ArcaneSlime

Though, if I started at home, drove out of town to where I'm staying for the night, and the woman/friend/family member/hotel I'm sleeping at doesn't have a charger, then I start the day severely depleted and have to go find the nearest charger god knows where and then hang out there for what I assume is at least a couple hours.

With gas, yeah you have to get gas, but gas stations are everywhere and I don't have to wait for the gas to charge, it just dumps in the tank and I'm back moving in under 5min.

1/5th success.

No, I have to not paint a target on my back until I get enough to perform a coup. One day when you are old enough to be employed you may understand.

He doesn't really know that much about it tbh, he's a little removed from the situation. They're also admittedly not all easy to replace.

Because real life requires more tact than that.

I could snitch on them to the owner for every little thing, but if it isn't bad enough to get them fired outright, they know it was me who got them chewed out and I've painted a target on my back. More tact is necessary.

Tbh the rich guy who owns the company I work for is the shit, absolutely love the dude.

It's the middle micromanagers that make my life a living hell, and they're a lot closer to me monetarily.

Well, they only got 20% of the guns that time, and the vast majority of them were .22 "pea rifles" and shotguns. In fact only 204 automatic weapons were turned in (for a rate of 1 in 1,000). Also they had about 3.2 million registered firearms before the ban, which reduced to about 2.2 million, only to now be back around 3.2 million, but with a lower % of Aussies owning them.

Also violence was already on the downswing before the buyback, both firearm and non-firearm homicides generally lowered from around '79 on, though while firearm suicides decreased, non-firearm suicides increased.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure the bans effected the rates a little, but not much and they were already decreasing over a decade earlier. It seems that AUS is just not that murderous, and that those who would have shot themselves seem to have just found another way.

(I think their point was that it should be taught unilaterally instead of used as a punishment because the teachers administering the punishment could be overly sensitive, overly passive, or even directly weaponize it.)

Tbf that argument is not without it's merits, that might be better, in addition to being harder to abuse it as a punishment, it also wouldn't limit it to witnessed/reported misogynists, and teaching it to even young women could help them have the courage to call it out when encountered or even just recognize it, or even help with internalized misogyny. Idk, sounds good to me.

Tbf he did say "diaspora" meaning he's talking about Lebanese that have moved (or dispersed) abroad, and he's saying those who moved are mostly christian.

I can't back up his claims (because honestly idgaf about your internet argument and am not going to look into it at all), but the "54% Muslim..." seemed to say that was in Lebanon, not all those who have migrated elsewhere, so it's possible you're both right.

(Though also I've seen articles saying he is Muslim so unless those are wrong this is all a moot point anyway.)

Lmao that is pretty fucking funny honestly. Fair enough I suppose I overestimated their ability, I thought they used them all the time for like hat permit or dog license verification.