kescusay

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look

Don’t do this. Delete your Xitter account and use Mastodon instead.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures

Nah, everyone gets that second part wrong. He didn’t want you to inject sunlight, he wanted you to breathe it. Somehow. Like, I dunno, inhale a string of UV lights and give your lungs a tan or something.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures

You should have her see a doctor. That stuff is not for drinking. Hell, the labels specifically tell you that.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Idaho’s Teacher of the Year flees state after being attacked for LGBTQ+ allyship

Only because they’re astoundingly shortsighted. This sort of crap causes a brain drain, and absolutely obliterates economies long-term. What we’re seeing right now is the beginning.

kescusay OP , 1 year ago to nottheonion in Supermarket evacuated after spider whose bite can cause erections or death spotted

I understood that reference.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Hawaii cannot ban guns on beaches, US judge rules

Why do you assume they are absolutely fucking terrified vs thinking better safe than sorry?

Because they are too afraid to go to a grocery store without a gun. That means they’re really, really bad at risk assessment. And that makes them dangers to themselves and others.

I know the risk of a violent encounter is low, but I carry because it’s the only reliable way to not be at a disadvantage in a fight.

Do you? Do you actually know that? Because your odds of being a shooting victim are way, way higher as a handgun owner than as a grocery shopper. You’re more likely to be hit by lightning than to be in a violent confrontation at the supermarket, and yet you don’t go around in a rubber suit to be “better safe than sorry.”

Having a plan to avoid being assaulted isn’t the same as living in terror.

And yet you’re not wearing a rubber suit. Your risk aversion needs calibration if the gun that objectively makes you less safe makes you feel more safe.

Protip - if some group seems totally ridiculous, there’s a good chance you don’t understand something important.

Or they could be members of the Westboro Baptist Church, and they are totally ridiculous.

For the record, I don’t think all gun owners are ridiculous - certainly not to the level of the WBC. I don’t even think people who feel the need to pack heat while going out for milk are ridiculous. But they’re definitely scared, and bad at assessing risks.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over LGBTQ views, complaint says

And with such a simple change, you turned it into a disgusting and bigoted lie, when the person you responded to was completely accurate.

kescusay , 1 year ago to world in We just survived the hottest 36 days ever recorded

Not terribly significant. The length, number of heat records broken, and sheer catastrophic scale of this heatwave is unprecedented. We don’t have any reason to think anything remotely like this has happened in human history, and the fact that we didn’t have the means to track the entire planet’s average temperature prior to 1979 doesn’t negate that.

Hawaii is on fire. Oregon is on fire. Canada is on fire. California is on fire. The winter in the southern hemisphere is unprecedentedly warm, and much of Australia burned over their summer. It’s going to burn again.

This is an emergency.

kescusay , 1 year ago to world in We just survived the hottest 36 days ever recorded

I can’t find any indication that 1979 had a 36-day heatwave with anything approaching the temperatures we’re seeing.

kescusay , 1 year ago to worldnews in Ukraine Issues Warning to Moscow Residents: ‘Expect More, Daily Attacks’

Bringing the war home for the insulated people living in Moscow may be the thing that finally causes the Russian people to reject the war. Sadly, I have my doubts. They are so thoroughly beaten down with propaganda, it’s possible they’ll assume it’s unprovoked aggression.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in In over 15 states, schools can still paddle students as punishment

To the second group, I always want to say, “No you didn’t. You turned out as someone who thinks hitting kids is acceptable.”

kescusay , 1 year ago to nottheonion in Evangelicals are now rejecting 'liberal' teachings of Jesus

I mean, I guess you could get that camel through the eye of a needle by liquefying it first. Maybe the same step could be taken to get Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg into heaven.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Trump’s Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats

Wait, is that real? A literal “RentAHitman” website?

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Hawaii cannot ban guns on beaches, US judge rules

Ouch. Guess I touched a nerve. Look, carry if it makes you feel better, but statistically, you’re in more danger from your own guns than you are from anyone else. The same cannot be said for seat-belts, smoke detectors, and fire extinguishers.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Hawaii cannot ban guns on beaches, US judge rules

the nuts have a panic attack if they’re not constantly armed.

That’s the real issue, here. These guys are absolutely fucking terrified 100% of the time. They pack heat in order to feel like something besides a helpless babyman.

I have never even once felt like I couldn’t possibly pick up a head of lettuce and some yogurt from the supermarket without some moral support from a gun. It’s just fucking bizarre.