Morcyphr

Totally agree. Mitigating circumstances, absolutely. Self defense, nope. There should be some punishment. What that should be, I do not know.

Hmm, I've done all of these things and haven't suffered the consequences you describe. Yes, in the US.

Most 17 year olds charge with murder, or some variation of killing someone, aren't charged as minors. That's not taking a position on this specific case, it's just a fact.

I quit going to Subway when they changed their whole menu. I went and asked for a spicy italian, blank stare from the employee, "uh, that's not on the menu". I said "Okay" and left. The menu wasn't structured to "make your own" thing not on the menu. Subway was never spectacular food but serviceable, quick, and fairly inexpensive. Not the case anymore, and the weird shit they've advertised lately looks awful. FFS, ad are supposed to make things look better than they are, so if these ads look better than the real thing, it must be dreadful irl.

I haven't died yet. My house isn't on fire.

Eh, "cut my penis off because I want to be a woman" is a pretty far leap from "I wish i wasn't bald". That's how they square it.

I'm not judging one way or other.

I think you're confusing prestigious with pretentious.

I just right now called them the Yankee Global Enterpirse. Checkmate.

Also, Toronto (Raptors) is not in the US, fyi.

Alas, you are indeed wrong. Because you don't like the way things happen in the US doesn't make you right. But we will sleep well at night, living rent-free in your head. You should go watch a soccer match to get your mind off of it.

I've seen Real [insert city] as a team name often. What is real supposed to mean in this context? It's a REAL team? It's REALly based in [city name]? Or pointing out that the other team in town isn't REAL?

What a weird thing to be bothered by; Americans are so... shuffles deck...dumb with sports team names. I've seen quite a few like this lately, it's kinda funny.

Anyway, I'll admit there are some dumb names, especially in semi pro but how can you argue names like Raiders, Patriots, Eagles, 76ers, 49ers, Rangers, Trailblazers, etc. My personal stupid favorites are the Lakers (as in bodies of water) from Los Angeles, they moved from Minneapolis in the 60s and then the Utah Jazz, um Utah...Jazz? Yeah, they moved from New Orleans in the 70s. You'd be hard pressed to find any natural lakes in LA and I'd guess the jazz scene in Utah is underwhelming (never been there myself).

US cities don't buy teams. Rich fucks do and move them to what they presume to be a more profitable and/or friendly market.

What's hilarious to me about US sports is the soccer (yes, in the US it's called soccer, I don't make the rules) teams trying so hard to act like they're European teams. Cmon folks, you aren't an FC, you're an SC.