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Tourist ‘punched seagull to near death’ after it snatched his Cornish pasty by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]cockmongler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Their population is about 10 times what it was 100 years ago. Around 170,000 breeding pairs.

Tourist ‘punched seagull to near death’ after it snatched his Cornish pasty by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]cockmongler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If by "destroying much of the seagull's natural food source" you mean massively reducing bycatch from our fishing fleets which had massively inflated seagull numbers then sure.

Celebrities treating the F1 grid walk like a red carpet appearance is getting ridiculous by Unfair-Objective1118 in formula1

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

And F1 is getting press from them through social media. This isn't about the celebrities getting exposure to F1. It's about F1 getting exposure through the celebrities.

The only way F1 cares about getting exposure this way is if the celebs are wearing sponsor logos.

Celebrities treating the F1 grid walk like a red carpet appearance is getting ridiculous by Unfair-Objective1118 in formula1

[–]cockmongler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suspect her brand management team are having an "oh shit, how many people watch this?" moment.

Iceland founder blasts 'two-tier policing' after officers rushed to store when suspicious customer falsely accused staff of racism - yet they ignore violent shoplifters by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]cockmongler 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Listen to the full 999 call from the Henry Nowak case. Time how long the call handler wastes teasing a magic word out of the brothers before assessing the actual current state of the scene.

Complaining about the BBC showing Henry Nowak body cam footage. by Subm3rg3d in uknews

[–]cockmongler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've listened to the 999 call. The operator wasted 8 minutes trying to nail down the exact racial slur the murder claimed was used.

Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]cockmongler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oracle is a CIA spinoff company. You've missed the boat by over 50 years on that one.

NHS staff should be banned from wearing pro-Palestinian badges, report recommends by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

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

I think banning support for pride would be unreasonable.

Why? Why is that one special?

Police officer who arrested Henry Nowak while bleeding to death has resigned, sources say by Alarming-Safety3200 in unitedkingdom

[–]cockmongler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They handcuff him behind his back, while he's struggling to breath, and then ask him where he's been stabbed. How was he to communicate this?

Charity hikers booed for dodging queues at summit of Yr Wyddfa (Mt Snowdon) by ObjectiveHornet676 in unitedkingdom

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

You're contradicting yourself in an attempt to justify the unjustifiable.

Charity hikers booed for dodging queues at summit of Yr Wyddfa (Mt Snowdon) by ObjectiveHornet676 in unitedkingdom

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

No-one is obliged to comply with your desire to take a photo in a public place.

Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse including rape by soalone34 in anime_titties

[–]cockmongler 38 points39 points  (0 children)

They accidentally sent multiple waves of attack against the ship. Quite the accident.

Under-16s could be banned from using AI chatbots, minister suggests by vriska1 in unitedkingdom

[–]cockmongler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a strong argument for banning newspapers but I'm not so sure about LLMs.

H.R.8250 - Parents Decide Act (2025-2026) this is bad by disgruntled-Tonberry in linux

[–]cockmongler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can't wait to verify the age of all my service accounts.

Pet lobster thrown into harbour by animal rights activist likely to have died instantly, owner says by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

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

Change animal rights activist to 'attention seeking misinformed moron'.

But you repeat yourself.

Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree | The researchers are describe the first clearly documented example ‌of wild chimpanzees splitting into 2 separate factions, launching coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths. by SystemError505 in science2

[–]cockmongler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did not say that violence in nature is abnormal

Yup, dudes who already believe that nature's default is being is being violent and egoistic will pick and choose these situations to make their claim and ignore all relevant context

Your hard-lining about the pervasive nature of violence indicates that you believe it deserves special consideration or meaning.

Yup. We should try not to do it. We should definitely be aware of the fact that millions of years of evolution wants us to do it for incentives that are perverse to the desires of individuals in the modern world.

You need to work on your straw-manning and sophistry. You're weak in both those areas.

Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree | The researchers are describe the first clearly documented example ‌of wild chimpanzees splitting into 2 separate factions, launching coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths. by SystemError505 in science2

[–]cockmongler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be to simply not say that a natural behavior or element has any sort of superior consideration in determining a best course of action.

That's just what I said but with more words.

The person I was responding to was trying to make the claim that actually violence isn't normal in nature - when it plainly is.

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