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  • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orgtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldgrok's fury
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    8 months ago

    Yeah, I accept that explanation for 2A. And, arguably by definition the well regulated would not be regulated by the government, otherwise the spirit of the whole amendment is meaningless. I’m definitely not ignorant enough to say guns should be banned, if at least for the simple fact we’ll be able to 3D print our own in a very short amount of time. Not to excuse the “liberals” (going back to your original comment and my question), being primarily Democrats and as politicians trying to do something about mass shootings for sure they go to gun regulation. And it absolutely doesn’t help that Republicans seemingly don’t have any solutions to the problem, including making access to healthcare overly complicated. If we go back to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness then people with mental struggles who turn to gun violence as an answer, they deserve the opportunity to get the easiest and free access to mental healthcare. So if we’re not going to regulate guns (which I’m not even condoning per my 3D printer point) then the alternative course must be healthcare, and the “opposite of liberals” don’t seem to even discuss this beyond “no.” So I’d say both sides suck on this one too haha

    I did acquiesce that some liberals were involved in the patriot act… :)

    And yeah, thanks for answering the question. I try to have a meaningful conversation here, otherwise I may as well just look at cat pics.






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    8 months ago

    Nearly everyone is guilty of what you’re saying about 1A. And I’d argue the right is making a far more concerted effort and progress in banning books and speech they disagree with.

    You have something on the 2A, but I’d argue again that some people on the right believe they have a right “or need” for rocket launchers and miniguns. Which, maybe per the 2A they do. But the problem is that the people who think those weapons are necessary to protect them from a tyrannical government accidentally allowed those things to get used on schools. And, all of those people and the NRA love to ignore the well regulated part. So there’s extremists on both sides.

    And I’d argue no one assaulted 4A like the patriot act which was definitely not liberals (but I’m sure some were involved).

    Extremists on both sides are guilty and one of “our” tasks as rational citizens is to not generalize “those we disagree with more” as said extremists.

    Thanks for answering tho.

    p.s. if you want to see some fascinating history about hate speech and 1A watch the recent American Experience episode called Nazi Town USA. It will only be available to watch online for another week or so (at least at the source).





  • I so don’t want to be thinking about this but just to give the benefit of the doubt let’s say they are physically incapable of tucking. Even on a “long” toilet. Which, I’ve for sure seen people in public where I’ve considered how people accomplish certain things like wiping their own ass.

    So if they can’t tuck they must either piss first and then sit and shit… Which I guess is possible. But I’m thinking more like a bucket is used and placed in front, so you piss in the bucket on the floor in front of the toilet while shitting. Then you dump the bucket in the toilet and flush. And hopefully wipe somehow, or maybe use a bidet. I am sure this situation is some people’s reality.



  • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.orgtomemes@lemmy.worldHow convenient
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    8 months ago

    I realize my input is mostly meaningless and I didn’t downvote you, but what I think is funny about this whole thread is that the game mechanics and turn based combat are fantastic. I don’t really think those points are subjective, those are literally two of the main things that make the game great. The dynamic aspect of the elements and the surfaces and how those all interplay are just really well done. I’m not in any way saying you should like them, but if you’ve played Pillars and other similar games and are not just a “random dumb shooter” player I’d personally imagine you could be objective about the good parts of the game and still just acknowledge, “but I just couldn’t get into it.” Or “I can see where they were going with the mechanics but I think it’s too much.” (Which would be valid criticism) To me that’s why you’re being downvoted.





  • But seriously, no offense meant at all. As someone who grew up “in the time period” in southern California the term “dude” is inescapable, regardless of gender. Trying to remove that from my vocabulary would be akin to removing “whoa” or “wow”… (I have zero issues with pronoun preferences)

    If the image reference is missed, please give The Big Lebowski a view. It’s not necessarily for everyone but it’s such a gem.