And as for private means of gun control, private companies do seek generally to maximise profits, that's why it's a good idea to be discriminating in who sell your guns to. It's bad PR to have a gun you sold be an instrument in a mass shooting.
I don't think this has ever been relevant; seems more like fantasy on your end. Hell, you can even argue that companies benefit from mass shootings. The massacre in Las Vegas proved that the bump stock is pretty effective, right? And let's not forget that "bulletproof backpacks" sold out (https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/regi ... in-florida) in Florida after a school shooting.
Now the government's spending a ton of money giving teachers firearms and training. Companies are making a lot of money from mass shootings.
As for Bird's point for Serbia having one of the highest gun ownership scores in the world with low homicide rates, I can't really explain it. Yes, it's true, almost every 10th household has a full auto left over from the wars in the 20th century (it's even worse in Bosnia where it's every 5th household) yet I'm guessing the shootings don't happen because... poverty? I don't see how we're any different than the chaps in Hungary or Poland for that matter - we don't have racial wars because Asians aren't into violence and we don't have that many negros, and we aren't multicultural either apart from the local cultures mixing (Hungarians, Romanians, Bosniaks, Croats etc) and the only place where violence IS prevalent is on Kosovo due to the blight known as Albanians being actual cancer and burning homes and whatnot. So yeah, idk how else I can explain why we have it as we do.
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Bump stocks are just gimmicks, sure they let you fire fast but also make your fire super inaccurate. Banning them is just stupid, any guy with a workbench in his shed can make a bumpstock, and you don't even need one to bump fire.
That's the second time this week I've heard the claim that "there's been no mass shootings in Australia", which isn't even correct, which you can see with just a Google search. Shows more than anything some studies are quite biased and probably defined mass shooting in some super arbitrary way. with controversial issues like this, it's best not to bother on reports by other people and just examine the data yourself.
There's been mass shootings, maybe you can argue that there hasn't been as many, but you could also argue that there's been more arson and vehicle attacks. Gun control may decrease mas shootings, but mass shootings are a tiny proportion of gun violence anyway. Even in the US where mass shootings seem to be a regular occurrence, they are empirically quite uncommon - the US is quite a populous country, mass shootings are over sensationalised by the media and made out to be an epidemic, when they're really not. In the USA, more people die in car accidents per day than people are killed by mass shootings every year.
Even if gun availability increases the rate of mass shootings, I don't believe it's right to restrict the rights of the majority just because a tiny, tiny proportion of people do the wrong thing. And if you think it's okay to infringe upon people's rights to save lives, then your first target should be sugar and cigarettes.
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As for Bird's point for Serbia having one of the highest gun ownership scores in the world with low homicide rates, I can't really explain it. Yes, it's true, almost every 10th household has a full auto left over from the wars in the 20th century (it's even worse in Bosnia where it's every 5th household) yet I'm guessing the shootings don't happen because... poverty? I don't see how we're any different than the chaps in Hungary or Poland for that matter - we don't have racial wars because Asians aren't into violence and we don't have that many negros, and we aren't multicultural either apart from the local cultures mixing (Hungarians, Romanians, Bosniaks, Croats etc) and the only place where violence IS prevalent is on Kosovo due to the blight known as Albanians being actual cancer and burning homes and whatnot. So yeah, idk how else I can explain why we have it as we do.
Well, I think that goes along with what I've been saying, it's not people owning guns that automatically causes violence, but societal instability and ethnic conflict being causes, with guns just being a means.
Am I really the toxic shit of OT, or are you letting me get to your heads? And is satisfying the majority really superior to self-gratification? It might be obvious for you guys, but not for me...
Am I really the toxic shit of OT, or are you letting me get to your heads? And is satisfying the majority really superior to self-gratification? It might be obvious for you guys, but not for me...
What answer do you want so you stop making posts like this?
Am I really the toxic shit of OT, or are you letting me get to your heads? And is satisfying the majority really superior to self-gratification? It might be obvious for you guys, but not for me...
So does everything I say prompt this from you?
I'm kidding, but now it seems like you're starting to pick up the idea of self-gratification because I mentioned it once in a different thread.
I don't know what you're even trying to do, really. By the way, I never really thought you were the toxic shit of OT, if that's what you thought. If not, then I don't know why you're even asking.
"Satisfying the majority" being "superior to self-gratification", hmm. Is there some sort of complex going on here or...? Like, do you actually feel like people just want you to post something that satisfies their needs? How does that relate to you with "self-gratification", other than that it's the sort of tone your posts have?
From what I'm seeing, i'd say the problem isn't "noone understands me", neither is it "apparently i dont understand anyone", but more of "i cant seem convey my ideas properly".
I wouldn't be able to answer your questions since I never had an opinion on it in the first place, but anyhow, I'm just wondering what prompts all of this, as if you're feeling "intellectually isolated" or something.
I mean the way you sound, it's as if sometime in the future, you'd make a post worthy of being in /r/iamverysmart.
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This is why I don't have a Facebook, have a Google account, or a (((smart)))phone. Also why I don't use Discord - if you're not the consumer, you're the product.
peppy is probably more interested in the loli hentai on my desktop than my personal information.
Previously I had this preconception about Lauren Southern that people just liked her because she was a female conservative. But watching her videos I've found I like her a lot, she's quite smart and has interesting opinions and doesn't just parrot partisan talking points. I've respect for her journalism on the plight of White South African Farmers and her fight against the UK and it's totalitarian laws.
This is why I don't have a Facebook, have a Google account, or a (((smart)))phone. Also why I don't use Discord - if you're not the consumer, you're the product.
mfw I just turned 14 and learnt how to be intellectual by criticising capitalism
What are you talking about? Facebook took advantage of a gap in the market for financial gains. It's the consumers fault for not realizing it sooner. If you think companies should strive for good user experiences why do you criticise Microsoft for making Skype and Xbox live a more amicable service?
If you can't trust the state to provide regulations, and you can't trust corporations to provide regulations, then I don't see what you have to complain about lol
Did I complain? Trusting any large institution with your personal information, or trusting it to have power over you life in any other matter, is extremely foolish. That's why I commented on my own course of action instead of complaining uselessly about how Google or Facebook or the Government are bad and should act more morally.
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mfw I just turned 14 and learnt how to be intellectual by criticising capitalism
What are you talking about? Facebook took advantage of a gap in the market for financial gains. It's the consumers fault for not realizing it sooner. If you think companies should strive for good user experiences why do you criticise Microsoft for making Skype and Xbox live a more amicable service?
Don't know what your point is or what point you think you're responding to.
I don't even know if I want to even watch the entire video, but this showcases that our country is fucking dumb.
First of all, the city wanted to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee, which is a historical figure in American History, especially during the Civil War. He was a well-known general during his time, and even though the Confederates lost, he was still a very respected general. Why a city would remove something like this that is implanted in history textbooks, not teaching our future kids about the importance of the Civil War, and who sacrificed their life in it. Besides, I saw that statue a while back on a field trip, was really fun to view it and a few other museums nearby.
What's going to happen in 10, 20 years? Are kids going to have to look back and learn why our generation was just so fucking bad because we couldn't control ourselves and had to make up "alt-right" to tell that nobody should have equal rights? Just imagine if we have segregated schools again, separating not only the gender, but race and religion aswell. It just makes no sense, our country has gone from the era of post-war standoffs, to the era gas prices rising high, to the era of "racism is an okay thing".
Of course the police have to come in there and break up unnecessary fights and remove protesters breaking the law, it's their fucking job to do that. So what's the fucking point of alt-right people saying that they're not the violent ones, because punching a man in the face for yelling at them face-to-face, a woman, and pulling out a gun. People trying to make them a victim is just.. it's obvious these guys want attention, given the fact that they hold rallies there to support "neo-nazism". Why does the Nazi flag/symbol have to exist? It's not something we should be throwing around.
How stupid is this country again? I'm starting to lose track because even my school tried to go all 'alt-right' for a little bit before shutting down any student doing stupid actions involving in politics. Whoever thinks murdering young children who are part of a minority that you don't like are have completely lost their mind, and it's even worse for others to think THEY are the heroes...
edit: Misunderstood a lot of the video and fixed my mistakes, and I couldn't edit my original post for whatever fucking reason
I visited Aurani for a week and now I'm back home on a free day from army, returning tomorrow to the so called "normal routine". I want to die. I don't know how I'm supposed to return to it so quickly, I feel like lying down and dying in bed for days.
Here's an interesting bit of trivia: I was playing a game on my hard drive which centered around a protagonist who was repeatedly and brutally raped as a child and made infertile, and then took revenge by killing her abuser(s) with a kitchen knife. Then I went downstairs and read a book (not particularly risque either, just a novel by Dean Koontz) and the exact same thing happened in that plot as well.
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I visited Aurani for a week and now I'm back home on a free day from army, returning tomorrow to the so called "normal routine". I want to die. I don't know how I'm supposed to return to it so quickly, I feel like lying down and dying in bed for days.
"...you are a neckbeard virgin loser who lives in his mum's basement. You are literally the worst kind of person and I'm not gonna bother replying to you any more or even acknowledging your existence in any way."
Are you okay there? I hope to God that you didn't become IppE 2.0 and called her what I think you did.
I.. don't see what ippe has to do with any of this, maybe take it up with him personally if you have an issue with something he's said instead of applying his name to someone in a place where he can't reply
that said, jealous much, bird? I bet you wouldn't need to complain about other people having normal relationships if you moved out of the basement and learned how to socialise
So, I stumbled upon one of these bad boys. Had my doubts, as the debate of 'is utilitarianism morally acceptable' is a touchy subject to most professional philosopher of ethics. I find it good in a sense that Millgram doesn't reject utilitarianism but rather provides a cogent critique.
I remember summer days on my friend's farm watching demonstrations of sheep being slaughtered and gutted. Gross but interesting.
This post is amazing. It starts out as a comfy nostalgia post ("I remember summer days on my friend's farm") but then it turns into a post that is darker in nature ("watching demonstrations of sheep being slaughtered and gutted"). Lastly it ends up with a hint of acceptance for the world, along with a personal opinion on the subject ("Gross but interesting"). This is a 10/10 post! Good job.
If the Jews didn't like the nazis then they should have just moved to Somalia. They voluntarily accepted the condition of being genocided by staying in Germany.
Yes it was. It was a satirical reductio ad absurdum argument against people who try to justify government actions by saying you can just leave.
Generally I base by posts on the idea that people are smart enough to understand some subtlety and will realise that if an argument is stupid and illogical, it's not meant to be taken seriously, even if they are ignorant of the topic of the post in question. So I don't dumb down my posts by explaining everything in literal terms.
Having a cold shower was a cool experience. It's autumn at the moment, and I just turned the cold water on full blast and hopped under. It really provokes and extreme physiological response, and after a minute or two the water actually feels warm. Having cold showers is supposed to have a lot of health benefits and it feels great, so I can see why the Scandinavians do ice bathing.
Having a cold shower was a cool experience. It's autumn at the moment, and I just turned the cold water on full blast and hopped under. It really provokes and extreme physiological response, and after a minute or two the water actually feels warm. Having cold showers is supposed to have a lot of health benefits and it feels great, so I can see why the Scandinavians do ice bathing.
thinking about it makes me cold. Idk, don't think it's for me. On the contrary, I like hot baths.
They both have their merits. However I've always been the coldest getting out of a hot shower in a cold morning. When you take a cold shower it make you cold for the first 15-30 seconds, but then your body starts to heat up a lot to compensate. Or at least it feels like it does.
