Tayb

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[–] Tayb@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

Man, moving the goalposts from CIG to the subreddit? Talk about bad faith. Nah, don't have the time and crayons for a refunder. Enjoy your hate-filled existence lol

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Right, because the refundians are a loose collective, and CIG is a company. You can't point at a singular post and go "there's the brigading," mostly because they get removed by mods, but hate groups brigade. But to cite a source, the Derek Smart "90 day cash flow" claim is a good place to start.

CIG has plenty of things to rightfully criticize, but this isn't one of them until multiple people from multiple sources come forward. It's sensationalist bullshit until proven otherwise.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What's your reason for asking? I'm assuming because you linked a rag piece and not the original reddit thread for context?

I'd need to see at least two different people with the same claim submit redacted copies. One of which should not have any history on the refunds reddit. One motivated person could forge an NDA, and again, I wouldn't put it past that community to hallucinate yet another slight.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

"A" refund, from "one" redditor who has provided no proof. On a subreddit that's been known to brigade. I'm not saying CIG is a saint, but I feel like a rag piece and the outrage need to hold off for more info.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I agree. I use very little gas to heat my water for my hydronic system and the tap. I replaced an old oil hydronic heater and traditional electric water heater with a natural gas combi boiler that does both home heat and hot water. My utility bills went through the floor, and over the whole year I put a fraction of the CO2 into the atmosphere than I did in just a winter of the old oil furnace.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They said "choosing," which is the key word in their statement. Some people don't have a choice like you said, but that's really just a matter of the push/pull forces of migration at this point.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

The brass took away the giggle switch from the crayon eaters to save on their ammo bill. There's a reason "marining" is a verb, after all.

But every gun is designed to kill people, all the way back to the musket. And your suggestion of an integral magazine doesn't do much, even if you could somehow round up all the ARs with detachable mags and "fix" them. The M1 Garand and it's stripper clips are a historic example, and the modern ejection port mag loaders the neutered California ARs have to use make it trivial to reload.

You want to tackle this issue? Safe storage laws, building a culture around free, government-provided training and safety, and harsher punishments for NDs are a place to start. That's not even getting into the quagmire that is our terrible healthcare system, and law enforcement that on average can't do their jobs and act on tips that would stop many of the recent big mass shootings.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You're good! In many ways that's exactly what the marketing people on the anti-gun side wanted to happen. They knew that psychologically the two terms would become synonymous with each other. Unfortunately the attitude problem you highlighted in the loud minority of gun owners only helped that advertising campaign.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Not to go off on a tangent, but it's "assault weapon" that's the boogeyman term, meant to confuse the uninformed with assault rifles. Assault rifles are select fire, full auto and burst fire capable rifles. Assault weapons are semi-automatic rifles that have the same or similar cosmetics as assault rifles.

The trick is a person latches onto the adjective, not the noun, and a rifle is a kind of weapon, so it makes it seem like assault rifles fit under assault weapons, when I'm fact it's the opposite.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you can, it'll be in the router's web console under something named like "VPN Server." You'll need a higher end router to have that function built in, though.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

...then whoever defines "hateful" determines what the rest of us can view, and ISPs aren't even held accountable when they do stupid shit now.

[–] Tayb@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, yes. Yes I do. Because it already happens, and because that's how it used to work. My neighborhood couldn't afford to repave our streets, but it happens anyway. Farmers certainly couldn't afford to plant all the corn they do, but they do anyway because of government subsidies. Medieval peasants worked far less than we have to and enjoyed far more freedoms, and here we are toiling away despite the fact that one farmer now could feed a whole kingdom. What you're missing is our dollar and economy are not tied to actual, physical things. There's this whole imaginary line graph in the heads of certain people that has to keep going up at all costs.

I think I understand better than you do what goes into a McDonald's hamburger judging by your spelling of it. I also work with my local PD on a daily basis, and I can tell you to them it's just a way to collect a paycheck to live.

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