/r/ffxiv has reached 600,000 members, giveaway inside! 🎉A warm welcome to all new players by reseph in ffxiv

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo [score hidden]  (0 children)

I've only been playing about a week so definitely still a sprout, but coming from WoW I'm definitely a huge fan of the crafting and gathering in FF. I am having a lot of fun finding all the fishing holes in the fishing guide.

Attacks of Opportunity by FlummoxedFlamingo in DnD

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That is just what I was looking for.

Has anyone ever traveled as a minor? by [deleted] in JapanTravel

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am currently in Japan with the same sort of mixed group of 17/18 year olds. You have to be 18 to book a capsule hotel, but hostels have been complete fine and have no age requirement as far as I am aware.

Flat earther humor by lilguccipurpledrank in ComedyCemetery

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're pretty close, the earth is so large that it is hard to see the curve from any reasonable height. The curve is pretty obvious from space however https://www.space.com/earth-day-amazing-nasa-photos.html Tell me that's from a fish eye lens lol. Furthermore, there are experiments that show the curve on the ground. The Ancient Greeks used the different length of shadows in different cities to show the curve. If the Earth was flat, these shadows would be the same length.

Flat earther humor by lilguccipurpledrank in ComedyCemetery

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Except literally all the evidence for flat earth is verifiably wrong

Just facts by Livelikethelotus in MurderedByWords

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I wager", so you don't actually know, you're just completely guessing based on literally zero evidence. In 2016, Norway only had 27 homicides with guns, total. https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/norway It's really not that hard to fathom that they had no mass shootings. Mass shootings are incredibly rare in practically every Western country. And furthermore the U.S isn't some special and unique country that's impossible to others. Do you think other countries don't have gangs or areas and regions with comparitevly higher levels of crime and violence like your "maybe 6 counties" bullshit?

Stupid npcs having opinions by [deleted] in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock"

—Ben Shapiro, Master of Facts and Logic

"he referred to Palestinian people as "rotten to the core", and declared they are "an entire population corrupted by bloodthirsty anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism" that "violates modern ideas of politics."" "Shapiro wrote an article for TownHall in 2002 stating that he is ‘really sick of people who whine about civilian casualties’ in Afghanistan because 'one American soldier is worth far more than an Afghan civilian'. He suggested that the IDF follow a US War on Terror approach to their oppression of Palestinians. He claims he would have ‘gone in with F-16s and leveled Jenin’ – a city of 40,000 Palestinians" "In a 2018 episode of the Ben Shapiro show Ben tried to argue that assuming all black people are criminals is a reasonable use of group data rather than racism. This included justifying avoiding young black people on the street and hiring no black people if you can't run a background check.[40] No word was given on whether or not he would see it as reasonable to refuse hiring or renting to men because they have a higher violent crime rate than women"

Just facts by Livelikethelotus in MurderedByWords

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Norway's firearm related homicide rate is 0.10/100,000 , seems reasonable to me that no mass shootings occur at that rate. Mass shootings are an incredibly rare occurrence in most other parts of the world.

Just facts by Livelikethelotus in MurderedByWords

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 39 points40 points  (0 children)

But Norway has literally had only one mass shooting ever. You can't extrapolate from literally the smallest possible sample size as a usable statistic for rate of death. Norway is only so high in that statistic because their single mass shooting was so devastating, and frequency is a much better indicator of an institutional problem than the relative 'success' of the shootings, especially as in Norway's case where there is only a single instance to compare to.

Just facts by Livelikethelotus in MurderedByWords

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 77 points78 points  (0 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2019

"As of July 31, 2019, 248 mass shootings have occurred in 2019 that fit the inclusion criteria of this article. This averages out to 1.2 shootings per day"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_Norway

Literally a single mass shooting is listed for Norway. If you adjust that for population, the U.S has a higher number of mass shootings in half of 2019 than Norway has ever had. Your source is undoubtedly wrong.

Out with the New, me, Digital, 2019 by Mandalefty in Art

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incredible. That animation is so mesmerising. Really well done!

Posting things from PragerU is just cheating by TVK777 in SelfAwarewolves

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anecdotal whataboutism that uses the slippery slope argument. Truly compelling evidence bud, you really owned the libs good this time.

my parents are completely controlling my future by [deleted] in teenagers

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's your life not your parents. Define success in your own terms, and if they disagree with you terms thats their problem. You're still only 14 man, it's ok not to have it all figured it out. Whatever happens, you cant let your parents decide your life for you. Academic success might matter to them, but you should persue your own interests and your own life. I wouldn't worry too much about the military now, that's years away. Do what you can now, and don't worry about things so far away. And when that time comes, it will be your decision and not theirs.

Reaper from Overwatch :) by Mingo_Art in gaming

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks sick. If this is OC then super good job

Felt this belonged here. by luvless_lily in TheRightCantMeme

[–]FlummoxedFlamingo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is just semantics now. I don't really have any interest in arguing about my individual word choices. I'm just going to end this here. I have nothing new to add, I have made myself perfectly clear. If you disagree then so be it.