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Dek Rollins said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Warbler said:

I’d like to know how the hell someone the FBI thought was suspicious and whom had mental issues was allowed to legally buy guns.

BECAUSE OUR GUN LAWS ARE A FUCKING JOKE AND EVERY TIME THIS SHIT HAPPENS AND ANY SORT OF SANE REGULATIONS ARE PROPOSED PEOPLE WHINE “BUT NO MUH FREEDUMZ” AND NOTHING FUCKING HAPPENS AND EVERYONE IS SHOCKED WHEN IT INEVITABLY FUCKING HAPPENS AGAIN A WEEK LATER.

I say this as a gun owner, but holy shit it should not have been as easy as it was for me to legally get one without any sort of training or proof that I actually know how to use one.

Fuck our country’s gun laws.

I thought there were all sorts of barriers in place and background checks and such for getting a license as well as purchasing the weapon itself. Perhaps I’m not remembering correctly.

If more protections were put in place, the people who have a desire to mutilate other human beings will go to the trouble of acquiring weapons anyway, legally or not. It won’t inherently solve the problem, just make it so that it doesn’t occur as often because it’s more difficult for them. Though of course that’s better than nothing.

Nope. This is the only country where this happens, and this is the only country with the least strict laws. So this theory of “people would buy guns anyway” is just not supported by the evidence.

This is how far we have sunken.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article200286969.html

In the wake of the Douglas High massacre, some parents ponder home schooling

https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/964157761427787777

Every time another one of these mass shootings happen - right when the Republicans start telling us that the answer is more guns, guns for everyone, guns for teachers, guns for students - I think about Chris Kyle.

https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/964157915056803840

Chris Kyle was the American Sniper guy - a highly decorated Navy Seal sniper with 150 confirmed kills in the Iraq War. Whatever else is true about him, he definitely was very good at shooting guns and used to being in combat environments.

https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/964158367697723392

Kyle knew that the man he was with was dangerous. He knew he was armed - he armed him! To the degree that anyone could be forewarned and prepared for a situation, Kyle was. And yet the other guy shot two armed and trained men dead, got in a car and drove away.

https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/964158835043774470

Today a bunch of men are going to go to a gun store and they’re going to buy their third or 10th or 25th gun, because this scares them, and they think the gun is going to keep them safe.

https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole/status/964078993661186048

Teens have been eating tide pods for like a month and legislators in multiple states have already introduced bills designed to make it harder for teens to get tide pods.

ray_afraid said:

Rask40 said:

yhwx said:

Yep. It’s an American problem.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts

I think it’s wrong to generalize such a huge country with very varying local legistlation and people. Would be nice to see a state by state comparison.

The Netherlands would fit into my small state 3x, so I have to agree that these kinds of stats are wonky.

Moot point. Big countries like Canada and Germany sre still much better than us at this.

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/611943312401002496

In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.

https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1823016659?utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing

Yep. It’s an American problem.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts

JEDIT: Probably not worth it.

Mrebo said:

Papa John’s

I’m so sorry.

(wink emoticon)

Warbler said:

My God, here we go again.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live-updates-shooting-high-school-parkland-fla-multiple-injuries-reported-200936418.html

Here we go again until the end of god damn time. If people haven’t gotten it for decades, then they won’t get it now. We live in a country where we can’t even keep the government open. Christ.

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

I can see where this is headed and I’m giving up now to save myself the time and aggravation.

TV’s Frink said:

Anyway I’m done like I said.

ah, the Frink gambit.

Or I could spend several pages and days arguing with you guys. That always goes well.

or we could spend several days discussing it intelligently without wisecracks and insults and actually listen to each other and learn something, but heaven forbid we do that.

Oh Warbler. How foolish you are. Thinking someone could learn something from an argument on the Internet. Now that’s what I call delusion!

TV’s Frink said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Dek Rollins said:

Would you rub another man’s rhubarb pie?

That would depend on the flakiness of the crust.

Did your penis flake?

Two questions.

1. How did you manage to find that originally?

He probably went to the last page of the forum.

TV’s Frink said:

Is race car driving a sport?

Yes.

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TV’s Frink said:

Granted, it’s possible I’ve misunderstood what she’s saying, but I don’t think so.

Nice one.

DominicCobb said:

Warb, just think about that statement for a second. “Men are the standard that we should judge all genders by when it comes to sports.”

That’s like if we said, sure Usain Bolt is fast, but cheatahs set the standard when it comes to running.

Humans are more endurant than cheetahs though. Humanity wins again!

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Full quote provided for context.

Caldwell’s approach to gender and sport has shifted over time. As she recently tweeted, “I think every time I said that I wanted to ‘jump like the boys’ I was reaffirming that boys are the standard. I don’t think that helps gender equality.”

So if she has a message to send, Caldwell says, it’s not just aimed at girls.

“I want it to be to boys and girls, men and women everywhere. Quit talking about gender. Be your best. It doesn’t matter what’s between your legs. Go out there and be your best,” she says. “I always wanted to be like the boys for a long time, and now I like it when my coaches treat me like me.”

As I said there are more differences between males and females than what is between their legs.

A lot of that difference is made up.

huh?

Gender roles and stereotypes are more societal constructs than biological truths.

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Full quote provided for context.

Caldwell’s approach to gender and sport has shifted over time. As she recently tweeted, “I think every time I said that I wanted to ‘jump like the boys’ I was reaffirming that boys are the standard. I don’t think that helps gender equality.”

So if she has a message to send, Caldwell says, it’s not just aimed at girls.

“I want it to be to boys and girls, men and women everywhere. Quit talking about gender. Be your best. It doesn’t matter what’s between your legs. Go out there and be your best,” she says. “I always wanted to be like the boys for a long time, and now I like it when my coaches treat me like me.”

As I said there are more differences between males and females than what is between their legs.

A lot of that difference is made up.

chyron8472 said:

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

darth_ender said:

I learned the clarinet at school

That slang confuses me because, why a clarinet? A trombone, maybe, but a clarinet? I know I’m overthinking a simple dirty slang term but it just sounds ignorant. Like, let’s pick a random instrument and never mind if it makes sense.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

I’m saying the actions one takes with the mouthpiece and the motion of the hand would make more sense with something else, like a trombone. To pick a clarinet for that slang just seems so random as to be musically incompetent.

I’m saying that, as a musician, it confuses me. It sounds stupid more than dirty.

The trombone is already reserved.

Warbler said:

Is there anyway to force-unsubscribe the guy?

Block him?

Mrebo said:

Senator Manchin’s office says that the Senator will pose for photographs with any of his constituents and that any signs he holds bear no relation to his policy positions.

I kind of admire that.

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

Possessed said:

Yhwx you really need to let the “Yhwx speak” thread Die, as it’s humor has long run out. We’ve had enough nonsensical posts about you getting lunch and dinner without bumping the thread to run it by us again. Much like the Possessed Speak thread which died when my swipe app started actually learning, the yhwx speak thread needs to die for not being funny anymore.

I’ll kill it if I have to.

He’s right though.

I never said that he was wrong.

Possessed said:

Yhwx you really need to let the “Yhwx speak” thread Die, as it’s humor has long run out. We’ve had enough nonsensical posts about you getting lunch and dinner without bumping the thread to run it by us again. Much like the Possessed Speak thread which died when my swipe app started actually learning, the yhwx speak thread needs to die for not being funny anymore.

I’ll kill it if I have to.

Yes we will get it to him and get ready for you to get ready to go get dinner dinner ready to go get ready for you to get ready to go to your little go to the Response is a great night.