495 and would see deer almost daily. I had 4 friends who have totaled cars hitting deer at night before we were 18. Grew up hunting deer.
It seems you have no idea what is inside 495
Present-Evidence-560 t1_jddlyif wrote
Reply to comment by AstroBuck in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Ohhh ok, ya I’m early 20s, I know it as 95
transcengent420 t1_jddlowy wrote
Reply to You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
I always felt like this until I had an issue with my glasses and had to use my high beams. Technically you are correct, but the thing about humans and things like vision is that each person is different and is having s completely different experience. What I had to also tell myself is there will never be a day when I don’t pass someone with high beams, so why get upset when I do. Also when I got my vision corrected other peoples high beams didn’t affect me as much
AstroBuck t1_jddlnlh wrote
Reply to comment by Present-Evidence-560 in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
No it's an old highway. 95 and 128 are the same highway for most of 128's length. In/near Peabody, the two diverge, with 95 going north to Canada, and 128 going northeast to Gloucester.
That stretch of highway that's 128 and 95 used to exclusively be 128 until, I think 1997. Signage for 128 has been replaced with signage for 95 over time so people older than a certain age often call that highway 128 and people under a certain age often call it 95.
cheech14 t1_jddlmcp wrote
Is the author saying bonus bets are bad because they get people hooked on betting? Their point is not clear at all.
I took the draftkings bonus bets and turned it into $500 last weekend then withdrew it.
TrieKach t1_jddwx9m wrote
Reply to comment by lisa_williams_wgbh in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
Why I hate the new toyota RAV4s!