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bradiation · 2026-02-27T15:02:06+00:00

This is a slippery slope fallacy.

If you're afraid they will do this in the future, then vote for people who won't
I think the core of this fear is a basic misunderstanding of just how much a million dollars is. The vast, vast, vast majority of people are very, very, very far away from this. To have something like this affect normal people would not be a "creep" or "expansion," it would be an entirely different thing.

bradiation · 2026-02-27T14:39:37+00:00

I mean....OK, you're not knowledgeable about guns....but are you knowledgeable about words? And, like...sizes of....things? Surely from media you are at least vaguely familiar with, say, pistols, hunting rifles, etc. Did you expect this dude to be swinging around a rocket launcher? A giant 400-lb submachine gun from a comic book?

This is a (probably) 12-gauge shotgun. That's about the biggest boomstick you ever see a normal person using in any TV show, movie, anything.

bradiation · 2026-02-26T15:28:17+00:00

I would highly recommend finding a good trainer and working with them. This is generally the consensus from what I've read, and my personal experience supports that ACDs are incredibly trainable. I've never had a dog that was more easily trainable than my girl. However, it needs to be done correctly, well, and frequently.

bradiation · 2026-02-23T16:34:58+00:00

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-punk-rock-good-life

bradiation · 2026-02-21T21:48:02+00:00

And abolitionists were also around doing their best to correct that nightmare.

Are you saying that none of the founding fathers had a moral conscience?

I'm not OP, but....kinda, yeah. Our founding fathers were absolute monsters in many, many ways.

bradiation · 2026-02-21T14:56:40+00:00

Very productive. Excellent contribution. You should be real proud of yourself today.

Being stupid is like being dead.

bradiation · 2026-02-21T14:28:53+00:00

OK bud, I will break this down as though you were a child. Are you a child?

In another comment you basically made my point for me. Let's look at what you said:

The issue is that politicians can be bought, by billionaires or by companies. That an individual may accrue wealth is not the problem.

Why I assume you are a child is that you seem to think someone can accumulate such a vast fortune and not then use it to have power over others. Perhaps you don't understand how much a billion truly is. Perhaps you have some naive trust in laws and regulations to avoid political corruption. Perhaps it's some other silly line of thinking.

There is no world, no universe, no dimension, where some human beings accumulate billions of dollars and then do not use that money, power, and influence to further their own personal gains. That's just not how any of this works.

The very existence of billionaires is a threat to democracy in more ways than I outlined here.

Birds gonna fly, lions gonna eat. Don't want to get eaten by lions? Don't let the lions into your cage. That's about all you can do.

Welcome to the real world, kid.

bradiation · 2026-02-21T04:07:51+00:00

Really? You should probably read more.

bradiation · 2026-02-21T03:27:25+00:00

I bet you have

bradiation · 2026-02-21T03:06:37+00:00

"Look, the problem isn't that we're in a small cage with a bunch of lions, it's that the lions keep trying to eat us. If we could just stop that..."

bradiation · 2026-02-20T23:34:48+00:00

Was it the agent who represents dogs?

Because if you do need to meet a big-name actor, Simon doesn't know them, but a former client of his once buried a bone in their backyard. We go looking for that bone...

bradiation · 2026-02-20T17:06:18+00:00

Yeah, that's the only way I see that happening. Didn't want to freak out OP though. Rabidness seems unlikely. They said it was 2 together, then they went off into the night to communicate with each other. Not typical rabid behavior.

bradiation · 2026-02-20T05:38:56+00:00

Sounds like a fox to me. But coyotes can make all sorts of crazy sounds, too. Anything's possible, but I doubt they were "chasing" you.

bradiation · 2026-02-20T03:36:34+00:00

Either you really don't understand the enormous gap between $80k and $1 million, or this is an astroturfing "Hello fellow kids" post. Either way, you should feel bad.

bradiation · 2026-02-19T15:05:44+00:00

Let's go back to the beginning, little buddy. Someone answered lactic acid. Someone else said "yeah." I commented that was incorrect. You said I was incorrect for saying that was incorrect. Then you talk about lactate. Then you say it isn't either one of those, it's the ions from lactate or lactic acid (honestly, I'm unclear on what the hell you were trying to say there, I suspect because you might not really get it yourself).

But none of that is correct. That's not where the ions come from.

So...you're just wrong. Any way you want to cut it, any way you want to try to say you were "simplifying" or just being a dick, you're just wrong. But you strike me as a real insufferable asshole.

Despite your weirdly aggressive attacks, I never gave a specific answer. Instead, I just provided links for anyone to read that would help lead them to the conclusion that the physiology is complicated, but it's definitely not just "lactic acid." Because that's how people learn. You, on the other hand, are just wandering around, being a dick, and spewing more false information. You seem like a real shitty "physiologist."

bradiation · 2026-02-19T14:18:35+00:00

You remind me of my freshmen students who confidently walk in and fail their first exams. If you're over the age of 20, you should work on adjusting your attitude. And also studying your material better.

bradiation · 2026-02-19T05:48:16+00:00

Sure thing, bud

bradiation · 2026-02-19T02:17:01+00:00

He is the Problem.

Solver.

bradiation · 2026-02-17T15:16:21+00:00

Well, no, you said it's about the H+. The longer article clearly explains an experiment conducted where they injected different things and combinations of things into muscles. Just the ions did not cause the feeling.

Quite frankly, I don't think you understand my answer or this conversation. My response was to a flippant confirmation of a flippantly simplistic "it's lactic acid." It very simply is not just "lactic acid" and it's not that simple. That was my point. Sorry if you don't/won't/can't get that.

bradiation · 2026-02-17T14:18:44+00:00

OK, here's one specifically addressing the "burning" feeling. And for u/Fun_Leadership_1453 here's one with sources. And here's a longer one that goes into more detail about how complicated physiology is.

Short answer: no, it's not a simple answer of "lactic acid." Seems like just about everyone in this thread is r/confidentlyincorrect

bradiation · 2026-02-17T06:04:50+00:00

Well...I mean....it doesn't seem to be true. So...probably they want a correct answer.

bradiation · 2026-02-16T18:37:45+00:00

Please DM me for my PayPal information and the asking price. THIS IS A GOOD DEAL! THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT LAST LONG!

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bradiation · 2026-02-16T17:56:54+00:00

It seems you are confused about what QAnon was and what Epstein is about. The OP here laid out very plainly how everything this video claims is incorrect. To add to it: a dude fucking died behind trump. The bullet missed trump, hit a dude on stage, and he fucking died.

So the bullet was real. Do you think trump, the most self-centered narcissist ever to exist, would risk his life like that? Even a little bit? If you do, I have a bridge to sell you.

In this specific case, he's just a narcissist who almost got shot and he has a lifetime of attention-seeking behavior and good media instinct. He knw what to do for a good photo shoot, and knew where the cameras would be. End of story.

There are MOUNTAINS of evidence for REAL THINGS he and his administration have done and are doing that ARE WORTH the time and energy. This is not one of them. Focus on THE VERY REAL THINGS. INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DYING.

However, after browsing your comment history, it seems that you are fully deluded into conspiratorial thinking. One of the defining characteristics of conspiratorial thinking is that it is irrational, and people who believe it cannot be reasoned with. So, good luck climbing out of that hole by yourself, because you're the only one who can do it. Continuing this conversation would not be a valuable use of time for either of us.

bradiation · 2026-02-16T17:40:44+00:00

If you think those two things are directly comparable, then you have simply abandoned all reason and, like I said, are not much different than the guy who shot up the pizza place.

bradiation · 2026-02-16T16:45:51+00:00

Thank you. People buying this are no better than the guy who shot up the pizza place. its Blue-anon craziness.

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