Yes, some localities offer lots of incentives, but in the end, they're still in Buttfuck, KS. Doctors who want the excitement and activities available nearer large population centers still won't relocate, my wife among them.
Whether the community has changed, or you have ossified and become irrelevant, you're not a good fit here. By all means, keep venting. I read some of your posts, and they are somewhat amusing, like watching a Roomba bump up against the same sneaker over and over.
Feel free to respond with something ad hominem, but this isn't a conversation, and I won't read it.
What you say is true, and I may agree with you up to the point of what meaningful changes we should make about mass shootings, but knee-jerk reactions wasn't the point of what I wrote, my point was about people reinforcing falsehoods that they "know", in themselves and in others.
I'm all for having a civil discussion about issues, but it irritates me when people don't bring the facts.
Also, there are food deserts, places where getting actual real grown food is not practically possible, and fabricated food is the only type available. The concept is well known in the US.
Why do people just toss off completely wrong "facts" that they can disabuse themselves of in a couple of seconds? Like "more people are killed by baseball bats than guns", when it's actually more killed by baseball bats than LONG GUNS, but if you compare all guns to all blunt objects, it's overwhelmingly guns we have to thank for making homicide and suicide so easy.
I guess people prefer their preconceptions to the truth.
I was just going to leave the one reply to your other post, but then I saw *this* gem.
You really are a don't-give-a-fuck-about-anybody-else kind of guy, aren't you?
Just think of the other applications! Use those people who are "going to die in a couple of years" to go clean out the asbestos from old buildings! Use them for carcinogenic chemical spills!
Are you trolling, or do you really believe certain classes of people are objects to be used up to their maximum profit?
Are there applications for interactive porn? I don't know how much push they can put in those air rings, but if it's enough to stimulate a penis, I say... blow me.
Right you are, sir. Someone with a net worth of ~ $4M USD who needs a car and is willing to reduce that net worth by the extra $40K or so between what you spent and the price of a Tesla is definitely a sucker.
On the other hand, people in perfectly safe cars that get them from Point A to Point B that cost only $20K are calling YOU a sucker.
Good thing you didn't shoot that person in your backyard - almost nowhere would you be justified, and would likely face manslaughter charges. Unless they're in your house, "confronting them with a gun" is a really poor choice. Unless you live in Florida, where it seems it's open season on the "suspicious".
However, the point of my post was simply to point out that the prevalence of guns contributes to (does not create, but does exacerbate) each of the problems. Specifically suicide, since that is the overwhelming loss of life by gun in the U.S. Not having so many guns, fewer people would have an easy means of suicide while they are in crisis. More of those people's loved ones and other interested parties would have a chance to help them recover, and they would get past that dark patch. I also agree that one should have the right to end one's life, but too many suicides could be avoided, and access to guns are a factor in that. You don't actively *want* more people committing suicide, do you?
I found some numbers cited from the BLS that on average there were 12,000 uses to defend people, and 20,000 uses to defend property in a year. I agree that's pretty significant. But it's also true that on average people who keep guns in the house are more likely to die by them. Now that I live in the suburbs and have more opportunities to shoot for fun and in competitions, I may acquire one or more guns, but I'm sure that I, like you of course, are well above average in competence, and no harm will come to me or my family.
I liked your post, up until the end when you asked if I was okay seeing my loved ones robbed, raped, and murdered. I appreciate your correct use of the Oxford Comma, that's a false dichotomy; the choices are not get armed or get victimized.
Generally accepted? By whom? Can you cite any even somewhat objective source for that? I don't think you can, because you said yourself that these frequent uses of guns for self defense usually don't get reported. Absent data, "I feel that this is true" isn't fact, it's Truthiness(c).
Ah, so I'm sure you'd also agree with "guns are innocent life-taking and maiming devices when used by irresponsible citizens in any occupation in a dick-waving contest or just because they hate people. Or thought they saw a burglar. Or got depressed and ate the gun before loved ones had a chance to intervene. Or walked into a club with the gun in the waistband of their sweats. Or left the gun in the nightstand where their 4 year old could find it." Just curious, with 30,000 gun homicides per year in the U.S. (the majority of those suicides) which do you think is more prevalent?
My bad... I meant "Change Control", not "Change Management". It was a slip of the brain. I should have caught that - I'm certified and experienced in both ITIL and as a PMP.
Okay, enough's enough. You're full of it "psychology and training background" dude. First off, it's not my JOB to "completely" correct people who spout ignorant "facts". In the second place, the link to the Snopes article that you didn't bother to click DOES break down homicides by handgun and other types of guns.
And I didn't bemoan; I upbraided the ignorant poster, while providing the correct information. Your 5 cent psychobabble is just your passive aggressive compensation for the fact your mother didn't breastfeed you enough, or breastfed you too long, or you saw daddy's willy at too young an age.
I provided a correction, and the actual facts; you provided nothing. Keep spouting nonsense about what you think you know, but I'm done.
It's a discipline, it's part of project management, it works. You can look it up.
I don't believe this answer will be well received on/. because it is usually practiced by project managers, and/. doesn't believe in project management.
The actual statistic that the GGP stated was that more people are killed by "BASEBALL BATS" than "GUNS". So, try to keep up - I gave the link for the stats for HOMICIDES at 67.8% firearms, and 3.9% blunt objects.
It's the original poster you have a beef with, not me. He posted a vague and misleading generalization based on something he heard once, and I posted a link and the statistics that are based on real numbers, specifically for homicides. I love it that no one but me took the lazy poster to task for posting untruth, but seem to think I'm at fault somehow for posting truth.
Because I am not a mind reader, and not responsible for other people's mistakes, and certainly not responsible for saving face of people who write so carelessly. Hell, I'd probably get a sharp response for presumption if I claimed to know he meant something different than what he wrote. Again, he should have said what he meant, if he meant long guns. What he ACTUALLY wrote was overwhelmingly wrong, and adds to the FUD about the topic.
It boggles my mind that you can find any fault with me on this subject. I was more than reasonable. Oh, and also correct.
Dude, it was a fucking joke about anarchists. Lighten up. Or not... lecture me some more about militias and anarchists. I won't respond, but rest assured I'm drinking in your wisdom.
Oh sorry, I didn't mean to offend your impression that Americans don't generally drink to excess. And that there's a difference between working in some corporate office and flying a plane. Besides, it was an offhand response to a stupid post about excessive deference causing accidents, which cited Malcom "I am a twit" Gladwell, of all people, as a source.
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Yes, some localities offer lots of incentives, but in the end, they're still in Buttfuck, KS. Doctors who want the excitement and activities available nearer large population centers still won't relocate, my wife among them.
Don't the Art Houses have a Porn formula?
That was established long before this... all straight porn follows this pattern (no exceptions!):
BJ, sex, anal sex, facial.
Sorry, that's not correct. It's actually...
BJ, sex, anal sex, ATM, anal sex, facial
Exactly right. My plan to adapt to the changes during the next 100 years is to be dead for at least 50 of them.
Whether the community has changed, or you have ossified and become irrelevant, you're not a good fit here. By all means, keep venting. I read some of your posts, and they are somewhat amusing, like watching a Roomba bump up against the same sneaker over and over.
Feel free to respond with something ad hominem, but this isn't a conversation, and I won't read it.
What you say is true, and I may agree with you up to the point of what meaningful changes we should make about mass shootings, but knee-jerk reactions wasn't the point of what I wrote, my point was about people reinforcing falsehoods that they "know", in themselves and in others.
I'm all for having a civil discussion about issues, but it irritates me when people don't bring the facts.
Also, there are food deserts, places where getting actual real grown food is not practically possible, and fabricated food is the only type available. The concept is well known in the US.
Yes, well known, and totally wrong. It's a myth, and you could have found dozens of articles in about .01 seconds, like this one:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/food-desert-myth-article-1.1065165
Why do people just toss off completely wrong "facts" that they can disabuse themselves of in a couple of seconds? Like "more people are killed by baseball bats than guns", when it's actually more killed by baseball bats than LONG GUNS, but if you compare all guns to all blunt objects, it's overwhelmingly guns we have to thank for making homicide and suicide so easy.
I guess people prefer their preconceptions to the truth.
Mine was the first porn reference to the story, mine was a little cleverer than most, and, oh yeah...
Go fuck yourself, you humorless, dried up killjoy. I looked at some of the "wisdom" in your other posts.
1 - You're very angry.
2 - Everyone else is stupid because they don't think just like you.
3 - You like to use the word "penis" a lot. I mean, A LOT.
Lighten up, Francis.
I was just going to leave the one reply to your other post, but then I saw *this* gem.
You really are a don't-give-a-fuck-about-anybody-else kind of guy, aren't you?
Just think of the other applications! Use those people who are "going to die in a couple of years" to go clean out the asbestos from old buildings! Use them for carcinogenic chemical spills!
Are you trolling, or do you really believe certain classes of people are objects to be used up to their maximum profit?
I like that! Doubling down on Fukushima.
But you don't live there, do you?
Are there applications for interactive porn? I don't know how much push they can put in those air rings, but if it's enough to stimulate a penis, I say... blow me.
the real reason tesla has a touchscreen is... it's cheaper and it was faster for them to develop.
using it as a control device while driving should be illegal.
Given that humans operate automobiles freely on the roads, complaining about touchscreens seems much the smaller problem.
Right you are, sir. Someone with a net worth of ~ $4M USD who needs a car and is willing to reduce that net worth by the extra $40K or so between what you spent and the price of a Tesla is definitely a sucker.
On the other hand, people in perfectly safe cars that get them from Point A to Point B that cost only $20K are calling YOU a sucker.
Good thing you didn't shoot that person in your backyard - almost nowhere would you be justified, and would likely face manslaughter charges. Unless they're in your house, "confronting them with a gun" is a really poor choice. Unless you live in Florida, where it seems it's open season on the "suspicious".
However, the point of my post was simply to point out that the prevalence of guns contributes to (does not create, but does exacerbate) each of the problems. Specifically suicide, since that is the overwhelming loss of life by gun in the U.S. Not having so many guns, fewer people would have an easy means of suicide while they are in crisis. More of those people's loved ones and other interested parties would have a chance to help them recover, and they would get past that dark patch. I also agree that one should have the right to end one's life, but too many suicides could be avoided, and access to guns are a factor in that. You don't actively *want* more people committing suicide, do you?
I found some numbers cited from the BLS that on average there were 12,000 uses to defend people, and 20,000 uses to defend property in a year. I agree that's pretty significant. But it's also true that on average people who keep guns in the house are more likely to die by them. Now that I live in the suburbs and have more opportunities to shoot for fun and in competitions, I may acquire one or more guns, but I'm sure that I, like you of course, are well above average in competence, and no harm will come to me or my family.
I liked your post, up until the end when you asked if I was okay seeing my loved ones robbed, raped, and murdered. I appreciate your correct use of the Oxford Comma, that's a false dichotomy; the choices are not get armed or get victimized.
Generally accepted? By whom? Can you cite any even somewhat objective source for that? I don't think you can, because you said yourself that these frequent uses of guns for self defense usually don't get reported. Absent data, "I feel that this is true" isn't fact, it's Truthiness(c).
Ah, so I'm sure you'd also agree with "guns are innocent life-taking and maiming devices when used by irresponsible citizens in any occupation in a dick-waving contest or just because they hate people. Or thought they saw a burglar. Or got depressed and ate the gun before loved ones had a chance to intervene. Or walked into a club with the gun in the waistband of their sweats. Or left the gun in the nightstand where their 4 year old could find it."
Just curious, with 30,000 gun homicides per year in the U.S. (the majority of those suicides) which do you think is more prevalent?
That's the stuff! That's exactly the ignorant nonsense I expect from /.
Good for you dude, don't ever change. Not that you have the capacity...
My bad... I meant "Change Control", not "Change Management". It was a slip of the brain. I should have caught that - I'm certified and experienced in both ITIL and as a PMP.
Okay, enough's enough. You're full of it "psychology and training background" dude. First off, it's not my JOB to "completely" correct people who spout ignorant "facts". In the second place, the link to the Snopes article that you didn't bother to click DOES break down homicides by handgun and other types of guns.
And I didn't bemoan; I upbraided the ignorant poster, while providing the correct information. Your 5 cent psychobabble is just your passive aggressive compensation for the fact your mother didn't breastfeed you enough, or breastfed you too long, or you saw daddy's willy at too young an age.
I provided a correction, and the actual facts; you provided nothing. Keep spouting nonsense about what you think you know, but I'm done.
It's a discipline, it's part of project management, it works. You can look it up.
I don't believe this answer will be well received on /. because it is usually practiced by project managers, and /. doesn't believe in project management.
The actual statistic that the GGP stated was that more people are killed by "BASEBALL BATS" than "GUNS". So, try to keep up - I gave the link for the stats for HOMICIDES at 67.8% firearms, and 3.9% blunt objects.
It's the original poster you have a beef with, not me. He posted a vague and misleading generalization based on something he heard once, and I posted a link and the statistics that are based on real numbers, specifically for homicides. I love it that no one but me took the lazy poster to task for posting untruth, but seem to think I'm at fault somehow for posting truth.
Whoosh!
Because I am not a mind reader, and not responsible for other people's mistakes, and certainly not responsible for saving face of people who write so carelessly. Hell, I'd probably get a sharp response for presumption if I claimed to know he meant something different than what he wrote. Again, he should have said what he meant, if he meant long guns. What he ACTUALLY wrote was overwhelmingly wrong, and adds to the FUD about the topic.
It boggles my mind that you can find any fault with me on this subject. I was more than reasonable. Oh, and also correct.
"With more than 900,000 apps and 50 billion downloads, customers know where they can purchase their favorite apps."
Gracefully? Well, that's one way to characterize it. Another would be "smug bitch asshole nanny nanny boo boo!" Or, typical Apple style.
Dude, it was a fucking joke about anarchists. Lighten up. Or not... lecture me some more about militias and anarchists. I won't respond, but rest assured I'm drinking in your wisdom.
Oh sorry, I didn't mean to offend your impression that Americans don't generally drink to excess. And that there's a difference between working in some corporate office and flying a plane. Besides, it was an offhand response to a stupid post about excessive deference causing accidents, which cited Malcom "I am a twit" Gladwell, of all people, as a source.