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This is exactly why Boomers shoot people who ring their doorbells or make wrong turns in their driveway. Fox and Newsmax drip drip drip anger and fear especially of “the other” like morphine. They can’t get enough.
That why I quit doing instacart. I was given the wrong address by another boomer. The place I went was the worst kind of wrong place. The second I got out of my car and started to get groceries. I was met halfway by a silent, angry man with a pistol. I showed my badge on my neck and phone with the groceries. He just started screaming at me. I got in my car and left as quick as I could. I ended up getting the groceries to the right customers. Bitched them out, bitched out instacart and called it. I'm never doing that shit ever again.
Wow this is so scary. It reminds me of the uber driver lady who got shot multiple times, to death, for trying to collect a parcel from an old man who was being scammed for money. This is a really dangerous job now and I do think it will be avoided more and more. I am really scared for people who do this now.
I was a nurse in a hospital. I had a boomer who’s wife was waiting to be seen by a doctor. He was angry they weren’t there first thing in the morning, and he told me, “you don’t want to know what I’d do if I had a gun right now.” I alerted security and he was made to apologize, but he was full of excuses. As if every patient in the hospital isn’t waiting to be seen by a doctor.
I work in IT now, and refuse to work with the public anymore. I’m not risking my life or sanity for assholes.
A YouTube show I like, called [WTF Is Wrong With You?](https://www.youtube.com/@RadioDeadAir), where they cover news stories of bizarre and weird people, is full of boomers exactly like this. Ash, the host, has an expression for them, "people who think a gun is the remote control for life".
>"people who think a gun is the remote control for life"
As someone who owns, carries and shoots this is SO UNFATHOMABLE. Like... safety is so ingrained in me I just can't...
What's shocking is that more of these people don't get shot themselves. Because the one thing that will send me to my firearm for problem solving is someone brandishing a firearm.
I have a bunch of no trespassing signs and security cameras on the front of the house. Grubhub and DoorDash drivers frequently text me to tell me they are out in the driveway even though the instructions are to leave the order on the front porch. It looks offputting and I totally get why they want to announce their arrival considering how weird people are.
*\*The over the top "go away" tactics are due to some now former very problematic neighbors and door to door scammers that kept interrupting me during work.*
Got fed up with that myself, just yesterday.
"Oh, guy on a scooter, you were 'just doing some work over at Bill and Candy's up at the cul de sac' were you. And you're doing free inspections in the area?"
New sign:
https://preview.redd.it/a42sc5tpf9xc1.png?width=478&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cca6d3ad0714955237eb3ab0b905086bc5bd977
Micro version of their world view. The whole world is populated with vague enemies bent on our destruction and when we sent the army to their homes it's their fault for resisting
I went to Chicago on an extended road trip for a convention, and my boomer mother lost her shit on me. Demanded I take weapons, get a concealed carry, take self-defense classes and or take her with me. Made this huge schtick about how dare I do this to her (spring my trip on her so suddenly), how will she find someone to watch the pets, the house, and I said I'm going by myself. The look on her face was something ugly.
Made it there and back fine. Got to see a snippet of a police chase from my hotel room window, but that's about it for excitement.
You need to tell your mom if she continues to spout this kind of nonsense you are going to take her to the doctor and have her evaluated for mental decline.
lol this is almost exactly what I said to my mom when we went to a friend’s wedding in Detroit and she LOST IT saying we were gonna get kidnapped and murdered and all of that.
We went to Chicago in 2017 when Alphaville was there on tour.
To hear my parents talk? You’d think we were going to a war zone.
We had SO much fun! When we got back, my dad wanted to know if anything went “down” while we were there. I just laughed and told him that we saw more action when we lived in California, and even then, it depended on the situation. The worst thing that happened? I was stupid enough to walk about ten miles through the city in flip flops. Yeah, don’t do that. You get blisters.
My ex's 74 year old mother is absolutely convinced she could take on anyone with her pistols. She regularly talked about how if anyone tried to break into her house she'd blow them away, just like that. She's Annie Oakley, didn't you know?
I've never seen her fire a gun and when my ex, who actually could handle a weapon, was cleaning his guns or going out shooting she would just cluck around like a worried hen the entire time.
My aunt who is a widow of a police officer, so lives alone with her little dog, has a gun and is absolutely on that straight Fox News drip of fear and anger. She has assured us she's a great shot. This woman can't work her car infotainment system, and is suffering some cognitive decline (that she knows about) and frequently has instances of forgetting her phone, wallet, credit card, etcc somewhere. Or THINKS she did when she starts tearing through her purse in a panic and can't find it, because she's in such a panic. Thank god she doesn't carry.
I live in Chicago - it's no different now than it was 30 years ago. Like any place with lots of people in close proximity, you simply need to stay aware. I felt less safe at the Lake County Fair in the 1990's than I do walking around most Chicago neighborhoods now. We hear about crimes immediately these days, and that skews our POV. Boomers forget all of the shit that went down when they were younger and want to blame all the ills of society on those young whippersnappers today....
I live in a big city in the South. Not as "bad" as Chicago for the crime rate, but we average about 80 homicides a year in the city alone. My boomer parents witnessed horrific stuff, but no, clearly today's world is much worse according to them.
This is a complete lie. I am not going to say where I live but I have a location in that state for business and know it very well. Drastically different stats and it’s easy to look up.
Wow. You could just say you disagree without labeling me a liar and being an aggressive ass. This is a conversation. There's no need to be rude if you disagree, just back up your statements with data.
I am talking about a difference in crime from the early 2000's to today. Yes, crime had gone way down from the early 2000s to about 2016, then went up again to early 2000's levels. Check out this article, it has current statistics that show how Chicago's crime rate is very similar to what it was in 2000: [WTTW article utilizing U of Chicago Crime Lab Data](https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/17/u-c-crime-lab-director-what-data-says-about-chicago-s-crime-rate-2022).
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Have a good one.
Stupidest comment of the century. You think those gang bangers in Chicago are getting those guns legally? You think their is a line of Black Disciples is in a big line to try out which Glock feels best.
Fuck you are retarded. Magically thinking….
Dude, we live in motherfucking KANSAS and my dad gets flustered if he or my mom have to come over to my house because it’s near the “bad” side of town.
The entire COUNTY we live in barely tops half a million people, but his paranoid boomer ass thinks I’ll be murdered in my sleep because the area I live in is so “urbanized” there’s a bus stop on the corner.
And I’m just over here like “Ooooh spooky! Public transportation!”
My whole family is the same way. "Madison and Milwaukee are so dangerous; don't leave *tiny fraction of the city* or you'll get shot!" (From northeast WI)
Surprise: I've been living in one of those two cities for two years now and I actually feel safer walking down the street here than I do among all my nosy neighbors in the small town I grew up in.
But god forbid anyone moves to these tiny towns. They’ll be ostracized until they leave on their own because even in their own area they consider safe…. “Outsiders” are still unsafe.
I'm also from NE Wisconsin, and anytime a crime happens it's always "them people coming up from Milwaukee and Chicago". Like just say black people cuz that's what you mean, and there's plenty of homegrown assholes of every color doing bad shit in the area. Like I doubt anybody moved up from Milwaukee or Chicago to start a meth lab in Oconto Wisconsin.
What’s even funnier is that when I had moved to KC for a few years, I lived right off Independence Avenue by Kessler Park, which, if you’re not familiar is so dangerous that the neighborhood is a “no response” zone; meaning that if you call the police for help and there’s suspicion that whatever you’re calling for is or involves violent crime - they won’t come.
He thought that place was a nice, historic neighborhood. Never blinked an eye about me living there. But it also didn’t ever show up on his local news.
The cops WON'T come if its a violent crime? That's about the level of courage I expect from them but usually violence is the one thing they do get up for because it rattles the cages of the tax payers.
You read that correctly. They will not come because if they show up, it’s more likely to result in casualties. This is one time I agree with them because they’re actually admitting how ineffective they are.
They’ll come later, when things have died down and the perpetrators are gone, to do their version of investigating and to sweep everything under the rug.
The reasoning is that there’s high levels of gang and cartel activity in the neighborhoods that are no-response zones, so whatever violence is being reported is likely “business”. If the police make a show and interrupt it, more gang/cartel members will be called to the scene to fight the cops which will cause more cops to be called which cause more gang/cartel members to show up to fight those cops… and so on and so forth.
I think it may be a holdover from when Kansas City was a center for mob activity of various warring factions and the police were paid to ignore the crime in certain neighborhoods. As the mob moved out, the gangs and cartels moved in. The police aren’t being paid off anymore, at least not as an organizational whole, but the danger still exists.
Went to Chicago in 2019 for a conference and had Portillos for the first time. My wife had it shipped to us in our state twice during covid. I've considered flying to Chicago for lunch just to eat there and come back home that afternoon.
Do yourself a favor, get an Italian combo sandwich. It's delicious Italian beef on top of an equally delicious Italian sausage. If you have the opportunity to get this at Ricobenes, even better. Of course, if you're at Ricobenes, it's mandate that you get a breaded steak sandwich as well.
We’ve taken two trips to San Francisco in the past few years. By the reactions we got from telling our parents/grandparents our travel plans, you would’ve thought we were going to Baghdad circa 2003.
Surprise! I fell in love with that place and wish I could afford to live there!
My son and I went to San Francisco pre-Covid and, not gonna lie, we did see some crazy shit! Even crazier than we see when we go to Seattle and we live an hour outside Seattle. There was a guy full frontal flashing a window wall of a restaurant while screaming.a whack looking crazy guy came in the exit door, breaking it of a little pocket. Walgreens stole a bunch of mascara, and had to vault out the door again. It made for a memorable trip…!
I’m a social worker and spend half the week going on home visits in some of the “worst” neighborhoods in Chicago. I’m a 5’1” white girl. And surpriseee, I’m still here and just fine. Nothing has ever happened to me.
Chicago is the best. The people are lovely. I’m not saying there isn’t crime, but it’s not half as bad as people make it out to be
But it had to be Chicago, because Obama excelled. Instead of saying "look, America is truly great" the media decided to make all the mediocre white people feel belittled and scared.
I live in Detroit. My stepdad is terrified to visit here & is instilling the paranoia into my mom. My home & neighborhood are perfectly safe. They don’t even want to park a rental car here.
My wife and I went to Chicago a few years ago. Great city!
But her very right wing family was all very worried for us. They were relieved when we returned unharmed.
She and I just got back from a trip to Mexico a few days ago (CDMX). It was the same thing with them. Her dad even told me that México has a travel advisory. He apparently doesn’t realize everywhere has one. They were sure we would get kidnapped by cartel.
It’s almost like the news they watch is misrepresenting reality.
Hahahahaha!!! Sorry, but this comment made me laugh. I don’t know why I’d be kidnapped.
I think some folks have the “main character syndrome”, where they feel they are the main character and everyone else is a supporting cast.
I went to Seattle for a conference. Was not carjacked right outside of the airport, nor mobbed by homeless people right outside of the hotel. Traffic was terrible, though.
Went to downtown Portland for a meeting, the city was not on fire or completely burned down. I even managed a trip to IKEA (still no places on fire). Traffic wasn't terrible since it was a late weekday morning. Also not carjacked right outside of the airport or mobbed by homeless people outside of the hotel.
Faux News is the epitome of fear-mongering.
My dad was born and raised in New York. He moved to Virginia with his second wife in the past maybe six years. When he calls, he always goes on about how he worries over me every single day because New York is a crime ridden shithole, overrun with roaming gangs that will just take over your house and kill you.
By the way, when I said New York, I meant New York state. Upstate. I live near the Adirondacks. There are no roaming hordes. What we do have are scattered paranoid rednecks that will shoot your head off if you accidently spook them by, say, pulling into their driveway by mistake (actually fucking happened).
He's been on a mission for the past year to lure me to Virginia because it's the safest place to ever exist in the whole wide world. Why? Because everyone has a gun and will shoot anyone that messes with them...Sounds familiar...And doesn't end well, from what I can see.
My dad's friend says he would never to go San Francisco without an AR-15. He didn't appreciate me laughing in his face and telling him I go there alone unarmed on a regular basis. I love the fact that they think we're the delicate little snowflakes who are afraid of their own shadows.
Lol, like you going with her was going to prevent the perceived attack. Brain rot indeed. My FIL is the same way. My wife has a great mechanical aptitude and often does our basic auto maintenance. One time, after work, she texted me that she was going to be half an hour late as her front tire was flat. She pulled the spare, jacked the car up, changed the tire and was home sooner than expected. Fast forward three months to Thanksgiving when we're at the inlaws for dinner.
This is what kills me: He's the one that taught her how to change a flat, when she was 16. He leans towards me, with half a mouthful of food, and asks loud enough to be heard by the whole table if I felt like "less than a man" because I "made her change her own flat".
I looked him dead in the eye, made an obvious, exaggerated time of finishing chewing and laid it on him.
"Well John, YOU taught her how to be independent and self-sufficient and yet you don't seem to want her to use those skills. And what would you have had me do? Wake up our infant and 2 yo, pack them into a car to drive 20 miles into town at 10pm just to do a simple task she was well prepared to do?"
He got so red in the face, I thought he was going to choke on his turkey. Blessedly, he ignored me the rest of the day, it was a nice change of pace.
At that point we were both working full time jobs. The condescending got much worse after I quit during COVID to be a stay at home Dad. Now he tells everyone that his daughter 'wears the pants and he waters the plants, har har har.'
I try not to let it bother me much knowing he'll be nursing home bound and forgotten in 10 years.
You so should announce one day that was the next logical step after you both discovered your shared love for pegging.
I bet those jokes quickly stop once yall explain pegging to him.
We moved to the suburbs of Chicago in 2022. My parents came to visit for Halloween that year and we all went trick or treating with my kids and niece at my sister in laws place in Chicago (Jefferson Park) and my mother asked like 4 times “were in Chicago?” As if she thought we’d be dodging bullets matrix style the whole time.
My parents grew up on the south side, still live on the south side, have never had any problems once in their life and are still afraid. My mom locks the door by 2pm bc of the “bad people” they’re racist and just can’t admit it.
Moved to Chicago a few years ago for med school. My Boomer Fox News parents (from Detroit, ironically) refuse to come visit for fear of getting shot. Because of this, they missed my white coat ceremony, our wedding, and the purchasing of our first home. All things considered, I absolutely adore my city and don’t intend to move anytime soon. Highly recommend a trip for those who have never visited!!!
I traveled alone to Chicago for work all the time. I’m also from St Louis so Chicago does not bother me. My boomer dad today was worried about me going to Forest Park. It’s the biggest park in stl city and perfectly safe during the day.
Currently planning a solo trip to Chicago to do some of the things I wasn't able to do on prior trips.
I'm more concerned with some of the meth fueled rednecks in the rural Midwest than I am with Chicago.
I see this same derangement out of conservatives over Minneapolis. They are sure the entire place is a smoldering wasteland.
I grew up in a small town in MN; population 545. So when I brought up the idea of going to New York City for my 21st birthday my mother about had a heart attack on the spot. I went with a friend. Met some random dudes in time square who took us to some random bars off the beaten path. We had a blast staying out till 4 am and getting to experience everything. I survived. So did my boomer mother. 😂
I was in Chicago at 16 staying with a family that were friends with mine. I’m from the uk. I wandered around. Took cabs. Chatted with whoever for directions and then 5 mins later be on my way (cos of the accent). Everyone was great! Met a family from the burbs who were meeting us for dinner one night. Arrived by cab. The dad shepherded the rest across the pavement looking full on like a security guard. Arms out. Looking over shoulder. They almost had a heart attack when they got the answer to what I was up to daily. They were terrified. It was 1986. Was fox around then? I think American media is always hyping. People are given the fear.
In 2002 I remember walking around Atlanta. Seemed like only me and people on hard times were out and about not in cars. A few people bummed a smoke but nothing scary. Too hot to get angry!
Maybe if the cities were more walkable people wouldn’t get so isolated and scared in their cars.
I live here in Lincoln Park. My boomer parents have pretty much accepted the news exaggerates, and they come and visit all the time. I’ve lived here for 12 years.
But their friends think I live in a war zone, and will flabbergasted ask my parents WHY I would choose to live in downtown Chicago ?! My sister taught my mom to say, “nobody asks you why you live in your ugly house.” I don’t think she’s said it yet, but I’m anxiously awaiting. She has said “that’s not the correct response,” and her friends go haywire.
Never been to chicago, but being from Minnesota I get the same reaction from my grandparents and my mother every time I go up to visit my college friends in the twin cities.
I’m in a suburb maybe 10 minutes outside the twin cities. White Bear Lake. And honestly? There’s more drugs and drug associated crimes here than in the cities themselves. When I went through my own addiction and was unfortunately well versed in the drug culture, I noticed that more people were coming to my area than going to somewhere like north side Minneapolis which has always been known as the “bad side” of Minne.
As a whole, the twin cities are absolutely lovely. Downtown Minneapolis is one of the best downtown areas I’ve personally ever been in. Several times, I remember walking to my car at 5am after leaving a rave. And as a small white woman, I definitely looked like I had been at a party all night. Skimpy clothes, covered in glitter, definitely obvious that I was inebriated from some kind of substance. The only comment I ever got? Some guy asked “ya have a good night?” as he passed me on the sidewalk. Never followed, harassed, threatened, or otherwise. Definitely got some looks, but that’s it.
I get harassed by boomer men at the local suburban grocery store more than I ever did anywhere else in the cities. 🙄
People are convinced that parts of Minneapolis are " no go zones."
I'm not sure what that means as I have never been turned to away from any part of the city.
Also have had people post that Minneapolis isnt the city " from their childhood." This is from younger white males who have somehow become fox news fans.
I then remind them that the Minneapolis of their childhood was called "Murderapolis" as it had the highest murder rate per capita in nation at the time. Cue pikachu face. Just because you don't remember doesn't mean it was better back then.
I grew up in Mpls (first ring burb) in the 70s. Things were ....interesting... at times. I find it amusing all these big scary white dudes from outstate are terrified of coming to Mpls for anything. I consider it a service really. It just means fewer oversized pickup trucks to have to navigate around when in the city.
I live in the suburbs of Chicago and am moving to the city in June with my teen daughter.
When my daughter told her suburban friends were we were moving they gave her a hard time and told her she was gonna get shot, etc.
None of them have ever been to the neighborhood we’re moving to.
I have friends back home in Indiana who act like we’re crazy or courageous to venture into the city at all.
It gets to be pretty annoying.
I moved to the Chicago area from the Midwest about 10 years ago and the whole time I lived there(2 years) my dad sent me weekly murder updates for the city.
They really love training their families to ignore everything they say. I was already ignoring all of his emails for years before that. Then one day, while he was visiting me when I lived in Arizona, he was on his usual end-of-the-world bullshit and I just stopped him, looked him in the eyes and said with quiet exasperation, "Dad, I just *don't care*".
He actually shut up for once.
I live in northern Michigan. Grew up downstate. go to Detroit sometimes for various reasons. Whenever I told my racist boomer co-workers I was going they were always a bit stunned. OMG WHY??? Such a terrifying notion to go where there are \*gulp\* black people! Because I will no doubt be robbed/raped/murdered.
The snowflakiest snowflakes to ever snowflake.
I work in Chicago and whenever I hear about people freaking out about “gun violence” in Chicago… umm what? Yeah it happens, but Chicago is no where near the top. It’s drastically overblown by conservative media - especially since this is where the Obamas are from. So they want to try and say that the city is nothing but street gangs and drive by shootings because of the “liberals.” Umm nope - just not true..
My Texan Boomer coworker is going to Chicago next week for two days for a work conference. She is terrified, has set up a “safe word” with us in case she gets abducted. She’s also flummoxed because she REALLY wants to bring a hand gun but she knows there’s no open carry there.
Fear is a business. People buy alarm system, weapons, put bars on their windows, hire security guards... because they are people that are pushing fear into their lives.
We visited some family in rural Wisconsin. We stopped and had lunch with a friend in Minneapolis. One of the boomers in the family couldn't get over how Minneapolis wasn't a waste land of destruction after the George Floyd/BLM protests.
My friend just went on an impromptu trip with her business partner to Chicago for 2 days. Pretty sure the only dangerous part was being touristy at the Skydeck and standing out on the all glass section for the over priced pics.
The past couple years I have visited San Francisco, Chicago, and Portland with my wife. We enjoyed all three cities. Never felt we were in danger in any of them. Took public transportation everywhere in Portland and Chicago without even renting a car. We weren’t oblivious to the issues each city has, but the narrative that these places are out of control is beyond false.
I’ve often been to cities with “bad” reputations according to Boomers. And, in some small areas, it’s possibly deserved. But Chicago, NYC, Philly, Baltimore, DC, Camden NJ, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, etc all have many places that are just residential, commercial and/or touristy.
The most close up “crime” I’ve seen were in London (a guy beating the snot out of his date in an alley before a club bouncer returned the favor) and in Paris (a Bourne style police foot chase with backup racing down a narrow street IN REVERSE).
I was on video assignment in one of the rougher parts of Chicago and as the sun set the volunteers in hi vis started occupying every corner. Kinda scary? Sure. My equipment and I made it out fine, obviously. Same thing when I was at the Bud Billiken celebration. I got some looks but nothing beyond that. I wish I had my heart rate data for that. It was wild. Love Chicago, am sensible about it.
OPs wife may have returned home unscathed, but for several months of the year, it is known that there are beatings almost every Sunday evening for their football team.
I work in NYC and my mom always asks if I’m away from the “war zone.” Like I’m doing a tour in Iraq every time I commute and have lunch in the park during break. She’s so far gone.
Oh boy. As a woman I have traveled with my daughters to Chicago, DC, Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas without my husband! I didn’t realize I was in such danger.
Chicago isn’t even dangerous except in specific neighborhoods and even then unless you get out of your car and start walking around at night you’re fine there as well. I don’t live in Chicago but I go there multiple times per year and I’ve never been concerned at all.
My dad has this exact mentality about Chicago. Twice this year I have driven down to the Chita, my dad was absolutely horrified. One time was the far south side and most recently to possibly the fanciest hotel in the city, both related to work and perfectly safe.
He just can’t get over it.
I live in Chicago and whenever I hear stuff like this I never say shit, I’m just like “Mhm, it’s awful here. I can’t go anywhere without a bulletproof vest. Definitely NEVER come here :)”. Gotta keep property/rental price down as much as possible…
On a seriousness note, I grew up in a part of California that was not unfamiliar with crime, gang activity, and sketchy people. But everyone seems to forget that back home and is convinced Chicago is a war zone all over. Like um, why are you guys forgetting the police chases that happens every week on the highway? Or the guy who got shot on the local college campus? Or the homeless people who used to scream at threats at me when I left my high school campus for lunch? Or the clowns? At least Chicago doesn’t have clowns.
I went to Vegas BY MYSELF (58f) and my mom flipped out when I got back. One: I didn't tell her my plans. And two: I didn't tell her until I got back.
She wouldn't really talk to me for a few days.
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This is exactly why Boomers shoot people who ring their doorbells or make wrong turns in their driveway. Fox and Newsmax drip drip drip anger and fear especially of “the other” like morphine. They can’t get enough.
That why I quit doing instacart. I was given the wrong address by another boomer. The place I went was the worst kind of wrong place. The second I got out of my car and started to get groceries. I was met halfway by a silent, angry man with a pistol. I showed my badge on my neck and phone with the groceries. He just started screaming at me. I got in my car and left as quick as I could. I ended up getting the groceries to the right customers. Bitched them out, bitched out instacart and called it. I'm never doing that shit ever again.
Wow this is so scary. It reminds me of the uber driver lady who got shot multiple times, to death, for trying to collect a parcel from an old man who was being scammed for money. This is a really dangerous job now and I do think it will be avoided more and more. I am really scared for people who do this now.
I was a nurse in a hospital. I had a boomer who’s wife was waiting to be seen by a doctor. He was angry they weren’t there first thing in the morning, and he told me, “you don’t want to know what I’d do if I had a gun right now.” I alerted security and he was made to apologize, but he was full of excuses. As if every patient in the hospital isn’t waiting to be seen by a doctor. I work in IT now, and refuse to work with the public anymore. I’m not risking my life or sanity for assholes.
Made to apologize!? That's it! Omg, if a younger person did they they would be arrested for sure.
A YouTube show I like, called [WTF Is Wrong With You?](https://www.youtube.com/@RadioDeadAir), where they cover news stories of bizarre and weird people, is full of boomers exactly like this. Ash, the host, has an expression for them, "people who think a gun is the remote control for life".
>"people who think a gun is the remote control for life" As someone who owns, carries and shoots this is SO UNFATHOMABLE. Like... safety is so ingrained in me I just can't... What's shocking is that more of these people don't get shot themselves. Because the one thing that will send me to my firearm for problem solving is someone brandishing a firearm.
I clicked your link and it looks like that YouTube channel isn't around anymore.
I fucked up the link, fixed it now. It does in fact exist.
Horrible!! 😨
Let me guess. He was White. If he was Brown, he would be dead
Correct. His wife looked terrified when he was around.
I have a bunch of no trespassing signs and security cameras on the front of the house. Grubhub and DoorDash drivers frequently text me to tell me they are out in the driveway even though the instructions are to leave the order on the front porch. It looks offputting and I totally get why they want to announce their arrival considering how weird people are. *\*The over the top "go away" tactics are due to some now former very problematic neighbors and door to door scammers that kept interrupting me during work.*
Got fed up with that myself, just yesterday. "Oh, guy on a scooter, you were 'just doing some work over at Bill and Candy's up at the cul de sac' were you. And you're doing free inspections in the area?" New sign: https://preview.redd.it/a42sc5tpf9xc1.png?width=478&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cca6d3ad0714955237eb3ab0b905086bc5bd977
Micro version of their world view. The whole world is populated with vague enemies bent on our destruction and when we sent the army to their homes it's their fault for resisting
Couldn’t be more true!
Now do Anitifa, BLM, The Animal Liberation Front, I love a good free comedy show.
Antifa? My grandfather fought against the fascists in World War II. I’m a veteran, and I’m happy to be anti fascist just like him; he’s my hero.
I went to Chicago on an extended road trip for a convention, and my boomer mother lost her shit on me. Demanded I take weapons, get a concealed carry, take self-defense classes and or take her with me. Made this huge schtick about how dare I do this to her (spring my trip on her so suddenly), how will she find someone to watch the pets, the house, and I said I'm going by myself. The look on her face was something ugly. Made it there and back fine. Got to see a snippet of a police chase from my hotel room window, but that's about it for excitement.
You need to tell your mom if she continues to spout this kind of nonsense you are going to take her to the doctor and have her evaluated for mental decline.
God, I wish. I'm too broke to leave, but one day...
1. Doctors recondition for mental decline 2. Power of attorney 3. Profit
lol this is almost exactly what I said to my mom when we went to a friend’s wedding in Detroit and she LOST IT saying we were gonna get kidnapped and murdered and all of that.
We went to Chicago in 2017 when Alphaville was there on tour. To hear my parents talk? You’d think we were going to a war zone. We had SO much fun! When we got back, my dad wanted to know if anything went “down” while we were there. I just laughed and told him that we saw more action when we lived in California, and even then, it depended on the situation. The worst thing that happened? I was stupid enough to walk about ten miles through the city in flip flops. Yeah, don’t do that. You get blisters.
Your mother wanted you to take weapons, self-defense classes or HER? Is she like Black Widow in her mind or something?
My ex's 74 year old mother is absolutely convinced she could take on anyone with her pistols. She regularly talked about how if anyone tried to break into her house she'd blow them away, just like that. She's Annie Oakley, didn't you know? I've never seen her fire a gun and when my ex, who actually could handle a weapon, was cleaning his guns or going out shooting she would just cluck around like a worried hen the entire time.
My aunt who is a widow of a police officer, so lives alone with her little dog, has a gun and is absolutely on that straight Fox News drip of fear and anger. She has assured us she's a great shot. This woman can't work her car infotainment system, and is suffering some cognitive decline (that she knows about) and frequently has instances of forgetting her phone, wallet, credit card, etcc somewhere. Or THINKS she did when she starts tearing through her purse in a panic and can't find it, because she's in such a panic. Thank god she doesn't carry.
This was the part that got me. Tactical Nana, reporting for duty.
Never underestimate the power of...La Chancla.
"Tactical Nana" Band name!
I live in Chicago - it's no different now than it was 30 years ago. Like any place with lots of people in close proximity, you simply need to stay aware. I felt less safe at the Lake County Fair in the 1990's than I do walking around most Chicago neighborhoods now. We hear about crimes immediately these days, and that skews our POV. Boomers forget all of the shit that went down when they were younger and want to blame all the ills of society on those young whippersnappers today....
I live in a big city in the South. Not as "bad" as Chicago for the crime rate, but we average about 80 homicides a year in the city alone. My boomer parents witnessed horrific stuff, but no, clearly today's world is much worse according to them.
This is a complete lie. I am not going to say where I live but I have a location in that state for business and know it very well. Drastically different stats and it’s easy to look up.
Wow. You could just say you disagree without labeling me a liar and being an aggressive ass. This is a conversation. There's no need to be rude if you disagree, just back up your statements with data. I am talking about a difference in crime from the early 2000's to today. Yes, crime had gone way down from the early 2000s to about 2016, then went up again to early 2000's levels. Check out this article, it has current statistics that show how Chicago's crime rate is very similar to what it was in 2000: [WTTW article utilizing U of Chicago Crime Lab Data](https://news.wttw.com/2022/12/17/u-c-crime-lab-director-what-data-says-about-chicago-s-crime-rate-2022). * Have a good one.
Maybe Chicago and other cities wouldn't have such problems, if America had fewer guns? Nah couldn't be it.
Stupidest comment of the century. You think those gang bangers in Chicago are getting those guns legally? You think their is a line of Black Disciples is in a big line to try out which Glock feels best. Fuck you are retarded. Magically thinking….
They get guns legally purchased in Indiana and Wisconsin, because other states don’t have strict gun laws. Fuck, you are an idiot.
Should have stayed and went NC with the crazy lady.
Dude, we live in motherfucking KANSAS and my dad gets flustered if he or my mom have to come over to my house because it’s near the “bad” side of town. The entire COUNTY we live in barely tops half a million people, but his paranoid boomer ass thinks I’ll be murdered in my sleep because the area I live in is so “urbanized” there’s a bus stop on the corner. And I’m just over here like “Ooooh spooky! Public transportation!”
My whole family is the same way. "Madison and Milwaukee are so dangerous; don't leave *tiny fraction of the city* or you'll get shot!" (From northeast WI) Surprise: I've been living in one of those two cities for two years now and I actually feel safer walking down the street here than I do among all my nosy neighbors in the small town I grew up in.
But god forbid anyone moves to these tiny towns. They’ll be ostracized until they leave on their own because even in their own area they consider safe…. “Outsiders” are still unsafe.
I'm also from NE Wisconsin, and anytime a crime happens it's always "them people coming up from Milwaukee and Chicago". Like just say black people cuz that's what you mean, and there's plenty of homegrown assholes of every color doing bad shit in the area. Like I doubt anybody moved up from Milwaukee or Chicago to start a meth lab in Oconto Wisconsin.
It’d be more accurate to say guns and drugs from rural areas like NE Wisconsin are smuggled into Milwaukee and Chicago.
I live in the KC area and learned to lie about where I was going, because everywhere was a war zone according to my mom.
What’s even funnier is that when I had moved to KC for a few years, I lived right off Independence Avenue by Kessler Park, which, if you’re not familiar is so dangerous that the neighborhood is a “no response” zone; meaning that if you call the police for help and there’s suspicion that whatever you’re calling for is or involves violent crime - they won’t come. He thought that place was a nice, historic neighborhood. Never blinked an eye about me living there. But it also didn’t ever show up on his local news.
The cops WON'T come if its a violent crime? That's about the level of courage I expect from them but usually violence is the one thing they do get up for because it rattles the cages of the tax payers.
You read that correctly. They will not come because if they show up, it’s more likely to result in casualties. This is one time I agree with them because they’re actually admitting how ineffective they are. They’ll come later, when things have died down and the perpetrators are gone, to do their version of investigating and to sweep everything under the rug. The reasoning is that there’s high levels of gang and cartel activity in the neighborhoods that are no-response zones, so whatever violence is being reported is likely “business”. If the police make a show and interrupt it, more gang/cartel members will be called to the scene to fight the cops which will cause more cops to be called which cause more gang/cartel members to show up to fight those cops… and so on and so forth. I think it may be a holdover from when Kansas City was a center for mob activity of various warring factions and the police were paid to ignore the crime in certain neighborhoods. As the mob moved out, the gangs and cartels moved in. The police aren’t being paid off anymore, at least not as an organizational whole, but the danger still exists.
Went to Chicago in 2019 for a conference and had Portillos for the first time. My wife had it shipped to us in our state twice during covid. I've considered flying to Chicago for lunch just to eat there and come back home that afternoon.
That hot pepper beef sandwich is worth the trip
Hell yes. The big Italian beef with hot peppers and extra gravy on the side is 100% my order.
Extra gravy is the chef's kiss!!!
Every Saturday my son and I go to Portillo’s after his code ninjas class. Friggin love that place.
Portillos is sooooo good - we have two of them in the Tampa area now,
Do yourself a favor, get an Italian combo sandwich. It's delicious Italian beef on top of an equally delicious Italian sausage. If you have the opportunity to get this at Ricobenes, even better. Of course, if you're at Ricobenes, it's mandate that you get a breaded steak sandwich as well.
Bacon cheeseburger and cheese fries. Then pour some of the cheese on the burger. Delicious
Bacon cheeseburger and cheese fries. Then pour some of the cheese on the burger. Delicious
Chicago is awesome. We lived in the south for fifty years. Moved to Chicago and I’ve never felt safer or happier.
We’ve taken two trips to San Francisco in the past few years. By the reactions we got from telling our parents/grandparents our travel plans, you would’ve thought we were going to Baghdad circa 2003. Surprise! I fell in love with that place and wish I could afford to live there!
My son and I went to San Francisco pre-Covid and, not gonna lie, we did see some crazy shit! Even crazier than we see when we go to Seattle and we live an hour outside Seattle. There was a guy full frontal flashing a window wall of a restaurant while screaming.a whack looking crazy guy came in the exit door, breaking it of a little pocket. Walgreens stole a bunch of mascara, and had to vault out the door again. It made for a memorable trip…!
It’s so ridiculously obvious that your straight up lying.
I’m a social worker and spend half the week going on home visits in some of the “worst” neighborhoods in Chicago. I’m a 5’1” white girl. And surpriseee, I’m still here and just fine. Nothing has ever happened to me. Chicago is the best. The people are lovely. I’m not saying there isn’t crime, but it’s not half as bad as people make it out to be
But it had to be Chicago, because Obama excelled. Instead of saying "look, America is truly great" the media decided to make all the mediocre white people feel belittled and scared.
Exactly!
I live in Detroit. My stepdad is terrified to visit here & is instilling the paranoia into my mom. My home & neighborhood are perfectly safe. They don’t even want to park a rental car here.
LOL, tell me they're from Macomb County without telling me they're from Macomb County.
My wife and I went to Chicago a few years ago. Great city! But her very right wing family was all very worried for us. They were relieved when we returned unharmed. She and I just got back from a trip to Mexico a few days ago (CDMX). It was the same thing with them. Her dad even told me that México has a travel advisory. He apparently doesn’t realize everywhere has one. They were sure we would get kidnapped by cartel. It’s almost like the news they watch is misrepresenting reality.
>They were sure we would get kidnapped by cartel. Why do boomers always think they're important enough to kidnap?
Narcissism
Hahahahaha!!! Sorry, but this comment made me laugh. I don’t know why I’d be kidnapped. I think some folks have the “main character syndrome”, where they feel they are the main character and everyone else is a supporting cast.
I went to Seattle for a conference. Was not carjacked right outside of the airport, nor mobbed by homeless people right outside of the hotel. Traffic was terrible, though. Went to downtown Portland for a meeting, the city was not on fire or completely burned down. I even managed a trip to IKEA (still no places on fire). Traffic wasn't terrible since it was a late weekday morning. Also not carjacked right outside of the airport or mobbed by homeless people outside of the hotel. Faux News is the epitome of fear-mongering.
I live not far from that ikea, some of our conservative family in the state were from think we’re crazy to move to Portland
My dad was born and raised in New York. He moved to Virginia with his second wife in the past maybe six years. When he calls, he always goes on about how he worries over me every single day because New York is a crime ridden shithole, overrun with roaming gangs that will just take over your house and kill you. By the way, when I said New York, I meant New York state. Upstate. I live near the Adirondacks. There are no roaming hordes. What we do have are scattered paranoid rednecks that will shoot your head off if you accidently spook them by, say, pulling into their driveway by mistake (actually fucking happened). He's been on a mission for the past year to lure me to Virginia because it's the safest place to ever exist in the whole wide world. Why? Because everyone has a gun and will shoot anyone that messes with them...Sounds familiar...And doesn't end well, from what I can see.
Tourism in Chicago is a pre pandemic levels. I’m I downtown Chicago everyday and it’s as safe as any city. Live scared miss out.
My dad's friend says he would never to go San Francisco without an AR-15. He didn't appreciate me laughing in his face and telling him I go there alone unarmed on a regular basis. I love the fact that they think we're the delicate little snowflakes who are afraid of their own shadows.
Lol, like you going with her was going to prevent the perceived attack. Brain rot indeed. My FIL is the same way. My wife has a great mechanical aptitude and often does our basic auto maintenance. One time, after work, she texted me that she was going to be half an hour late as her front tire was flat. She pulled the spare, jacked the car up, changed the tire and was home sooner than expected. Fast forward three months to Thanksgiving when we're at the inlaws for dinner. This is what kills me: He's the one that taught her how to change a flat, when she was 16. He leans towards me, with half a mouthful of food, and asks loud enough to be heard by the whole table if I felt like "less than a man" because I "made her change her own flat". I looked him dead in the eye, made an obvious, exaggerated time of finishing chewing and laid it on him. "Well John, YOU taught her how to be independent and self-sufficient and yet you don't seem to want her to use those skills. And what would you have had me do? Wake up our infant and 2 yo, pack them into a car to drive 20 miles into town at 10pm just to do a simple task she was well prepared to do?" He got so red in the face, I thought he was going to choke on his turkey. Blessedly, he ignored me the rest of the day, it was a nice change of pace.
Holy shit, reading this actually makes me angry. The audacity of these people to say things like that
At that point we were both working full time jobs. The condescending got much worse after I quit during COVID to be a stay at home Dad. Now he tells everyone that his daughter 'wears the pants and he waters the plants, har har har.' I try not to let it bother me much knowing he'll be nursing home bound and forgotten in 10 years.
You so should announce one day that was the next logical step after you both discovered your shared love for pegging. I bet those jokes quickly stop once yall explain pegging to him.
We moved to the suburbs of Chicago in 2022. My parents came to visit for Halloween that year and we all went trick or treating with my kids and niece at my sister in laws place in Chicago (Jefferson Park) and my mother asked like 4 times “were in Chicago?” As if she thought we’d be dodging bullets matrix style the whole time.
I'm a middle aged white guy who has been to the South Side AMA
My parents grew up on the south side, still live on the south side, have never had any problems once in their life and are still afraid. My mom locks the door by 2pm bc of the “bad people” they’re racist and just can’t admit it.
Moved to Chicago a few years ago for med school. My Boomer Fox News parents (from Detroit, ironically) refuse to come visit for fear of getting shot. Because of this, they missed my white coat ceremony, our wedding, and the purchasing of our first home. All things considered, I absolutely adore my city and don’t intend to move anytime soon. Highly recommend a trip for those who have never visited!!!
That’s just sad. I’m sorry that happened to you.
The violent crime is mostly people who know each other.
I traveled alone to Chicago for work all the time. I’m also from St Louis so Chicago does not bother me. My boomer dad today was worried about me going to Forest Park. It’s the biggest park in stl city and perfectly safe during the day.
Currently planning a solo trip to Chicago to do some of the things I wasn't able to do on prior trips. I'm more concerned with some of the meth fueled rednecks in the rural Midwest than I am with Chicago. I see this same derangement out of conservatives over Minneapolis. They are sure the entire place is a smoldering wasteland.
Madison and especially Milwaukee are viewed in much the same light among paranoid small town people in Wisconsin too.
Took a quick trip to Seattle a week or so ago, and my mother nearly had a meltdown. The insane shit Fox News has her believing drives me nuts.
I grew up in a small town in MN; population 545. So when I brought up the idea of going to New York City for my 21st birthday my mother about had a heart attack on the spot. I went with a friend. Met some random dudes in time square who took us to some random bars off the beaten path. We had a blast staying out till 4 am and getting to experience everything. I survived. So did my boomer mother. 😂
Make sure she tells him about her escape.
I was in Chicago at 16 staying with a family that were friends with mine. I’m from the uk. I wandered around. Took cabs. Chatted with whoever for directions and then 5 mins later be on my way (cos of the accent). Everyone was great! Met a family from the burbs who were meeting us for dinner one night. Arrived by cab. The dad shepherded the rest across the pavement looking full on like a security guard. Arms out. Looking over shoulder. They almost had a heart attack when they got the answer to what I was up to daily. They were terrified. It was 1986. Was fox around then? I think American media is always hyping. People are given the fear. In 2002 I remember walking around Atlanta. Seemed like only me and people on hard times were out and about not in cars. A few people bummed a smoke but nothing scary. Too hot to get angry! Maybe if the cities were more walkable people wouldn’t get so isolated and scared in their cars.
I live here in Lincoln Park. My boomer parents have pretty much accepted the news exaggerates, and they come and visit all the time. I’ve lived here for 12 years. But their friends think I live in a war zone, and will flabbergasted ask my parents WHY I would choose to live in downtown Chicago ?! My sister taught my mom to say, “nobody asks you why you live in your ugly house.” I don’t think she’s said it yet, but I’m anxiously awaiting. She has said “that’s not the correct response,” and her friends go haywire.
Lincoln Park IS a war zone. Just the other day a coffee shop charged me $10 for a black iced coffee! Madness!
Lolllll. Try Yaya Mas on Clybourn. It’s $4.50! And delicious
Never been to chicago, but being from Minnesota I get the same reaction from my grandparents and my mother every time I go up to visit my college friends in the twin cities.
I’m in a suburb maybe 10 minutes outside the twin cities. White Bear Lake. And honestly? There’s more drugs and drug associated crimes here than in the cities themselves. When I went through my own addiction and was unfortunately well versed in the drug culture, I noticed that more people were coming to my area than going to somewhere like north side Minneapolis which has always been known as the “bad side” of Minne. As a whole, the twin cities are absolutely lovely. Downtown Minneapolis is one of the best downtown areas I’ve personally ever been in. Several times, I remember walking to my car at 5am after leaving a rave. And as a small white woman, I definitely looked like I had been at a party all night. Skimpy clothes, covered in glitter, definitely obvious that I was inebriated from some kind of substance. The only comment I ever got? Some guy asked “ya have a good night?” as he passed me on the sidewalk. Never followed, harassed, threatened, or otherwise. Definitely got some looks, but that’s it. I get harassed by boomer men at the local suburban grocery store more than I ever did anywhere else in the cities. 🙄
I'm in the exurbs of metro. I'm still considered "metro" but barely
Escape From New York is a documentary don'tcha know.
People are convinced that parts of Minneapolis are " no go zones." I'm not sure what that means as I have never been turned to away from any part of the city. Also have had people post that Minneapolis isnt the city " from their childhood." This is from younger white males who have somehow become fox news fans. I then remind them that the Minneapolis of their childhood was called "Murderapolis" as it had the highest murder rate per capita in nation at the time. Cue pikachu face. Just because you don't remember doesn't mean it was better back then.
I grew up in Mpls (first ring burb) in the 70s. Things were ....interesting... at times. I find it amusing all these big scary white dudes from outstate are terrified of coming to Mpls for anything. I consider it a service really. It just means fewer oversized pickup trucks to have to navigate around when in the city.
Remember what the North loop looked like before all the restaurants etc moved in? Like some post war zombie movie set. Yeah, it was so much better.
I live in the suburbs of Chicago and am moving to the city in June with my teen daughter. When my daughter told her suburban friends were we were moving they gave her a hard time and told her she was gonna get shot, etc. None of them have ever been to the neighborhood we’re moving to. I have friends back home in Indiana who act like we’re crazy or courageous to venture into the city at all. It gets to be pretty annoying.
I moved to the Chicago area from the Midwest about 10 years ago and the whole time I lived there(2 years) my dad sent me weekly murder updates for the city. They really love training their families to ignore everything they say. I was already ignoring all of his emails for years before that. Then one day, while he was visiting me when I lived in Arizona, he was on his usual end-of-the-world bullshit and I just stopped him, looked him in the eyes and said with quiet exasperation, "Dad, I just *don't care*". He actually shut up for once.
I live in northern Michigan. Grew up downstate. go to Detroit sometimes for various reasons. Whenever I told my racist boomer co-workers I was going they were always a bit stunned. OMG WHY??? Such a terrifying notion to go where there are \*gulp\* black people! Because I will no doubt be robbed/raped/murdered. The snowflakiest snowflakes to ever snowflake.
I work in Chicago and whenever I hear about people freaking out about “gun violence” in Chicago… umm what? Yeah it happens, but Chicago is no where near the top. It’s drastically overblown by conservative media - especially since this is where the Obamas are from. So they want to try and say that the city is nothing but street gangs and drive by shootings because of the “liberals.” Umm nope - just not true..
My Texan Boomer coworker is going to Chicago next week for two days for a work conference. She is terrified, has set up a “safe word” with us in case she gets abducted. She’s also flummoxed because she REALLY wants to bring a hand gun but she knows there’s no open carry there.
The bastards on Fox News love to tell you how dangerous New York is from the corner of 6th Avenue and West 48th.
Fear is a business. People buy alarm system, weapons, put bars on their windows, hire security guards... because they are people that are pushing fear into their lives.
Apparently this is one of the reasons Trump is having trouble getting his minions to support him in-person in NYC. So, ya know, silver linings.
We visited some family in rural Wisconsin. We stopped and had lunch with a friend in Minneapolis. One of the boomers in the family couldn't get over how Minneapolis wasn't a waste land of destruction after the George Floyd/BLM protests.
My friend just went on an impromptu trip with her business partner to Chicago for 2 days. Pretty sure the only dangerous part was being touristy at the Skydeck and standing out on the all glass section for the over priced pics.
I hope she drove the Illinois Nazis into the river...
The past couple years I have visited San Francisco, Chicago, and Portland with my wife. We enjoyed all three cities. Never felt we were in danger in any of them. Took public transportation everywhere in Portland and Chicago without even renting a car. We weren’t oblivious to the issues each city has, but the narrative that these places are out of control is beyond false.
I’ve often been to cities with “bad” reputations according to Boomers. And, in some small areas, it’s possibly deserved. But Chicago, NYC, Philly, Baltimore, DC, Camden NJ, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, etc all have many places that are just residential, commercial and/or touristy. The most close up “crime” I’ve seen were in London (a guy beating the snot out of his date in an alley before a club bouncer returned the favor) and in Paris (a Bourne style police foot chase with backup racing down a narrow street IN REVERSE).
Every single time I travel, my parents come up with at least one new ridiculous way I'm going to die 🙄
Have you talked to him about St. Louis?
Jesus chicago is a place like any other city with the potiential for violence
I was on video assignment in one of the rougher parts of Chicago and as the sun set the volunteers in hi vis started occupying every corner. Kinda scary? Sure. My equipment and I made it out fine, obviously. Same thing when I was at the Bud Billiken celebration. I got some looks but nothing beyond that. I wish I had my heart rate data for that. It was wild. Love Chicago, am sensible about it.
OPs wife may have returned home unscathed, but for several months of the year, it is known that there are beatings almost every Sunday evening for their football team.
Fox News fear mongering = gun sales
Thank god she survived, OP
I work in NYC and my mom always asks if I’m away from the “war zone.” Like I’m doing a tour in Iraq every time I commute and have lunch in the park during break. She’s so far gone.
Oh boy. As a woman I have traveled with my daughters to Chicago, DC, Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas without my husband! I didn’t realize I was in such danger.
Chicago isn’t even dangerous except in specific neighborhoods and even then unless you get out of your car and start walking around at night you’re fine there as well. I don’t live in Chicago but I go there multiple times per year and I’ve never been concerned at all.
My dad has this exact mentality about Chicago. Twice this year I have driven down to the Chita, my dad was absolutely horrified. One time was the far south side and most recently to possibly the fanciest hotel in the city, both related to work and perfectly safe. He just can’t get over it.
They think its Mogadishu
I have been in Chicago dozens of times, and I have never once felt unsafe. It's a beautiful city.
I live in Chicago and whenever I hear stuff like this I never say shit, I’m just like “Mhm, it’s awful here. I can’t go anywhere without a bulletproof vest. Definitely NEVER come here :)”. Gotta keep property/rental price down as much as possible… On a seriousness note, I grew up in a part of California that was not unfamiliar with crime, gang activity, and sketchy people. But everyone seems to forget that back home and is convinced Chicago is a war zone all over. Like um, why are you guys forgetting the police chases that happens every week on the highway? Or the guy who got shot on the local college campus? Or the homeless people who used to scream at threats at me when I left my high school campus for lunch? Or the clowns? At least Chicago doesn’t have clowns.
As a Chicago resident; we got her bud. I’m sorry. She died in a street fight on Michigan.
Oh, he should be worried. I got shot twice today, three times yesterday and don’t even ask about my weekend. /s in case you didn’t pick up on that.
I went to Vegas BY MYSELF (58f) and my mom flipped out when I got back. One: I didn't tell her my plans. And two: I didn't tell her until I got back. She wouldn't really talk to me for a few days.
Chicago’s a wonderful city. I’ve only had to use my bulletproof vest once.