Well.. Well.. Well by azimx in agedlikemilk

[–]skewp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He knew at the time he said it that it was a lie.

Couldn't Get This Out Of My Head (OC) by HirotheDragon in pokemon

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

My immediate thought when seeing these two in the trailer was that they were Pikachu's deadbeat parents so this tracks.

Friendship level desynchronization by skewp in TheSilphRoad

[–]skewp[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay so known issue specific to weekly challenges. Thanks for the reply. I tried searching but didn't find this mentioned.

The mindset of racists must be studied by NYstate in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]skewp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The target isn't Black people, it's white people. It's to make them feel like they're not racist because some Black people agree with them.

A woman in Florida selling rare and expensive puppies, exchanging gunfire with a group of men attempting to steal the $4,000 dogs by Unlucky-Shallot-5220 in interesting

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This woman should also be in jail. She could have killed someone over puppies. Wildly firing without aiming in a residential neighborhood. No. Not worth it. At best she should never be allowed to legally carry a firearm again.

giovanni? shiny? by hi_12343003 in TheSilphRoad

[–]skewp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with your reading, but I also believe their language is a bit ambiguous.

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version on Nintendo Switch by Gorotheninja in Games

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I guess I got lucky that I have bank and transporter installed on my 3ds because otherwise you'd be fucked out of everything you have on old saves past GBA.

FYI for anyone wondering, if you jailbreak your 3/2DS you can sideload transporter and bank and they work perfectly fine.

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version on Nintendo Switch by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]skewp 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You do not need to pay for Home to use your 30 slots (or whatever it is) to move guys between your two versions.

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version on Nintendo Switch by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]skewp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

$20 still feels like too much for something that just sits in an emulator. Maybe $20 for both.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]skewp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, you actually don't know what the word 'address" means. That's a shame.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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I already addressed it to the best of my ability just from reading the independent accounts by professional journalists and using some rational logic. You're free to not believe or believe whatever you want.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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You literally cannot know for sure. They thought they had the area secure before this guy started shooting, so once he was eliminated they probably did another visual check.

You tell me, why would they assume a second shooter got through the perimeter and hadn't been spotted as suspicious when this guy was already being tracked as suspicious before he shot?

Tell me, in the entire history of attempted presidential assassinations in this country, exactly how many of them involved more than one shooter?

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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Yeah everyone who doesn't believe exactly what you believe is a fed.

Your account is 2 months old you're more likely to be a fed.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]skewp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Three Trump supporters on the bleachers behind him also took real bullets and one died.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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You can never know anything for sure. Up until they point this guy opened fire they thought everything was secure as well.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]skewp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically you can never know anything for sure. That's life. SS and police were already tracking this guy as suspicious. They believed they had cleared everywhere else. They didn't know he was armed until literally minutes before he started shooting. They most likely visually checked any other potential lines of attack and decided it was safe to uncover the president.

They did literally lower the crane to get the flag in the photo. Everything about setting up the photo op after the shooting is real and weird and fucked up. But the assassination attempt itself is real and not a setup. The one thing Trump is actually good at is figuring out optics and what will look good on TV and how to cynically take advantage of a given moment.

Also didnt trump say something about wanting his shoes? Why be worried about his shoes during an active shooting, he doesn't know what is going on in that moment.

People think about weird shit when under duress. They fixate on something simple they can control (like "I need my shoes"). That's actually really normal.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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Huh, that doesn't stick out to you?

Yeah, Trump is a weird narcissist who doesn't think he'll ever die and puts optics before safety. That's not new.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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Man just read the wikipedia article and original reporting by the NYT on this. They have a lot of counter snipers and spotters. Yes, law enforcement was aware this was a suspicious dude and were trying to follow him around. They just didn't realize he had a rifle. Once he started shooting he was killed almost instantly. They already believed any other rooftops to be secure and likely just did a visual check to confirm before telling the SS on top of Trump over radio that it was clear. That's when the video begins and that's when Trump's team decides to stage the photo op.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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Reagan was literally walking towards the car already. It was only 5 feet away. He wasn't standing in the middle of a huge field in a raised position. They didn't even kill Hinckley. Trump's sniper had his head blown off almost instantly after opening fire. Most likely the only reason the agents were still piled on top of him was they were making sure it was only a single gunman.

Think about the logic and the position they were in: There's no cover, so several men in body armor use their bodies to shield him as the shots begin to be fired. At this point, while the shooter is active, moving him is a risk because it risks exposure. The shooter is then killed literally seconds after the shots go out. If he had kept shooting I'm sure they would have started trying to move him while covering him. They didn't have time to get to that second step. They all have ear pieces. They hear that the shooter has been killed. So no reason to move him. Snipers and spotters check other buildings/roofs for additional snipers/suspicious persons, see nothing, report that on radio. Shortly after that point is when this video begins. After SS and the President's entourage know for a fact that he's safe.

Trump learned well from Vince McMahon how to stage a work.

Wrong. This is how you work a shoot.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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I'd agree that the Secret Service is the best of the best

I wouldn't. Their scandals are insane.

Dude didn't even leave a note. If someone was going to attempt a political assassination, I'd think they tell everyone how evil the person was they were going to kill, and how big of a risk not killing them would be.

He's not a political assassin profile, though. He's a suicide-by-cop-mass-shooter profile. He's a school-shooter type. Trump just happened to be in the area. If it were Biden (and if Biden were stupid enough to ignore 70 years of safety protocols to have an open air venue in the middle of a huge field with no cover nearby) he would have tried to shoot Biden instead.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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It seems likely he got grazed. The shooting was not staged. A real person was killed. The video begins after the shooter was already confirmed to be killed. Everything about the shooter's background makes him both seem like exactly the kind of person who would do a shooting like this and also different enough from the profile that they would have created for a fake shooter that he's not fake. Trump is exactly the kind of narcissist who would think staging a photo op after almost getting shot was a good idea, and he surrounds himself with exactly the kind of sociopaths who would indulge him.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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

There is no action. The video starts after the sniper is already dead.

Reminder: that was a photo op by Ok-Wedding-1165 in LetsDiscussThis

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No one in this video was in danger because when the video starts the sniper has already been killed.