BigBenis

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Looking at the Wikipedia page on firearm related homicide rates by country, between 2014-2020 Australia had an average rate of 0.117 gun-related deaths per-100k inhabitants. On the other hand, the USA during that same time period had an average rate of 3.181 gun-related deaths per-100k inhabitants.

When compared, the USA had on average 2715% more gun-related deaths per-capita than Australia between 2014-2020, that's 27x. This should make it obvious that the tighter gun restriction policies of Australia make a significant difference in contrast to the USA's very loose policies around gun ownership, a far cry from "doesn't fucking work".

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Big Brother can suck my dick.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also said that their invasion of Ukraine would take only three days.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (18 children)

Next he'll be forcing us all to drink dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical that's known to be fatal to humans under certain conditions!

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago

Translation: "The government I voted for on the promise of hurting other people ended up hurting me as well so as a consequence I'm going to abstain from any collective decision making for the foreseeable future, that'll show 'em!

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There is only one Florida Man, though he exists in many places at once.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Tell that to Fetterman voters. I really hope Platner wouldn't be a Fetterman 2.0 but now it's not unheard of.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This guy, man. Every other week it seems there's a reason for the Internet to do a 180 on their collective opinion of him. In this case, credit is due. We could all have more humility as a society.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was chatting with some folks the other day and somebody was going on about how they had gotten asymptomatic long-COVID from the vaccine. When asked about her sources her response was that AI had pointed her to studies and you could viscerally feel everybody else's cringe.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm resisting the urge to jump to conclusions, however I can't help but observe that objectively there seems to be a common denominator in your situation. Either way, it sucks that that's been your experience and I hope things change for the better for you.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It doesn't feel unique to Lemmy to me. I'm seeing higher levels of hostility in just about any environment broad enough to include left and right wingers

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

What an incredible disappointment of generational proportion she was.

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