Bad_Engineering
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- Comment on What is a game you can’t understand why its so popular ? 1 day ago:
Death stranding was the most boring trudge of a game I've ever played. I have no idea why it's so popular.
- Comment on Why do people claim when they buy lets say an M16 Fully Automatic Assault Rifle it is for hunting or self protection? Could you just bow and arrow during a hunt for more of a challenge? 6 days ago:
Almost no one owns an m16. That would be a NFA (National Firearms Act) weapon that requires a special tax stamp for and would also have to be made before 1986. No new fully automatic firearms have been allowed to be made except for LEO/military purposes since 1986. All the of what you're calling an "m16" is an AR-15 (Armalite Rifle 15) or some variant. They're all semi-automatic.
The AR-15 is so popular because it is a very accurate, reliable rifle, and can be very affordable. It also helps that it's the civilian model of the m16 and m4 rifles the military has. I have one that I target shoot with and it's a very fun rifle to use. That's probably the biggest reason it's so popular.
I do agree that we need much stricter gun control in this country but it needs to be based around logic and fact. The "assault rifle bans" of the 90s were completely useless and didn't van anything meaningfully dangerous. They banned things like collapsable stocks, threaded muzzles and other silly things that don't effect the operation of the gun. Hell, California currently bans rifles with pistol grips, so when you buy an at there it just has a different grip. The function of the rifle is still the same. Personally I think we need stricter licensing on who can own a firearm. You should have to prove you are competent, capable, and safe in your use of firearms before you're allowed to own one. That includes VERY thorough background searches and atleast 20-30 hours of instruction. The old tired adage of "guns don't kill people, people kill people" does have some truth to it. But if less people had the guns to begin with, they'd have a lot harder time hurting people.
- Comment on How do you think a socialist President would win the 2028 election? Would they use the exact methods used by Zohran Mamdani which earned him the office of Mayor of NYC? 4 months ago:
I agree, I think its a good thing that he's a democratic socialist, as I am also one. But there is a difference between a dem socialist and a social democrat. Mainly the whole capitalism thing.
- Comment on How do you think a socialist President would win the 2028 election? Would they use the exact methods used by Zohran Mamdani which earned him the office of Mayor of NYC? 4 months ago:
Yes, it is right.
Social democracy is a broad, centre-left[1] to left-wing[2] social, economic, and political ideology within the wider socialist movement[3] that supports political and economic democracy[4] and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, social democracy has taken the form of a predominantly capitalist,[5] yet robust welfare state, with policies promoting social justice, market regulation, and a more equitable distribution of income.[5][6]
- Comment on How do you think a socialist President would win the 2028 election? Would they use the exact methods used by Zohran Mamdani which earned him the office of Mayor of NYC? 4 months ago:
He's a democratic socialist.
- Comment on My life has been way better since I started keeping a cursory view of headlines once a day 4 months ago:
I'm with you 100% on this. I wish I could turn it off and do something more important. But the way things currently are idk whether I'm gonna have basic rights one day to the next.
- Comment on This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers 4 months ago:
There's a huge difference between someone putting a webcam on their house for personal security and an AI driven face tracking camera that purposefully records every person that wanders into its field of vision being setup in a public park and on every street corner in the country.
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- Comment on American Airlines passenger yelled about ‘blue-eyed white devils’ and threatened to ‘take this plane down’: affidavit 2 years ago:
That's a fair point.
- Comment on American Airlines passenger yelled about ‘blue-eyed white devils’ and threatened to ‘take this plane down’: affidavit 2 years ago:
One drunk, racist, asshole does not a terrorist make.
