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| Topic | Cop who pepper-sprayed 9-yr-old girl told her "you did it to yourself" |
| snake1989 02/12/21 4:44:05 PM #27 | NoxObscuras posted... snake1989 posted...Per the newsweek article, the girl was threatening suicide and also stated an intent to kill her mother. Doesn't justify pepper spraying imo.Ah,I missed that 2nd link, didn't scroll down that far lol. Much agreed. It's clear the police here were not trained in how to help someone going through a suicidal episode, and likely just made things much worse for this girl in the long run. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Cop who pepper-sprayed 9-yr-old girl told her "you did it to yourself" |
| snake1989 02/12/21 4:12:58 PM #25 | NoxObscuras posted... Geez, is there a better article that explains wtf happened? How did it jump from Per the newsweek article, the girl was threatening suicide and also stated an intent to kill her mother. Doesn't justify pepper spraying imo. The problem is of the options to subdue someone who is a threat to themselves or others, pepper spray is certainly safer than a taser or physical restraint in terms of reducing the chance of injury. A teaser could be lethal and having adult cops manhandle a 9 year old could very easily result in broken bones or other serious injuries. But this is a case where I think it's absolutely clear a mental health worker would have been better suited to the situation than a cop. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Humans made guns/weapons that bring death & destruction near instantaneously |
| snake1989 01/19/21 3:14:51 AM #11 | KINDERFELD posted... snake1989 posted... Not even talking about the stimulus, actually. Healthcare is part of the mandatory budget, which makes up the largest portion of government spending. Military spending falls under the much smaller discretionary budget: https://www.thebalance.com/current-federal-mandatory-spending-3305772 That being said I agree that we could shift some defense spending to healthcare, but even 100% of the current defense budget would only barely equal what we pay for medicare alone (roughly $722 billion). --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Humans made guns/weapons that bring death & destruction near instantaneously |
| snake1989 01/19/21 1:23:53 AM #7 | KINDERFELD posted...
I think you gotta check your numbers. The U.S. government spends well over $1 trillion on healthcare each year. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | what does it say to you when someone "isn't into politics"? |
| snake1989 01/16/21 8:37:57 PM #22 | pfh1001 posted... I assume that person is either: A) Not that analytical about life and the world around them or B) they're severely jaded and cynical and realize that we've all been sold. to our corporate overlords, so very little matters. B is starting to be true for me. I have followed politics all my life but never felt more bleak about the future prospects of our system, so it's becoming more tempting to just tune it out and focus on my life. I don't believe politics or the government can ever truly help me at all. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Are you surprised that Trump is asking to raise the stimulus check? |
| snake1989 12/22/20 10:09:44 PM #9 | Not surprised, given that he's actually been shockingly pro-stimulus for the most part. It seems to be the GOP/Dems in congress that don't want to do it. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Who in here does intermittent fasting |
| snake1989 12/13/20 2:19:53 AM #9 | Been doing it since late 2018, I like it a lot. Best advice is to drink lots of water, and build in a cheat day every once in a while (not so much to pig out, but sometimes only eating in a narrow window sucks when you want to share a meal with friends/family) Also sounds like you're starting with an 18:6, that's a bit more challenging than the standard 16:8 so don't be afraid to scale down and work your way up. It most definitely gets a lot easier after the first couple weeks. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | If you date a MtF transwoman, she's for all intents and purposes your girlfriend |
| snake1989 12/13/20 1:57:15 AM #21 | Yes, I don't see why not. Unless for some reason they would personally prefer to be called a boyfriend or a partner, I can't see any reason not to call them your girlfriend. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Does anyone actually enjoy their work? |
| snake1989 09/17/20 11:30:33 PM #30 | I did before the pandemic. Still have the same job technically, but the nature of the work has changed so much since going remote that I don't really enjoy it anymore. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Looking for rock bands that do awesome ballads about fantasy stuff |
| snake1989 09/05/20 6:48:04 AM #43 | Bad_Mojo posted... Ugh, why so many YouTube videos? Tbh I'm used to most people not wanting to check out a full length album these days, but if you are that's from Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Looking for rock bands that do awesome ballads about fantasy stuff |
| snake1989 09/05/20 5:35:53 AM #39 | https://youtu.be/uyl9vT20koc Nobody does concept albums quite like virgin steele in their prime imo, and they're all about fantasy/history/mythology Utterly sublime ballads too, and I normally don't even dig ballads that much --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | What's the Best Dynasty Warriors game? |
| snake1989 09/04/20 5:14:24 PM #2 | 8 overall, though 3 will always have a majorly nostalgic place in my heart. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Will mail-in ballots lead to widespread voter fraud? |
| snake1989 08/12/20 11:05:21 PM #20 | hockeybub89 posted... snake1989 posted...There will absolutely be fraud/lost ballots/miscounts/etc. , if full VBM (not absentee ballots) were to be implemented between now and November. Three months is not enough time to set something like that up in every state, especially with local governments having multiple other urgent problems to deal with right now.Well we can't force people to go out in a pandemic and the results will definitely be skewed if we do so. Agreed. I think this pandemic is good evidence that we need something better, and that we should take the time between now and 2024 to make sure it gets developed and put in place. Sadly 2020 turnout is going to be bizarre and the results of the election will be contentious no matter what is done at this point, I think. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Will mail-in ballots lead to widespread voter fraud? |
| snake1989 08/12/20 10:22:31 PM #14 | There will absolutely be fraud/lost ballots/miscounts/etc. , if full VBM (not absentee ballots) were to be implemented between now and November. Three months is not enough time to set something like that up in every state, especially with local governments having multiple other urgent problems to deal with right now. Even in Oregon it happened gradually over about 20 years, and they did not start with presidential-level elections. --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
| Topic | Is the Outer Worlds good? |
| snake1989 08/09/20 6:14:13 AM #5 | It's good but it is both shorter and shallower than it first lets on. I still really enjoyed my first playthrough though! --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan |
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