• eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    The American dudes who played sports in high school and are now in their 20s and 30s haven’t had their health collapse yet.

    European cops are way more intimidating than American cops, by and large. I’m not trying to be jingoistic, I’m just saying that running after someone who is carrying something is the version of the national sport the vast majority of us actually play.

    • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      European cops are way more intimidating than American cops

      That has not been my experience

      There are way too many American cops operating on the notion that they have far fewer rules of engagement than we military servicemembers did in Afghanistan and Iraq. Human life in general appears to have very little value to them.

      I do not recall ever meeting a similar police officer in Europe, I’m sure they probably exist, but are definitely far less common.

      Being a vicious cold hearted murderous bastard doesn’t necessarily depend upon their level of physical fitness

    • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 hours ago

      Your national sport is walking from office to a car to drive home to sit on a couch. Average American walks three hundred meters per week, the second you stop training for the sport you played once a week as a child 10 years ago, you stop being able to run any reasonable distance.
      I guess another national sport of yours is overestimating how strong and powerful you actually are.