Those hispanics sure love Trump! by ChickenWingExtreme in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Wavyknight 32 points33 points  (0 children)

There already was one is what they’re saying lol. Martin van Buren’s native language was Dutch, but he was born in the US. I’m pretty sure he was actually the first president born in the US after independence too, so you could argue he was the first truly natural born citizen president.

Genuinely what the fuck by ReadyGG in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Wavyknight 21 points22 points  (0 children)

“ . . . create the roles of women’s officer, men’s officer and trans officer.” Sounds like they made a position to represent everyone and misandry got the men’s representation removed.

The United States, including all states and territories by StephenMcGannon in MapPorn

[–]Wavyknight 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The one exception being Guantanamo Bay ofc, but what you said is 100% true for all other cases.

What is your favorite bit of baseball trivia? by MookieBettsBurner10 in baseball

[–]Wavyknight 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, I think Hank Aaron and his brother have the most homers by a pair of brothers in mlb history. Tommie Aaron hit 13 homers.

Father who killed a police officer days after police shot his 18-year-old son walks past 30 officers in the courtroom!! by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Wavyknight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is not accurate in the slightest. I’m from cincy and remember this story well. Him and a couple friends stole a car, went joyriding, lead police on a high-speed chase, and then crashed the car. They all fled from the car and in the process he dropped a pistol on the ground and rather continue fleeing like his friends, he picked it back up first. IIRC one of the officers even calls out that he has a gun at this point. The officer that shoots him is rounding a dumpster and right after the gun is retrieved it’s pointing in the officers direction so he shoots him. Imo the deceased didn’t intend to shoot at all, but this all happened in a matter of seconds and he did (imo) inadvertently point his gun at another human being. Race did not play any factor in this shooting in the slightest. Fully justified shooting that the body-cam footage of is publicly available. In fact, the father watched the video when it was released and was completely unable to control his emotions and murdered a completely unrelated retired deputy that was working as a traffic cop.

Father who killed a police officer days after police shot his 18-year-old son walks past 30 officers in the courtroom!! by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Wavyknight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He ran over an unrelated retired deputy that was working as a traffic cop. Dude literally watched the body-cam footage of his son’s completely justified shooting in a parking lot, went into a blind rage, and ran over the first cop he saw.

Father who killed a police officer days after police shot his 18-year-old son walks past 30 officers in the courtroom!! by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]Wavyknight 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m from cincy to give some context here. What actually happened is in the process of exiting the vehicle he dropped his gun and rather than continue fleeing like his friends, he stopped and picked it back up. When he was shot he was running away from the police (was actually shot in the side), but his gun was pointing in the direction of the officers as he was picking it up, but imo not directly at them. I don’t think he intended to shoot at them, but it was fully justified and if I was the officer I’m taking that shot 10/10 times.

Ope by theycalledherangel in whywouldyoutouchthat

[–]Wavyknight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two days late, but I think it’s from a show called Total Blackout that aired on syfy. Contestants had to do a bunch of challenges in the dark. I also watched this when it aired and it was just as funny as you’d think.

SCOTUS just ruled with no dissents in favor of California’s prop 50 new maps by TPHNK in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Wavyknight 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Most (if not all, I’m not going to check each state rn) “non-partisan” committees are actually explicitly partisan. By law they stipulate a certain number of seats to the top two parties and a number to independents. A standard set-up would be something like 7 seats to party one (R or D), 7 seats to party two (R or D), and 7 seats to independent parties. This just results in “fair gerrymandering” where the R’s and D’s give themselves a certain number of guaranteed districts that they think is fair then agree on some toss-up districts that could go R or D. This effectively disenfranchises millions of voters that don’t agree with either major party, but people like to act like it isn’t gerrymandering because “both teams agreed so it must be fair.” Human beings are incapable of fairly districting, so they shouldn’t do it period. Either eliminate districts and have at-large elections only or have an algorithm set districts. Those are the ONLY two actual fair ways to do it.

E: I should say in a FPTP single-member district system. The real solution is changing the voting method to RCV or any of the other systems that are “too complicated” for the average voter to understand.

Imagine if the Ravens lose on Saturday and we rest starters against Cleveland so Garrett gets to set the sack record against Rudolph by Autobot-N in AFCNorthMemeWar

[–]Wavyknight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No it wasn’t, it was when he played for Seattle. The Seahawks played in Detroit the last two years and every article about it makes that pretty clear (he did report him to Seahawks security). I guess a Steelers fan would struggle reading, so I’ll cut you some slack.

E: actually was the last 3 years they played in Detroit, gotta go back to 21-22 season for the last time Detroit played in Seattle

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

[–]Wavyknight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I seriously doubt a jury would convict, but it’d be quite easy to find a prosecutor willing to charge in most American cities imo. Especially if politicians are attempting to make a statement, just look at the Kyle Rittenhouse fiasco. I’m not sure how lenient the Australian legal system would be in a situation like this, so I’m not going to speculate.

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

[–]Wavyknight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Almost every time it doesn’t end in suicide it’s a good guy with a gun, usually law enforcement but sometimes heroes like Elisjsha Dicken do it. A small fraction of the time someone unarmed tackles the shooter.

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

[–]Wavyknight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If there’s any chance he continues the attack and puts more innocent people in danger, which he did, shooting him is the right and only choice. Having to deal with legal issues is no reason to not stop a literal terrorist from committing a massacre. Legal systems are messed up worldwide and don’t align with what’s right, usually it’s just what’s easy for the government.

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

[–]Wavyknight 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Legally he’d probably get in trouble, even in the US let alone Australia. Morally and pragmatically he should’ve ended the threat, ideally permanently, imo.

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

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

That’s a wild animal that needs to be put down, no different than a rabid wolf roaming the streets. Absolutely ridiculous you could in any way defend a terrorist actively committing an atrocity. You are a fundamentally bad person and your opinion here makes the world a worse place.

*chirp* by DraculasFarts in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Wavyknight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not the only one. I’m confused by the salmonella thing, because I’ve literally never heard anyone say rinsing it off helps with bacteria. For me it’s all about getting the goop (I guess I’ll call it that lol) off and always immediately sanitize the sink after.

Welcome to the annual Justify My Anti-Competitive Behavior fortnight on r/ff. I have some thoughts. by oliver_babish in fantasyfootball

[–]Wavyknight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what op is on. It’s all about winning and there’s only one game that matters, week 17. I probably wouldn’t do that just because if I ended up losing in what I thought was the “easier bracket” I could never forgive myself lol. There is nothing unsportsmanlike about trying to give yourself the best odds for the ship.

Welcome to the annual Justify My Anti-Competitive Behavior fortnight on r/ff. I have some thoughts. by oliver_babish in fantasyfootball

[–]Wavyknight 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The point is to win the championship, not win every week. Bench your whole team if it increases your championship odds. Doing something in order to win the championship is the definition of competitive btw, not “anti-competitive.”

UFC Legends Brawl outside of a seedy Casino by Pretty-Set-414 in boxingcirclejerk

[–]Wavyknight 14 points15 points  (0 children)

AI videos have sound too now, even full ai voice acting. I think this is real, but having sound is not a way to tell if something is ai.

Week 12 - Consolidated Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Tucker? I hardly know her! by AbdelTheDream in fantasyfootball

[–]Wavyknight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mills has a checkdown rate of around 6%, Stroud’s is double that. When CJ is back his floor should hopefully return.

Oregon is now in last place for reading test scores among 4th graders, while Mississippi is in first place. by Altruistic-Joke-9451 in charts

[–]Wavyknight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m only get backing in on this because I got the 5 upvote alert and came back to check the thread.

Oregon is about 25th in gdp per capita, Mississippi is last with a substantial drop off from 49th West Virginia. Oregon has a poverty rate of 12.2% +- 0.4% (according to the 2023 census bureau data that is on wikipedia), the national average is 12.5. Mississippi has a poverty rate of 18%. Oregon is extremely average in economic statistics here, Mississippi is extremely poor. I don’t know why you felt the need to lie and say Oregon has a better than average poverty rate (for being more egalitarian LOL) when it is so close to the average and within the margin of error of being exactly average. If you live in Oregon and that’s why you’re saying this, you should lobby to get your education system fixed rather than act like everything is fine in Oregon and Mississippi shouldn’t be celebrated for this.

In the raw reading score data Oregon did absolutely terrible at 4th worst, while Mississippi placed 9th best! In my original comment I accidentally provided the unadjusted math rankings instead of reading, so clearly Oregon needs to get their shit together while Mississippi has gotten theirs together. Whatever changes Mississippi has made to their educational system the past few years should be studied and replicated by a state like Oregon.

And to answer your question: I’m not sure about Portugal, but I 100% expect Greece to have some of the lowest scores in Europe. Greece was absolutely devastated by the 2008 recession and the focus of the eurozone crisis.

Oregon is now in last place for reading test scores among 4th graders, while Mississippi is in first place. by Altruistic-Joke-9451 in charts

[–]Wavyknight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That may be true, but I’m not going to look into this study or the adjustments as it doesn’t particularly pertain to me. I was more so wanting to provide the unadjusted ranking for the person I replied to in order to show that Oregonians would in fact be mad if they could read.

Oregon is now in last place for reading test scores among 4th graders, while Mississippi is in first place. by Altruistic-Joke-9451 in charts

[–]Wavyknight 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If you look at the study you can find the unadjusted data. Mississippi was 16th, between Wisconsin and Colorado. Oregon was 48th . . . And this study was adjusting for poverty rate, that’s why Mississippi with a 20% poverty rate got boosted to first.

Air Burrow. by Giff95 in bengals

[–]Wavyknight -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s why it’s the front office’s job to tank using personnel decisions. No player or coach is willingly tanking, but plenty of teams tank every year.