Touching_Grass

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Touching_Grass, (edited )

It seems to happen in a lot of areas today. This generation let a lot things erode because of it. I remember people defending the introduction of ads on to the internet.

“Its just a 30 second skippable ad. Stop complaining”,

“so what they collect a little data, they want to gear ads to their audience”,

“Its 4 consecutive 2 min unskippable ads, who cares. Not the end of the world”,

“they built a profile of you that lists everyone you know through social media using the tools and methods they learned from these ad systems. The profile lists all your motivations, wants and needs based off your favorite Mr. Beast shorts that they use to target political ads meant to radicalize you and if not you then your friends, Dada, uncles, moms, sisters. Shut up and drink your athletic greens.”

Touching_Grass,

Seriously, you can just inject it without any harm?

I was at the CNE in Toronto recently and they had a free narcan table. The person was busy so I walked by. Now i regret not waiting

The city I live in has a fairly bad homeless problem and drug use that comes with it. Just last week I walked past some office workers who had to call an ambulance on a guy that was having troubles, not sure what the trouble was. The guy seemed out of it but was eating a sandwich but just out of it. The ambulance showed up as I walked past. And this is a common sight at lunch.

I should have grabbed a kit just in case

Touching_Grass,

This is why I didn’t think I could handle the responsibilities.

Touching_Grass,

Fucking hero

Touching_Grass,

I just checked out your github. Your python “age guesser” repo and “name guesser” repo are top notch. Your unfinished “street address guesser” looks promising. The internet is thrilled for these three contributions

Touching_Grass,

Nine months to see a dermatologist. Its disgusting

Fatal shooting of University of South Carolina student who tried to enter wrong home 'justifiable,' police say (www.nbcnews.com)

The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday....

Touching_Grass,

Responsibility here would be being charged with murder and serving time

Touching_Grass,

Hmmmm

Touching_Grass,

Its not bizarre. Its called reasonable force

Touching_Grass,

What was the threat against his life?

Touching_Grass,

A bit too late at the imaginary non event in your head?

But the definition of threat is what you described. It is a threat against your life which this was not and its why this is tragic because failing to assess caused an unnecessary death.

Touching_Grass,

I agree

Touching_Grass,

that’s what you’re saying not me. Use my words, not yours

Touching_Grass,

Then why are you firing on them if you have a gun and you haven’t taken other steps to protect yourself. Blind firing is not self defense its irresponsible and caused the death of an innocent kid

Touching_Grass,

Except this person was not there to break in. And if the home owner took steps to meet the actual threat with a proportional response then he wouldn’t have killed the kid. Anything from shouting for the person to leave, to leaving the home and calling the police to also announcing he was armed and will shoot all could have prevented this. Which is why so many places have laws in place for this reason. This was a preventable death.

Touching_Grass,

You make a good example of how many stand your ground proponent’s don’t understand proportional response.

Touching_Grass,

His intention was not to break in to someone else’s home. He was at the wrong home. Your example involves people being hurt which makes the example bad for this context. You stretched it pretty far and then accused me of playing make believe. Impressive

Touching_Grass,

so morons dont stand their and wait to be murdered in their own home by somebody violently entering it.

Reality here shows you why you do use proportional

Dont try to equate an equal force argument with a home invasion in progress. The home invader has already shown intent.

Again, the reality is there was no ill intent. I don’t need to force an equal force here because its clear had it been used the kid would be alive. That is the point of proportional response. Killing anyone should not be done without proper due diligence which here it is arguable it was not. The kid was murdered because he made an innocent mistake while drunk. A mistake that happens often

Touching_Grass,

Anything from shouting that you’re armed and will fire if they enter. Leaving the home if you’re able too. Warning shot. Visually confirming what you’re killing.

Home invasions are rare especially if you’re not connected to criminal life yourself.

And the kid fucked up. No doubt. Smashing a window, who wouldn’t think home invasion. But having a firearm to defend meant the home owner had time to take other actions and be safe. Actions weren’t taken. Actions that if taken would have prevented this death. Which is why many places don’t have these types of laws. Statistically you’re more likely to make a mistake than encounter a home invasion

Touching_Grass,

So, give up your position and element of surprise letting them know where exactly you are

Yes, it isn’t Fallujah. Your position is in the house. Either they know your there or they don’t. If they don’t and you yell your armed the odds are they leave. Or in this case it would have opened a dialogue that would prevent the murder.

Just give them the house, Morrowind rules

You aren’t giving them this deed to your house.

Illegal

No

because it endangers bystanders and is reckless and irresponsible.

No it doesn’t. But I agree its a shame when innocent people die due to irresponsible gun owners

You mean like seeing an arm break a window and reach for a doorknob?

Unarmed hand but go back to first point about warning intruder you are armed and will fire.

Touching_Grass,

No one should be expected to flee their own home.

Its the safest and quickest way to deescalate. If your house is on fire you don’t try to stay and fight it yourself. You get to safety. Same goes for home invasion. I’m not dying to save $500 TV. Standing ground only makes sense as last resort.

you would be charged for that.

No. Warning shots are warranted in some situations which this is. It sounds like you’re expecting more self control for warning shot and not for a kill shot

Touching_Grass,

There was nothing to defend in this situation. Nobody was coming to hurt the home owner.

Touching_Grass,

They shouldn’t need consent unless they’re reselling the works in question

Touching_Grass,

Why not reboot though. Its one of those things I don’t think really I want to go away. It saves so much time. I already know the story and characters. I don’t need 6 seasons and 2 films to build the mythos. Its all built into it.

Touching_Grass,

Yea that’s a waste. But not all. James bond is a good example. You just start the story and go

Touching_Grass,

Right. Undercover FBI was all like “hey hackers, press alt-f4 to check for hidden agents” and they did and then all the zombie PCs shut down and the FBI all cheered

Why are YouTube comments so much different than any other comments made online

YouTube comment sections are weirdly positive always. It could be a video of some horrible crime and the comments will be about how great the channel is and encouraging the channel to keep making more videos. When j visit actual fan pages anywhere else online there are always a mix of opinions. But youtube is constantly full of...

Touching_Grass,

Carbon tax

Touching_Grass,

Don’t reuse plastic that isn’t rated for repeated use

Touching_Grass,

Couldn’t one small change in the picture change the whole hash?

Touching_Grass,

Really feel for you having to deal with this.

Touching_Grass,

I’m not saying anybody takes csam less serious. But I wish the American government Went after minor csam events as much as they go after copyright/IP violations. Its not like mike pompeo flew out to other countries to strong arm them into new laws to prevent csam like they have done with pirates who threatened Hollywood profits

Touching_Grass,

I’d like to get into hunting. I’m getting my firearm license in a couple weeks. Going to get hunting license and plan to start soonest. Any advice for someone starting out?

Touching_Grass,

All of culture is “do as we want you to do.” We’re hierarchical animals.

Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers (apnews.com)

The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. Antarctic Program, published a report in 2022 in which 59% of women said they’d experienced harassment or assault while on the ice, and 72% of women said such behavior was a problem in Antarctica....

Touching_Grass,

What gender is committing all those assaults though

Touching_Grass,

If you don’t use open source you’re a sheep? That seems like a sure fire way to make open source community look like a bunch of elitist cunts.

Touching_Grass,

A problem with a lot of the cool stuff is that nobody weaponizes it but all the shitty stuff gets weaponized.

Touching_Grass,

I don’t think that’s right. Lots of mundane things get politicized by the right in a way that makes it very understandable to people who might not usually care why they should care. It’s why grandma knows about trans teachers but not right to repair. One side of culture doesn’t shy away from educating people or conflict while the other side hopes a cool thing takes off naturally in its own time ignoring how important it is to market ideas.

Touching_Grass,

Sorry, what?

Touching_Grass,

In order to be cheaper we would need to flood the market with lawyers. But the number of lawyers is purposely controlled. Image if you regular people had access to lawyers. The chaos. Youd waste all the lawyers time complaining about illegal wage theft and union busting or excessive force. The system works much better when the law protects the people who earned it

Touching_Grass,

That’s illegal. You’ll need a good lawyer

Touching_Grass,

Need one for the pole that decapitated the drunk passenger who stuck his head out the window.

Touching_Grass,

The problem is there is no chance to refute any of it if you or other mods remove it. I can’t stand the conviction behind some of these beliefs but also I think its much worse to see it being removed

Touching_Grass,

I’m aware. And I fully support the mods not allowing this place to turn into what r/Canada became. But it doesn’t feel right to me to remove posts just based on a commenter saying some bullshit but with enough conviction to say it as a fact.

Touching_Grass,

I don’t think so. I think there’s tons of voting and posting. But I think wild chat bots is a whole other beast that doesn’t exist on the scale people think it does.

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