bss03

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[–] bss03 3 points 4 weeks ago

As long as it's not so low my cruise control won't work. (j/k)

When Fayetteville started switching to 20mph for capillary streets, my "complaint" was that my cruise control only works down to 24mph, but I still welcomed the change. Public safety needs to be a bigger focus and should be the primary driver of regulation.

[–] bss03 2 points 1 month ago

ISWYDT

I guess laughing at fascists is part of resistance.

[–] bss03 5 points 1 month ago

Listen I'm a doomer about a lot of things--just see my post history about climate change--but protests don't lose until they stop. So, if you can, get out there and protest. Canned, ready-to-eat soup is the protester's preferred meal, if you just want to drop off some ~~ammo~~ supplies to the people out there.

Talk to the people on the ground, or other that have protested effectively; they'll have much better advice than the Internet (particularly me). Do keep in mind that it's easier for police to counter and control one group of 10k protesters than it is to counter and control 10 groups of 1k protesters, most communication methods will be monitored, and even if your are use E2E encrypted messaging (e.g. Signal) you could be talking with an informant.

[–] bss03 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It was the Portland Frog. I saw a video of the spray; I hear the costume (inhabitant unknown) was back the next day.

EDIT: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQu4zQqiOY

[–] bss03 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"If you want to be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.” -- Betty White

[–] bss03 91 points 1 month ago (4 children)

WTF. Didn't we decide that was way over the line like... 14 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper_spray_incident

[–] bss03 3 points 1 month ago

He doesn't have enough Warmbo in his life right now! /s

[–] bss03 3 points 1 month ago

That's completely backwards. The the extent we give people authority, they must also accept monitoring, so we know they aren't abusing that authority.

[–] bss03 6 points 1 month ago

Don't look at the timestamp!

[–] bss03 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not opinions, experience. But, yes, no industrialized country has a birth rate above replacement. The last time the U.S. was even at replacement at 2007, and that is an outlier. EDIT: That doesn't mean such birth rates are impossible without coercion, just that we haven't found the right enticements and political will to enact them.

[–] bss03 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know 3 women that enthusiastically have/had 3 or 4 children. It's possible when their community acts as a tribe, possibly through governmental support.

[–] bss03 2 points 1 month ago

I was hoping to get some additions, thank you.

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