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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentYa you are not wrong. That's why it's such a serious topic. However, not everyone has kids and everyone's circumstances are different. My daily carry spends no time in the safe. If I needed it...Ya you are not wrong. That's why it's such a serious topic. However, not everyone has kids and everyone's circumstances are different. My daily carry spends no time in the safe. If I needed it while at home there is no time to open a safe in that circumstance and thus it has a good reason to be where it is. I could understand accidentally letting a round fall off my night stand because I took the round out of the chamber and it rolled into a bag. The thought of making a procedural mistake and going to prison over it because of the politicization of the issue is frightening to me and every other cc I know.
That is not an idightment of the responsibility of gun owners, who are in my experience extraordinarily responsible, it's just a reality of day to day handling and use of a firearm. While responsible storage is important it's not a tier 1 safety issue because a spare round rolling around is not an inherent danger by itself. It will always take a back seat to the 4 rules of gun safety because you just don't have that luxury when handling a firearm. While both the round and the gun are not inherently dangerous by themselves you treat them differently , if you know what you are talking about, because you always treat a firearm as though it were loaded. It's literally the first thing you are taught about handling a firearm and with good reason.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link Parent"Bullets aren't a stray french fry or a random pen." They are not but I carry a firearm every day. They are a part of life for me. Firearm safety is an important and serious topic. However, it's..."Bullets aren't a stray french fry or a random pen."
They are not but I carry a firearm every day. They are a part of life for me. Firearm safety is an important and serious topic. However, it's also not very well represented in this thread. Leaving an unattended loaded firearm around a toddler is not the moral equivalent of having a loose round from a broken box of ammunition get lost in a bag.
In general though I agree that responsible handling firearms is an important issue which is why training is so important. This is especially true for new firearm owners who have little to no experience.
Having plinked with a 22 a couple times and locking it in your basement for 15 years is just fundamentally not the same thing as carrying a defensive pistol on your person every day. I'm not implying you specifically do or don't have that experience but I can tell you that a lot of the very opinionated commentors here do not.
While I agree with you that ammunition should be stored properly and not rolling around on my floorboard (oops), it's also true that a single round of ammunition is not inherently super dangerous. Even if you did something phenomenally stupid like hold a lighter to the primer or strike it with a nail it's unlikely to hospitalize someone. Perhaps a large rifle round might do some serious damage to your hand but without a chamber to contain and direct the force it's just not as deadly you might think. The round is just an object. It does not have any inherent moral qualities and it won't go off on its own without a serious amount of molestation.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentI have 0 interest in the culture wars. Anyone reading culture warrior stuff in what I wrote is jumping to conclusions. From my perspective, that's on them.I have 0 interest in the culture wars. Anyone reading culture warrior stuff in what I wrote is jumping to conclusions. From my perspective, that's on them.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentI had a round rolling around in the floorboard of my car the other day where it fell out of my range bag. Lock me up. I'm irresponsible.I had a round rolling around in the floorboard of my car the other day where it fell out of my range bag. Lock me up. I'm irresponsible.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentWhat I said was not completely serious. I am a pretty big fan of the books and I find the contrast in between the high production value and the terrible writing/characters/storytelling to be...What I said was not completely serious. I am a pretty big fan of the books and I find the contrast in between the high production value and the terrible writing/characters/storytelling to be extraordinary. It's one of the worst things I've ever seen.
That is an opinion that I am entitled to express. Given the opportunity I would do it again but perhaps I would explicitly state that enjoyment of an entertainment product doesn't make anyone less human. It's just fun to disagree about things sometimes.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentWell I think it's really bad and deserves a huge amount of criticism. Enjoying a TV show that I strongly dislike doesn't say anything about you as a person outside of some aesthetic disagreement...Well I think it's really bad and deserves a huge amount of criticism. Enjoying a TV show that I strongly dislike doesn't say anything about you as a person outside of some aesthetic disagreement about entertainment.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentIt was tongue and cheek. I do think it was terrible but it doesn't bother me if people liked it. It should have been obvious that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. All the people who...It was tongue and cheek. I do think it was terrible but it doesn't bother me if people liked it. It should have been obvious that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.
All the people who were personally insulted by my statement just took it more seriously than was intended.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope LinkThis chat is crazy. Season 1 was some of the worst trash ever put to film and it cost like 700 million dollars. It's shameful for Amazon, people who love the books and the remaining Tolkien family...This chat is crazy. Season 1 was some of the worst trash ever put to film and it cost like 700 million dollars. It's shameful for Amazon, people who love the books and the remaining Tolkien family who allowed this abomination to be made.
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Comment on What we learned about the publishing industry from Penguin vs. US Department of Justice in ~books
Spacepope LinkMaybe I'm ignorant or sheltered but who the hell reads celebrity books? Gross.Maybe I'm ignorant or sheltered but who the hell reads celebrity books? Gross.
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Comment on I’ve been at NPR for twenty-five years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust. in ~news
Spacepope Link ParentI'm anti war and anti US imperialism. I'm pro 2nd amendment and recognize the natural right to self defense. I believe in small government and controlling the budget. Running deficits simply...- Exemplary
- I'm anti war and anti US imperialism.
- I'm pro 2nd amendment and recognize the natural right to self defense.
- I believe in small government and controlling the budget. Running deficits simply borrows from future generations and it's morally wrong.
I could go on but I think those are pretty controversial topics that belong in the Zeitgeist. I'm not an offensive person or a racist. I've been a professional and I returned to school in '21 to try and better myself. In the fall I will start my first semester of graduate school in computer science. In other words, I'm a perfectly normal person who doesn't wish harm on anyone and who understands what it means to live amongst people who disagree with me 24/7.
My world view is shaped by my beliefs about the morality of the use of force. They are logical outgrowths of my guiding principle in a similar way to the way in which people at NPR talk about their North Star.
In my book that doesn't make me a bad person. It doesn't make me stupid or ignorant or any of the other pejoratives that are knee jerk thrown at me by individuals expecting a Republican to smear.
To the tildes communities great credit I have seen almost none of that here. I debated not even responding to this because I don't really want to fight about it. I just wanted to express my feelings on the issue. Hopefully, you can respect that.
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Comment on I’ve been at NPR for twenty-five years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust. in ~news
Spacepope LinkBerliner's article really resonates with me. I'm not a Republican but I am a libertarian and I see the ideological lines being drawn in the sand via the media as totally destructive to our...Berliner's article really resonates with me. I'm not a Republican but I am a libertarian and I see the ideological lines being drawn in the sand via the media as totally destructive to our nation's cohesion.
The 3 stories brought up really do a great job of highlighting how an organization that receives public funds to report the news has become an advocacy wing of a certain political perspective.
I grew up listening to NPR in the 90's and I have listened to it off and on until around the time of the pandemic. I usually found that reporting to be accurate and interesting. I started working nights in 2015. I quit that job in 21 in part due to it's effects on my health. It was like waking up from a dream and finding myself in an alternate reality. What a strange and hostile place my country has become for people who think differently than the zeitgeist.
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Comment on Linux Distro Recommendations in ~comp
Spacepope Link ParentI second Ubuntu for a beginner. Problems happen in the Linux desktop and Ubuntu has a lot of resource availability and compatibility with other Debian systems and Ubuntu derivatives.I second Ubuntu for a beginner. Problems happen in the Linux desktop and Ubuntu has a lot of resource availability and compatibility with other Debian systems and Ubuntu derivatives.
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Comment on EverCraft - a voxel based MMORPG in ~games
Spacepope LinkOk I checked it out and it's been really fun so far. However, I also spent the last decade playing classic EQ on an emulated server so this is my kinda thing.Ok I checked it out and it's been really fun so far. However, I also spent the last decade playing classic EQ on an emulated server so this is my kinda thing.
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Comment on Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to twenty-five years in US prison in ~finance
Spacepope Link ParentYou don't question his motivations after he stole billions and spent it on mansions, sports teams and celebrity endorsements? Personally I'm pretty skeptical that the whole "effective altruism"...You don't question his motivations after he stole billions and spent it on mansions, sports teams and celebrity endorsements? Personally I'm pretty skeptical that the whole "effective altruism" was anything more than a convenient excuse to hide his actions.
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Comment on Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to twenty-five years in US prison in ~finance
Spacepope Link ParentI find it somewhat amusing that he consideres building a company to defraud his customers as a useful life... I guess it was useful to him in the short term but given the outcome I have a hard...I find it somewhat amusing that he consideres building a company to defraud his customers as a useful life...
I guess it was useful to him in the short term but given the outcome I have a hard time understanding that line of thinking.
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Comment on The end of the MrBeast era in ~tech
Spacepope Link ParentYeah, I came here to say something similar. I've heard the name but I didn't know what his schtick was until recently. The part of the internet that I inhabit is just different I think.Yeah, I came here to say something similar. I've heard the name but I didn't know what his schtick was until recently. The part of the internet that I inhabit is just different I think.
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Comment on Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is coming to PC on May 16 in ~games
Spacepope LinkI hope this is a good port. I've wanted to play this game since it was released but I don't own a PlayStation. The GoW PC port was good so I have hope.I hope this is a good port. I've wanted to play this game since it was released but I don't own a PlayStation. The GoW PC port was good so I have hope.
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Comment on Course evaluations are garbage science in ~life
Spacepope Link ParentThis looks like an interesting article. I was really disappointed to see that it's paywalled and I could only read the first couple paragraphs. It's hard to intelligently discuss something I...This looks like an interesting article. I was really disappointed to see that it's paywalled and I could only read the first couple paragraphs. It's hard to intelligently discuss something I cannot read.
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Comment on Is US on the verge of 'catastrophic' UFO leak? What we know in ~space
Spacepope Link ParentCan't agree more. My BS detector goes off with this kind of clownery. It reminds me of some videos the pentagon released a few years ago that made their way around the msm as proof of aliens but...Can't agree more. My BS detector goes off with this kind of clownery.
It reminds me of some videos the pentagon released a few years ago that made their way around the msm as proof of aliens but was just birds and the like. It turns out military pilots don't know how their gun cameras operate, just how to use them.
I'm not big mad at everyone who criticized me. There were like 2 comments last night when I posted and I just wanted to disagree with them. Today I was kinda surprised to see my inbox all blown up but I get it. I'm just kind of annoyed I can't talk about lotr entertainment without straying into election topics I had no intention of raising.
Maybe I should have mentioned that I enjoyed the elrond / durin bromance. It might have balanced it out a little more.