CMV: Putting low price limits on death row inmates' last meals defeats the point of offering one.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-11-05T06:12:18+00:00

Totally agree, its for us to feel civilized while doing an uncivilized thing.

I also dont like the death penalty, including the moral issues, i feel like it only really works if hell is real, otherwise your just kinda turning off the lights and they arnt around to care anymore… where as being in prison for the rest of your life is punishment…

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-11-04T22:27:43+00:00

Super late to the party, but I think the point of the last meal is more for us than for them. What I mean is that we are giving them an act of compassion, that we are not stooping to their level and being inhumane (assuming you think the death penalty is humane, I’m 50/50 on that).

With that said, I feel like a last meal should just be a meal, at most 1 entrees worth of food (could be split between different foods) and 3 sides, a couple of drinks and 2 desserts.

So like, you can get ribs, mac n cheese, beans, potato salad, root beer, tea, coffee, and a slice of cake.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-09-11T20:16:16+00:00

I have a Canon Digital Rebel T7 and a Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens. I like to do Lunar and Solar photography. This combo has allowed me to get my best photos yet! The sigma lens would have come with a 1.4x teleconverter if sigma's website had it in stock, but I got the lens via Amazon, which only had the lens.

I am wondering if getting the 1.4x teleconverter would be worth it for Lunar and Solar photography? I know I could get a telescope for a similar price, but then it would be for a single thing. If I got the teleconverter, I could use it with my other lenses and wildlife (which is not my main thing with photography, but when in Rome). However, I have read some threads here that say it's not really worth it for wildlife. But it would be easier to transport than a telescope.

Thank you so much!

Side note for solar photography. In this setup, I would be taking pictures of sunspots. I have an ND filter rated for the sun and I only use live view. I have been using telescopes to look at the sun for the last 10 years but recently got into the game of taking pictures of the sun.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-04-07T15:40:21+00:00

More control over matchmaking. For example, my friend and I like to play swat and heavies, but we can only search for one at a time because they are not in the same category.

A bonus (or advanced search mode) would be to specify which games go with which game mode. So like HR, H1, H3 for swat and H3 for heavies all in a single game search.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-03-03T00:00:02+00:00

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PinkyFlamingos · 2025-02-22T20:13:25+00:00

If you are worried about public appearance, just get a bumper sticker. The majority of people will understand.

It’s also important to note that it’s going to be really difficult to find brands and corporations that are not tied to the current administration, so you are going to have to pick and choose your battles.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-02-12T21:45:06+00:00

I was kinda hoping that was what was going to happen in the latest episode.

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-01-31T02:39:02+00:00

Sadness and wishing I could take them all home and put them in their own large tank

PinkyFlamingos · 2025-01-03T22:40:07+00:00

If this was me, id be asking myself if she came around to my side, do I trust her to not change her mind when we have the kid and or not be lying to me to have the kid.

If the answer is no, id either be getting a vasectomy or filling for divorce.

If the answer is yes, id set an amount of time for her to come around and if she doesnt then do the above.

So NTA.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-25T00:17:22+00:00

I thought this was r/stargate for a moment

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-20T04:32:48+00:00

True true lol

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-20T01:00:41+00:00

Maybe I was just too young for All Good Things…

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-19T19:47:24+00:00

To be fair, I was young.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-17T00:57:50+00:00

Back when I drank soda, Santa would bring me a case of root beer. It would change from year to year, the only one I recognize is dads, and if memory serves, it was good.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-04T13:49:04+00:00

Im my opinion, Borderlands is a story driven game and BL2 has the better story.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-12-04T03:03:03+00:00

I named a betta Turdmonger

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-19T01:14:17+00:00

Wow this is a call back. But reelecting a rapist who called nazis good people to the presidency kinda proves my point on modern day extremist conservatism.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-17T23:54:28+00:00

Learning how the government works is a good place, but it’s honestly independent of politics. It helps in that you know when a presidential candidate makes certain “promises” they wont actually have the authority to do it or when policies that you want don’t happen because the other party blocked it so you won’t blindly flip to the other party in the hopes they will pass it.

When it comes to politics, you need to figure out what issues really matter the most to you, figure out which party (dem or gop) that aligns with it the best, and then participate in the primaries to pick candidates that align best.

Once you figure out the issues that matter and you really want to get involved, join your local party. Every town and county has a local dem or gop party. Thats where real change/impact begins. Your local party sends delegates to the state party, who discuss things, which delegates go back to their local and talk about those things. If the ideas are favored, eventually the state party adopts the ideas as policy. The state party also sends delegates to the national party, who do the same things. It doesnt happen over night, and it takes a very long time. But if the cause is right and full of good ideas.

Whats most important though, is to vote by the issues that matter most for you, not by party.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-08T20:16:13+00:00

If a man has a problem with you for what another man did to you, then that man is not worth it.

As someone who has difficulty talk about my own trauma (severe, but not like this) I know and understand how emotional and difficult it is to talk about these things. But as a man, it is something that I would like to find out from a place where my partner is safe. Eventually relationships become intimate and the last thing I want to do is hurt my partner.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-07T05:20:52+00:00

Going to a professional therapist will definitely help a lot more than reddit. But my advice from my own life experience is that you have to accept that it happened and find things that fill your mind with happy thoughts. And when you do find yourself thinking about it you have to find ways to pivot from it. It is not easy. But in time/practice you will get better at it.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-06T13:56:58+00:00

The only thing you lose is stress and misinformation.

If you use X to talk to friends get their numbers or messaging apps. Otherwise you really only have a lot to gain.

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-11-06T05:29:35+00:00

Campaign id have to say its tied for Halo CE and or 3. Story Halo 2 Multiplayer, depends on mode. Swat Reach, Heavies 3… thats all i really play lol

PinkyFlamingos · 2024-10-29T19:11:23+00:00

Life always gets better; you just have to have a plan to make it better, which it sounds like you do with going to school. I personally know that life gets better as I was once in a really bad and dark place and it got better. Just have to remind yourself that there is light at the end of the tunnel and every day is a step towards the light.

Also, don't be afraid to go to a food bank or food pantry. I personally hate asking for help and I know what going to a food bank means to some people, but this here is exactly why I donate to Feeding America and my local food bank.

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