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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Extra difficulty challenge - the above situation + you have cat ears on your head, "Mommy's little fucktoy" is written on your chest with a sharpie, and there's a poster of Hatsune Miku fucking Joseph Stalin right behind you.
So I came in to this thread to lurk and see what people were talking about in the US. Then I saw this. A flat tone came out, from what I assume was my mouth. It said:
"What."
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
And the best part is, it's actually on topic this time - and this probably isn't the weirdest on-topic digression I've seen.
Anyway, I do agree that body-cam footage potentially leaking in case of cops searching your home is a potential concern and will have to be addressed at some point.
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
His presidential campaign will be toast long before the general. He'll have plenty of time.
The law in the night
It isn't like there are pages after pages of cop raids on Live Leak, specially the ones incriminating the cops and being recorded by the police itself.
I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't be able to run for two offices at the same time to begin with. Certainly that would cut down on the number of Republicans running by a few, at least.
Paul had to practically bribe the KYGOP to break the rules, because you actually aren't supposed to in Kentucky. They're regretting it now, I'm sure.
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
I don't see how you could get more nutbar than Rand Paul. Another Ted Cruz would at least be more honest about his affiliation, instead of claiming to be all open-minded and actually being slime.
The Mod with the Migraine
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Sanders' big thing is he's hyper huge on diplomacy and negotiation first, and seems to be of the house of "Violence is the last resort of a weaker mind". Basically, declaring military action/war should be the last of the last answers one should pull out, when every other avenue has been exhausted.
A procrastination in of itself
I don't know, I can think of at least one Kentucky Democrat who'd probably be worse than a Republican.
Neither of them are at your home intruding your private life. While a cop might have to.
The Mod with the Migraine
An editorial in the NY Times talks about the myth of the Autistic Shooter, a topic I know we have tropers who can identify with.
The killer’s “diagnosis” was based primarily on posts on Yahoo made over the last decade by his mother, Laurel Harper, in which she characterized both herself and her son as having Asperger’s syndrome — a category no longer in medical use that describes autistic people with advanced verbal skills. Mr. Harper-Mercer attended a school that caters to children with special needs, including autism. While Ms. Harper is not a doctor, her descriptions of her son across his childhood are consistent with the syndrome.
A Facebook page called “Families Against Autistic Shooters” ranted about “the soulless, dead eyes of autistic children,” and characterized them as “cold, calculating killing machines with no regard for human life!” Its author announced: “What do all shooters over the last few years have in common? A lack of empathy and compassion due to Autism!”
If Mr. Harper-Mercer were rumored to have been diabetic or afflicted with male-pattern baldness, no such “explanations” of his behavior would have surfaced. But despite a huge increase in awareness of autism among the public, those with the condition are often subject to this type of disparagement.
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The wish to hurt others is tied not to autism but to psychopathy, which manifests in a deficiency or absence of empathy and remorse. Some autistic people may not recognize why they cause distress; psychopaths don’t care that they cause distress. Autistic people may see the world from a singular, personal perspective; psychopaths are often cunning manipulators who act according to perceived self-interest without regard for the destruction they cause. Psychopathy seems to have coincided with autism in the cases of Mr. Harper-Mercer at Umpqua and Adam Lanza at Newtown, Conn. Psychopathy apparently coincided with depression and grandiosity in the cases of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold at Columbine and Elliot O. Rodger at Isla Vista, Calif. Psychopathy almost certainly coincided with schizophrenia in the cases of James Holmes in Aurora, Colo., and Jared Loughner in Tucson.
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The biggest challenge in cases where autism and psychopathy exist simultaneously is that the former is usually diagnosed and the latter is not, and parents who have received a diagnosis for their child tend to assign everything to autism. So a mother who knows her son has autism may presume that all his aberrant behavior reflects that condition, and may not seek evidence of other problems. Autism can be distracting.
The law in the night
Do you guys wanna bet that Families Against Autistic Shooters also believes the anti-vaxx bullshit that vaccines cause autism?
Inter arma enim silent leges
A procrastination in of itself
I worry that in the fight to get rid of this myth about autism we may end up throwing forward a bunch of myths and misunderstandings about psychopathy.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Was psychopathy even a valid diagnosis anymore? Wasn't it all filed under the spectrum of Anti-social Personality Disorder along with sociopathy?
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
It's complicated. And next semester I get to do an entire module dedicated to how complicated it is.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
HGW XX/7
Please tell me this is a 4chan troll group and not something real. Jesus Christ.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Shameful Display
It isn't that Sanders is necessarily anti Military, it's that he's very much pro welfare state. And in order to fund his programs he must ether cut the budget from somewhere else, or raise taxes. You have one guess for which will be easier to pass Congress.
I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
HGW XX/7
American Empire, when?
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
A high priced call girl just stole all your money and left you naked tied to a bed, the cops with body cameras are knocking on your door. What do you do, Go!