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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldRinse & Repeat
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    2 months ago

    Any tool can be misused. I’d be curious what the percentage of wrong use cases of MRAPs is. There is a massive accountability issue with America’s policing. We need to address the accountability issues, not just take all their tools away.

    When a tradesman fucks up a job do you blame the tools they used or the company they work for?


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    2 months ago

    Civilians in america can also buy several fully automatic and semiautomatic weapons in a large caliber. I usually see police using MRAPs as deployable cover during barricaded suspect situations. Most of the time they don’t just show up and drive it through the building guns blazing, they use it as cover while giving commands, often holding down the area until the barricaded suspect gives up or a SWAT team can enter and try to arrest. Typically they attempt to use non lethal methods like flashbangs and bean bags unless the suspect becomes lethally violent like charging at officers with a knife or a rifle.





  • My commute followed the oposite of rush hour. I lived in the city and would commute out to a smaller town for work, whereas most people in that town commute to the city. So i was always going against the flow of heavy traffic. I recently moved to the small town and for the most part avoid the traffic except at the end of my day when i sometimes have to make a left across the flow of rush hour evening traffic to get back home. There are very few traffic lights on that stretch so sometimes it takes 5-10 minutes to have a safe gap in the traffic.





  • A big part of it that finally made me pay for spotify is it helping me to find new music. Its not perfect, but when the app actually works correctly it will queue up music similar to the song or playlist you searched and it can help you find new bands or other songs by the artists you like. When i was just listening to my downloaded music I’d get stuck in a rut of the same few albums or artists.



  • Congratulations on the weight loss. It really is as simple as a few lifestyle changes. I think so many people get overwhelmed with needing an exact diet and exact workout schedule. You seemed to be very successful and fairly stressfree with your more casual but still committed approach.

    I struggle with the oposite problem where i struggle to gain weight and id like to pack on a few more pounds. I found by upping my calorie intake in the evenings has been helpful as i don’t mind being sluggish from over eating then.