ChonkyOwlbear

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That depends on the definition of comfortably and happy. Everyone probably couldn't live at the level of an upper middle class American, for example.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm saying that is why a lot of people won't strike. "I have kids to feed today" will always beat "this will create a better world someday".

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The trick with that is there needs to be significant financial backing to keep people fed even during a short strike.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Pretty sure that would violate laws against "buying" votes, but what the hell are Republicans going to do? Shutting them down would look bad even to their voters.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

That's why cops love using dogs too. Courts have ruled that dogs can't lie. That means if a dog indicates you have contraband, then a search is warranted, even if nothing is found. This of course ignores that it is entirely possible the dog indicated contraband because the cop trained it to do so on command.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They argue that Trump can do this because Washington sent the militia to put down the Whiskey Rebellion. This ignores that at that time there were no police forces, there were no immigration laws, and there was no Posse Commitatus Act.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Keep letting Nazis stick around and soon you will find your human rights disappearing.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Protoceratops because I am completely convinced they would be cool hanging out on the couch, playing fetch, and otherwise acting like a dinosaur house pet.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Oh the Supreme Court has forgiven everything he has done so far.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It's the "don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness" policy.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I can imagine the Klingons having a kind of special forces unit where they do copies like this and if the copy makes it back, the two versions fight to the death to see who the "real" one is.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would be interesting to have a series where they take the best of the best Starfleet personnel, intentionally copy them with a transporter, and stick them on their own ship to do an extra dangerous, super difficult mission.

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