“Adult” parodies:
Head Rising-
Zombie porn parody of the popular franchise. Don’t ask to many questions here.
Deus Sex:
Adam Slambert was starting his first day as a plumber at his ex girlfriends company when a horrible incident occurred. He awakens to find himself having barely survived- but changed, bio mechanically enhanced he must now bang his way to the heart of a conspiracy that may change the world.
Destiny- Rise of Ron:
Ron Jeremy stars in this video game remake of his career from humble beginnings to happy endings.
Ninja Gayden:
A homo sexual ninja fights across nightclub roof tops and bath houses to defeat a conservative politician who threatens the ancient ways of his clan.

In fairness, EMT’s make lousy pay most places. A lot of jobs do really, for what the work involves. But job cycles are a thing. Programmers aren’t worth what they were 20+ years ago, nurses are starting to see it too. A well paid stable job now may need decades of experience. While you gain that experience you will need a home, food, the cost of learning, and some extra cash to enjoy those years while you wait might be nice. It’s complicated. But if everyone grabs high paid specialties, those specialties become devalued and there are enough jobs. 1 guy designs the scanner. 5 guys code and develop it. 300 work the warehouse and sales and tech support. Thousands use it at jobs at Walmart or target or wherever. The thousands will make less than the 1 who designed it. The world only needs so many guys to design stuff, and the less people there are to use it, the less designers are needed. Even with the know how not everyone can have that job, and those who don’t shouldnt barely get by.

*at the expense of a country that has given them so much, including the right to complain, including all those things they have they aren’t willing to risk or give up to see change enacted. Anyone can ask someone else to die for them, to sacrifice for the good of themselves or others, but before we hold them up as heroes maybe ask- are they willing to do the same, or do they just want to take without giving back?

America is literally built on change. Criticism of government is where this country started- and it has been built on the idea of as much freedom as practical for every citizen. That is an American duty to uphold, and one thing that can not change in America or there would no longer be an America. It is however our human duty to try and lift up our fellow humans, to try and share the fortune in our lives with others. Here’s the catch- The American fore bearers didn’t just complain. They didn’t “raise awareness” and smugly pat themselves on the back. They saw something they believed wrong and risked everything they had and became traitors to their nation to right that wrong. So if you don’t like it, do something or leave. There’s no free anything. Someone has to give something up. Lots of people cry for basic wages or “free” public services but when asked what they would give- most wont give time, money, or much else to make it happen. That’s the complaint. Empty belly aching.

Is most of that morally “right,” or even really very healthy minded? Arguable- in general I’ll say no. But- all the sermonizing in the world doesn’t change the practical reality that humans are still wired to understand and comply with overwhelming force for the most part. Do most of those examples even make much sense in context? Not really. Could someone find and pick at faults in the comparison? Almost definitely. I suspect despite this message they still will because they miss the point. The point is that while homespun slogans win hearts and minds they don’t stand any scrutiny, they just sound like obvious truism so like most bs people will get on board if it supports their thinking. Guns and fire aren’t really very good comparisons. Not really as good as comparing guns and guns- but when we ask the question as such- “who would think the best way to defend against guns is guns?” The answer becomes more clear. Not a lot of of people running around trying to counter guns with spears

@guest- yes. Not only are fire and accelerants often used to fight fires (either creating fire breaks or using up available O2,) but really is such a thing so uncommon? For instance what country doesn’t meet the devastation of war with more war? Isn’t it routine that a country will respond to the sanctions of another with sanctions in turn? That their administrations and politicians will counter allegations against them by making allegations back? Even if we look at nuclear proliferation which escalated based off of an idea that countries would fight nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons- when the mass stockpiling was stopped- are we any safer from nuclear war, or did the main players keep enough nukes to still be a threat? Is it a coincidence that after a ban on testing, those who still had sizable caches were worldwd powers almost in order, or that the “rogue” nations who have since developed nuclear weapons suddenly went from fleas waiting to be squashed to targets of diplomacy?

I think like the problem at large it’s many things. Teaching kids to respect and be safe with guns is a good thing- but kids don’t always listen, some kids especially. When people are depressed or mentally unwell even those things they know and hold as gospel may fall asides to their imbalances. Guns are tools of death. We can’t ask kids to respect that if we don’t respect it enough ourselves to secure our weapons properly. Properly may mean many things in any combination of situations and circumstances unique to the house hold that gun is in- but next to no one ever had their house robbed and was expecting it and prepared- so steps to at least keep anyone who may enter the home from accessing a weapon are prudent. As for punishment- we wouldn’t hold someone for murder if someone else took their car and killed someone without their knowing. For there to be any liability the person must have acted knowingly or negligently to allow someone to take it.

Ask yourself- in non developed countries where guns are still part of daily life for many- for protection of self, home, or herd, where young children use and posses riffles- why aren’t school shootings or mass shootings such a problem save maybe for radical political factions? There’s more to this than just guns or just security. The laws we have already ban kids from owning guns- yet how many of these mass shootings are by children? The laws we have prevent people from bringing guns to schools- paper. Paper doesn’t beat bullets. There’s no one solution, and taken to extremes any single solution requires too many people to give up too much. Yes, we need to look at gun laws and refine them, we need better awareness and mental care, and we do need some security. If you ban guns tomorrow, America has the will and means to get them for the next several decades at least. We have more than the rest of the world, not counting unregistered weapons. So we need to look at it comprehensively.

Very true. When people start pulling on a thread, they can get caught up and keep going until the whole sweater is gone. To be honest- in most cases I don’t think it’s that people are too easily offended- I think that it shows two very human behaviors. The first is finding a voice or knowledge- synonymous with discovering ones power or agency. In the same way most toddlers use “no” frequently and often innapropriately once they learn the word- once people start being “woke” they tend to see it as having a new voice, an ability to interact in a new way with the world, and sometimes they get carried away. Likewise, when there’s an underlying desire or resentment that they didn’t have a way to express or identify, they start to compensate for years of silent suffering by being extremely vocal. There can be valid critiques within the cacophony, and not all commentary is simply “acting out,” but it is true that some times we over think things, and sometimes we overlook things we shouldn’t.

Sadly, the ecological impact of that would still be rather high. Also, our technology is based around certain principals. One of the most basic is rotation. While it is possible to use bushings or non petroleum lubrivated bearings, they tend to have short service lives and can’t handle precision, high stress, or high RPM loads. In short, our technology isn’t feasible without petroleum, and no replacements exist that wouldn’t cause equal or more harm, and drastic changes in standard of living and advancement. The reality is while we don’t have to be ecologically irresponsible, we do need to acknowledge that to benefit from technology, and to advance to where we can find better solutions, requires some degree of pollution.

It’s doublt moot since an electric bus still needs oil. Even if all electricity was solar, nuclear, hydro electric. Take your pick. Those systems use components made of materials that require... oil. Even if they didn’t, moving parts on the bus, the transmission and axles and more require lubrication. Unless we start slaughtering animalslike whales again for their lubricants- yup. Oil. Even IF we didn’t need oil to lubricate the buses parts and all the other stuff... if we invented tires and belts that didn’t use any oil- and we didn’t use any for interior or other panels.... in all likelihood the individual electronic components that make up the electric bus.... would require oil to make. That ignores that even where and if possible- there are costs and complications in using and maintaining such systems where no petrol products are used.

It’s somewhat humorous to me some of the sentiments in this thread- considering a major reason for world date format is the history of imperialism and cultural bullying and erasure by the UK. So many “standards” were set when the UK landed and said “you’re primitive and backwards ways need erased for our modern intelligent ways” or the modern version: “your mono cultural niraniac thought bubble.” There is a history of the UK supplanting the cultures of others for their convenience, and deeming anyone who didn’t follow along were clearly morons. Given that it’s a tad humorous that America would catch shit for having the ability and might to oppose UK monoculturalism. The United States does not bend its knee to the crown, now or ever. We built a country to piss the brits off and 200+ years later we are still succeeding. The US isn’t perfect, but no one else is either. We just want to do our own thing. Like it or leave it. No ones making you use our dates.

Im guessing it’s cultural. As scatmandingo says, Americans usually phrase it as “March 23rd” instead of “23rd of March” but can say either. The d/m/y format simply goes littlest unit to biggest. M/y/d supplies information in relative order of context. It’s uncommon to need to know year in context of conversation. Take the example: “when does school start again?” I can easily infer what year that will take place by the month, and the question. If it starts in September, I am aware break won’t last until 2019. If it starts in January, I know it must be 2019. If I only know it the month it starts- I know to be prepared by then. If I only know it starts the 23rd, ok... of what? It’s common for many events to simply give a month, less common to give a date unless it is within the same month in which case the month isn’t strictly needed. It’s easier to “follow.” Use a non date to tell a story and see: “I was in the candy isle at the Tesco..” “I was at Tesco, in the candy isle..”

Aww grandma. You’re good. I’ve met far more kind and well mannered older folk in my time. With any group the nasty ones often stand out in our memory. Most folk don’t really celebrate or even take note when the train is on time or the cashier is quick. It really stands out to them though when the cashier is slow or the train is late though!

I’m inclined to agree. I could see maybe a very heavy cookie, or one that is oddly shaped- closer to a sphere than a disk, or very porous/with many holes not floating- but most cookies are shaped in a way and are light enough and contain enough air, that they have some degree of boyancy- at least until they are fluid logged.

Truth. Age groups tend to share some traits and ideas more with their peers- but I’ve found in dealing with people good and bad experiences have more to do with the person, how knowledgeable or compassionate they are, how reasonable or informed- than their age. Old people who decide to stop learning and young people who haven’t learned yet aren’t so different save for minutia in how they express themselves.

Oreos, among others. They tend to float on the surface of milk. At a point they may become saturated enough to sink, but if one doesn’t want them that saturated- or if one does, but they float above the holder pictured, and then submerge themselves beyond its reach, the device is rendered pointless- at the very least the inconvenience of having to “baby sit” each cookie, coupled with a maximum of 2 Oreos per dunk is inconvenient. Held on their side as with this device Oreos will not float as prolifically, however the top of the cookie remains dry in this design. You can rotate the cookie (more baby sitting) but as the fluid line is off center, you’ll get uneven saturation at the cookies mid point that way, or have to eat several bites of dry cookie. This is designed for people who will settle for mediocre dunking in exchange for dry fingers, or those who aren’t particular in their dunking.

So... you support the idea of more than 2 genders?

.... being a woman, what is the point of even specifying gender? People like to make it an issue of politics or inclusion, but there are practical reasons why we don’t just call everything a car or a horse, meat and not meat, stars or planets, hot or cold. We refine systems to precision where a distinction exists that is relevant.