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  • What's that thing the internet insists you be outraged about but you just can't bring yourself to care?

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  • Climate change deniers.

    Is climate change bad? Very bad, existentially bad. Do I want it to happen? No. Do I try to take steps to mitigate it? Yes, I put my drop in the bucket and vote for people who support policies that would help.

    But we're eyeballs deep in Brandolini's Law at this point and by the time we get ourselves out of the quicksand, massive change will have taken its toll.

    I'm not saying we shouldn't take action, but working ourselves in to a spittle-flecked outrage everytime someone says something stupid on social media is a waste of energy when we're already in damage control mode. The battle lines have been drawn for decades and the backlash effect is a very real phenomena.

    Economics is going to win this fight before logic and debate does.

  • Mitch McConnell’s staff refuse to answer basic questions on his health

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  • Even for him.

    I like him. I don't always agree with him, but I think he's one of the few that really gives a shit and actually walks what he talks and I deeply respect that. I value the perspective that comes with age too. But it's time for age limits, man. It's past time.

  • What's something you know about philosophy?

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  • Grasping the idea that things don't always make sense, and that's it's okay when they don't, is like setting down a heavy load you didn't realize you were carrying.

  • Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

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  • Honestly, I respect that stance more than I respect the folks with a dozen half-assed definitions and assorted conditions on what people should or should not own.

    I disagree with it, but I respect it.

  • Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

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  • Lol

    At what point in this conversation have I ever pissed and moaned about the M-16 being a classic American rifle or complained about magazine capacity? At what point did I ever deny or disparage the effectiveness of the 90's Federal ban?

    And you'll get that court about the time you get rid of Citizen's United. But why not at least encourage lawmakers to get rid of the low hanging fruit that gives them an easy excuse to strike new gun laws down and force the lobbyists to spend more of that money to defeat it?

    Or you can blame people for pointing out obvious flaws in these policies and accuse those people of arguing for standpoints they've never held...

    Take whatever approach you think is most effective.

  • Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

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  • I don't care what you call it. The semantics don't matter to me. We can do it in any terms you like.

    But if you ban gun A because it's weapon of war, but allow gun B to be sold because it's a hunting tool, when both are semi-automaitc guns shooting the same bullet out of clips, then your ban accomplished nothing of substance and won't be around long.

    But all that matters is people don't have that one specific kind of gun, right?

    I'm not even arguing the usefulness of bans here, just that the people trying to enact them write them in a way that undermines their purpose and leads to a defeat in the courts. You want to ban assault rifles? Write better legislation.

  • Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

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  • As a thought experiment, if someone attacks me with lethal intent, and I grab what is by your definition an assault weapon and not a self defense tool, does that make my defense of self and family invalid? Do I now somehow become the aggressor in this scenario because I am weilding a weapon of war? Is it only ethical for me to defend myself with a pistol? Am I bound by eithics to ensure I don't have an advantage in effective range over my attacker?

    The Remington Model 700 was introduced in the 1960's and adapted to become a sniper rifle by the US military in the late 1980's. Many of the modifications made to the design for military use are the same that competitive sport shooters would make to improve long range accuracy. It was a hunting tool first, but became a highly effective weapon of war used with the intent to kill. Would it be prudent to ban this firearm as well, or does the 700 get a pass based on the origin of it's design?

    I ask, not because I cradle my rifle at night praying for a break in or because I'm not concerned about gun violence, but because campaigns to ban assault rifles so often focus on the origin of these designs rather than on the technical details and civilian uses of the firearm in question. This becomes important when, as is all but inevitable, that ban winds up in court. As gets mentioned so often the only fundamental difference between an AR-15 and any number of small caliber hunting rifles (which can often be found chambered in 5.56/.223 just like an AR-15) is that the AR-15 has a pistol grip. It's an uneven application of the legal process even before you consider 2A rights.

  • House too hot? Energy bill already too high? This UK professor says smearing yogurt on your windows can cool your home

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  • Aluminum foil and masking tape is a cheap option, far cheaper than enough yogurt to coat your windows, but in some places your neighbors might suspect you're running a meth lab.

    Foamboard insulation, like they put under some types of siding, is cheapish and can be cut to fit inside a window frame easily. Bonus points for being easy to remove and replace.

    You can find rolls of the same bubble material they make car sunshades out of for probably less than the gallons of yogurt this would require.

    And as others have mentioned blackout curtains, awnings, chalk, window markers and paint all exist.

    All of these things are probably going to be more effective, and most importantly SMELL much better, than using yogurt.

  • House too hot? Energy bill already too high? This UK professor says smearing yogurt on your windows can cool your home

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  • Reuse, repurpose, recycle.

  • Friends claim influencer injected himself with gold to gain “superhuman” powers before his death

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  • He looks like a shitty render out of a lousy Half-Life clone.

  • What do you collect?

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  • What do you collect?

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  • I have a bunch too, but the collection started by accident.

    I like Godzilla. I like the old movies, I like the new ones. He's a giant radioactive lizard, what's not to like? I'm not a superfan, but I enjoy the franchise(s).

    I'm supposedly hard to buy for, I think mostly because my interests lie outside the rest of the my family's to an extent, and tend to be niche or technical in nature, so I get Godzilla swag and toys for Xmas and birthdays. I don't mind, it's fun.

  • UFC Fighter Declares “Michelle Obama Is a Man” After Winning Match at White House

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  • There are so, so many people these days who would have been much better off if they'd just shut up and fucked off to enjoy their fame and money.

    Guliani, Musk, the idiot this headline refers to, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Kevin Sorbo... etc. etc. on and on and on. I'm sure I'm forgetting another dozen or so examples.

    If all of these people had just stayed out of it, kept a low profile, and just not said the quiet part out loud, they'd all still have a legacy and probably still be on Trump's good side. But they just can't do that. It's pathological.

    Edit: The MAGAts will only like them as long as there's not a more successful celebrity who backs Trump. The support they get from his cult is as a consolation prize. It's not recognition of their achievements or talent, it's just for being someone who says nice things about their guy.

  • Senator Mitch McConnell receiving medical care after being admitted to hospital

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  • I hear you, it's an alien mindset.

    Terrifying to think that our economy and government are rules by the pathology of people like this.

  • Senator Mitch McConnell receiving medical care after being admitted to hospital

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  • If it hasn't been made clear that you can essentially buy an election by now...

    Not that his voters don't bear some of the blame, but money helped put him in power and helped keep him there because he was profitable.

    These days everything is about money, except money, which is about power.

  • Senator Mitch McConnell receiving medical care after being admitted to hospital

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  • What damn good is power if you spend your golden years grinding yourself into an undead shell?

    I mean, yeah, I get that this is pathological on some level. But I'll never understand why you wouldn't have an exit strategy that allows you to enjoy the fruits of destroying a nation for at least a few years.

  • Senator Mitch McConnell receiving medical care after being admitted to hospital

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  • You know what I want to do when I'm 84? Nap. Look at pictures of my grandkids and shit. Not be in any form of legislature.

    But, because this fucking ghoul can't understand the appeal of properly enjoying the last years of your life, the rest of us will probably have to work ourselves to death so that he can die while still being in control of the country and make a bunch of other sociopathic asshats money.

    Fuck you, Mitch. I hope it's painful and slow.

  • Transgender ballot initiative could require genital exams for WA secondary school students

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  • As much as I want to say this isn't true, I really can't.

  • App Store users in Texas will now need to verify their age

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  • Some people who are utterly tech ignorant and unwilling to actively parent their children might feel better about handing their kid a device so they don't have to deal with them.

    However, this is primarily the end game of both targeted advertising and those who want wholesale surveillance of the population (who are often the same people). Tying the whole of your online presence to your unique offline identity.

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