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J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it’s proven false with 1 phone call in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

As I recall, in terms of the electoral college, neither Biden nor Harris have, at any point, been projected to beat Trump. It's not "becoming" scary, it's been scary for quite some time.

Chef Riker strikes again in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

I still don't get it, can you help me out?

[meme] THE CHIMERA in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Why are you beside them at an intersection? That's pretty dangerous. You should either be directly in front of them or directly behind them. No one cares about where you "can be" as a cyclist when you're pinned under the wheel of a car bleeding out.

From one cyclist to another, don't pull up beside a car at an intersection. If it's a stop sign, take the lane and get directly behind the vehicle and act like a car. If it's a light and you have time, pull directly in front of the lead car. Your acceleration off a green light will far surpass a car.

[meme] THE CHIMERA in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Theory 3: Trump and other authoritarian world leaders/parties/orgs has validated unmitigated rage and contempt towards almost anyone for almost any reason.

[meme] THE CHIMERA in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

In the US at least, Trump has validated half the country to express naked contempt for anyone they deem "other." This includes: any person of color, any woman, anyone younger than them, anyone that "looks" educated, anyone walking, anyone on a bicycle, and anyone in an electric car, among others.

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

So laser them from the moon. Got it, thanks!

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I would have assumed it's closer to bird law.

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -2 points 17 hours ago

Perfect!

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -2 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

What if the predator satellite just ties little rockets to them that are aimed at deep space?

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

It's a ship flagged from the Holy Imperial Nation of Ocean-Sea. It's a floating, autonomous nation-state in the middle of the ocean that harvest food from the sea and desalinates drinking water from the same. Their national history states they haven't touched land in 2000 years. Also they have lasers and can launch predator satellites. It's a very fascinating country.

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

And also how does space law work? If you launched a predator satellite that starts taking these out, again, launched from international waters, is that, like, illegal? Considering they're a private company?

Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

MEMES, BRO, LISTEN BETTER

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It's Possible Harris and Trump Tie 269-269 in the Electoral College. (www.270towin.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As this recently updated article discusses, while extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going it's possible the electoral college ends in a tie. Nate Silver projects this as a .3% possibility.

Things to think about:

Only about half of the states require their electors to vote for the person that won their state. Who are the electors? Generally no one you know.
If there's a tie, the House elects a president and the Senate elects a VP. Sub-consideration: it is the composition of the House and Senate after the November election that makes those determinations.
This would all technically be decided on January 6th. And you remember how that went last time.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely this will happen. Still, this would be utter and complete madness. There is literally a non-zero chance we have a Trump/Harris administration. 🤣

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Knife vs. Gun Control? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why are knife control laws so strong in the United States as opposed to gun control?

I was realizing it would be nice to have a knife with auto opening for boxes, etc., basically a switch blade or similar, and I found out that they are super illegal in my state (and/or there are length restrictions, or both sides of the blade can't be sharp, etc), but I can go into a sporting goods store and buy a pistol and ammo in under 30min.

Shooting open an Amazon box seems inefficient. What is up with restrictive knife-control laws??

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Wall Street is to blame, why are we suffering? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ok, so obviously no one here has done anything to make this world what it is. Wall Street, corporations, and racist social structures are why the world is how it is, and that is just the truth.

I don't understand why I should feel bad about anything when obviously all of these rich assholes and structures of oppression exist. I didn't make them.

Until the corporations and wealthy people change, why should I feel guilty or bad about things. This literally isn't my fault, they did this, so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can't I?