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  • This smells like the second amendment argument about defending against a tyrannical government. Please, take inventory of materiel and finances before you go down that road.

    I would argue there's another deep hypocrisy lying with people who insist such figureheads should be killed, but the only action they take is blathering about it on public forums.

    Be the change you seek, go set an example if you think you know what's right.

    But pitting us against the ruling class in this way isn't going to be a winning proposition. The best you'll get is a massive and severe security clampdown.

  • CEO of UnitedHealthcare fatally shot outside of NYC hotel, source says
  • It should go without saying that such violence is not good and not supportable.

    I am not celebrating. It's a tragedy, even if a predictable one. We'll all do better with a little more cooperation and a lot less greed.

    I don't like it when people die, or get maimed.

    If I say that I can understand how something like this happens, it's not out of sympathy for the murderer. It's just an accounting of facts amidst the fact that billions of people exist so obviously someone is going to be willing to kill for their perceived injustices. Especially when injustices are a lot more concrete than abstract.

  • CEO of UnitedHealthcare fatally shot outside of NYC hotel, source says
  • It should go without saying that such violence is not good and not supportable.

    That said, I also think those who make monopolistic fortunes off the sick while also dictating refusal of care to the sick are categorically not civilians. It is what it is.

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  • Some music gear got stolen from my van parked in my driveway.

    I called the cops the next day, they came over and took a report and told me nothing ever gets recovered.

    Then I called around the music shops to report serial numbers and stuff. Within a day I got most of my equipment back, especially the expensive parts.

    But the cop who took my report for some reason was tasked with doing the recovery from the second hand store, and he was really mad about it.

    That was about 12 years ago, and since then I have come to the conclusion that I would only deploy police in conditions where I would be willing to deploy lethal force which is almost never, and ideally probably never.

  • Trump’s Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in ‘civil war’
  • I don't think a military invasion is really necessary. An infiltration of our power structures is going to be the way to achieve their own national objectives. And, I hope I'm being dramatic, but I think Trump is paving the way for it.

  • Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are?
  • I think most of who you're hearing are Americans. I might hate Putin with all my heart, but he leads a different country. There isn't "chain of command" between me and him.

    Edit/more blathering:

    I try to avoid the virulent speech (not always successfully I admit) about Americans' choice in leadership. And to a large degree, at home, even that is outside my "sphere of influence", but I at least have an opportunity to be heard by other parts of the electorate here.

    And by the way, I think supporting Trump is supporting Putin. I hope I'm wrong, but I do believe that.

    We can piss and moan about Putin (and we do, I'm not sure what you're missing TBH), but investing time and emotional energy, it makes sense to start at home, where we at least should have some influence on self-determination.

  • Why do some men dis other men who sit to pee? (& follow-up questions)

    I'm not really looking to hear from people who don't think this way, with answers like "insecurity", "toxic masculinity", etc. I want to hear answers from men who really detest men who sit to pee.

    Follow-up questions:

    • when you have to piss while shitting, do you stand up turn around and piss on your shit and then sit back down to finish shitting?
    • are you ever groggy in the morning?
    • how clean is your toilet and surrounding floor, and whose job is cleaning it?
    • what are your true passions in life?
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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml recapitated @lemmy.world
    What does it say about me if I'm annoyed by the way shared things get moved around only because I assume someone is annoyed that I moved them?
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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml recapitated @lemmy.world
    Which side of the bed is the driver's side & why?
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    What are your favorite trade-specific or otherwise niche podcasts that are not necessarily intended for mass consumption?

    I am curious about podcasts with high quality content but that are pretty centered around specific topics like hobbies or particular professions.

    For example, there are a handful of ham radio podcasts such as Linux In The Ham Shack.

    Tell me about some podcasts that keep you up in your interests or career that wouldn't make sense to share with most people you know.

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    Talk me out of an 18" dishwasher. (or into it)

    I am currently redesigning my kitchen in a 1930's Midwestern USA house. The kitchen has a decent floor area but the floor plan is oddly restrictive.

    My space next to the sink is such that I can either have a standard 24" dishwasher next to the sink and a slightly weird cabinet adjacent to it, or I could have an 18 inch dishwasher at 45 degrees flanked by two small but reasonably sized cabinet doors (or drawers), although the 45 degree plan would dictate a somewhat shallow custom counter depth on the flanks (like 18-20 inches).

    I think I would be more proud of the accomplishment of building the angled design, and I think the ergonomics would be optimal.

    But I'm not sure about the smaller dishwasher. I have never used a smaller one. It seems like it would be enough for my small family and still plenty helpful for gatherings.

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    What are your arguments for or against letting it mellow if it is yellow?

    And if you somehow disagree with flushing it down if it is brown, I suppose I would like to hear about that as well.

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    Fuck, Marry, Kill @lemmy.world recapitated @lemmy.world
    FMK: MAGA or Food?
    1. Kevin McCarthy
    2. Donald J Trump
    3. Four Tacos and Salsa
    4. Ron DeSantis
    5. Tucker Carlson
    6. Marjorie Taylor Greene
    7. Lauren Boebert
    8. One Pepperoni Pizza
    9. George Santos
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    What are your ear buds cleaning rituals?

    How often do you clean them, and how? Any cautionary tales?

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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml recapitated @lemmy.world
    If used condoms are boner ghosts, how come they never move?
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