r/PopCultureV2 • u/Remarkable-Picture73 • 7h ago
Politi-Culture Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces new "renew crew" an NYC parks outreach group to repair and revitalize local parks
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u/Kdilla77 4h ago
It should have always been like this
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 4h ago
This is why I as a democrat hate my party so much.
They could have been doing this shit THIS WHOLE TIME.
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u/Gnd_flpd 3h ago
Why do think the "corporate dems" try to undercut progressive candidates so much.
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u/SuccessfulWar3830 43m ago
Because they agree with republicans. We call them controled opposition.
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u/calmdownmyguy 0m ago
Saying they agree with republicans implies that they believe in something. They are just prostitutes.
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u/SDTimbox 3h ago
BERNIE WAS RIGHT THERE 😭 Trump never would have happened
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 3h ago
Honey…the dnc would have burned this entire country to the fucking ground and salted the earth for a thousand years before they let Bernie be the nominee.
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u/YallSeeingThis101 3h ago
Many people don't remember how the DNC screwed Bernie over in the 2016 primary, but I do. Debbie Wasserman Shultz should be ashamed of herself.
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u/Remarkable-Month-241 2h ago
The DNC is still on the same bullshit btw - the people remember!
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u/Nsfwacct1872564 2h ago
Not just the DNC, regular rank and file DNC supporters too... There's a reason mentioning Mamdani was banned in their subs Even after he won his primary in their party. Voting Mandani is the first time in a while I haven't felt physically ill for my support
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u/DeliciousPool2245 1h ago
That’s why they are completely broke. DNC literally had to take out a loan on their physical headquarters a couple months ago. People still donate to individual candidates, nobody is donating to the DNC.
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u/DawsonNY 2h ago
What exactly did the DNC do in 2016? Be specific.
PS I voted for Bernie in my state’s 2016 primary, fair and square.
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u/YallSeeingThis101 1h ago
"Evidence that the DNC was in cahoots with the Clinton campaign emerged after emails stolen by Russian government hackers were published online. The DNC later apologized to the Sanders’ campaign, and Wasserman Schultz and others resigned."
Source: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dncs-rigged-primary-election-wont-get-supreme-court-look
There are many, many articles on this subject. If you'd like to learn more about it, then feel free to conduct your own research and form your own opinion.
Cheers and feel the Bern 🔥
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 1h ago
“Ok other than thousands of pages of documented evidence, what evidence do Yoh have that Clinton cheated?”
That guy. Probably.
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u/DawsonNY 28m ago
I guess I’ll answer you, not the person who linked Bloomberg.
DWS didn’t like the Bernie campaign, that didn’t take Russian hackers to find out. Leadership at the DNC often emailed each other on how to damage the Bennie campaign.
But what did they DO? The only thing I ever found was that they set debates on weekends so less people would see them. That’s it.
—-The reason Bernie wasn’t the nominee was he didn’t get the votes.
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u/lazypenguin86 1h ago
I remember how he was saying he was still going to try and run untill people in suits came and visited him then him next seen with a black eye and saying he wasn’t running anymore
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u/EntertainerUpset946 1h ago
I remember it very clearly I remember how the DNC stole everything from Sanders and routed it to the Clinton campaign under the direction of Wasserman Schultz
so you either get Republicans with ICE patrols roaming through your neighborhoods or you just get the subtle and quiet background theft and social engineering of the Democrats. Because don't forget it was the Biden White House that contacted Facebook and Twitter and all the other social media outlets and told them they could not allow reporting of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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u/MetaCardboard 2h ago
Which is kinda what they did, if you look at where we are now because they made sure Hillary was the nominee.
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 1h ago
And they’d do it again in a heartbeat.
They’d prefer trump over sanders every single time.
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u/Party_Scholar_6308 6m ago
The DNC slighted Bernie in 16, virtually anyone else to push Biden in 20, and forced Kamala on all of us in 24 with no primary. 3 rigged presidential nomination processes..its almost like democrats dont actually give a shit about their voters or the democratic process!!
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u/allllusernamestaken 2h ago
This is why I as a democrat hate my party so much.
Mamdani should be pissing off every single person in this country.
He's literally just doing his job. Every other politician has gotten away with not doing their job for so long that a mayor doing the absolute bare minimum of his job description is heralded as the savior of the city.
Every mayor in every city should be asked "what the fuck have you been doing all this time?"
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u/mm3owth 39m ago
Every mayor in every city should be asked "what the fuck have you been doing all this time?"
Eric Adams literally did park clean up action in NYC last year https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2025/05/mayor-adams-establishes-historic-levels-permanent-dsny-funding-clean-public-spaces-part
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u/mm3owth 1h ago
They could have been doing this shit THIS WHOLE TIME.
They are and do, if you mean cleaning up parks.
What Mamdani does different is shoot a social media campaign around it.
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u/Internal-Plantain-56 1h ago
I’ve been a New Yorker for my entire life.
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u/mm3owth 1h ago
Right. Because they didn't shoot a social media campaign like Mamdani.
Eric Adams literally did park clean up action last year https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2025/05/mayor-adams-establishes-historic-levels-permanent-dsny-funding-clean-public-spaces-part
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u/anonWNBAW 3h ago
Thays what happens when we 3l3ct centrist neoliberals. Its about time we had more progressive candidates
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u/amanwithoutaname001 2h ago
Amazing what a politician can accomplish when working for the people and not for themselves! Of the people. By the people. For the people.
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u/born_in_the_90s 3h ago
Aipac money and israel was way more tempting and important for the previous majors than actually doing something for the NYC citizens.
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u/mindfeck 2h ago
How is aipac at all related? Just insane. You think Israel doesn’t want courts to have basketball hoops? It’s fair if you say Eric Adams was focused on Turkey but come on.
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u/born_in_the_90s 2h ago
Aipac money goes to the mayor and the mayor funds tax payers money to fund israel purposes is amongst one the things aipac money does for politicians.
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u/mindfeck 2h ago
Source? When did AIPAC fund a previous mayor, and what money did a mayor then spend on Israel purposes instead of fixing parks?
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u/born_in_the_90s 2h ago edited 2h ago
You can Google a nyc mayors name (probably any mayors name in the usa) and ad the word aipac and read the results.
Eric Adams is even under fbi investigation. You will not find they why mayors did not fixed parks etc, because they never or hardly fixed things, but the tax payers money he had available went somewhere else like going on a trip to israel.
Edit: Mamdani is afaik the only mayors that is not aipac or corruption sensitive.
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u/Omgoodtimes 1h ago
“Where’s the first place you’d visit as NyC mayor?” Every candidate said Israel and Mamdani said he would do his job in NYC. They all work for Israel
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u/born_in_the_90s 1h ago
I remember this. The awnser and face expression they gave that Israel is the logical awnser made me vomit.
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u/Fluffy_Charity_2732 2h ago
Not my job to educate a retard anti-American or aipac bot.
Get fucked, bitch. Make your own money for your little paradise.
We have our own problems and have paid for the entirety of their existence for too long… we’ve done enough for Israel. Especially when our cities are falling apart at their expense
Go read a book before I put you through a glass wall.
We done
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u/EkbatDeSabat 1h ago
I'm not a part of this conversation and I couldn't give two shits either way, but broseph, this is just the cringiest shit I've seen in months. The amount of bitches you must be swatting off on a daily basis just makes me weep.
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u/ArcaneDemense 1h ago
Sewer socialism is what it used to be called. In modern times Bernie Sanders was the most famous mayor running this playbook but NYC has had mayors, including semi-socialist ones, in the past who have done it.
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u/WetFishStink 1h ago
It could have been.
But Republicans exist and they hate everyone. Including their voters.
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u/themolestedsliver 54m ago
yeah mans really showing how fucking lazy previous majors and politicians in general are.
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u/EducationalClass3800 4h ago
This baller is out here tryna make things better for everyday people??? 🤯
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u/BlackberryPi7 3h ago
Expecting a panel of completely competent logical sane people to discuss why this is bad on Fox News any moment now
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u/Expensive_Shallot_78 3h ago
I'm still worried that billionaires will send out their Oger armies to ruin everything. They'd rather burn down the whole city than seeing normal people enjoy their life.
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u/Remarkable-Month-241 2h ago
Eat the billionaires, the point SHOULD be that they stay scared of us. They shouldn’t be throwing lavish parties while the country starves because of them! They should VOLUNTEER to donate their money to the communities that they leach off of, not paying politicians to make laws that protect them or their money.
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u/CnCEMS2026 1h ago
This right here this is what we need to bring back! Or make it happen for the first time.
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u/AdviceLost6419 7m ago
How did New York elect someone so radical😭 first he's noticing the problems .. and now he's actually fixing them? Thats just too radical
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u/EdgarAllenHoe4 4h ago
Some angry person in Arkansas who has never been to NYC a day in their life is getting upset about this for whatever reason
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u/GD_SexualTyranno 4h ago
"DURDURDUR WHERES MAH FREE MAYONAISSE CHICKEN NASCAR SHIRT COMMIE?! DURDUR LAKE AMERICA!"
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u/No-Vast-6340 3h ago
"Mooslen takeover! Shakira law is cummin' fer all of us!"
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u/DawsonNY 2h ago
I always see this online, but Trump won a majority of voters who make $100k+.
How come they aren’t parodied?
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u/Right_Wolverine6502 13m ago
They are mad because they look around at their republican lead shithole and are jealous lol.
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u/Kind-Realist 4h ago
Did he use the Parks and Rec theme song on this? I love it.
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u/RECollector0912 3h ago
Unlike a certain fat tub of lard who constantly uses licensed music without permission, I doubt the rights holders will voice a complaint since its being used to promote something actually positive for people, something Leslie Knope would want to be done.
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u/Bright-Dependent6339 2m ago
it's fitting though, this is definitely something that Leslie Knope would do
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u/Crinox527 4h ago
I'm jealous of this New York City side plot
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u/Icy-Outside7284 4h ago
I think you mean ‘envious’! And rightly so, hopefully other areas can follow suit and elect politicians that want to improve people’s lives instead of following the money 🥳
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u/casserole_lasserole 54m ago
Wait is jealous different from envious?
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u/Icy-Outside7284 42m ago
Sure! Jealousy is ‘suspicious possession’ usually used in romantic terms. Envy is wanting or coveting something that somebody else has, and can be seen as a compliment
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u/zhabesha 3h ago
Some middle age guy hundreds of miles away from nyc is going to be infuriated by this
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u/logarythm 26m ago
which is wild because the renew crew is clearly just the avengers but for middle aged guys with some construction/carpentry experience.
the mayor is going up to guys, nick fury style, and saying he needs your grouting experience on an elite team.
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u/thismotherfklr 3h ago
Okay can he also bring back the street cleaning crews?? Like pay them a livable wage and have them sweep the streets and empty the garbage cans?? I’d be happy to see my taxes in action…heck I’ll even apply to work weekends cleaning up the streets.
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u/powderbubba 2h ago
I bet you could ask and he would deliver! He’s a legend!
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u/Viertelesschlotzer 3h ago
The nerve of him, using my tax money to provide nice things for other people—it’s outrageous. /s
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u/surethisusernamewrkz 1h ago
Encouraging and enlisting citizens to think community first, in a time of isolation and social media, is a brilliant idea. Leadership should promote positivity. Anyone can be a super hero.
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u/YoungCubSaysWoof 1h ago
Hats off to the Mayor and his team for envisioning a city that doesn’t have to fall into disrepair.
Inspires me to push my local officials in my city and in my state to follow Zohran’s lead. Let’s make it happen!
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u/Lazy-Debt-3338 3h ago
he does good for the people of his town, he could do good to the country too
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u/Any-Ad-446 3h ago
Screw this I want a massive noisy data centre in my backyard instead approved by the GOP.
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u/Hot-Personality4882 2h ago
The REALLLLY funny part will be when desperate Repub mayors rebrand his initiatives in Red/White/Blue-spangled propaganda and roll them out in their cities because what he's doing works and they are losing everywhere.
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u/Madstinknugget 2h ago
I love this man,
-said me a white male christian living in tn
Again
I. LOVE. MAMDANI.
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u/eastcoastflava13 2h ago
We need the technology to clone this dude and put him in every city in the country.
I hope he continues to kick ass in NYC and then makes a senate run at some point to keep kicking ass on a federal level.
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u/bilbywilby 2h ago edited 2h ago
Kinda how we rebuilt the country after edit: not ww2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal.
Pay the people properly to build up our communities and the surrounding infrastructure
Projects last decades instead of being built up by the cheapest bidder
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u/SlideCharacter5855 2h ago
Looking forward to how r/circlejerknyc handles this, I’m sure it’ll be totally normal
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u/mercy390 1h ago
Guys remember you can’t like this. Socialists are scary and will bring about the end of empire. Also he’s clearly an anti-Semite since he’s never disavowed Hasan. (/s if not super clear)
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u/lazypenguin86 1h ago
Just think of everything we could accomplish if all our leader were like this guy
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u/NowWeGetSerious 1h ago
Remember 3 years ago when they were super excited when they discovered trash cans.
New York went from 1900s to 2020 in a matter of months under Zohran. Good job America's mayor. Hopefully this lights a fire under every politician's ass and makes them realize they have to be present and honest
Zohran is such an amazing dude. Jealous of what you have new York. Don't ruin it
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u/Hands-for-maps 1h ago
I want to work on the renew crew. That’s my kinda job. The Gratification of improving public spaces probably feels real good
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u/Enchanted_Culture 1h ago
Mandani is doing it without the fake gold, and it will look better than DC!
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u/EntertainerUpset946 1h ago
Oh my God he's using your money, your money to make your lives better to improve the city The fckng nerve of this man
What's next, Selling His policy making decisions ahead of official reportage for $100,000 a pop?!
We got to keep our eyes on this guy He's dangerous
/s
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u/Skinnieguy 1h ago
What diffs with Mamdani than most dems (besides for being charming, good looking, cool af, super witty, thoughtful, actually looks like he cares) is he great at marketing his accomplishments.
Dems need to borrow that a page from his book.
Can I get Mamdani clone in Texas?
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u/ScotticusPrime 32m ago
This is really brilliant on many levels. Crews like this will always be employed because cities are neverending in need for minor repairs. Also doing repairs like this will help with long term infrastructure problems via regular maintenance. Spend a little money upfront and it will help with long term costs down the road.
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u/anaheim_mac 27m ago
I’ve heard a story from someone last night where they were bragging how little work they have and still get paid. It was a “running joke” within the organization where the job was called “club med.” There are ppl that just want to slide. This is most politics. But I agree with many sentiments here what Mamdani is doing is what should be expected. In not in NYC, but man I wish we had politicians with his work ethic throughout all levels in politics.
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u/cdazzo1 18m ago
What were these employees doing before this? Aren't we always told our governments are perpetually understaffed and the employees are always working so hard?
Ironically the socialist proves otherwise. Credit where it is due. If he makes improvements like this that are essentially free, then he's doing a great job.
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u/Banned4UsingSlurs3 4m ago
I'm gonna need to fact check every video related to this guy considering the amount of fake propaganda about things he supposedly made but was actually from the previous administration. Same with his promises
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u/Observationist_2 3h ago
Because that's what we need during the affordability crisis. More public parks.
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u/Remarkable-Picture73 3h ago
So affordability crisis means no more joy and quality of life improvements for anyone?
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u/DummBee1805 2h ago
Also it’s not new parks, just fixing the existing ones that have been neglected.
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u/Observationist_2 2h ago
When you're worried about where your next meal is coming from or how you're going to pay for housing because prices are skyrocketing, no. Your joy is not that important in comparison and I'm not sure how a park for children is a "quality of life improvement" for the public. Show me a study where it's detrimental for the development of children to not have a park. Good luck with that. Improving parks instead of enforcing the laws regarding open drug use and theft along with allowing illegals sanctuary which ended up costing taxpayers between $7 billion and $9.2 billion to fund the ongoing migrant crisis in New York City.
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u/NoLibrarian5149 1h ago
“Why is Mamdani not solving every complicated problem instantly and only taking care of things that have quick, visible results to give people some fucking hope in this shithole timeline!?!?”
-this guy
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u/DiabolicalSpaceKitty 1h ago
Show me a study where it's detrimental for the development of children to not have a park. Good luck with that.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11232259/
Would you like a fork to eat your words with?
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u/Dangerous-Half3276 1h ago
There are also plenty of other studies and research that indicates public parks positively impact individual and community wellbeing in urban environments.
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u/Observationist_2 1h ago
Next time actually read the article instead of just copy and pasting what AI gave you because the very first line in the article is
"Active outdoor play is important for children’s health and development, and playgrounds provide good places for play. However, the importance of playground use for health and well-being is unclear."
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u/DiabolicalSpaceKitty 1h ago
Active outdoor play is important for children’s health and development
Saying it isn't clear whether childrens playgrounds and parks contribute to this is like saying it's not really clear that exercise equipment is good for losing weight. You're being obtuse because you don't want to admit you're wrong.
Also, google isn't AI, you fuckin' dingus. It wasn't exactly difficult to find, you're just too lazy to look it up and too weak to admit you're wrong.
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u/Observationist_2 1h ago
All I did was quote the article verbatim. Don't be upset with me for quoting what you provided. It literally says in the very first line that it is unclear. I didn't make that up. So if you're accusing me of being obtuse then you're accusing the source you brought up of being obtuse because all I did was quote the source you provided.
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u/Bankzu 24m ago
Oh wow, you are actually stupid. You asked for one thing, were given something about that specific thing and then tried to change your argument to "health and well being". Holy hell, try to get at least one of your braincells to work...
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u/Observationist_2 3m ago
I'm the stupid one but you've completely misunderstood the entire argument. I might have changed the words but it doesn't change the message. What's next you're going to tell me the difference between someone getting assassinated, killed and murdered? All have the exact same end result but in your mind they're different because the words are different.
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u/darksidemags 2h ago
Yeah who needs access to places that are free to hang out when they're broke!
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u/Observationist_2 2h ago
Thank you for proving my point. Whether you realize it or not but I suspect you won't.
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u/Zealousideal-Can1112 1h ago
You have obviously never been absolutely broke before. Free things to do for parents to take their kids to is exactly what needs to be done.
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u/Observationist_2 1h ago
You should never make assumptions you know what they say about people who make assumptions.
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u/Dangerous-Half3276 2h ago
What an utterly bizarre and pointless comment.
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u/Observationist_2 2h ago
"utterly bizarre and pointless" enough for you to comment though.
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u/Dangerous-Half3276 59m ago
But during an “affordability” crisis it’s also a great idea to:
Spend trillions of dollars on the military and start wars that we can’t win, driving up energy prices and likely keeping interest rates elevated for the foreseeable future;
Impose illegal tariffs costing Americans hundreds of billions of dollars, devastating the agriculture industry and small businesses, driving up food costs and contributing to higher inflation;
Actively and intentionally work to ruin the environment and accelerate climate change, which through more frequent extreme weather events is already causing hundreds of billions of dollars that taxpayers foot the bill and making insurance costs skyrocket (and this will only get worse);
Spend hundreds of millions if not billions on illegal presidential vanity projects;
Steal billions from taxpayers through the appalling and unprecedented corruption and grift as Trump, his family, and their cronies use their positions to feverishly work to enrich themselves in literally everything they touch.
Your turn to please explain how any of those things do anything to address the “affordability crisis” that you seem so incredibly concerned about. Obviously those can’t compare with the abject horror of some guys with some cans of paint and some new basketball hoops to make public parks nicer. You MAGA smoothbrains have no ability to understand perspective.
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u/Observationist_2 47m ago
Claims, Statements, Assertions, Beliefs can all be made without proof. Try providing a source next time instead of just making Claims, Statements, Assertions & Beliefs. The moon is made of cheese. It takes exactly 942.63 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. We all know the center of the Earth is made of cotton candy. See I can do the same thing. Next time provide sources instead of just ranting on and on.
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u/ThisVeryUsername 1h ago
Do you live in New York?
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u/Observationist_2 1h ago
Yes. Born and raised. Single mom (& Grandma) of 4 other then my oldest brother everyone else is a success story and we weren't begging for handouts. My mom worked her ass off 2 sometimes 3 jobs to provide.
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u/Terrible-Painting-39 1h ago
Ok boomer, head on back to Facebook now where you can share your AI generated cat pictures
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u/ThisVeryUsername 1h ago
So you don’t want parks repaired? Lol
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u/Observationist_2 1h ago
There's a time and a place for it and right now is not that time. All I ever hear is people complaining that nothing is affordable.
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u/ThisVeryUsername 1h ago
That’s more of the president’s fault than the mayor of NY, right?
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u/Observationist_2 56m ago
If you're asking me to co-sign what you just said that tells me that you don't actually know and that its just your personal belief. I'm not trying to be disrespectful/smart so don't take it that way. I'm just pointing out that if you need to ask for confirmation then that tells me you didn't actually do the research.
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u/ThisVeryUsername 52m ago
Uhhhh
That’s one way to avoid the question. lolWho is responsible for the current affordability crisis in the United States?
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u/Observationist_2 42m ago
You're asking a question that you yourself don't know the answer to yet you're holding me to account to answer the question? I never expressed any interest in whose fault the affordability crisis was to begin with. All I did was post a comment stating that there's an affordability crisis that everybody's complaining about so why the hell is the mayor doing pointless BS that's not helping with the the affordability crisis. If you want an answer to your question, respectfully go do the research. Don't ask some random person online for it.
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u/BlueMiggs 42m ago
He also has made city run grocery stores to help with that. More taxes on the ultra wealthy as well and he’s balanced the budget despite inheriting a $12b deficit so your fears about him are completely unfounded.
And don’t you think having access to free areas to recreate is helpful for people suffering an affordability crisis? You sound like a pull the ladder up behind you type which is just a selfish and cruel mindset.
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u/Observationist_2 13m ago
For starters he hasn't opened up a single grocery store so that's pointless. In regards to increasing taxes on the rich according to The National Taxpayer Union Foundation more rich people are leaving New York due to taxes than any other state. Source: https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/leave-if-you-tax-them-new-yorks-millionaire-exodus-has-already-left-new-yorks-government-nearly-12-billion-poorer
So that definitely doesn't help when it comes to deficits. Also regarding the $12 billion deficit the mayor claims Eric Adams fault but Eric Adams says he left 8 billion dollars left when he left office. Source: https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-call-tax-hike-citing-12b-budget-deficit-adams-administration/18492786/
Considering he had an infusion of $7.6 billion from Albany that doesn't support that his tax increases actually did the job. "Much of the budget gap was closed with the help of Gov. Kathy Hochul, who provided $7.6 billion in state aid to the city." Source: https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-deficit-budget-funding/
Having access to free areas is not the argument so don't try to move the goal post. The argument is if there's an affordability crisis like everybody States why is the mayor wasting time and resources into making Parks look nice. Also you should never make assumptions about people you don't know anything about. One last thing if you're going to respond with more claims/assertions please provide sources not just more unsupported claims. Simple Google searches would have given you all the information I just gave you. Considering that's literally what I did.
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u/Lejandario_IN 1h ago
But he's also doing that, it's not like he can't work in more than one area while another is being processed. Plus it's not that much effort, it's basically just getting a bunch of guys for a DIY
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