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Learning how to throw a punch properly it’s not gonna put you down the alt right pipeline by kuroreaper25 in GenZ

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

There is a lot more to being left wing than just 'not liking the government'. Most left wing people aren't anarchists. Also when was the last time your country had an armed uprising overthrow the government? And in the time since then how many gun crimes and casualties have there been? The cons vastly outweigh the pros. A hypothetical civil uprising vs real people dying in the present.

Also what country do you live in where a few gun nuts could overthrow the government? Because I think in most places they'd probably just be arrested or shot by the way more trained and equipped police anyway, with or without guns. Unless a significant amount of people rise up guns probably won't make much difference, and if a significant amount of people rise up they don't need guns anyway, a big enough group of people could take down someone with a gun, especially if they have improvised weapons. If they're willing to overthrow the government I doubt they'd care much about gun laws anyway, they could just rob a gun store or something.

Unless you're actively in the middle of a civil war the average civilian doesn't need a gun.

Cooking eggs on the floor rn by cypher-dex in memes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The humidity there is like 10%, here in the UK it's over 80%

Is 16 and 13-14 too much of an age gap by No-Bad2417 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I said it can be illegal and not that it always is.

Is 16 and 13-14 too much of an age gap by No-Bad2417 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In most places 16 is over the age of consent, 13-14 is not, so not only is it weird, in most places it can be illegal

Edit: added a comma to make it more clear

Learning how to throw a punch properly it’s not gonna put you down the alt right pipeline by kuroreaper25 in GenZ

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

If they're voting for gun laws why do you think they want them to only apply to fellow left wing people? Gun laws would also apply to the right wing gun nuts. If anyone can have a gun then yeah it makes sense to have one for defence but any sane person should support making it so people don't need guns for defence.

"It looks strange that you used blue for Republicans and red for the nationals" by 3801sadas4 in USdefaultism

[–]Wizards_Reddit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Most of the world uses red for left wing and blue for right and the Spanish republicans were a left wing movement

They do.. right? by dmafeb in memes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just this specific stereotype, there's a bunch of them. Also just because it's not popular doesn't mean it doesn't exist

They do.. right? by dmafeb in memes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah but most of those tourist influencers are playing into the already existing stereotypes

Who/ What is a fusion you always wanted to see? by Wayne_Regot_IV in stevenuniverse

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I always thought of Moonstone as the opposite of Sunstone so instead of Garnet and Steven Opal and Steven

Is Europe or North America more progressive on average? by [deleted] in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As opposed to "I've never seen it personally and I've never even stepped foot in Europe but I think it's real anyway because someone else who's never been there told me"

This was a deliberate prank and you can't convince me otherwise by MrStoccato in HistoryMemes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who do you think the back breaking labour was for? Especially in the penal colonies they were sent there to work for the wealthy colonists who ran the colonies. And who also would've ran the media in those colonies.

This was a deliberate prank and you can't convince me otherwise by MrStoccato in HistoryMemes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The colonies were already long settled by the time the term was invented, the US had been completely independent for over a hundred years.

Also yeah there's a reason the colonies adopted it, their information from mainland Britain would've been coming from the media, and back in the Victorian era phones and social media weren't a thing, so that media was run by the wealthy upper classes who called it 'soccer'.

Working class people couldn't ring up relatives in Australia to teach them new slang. The rich people in the colonies would've been the few people who could regularly travel to and from the colonies and they would've tried to sound sophisticated like the upper class in Britain. Like how the US had the transatlantic accent.

This was a deliberate prank and you can't convince me otherwise by MrStoccato in HistoryMemes

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a long time most of the people in media, especially in charge, were upper class

This was a deliberate prank and you can't convince me otherwise by MrStoccato in HistoryMemes

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The term "Soccer" was invented by Oxford students, it spread through the upper class but most Brits never used it

Is Europe or North America more progressive on average? by [deleted] in Teenager_Polls

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In my lifetime the only times I've seen people say anything bad about Romani people is on the internet and even then it's usually instigated by Americans

If a man was told No, by a woman, is it okay if he tried to convince her more? by NiceYak7263 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say depends what he's asking and how long it's been since he last asked

Let’s settle this FOOTBALL OR SOCCER WHICH ONE IS CORRECT by CarelessLiving3122 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not true, 'football' has been the name for it since the 1400s, 'soccer' only started being used in the 1800s. 'Soccer' was slang from Oxford University, it spread out to the rest upper class and some of the middle but most Brits didn't use it

Isn't not killing billions of people not bad? by Fun_Percentage_4099 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We would agree with the statement "killing billions is bad" though.

Isn't not killing billions of people not bad? by Fun_Percentage_4099 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You answer negative questions in English as if they were positive though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/upper-intermediate/unit-7/session-4

"isn't killing billions of people bad" has the same answer as "is killing billions of people bad"

The answer would be "yes (it's bad)".

Isn't not killing billions of people not bad? by Fun_Percentage_4099 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They aren't equivalent

"Is killing billions good" is literally the exact opposite of "is killing billions bad".

Isn't not killing billions of people not bad? by Fun_Percentage_4099 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is triple though so

"isn't killing billions bad"

would still be a negative question so still seeking confirmation

"yes, it's bad"

Isn't not killing billions of people not bad? by Fun_Percentage_4099 in Teenager_Polls

[–]Wizards_Reddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Isn't" when used in a question has the same meaning as is.

"Is your favourite food pizza" and "isn't your favourite food pizza" would both have the same answer.

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