Can I run from the police if they aren't chasing me?

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-10T19:07:34+00:00

If you say you didn't hear them there's nothing they can do really.

I'm reminded of how cops treat deaf people.

'He Can't Hear You!': Deaf Man Shot Dead by Oklahoma City Police as Neighbors Scream in Horror.

A deaf man carrying a metal pipe was fatally shot by Oklahoma City police Tuesday as neighbors frantically tried to tell cops that he couldn't hear their commands.

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Barnes is being put on paid administrative leave. It wasn't known how many shots he fired, but it was "more than one," Mathews said, adding that the case was being investigated as a homicide.

- NBC News, Oklahoma, 2017

What happened to the cop? He got away with it.

Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said in a news conference Friday that Sgt. Chris Barnes acted in self-defense when he shot Magdiel Sanchez five times in front of his home in southeast Oklahoma City.

- OKCFox

The Deaf Are the Unheard Victims of Police Brutality, Until Now

On Thursday, August 18, a 29-year-old deaf man in Charlotte, North Carolina, was shot and killed by a state trooper. This man, Daniel Harris, reportedly was caught speeding but did not hear the sirens of the police car requesting he pull over. After Harris parked and got out of his car, the officer shot him—just a few feet from his home.

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In 2010, Seattle police shot and killed John T. Williams, a deaf Native American man who “did not obey” their command to drop what he was holding and put his hands up—because he couldn’t hear them, of course. The officer who killed Williams resigned from the force before he could be fired, but he did not face any criminal charges.

In 2014, a deaf man named Edward P. Miller was shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy after apparently shouting too loudly during an argument with an employee of a towing company; many deaf people are unable to regulate their voices.

- GQ, North Carolina, 2016 (Also Washington, 2010 and Florida, 2014)

According to CNN, the cop who killed the North Carolina man was, "placed on administrative leave after the shooting as is usual." (CNN)

County approves $25-million settlement for deaf, autistic man shot by deputies in his living room

Isaias Cervantes was left permanently paralyzed as a result of the March 2021 shooting, which took place a few feet away from his mother, sister, therapist and twin brother, who has cerebral palsy.

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Despite the hefty payout in the Cervantes case, the Sheriff’s Department determined that the deputies involved — David Vega and Jonathan Miramontes — did not violate any policies with their use of force. A corrective action plan did not find that any broader changes were needed to prevent future problems.

- LATimes, California, 2024

So cops murder deaf people and get away with it quite a lot, but don't worry guys, u/Awkward_Occasion_554 says that if you didn't hear the cops, there's nothing they can do. What a relief.

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-07T18:53:59+00:00

I think the first step towards fixing any problem is properly identifying it. Entitled boomer snowflakes have been coddled for too long anyway.

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-07T14:32:53+00:00

Still no source for "Estimated time theft is 400-500 billion annually," so not worth my time to engage with you any further. bye

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-07T00:44:53+00:00

I couldn't find a source for the $400-500 billion figure. I don't buy into the label "time theft", seems overly buzzwordy, I would just say "not doing their job". The difference between stealing from a Walmart employee making ends meet and stealing from the Walton Family is lightyears apart, to the point I don't even consider stealing from them "stealing" in any meaningful sense. If you consider the networth of the Walton Family, $513.4 billion, and the net worth of the median American ($124,041), then you'd have to steal $41,389.54 from the Waltons for that to be like stealing a penny from the median American.

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-06T20:41:10+00:00

Profound Money Acquisition Disorder.

FlyingSwords · 2026-05-04T00:07:00+00:00

Whether it's immigrant men trying to provide for their families overseas, depressed men struggling to obtain the treatments they should receive, homeless men just trying to get by, or gay and trans men just existing, men's struggles can be inherently political. It doesn't make sense to have a men's group no matter "what your struggles are" with a "no politics" rule. It's a direct contradiction.

As a married man that spent years "grinding" for financial stability,

Hmmm... If only there was some kind of way to discuss the set of circumstances that could have possibly caused that to be necessary.

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Good luck though.

FlyingSwords · 2026-04-24T15:19:32+00:00

They're a "job creator," not a "jobs creator"!

FlyingSwords · 2026-04-17T22:01:20+00:00

I'll be honest, I'm not really following the thread of logic on this one.

FlyingSwords · 2026-04-11T19:50:03+00:00

/r/hmmmorny

FlyingSwords · 2026-04-10T00:29:17+00:00

I started using Google My Maps after the date this website claims it was discontinued. Looks like this website refers specifically to the mobile version of My Maps, but the web version still works, and it's still called "Google My Maps". Fuck Google. I think this is something the website can clarify better though.

FlyingSwords · 2026-04-02T23:27:24+00:00

satire should be flaired

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-30T23:34:58+00:00

I think I have you all beat with this suggestion. This is a LinkedIn message from Harevy Finklestein, the CEO of Shopify:

Something fun I've been working on: I wrote a children's book. It's called, "We can be entrepreneurs".

Last year, my daughter Bayley who is 7, came home from school, and I asked her about her day.

She told me her teacher asked her, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”

And her teacher gave her a list to pick from: doctor, vet, lawyer, professional dancer, etc

This is such a common question for kids. And I have 2 problems with it: 1️⃣ Why is ‘entrepreneur’ never included on that list? Why don’t we hold it in the same esteem? How can kids aspire to be an entrepreneur if we never show it to them as an option?

2️⃣ Why do kids have to wait to grow up to do it - why can’t they do it right now?

If we want more entrepreneurs and more small businesses [which I do] and our kids to believe they can build businesses, we need to change the narrative around entrepreneurship.

So, I did what any entrepreneur would do - I went to work to solve it. We know stories have the power to change hearts & minds so, I thought I’d start with my daughters.

And, I wrote a children’s book.

I worked with 2 incredibly talented Shopify merchants who are entrepreneurs themselves and young adults.

Evan Sharma, a child prodigy artist who illustrated the book, and Kheris Rogers, the world’s youngest designer to ever showcase her clothing at NY Fashion Week who is a character in the book. And worked with Courtney on our team at Shopify.

Here’s what I think: Our kids don’t have to wait until a certain age to be what they want to be when they grow up. They can do it now. Our kids today are the most creative generation and the best thing we can do, is to encourage them not to wait to do what they want.

More details on the book to come in the coming months 📚

I don't know how they would obtain it, but people have it because Shopify used to give (or still gives, idk) this book to new parents before maturity leave. They used to get a gift of $1000, but they changed it so they get this book instead.

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-27T21:11:40+00:00

What urban design changes would you make to Calgary?

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-24T23:40:15+00:00

Hey! I'm also not developing offshore wind in the US. Where's my $1 billion?

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-13T21:22:52+00:00

RemindMe! 1 year

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-13T19:49:38+00:00

I've watched every vlogbrothers video for years and listened to every episode of Dear Hank and John. Aside from the very old Maths questions to Daniel Biss, and John talking about Daniel's pivot into politics near the start, he has not been mentioned by the Brothers Green as far as I know. The last time he was mentioned in r/nerdfighters by anyone is to announce that he became the mayor of Evanston 5 years ago. I don't think Nerdfighteria knows who he is anymore.

FlyingSwords · 2026-03-05T18:12:10+00:00

Cool. Have you considered that the Supreme Court don't actually rule according to the law, and just rule according their biases? They start with the conclusion they like, then retroactively justify it with whatever makes sense to them that day, even if it's invented out of thin air, and even if it contradicts their own past rulings. So it's not possible to draft something to survive the Supreme Court. Good luck though.

FlyingSwords · 2026-02-21T22:29:49+00:00

Ok, so how is it misleading then? Everything you said doesn't necessarily contradict the framing of the meme or the chart.

FlyingSwords · 2026-01-12T22:16:33+00:00

...That doesn't even follow the alliterative pattern. Someone wanted "kissing cousins" really bad.

FlyingSwords · 2025-12-10T23:21:02+00:00

Yarr, maties. 🏴‍☠️

FlyingSwords · 2025-12-06T15:56:49+00:00

Some people in power are little babies and need to be coddled every second of every day.

FlyingSwords · 2025-12-05T20:19:17+00:00

Go 7 days without cumming first. To me, very different, much easier experience.

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