ShieldsUp

joined 2 years ago

Another president fond of coup d'état and authoritarianism! That was a fun read for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_R._Benavides

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 9 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I don't recall being given the option to vote on this.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

I use the coffee grinders at WinCo regularly in AZ. I'm surprised to not see many other comments saying so! They also have a fantastic bulk section. I hope it never goes away.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

Shooting buckshot over residential areas? Police will forget the theft and be all over the shooter in no time!

From Wikipedia: Shotguns have an effective range of about 35 m (38 yd) with buckshot, 45 m (49 yd) with birdshot, 100 m (110 yd) with slugs, and well over 150 m (160 yd) with saboted slugs in rifled barrels.

These drones fly at the end of shotgun range. Even if you only need to damage a propeller it doesn't sound very effective. I'd sure like to try, but shooting my 12ga in town is a strait path to jail.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

JD Vance is a whiney little bitch and a liar.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you calling non tippers the assholes, and not the business owners or practice of tipping in general? Tipping is out of control and a stupid obligation as it is currently being used.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Typical, but not required! If it was required they would probably write bullshit anyway, but this is not even the minimum of standards they are trying to uphold. A supreme joke of a court.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

I have been reading through this book on the matter: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14894629-the-half-has-never-been-told

The descriptions of violence toward slaves is heavily discussed and is quite eye-opening to me, since this is not the version I was taught in school!

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You are ignoring the propaganda and corruption these folks experienced their entire lives, in a time where media was even more tightly controlled than it is now. This generalization and attack on an age group (not mine, I'm millennial) misses the entire point in my opinion. Getting mad at boomers is not in any way helping, especially as it relates to this article. People have been fooled their entire lives and I feel bad for all of us.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The young people will be the new boomer scapegoat soon enough. The latest generations are not immune to propaganda and corruption from politics.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website -1 points 2 weeks ago

Any other insult around the facts of what he said or did would be much more helpful than this.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, I just can't help but imagine how I personally would react if this became common for all patients.

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