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I'm not arguing that nothing needs to change, but a bit less arrogance is in order. Virtue signaling and patting yourself on the back won't fix this. It's not an easy problem to fix at all (I think I said that), almost all proposals on offer will NOT actually help much if at all, and perhaps more importantly, most feel-good gun regulations that have been tried have actually made things far worse.
It's not easy to emulate European countries, inter-racial tensions and violence is greatly reduced when you have significant ethnic mono-culture, whereas the US is developing into an all-minority nation. Public mental health institutes were quite a disaster in the US. The kind of control European countries exert is simply unconstitutional, here, and that's not easily changed, or necessarily a good idea to try.
The "Troubles" in Ireland went on for decades, and no quick and easy legislation fixed that up. Neither did the left-wing terrorism so common in the 70s just go away because of a few regulations. Fascism even seems to be coming back strong in Europe as of late, so a few years from now, we might be wondering why they are so screwed up and didn't just simply follow our lead. And France's troubles seem worse of a problem than ours. When you point at other nations, you're cherry picking one single issue (which doesn't actually exist in a vacuum) and ignoring everything else, and pretending this can be easily fixed without causing other problems that are perhaps just as bad in the process.
And just to make some heads explode, I'm not a gun nut. Never owned or fired one.
It's not easy to emulate European countries, inter-racial tensions and violence is greatly reduced when you have significant ethnic mono-culture, whereas the US is developing into an all-minority nation. Public mental health institutes were quite a disaster in the US. The kind of control European countries exert is simply unconstitutional, here, and that's not easily changed, or necessarily a good idea to try.
The "Troubles" in Ireland went on for decades, and no quick and easy legislation fixed that up. Neither did the left-wing terrorism so common in the 70s just go away because of a few regulations. Fascism even seems to be coming back strong in Europe as of late, so a few years from now, we might be wondering why they are so screwed up and didn't just simply follow our lead. And France's troubles seem worse of a problem than ours. When you point at other nations, you're cherry picking one single issue (which doesn't actually exist in a vacuum) and ignoring everything else, and pretending this can be easily fixed without causing other problems that are perhaps just as bad in the process.
And just to make some heads explode, I'm not a gun nut. Never owned or fired one.
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Somebody has never heard of Anders Breivik... American mass shootings are tame by comparison.
Each nation has its own unique problems that look horrible and ridiculous to outsiders. The sad truth is, there are no easy fixes for social issues, and it's actually quite likely this trend WILL spread to other nations.
Each nation has its own unique problems that look horrible and ridiculous to outsiders. The sad truth is, there are no easy fixes for social issues, and it's actually quite likely this trend WILL spread to other nations.
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Typical Disney... call it a true story, then fictionalize the entire story beginning to end. The ONLY thing true about it, is that there was a Jamaican bobsled team that year. Absolutely nothing else.
TVOM doesn't have it's facts straight either, which isn't surprising for a click baity site.
TVOM doesn't have it's facts straight either, which isn't surprising for a click baity site.
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Air conditioning made high density possible. Now we need a revolution in designing for sound isolation to make it tolerable.
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Much ado about nothing... The birth rate in the US is rather evenly distributed. Neighboring months are typically within 5%. The most popular birth month commonly changes from year to year. Maybe Christmas matters, and maybe cold weather matters, but no one factor is moving the needle very much...
There are a lot of big red flags, here. Wait for the next study that says the exact opposite, then come back and discuss...
There are a lot of big red flags, here. Wait for the next study that says the exact opposite, then come back and discuss...
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When I interview for a new job, I ask questions (and make observations) to ensure it doesn't have the same terrible issues as my prior job. Problem is, it's always a DIFFERENT kind of terrible. In hindsight there were always a few subtle signs that I might have spotted, had I known to look for them. Experience is something you get right AFTER you needed it.
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Lay's Stax are just as blatant a ripoff.
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A better one from 10 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRabNlrFVoo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRabNlrFVoo.
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Seems like the bay area is the WORST possible example. I'd bet rent and housing has gone up 5X (even adjusted for inflation) since the 1970s, too. A booming oil town in the middle of nowhere in North Dakota probably has even more dramatic price jumps.
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Here's an excellent source, with quotes from the director, preproduction plans, etc:
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-heath-ledgers-joker-the-dark-knight-a152301
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-heath-ledgers-joker-the-dark-knight-a152301
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Last time I read that Joker story (probably also on Neatorama), it explicitly said that there was meant to be a delay, Ledger was told about it, but he simply forgot.
Those are one-shot scenes. If he fell down, made a funny face, whatever, it would have to be kept and worked around, because you just can't do a massive building explosion more than once. I'd be curious to know if the director liked or disliked the change. Obviously it made a serious scene less serious, so it might actually have upset "the plan".
Those are one-shot scenes. If he fell down, made a funny face, whatever, it would have to be kept and worked around, because you just can't do a massive building explosion more than once. I'd be curious to know if the director liked or disliked the change. Obviously it made a serious scene less serious, so it might actually have upset "the plan".
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A future heavy metal drummer, if ever I saw one.
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I found Waldo...
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Simpsons jumped the shark very clearly at the start of season 13, LONG before the awful movie came out. The stories became heavy handed moralizing, the scripts were painfully unfunny and didn't even make sense how they got from point A to B, and the characters all completely changed into empty shells that do whatever stupid action the writer needs, regardless of the character development. Matt Groening admitted in interviews that while ratings were down, and critical reception was awful, that he still preferred the new direction and intended to keep it up. Hence the death of the Simpsons.
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Greenland is making a lot of noise about this issue, because they want to get some money out of it, but the site and presumably the cleanup was a NATO contribution by a member state, while the US paid the bulk for the men and materials. Somebody agreed to share the check, and decades later changed their mind. They have infinitely more of a case against Denmark than the USA.