Post AYFhy08k3o0uzjlyQC by roger_booth@social.bitwig.community
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(DIR) Post #AYEgCTv1kKDWL8Au8W by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-30T23:52:52Z
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If there are more guns than people in a country there is clearly something wrong. Take an example from the Dutch, we have more bicycles than people.
(DIR) Post #AYEgJTKAM4bgWUGaw4 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-30T23:54:10Z
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@ahriboy For sure!
(DIR) Post #AYEgMDr0KVsxPYwDiq by Ciela@mastodon.ie
2023-07-30T23:54:37Z
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@stux I am a huge bike fan, actually.
(DIR) Post #AYEghYoFc2moU8pCbo by Robotron@esoteric.party
2023-07-30T23:56:13Z
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@stux i used to trade punk records from a Dutch guy and one time traded him something stupid rare for some Larm. He felt bad and knew I smoked non filters and sent me a pack of these brown non filtered cigarettes that were so good. do you know what they were?
(DIR) Post #AYEghZbWeqCYwxsYPg by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-30T23:58:27Z
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@Robotron oohh thats a good question :blobcatgiggle: i have no clue!
(DIR) Post #AYEh3WN3MOJ7ICZiJE by blogdiva@mastodon.social
2023-07-31T00:02:29Z
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@stux absolutely what i love about y'all. i was on a bike all the time i was in amsterdam on business because i was staying in the immediate suburbs and you can just bike anywhere; even get your bike on a bus or train. really, truly outstanding.
(DIR) Post #AYEi6iqZWxbaoFTMUS by geekgyrl@masto.ai
2023-07-31T00:14:17Z
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@stux For all my dad's chest-beating over needing guns, not a single one he owns made a God damned difference when he slept through being robbed. They cleaned out the garage. They came into the house and helped themselves to a bunch of stuff, which they loaded into his brand new SUV that sat in said garage before driving away.And yet, he was still he he yet he'd catch the next one who tried. SMH And don't get him startered on the libs coming to steal them. And I'm like...
(DIR) Post #AYEiGcDp17R99s45Kq by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:16:05Z
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@geekgyrl :blobcatgiggle: But even if so...Imagine..Killing someone or multiple people because they steal something.. š¤ In my book that's still murder!EVEN if they are in your house etc, there are much better options rather than instant going for killing
(DIR) Post #AYEiJiwSUNE0ruQRZA by Spellbind0127@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:16:39Z
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@stux why do you hate American? (Joking)
(DIR) Post #AYEiPQjb63HI8X8AfQ by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:17:39Z
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@Spellbind0127 I don't š Well, not really :blobcatgiggle: I use to be a mega USA fan and always wanted to move there. But since I run this server I've met a lot of people from the USA and i realised the EU is heaven compared to the US :catblush:
(DIR) Post #AYEiqWAaznVSoTfwLw by kinyutaka@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:21:30Z
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@Spellbind0127 @stux It isn't that he hates us, it's:https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo
(DIR) Post #AYEiqWpiWuOqs0umRs by stux@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:22:34Z
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@kinyutaka @Spellbind0127 BOWIEE :blobcathearts: I love Americans! That's why i talk about that stuff :cat_hug_triangle: i dont' want them dead but alive!
(DIR) Post #AYEj5hA6PTEnFRgKjA by krs@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:25:20Z
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@stux don't get me wrong, I'm all for bicycles and greener ways of moving people around.it's just that "bicycles in the netherlands" should never be used as a run-of-the-mill example to which one should aspire.the NL famously is a flat country. of course biking is great there! most of us, though, have the misfortune to live in hilly areas. that NL example doesn't apply as well to us as one may think.it's as good as asking us to stick our finger into a wall.(bicycles still rule, though.)
(DIR) Post #AYEjxOiFDha7fMG6cq by geekgyrl@masto.ai
2023-07-31T00:34:56Z
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@stux There is a reason I don't talk to my parents anymore. I could list the reasons, but it would take several posts with a very heavy CW.In short, my parents are paranoid, bigoted, racist, Christo-fascists.The fact that I am none of these things is a fucking miracle because they've always been an evil, ugly people. I could leave home quick enough.He's openly stated that he supports killing certain people. And it is as bad as you think.
(DIR) Post #AYElAnRChgko4JF0cK by nuncio@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T00:48:37Z
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@stux @Spellbind0127 Come to Massachusetts. Definitely more like EU
(DIR) Post #AYElNk14jfyxDoBysK by chemoelectric@masto.ai
2023-07-31T00:50:57Z
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@stux But think of all the flat tires!
(DIR) Post #AYEnj0JZX9z9lA6v3I by Nouscat@mastodon.social
2023-07-31T01:17:14Z
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@stux Ehm, and kids with huge knives and other problems nowadays. Don't think we are so much better because everybody owns a bike š. It's better than let everybody own guns though.
(DIR) Post #AYEnsVesMu03ZnbkX2 by natriumchloride@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-07-31T01:18:48Z
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@stux off topic but what does one person need multiple bicycles for?
(DIR) Post #AYEoEKKn9QrapJcJZQ by SummerDay@masto.nu
2023-07-31T01:22:52Z
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@stux There are a lot of Walter Mitty and/or John Wayne wannabes. And then thereās the type who either think they donāt need to know gun safety or just arenāt interested. And there are some who appear to view guns as toys instead of the deadly weapons they really are. You donāt know whether the person carrying a gun in store or other public place in your vicinity is any different or safer than someone carrying a gun with actual intent to use it to harm people.
(DIR) Post #AYEq1Jnm1HcFJp67ZA by jamie@boothcomputing.social
2023-07-31T01:42:56Z
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@stuxHey those bicycles are LETHAL.
(DIR) Post #AYErSCVvK8sSUM8BMW by clunkclunk@toot.community
2023-07-31T01:59:00Z
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@stux Thereās 5 sheep to every one human in New Zealand.
(DIR) Post #AYErWvHAqEAsTSU2YC by genmaicha@stereophonic.space
2023-07-31T01:59:57.614337Z
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@stux I'm glad I'm not Dutch
(DIR) Post #AYEtPKat1f9qaWDBkO by newt@stereophonic.space
2023-07-31T02:19:38.717594Z
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@genmaicha @stux most dutch are fine. Stux is just a bit on the dumbass side.
(DIR) Post #AYEzQNwCg83YyP4IaG by loafofbread@toot.community
2023-07-31T03:28:20Z
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@stux you can own more than one gun just like how you can own more than one bike. Though it is a problem.
(DIR) Post #AYF53aYOCqeXAJRUsS by stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2023-07-31T04:31:26Z
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@stux In the U. S., we have more horses' asses than we have horses.
(DIR) Post #AYF5KzOR6goX7u5HfM by evilotto@sfba.social
2023-07-31T04:34:36Z
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@stux why is it we never hear about all the mass bikings in the Netherlands? What is the press hiding? "Bikes don't ride places, people ride places. Using bikes."
(DIR) Post #AYFGa1w12RriqgAJtI by mrluo@cupoftea.social
2023-07-31T06:40:33Z
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@stux I like that. So when somebody experiences road rage, they can do a big squeaky brake, or maybe a wheely.
(DIR) Post #AYFKLTOp2jVlV9xBeC by TomSwirly@toot.community
2023-07-31T07:22:42Z
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@stux @Spellbind0127 Having spent decades in both places, Europe is far better, and I am back here now.New York City was pretty good for a long time. I never had to own a car, and I never missed it. Oh, the music scene.But the rest of the US, eh. And now NYC is a shadow of its former self, and viciously expensive (it was always expensive but now...)
(DIR) Post #AYFTwCKUN2KurWVseG by samueljohnson@mstdn.social
2023-07-31T09:10:12Z
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@stux Hmm. This morning a wireless earphone fell into a pajama pocket, causing some reflection on the nr of pairs of "ears" I have:Cheap wireless earbuds for bed only (too easy to lose)Shokz OpenRun (wireless w band, uncomfortable lying down)Noise cancelling headphones (for flights mainly; Bluetooth / wired) Cheap wired earbuds, now needing USB-C adapter (for when batteries dead)No chance yet of one pair to rule them all, but perhaps a pair over the ear models.... š
(DIR) Post #AYFhy08k3o0uzjlyQC by roger_booth@social.bitwig.community
2023-07-31T11:47:18Z
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@stux Unites States of Gunny McGunface
(DIR) Post #AYFmuaG4Kc5zcrODoW by birnim@fosstodon.org
2023-07-31T12:42:48Z
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@stux So many questions about this hot take. Here are a few:1. Did having more bicycles prevent the Nazi Germany to invade? Did many bicycles help fight the Nazis?2. Did having more bicycles help against MH17 getting shot?3. Would having lots of bicycles save Ukraine from the full scale invasion?4. What you're gonna do with the bicycles when you end in a situation when there are more non-Dutch than Dutch? They'll just take all your bicycles.
(DIR) Post #AYObzdq9rjiRtZU8W0 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2023-08-04T18:52:28.109215Z
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@stux @geekgyrl And if someone would steal your bicycle, the ratio of pricey vs. annoyance is quite decent (probably more annoying than pricy for most people, specially given how cheap you can get some bicycles), while for a car it's like "oh shitā¦ there goes years of savings"
(DIR) Post #AYOdynmzaeMSN0jQiu by geekgyrl@masto.ai
2023-08-04T19:13:58Z
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@lanodan @stux Eh, a car being stolen is a minor annoyance for my dad. He could buy another one outright for cash without batting an eye. But for the average person, it would have a huge financial impact.