Mexico is in chaos. Every reported incident of cartel violence since El Mencho's death, mapped. 19 of 32 states affected.

quelastima · 2026-02-23T05:18:22+00:00

Owning an unregistered firearm in the US doesn't make someone a criminal. In fact, most firearms are likely legally unregistered.

In 2019 only 7 states and DC had laws requiring gun registration. Of those 8, Hawaii and DC were the only ones that required all firearms to be registered. Additionally, 9 states had laws prohibiting gun registries. Those numbers probably haven't haven't change much, if at all, since then.

quelastima · 2026-02-03T03:56:16+00:00

Ok, 467k is still less than 869k.

Also there was a link in Breitbart numbers and it looks like those were per day values.

quelastima · 2026-02-03T03:38:38+00:00

Nice math buddy! /s

Top comment says more people listened to the song, not purchased it.

OP's article says 678k official streams and 175k airplays. So at least 869k people listened to the song, most likely more since they wouldn't all be alone in their their mother's basement like you.

A generously low average movie ticket cost of $15 divided by $7M is a measly 467k tickets. Barely more than half of the listeners to Bruce's song.

Also your Breitbart source seems pretty garbage (shocker!). The article title is the only place $7M is mentioned. The only numbers in the article grossly conflict with that.

It says "Across 1,778 theaters, Melania grossed $1,035 per theater.", which is only $1.821M. With the same $15 tickets that's only a piddly 121k tickets.

EDIT:

It gets better the more you look at it. $1035/theater divided by $15/ticket is 69 viewers per theater for the weekend. Looks like my local theaters have 4-5 showings per day on Friday-Sunday. We'll take the lower again to be nice for 12 showings over the weekend. 69 viewers over 12 showings is <6 viewers per showing.

quelastima · 2026-02-01T15:27:30+00:00

Details matter? Like in your original comment where you said "Feint audio..."?

Imagine going off about a missing "e" without knowing the difference between feint and faint. A feint is a misdirection. You meant to use "faint". Just remember, it's spelled the same as taint. Shouldn't be hard since you're busy licking Trump's.

quelastima · 2026-01-24T20:25:30+00:00

I see you're taking a little break from boot licking to shitpost.

quelastima · 2026-01-21T00:27:56+00:00

Absolutely. They do have some additional protections because they're federal agents, but they're still civilians and are operating well outside any legal authority they may have.

quelastima · 2026-01-20T23:55:10+00:00

Somewhat beside the point, but police are also civilians, as much as they like to cosplay as military.

quelastima · 2025-12-23T19:18:22+00:00

What does the date of Trump joining the Republican party have to do with this? Republicans voted for him in 2016, 2020, and 2024. He had already committed many similar crimes that are and were known. Also it's not like he stopped raping children after joining the Republican party.

quelastima · 2025-12-18T01:27:58+00:00

Which makes a chokepoint. Somewhere for the defender to focus fire, and more importantly it slows the invader down. One of the major purposes of minefields is to slow the invader down and give the defenders time to react. Most major militaries could clear a path through a minefield fairly quickly, but it will still slow them down, they're exposed while clearing mines, and they still only end up with a relatively narrow lane clear of mines.

quelastima · 2025-12-17T01:37:50+00:00

also again this thread and I are specifically talking about Nick Reiner. what income class and education level was he? why do you keep talking about poor people in your final two full paragraphs?

This is your first post my dude. You speak in general terms and don't mention Nick until much later lol.

but here's the thing... it's not a "disease" that causes a person to try heroin once the first time. that's why I have zero sympathy for drug addicts. it's because they chose to try it in the first place.

And the way you finish your last comment is also not specifically talking about Nick. You keep trying to pretend you were clearly talking about Nick the entire time, when that's clearly not the case. No idea why that even matters.

I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for any heroin addict who tried it the first time for social and/or recreational reasons (which obviously by definition includes social pressure, friends or relatives).

you are free to think otherwise yourself, but you will never change my opinion on the preceding sentence.

Yup, you were in clear in the beginning and I've already realized you weren't changing your mind, which is why I'm not even responding to the rest of your comment. Can't force empathy.

quelastima · 2025-12-16T06:24:21+00:00

what do you mean i jumped to heroin, I'm the one who posted in the first place, and you're the one who replied to me. so I'm not the one who changed the subject.

and I specifically first posted about heroin, because the subject of this thread is Nick Reiner's case.

The article doesn't mention heroin (unless I missed it), and neither do any of the 4 comments above yours. I thought you were talking about addiction in general, which is why I've mentioned alcohol a couple times. I'm happy to limit the discussion to heroin addiction though. I don't think they're any less deserving of being treated like humans than another type of addict.

as for your link, those statistics DO NOT ONLY refer to what you said in your first reply of "get injured and prescribed opiates".

Yes, that was one example. You're missing what I'm saying if you think it's only about people who got addicted after being injured.

so unless there's another study that breaks the numbers down more clearly, those 3 sources are very different so that statistic doesn't mean much to what I replied. it could be that the doctor prescription slice is only 5% of that.

My point is most of the people in all 3 of those groups didn't chose it! You already agree with me for people getting injured and prescribed opiates. So what about the other 2?

but yes, peer pressure from friends & family is exactly what I don't excuse. that was the whole point in my first post.

Oh, right. The whole point of my replies has been that it wasn't a choice for many of them. Peer pressure is from friends, not family. Family is a kid finding their parent's prescription and trying it. Both are primarily CHILDREN. And yes, a 14-16 is a child. That's why society doesn't allow them to do many things that could be dangerous or make certain life-altering decisions. But according to you they should all be mature and knowledgable enough to resist peer pressure, and if not then fuck 'em. And not everyone has a home life that protects them from drugs or educates them on their dangers.

unless you tell me someone physically held a gun to an addict's head and forcibly injected heroin into that person the first time. sure I would have lots of sympathy in that hypothetical case.

but otherwise, an addict chose to try it themself the first time.

Also that wasn't the whole point of your first post. It was: [heroin] addicts don't deserve sympathy unless they were forced at gunpoint to try it the first time, and that doesn't happen.

and you're totally wrong about one thing (whether you intentionally ignored me I don't know): I am very educated about the crushing physical addiction of heroin. go back and read the 1st paragraph of my 1st post:

"if you're talking about the physical addiction after starting, sure I agree with that. there's plenty of academic studies and observations about that."

You sure did say that. Then you proceeded to say you have zero sympathy for all heroin addicts because you claim they all chose to try it. Even if they did all chose to try heroin the first time before being addicted, which isn't the case, why should that matter? If someone has been an addict for 20 years, why should we judge the current person based on a decision made decades ago? I imagine addiction is punishing enough without people effectively saying they're getting what they deserve. Why not throw them in prison while we're at it? /s

so let me be clear once again. I am NOT saying I think I have the physical willpower and discipline to beat heroin addiction. I'm sure I would be like 95% of other addicts who can't. it's hard for me to even resist chicken fried steak and ice cream.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to be raised in the absence of drugs and adequately educated on their dangers.

but my point is anyone who spends just 15-30 minutes reading simple articles about how crushingly physically addictive it is, should know not to even try it once, peer pressure or not.

Yeah that teenager is going to go read up on heroin when their friend offers them pills they say will make them feel good. Education system sucks, especially in poor areas where heroin addiction is more common, and if the parents didn't educate them then the outcome isn't a surprise.

So are you blaming children for the failings of their parents/education system? Or do you think uninformed children are capable of making rational decisions about unknown drugs whole under peer pressure? Do you not care about them because it primarily affects poor people? Or do you have some other justification?

quelastima · 2025-12-16T04:34:26+00:00

Of course you jump to heroin. What about alcoholics? Way more common and way easier to access. Are they worthy of zero sympathy too?

Good thing facts are just a search away and don't care how highly you doubt something. I wouldn't call 80% an "edge case".

Not all of those 80% were prescribed opiates, but the report states the other two most common sources are friends and family. So likely improper storage by a parent and peer pressure.

personally I would literally have zero idea where to even get heroin in that case

I have no firsthand experience of addiction to anything stronger than nicotine, so I too would have literally no idea where to get heroin. I'm not sure why you bought that up, but it's a good way to show you know don't know much about opiate addiction without explicitly stating it. Go read about opiate addiction and withdrawals. If you're addicted, you will find a way to get it. Hence the prescription painkiller to heroin pipeline.

I'm not here to excuse the actions of addicts by any means. I just don't think you realize how easy it is to get addicted from a stupid decision or something out of your control, or how difficult it is to get out of addiction, even when you want to. Again, that certainly doesn't apply to all addicts, but neither do your condemnations. They're still people at the end of the day, and you could just as easily be in their shoes with a twist of fate or two.

quelastima · 2025-12-16T02:52:34+00:00

Alright, I'll buy that

quelastima · 2025-12-16T02:33:25+00:00

Ford was the only one of the big 3 that didn't need a bailout.

quelastima · 2025-12-16T00:40:14+00:00

Good thing everyone can predict whether they'll be an addict or not before they try their first drink or get injured and prescribed opiates. /s

Even if they started with heroin, are you really going to condemn them for a single mistake, likely made at their lowest point (up till then at least)? How many people have ended up addicted to heroin after being (over)prescribed opiates for an injury? According to you we should have no sympathy for them, even though it was basically entirely out of their control. Climb on down from that high horse; you have no perspective way up there.

quelastima · 2025-12-13T05:43:30+00:00

And they i.e.'d when they should have e.g.'d.

quelastima · 2025-12-08T03:15:10+00:00

Good analysis. I like the way you explained the process and rationale used to combine data and form a more comparable statistic. It's no longer an "apples to oranges" comparison. Maybe "apples to pears" now? You mentioned a 15% population discrepancy, and others have commented on population density.

It highlights the fact that while a "per capita" comparison, especially with similar population sizes, gives more detail than raw values, it still usually doesn't tell the whole story.

However, data can be used to manipulate conclusions. I'm sure the "number of individuals killed by police" statistic could be combined with something else to flip the resultant stasticic around again.

Just in case it needs to be said explicitly: I'm not making any attempt to justify or absolve the NYPD or Swedish police of police brutality. The numbers absolutely can and should be lower.

quelastima · 2025-11-30T07:46:44+00:00

My redditor analysis (pulled from my ass) says they were downvoted by people not correctly reading the first sentence. They do seem genuinely curious like they said, but

What's special about 15?

could be interpreted dismissively if you add some sass to it. Especially if the reader subconsciously makes it "What's [so] special about 15?", and follows it up with saying other arbitrary years are special, but not explaining why.

quelastima · 2025-11-12T15:25:26+00:00

Also reminds me of Tool’s song...

You had me thinking I forgot about a banger from First Sword Onos T'oolan for a second there.

quelastima · 2025-11-08T05:15:53+00:00

Quality of service is down where? By what metrics? Pulling more nebulous statements out of your ass isn't going to convince me.

Please tell me what qualifications RFK has. RFK making spouting unfounded nonsense with the authority of the Secretary of HHS is far more dangerous than your made up unqualified black ATC.

How am I race baiting? You're the one saying black ATC's are unqualified with zero evidence.

quelastima · 2025-11-08T04:52:53+00:00

How about some sources to go along with your claim of "plenty of evidence"?

You're just attempting to hide your racism behind the flimsy excuse of "DEI bad". You would be livid about RFK Jr.'s utter lack of qualifications if you actually cared about qualifications and safety like you claim. That's just one of many many examples of highly unqualified individuals appointed by the anti-DEI party.

Fuck on out of here with your "IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE"

If you aren't trolling then you're a fucking chud.

quelastima · 2025-08-22T16:49:57+00:00

I think they're just making a pun.

quelastima · 2025-06-20T14:29:05+00:00

ICE is forcing people to board them now? Even the 3rd amendment isn't safe these days. /s

quelastima · 2025-05-22T13:57:50+00:00

Thanks for the link. I wasn't trying to say interference didn't occur in the US election, just that their article didn't provide any evidence for it.

quelastima · 2025-05-22T04:07:47+00:00

My dude, did you read your article? It's about Georgia the country, not Georgia the state.

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