I'm back on my bullshit.
How so? What was the change and how did it affect you?
No idea. I've never been in that situation. It's like asking, "What if you played hockey without checking?" It would virtually be a different sport.
I played water polo in high school during the swimming off season. Water polo is one of the most intense sports I know of. It's like the intensity and aggression of hockey but while swimming. To give perspective by placing modesty aside for a moment, I was a very good swimmer and captain of the swim team. When I went to swim meets (competitions), many other swimmers in my district knew me and were upset they were going to lose. If my grades weren't terrible, I could've easily gotten a full scholarship for swimming.
Still, when I played water polo, I was TERRIBLE. There is so much nasty aggression that happens underwater. Half of water polo is trying to drown the opponents without getting caught. Seriously! One thing to do is wrap your legs around the opponents waist then stand up. This immediately pulls them under water while you look innocent af with your hands out of the water. And there are many more tactics, such as splashing a lot so the officials cant see you foul someone. Anyway, even though I was a great swimmer, I sucked at water polo because I was too skinny and non-aggressive. The good water polo players were beasts. Forty percent is swimming athleticism. Only 10% is skill of throwing a grippy ball in a huge goal. Non-water polo players would be drowning the entire match. If we had legit normies playing water polo against an Olympic team, all we'd see is the lifeguard jumping in to rescue normies until the normie team forfeits.
I'm not kidding. Anyone else here that has played water polo, back me up here.
Lemmy has naturally become the unofficial home of furries and trans. I love it and am happy to be here for it before it goes mainstream and gets enshitified. We're living tomorrow's good ole days and don't even know it.
It’s crazy that people think JD Vance had sex with a couch. There’s no evidence JD Vance had sex with a couch. It’s liberals that are perpetuating the idea that JD Vance had sex with a couch. JD Vance has specifically denied that he has had bare skin contact with a couch within a 5 year period. It’s ludicrous that JD Vance was banned from a Cleveland area IKEA after having intercourse with a KIVIK Sofa Chaise.
I’ll repeat, there is no evidence to believe JD Vance had sex with a couch. JD Vance is not a couchfucker.
Ok, but how can someone prove that Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance has not had sex with a couch? I think the only thing we can really take as conclusive evidence that JD Vance did not have sex with a couch is video of his entire life showing that there were no instances where JD Vance had sex with a couch. Does anyone else have any ideas to prove that JD Vance did not have sex with a couch, because I don't think that JD Vance had sex with a couch, but there are rumors that JD Vance had sex with a couch.
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thanks! it's here by necessity 😉
lol ok, you're messing with us, right?? Every single person born in one country that moved to another country was born in their original country. That's just pure logic.
- Every single American in Palestine was born in USA, not Palestine.
- Every single Korean in Japan was born in Korea, not Korea or Palestine.
- Every single Argentinian in Brazil was born in Argentina, not Brazil.
This comment has triggered me to make a relevant asklemmy post. brb
Super interesting! As someone that was born and lived the vast majority of their life in Florida, LA is odd to me. I've been a few times. The main things we have in common are similar economic models, language (almost a different dialect tho), and are in the same federation. Mostly everything else is different. It's almost a different country.
Here are some differences that stick out to me:
- Mountains and hills vs nearly 100% flat
- Deserts vs swamps
- Dry vs humid
- Sparse vegetation vs tropical rain forest
- Clay sand vs dirt sand
- Cold beaches w/ major waves vs warm beaches w/ flat water
- Barely rains vs daily storms
- Earthquakes vs hurricanes
- Mexicans vs Puerto Ricans, Cubans, & Dominicans
- Spanish names vs indigenous names
- Cowboys vs Southerners
Not really. There's a popular vote interstate compact that is designed to bypass a constitutional amendment. Basically, the law says that once enough states agree to it, meaning to total electoral votes reaches 270, their votes go for whichever candidate won the popular vote.
It's one of the ways they got Pablo Escobar
I love how easy it is to block users on Lemmy
Actually I was wrong.
🫡 I salute your rectitude.
My assessment of a typical police officer is that it is someone that:
- is overwhelmed with their job
- deals with annoying frequent offenders repeatedly
- their interactions with people are when the people are committing crimes
- feels that their lives are constantly in danger
- believes that their jobs are handicapped by policies that protect citizens at the officer's expense
- sees that a considerable portion of the community hates them despite regularly placing their lives in lethal danger
- their main training is to control and overpower everyone using lethal force
- uses concrete/black-or-white thinking
Because of this victim mentality, they have created a strong cultural value of protecting their own. In their minds, it's good guys (police) vs bad guys (citizens). This results in an authoritative approach with the main tactic being lethal violence and protecting each other from the consequences of the policies that handicap them. The last thing I would want is to be around a police officer that is triggered into fight-or-flight mode. At that time, everyone becomes enemy and they are the law.
I have been in life or death situations as the person that has to maintain control, so I have an idea of what it is like to be in a police officer's position. The main ideas that I consider are that (1) I have no idea who will be dangerous until they become dangerous, and (2) I am ultimately responsible. As such, when I interact with police, I take that into account. When I get pulled over, I have a system. While pulling over, I am already pulling out my wallet and placing it on the dash. Once I'm pulled over, I take the keys and place them on the dash as well. I open all of the windows and sunroof, place my hands on the steering wheel at 10 & 2, and wait for them to approach the car. If I have any weapons in the car, I tell them what and where they are as they arrive to the vehicle1. I then only conduct behaviors they ask of me and announce what and how I plan on doing. For example, if they ask me for my registration, I tell them that it is in the glove compartment and ask them if it is okay that I go in there to get it. When they give permission, I do that slowlyyyy making sure that they can see everything that is in my hands at all times. I absolutely give no attitude whatsoever. Btw, my car has a a front- and rear- view dash cam recording, so I have my own evidence.
I'm not saying cops are awesome and we should kiss their asses, but I'm also trying to be compassionate for their position given the situation we are all in during those interactions. Like I said, the last thing I want to do is trigger a cop into fight-or-flight mode. Unless someone is in serious physical danger, it is not the time to stand up for your rights using any form of aggression, verbal or physical. Stay quiet, only answer if you have to (e.g. what's your name?), do not admit to violating any laws whatsoever, and comply with legal orders. If they violate any of your rights, there's a chance they gave you a get out of jail free card. For example, if you clearly told them not to come into your house and they do anyway, then any evidence they get cannot be used against you. Make sure you have your own cameras recording! On the other hand, if you try to physically prevent them from doing something, you're fucked whether you were in the right or not.
Regarding the murder of this lady
She was innocent as fuck. There was no need to even have the firearm out even when she had the pot of boiling water. He could have easily dodged it from that far way. If anything, he could have used a taser or stepped back. Still, do what you can to stay alive in those situations. If you are mentally present with a cop in your house, do not give them any reason whatsoever to fear you anymore than they already do. Whether you were in the right or not, you can't fight for police reform when your already dead.
Also, while I'm ragging on them, they had terrible muzzle awareness. The murdering cop stepped in front of the other cop's muzzle several times, while the other cop didn't point their firearm elsewhere when that happened. WTF.
1: I have been pulled over several times while carrying a firearm in the vehicle. In all cases, what they did was get the firearm, unload the magazine, and clear the chamber. They were super chill about it.
I had a similar experience with something that Lemmy would generally oppose. I used to be concerned that Google kept track of my location and nearly everything I do on my phone. However, I was accused of something serious that typically cannot be disproven otherwise, and since it's something perpetrators often get away with, people tend to believe the accuser without evidence. When that happened, I was so happy that Google had a record of my location because it would have demonstrated that I wasn't where the accuser said I was, nor did I have the contact they said I had. I not only offered to show my location history to investigators, but asked them to so it would clear my name. I guess my sincerity was evident because they didn't even bother and dropped the whole thing shortly after.
I agree with you. If I were a cop, I'd want every second of my day indisputably recorded to clear my name in case I'm ever falsely accused of something. I don't know what it is about me. Maybe my autistic traits make me seem suspicious or like a careless asshole to others, maybe my evident self-doubt make me an easy target for predators, or maybe my lack of conformity and unique style of accomplishing things give people an uncomfortable intuitive feeling about me, but I think I get accused/blamed for a lot of things I didn't do or had any intent of doing more than normal. I know I would eventually be accused of some bs and would need evidence to demonstrate my innocence.
That's an awesome metaphor! 😆
Yeah, methylphenidate instant release was pretty good for me. Then, I tried the extended release, but it wouldn't start working until after 3p and 3 coffees. Got switched to max dose Concerta, and that literally put me to sleep. I very rarely take naps. It's possible that I've gone years at a time without taking a nap. Still, when I was on Concerta, I was passing out on the couch even after 8 hrs of sleep.
Got switched to Adderall IR recently. It's really smooth, and I don't even notice when it kicks in unless I pay metattention (pay attention to my attention lol). It works pretty well, just have to make sure I'm doing what I want to focus on when it kicks in because I can possibly get stuck since it makes me want to see things thru to completion. It also seems to help me address emotional matters calmly and effectively. Not that it dulls emotions or makes me feel "good", but that I can actually focus on them to process, make and enact a plan. On the down side, I've noticed that it makes me more sensory sensitive. After writing this, I think it basically makes me more present, so the autism traits become more prominent.