Random Rants
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@Max:
^when I read this I'm glad I live in Europe
I love it here and we are in a safe area, but we are still in the city. Not much violent crime, but a bit of property crime around here, and lots of homeless folks find their way in the vicinity. As cold as it was last night, it's not implausible that one of them would seek warmth someplace.
Our neighborhood is unmatched for amenities, but I would really like to live more remotely one of these days.
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I wouldn't cancel out someone's birth certificate if they just wanted a warm place to sleep, but my worst nightmare is something that happens all over the world these days.
Several criminals will come into your house (around 4 at a time), grab one person and hold them at knifepoint, and get another family member to go to an ATM with them and empty their bank accounts while family members are being held hostage.
In some situations, wives and children are raped while money is being taken out.
This is not exclusive to the US.
These assholes capitalize on 1. how many people are in your family and 2. how much of a false sense of safety you have -
I wouldn't cancel out someone's birth certificate if they just wanted a warm place to sleep, but my worst nightmare is something that happens all over the world these days.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I would use lethal force in such a circumstance, I have a bleeding heart towards the less fortunate, and Denver is rife with such folks. But often they are mentally unstable and dangerous, and it could have also been a straight up criminal along the lines you described. I can stand being robbed, what I can't stand is having my wife attacked or either of us coming to bodily harm. Our dog is not big enough to be useful in home invasion situations yet, so I was making sure we were safe.
What you described is nauseating and the human race doesn't have room for people like that.
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I have two Rotties, and people ask me once in a blue moon why I worry about defending myself when I have them. I actually come unglued when they say that.
I've raised these two since they were pups, all they want is to sleep and make me happy, and some coward thinks it's a good idea for me to send them down to fight with their faces because they are so spineless they can't do it for themselves?
Fuck off. I defend my house for my family, and that includes the dogs. -
I have two Rotties, and people ask me once in a blue moon why I worry about defending myself when I have them. I actually come unglued when they say that.
I've raised these two since they were pups, all they want is to sleep and make me happy, and some coward thinks it's a good idea for me to send them down to fight with their faces because they are so spineless they can't do it for themselves?
Fuck off. I defend my house for my family, and that includes the dogs.Same, but I'm not always at home, and I don't mind a big ass dog with protective instincts satisfying his genetic intent as part of the package whether I am or not. Push comes to shove, your dogs probably feel the same way about protecting your family that you do. My wife is not trained in any kind of self-defense.
That said, we've socialized him so much it's hard to imagine him doing so.
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We thought the same until they were between 1 and 2 years old (maybe a little later for Lia).
Something in them switched over in them at that time and they didn't want us to talk or touch another person, including each other.
They grew out of it but it was pretty interesting to watch the change.
I'm too lazy to look up the study to reference, but violent felons were interviewed when they were in prison and the three deterrents to home invasion were in this order:
1. Getting shot by the homeowner (specifically shot, they were largely unimpressed with knives/blunt weapons/pepper spray).
2. Getting eaten by your dog.
3. The police showing up.It was a good article, I think it was from the 90s.
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i could send you some tripas.
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It seems everyone in Pa. is armed to the teeth break-ins are rolling the dice.
Short barrel shotguns can be inexpensive and hold 5-8 shells
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I just made the mistake of looking at my 401k after the rockiest week the market has had in a decade. ???
Same. Mine went down $5k in 2 months [emoji107]
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A good friend of mine is a very serious practitioner of T'ai Ch'i. This photo is of his teacher Master Lee in 1972, the ritual is called the Iron Shirt. I have a few iron shirts now but nothing quite like this.
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It is strange that people say Happy Holidays on Christmas, @Dion. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I do find "people's" overly cautious nature about saying Merry Christmas funny.
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Eh, I don't see why it's a big deal. Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's, Megatron's birthday- all the major holidays are in December. It's easier to say "Happy Holidays" and cover the bases. Though usually I just respond with, "you, too" to whatever people say to me.
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See? Easy and accurate.
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Eh, I don't see why it's a big deal. Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's, Megatron's birthday- all the major holidays are in December. It's easier to say "Happy Holidays" and cover the bases. Though usually I just respond with, "you, too" to whatever people say to me.
Agree. We live in such a diverse society that it's hard to know who celebrates what, so saying Happy Holidays is just a generic way of communicating the holiday spirit to someone who may not celebrate it x-mas specifically. I don't celebrate x-mas personally outside of giving gifts to my son. There's no tree, no lights, nothing.
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I don't want to rain on anyone's parade and don't like to participate in ranting on the internet but I do dislike the tendency that Merry Christmas is being degenerated into Happy Holidays.
The exact reason that I said Happy Holidays this year, due to last year I posted Merry Christmas and some one replied what about Hanukkah. Funny thing is the person isn't Jewish. Next year I won't post.
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Ultimately, as far as holiday greetings go, someone is attempting to wish you well. You can get bent out of shape at the presumption that you celebrate a certain holiday, or you can let it go, take the win that someone tried to say something nice to you, and return the favor. The latter seems easier and I'm lazy.
Besides that, if someone wishing you a "Merry Christmas" or a "Happy Holidays" has any bearing whatsoever on your holiday spirits, you're doing it wrong.
