jkf
1mo ago
no matter how blatant it is (I mean, seriously, the guy was going down a hit list of democratic legislators).
The guy also had a bunch of "no kings" anti-trump fliers -- as mentioned, rounding him off to "right wing extremist" doesn't even match up with the (normally left-wing slanted) article you linked in wikipedia. Which is kind of rough on your whole premise, mental health issues aside.
(shit, the most common far-right response I've seen to Kirk's murder is "this is our Reichstag fire, time to break out the jackboots")
You may have bubble issues -- the most common response I've seen anywhere is more like "I'm praying for his family".
jkf
1mo ago
When a right-winger does it, it was actually a mental health issue.
I'm talking about the first clause, not the second -- mental health issues are kind of par for the course with multiple murderers, no?
I'm saying that it's not clear at all where this guy sits on the political spectrum and he has mental health issues. Even if he's a left winger!
jkf
1mo ago
I thought the Minnesota guys' politics/general motivations turned out to be pretty weird and unclear?
jkf
1mo ago
That just means that it wasn't also correlated with any of the other factors that they checked -- doesn't mean that there's not some unknown covariate between "enjoys marijuana" and "is predisposed to schizophrenia".
jkf
1mo ago
You'd probably get similar numbers for tobacco use though -- I don't see anything there that establishes cause and effect?
jkf
1mo ago
The current position is basically that trans-women are not women with all that entails for sports, bathrooms and laws, but also don't be a dick about it, because that is not the done thing and they're still a protected group.
"... oh, and don't forget that we'll arrest you for mean-posting about them on Twitter..."
Seems like a bit of a mixed bag tbh
jkf
1mo ago
Your stance is that spitting on the ground in front of another man is inherently aggressive and instigatory?
I mean, kind of? Not sure if it's obsolete or some regional deal, but I thought it was pretty universal & ancient that looking a guy in the eye (esp. when trash talk is going on), then spitting off to the side is a gesture of contempt at best, and essentially fighting 'words' in most cases?
See, um -- Darwin (!?), apparently: (thanks Google!)
Spitting seems an almost universal sign of contempt or disgust; and spitting obviously represents the rejection of anything offensive from the mouth. Shakspeare makes the Duke of Norfolk say, “I spit at him—call him a slanderous coward and a villain.” So, again, Falstaff says, “Tell thee what, Hal,—if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face.” Leichhardt remarks that the Australians “interrupted their speeches by spitting, and uttering a noise like pooh! pooh! apparently expressive of their disgust.” And Captain Burton speaks of certain negroes “spitting with disgust upon the ground.” Captain Speedy informs me that this is likewise the case with the Abyssinians. Mr. Geach says that with the Malays of Malacca the expression of disgust “answers to spitting from the mouth;” and with the Fuegians, according to Mr. Bridges “to spit at one is the highest mark of contempt.”
Granted most of his quotes do involve people spitting at others -- which is clearly even more aggressive -- but I personally would not spit to the side while talking to somebody unless I were looking for a fight.
jkf
1mo ago
Drawing a gun and firing a (roughly) aimed shot inside human reaction (+movement) time does take a lot of practice -- reaching out and grabbing somebody's wrist, I'd think not so much. Faster reflexes don't really come into it -- the first mover is deciding when to act; his 'reaction' time is zero.
Can the average man really reach to disarm a knife faster than the knife holder can cut the disarming arm
Yes, if he's within reach -- this is why police etc are taught to create and maintain distance from people that they're interacting with when they draw their handgun.
It's important to note (as I mentioned) that this doesn't necessarily get you much against a physically comparable opponent -- if you have a hold of his knife arm, his other arm is still free to pummel you with -- and if he overpowers your grip on his knife hand, you are in a very convenient spot to be stabbed. But a 12 yo girl is a whole different story.
jkf
1mo ago
may be uncoordinated enough that you can just grab her wrist before she can flinch
If the girl is not actively on the attack, just brandishing the knife (as in the video), you have first-mover advantage. So long as she's within reach and you act first, you can get ahold of her wrist 100 times out of 100. It's the same concept as quickdraw guys who can draw and fire a holstered double-action revolver before an alert adult can react, so long as they choose when to draw:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ELaiJZ8tjSk&t=249
This doesn't win a knife fight against somebody strong enough to fight back once you've got a grip on them, but in the case in question it's pretty hard for me to see much (physical) risk.
jkf
1mo ago
Did the adults actually throw the kid to the ground and kick her in the head? Is there any evidence of this in the video or from the aftermath: dirt on her clothes, scrapes or bruises, bloody nose, split lip, any evidence of physical harm?
The GSG excerpt above talks about three girls; the two sisters in the video, plus their friend Ruby -- who was allegedly attacked. If she'd taken off while Lola was arming herself, the video more or less adds up?
IIRC one comment here talked about taking away her hatchet and ignored the knife
Whoever said that had it exactly ass-backwards, unless she's a surprisingly talented sharpener in her spare time -- that kind of ax isn't even supposed to be very sharp, they work better for splitting wood if they have a somewhat obtuse edge (compared to a knife or something). I doubt she could break the skin with that one even, and a skinny 12 y.o. can't generate enough blunt force to do much damage unless you offered her your noggin or something.
Grab her knife arm and twist it behind her back, end of story.
jkf
1mo ago
I'm AI skeptical than most around here, but must admit that chatGPT is becoming a damn good search engine:
Otto Rühle, a German Marxist and left communist in the council communist tradition who also came close to anarchist positions, wrote that "the struggle against fascism must begin with the struggle against Bolshevism", adding that he believed the Soviets had influence on fascist states by serving as a model. In 1939, Rühle further professed: "Russia was the example for fascism. ... Whether party 'communists' like it or not, the fact remains that the state order and rule in Russia are indistinguishable from those in Italy and Germany. Essentially they are alike. One may speak of a red, black, or brown 'soviet state', as well as of red, black or brown fascism."
jkf
1mo ago
I eagerly await the prosecution of the organizers of the "Fight for Fifteen" movement; c'mon now...
jkf
1mo ago
C) Mainstream pron sites rely heavily on impulse-buying normies (often intoxicated) with credit cards, and setting up some sketchy crypto shit is way too much friction for this market segment
jkf
1mo ago
Unfounded accusations of racial prejudice seem roughly as bad as calling someone an asshole; claiming to have made them as an attempt to lighten the mood crosses the line into straight up dishonest argumentation. Mods closing ranks on this is pretty bad too; I suggest that smh was a bad choice for a mod, and this should be rectified. Iprayim has the right of it downthread; nothing personal but the guy is bad for the forum. (as a mod)
jkf
1mo ago
for now I don't think we have that.
I'd like to think that, too -- however, allow me to introduce you to the field of teledildonics...
jkf
1mo ago
Talk to (literally- no, I am not misusing figuratively)any blue collar boss.
I've literally been a blue collar boss, and found the opposite to be true -- construction trades are literally full of guys smoking up in the truck on breaks, and it doesn't have the same impact on them as it would on you or I; tolerance or individual brain chemistry? Don't know, don't care.
Some level of alcoholism is also tolerated, but anyone I've seen who gets too far into the day-drinking has been more trouble than he's worth -- honestly I think that 90% of the current OH&S BS stems from a desire to make the jobsite safe enough that you can't hurt yourself even if you're hammered. (doesn't really work; true alcoholics always find a way to be a better idiot)
jkf
1mo ago
Good points, but I'm not sure you'll have better luck going around the UK with a sword or a longbow (the worm has sure turned on those laws!) than a gun or a knife?
Might as well hang for a sheep as a lamb, so they say; are you doing your part?
jkf
1mo ago
- Give
moneycrypto keys to a bunch of smurfs - Have them pay it to you on OF, minus their cut
- Pay your damn taxes
- Buy legit businesses, real estate, supercars, whatever you fancy
Laundering money is not cheap, but without doing it, 4) is difficult. Paying taxes diligently is definitely part of it.
jkf
1mo ago
you still are left to explain why you find yourself in possession of a fortune in crypto
That's where the OF laundry comes in, no?
jkf
1mo ago
Fuck This Gay Earth -- it's been taking too long to type out all the time, I think it deserves a 4LA
They're... pretty red though? Maybe not so much at the board of directors level, but if you've met any O&G execs, "Landman" is not too far off base there.
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