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  If that’s your takeaway then by all means, be as dense as a black hole.
context: IYDRTA:  The dog is ok for now.  it was drugged by the family so it wouldn't attack first responders.
  Weird, tragic story, but I hope the dog at least finds a good home. >
  
  Just so sad and must be so frightening for the dog who went to sleep w its family and then come to with everything and everyone gone >
  
  Hug (or whatever yours likes) your pooch if you have one! >
  
  Daughter was suffering from hallucinations and delusions, had decided to commit suicide. Mother decided she couldn’t let her daughter die alone, so decided to die with her daughter. Father decided he couldn’t live without his family. So they all died together. Very sad case, though a testament for the need for proper mental healthcare. If the daughter had been properly treated, three lives would have been saved. >
  
  Deeply tragic story every which way.  We keep talking about the need for greater access to mental health services but it is well past time for more to be done. >
  
  We needed that tax payer money to build a new sports stadium. Sorry. 
  /s >
  
  Yeah, good thing you included the /s.
  What we ACTUALLY needed that tax payer money for were subsidies to give to companies for stock buy backs.
  Fuck, a sports stadium would’ve at least built something >
  
  A well placed stadium can turnaround a city. I used to work in a small city that had become a commuter city because there was nothing to do. It was all corporate offices. 
  A minor league baseball stadium went in and it completely revitalized that area. Small businesses boomed, there was a reason to actually stay past 5pm, and the stadium offered a good number of well-paying jobs to the local community. The growth in the tax base will more than make up for the investment and that doesn’t even touch just how much nicer it is to live there. 
  It replaced parking lots and a tire recycling shop. The city also expanded its bus fast lane out to a previously unserviced part of the city. Developers have returned to build multi-family units nearby.
  And it’s minor league which isn’t rolling in billions like the majors or the NFL. >
  
  Exactly! Finally, someone that recognizes the best cure for schizophrenia, houselessness, gun violence and poor education is simply a lack of well maintained sports stadiums. Every major city needs one.