Worstdriver

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Indictment suggests there were plans to carry out 3 killings on Canadian territory

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Some might argue that we already are lucky, considering where we live πŸ˜€

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm in Canada and I've noticed none of this. No video load delays, no anti ad-blocker pop ups, none of it. I'm not going to stop using Firefox or Ublock Origin though.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Used Ubuntu Linux for a year back around '08-'09. Didn't have a great experience and went back to Windows. Since then I've never had a reason to try it again. That said, I've nothing but respect for those that use a flavour of Linux or Mac OS. At the end of the day doing the things you need done is what matters and if a different OS than mine gets you there, that's awesome.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 102 points 11 months ago (17 children)

The day I can't get around youtube ads is the day I stop using youtube. I already refuse to use it on my mobile device or my TV, due to the ads.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

You can't unexecute someone if you got it wrong, and the system has gotten these cases wrong more than once.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That... seems circular. The reason you have the right isn't self-defence though, its national defence. The second amendment was put in place to provide a ready source for a "well armed and well regulated militia", and that right has killed more people than it has saved. I guess the real issue is that I can't understand you, or where you are coming from.

I'm in my 50s and live in rural Canada, back in the itty bitty town on the West Coast that I moved out of as a teen, desperate to find work in the city. Today I hunt, I fish, and my favorite gun is the .270 Winchester I inherited from my father after he passed on a decade ago. Gun ownership and carrying laws are vastly more restrictive here than they are in the US, but not once have felt that those restrictions impinge on either my rights or my ability to protect myself or my family.

You have hundreds, nay thousands of people, dying every year from what to me, seems like a stupidly easy cause to prevent. All because your nation seems unwilling to grasp the concept that a good number of people aren't able to responsibly use the ability to project lethal force. No, you can't stop gun crimes by regulating guns, any more than locks can prevent all burglaries, but you CAN make it harder for bad people to get guns. Just like a good lock makes it harder for someone to steal your stuff.

Anyway, it's 2am here, and I apologize for subjecting you to this rant, but its a frustration I've wanted to get off my chest for awhile now. It's pretty clear you and I will never see eye to eye on this, but it was nice to back and forth a bit on this. I know it means less than a pitcher of spit, but all the best to you and yours, and to your sister as well.

Worstdriver

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The problem is... you are assuming you are going to be attacked, and you assume you are going to be powerless unless you have a gun with you. Americans have been taught from infancy that the only true source of power and justice comes from the barrel of a gun. The lessons from the War of Independence and the Civil War have hammered home time and time again the belief that only naked, lethal force can guarantee safety and enact needed change.

Not governments, or agencies, or powers. Not religion, not dialogues, not negotiations. Only the ability and willingness to kill your fellow man can guarantee your safety and shape the world around you into what you want to see.

At times it has been your virtue, but it is also your curse.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The problem is that the things you talk about are all tools. Including guns. It's just that the primary tool use of a gun is to kill. If I see someone openly carrying a gun they are saying, "I am ready to kill." Carrying a knife? "I am ready to cut something." Driving a car? "I am going somewhere"

Can those latter two things be used to kill? Of course. Anything can be used to kill, but that isn't their primary function. The primary use of a gun, the reason why guns are made, is to kill things. And that makes all the difference.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"And with enough evaders,

Escaping from the game,

The rule becomes an empty shell

That rules in only name..."

  • Leslie Fish, "Zero Game"
[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Canada's Worst Driver. All of Season 2 and half of the Worst Ever season

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Very mixed background. Retail, customer service, warehouser, some technical support (HP laser printers in the 00s), a season and a half of a TV show, single-dad, commissioned fanfiction writer...

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