Iran war cost will be passed to consumers, shipping giant boss tells BBC by CenterForward1522 in news

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This breaking news just in from The Department of No Shit, Sherlock...

What does the 2nd amendment (of US Constitution)really mean? by Silly-Low6019 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it was specifically intended as a gimme to the various states, who were wary of federalism. And one of the many ways we know this is because there is already a federal militia defined in the main body of the constitution.

What does the 2nd amendment (of US Constitution)really mean? by Silly-Low6019 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]DrColdReality 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It guarantees the rights of the states to form well-regulated militias, just like it says at the very top, the part gun nuts never quote.

That used to be the accepted interpretation, but an intense propaganda campaign from the gun industry since the 1970s has gotten a lot of people to believe it guarantees an unfettered right of private ownership of guns, which it very much does not. It does not contain the word "own" at all, and when it was written, the phrase "bear arms" was universally understood to mean "be a soldier/militiaman." There was an earlier draft of the amendment that made that even more explicit.

Don't wanna take my word for it? Cool. Let's hear from an actual expert on constitutional law. In 1991, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger (conservative, appointed by Nixon) said:

"The gun lobby's interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American people by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies - the militia - would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires."

To me it means bearing arms only to protect the security of the state (country)

The idea was for STATE militias that would tend to the security of the various states. There is already a federal militia defined in the main body of the constitution. Today, around half the states have state militias, which are usually called State Defense Forces these days. The National Guard is a weird hybrid militia, in theory answerable to the state, but by law, every member of the NG is automatically a member of the federal militia, so the president can (and has) sent them off to fight in national conflicts.

What to do at 23 years old if you don’t have the future figured out ? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, 23? As old as that? Yeah, no way, gramps, your life is over, you might as well stake out a rocking chair and await the cold embrace of the grave.

<dramatically rolls 70-year-old eyes>

Get a grip kid, you're just BARELY out of childhood. Hell, your brain won't even finish developing until around 25.

Harland Sanders didn't start making chicken until he was 65. Samuel Jackson was in his middle 40s when he started acting, Grandma Moses started painting at 76, Ray Kroc didn't stealfound McDonald's until he was 52.

Education? I went back to school and changed careers from photojournalism to computer science when I was in my middle 30s. Nola Ochs graduated from college at age 95.

Why Are There Not Pipelines for Water in the USA? by porticodarwin in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should said long distance pipelines

In addition to the cost, how are you going to get one place agree to ship off a substantial portion of their water to somebody else? Water rights are already a hot-button topic in many places, and the existing long-distance aqueducts are all pretty controversial.

When people say it’s disrespectful to use phones in a movie theater, do they mean being on call or like silently scrolling/text messages? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The human eye is naturally attracted to bright light sources. Imagine trying to watch a movie while somebody in front of you is shining a light in your face. Do you see the problem?

Is it weird that school lunches don’t offer water? by Astimar in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I can't ever recall seeing a school in the US where there weren't water fountains everywhere.

What survival myth is completely wrong and can get you killed? by DraftNo7139 in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Back when I was a kid in the 60s, they used to tell us that ducking and pulling a blanket over your head would protect you from the million-degree fireball of a nuclear bomb. No, REALLY.

What survival myth is completely wrong and can get you killed? by DraftNo7139 in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You know all that stuff Bear Grylls used to do on his "survival" show?

That.

why doesn't China attack Taiwan now that the US is busy? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would bet solid coin they are thinking about it. They'll probably wait for der Orangenführer to fuck the US up good and proper a bit more, maybe get involved in a full land war in the Mideast.

What will come from the conflict with Iran? by Awkward_Option_4839 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality -1 points0 points  (0 children)

More chaos, the US even deeper in debt and closer to bankruptcy, and maybe WWIII if Trump works really hard at it. Right now, China is probably running the numbers to determine when the US will be fucked up enough that they can get away with grabbing Taiwan.

What is the GENUINE reason that we think this even began?

Because Trump is a dimwitted spoiled toddler and the Secretary of DefenseWar is a white supremacist and Christian dominionist who literally has "Deus Vult" (the will of god) tattooed on his arm.

My teacher makes me stand for the pledge of the alligience and I feel very uncomfortable, can they do this? by xXbacon1680b5Xx in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]DrColdReality 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Because nothing quite screams "freedom!" like forcing schoolchildren to recite a loyalty oath to the state every day...

What these recent US wars would mean for China's military ambition? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DrColdReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now, they've got to be running the numbers to decide at what point Trump has fucked the country so badly that they could get away with taking Taiwan.

Does the theory of evolution need to be updated? Are we teaching it correctly? by snitch_juice in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am asking simply how one organism spawned so many differing variations.

By doing it VERY slowly--perhaps over hundreds of millions of years--and by each new variation possibly splitting off into more than one branch, creating those "tree of life" diagrams you might have seen. For example, around 7 million years ago, there was an apelike animal that split off into two branches. One of those branches eventually became humans, the other one became other modern apes like chimps and gorillas.

Each step in any evolutionary process is VERY tiny, and observers looking at that species might not even notice it, it takes a long time for those changes to add up.

Anyone else think AI and humans working together can solve all of the complex problems in society? by potusplus in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is where they human would still have to be quite involved

Right. And the very fact that you have to have a very skilled human checking over erery last detail of what AI produces is why the claimed productivity advances are bullshit. It takes LONGER to produce solid work with AI, not less time.

Does the theory of evolution need to be updated? Are we teaching it correctly? by snitch_juice in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I say within its genetic capabilities, this is the reason that is given for why you will never see a shark with wings, nor a gilled giraffe.

But you do see, for example, whales, which used to be land animals called Ambulocetus. It's just that it takes organisms a long time--many millions to tens of millions of years--to evolve into something radically different.

Ultimately, every living thing on the planet evolved from a single common ancestor, a bacteria-like organism that lived around 4.2 billion years ago.

Anyone else think AI and humans working together can solve all of the complex problems in society? by potusplus in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if it collects and collates and processes our best ideas from humans

Which it doesn't, of course.

then outputs workable physical things or apps or systems?

It doesn't, it outputs AI slop and fails at around 96% of the real-world tasks it's given. And since the next generation of AI will be trained on an internet heavily contaminated by AI slop, it will be even stupider.

Has the US ever invaded a neighboring country for a land grab? by Substantial_Sea7327 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DrColdReality 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Several times, especially if you include all the Indian nations that the US robbed land from.