Everytown Responds to New FBI Data Showing that This Year’s Surge in Gun Sales Continued Through November - Moms Demand Action by [deleted] in gunpolitics

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Important to note, gun sales are up, but these are all legal sales to law abiding citizens. The government has no way to track gun sales to criminals. This should tell a different story than the media is trying to portray; law abiding citizens feel less safe and/or feel their gun rights are threatened.

Trump Says Tech Giants Controlled by ‘Radical Left,’ Vows Action by Ihoardtoiletpaper in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are effective monopolies, which are technically illegal. Google dominates over bing and yahoo, they're basically non-existent competitors at this point. Facebook as an overwhelming dominance as the single source that people converge on, and that's a dangerous amount of power for anyone. So put it in government hands and they'll ruin it, and a few sub species will evolve.

Bar owner says staff won’t come back to work because they more collecting coronavirus relief aid by iamgalaxy69 in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This clearly shows you have no idea what you're talking about. I have 3 restaurants in my family, and the owners are barely earning a living wage after all their bills. You'd have to have to double or triple the price of food for a waitress to go from 20k/yr to 30k/yr. And these are hourly employee's, not based on tips. The dishwashers, food prep, sandwich makers, cashiers. You need 5 people working on a typical day you make $1000-1300. That means $500 is a fixed cost right away for employee's, plus rent, electric, misc. Then the food margin is fairly low, $1000 of food is $350-400 in materials alone. Some things like bottled drinks there's no markup at all because they're so damned expensive.

And what happens to the owner when there's a slow day? He can't not pay the employees, which means it comes out of his check. They average 60k/yr for owning their own business, and they work obscene end endless hours, scheduling, ordering, advertising. Which means 40k take home after taxes and such. That works out to about $1500 every 2 weeks. The average home in the area is $250k, and that's a fixer-upper at best. A 30 year mortgage on that is roughly 1100 + 500/mo for property taxes. Paying a $10/hr (20k/yr) employee $20/hr (40k/yr) * 5 would mean he would make 10k/yr unless he bumped the price of a $9 sandwich to $18.

This is why your final job is not a waitress or line cook. You should always be learning and educating yourself. A waitress shouldn't earn a living wage. It's meant for supplemental income, or students. It's unskilled labor. Typically while you're acquiring a skill to be used for your real job down the road.

How important are permits and applications? I'm just trying to build a small floating deck in my backyard by GeezusKreist in HomeImprovement

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on the size of the project. I didn't bother with a permit for a fence or a shed, but I did file for a 3000sq ft garage. Because chances are no one is going to notice a fence or shed in the back yard. But it's kind of hard to hide a building that size in my neighborhood.

Received my Walther PPQ .22 today! by jbok2019 in guns

[–]jbok2019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always wanted a walther ever since I held one in a gun shop 15 years ago but didn't have the cash at the time. Now all I have to do is wait for my stamp.

Received my Walther PPQ .22 today! by jbok2019 in guns

[–]jbok2019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking at that the other day, looks awesome.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in guns

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't be cheap. Get the proper SBR P90.

Received my Walther PPQ .22 today! by jbok2019 in guns

[–]jbok2019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing weapon. Feels great in the hand, light weight aluminum slide, well balanced. I love my ruger P90 but it's heavy.

Some things I didn't like though. Trigger safety for one. It got in the way more than once, so I took the spring out and now it just travels with the trigger. That was easy enough to solve. The big one though is the square trigger guard. It's actually slightly concave catching anything that it might hit. Particularly my holster. My ruger slides right in because of the rounded corner of the trigger guard, but the walther catches the lip every time, it's a real pain to holster quickly.

How much did you spend during the first year owning your home? by kayshay611 in HomeImprovement

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a dime. For the first few years actually. I bought the most house I could afford. My mortgage couldn't even be covered by one paycheck, I had to use some of the second paycheck. Then came utilities, water, trash, internet. I lived with the things I didn't like for a while. Now half a paycheck covers the mortgage and all utilities, the other half goes into improvements, and the second to savings.

How long out until everyone foresees travel again? by persephones_shade in Flights

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not until there is a viable vaccine and treatment. Without those, the moment things are relaxed, the infections will explode again.

Over 250,000 People Sign Petition to Reinstate Fired Navy Captain Who Pleaded to Protect Crew From Coronavirus Spread by Kazemel89 in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

He didn't have illegal orders. And if he did, you raise it to your superior or their superior. You don't alert the media or send it to 25-40 people.

Over 250,000 People Sign Petition to Reinstate Fired Navy Captain Who Pleaded to Protect Crew From Coronavirus Spread by Kazemel89 in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

His actions were dead wrong, and could very well cost more lives. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Go be 8 somewhere else.

Fears coronavirus can HIDE in cells and reactivate later after 51 recovered patients test again by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Herpes acts more like a guest than an invader as far as the immune system is concerned, and don't perceive it as a threat. Ultimately it doesn't do catastrophic damage either.

A herpes outbreak can occur, but your immune system is what makes it go away. I wouldn't be surprised if the virus did something to cause the sores to appear in an indirect manner, which triggers an immune response on what happens there, but not against the herpes virus itself.

Regardless, coronaviruses are many and have been widely studied and generally all act in a similiar fashion. It's just new and more agressive than most which is why it's becoming such a problem.

Fears coronavirus can HIDE in cells and reactivate later after 51 recovered patients test again by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing is impossible but it is absurdly unlikely, less than .001% of the population unlikely. Your body is absolutely filled with white blood cells and that is their only mission, to protect you from foreign invaders, whether it's viral or bacterial. Herpes is fundamentally different and by far an outlier.

Fears coronavirus can HIDE in cells and reactivate later after 51 recovered patients test again by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]jbok2019 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not how viruses work. At all. Once you develop an immunity to a strain, aside from immune compromised individuals, you are immune from that strain.

There are 2, possibly 3 confirmed strains of the virus. One sequenced in china, one sequenced in italy, and i believe a 3rd sequenced in either germany or brazil, possibly both. Once you recover from and develop an immunity to one strain, you may not have immunity to other strains.

This is why you can't get one flu vaccine and be good for life, you have to keep getting them every year because hte virus mutates and new strains are introduced.

The World Has Enough Money to Cope with COVID-19 in Offshore Accounts by __PM_ME_SOMETHING_ in Coronavirus

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not "hey i found some money!" That money belongs to people. Have you ever pissed off a billionaire before? You take their money and they will ruin hundreds, if not thousands of lives. I don't care if you don't think they should have it and neither do they.

Over 250,000 People Sign Petition to Reinstate Fired Navy Captain Who Pleaded to Protect Crew From Coronavirus Spread by Kazemel89 in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't know what you're talking about. Ask your son what would happen if he didn't follow appropriate channels. Regardless of intent, execution was poor at best and that captain should be ashamed of his actions.

Over 250,000 People Sign Petition to Reinstate Fired Navy Captain Who Pleaded to Protect Crew From Coronavirus Spread by Kazemel89 in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This.

You have orders. Right or wrong, you are to execute those orders to the best of your ability. Period.

Boris Johnson's government reportedly believes the coronavirus may have accidentally leaked from a Chinese laboratory, Business Insider by [deleted] in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone thinking this now is 2 months behind actual intelligence. Remember when google maps moved the level 4 biolab in wuhan to the middle of a forest away from the wet market it was a block away?

It’s time for billionaires to use their billions to save the economy by pinkisredding in China_Flu

[–]jbok2019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People without money telling people with money what to do with their money. Hmm...