[–] 5 points 4 weeks ago

If drugs are legal, the parallel market for them ceases to exist. If you can buy a drug at a store, a shady dealer doesn’t need to fight for territory with the next guy over. This is a crime that ceases to be committed.

If a guy buys some weed and heads into a crowd, at most he can inconvenience some people with the smell.

If guns are legal and that same guy has a mental issue, that crowd can get shot. This is a crime that can more easily be committed by that legality.

And before armchair experts can come at me, just look at every other country where guns are not legal, and measure the amount of gun violence compared to that one where they are.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    27% of people living in an alternate reality. Even if the next guy in the US is sane again, it’s impossible to predict when or why they’ll elect the next mental case.

    We need not be beholden to the whims of the US voter. Yes we can ally on specific matters, but strategic a important areas need to be safeguarded from 1 partner (be it the US, China, or anyone else) flipping on a dime.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I used to hate air-fryers. “They still need some oil, it’s not really FRYING ANYTHING WITH THE AIR”.

    My parents got me one for Christmas and I didn’t show it, but I was livid. I do t need this shit.

    Then I realized it’s just a small oven. And now I love my small, really quick heating, slightly less easy to clean oven that can make passable fries.

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