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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure I get it, is this the meme thing where they're slamming liberals for some obviously bad outcome? I mean, that would be hilarious to realize how annoying that phrase might be to the people who would be bothered by it, but aside from that it's hardly a 'bad outcome'.

Or maybe the meme is being used ironically. is there even a way to tell?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

I think that should be allowed, but then just have like an outright charge on things like water and roads and education. I mean it's already kind of like that for rich people, but let poor and middle class 'opt out' of government provided stuff and just take stuff a la carte....I mean it would probably have to be more expensive for each thing, but overall let people decide what to chip in towards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think it's that, i think it's the part of about acting like biden being a bad choice is fairly comparing him to a alternative. It's like saying Biden is a car that might break down so don't buy it....but the car that's already broken down, had knives for seats and only plays white supremacy youtube stations on loop on the radio. I mean we can admit a lot of flaws on the democrat side before we have to actually start comparing it to the republican options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, sarcasm is really hard to do, I'm sure only humans can possibly understand the nuances of language like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, ADHD symptoms are only problematic when combined with time. If you are able to separate ADHD symptoms from time, they won't even occur.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

well, unless the deaths were suspicious, you could pretty much discount the ones that occurred off-site, and things happening relatively close together is often just a coincidence. Seems like a pretty large property, and with lots of guests and lots of employees it doesn't seem unusual to have a 'string' of odd occurrences occasionally. As far as feeling creepy, there's a good argument for the acoustics of a building adding to it's creepiness....and once you're creeped out about one thing it's not all the unusual for that association to carry over into other areas even if the similarities that associate them together aren't immediately obvious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

These are nice for when you need to tighten something random and you have no idea what size it might be. They do not excel at being a dedicated tool for a larger job. Definitely a matter of preference, but if you find yourself being the go-to person for assembly, a dedicated tool of the correct size is like night and day. If you find yourself just needing something convenient that can jump from bed frame to electronics project and fit in your pocket, these are the way to go. Personally I'd have a hard time imagining not having both options in different tool boxes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Not OP, but usually you can tell if a cat is regularly let into a house, or at least you can tell if they aren't. If they look like they are clean enough to let into your house they're probably someone else's cat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That is true, which is why most of the reports have to have some meta-analysis on them to be useful, but where dog breed and injury type/circumstances are broadly available within the report, breeds like labrador, spaniel, chihuahua, poodle, etc (and other, reasonably recognizable breeds) the injures are almost overwhelmingly related to non-life-threatening injuries and/or unusual circumstances (feral dogs, part of packs, extreme neglect or abuse) while deaths or serious, life-threatening instances where breeds seem reasonably documented, 60%+ are from the three commonly expected breed/types, which very heavily outweighs the percent of those breeds in the population.

If type of dog commonly labeled 'pitbulls' made up 60% of the population and were involved in 60% of attacks, that would basically mean they posed no more threat than any other breed....if they only make up 1% of the population and are involved in 60% of life-threatening attacks, it's fair to say that 'breed' is extremely dangerous. It's much closer to the second example than that first. If you wanted to make a good argument, if you could identify some specific breed that is commonly identified as 'pitbull' but which arguably are 'not' involved in life-threatening attacks, that might be worth highlighting, but unfortunately, just like everyone 'calling everything that looks vaguely like a pitbull, a pitbull'....the instincts that earn then the poor reputation are just as spread out across the group as the physically recognizable traits.

Basically, the response to your comment is 'yeah, but.....' because even though you're right that we probably will never know exactly what breed caused which injury, there is an obvious enough pattern that pretending there isn't a pretty heavy relationship between dogs 'significantly mixed' with pitbull and rottweilers and serious attacks is either intentionally deceiving or ignorant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's why these discussions generally come down to understanding/misunderstanding 'instincts'. Certain breeds have at least broadly understood instincts when it comes to offensive/defensive postures, and those instincts may never be triggered in their day to day, even year to year, routine....but extrapolating that to mean 'my little Cuddles would never X if Y happened' is dangerous and selfish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's like 1-2 adapters tops.

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