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Tyrphanax

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#1127839
Topic
Last song you listened to.
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Sougouk said:

oojason said:
Electric Youth - “A Real Hero”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cedWvuxwbc

I think I could easily get into Electric Youth - a nice flashback to good old 80’s, the girl can sing, they have a great sound, with a good 80’s style visuals too in a few videos too 😃

This song sounds familiar. I probably heard in some random commercials and movies. It is very 80’s.

Yeah, if you saw Drive, you heard this song.

College really brings the Synthwave vibe as well, so check them out.

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#1127694
Topic
The state of Crotch Rockets
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Back in the ol’ Goth phase, I used to shop there a lot. So did a lot of the punks and emos and other alternative kids I knew.

Now that those are mostly dead subcultures, Hot Topic has kinda lost its identity. The band stuff and interesting vinyl is still there, but it’s mostly just generic nerd stuff beyond that.

I miss the bondage pants and spiked accessories and crazy boots and arm warmers, dammit!

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#1127088
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/texas-shooting-church.html

A day after a gunman massacred parishioners in a small Texas church, the Air Force admitted on Monday that it had failed to enter the man’s domestic violence court-martial into a federal database that could have blocked him from buying the rifle he used to kill 26 people.

Under federal law, the conviction of the gunman, Devin P. Kelley, for domestic assault on his wife and toddler stepson — he had cracked the child’s skull — should have stopped Mr. Kelley from legally purchasing the military-style rifle and three other guns he acquired in the last four years.

“The Air Force has launched a review of how the service handled the criminal records of former Airman Devin P. Kelley following his 2012 domestic violence conviction,” the Air Force said in a statement.

The statement said Heather Wilson, the Air Force secretary, and Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, had ordered the Air Force inspector general to “conduct a complete review of the Kelley case.”

domestic assault on his wife and toddler stepson — he had cracked the child’s skull

Yeah it’s absolutely insane that this guy was allowed to slip through the cracks. This is exactly why we have background checks and FBI databases and all these laws to prevent this kind of thing.

Now if only we actually enforced them…

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#1127085
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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yhwx said:

Tyrphanax said:

CatBus said:

Warbler said:

I wonder why Alaska’s gun death rate is so high.

Suicide. For real. Which is a huge chunk (over 60%) of all these guns deaths, but Alaska has either the first- or second-highest rate in the country, depending on the year (they trade places with Wyoming). Native Alaskans have one of the highest suicide rates on the planet.

Also, state gun regulations all have the “neighbor state” problem. If you’re near a state with lax gun laws, do the strict gun laws have as much of an effect in your state? Hawaii is a bit of an example of what happens when you have strict* gun laws and no neighbor state problem.

* “Strict” on a US scale, which goes from “very lax” at one end to “completely irresponsible regulatory void” at the other.

Sounds like we should ban suicide.

Ridiculous argument.

That’s why it’s a joke and not an argument.

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#1127083
Topic
What are you reading?
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ChainsawAsh said:

I didn’t even think it was that rude if it was a dig. It’s certainly not over the line as far as Off Topic goes IMO.

Jason, I think you’re trying too hard to over-police Off Topic without entirely understanding the culture of this corner of the forum. This isn’t the first mod action you’ve taken here that indicates this to me, but it’s IMO the least defendable one so far.

Can’t say I disagree. OT is scary these days.

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#1127013
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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CatBus said:

Warbler said:

I wonder why Alaska’s gun death rate is so high.

Suicide. For real. Which is a huge chunk (over 60%) of all these guns deaths, but Alaska has either the first- or second-highest rate in the country, depending on the year (they trade places with Wyoming). Native Alaskans have one of the highest suicide rates on the planet.

Also, state gun regulations all have the “neighbor state” problem. If you’re near a state with lax gun laws, do the strict gun laws have as much of an effect in your state? Hawaii is a bit of an example of what happens when you have strict* gun laws and no neighbor state problem.

* “Strict” on a US scale, which goes from “very lax” at one end to “completely irresponsible regulatory void” at the other.

Sounds like we should ban suicide.