RemembertheApollo

RemembertheApollo , 1 month ago to nostupidquestions in What would be the consequences of a smallsword wound to the belly?

Assuming it perforates the intestine - big infection from fecal matter getting into the abdominal cavity. It's called peritonitis, and AFAIK it's pretty much fatal if untreated. Severe abdominal pain as the infection spreads, all the vomiting and diarrhea cleans you out, and then the infection starts to shut your intestines and the rest of your organs fail while you go into sepsis and die. It's not fast, either. It can take several days.

RemembertheApollo , 1 month ago to lemmyshitpost in Gen alpha has no fucking clue

Driving unaware posts.

RemembertheApollo , 1 month ago to news in Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear

A lot? Trichinosis has almost been eliminated in pork. An old study looking for a particular parasite found little to none depending on the product. Here is another study showing very low incidence of parasites in meat products, but also includes fresh produce in the study which had higher rates than some meats.

So I disagree that "A lot" is correct.

RemembertheApollo , 1 month ago to news in Could student protesters turn the 2024 election?

If the news could get their collective heads out of their asses and stop validating the right wing freakshow by giving them tons of airtime, then yes, students could also potentially sway the election.

RemembertheApollo , 2 months ago to technology in Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote

"Xitter"?

Reads like "chitter", sounds creepy enough.

RemembertheApollo , 3 months ago to worldnews in Video released of first interrogation of suspected terrorist in Russian concert attack

Picked up near the Ukrainian border, they say?

Wonder how much further they will go to tie this to Ukraine. Hasn't ISIS already claimed responsibility?

RemembertheApollo , 3 months ago to news in In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled

I think you're right. I messed up. I read it as the rights of the LGBTQ were enforced by restricting others.

RemembertheApollo , 3 months ago to world in Israeli rabbi says ‘kill everyone in Gaza, including babies’

1944 was how long ago? That's how long it took for a jewish person to sound just like a rabid Nazi.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to news in Boeing's safety culture falls short despite the company's efforts to fix it, according to experts

In Boeing's case that's probably the reality of the last couple decades. The beancounters have gotten in the way of Safety.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to news in Two very rare Covid vaccine side-effects detected in global study of 99 million

There were several missteps by vaccine proponents that undermined their case. There was also a lot of hyperbole from vaccine hesitant people that made them look hysterical.

Really. What missteps were made? The hysteria from hesitant anti-vaxxers and political fear mongerers were real, I would call "hesitant" people the ones who realize vaccines are a likely necessity but didn't understand how the COVID vaccines worked and were probably influenced by lies from the ant-vax crowd.

What middle ground could possibly be made here regarding "truth"? Vaccine risks are known and fairly well established. The risks of early COVID strains were known. The only people straddling a fence in the middle are those who lack the knowledge of the risks or have objectively real medical problem with vaccines, not some made-up junk about mercury or something.

Vaccines are neither a 100% safe panacea, nor are they injectable death.

OMG this is binary JAQing off. Nobody suggests either of these and it's ridiculous to even posit this phrase.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to technology in Report: 75K loyal Redditors can snag shares before Reddit goes public

Go ahead and buy. Shares generally tank pretty quick after IPO for companies that don't actually make anything, the dot bust ensured that. Only time will tell if Reddit shares improve or flounder around not going anywhere. An additional thought - Reddit would do well to do things like get rid of old.reddit, go after ad blockers, and maybe implement a "verified" fee program like Xwitter to boost their stock potential. And also ensure I'll never return.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to world in Exclusive: Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles

But according to Putin Russia is an awesome place. How could they need assistance with military hardware from Iran?

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to news in After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law

I'm 100% for mandatory safe storage laws and prosecution of those who fail to do so, especially if that failure leads to injury, death, of theft of said firearm and that gun is used in a crime.

Unsecured handguns account for the majority of firearm suicide deaths in the United States, study finds

Overall, firearms used in unintentional injury deaths were often stored loaded (74%) and unlocked (76%) and were most commonly accessed from nightstands and other sleeping areas (30%).

It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of guns that are stolen from individuals in the United States because many of these thefts are not reported to law enforcement. However, estimates from a number of survey studies indicate that roughly 200,000 to 400,000 guns are stolen from individuals each year....Whether taken from gun stores or from individual gun owners, a firearm is stolen every 2 minutes. These stolen guns are often diverted directly into illegal trafficking networks and end up being used in the commission of violent crimes.

The Largest Source of Stolen Guns? Parked Cars.

All stolen guns are available to criminals by definition. Recent studies of adult and juvenile offenders show that many have either stolen a firearm or kept, sold, or traded a stolen firearm: According to the 1991 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those inmates who possessed a handgun, 9% had acquired it through theft, and 28% had acquired it through an illegal market such as a drug dealer or fence. Of all inmates, 10% had stolen at least one gun, and 11% had sold or traded stolen guns.

The Southern [of the USA] region has the highest percentage of house-holds with firearms and the least safe storage practices (Okoro et al. 2005). Not surprisingly, most Southern states are “exporters” of guns traced in crime (Mayors Against Illegal Guns 2010).

So the assholes that need to have guns with them, constantly available, unsecured, because the "might need to access them instantly" or some such nonsense are the very people feeding guns into criminals hands and causing death and injury via accidental shootings and suicides.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to news in Donald Trump says his fraud ruling is the same treatment as Alexei Navalny

Soon as he dies in an arctic circle prison I'll agree with him.

RemembertheApollo , 4 months ago to technology in Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire

Running wires is expensive. That's why most people opt for wireless, and on top of that, the convenience systems like Ring offer with their app, no NVR/DVR, none of the typical security system hardware cluttering things up.