A friend just sent me this pic he saw on Reddit of a store in California that is taking a creative approach to the shoplifting issue.
164 sats \ 8 replies \ @nichro 8h
Problems created by retards require retarded solutions.
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61 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 8h
Eloquently put
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100 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby OP 7h
I am not a fan of the term retards but it made so much sense I zapped it anyways.
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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 7h
So Canadian
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552 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 7h
I have a friend who has a child with down syndrome and I did some work with down syndrome kids in my youth so I just don't like the term and try not to use it even though it is prevalent in the Bitcoin community . I understand it is not being used in the context to demean mentally challenged people but instead to highlight stupidity.
It's just a word. I know there is no malicious intent. I was merely pointing out that the point was so good that even though I don't like the word I had to offer an agreement zap.
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190 sats \ 3 replies \ @nichro 6h
Hah. Fair enough.
I have given up many words but that one I'm particularly too fond of to let go.
Not to get into a rant about language here, but to me the word evolved and does now evoke any image of legitimate medical challenges to me. But I know it can for people and I know the history of the word.
But that's the funny thing about language. We use the term moron freely, another word whose meaning has evolved. The R word isn't quite there and still has some sting.
It's funny because... it's not the first time I had to defend my use of the word. And I don't use it often.
But one point I like to make is that if I say the word and it immediately conjures up the image of someone with a legitimate disability in your mind, then maybe it's not my problem. I'm not attacking you and understand your point of view also, but I had to bring this up :P
When I hear or use the word, I never have disabled or challenged people in my mind, I have idiotic politicians and dumbass people.
On the flip side, if I'm thinking about disabled or challenged people, whom I also have in my surrounding as well, that word never comes to mind.
I swear there's a comedy bit about this somewhere, where someone says retard and another goes "hey hey woah, watch your words, my brother has X disability" and the other guy goes like "hey woah woah, that's offensive that you think of him when I say retard. Your brother is not retarded, he's a smart guy with X condition. Not in the same universe"
Anyway. I said I wouldn't rant.
Language cam be interesting.
TL;DR I get where you're coming from, but we all have our hills to die on and I'm not ready to part with such a useful word yet, especially in this clown world we live in
It's all love tho <3
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81 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 6h
What I believe you're getting at:
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @nichro 6h
Yeah I could've put it more eloquently :P
Wrote quickly from a carwash waiting room
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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 6h
I understand the context and use of the word in that context. I think it was fitting in this case.
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161 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 8h
Will California liberals ever self reflect on the chaos they've created?
During the BLM riots, I had many neighbors post "defund the police" signs on their yards.
Today, they are complaining about a rash of break-ins, and the neighborhood has even banded together to pay for a private patrol because the police aren't doing enough.
Are these fools ever going to look in the mirror?
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62 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 7h
This is basically the ideal solution, though. Are you sure your neighbors are deranged liberals and not principled Rothbardians?
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111 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 6h
Oh, the irony is well appreciated.
Unfortunately, the situation isn't quite Rothbardian yet as I'm still getting taxed for a mostly useless police department.
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h
That's the rub: whether or not they get defunded, we aren't getting refunds.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 8h
They will never learn because learning requires admitting you were wrong.
Leftists want to cause chaos.
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The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. The strategy aims to utilize "militant anti poverty groups" to facilitate a "political crisis" by overloading the welfare system via an increase in welfare claims, forcing the creation of a system of guaranteed minimum income and "redistributing income through the federal government". (Wikipedia)
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 8h
Yes they will continue to double down on stupidity as opposed to just saying we fucked up so lets fix it.
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82 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 10h
This is one way to fight it.
Morals of society have degraded so much that you have to post something like this.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 10h
Clever
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 7h
It's funny, because it's not even close to true.
Pretty soon, you'll have to put up collateral just to enter a store in CA.
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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 9h
Brilliant!
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 8h
That's genius response to prop 47.
Prop 36 is on the ballot on Tuesday, a response to prop 47.
Of course none of these props matter if DA's refuse to prosecute for shoplifing, smash and grab and other kinds of theft.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 3h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 3h bot
https://xcancel.com/fopminui/status/1851568556963500073
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