ALoafOfBread @ ALoafOfBread @lemmy.ml

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Same here. The sheer 800ft. Drops on either sides of of the 2-4ft wide ridge with people coming both ways was a no from me.

Also even just on the way up the the first landing (the like 500sqft flat area where you can rest) with that 1.5ft wide ledge getting up to it and the rope with 300ft sheer drops- I had a frustrated dad wearing flip flops and a 2 year old kid in a baby backpack rushing by everyone while people were heading down too. Shit's wild.

Hikes like half dome and angels' landing are super dangerous whether or not people die frequently on them. You're not stupid to do these hikes if you prepare for them, but even if you're prepared, there is still risk.

These hikes can get crowded even with the ticket system, and more and more people rush up these trails to get the shot for their Insta or whatever. Two-way crowds of impatient tourists on these narrow ledges and steep scrambles/climbs are a real issue and even a prepared hiker could get unlucky.

Not to mention other hazards like incliment weather like in this case. Half-dome is a unique weather risk during that final climb because it is just rock. Rock worn extra smooth and made dusty by hikers' boots. If it rains, that dust turns to silty mud and you now have nature's most majestic slip-n-slide.

The national parks make nature accessible, and because it's accessible, people underestimate it and don't respect it like they should.

They have ridiculous accents, though. They got nerfed in the tulipmanie patch

Smart move. Can you imagine Trump debating a literal prosecutor? Not just a prosecutor, but a highly successful one who prosecuted for-profit fraudulent colleges like the one he owned? Would be an absolute nightmare for him.

But sometimes philosophy is also like not knowing that flashlights exist and looking for a cat in the dark, sadly.

Philosophy is often more like looking for things that can't be seen with a flashlight but hypothesizing that they must exist and proving it logically.

The interesting thing about this to me is that they're doing it in solidarity with Trump and to draw attention to the assassination attempt, but 1) he wasn't really injured significantly, 2) the assassination attempt seems to not have had a political motive. So, there's not much to show solidarity for, and there's no enemy they're calling out.

Nah she specifically said that Biden being forced out and Kamala not being supported by the establishment would be bad - which makes sense because incumbency is a huge advantage

"I convinced myself I was gay when I was a kid".

Well congrats, bud: you also convinced me you were gay when you were an adult.

Make sure to have some rolly polies in your compost heap to eat the rich 🍽 those little guys can remove heavy metals from the corpses of the bourgeoisie 😋

We'll all understand it as schutzstaffel soon enough, I guess

US presidents get SS protections for life after their term is over

Source? Idk if joking bc this is the world we live in now

Not saying he didn't seem more "with it" or energetic or whatever, but he is basically just as old and makes even more gaffes - but people don't care because he does it almost non-stop.

There are plenty of people talking about Biden as if he's the crypt keeper and Trump as if he's a stunning specimen of youth and vitality, which is just silly.

I guess all public statements would essentially be "under oath" and would be held to that standard. So the questions would be 1) which statements are public and 2) what constitutes a lie.

It can be proven that someone has lied - for instance, if they have said something on the record previously that indicates they had foreknowledge that what they said was false. It'd be a large administrative burden, so I imagine that only consequential lies would be prosecuted. But the law would also be ripe for abuse - an opposing political faction could scrutinize everything a public official says, sue them for everything that wasn't true, and tie them up with court appearances and fees for a long time.

Anyway, it'd be very difficult to consistently enforce this law and prevent it from being abused.

Biden is only like 18mos older than Trump. They're essentially equally old. Like a 2% difference in their ages.

Not illegal anymore bucko

You want to check my shape, let’s do push-ups together. Let’s run. Let’s do whatever you want to do. You may call me old, but I'm just old school. I'm cool. I'm ice cold. I've got Baja Blast flowing in my veins. Pop pop's jacked up on the Dew and will take you out behind the woodshed. That's how they did it in my day and that's a fact, Jack.

Or because it's stupid political theater giving Trump's base an out when he inevitably says some dumb bullshit during the debate and loses. He obviously never expected that ridiculous request to be granted. The act of playing along is an act of weakness, so it's never going to happen.

Also they're both going to be on drugs. All presidents are given various drugs. Some to keep them alive, some to help them concentrate. It's no big deal, it's a demanding job.

Edit: forgot Obama actually did show his birth cert. Shouldn't have played along though

Is he a frail, senile, old man? Or does pop pop crave the BLAST of tropical energy from an ice-cold MOUNTAIN DEW BAJA BLAST!?!? Which is it, repubs?