1984, but with Idiocracy.

Freedom Units.

They’re messing with my improved 5g reception I got with my COVID vaccine! (/s)

At least they still have FE…MA… Well they’re boned. So what’s for lunch?

I have been there. .ML, Hexbear, an Lemmygrad are the top three problem children. While there’s “1000’s of instances” those three are always listed as the top three to join which is a problem . This not an new thing and it’s kind of annoying that people call them “imperfect allies”.“Imperfect allies” can tank your entire platform because people don’t want to be associated, not with just things they disagree with, but with users that are like zealots. Either remain neutral in the platform you develop and let it police itself with the tools you give it, or don’t ask for money for personal soapboxes.

Godwin’s Law in full effect all the way down. At record speed I might add.

Tell you what, if you make lemmy.ml like a jail for those users where they can sit there all day long and let the other users themselves disconnect or not even see their posts, I will start donating. Almost like a 4chan for lemmy.

I did. I can’t force the instance I am on to de-federate and I can’t ban all users. I also don’t agree with this campaign of those users to start the Reddit refugees and exiles there. You’re making all of Lemmy appear like they support that specific view of politics.

I still stand by what I said. Not a single fraction of any currency either directly or indirectly to that instance.

I’m not donating a single bit of whatever currency to .ml. Pick one or the other: dev costs or your own personal soap box cost.

Captain Buzzkill.

Hats off to all these people keeping everything under control and helping these creatures. I cannot imagine how pissed off that lion or tiger would be if they woke up in the middle of a giant metal donut that makes tons of noise. I mean that takes a lot of courage. Most I will volunteer for is the bird, the fluffy burrito, and maybe the hedgehog. Pretty much anything that won’t eat me.

Well I guess we’ll just keep running in circles about this issue then won’t we.

Forgot a requirement: must be willing to RTFM. Other than that, it’s still way less requirements.

It does turn into a game of “one-up” but this is why you get actual weapons experts to advise on the language of the law and not business owners and lawyers who have no idea what a gun is other than it makes them a lot of money or its scary.

The confusion is why the assault weapons ban in the 90’s failed. They did not specify semi-automatic handgun, revolver, or pistol grip short barrel shotgun. You are correct. “Assault pistol” is extremely vague. In my opinion, politicians do this to appease the NRA and the gun nuts while completely disregarding what responsible gun owners are asking for. Most responsible gun owners want the loopholes closed. The politicians can just shrug and say “Well we tried!” Or use it as an excuse to kick incumbents out that didn’t kiss the ring.

Most of this theater is at the federal level. The state level is what will make the difference which is why I encourage people to check the firearms sections of their laws.

Wasn’t the ATV invented because it covered most off-road situations to get around quicker?

This story reads like AI slop to get people angry which DailyKOS is known for. There’s a what happened, but there’s quite a few details missing.

edit: I found it on NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-shows-woman-using-racist-slur-on-playground-238830661724

So the media again is helping stir the pot. When you use vague language like “assault-style” weapons, it makes it open to wide interpretation as to what an “assault-style” weapon is. You. the reader, are assuming and envisioning the AR-15, the AK-47 but it can also include semi-automatic hand guns or some types of shotguns. If you want to put a ban on something quit tip toeing and define the weapons you want to ban and their variants using specific language such as semi-automatic rifle, fully-automatic rifle, barrel length, etc. They should also quit banning by cosmetics to define “assault-style” weapons. You can easily change your fully-automatic rifle to look like a Nerf gun (fully automatics are illegal anyway). Here’s a bit more on the term:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon

People should actually read the laws on the books and quit relying on the media or their politicians to do the reading for them. They may find there’s already several bans on “assault-style” weapons because specific language is used. People should also focus on the loopholes instead and campaign to get those closed. Politicians won’t do it so long as the NRA keeps shoving cash into their pockets.

Dex was kind of nifty if you had a monitor laying around. I’m guessing this is the non-Samsung version feature.