valek879

joined 1 year ago
[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey, y'all need to chill out. The cops have qualified immunity because they are better trained and educated than the average civilian. Y'all think this was a medical imaging center!? You don't know that! They could have been growing dangerous Marijuana that immigrated here illegally from Mexico to eat the dogs and cats!

Thank God our boys in blue took the time to clear this potentially dangerous building of any possible threats! That MRI machine nearly got one of them until they disarmed and detained it!

Just another dangerous day on the job!

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

Something something build bridges not walls

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you have a CDL there is a federal database that tracks drug and alcohol offenses that had become mandatory to enroll in for most jobs in the industry.

Why don't we have something like that for cops?

Maybe it tracks reports of discipline and can be used by the public to file complaints with police departments.

I know something like this is talked about a lot but we already built something similar for truckers. There are 1.36 million CDL holders and 708,000 cops. Seems like it'd be pretty easy to copy their homework.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Having one woman as a friend is still more than none.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are completely wrong about it being a 3 trick pony. There is tons of variety in wine beyond the color. But I'm not actually here to argue that because I completely agree with your last point. The thing that most often keeps me from drinking is the need to drive home at the end of the night. I don't want to kill someone and I didn't want to lose my job (I drive for work) because I went out to drink. So I drink at home which is not a healthy way to drink. So I don't drink regularly.

If I didn't have to drive to work I'd walk more which would put me on the ground, passing more bars and restaurants with the option to pop in for a pint and a bite to eat. Then hop on a tram or underground or light rail and head home full and happy. But we can't have nice things like that in the US because oil rules or politics.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll add Geocaching to this list. Walk around, find hidden caches and solve puzzles.

It's not focused on the walking places but instead on the finding of caches. I personally need to get out and do some that involve going on hikes!

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey thanks, this is an idea that I hadn't thought much about and I'll have to consider it. I also need consider storage and how to get to a range without a car but those things are workable.

As for my mental health, I'm doing well and feel in a good place all around. I got married a year and a half ago and have a stable life. I'm doing good. This will have to be a process if I'm going to buy a rifle but your arguments have opened me to the idea.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I wish I could after on the guns things but I should not own a gun! I have a history of depression and I super don't want to have easy access.

That said, put a gun in my hands and I'll do my part to end fascism. I'm even a fairly decent shot for having only fired a gun 3 different times. Just please take the thing away from me when I rotate out.

Better yet, get me an fpv headset.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist – after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.... -George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I bought a steam deck and have been checking every day waiting for it to arrive... Or even be shipped! They finally packaged the damn thing!

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Windows 10. I've since moved on to 11 but haven't tried it since then.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I am also interested in the Lemmy opinion of windscribe. My wife really likes them but their app used to brick my computer requiring a hard reset so I don't use them.

[–] valek879@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Honestly I love my tablet for reading manga. I know that as a kid I would have found a way to use it for other things but I think I would consider it for my kid for reading manga and comics. Maybe some type of e ink device....

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