Pirat

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[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Because pro-asbestos and anti-seatbelt people existed, but they didn’t have megaphones to reach the whole world.

Here's the question: Idiots and wise people both have this megaphone to reach the world. Why do the idiots seem to succeed much more often?

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 4 points 4 hours ago

Well, there used to be a thing where you would put your child in the way of mumps because a child getting mumps is much less severe than an adult. There may have been other such diseases that it was better to have as a child than as an adult.

This was before vaccines which basically does the same thing.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 2 points 4 hours ago

It’ll be manslaughter, unless they find evidence that he knew he was a shill.

and if they do find evidence he was a shill, it's 1st degree murder.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 6 points 4 hours ago

You misspelled 'republicunts'

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 3 points 2 days ago

Older pickups had a bench seat so could seat 3. Then there are the crew cabs who can seat 6.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 1 points 2 days ago

Only if they get into a salt water flood.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 5 points 2 days ago

So we’re just spreading trash in the environment and feeling good about it because it can be reused by other animals?

Sometimes it just works. Small octopuses love to take up residence in a beer bottle. It might not be the prettiest thing to find on the ocean bottom but it's often home to one of the most intelligent invertebrates.

And, after all, that glass is just congealed sand.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah. You should move past that.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Easy access to firearms.

This is a BS statement. Firearms have ALWAYS been easy to get in the U.S. It used be even easier than it is now. Yet it's NOW that we have this increase in the suicide rate. Maybe try looking at reasons for suicide such as the the divisions in this country rather than just blaming a tool.

Men are more likely to use a gun for suicide, as they have always been, for the same reason they go to a store with something in mind to buy, buy that something then walk out. Men focus on the goal so they obviously go for the most effective method of achieving the goal.

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 10 points 2 days ago

people used to think that you could get infected with HIV by kissing and hugging.

You can, possibly, get it by kissing. If both kissers are frenching and have bleeding mouth wounds, HIV might be transmitted.

But people used to also think you could get it from toilet seats or even just shaking hands (a practice I'm not fond of for other reasons).

[–] Pirat@lemmy.org 1 points 2 days ago

As someone who raised hamsters, I can tell you that the hamster does not go through the cedar shaving unless the hamster wants to. Of course, I always made sure they had a couple inch layer of shavings. Sometimes, the hamster would push them aside because they liked the cool metal floor but that was their choice. On the other hand, they are also free to pile the shavings up even deeper and just cover themselves. You act like they have no choice in the matter.

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