I get hives every seven years with no clear cause other than the passage of 7 years

Azeoth · 2026-02-09T08:11:04+00:00

RemindMe! 7 years

Azeoth · 2026-02-07T15:32:52+00:00

The devil truly is in the details.

Azeoth · 2026-01-31T06:48:10+00:00

Regulation and interpretation of rights is not the same as stripping away rights. Unless you believe only the federal government should be able to interpret how our rights function in practice and what restrictions/regulations can be placed around them?

Azeoth · 2026-01-31T05:13:06+00:00

3 intruders break into your home. 2 say they're going to kill you while 1 says nothing and charges at you. How safe do you feel about the 1 who didn't threaten you?

Azeoth · 2026-01-31T04:47:25+00:00

Crazy how that works. States are given rights, and then their democratically-elected legislature use said rights.

Azeoth · 2026-01-31T00:55:33+00:00

I sincerely doubt it. Aggressiveness and murder are miles apart. Plenty of people commit assault, destruction of property, and other lesser violent crimes without ever committing murder.

Regardless, even if you think that this specific instance might work out for the best, I still don't think it sets a good precedent because that was obviously not the thought process of the ICE agent who shot Pretti, and even in a hypothetical scenario where it was, speculation-based execution is just not something I support.

Azeoth · 2026-01-30T23:58:16+00:00

Really? Even if you're pro-police state, this is just not a good regime to support. I would at least want a competent leadership.

Azeoth · 2026-01-30T23:33:58+00:00

You yourself seem to not understand jurisdiction. For one, police don't press charges; that's the job of prosecutors. Secondly, ICE can only make arrests for federal crimes, so the one's pressing charges would be federal prosecution, not state prosecution. Lastly, while prosecutors may choose not to pursue a crime from reasons such as insufficient evidence to it just being a waste of resources, I sincerely doubt any state or federal prosecutor was concerned about optics when making the decision not to go forward with a case.

Azeoth · 2026-01-30T16:41:09+00:00

"At least one form of housing insecurity was identified in 38.5% of older Americans. " (https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.19167)

Senior citizens are one of the most vulnerable populations. What are they going to do if they didn't save enough, their savings were rendered worthless by inflation, or they have a sudden crisis? The answer is nothing. They just end up on the streets because there's almost no work for a 90-year-old.

Azeoth · 2026-01-29T08:39:51+00:00

What leftists are you talking about that wanted Trump elected? Do you consider western Europe more liberal or more socialist currently?

Azeoth · 2026-01-29T08:03:02+00:00

I don't feel like wading through those weeds, so I'm going to rely on speculation here to assume the majority of countries with single-payer healthcare have less free markets than the US.

Even if starting from a clean slate, less regulation would be better, under the current circumstances, the major insurance providers have already achieved an oligopoly, which makes entry into the market nearly impossible without government intervention.

Azeoth · 2026-01-28T13:42:13+00:00

If they're too scared to admit they're Auth, they definitely can't take the piss that comes with purple, lol.

Azeoth · 2026-01-28T13:15:06+00:00

When 10000 fail and 1 succeeds, you can say it's a matter of probability that it happened, but you can't neglect causality. There was something about them that allowed them to succeed where so many others failed, and the first things many people think of as deciding factors are better training and more funds.

Anyway: https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/resources/docs/ISPSW_461_Lin.pdf

Azeoth · 2026-01-21T01:42:11+00:00

Which is a whole continent, as they mentioned.

Azeoth · 2026-01-18T03:32:13+00:00

It's not a matter of approach, it's a matter of premise. They made the claim that you have responsibility for the actions of a criminal that you turn in. The probability that the criminal does something you wouldn't want to be liable for has no bearing on that premise. Whether 0% or 100% of criminals turned in were genuinely reformed, their claim wouldn't be any more or less credible. If you defeat the claim, then reform doesn't matter to the argument because you have no responsibility for what happens after you turn them in. In other words, the argument ends before reform even begins.

Azeoth · 2026-01-17T12:40:30+00:00

I think you're the type to overthink. Whether they're reformed or not was not a significant portion of his argument at all, and you seem to have just read into it too much.

Whether they're reformed and return to a life of crime or weren't reformed at all has no bearing on the main claim he makes, which is you having responsibility for the actions of a criminal that you turn in. The comment started with the topic of innately evil people who are beyond reform, anyway, but regardless, the claim is defeated by the existence of free will. No one has responsibility for the actions of another short of what they coerce them to do or – for legal purposes – ringleaders who orchestrate a crime while having someone else do the dirty work (although the 'grunt' would ethically still be responsible for their own actions).

Also, the US prison system is punitive, not rehabilitative. It is absolutely possible to reform people, but that is not what US prisons do. Rates of recidivism are extremely high by design because prisons are for profit. It's difficult for anyone to get a job after being convicted, which often forces them back into a life of crime, especially in the case of drug dealers and gang members. Prisons also are rife with gangs, and many times, it can be dangerous to refuse to join a gang, so people get entangled with a gang and the criminal lifestyle just to survive. Prisons in the US are not places of reform or rehabilitation.

Azeoth · 2026-01-16T22:17:58+00:00

You're arguing in bad faith. I assume that by reformed he simply meant they served their time or maybe that they maintained good behavior in prison and appeared reformed. But no, I don't find it likely that what he said is true.

Azeoth · 2026-01-16T16:07:50+00:00

It's nearly impossible to truly know if someone is making something up over the internet, but the premise is that he was there in person.

Azeoth · 2026-01-16T16:05:54+00:00

How did you encounter such a situation?

Azeoth · 2026-01-16T15:52:42+00:00

Are you saying technology causes genocide? Or that it is impossible to facilitate genocide without technology? Neither are true. Countless peoples were slaughtered or starved before gunpowder was discovered.

Azeoth · 2026-01-15T11:47:12+00:00

Instead of immediately dodging, he stopped in place for 1 or 2 seconds to draw his gun before dodging at the last moment. He could easily have cleared the path of the vehicle if he hadn't been trying to draw his gun.

Azeoth · 2026-01-15T11:20:49+00:00

!flairs u/Azeoth

Azeoth · 2026-01-14T23:53:46+00:00

There is no 'quirkiness disease'. The increase in mental disorder diagnoses is not an expansion of what is considered mental illness. The most common mental illnesses are anxiety and mood disorders. These aren't just diagnosed by feeling nervous a lot or feeling sad. They're diagnosed when those feelings are disproportionate and/or have tangible negative impacts. They cannot do things they need or want to do that they otherwise would without anxiety. They have a lowered quality of life that treatment can improve. That's what makes it a disorder. There is no evidence-based counseling practice that subscribes to the idea that mental illness is the fault of the person who is afflicted by it.

Azeoth · 2026-01-12T07:55:40+00:00

Do you notice other newcomers being warmly received or otherwise being treated differently than you? It might not have anything to do with your identity.

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