@DissentFu You have a master's degree yet have managed to fail at the basics. I wasn't able to get a college degree, but I worked hard and scrimped and saved and made good choices. You obviously didn't. Your profile says "Mask up" and "Free Palestine", so maybe that explains it.
@HappyAries59925@mikethree You have to understand that you cannot depend on the altruism of others. A system designed to succeed when everyone works towards their own motivated self-interest is one that uses human nature as it is, not your ideal pipe dream of human nature that does not exist.
@LevineJonathan@neontaster I can barely get my dog to do more than sit and shake hands. But the really funny part is the idea that any Israeli dogs would find Palestinians attractive.
@MattWalshBlog If it's between this and throwing them off buildings, I'm fine with them partying in the desert for a few days. They just need to be careful with the leather, because swimming in the Dead Sea while chafed is painful.
@koshercockney Nick Fuentes could get drunk as hell with Ana Kasparian and bond over their mutual irrational anti-Semitism, she'd be all hot and bothered... And Nick would still be an incel scumbag the next morning. They are cancerous maggots.
@kiffboet@JeffMJohns1@elonmusk In countries where there are already a lot of guns, yes it does. Aussie didn't have a big gun homicide issue leading up to 1996. And the idea that a gun is likely be in the home is why most home invasions in the US happen when nobody is home. In the UK it's the opposite.
@kiffboet@JeffMJohns1@elonmusk It was trending downward already long before the 1996 NFA. Firearms were never the dominant murder weapons there anyway. NFA caused only a small decrease in real numbers. Mass shootings still happen, ex. Bondi Beach 2025.
@JeffMJohns1@kiffboet@elonmusk Reducing the number of guns among law-abiding gun owners will raise the murder rate. Reducing the number of guns among criminals will lower the murder rate, as will increasing gun ownership by law-abiding citizens.
@elonmusk If you're against citizen gun ownership, I challenge you to place a sign in front of your house that says "There are no guns in this house!" You won't do it, because the idea that you MIGHT have a gun in there is a deterrent itself that you rely on to help keep you safe.
@Cleanfunnypics@climatebabes@elonmusk Kennesaw has a 1982 law that every head of household must own a gun. Rarely enforced or enforceable, but a town gets a reputation. Violent crime rate is generally far lower than the 1980 rate of 255.7 per 100k. 1980 pop was 5k vs 38k+ now.
@Duke_Dickinson@elonmusk You have no concept of the number of Defensive Gun Uses there are annually where no gun is fired nor report made. Twice just with my family - once to stop people threatening my friends w/ a knife, & once to stop thieves at 3am. Brandished, not fired, no police reports.
@BadMedicalTakes In the US, Severe Maternal Morbidity occurs at a rate of around 89–99 per 10,000 in recent national or state data for girls under 20. It's much worse in developing countries.