• Sharkwellington@lemmy.oneEnglish
    86·
    1 year ago

    I’m sorry, there was a sniper killing people for 3 years?? I’m sure the victims got no help from police whatsoever being the 1980s. I can’t imagine feeling so helpless.

    • dephyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      1 year ago

      And last week, the police halted the special patrol. The reason: ‘‘Manpower,’’ says Capt. Carl J. Greco, of the 62d Precinct. ‘‘We have other needs elsewhere,’’ he says. ‘‘We just hope that our leaving won’t precipitate another rash.’’ Some residents of the building remain anxious, however. ‘‘I still look up at the windows when I walk by,’’ says one, Ida Schulberg. ‘‘I still wonder if they’re biding their time.’’

      That’s horrifying.

  • sangriaferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I was walking up Avenue B at 5am after a bartending shift. There was no one else on the street except for one guy several blocks ahead running full force in my direction. I just kept walking confidently, bracing myself for what might be about to happen. Just when our paths were about to cross he ducked down E 6th St, dropped trou and took an explosive shit. He just couldn’t hold in any more.

  • DrPop@lemmy.oneEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    The eel lady better make that eel as soon as she gets home. For eel it’s best to cook it immediately after killing it.

  • JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    That eel story just sounds grisly. If I saw someone murk a wild animal that large by hand, even one intended for a meal, on the street in broad daylight, I’d probably audibly mutter “wtf”

  • Speiser0@feddit.deEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    These sound a bit like these stories of a city of some alien society, where normal humans (i.e. the protagonist) can barely survive without help.

    • JDubbleu@programming.devEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      NYC is definitely very different from just about all other cities in my experience. I visited many large cities growing up, and now live near many, so I thankfully learned at a young age to adapt to wherever I’m visiting. However, some people have never left their small town, or consider Omaha, Nebraska to be a large city.

      There is a certain way to act and walk in NYC that will keep scammers away from you and prevent you from being run over by cars, or other pedestrians. Anyone who doesn’t know this generally has a bad time and thinks New Yorkers are assholes, but they’re very nice in my experience. They become rude when you inconvenience or are inconsiderate of others.

      Two examples from the last time I was working there:

      • A couple with thick southern accents being harassed by some dude with CDs because they didn’t know how to say fuck off and just push through him. After about 20 seconds of them being stopped someone with a thick as fuck Brooklyn accent tells the guy off for them, and walks away without acknowledging them while bitching about tourists.

      • Someone stopping in the middle of the sidewalk at 12:30 pm in Manhattan to look up at some tall building before getting ping-ponged between 3 people shoving past them until they ended up on the edge of the sidewalk where they belonged.

      • aedalla@lemmy.mlEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        In my defense, not seeing any buildings bigger than a barn until you’re about ten, and not many more until 16 then going to NYC on a girl scout trip did almost cause a panic attack.