Messages

16

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 18, 2022, 08:06:22 AM »

Yes the handful of blue cities that contain all of the gun violence in the country make us look like complete stuff, well said. Fortunately the rest of us can enjoy things like less rape than “developed” nations like Australia as a direct consequence of gun ownership.

Hey buddy boy you might want to look up the cities with the highest gun death rate, most of them are in deep red states or border one. I swear to god if you try to pull up Chicago to counter me I will actually explode.

17

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 18, 2022, 05:47:10 AM »

Okay but like there's still 0 shark related deaths in Kansas. To put that in terms you will understand: the vast majority of Americans will never experience gun violence, and most of the real-estate in America is territory where gun ownership is categorically a good thing, no matter how many people get shot in Chicago every single day. It's not my fault you didn't even read the post where you decided to drop your handicapped surface-level twitter argument.

Okay but like, how about nobody experiences this easily preventable thing? 6x the death rate of other developed countries kind of makes us look... undeveloped. Wanting to RP as a soldier isn't a valid reason to own a gun.

Also I guess I'm in the minority here because I know someone who blew their brains out with a shotgun they should not have been able to get access to but the law allowed them to. I also know someone else who was able to get a gun and I think most people would agree with me that someone with schizophrenia probably shouldn't be allowed to do that.

18

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 17, 2022, 09:30:51 PM »

Ok and I lived in zone 6 for like 20 and never saw anyone get shot. That's just being a gamer. Not everyone's experience is universal, but if you've never left Kansas your chances of getting killed by a shark is still 0.

Also if you lived in bear country for 17 years you'd think you'd realize that wildlife creates more issues than danger to personal safety

okay but like, the amount of deaths from guns absolutely dwarves the amount from wildlife. Y'all so scared about getting merced by a squirrel you'd rather have guns so more Uvaldes can happen.

Like this is such a non-issue that it took some digging to even find a study saying that the wildlife deaths was ~1,500, compared to over 45k from guns

19

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 17, 2022, 08:53:19 PM »

Uh, yes? The first post you responded to immediately established he was talking about rural areas, where there are issues unique to those areas like bears, boars, coyotes, mountain lions, and dogstuff emergency response. Did you just pick the first post you saw?

How often do you deal drugs in Chicago? If the answer is "Never", I would be more worried about the wildlife.

Literally lived in the middle of bumforget nowhere for 17 years of my life in an area known for having wolves, bears, and the occasional mountain lion. I had never seen any of those but they were there. I had also never met anyone who had seen one for more than a brief passing. If you get killed by wildlife it's either darwinism for getting way too close or it's divine intervention because wildlife kind of hates being near people.

20

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 17, 2022, 07:44:46 PM »

wildlife does not care if youre pro guns or not

This is the argument here? Really? You're significantly more likely to get shot then you are to die from wildlife.

21

Off Topic / Re: U.S.A. Politics Thread | They're coming for your guns and your rights - H.R.1808

« on: July 17, 2022, 08:14:01 AM »

feel like anyone who opposes gun ownership and sees it fit to remove all instances/tighten restriction globally in the U.S.A also dont live anywhere rural and dont think of that scenario in which enforcement figures are nowhere nearby to magically make a problem go away

Out of curiosity how much of this violence involves guns? I'd wager quite a few actually.

My favorite argument against gun violence is the fact that people can use knives, as if the two are equivalent. You can run away from someone with a knife much easier than someone with a gun, they ain't gonna throw a knife into your back like a trained assassin lol.

US has the laxest gun control of any developed nation and the highest gun death rate of any developed nation, it's not rocket science come on. And no, it's not a violation of the 2A because Billy Bob is not a member of a militia.

22

Off Topic / Re: United States Politics Thread | Stupid Antivaxx Mom loses custody of Son for being Unvaccinated.

« on: September 01, 2021, 09:53:19 PM »

Is that a FACT that unvaccinated people allow the disease to mutate?

Yes, a virus that stays alive longer in someone's body has a higher chance of mutating this is disease 101.

23

Off Topic / Re: United States Politics Thread | Stupid Antivaxx Mom loses custody of Son for being Unvaccinated.

« on: September 01, 2021, 07:19:57 AM »

It amazes me that we have access to a better source of information than any generation before us but people refuse to use it

24

Off Topic / Re: United States Politics Thread | Stupid Antivaxx Mom loses custody of Son for being Unvaccinated.

« on: August 31, 2021, 08:18:10 AM »

Strange world we live in, where the desire for bodily autonomy is demonized and people froth at the mouth with anger at the concept of not licking government boot. I wish I could have whatever masochistic gene you weirdos have that allows you to so thoroughly enjoy the taste of leather, but alas.

The sad thing is, the vaccines are probably fine. Maybe. I mean, they're talking 5 month booster shots, which sounds like it'll be monthly, then weekly, then daily, because it was two weeks to slow the spread, and now it's been a year and a half. It was "herd immunity" but now it's 100% vaccination rate. Which is never going to happen by any reasonable means, so I'm just wondering why people still let Anthony move the goalpost so fast and so hard.

Still weird how the potentially less effective vaccine was the first one FDA approved. Same one that has the potential to shoot Pfizer profits through the absolute roof when we start having mandates + required booster shots on a regular basis. Equally weird how no one seems to care about the normalization of government mandated medical procedures. "Buh its an emergency!" Okay. Whatever. Lol

Also I'm taking bets on how many Americans get decapitated in the next few months due to Biden's active decision to ruin Annoying Orange's pull out deal

Skepticism in the government is definitely a good quality to have, actively fighting against it makes you just as predictable and controllable as those that blindly follow though. The latter position is why we are at where we are today. This fear mongering is what turned this from a pandemic to an endemic, this is why the people who have been trying to end the virus are pissed off and getting aggressive.

Saying the vaccine is probably fine is an understatement, hundreds of millions of people have taken it yet the total amount of hospitalizations is less than 10k. Compare that to the unvaxxed and the data is pretty clear, the vaccine works and doesn't kill you.

25

Off Topic / Re: Why are we forced to get the \/@x?

« on: August 27, 2021, 12:17:09 PM »

How do you guys still fall for Tony's obvious bait?

26

Off Topic / Re: United States Politics Thread | Sydney's Covid-19 positive terrorist captured!

« on: August 27, 2021, 11:38:46 AM »

i live in louisiana and i havent really heard of anyone dying or getting infected in my area at super fast rates :\. my main issue with vaccines is just that even if we took it they'd still put us in lockdowns and mask mandates and force us to get booster shots, its not going to end even if we comply so im just standing my loving ground. im tired of how everything went from "2 weeks to flatten the curve and then its all over guys! for realz!" to "show me your papers or you dont get to eat" in less than a month. if they weren't so pushy and weren't being really aggressive in terms of pushing the limits of what the constitution allows i wouldn't be so adamant about not taking it, and this is coming from someone who just got vaccinated for two different diseases today.

I was too busy reading the most recent post I somehow missed this artwork. Please direct me to the amendment that lockdowns and mask mandates violate, I'd really really like to know.

27

Off Topic / Re: United States Politics Thread | Sydney's Covid-19 positive terrorist captured!

« on: August 27, 2021, 11:31:42 AM »

i like how you say im an antivaxxer despite the fact im literally loving vaccinated for every disease, except for Covid, which I do not believe has had the proper time given to be considered reliable and safe.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html

I'd say this speaks volumes about how effective the vaccine is, 171 million people with the vaccine with only 11k breakthrough cases. I don't understand the thought process that your body's immune system can handle a virus that has killed 600k americans but not the vaccine specifically engineered to combat it.

28

Off Topic / Re: Public Service Announcement: on freezing weather.

« on: February 15, 2021, 11:11:55 PM »

Big ol F350 "I have a small richard" truck flew up behind me, passed into the other lane and slipped right into the ditch.
Friend who was a few cars back said he saw them disposing beer bottles after getting stuck

4 wheel drive not 4 wheel stop

29

General Discussion / Re: SpeedKart Remastered Project - Back on track!

« on: February 15, 2021, 08:09:50 AM »

Isn't SpeedKart always sort of doomed to fail because of the wonky vehicle physics? I'm assuming after all these years they're still broken since apparently player/server connections and physics go hand in hand.

The physics are improved, you'll still get the stratosphere launches but they aren't nearly as common as in OG speedkarts

30

Off Topic / Re: The Chronology of the Blockland Forums

« on: February 08, 2021, 11:12:47 AM »

BLF will never die, it's the Betty White of forums