Posts by bester@mstdn.social
 (DIR) Post #AU0bnyg6k6ieTA2tc0 by bester@mstdn.social
       2023-03-26T13:28:53Z
       
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       Go home Screen Time, you’re drunk.
       
 (DIR) Post #AU8jbbEQr1lWibiGaO by bester@mstdn.social
       2023-03-30T11:34:23Z
       
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       @stux 100% true. The undying obsession with guns here is a societal cancer.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbOzhMA7zhzQ2qfB4a by bester@mstdn.social
       2023-11-02T16:54:41Z
       
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       @stux At the core of it, too many gun owners in this country simply love their guns. That emotional connection people have with them makes it very difficult to change their minds. This fact, along with decades of lobbying by the NRA which has fueled bad faith interpretations of the second amendment, make any kind of common sense reform nearly impossible. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-guns/675790/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ2mceGk9z6bQHsUvDQ09-GM
       
 (DIR) Post #AhJsiEnvchAl1DnFzM by bester@mstdn.social
       2024-04-27T16:55:33Z
       
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       @stux Here in the US, not only do lots of people like to roll around in big stupid trucks, but the auto makers are actually incentivized to make bigger vehicles. Fuel economy standards that the government imposes upon them do not apply when the vehicles are over a certain size or weight (likely thanks to the big petrochemical lobbyists). So less efficiency + public appetite for wankpanzers = higher profit for auto makers and oil companies. Blech.