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West Virginia is quickly becoming as [poorly managed as Utah. Sorry guys but teachers carrying guns will NEVER stop a gun assault at a school, under any circumstances, ever. Only a complete nitwit (and stooge of the NRA) would ever believe that could be some kind of solution.

These dingbats will defend being gun nuts no matter what, but the truth is, nobody with a gun will ever stop a school shooter before the shooting happens -it will be over with before you even know what's going on, that's how mass shootings are, ask anyone who has ever survived one. There is no advance notice that gives you time to draw a gun, and most teachers are not going to fire a gun in their classroom no matter what.

This is a sick and stupid answer to a problem that our gun culture keeps making worse every day.

I agree with the verdict that vehicular homicide isn't warranted, in this case where the Indian women actually ran into the intersection while an emergency vehicle was oncoming. That definitely shows it wasn't a callous act on the part of the driver - but I do think there needs to be some kind of fine or penalty for the fellow officer who made it sound like her death was of no consequence. That is the real crime here.

Those of you who read the news and watch it on TV know this already, but the execution last month by nitrogen gas was carried out AT THE REQUEST of the guy who was being executed. He wanted to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia, it was something he felt strongly about.

And according to the AG who witnessed the process, it went really smoothly and was much less horrific than many other methods of execution.

I'm against war and warfare in every case, but since this war is well underway, I have no issue with Joe Biden legally sending millions of artillery shells to Ukraine; I have to believe that we should be doing everything we can to ensure that Russia does not prevail in their horrific genocidal global takeover.

The dead lion logo does make me feel like they're saying, this syrup is made from the excretions of dead animals. It's just weird! The new design is much better in my view, and much more enticing to me as a consumer.

Well I'm a staunch democrat myself and I don't believe I've ever wanted to "fuck the working class" over - hell I am the working class. And I want all marginalized people to be included in the process of democracy.

I live in Utah where transphobia is enshrined into law - they just passed a law disallowing trans people from using public restrooms. I'm glad I'm not the guy who has to sit at the bathroom door examining everyone's penis to make sure it matches what it should be on their birth certificate.

Anyway I think all people have to make a concerted effort to stand up and fight of phobia and get involved in voting for more forward-thinking and less fearful people.

I used to (love flipping people off) but the older I've gotten the less 'good' it feels. Partly because, as you get older, you develop a really good thick hide that things slide off of more easily - I mean nothing really bothers me the way it used to. That's one benefit of getting older.

I like your post. I agree in every way, I have never thought of weapons as being a basic human right. And I'm especially against weapons of death (guns and AR rifles, etc) being considered someone's basic right.

The truth is, people do not buy these things to defend themselves. Oh they tell themselves that's what their doing, but then they turn around and use them to kill schoolkids or shoot at people on freeways because someone at McDonald's got their order wrong (this has happened several times here in Utah).

The truth is, humans are temperamental creatures prone to seeing other people not as human beings, but as problems. They can turn something quite otherwise harmless inanimate objects like baseball bats or crowbars or almost anything into a weapon, and they often do.

So a people who use anything at reach to hurt others should never be given access to weapons designed to kill. That is just a total recipe for constant disaster, which is what is happening every day in our country.

Just have to deal. It hasn't gotten better but I've learned how to navigate thru life with it.

All I can say is I truly embrace the fact that I'm a human and an omnivore. I don't deny there are ethical horrors with the way animals are raised for slaughter, it's quite disgusting in fact. But I ALSO can't deny that I love eating meat off the bone - chicken wings, spare ribs, steak, you name it. When I'm eating meat I'm very happy indeed. And I don't try to pretend I can justify it as somehow OK with regard to how the animals are slaughtered.

I'm a walking contradiction in many regards. I don't try to reconcile my love of meat with my love of animals. I have both, and they sometimes are in conflict. I eat all kinds of things, veggies and grains and all kinds of stuff, but my primary love is meat. I don't deny it, and I don't justify it. It is what it is, and so am I.

How I hope that is truly the case. That is, that the right is losing ground to the left (ie progressive) sector of the world. It needs to happen, and by all "rights" it should have happened long before this. Luckily the pendulum always swings back to the left at some point - and i really believe that time is coming.

I like it better than Reddit. I don't feel as over-monitored and as censored if I say something in support of progressive ideals. That's what got me kicked off Reddit in the first place - having the audacity to say that I feel like the younger generation is more liberal and open minded. After posting that i got a permanent ban from Reddit. (And yes that literally is all that I posted, word for word).

I still encounter a lot of people on Lemmy calling me an idiot for daring to have an opinion that's new to them or different from their own. I think that's just base human behavior at its worst. When I disagree with someone, I try to simply say, "I disagree and here's why." But inevitably they come back with name calling.

So I just try to remember that often times I'm dealing with immature people on here. And they don't have a lot of worldly experience in some cases. But for the most part it's been a nice change and a much better platform that Reddit in almost every way.

Sometimes I just get out and walk. I find that is an activity that helps "reset" my mind and gets my creative thoughts flowing. Also I think I'm a late ADHD bloomer, I have more interests now than I have time for in a single day. So I'm not usually bored, but often overwhelmed with choices about what to do.

Getting out from the house and getting some fresh air really helps me sort things out when I'm like that.

It's really not easy especially with finding good steady remote jobs. I got my degree decades ago, graduated at the top of my class, elected to several honor societies, and went back and got an MS degree - and even with all that, and proof of my abilities to stick with something, I COULD NOT FIND A JOB.

Not to even mention a remote job. Finally I found a good paying job in a sector that has nothing to do with my educational background: healthcare. And of course its an on the ground, in person job (couldn't be done remotely). So maybe try looking at jobs in areas you never considered. You may have to start a position with a regular in -office type job first.

Good luck with it!!

When I had hepatitis (and I'm still not sure how I got it) I'd feel hungry, but when I actually had food in front of me, no desire at all to eat it. But I still forced it down as much as I could.

Have you tried some of the other brands of electrolyte drinks? I had to pick one to mix with that powder they give you for colonoscopy prep about four years ago - and it wasn't gatorade, i think it was Power something or other. And it was quite good without being oversweet.

Anyway best of luck, I've had GI issues for most of my life so i know what a horror show it is.

Everyone is coming from their own unique set of experiences. And really, as long as I still get my coffee at the coffee shop, and someone is holding an elevator door for me, what does it really matter in the long run. In less than a century, all of us now will be dead and gone, and no one will recall if were liberal, convervative, happy, sad, mean or nice, or even remember that we were here.

Keeping that in mind I try to help other people when they need it and be more sympathetic - life is struggle for everyone.

Not so much that people aren't intending to harm me but just that they are self-involved and don't intentionally mean harm most of the time. Yes they're still idiots, but to them I am also. We all are, really.

I don't think anyone gets to decide what a person "Should" be doing, who are these "should-ers" that get to make these decisions?

It's like putting a dead cow in a museum and calling it art. SHOULD it be art just because it's there? Or SHOULD there be some explanation or clue as to what the "artist" who put the cow there is trying to say? It's something I've thought about in relation to what constitutes art, and what doesn't.

My point here is just that in my view, it's helpful to have some more input rather than just a link when it's not apparent why the link matters or might be significant.

I think it's a sign of intelligence to be able to recognize the potential flaws and fallacies in your own thinking, and to acknowledge that your ideas are just opinions based on your OWN experience, not necessarily the same for everyone across the board.

Walt Whitman said, "If I contradict myself, then I conradict myself; I am large, I contain multitudes." I like to use that as a motto, because often I realize my own opinions can be contradictory, and that they change from circumstance to circumstance. That's not to say one can't have a cohesive set of moral values, but rather that change and dialogue are important inputs and require the maturity to accept that you always have room for new ideas.

I think in growing up I've become less prone to looking at everyone else in the world as an idiot. You know how when you're in your 20s and 30s, you're driving around flipping everyone off because you think everyone around you is an idiot and a know-nothing.

The older I've gotten the more I realize most people, most creatures in fact, are just bopping along trying to survive and get what they can from life. I guess I've gotten less judgmental and more empathetic, seeing most problems as a process problem, and not necessarily the result of a confederacy of idiots out there trying to ruin my life.