Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

spiked_macaroon t1_j60nq3w wrote

Reply to Someone at work tried telling there’s schools with litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this? Buy first hand knowledge have you seen it yourself or at least a photo? I’m looking for someone to say I heard it from so and so. by lectrician7

It bears saying that, some school districts provided kitty litter to teachers as part of school shooter preparedness. In a lockdown situation, where students would be locked in the classroom due to someone's 2nd amendment rights, they would relieve themselves in a bucket. The litter was to help control the odors.

So not only are no schools providing litter boxes for furries, the root of this myth is our nation's bizarre kink for guns.

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heklakatla t1_j60npqg wrote

Reply to Someone at work tried telling there’s schools with litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this? Buy first hand knowledge have you seen it yourself or at least a photo? I’m looking for someone to say I heard it from so and so. by lectrician7

Furthered by Joe Rogan but the folks never saw the retraction....or lame rephrasing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/11/06/joe-rogan-backtracks-on-claims-about-school-having-litter-boxes-for-kids/?sh=49d8573635f0

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tokhar t1_j60n8v8 wrote

Reply to Someone at work tried telling there’s schools with litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this? Buy first hand knowledge have you seen it yourself or at least a photo? I’m looking for someone to say I heard it from so and so. by lectrician7

There is no evidence this idiocy in any school in the country.

Anytime this silly point has come up directly, every school district has responded with an emphatic “oh hell, no!”.

It’s up to your idiot colleague to find an actual example, not for you to disprove a baseless claim. Feel free to ask him to prove something like “I heard conservatives are licking dog testicles to get high… “ after all, you heard it from a “credible” source…

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quimblesoup t1_j60mwad wrote

Reply to Someone at work tried telling there’s schools with litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this? Buy first hand knowledge have you seen it yourself or at least a photo? I’m looking for someone to say I heard it from so and so. by lectrician7

It’s a BS claim that people use argue in bad faith. If someone makes an outlandish claim like that the burden of truth is on them to prove it’s true not on you or anyone else for that matter to prove it’s false. Some ways to prompt this are:

Oh that’s interesting. Where did you hear this? Did you see it yourself? Can you show me?

Sorry if this sounds snarky I’m just tired of people making weird crap up to get all upset about like there’s not enough going on already.

No animosity directed toward you at all.

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OriginalObscurity t1_j60ms7c wrote

Reply to Someone at work tried telling there’s schools with litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of this? Buy first hand knowledge have you seen it yourself or at least a photo? I’m looking for someone to say I heard it from so and so. by lectrician7

Nah, obliquely anti-trans talking point created out of thin air by the Michigan GOP - Source (Snopes, w/references)

I say obliquely anti-trans because the originator of the lie made a point to say the imaginary litter boxes were for kids who identify as cats; real POS

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PakkyT t1_j60luxp wrote

Reply to comment by massahoochie in Cape Cod bridges, old and obsolete, frustrate locals and tourists. And there’s no good solution in sight. by HRJafael

>There’s no reason that we shouldn’t have a regular commuter rail form Boston to Hyannis.

While only seasonal the CapeFLYER runs from Boston to Hyannis and back over that bridge, so it isn't just "trash". But the argument could be made to increase the number of trains and extend to all year service. Unfortunately the MBTA can barely keep the Orange and Red lines running, so...

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bjanas t1_j60ht9i wrote

Reply to comment by MonsieurReynard in Yankee Candle owner announces plan to close corporate headquarters in Massachusetts by NotSoPrudence

Yeah it's bizarre, I used to live by there and the operation is huge. Sometimes the smell is... a lot.

If you've never been, the store itself is quite a trip. It's kind of a Jordan's Furniture vibe? Not quite as big, but very immersive and pretty intense around Christmastime. I did go one with my ex to buy a christmas tree topper star though, and the staff was really confused; they didn't have stars, just angels. Leaving money on the table there, Yankee Candle.

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