BlameThePeacock

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Labor is too expensive for US manufacturing without significant price increases, and given those price increases consumers are purchasing fewer total goods because they simply can't afford more. Too much of their income is going to housing and food costs, neither of which are highly reliant on manufacturing jobs. Consumer spending in dollars may be up, but total goods consumed has to be down at this point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gloss-ter-sher?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Choosing to be happy is the most important thing you can do in life. Good for you, and lucky husband.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I found this, which lists their "first deploys"

https://pawpatrol.fandom.com/wiki/Skye/Appearances

https://pawpatrol.fandom.com/wiki/Chase/Appearances

each character has one, you could cross-reference for values

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

A) Fuck Amazon B) Fuck the US C) The deals are absolutely terrible, why the fuck would it encourage me to buy anything?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nobody said anything about removing them from police. I have no problem with police being armed.

It is technically possible to make every other gun illegal and force people to dispose of them. Again it's unrealistic but its not impossible.

It's also possible to eliminate all commercial ammo availability, and even most home production (by banning the sale of powder for reloading). Home powder products are inferior, and potentially even dangerous. Safe and functional casings are also extremely difficult to produce.

Would people try to get around these restrictions? Sure, but it would still dramatically reduce gun use.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Japan says otherwise. Gun crime is practically non-existent, despite a population of over a hundred million people.

It's unrealistic to apply this to the US given how many guns already exist, but it's not actually impossible.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (13 children)

If you can get a gun to protect yourself, criminals are easily going to have guns too.

Simpler all around if nobody has guns.

Or, at the very least nobody should have a handgun. A full length rifle or shotgun is a lot harder to conceal when you are using it for nefarious purposes.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"more leisure time"

That's not the only metric you should be looking at. In fact it's a pretty terrible metric.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The same things were/are said about the internet itself, and here you are typing into a webpage.

You aren't just fearmongering, but you are fearmongering.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When hating becomes a team sport, it's a serious problem. There are benefits and negatives to this technology, like with most things, and anyone who can't recognize that is a complete moron.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The industrial revolution only led to a Tenuous benefit... lol.

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