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  • Then I ask this: School shootings simply never happened when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's. We had far less regulation*. Any asshole could buy a gun, get it delivered to their doorstep, and they were cheap. Yes, even AR-15s.

    This shit all started with Columbine. Want to suicide and go out the most horrific way possible? Shoot up a school!

    So no, it's not the guns. Nothing has really changed on that front. So what happened?

    * One exception: Conceal carry laws were nothing like today, far more restrictive. I'm leaving that out because criminals and mass murderers hardly give a shit about carrying illegally. Would that stop you if you were intent on murder? Also, at the same time, the laws around transporting guns generally became more restrictive.

  • Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
  • To opponents it's not a medical diagnosis, it's a choice. Same for anything other than cis people, except the notion of people transitioning is far, far worse.

    They believe that a person chooses to be gay, but at least that choice is reversible, fixable. If it's a choice, it's not a choice a child can make. And teens are certainly impressionable.

    Once you truly internalize where conservatives are coming from, it pretty much explains all these views. Almost forgot, we gotta throw in the child molester thing. What a win that propaganda turned out to be.

    We can talk all night about how stupid these views are. Turned a friend around years ago by simply asking, "If it's a choice we all have, when did you make yours? Because Wonder Woman comics got me a hardon when I was 5."

  • What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?
  • I didn't truly understand how much energy incandescent were burning. Grew up with nothing but those.

    One night my AC crapped out in my tiny apartment so I killed the lights except one in a far corner. The air was so still I could reach my hand out and sense the heat from a 60W bulb.

  • What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?
  • One of those saved my ass on a solo, overnight kayaking trip. I mostly brought beer, ice and food in my tow-behind cooler because I had a Life Straw.

    The trip was hell, most difficult thing I've ever done, wasn't sure I'd make it out. Was good on water until the next day when I finally broke out onto the main creek.

    Cut the top off a can and sucked down 7 refills of creek water. Tasted exactly like warm, flat, tap water.

  • The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah.
  • The issue at the Supreme Court is whether the agency should have weighed the potential environmental harm of the railroad’s main cargo, both where the oil is drilled in Utah and refined on the Gulf Coast, when it has no regulatory authority over oil production.

    I'm not as down on SCOTUS as the rest of you, excepting Thomas and Alito. They've either ruled or refused a couple of dozen cases that could be seen as liberal wins. But this one sounds like a slam dunk for the railroad.

    Sounds like an agency regulating a thing they don't have authority over. This Court will overrule them in a heartbeat.

  • Are there other human traits like light skin which people developed to adapt to the "new" environment they settled in?
  • Read what turned out to be a fairly racist article back in the day, about the differences in blacks and whites.

    One thing that rang true was hair types. When wet, kinky hair sheds heat more easily and flat hair is insulating. Anyone know if this is true?

  • A simple explanation of why Trump lies, and why his base loves his lies
  • Part of it is narcissism. I see the word thrown a lot, to mean a lot of things. A major component is unable to face being wrong. If it comes out his mouth, he believes it to be true, right down to his roots.

    I was 40 or so until I realized my mother had never once in life said she was sorry or admitted fault. One time my ex and I nailed her to the wall with her own words. You could see the cognitive dissonance boiling away. And compared to her, Trump has weapons grade NPD.

  • What's the worst invention of the 21st century?
  • the EPA hadn't killed them with poorly written standards

    Thank you! I see so many people blaming the manufacturers for greed. No, the EPA killed the small truck. Perfect example of well-meaning laws paving the road to hell.

  • What's the worst invention of the 21st century?
  • And so is every Coke bottle with 5 times the plastic. And so is every store-bought coffee. Yet... silence. 🦗🦗🦗

    What about bottles? Far more energy requires to melt and pour glass. No one says a word about single use.

    Never found a K-cup on the beach or trail, but I pack plastic bags to haul trash and sometimes load 2 or 3.

  • What's the worst invention of the 21st century?
  • Yes, it's a waste, but the whole thing was blown way the hell out of proportion.

    I hike, kayak, canoe, whatever, all over the place. Every plastic bottle I pick up contains, what, 5 times the plastic? I pick up a LOT. And nobody thinks twice or raises a fuss.

    We use a Keurig, but either with plastic refill cups or paper bags my wife brings home from the hotel.

  • Lauren Boebert rival releases ad filmed in Beetlejuice theater she was kicked out of
  • I loathe that woman, but I watched the video when it came out. Nothing but some teenage tickling going on. Inappropriate? You fuckin' a it was for a Congresswoman. But it wasn't really a thing otherwise. And it was in the dark, only caught on infrared.

    Did anyone expect upright, moral, Victorian behavior from this woman?!

    Lemmy: She was jacking him off while he raw dogged her!

  • Lauren Boebert rival releases ad filmed in Beetlejuice theater she was kicked out of
  • I loathe that woman, but I watched the video when it came out. Nothing but some teenage tickling going on. Inappropriate? You fuckin' a it was for a Congresswoman. But it wasn't really a thing otherwise. And it was in the dark, only caught on infrared.

    Did anyone expect upright, moral, Victorian behavior from this woman?!

    Lemmy: She was jacking him off while he raw dogged her!

  • *insert "bomb them" sound effect*
  • Western Left: Terrified of guns, won't touch one, thinks we can vote our way out.

    Me: Ready for when Red Shirts come.

    "NO! It won't work like that!!"

    Women, LGBT and minorities are the largest gun buying demographic:

    "NO! Not like that!!"

    The Ukrainians got a clue. Do you?

  • Question: How to Calculate Just Pay for Work
  • I've tried to say that employee wages aren't anything close to what one sees on their paycheck. And been buried for it.

    Unemployment insurance, worker's comp insurance, taxes, benefits (even if minor), all adds up to roughly double one's hourly rate.

    Lemmy: "Fuck you! BILLIONAIRES!"

    Fine smart ass. Go start and run a business. Be my guest.

  • micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility @lemmy.world shalafi @lemmy.world
    Looking to buy, but I'm clueless.

    I'm wanting something to run around the hood and offroad, mostly in deep sand. An electric version of this: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/coleman-mini-bike-bt200x-g

    What else do I need to be concerned about?

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    Presenting the firearms trifecta. Mossberg 500, AR-15, Colt .45.
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    Anyone know what these are? Found in NW Florida, December
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    How do I find owls arounds here? I hear Barred Owls all the time, never seen one.

    Got a couple of acres in a NW Florida swamp. Been hearing Barred Owls for years.

    How do I spot one? And tricks other than sitting still and being quiet? They seem to come pretty close. Can I "bait" them somehow with a box or something they would like to visit?

    Funny story: First night I camped, three were doing their call/response thing. Every time they called, closer, and closer. Freaky sounding, one of the calls sounds almost like a child crying out.

    For some reason, my idiot self thought coyotes were closing in. (Yes, I know well what coyotes sound like.)

    Got a little freaked, grabbed my .410 (tiny shotgun) and decided to take the fight to them, scare 'em off (didn't want them rooting around my site). Again, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, promptly got lost.

    Got home, "Hey Google! What do coyotes sound like?" Oh FFS. I am not a clever man.

    Saw a Pileated Woodpecker the other day though! Super cool and way bigger than I thought.

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    [OC ]Window prism and wedding bouquet
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    Saw this on the table. Been waiting all year for the prism to start working well!

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    So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who?

    It stands to reason he must have been doing something right to have stayed so close to the halls of power.

    I was a toddler when he was carpet bombing Cambodia, never knew him as anything but "an important person" that was sometimes on the TV. Only learned of his crimes in the past decade.

    How did an in-your-face war criminal retain such influence for so long?

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    Can I play here if I'm only an ally?
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    I'm an old (GenX), straight, white, American guy, but I'm right with you all.

    I might say things that are offensive, because I can't pretend to be in your shoes and might get something wrong. I'm often just trying to understand. Hell, I didn't figure out that gay rights are civil rights, my rights, our rights, until 10+ years ago.

    It's 100% OK if you want to keep this a non-cis space. I get that and won't be butthurt.

    (If shotguns are your jam, I got many more to post! Weirdly, of all the antique and vintage shotguns I have, this cheap-ass Turkish thing runs like a dream.)

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    Black hole from Interstellar in the style of van Gogh
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    Just what it says on the tin.

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    Liberal Gun Owners @lemmy.world shalafi @lemmy.world
    I have a type, OK? Nothing wrong with that.
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    I've got two sewing machines. Where do I even begin to learn?

    Nothing fancy, neither is terribly new or old. Not being able to sew is really holding me back on DIY projects.

    Is there an "Operating a Sewing Machine for Dummies" video or tutorial you like?

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    I've got two sewing machines. Where do I even begin to learn?

    Nothing fancy, neither is terribly new or old. Not being able to sew is really holding me back on DIY projects.

    Is there an "Operating a Sewing Machine for Dummies" video or tutorial you like?

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