Balex

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought it was in reference to Dark Brandon.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where are they? I want to pull up with my homie and surprise him 🤫

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

But SpaceX has literally lowered the cost of a launch by an order of magnitude. They also are flying one of the most successful rockets ever flown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Evolution isn't some sentient force striving for perfection. There is a lot of retarded stuff that we have evolution to thank for. This could just be a side effect of some other trait that normally helps the fish survive. Plus, earthquakes don't happen often enough to affect evolution in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if I quite agree with that being a morale issue. But that same logic nuclear reactors are immoral because if they blow up they can cause a lot of harm.

I do agree that it is a little sketchy for human flight, but they wouldn't use it if there was a significant chance of it harming the people on board.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Going to the moon was a fantasy at one point. I just don't see any downsides to trying to become multi-planetary. Even if it fails there would still be technology developed in pursuit of that goal that helps life on earth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That wouldn't happen for an extremely long time. It will be many generations before Mars would be self sufficient enough that they could wage war on Earth. I don't feel like that's enough of a possibility to not even try colonizing another planet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I'm not aware of any reason on why we'd want to colonize the bottom of the ocean, but there's many reasons to want to become a multi-planetary species. Space exploration has also lead to many technologies being used in everyday life today.

What's morally questionable about fission fragment drives?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Nope, she still had the pot in her hands up until the point he shoots her. You can even see steam coming off the ground after she gets shot.

I don't think either of their lives are more or less important than the others, but I do think the officer has the full responsibility for how that situation plays out.

I just hate the dishonesty about the situation, it makes your criticism look weaker. You can 100% criticize the cop without lying about the facts.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I think y'all need to rewatch the video then. Keep in mind that I agree that the cop fucked up big time and should've handled the situation differently, but it does more harm to not get the facts right. He didn't shoot her when he was standing away and she was at the sink. She ducked behind the counter, he got closer so he could see her and make sure she's not doing anything sketchy, and then he shot her as she was starting to stand back up with the pot in her hands still. Also I don't like the defense that it's bonkers to assume she couldn't do harm to one or both of them since there are two of them. There are plenty of videos of people doing crazy shit even when outnumbered. That's the scary thing about these situations is that things can become very bad very quickly.

I do agree with your last point though. She could still be alive if the whole situation leading up to the shooting was handled differently. But I think it's silly to deny that there was potential for harm and that the cop had any right to be worried about the pot of hot water.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Are you saying a knife couldn't be threatening just because it's used in a diner? What a stupid comment. Again, I'm not justifying the shooting, I think the cop fucked up to let it even get to that point, but don't pretend like it was just a "pot of water". You can still criticize the officer without lying about the facts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Wtf are you talking about? Are you denying that a pot of boiling water would be easy to throw at someone and severely mess them up?

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