LilB0kChoy

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[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 22 points 5 days ago

I wouldn’t recommend against people watching it, but I would caution them because it’s a big time commitment for the ending you get.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 11 points 5 days ago

Isn’t it interesting in how “officer discretion” disappears in instances like these?

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If a shows funny on its own you don’t need an auditory signal to laugh.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago

On a large scale I have no idea but it does for me when I’m driving.

A crosswalk at an intersection, especially an unmetered one, serves as a warning that there’s enough regular pedestrian traffic or a risk that dictated it was needed.

Helps me, personally, to be extra aware for crossers.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 17 points 5 days ago

Agreed. At first blush it reads more like that “Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life” kind of sentiment.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 18 points 5 days ago

It's a slogan used as a protest statement, particularly within anti-establishment and anti-police movements. The acronym has a long history, particularly within subcultures like punk, skinheads, and football hooligans. It's also associated with anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideologies.

It also originated in England.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 49 points 5 days ago (3 children)

In the 45-second video posted later that day, one girl enters the classroom holding a cellphone. “Put your hands up,” she says, while a classmate flickers the lights on and off. As the camera pans across the classroom, several girls dramatically fall back on a desk or the floor and lie motionless, pretending they were killed.

When another student enters and surveys the bodies on the ground in poorly feigned shock, few manage to suppress their giggles. Throughout the video, which ProPublica obtained, a line of text reads: “To be continued……”

Talk about an overreaction.

When I was a kid in the 90s I used to run around our neighborhood with other kids playing “War”. I had a realistic looking cap gun western revolver made out of pot metal, much like this one.

We never had police called on us or even got stopped by them on the rare occasion they were cruising through.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

the law allows for the carrying of a knife for a reasonable legitimate purpose

My opinion, not from the UK so it’s worth little, is that this is all that should be needed.

“What’s that? What’s it for?” … “Ok, we got a call from a concerned citizen who thought it was a knife. Have a good day!”

Maybe they could throw in a polite, friendly suggestion that they use a bag to transport their tools but its not like it’s required, if I’m understanding correctly.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

These cops are bastards. Some cops are nice and genuine.

This is true pretty much everywhere, even America.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 14 points 5 days ago

All feelings are valid. The issues come from how some express or act on those feeling.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, there’s this too:

However, a small but growing number of U.S. states, cities and counties have adopted legislation that impose maximum indoor temperature standards on rental housing. In the last five years, six U.S. localities, including New Orleans and Clark County, Nevada, have adopted such cooling laws, compared with just seven in the previous two decades, according to Reuters' review of property codes and interviews with more than a dozen policymakers and housing officials.

But it shouldn’t have to be done at that minute of a level. State or federally it could (I argue should) be guaranteed as a basic necessity, just like water, power, sewer.

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