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IF WE LOSE POWER I’M QUITTING

JUST GIVE ME 20 FUCKIN MINUTES FOR MY CHICKEN NUGGETS TO COOK PLEASE

This is utterly insane. "We canceled it because it appealed to its dedicated fanbase" is just....I don't even have a word. It wasn't even that long ago when executives would have killed to have an IP that came with its own built in dedicated fanbase. That was a large part of why Disney even bought Lucasfilm, ffs. But no, modern executives can't help believing in the mythical "modern audience" that never shows up for any of the woke slop they churn out.

This debate is rolling on Twitter. Right-wingers argue that steal fortified mailboxes will teach mailbox smashers not to smash mailboxes. More lib/left users argue that the potential damage to the arm is disproportionate to the crime.

I think the answer here is pretty straightforward: ninja-armbreaker mailboxes are for when the rate of mailbox attacks is high (because the state isn't doing its job), and not for when mailbox attack rates are low.

The mailbox in question had been repeatedly vandalized, so the owner rebuilt the mailbox with an eight-inch pipe set three feet deep in concrete. An innocent party's vehicle departed the roadway, collided with the mailbox, and flipped. The vehicle's sole occupant was permanently paralyzed below the neck, and sued, saying that the proximate cause of his injury was not his loss of control of the vehicle and subsequent departure from the roadway, but the abnormally-strong mailbox.

Writing for the Court majority, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor stated the Court has repeatedly ruled political subdivisions, landowners, and others owe a duty of care to drivers if they create hazards that “affect the safety of ordinary travel on the road.” Because Matthew and Diane Burr’s mailbox did not affect the safety of ordinary travel on the regularly traveled portion of Young Road, they are not responsible for the injuries suffered by Cletus Snay, she concluded.

By comparison, suppose that a man puts a landmine into his house. A firefighter could end up entering, and get blown up by the landmine. Life is full of unexpected outcomes.

Just like I won't put laxatives in my food to deter thieves.

Not sure how strongly enforced the rules are or if they're just guidelines or not, in the before times of 1986 when the movie Stand By Me came out there was a scene where "Mailbox Baseball" was being played and it inspired shenanigans which were made even more exciting because you could still ride in the bed of a pickup truck with no seats or seatbelts.

Homeowners got rightly fed up after a while and there were some broken arms and such as a result of that.

The mailbox is a target BECAUSE they assume the act will not result in any negative consequence TO THEMSELVES and as such think they SHOULD be allowed to cause damage with impunity.

And as a last thing? There is no comparison between putting up a reinforced mailbox to putting a mine in your house, because any given mine could kill any given person entering your house, firefighters being only one of many possible situations where you murder someone (or kill yourself) for taking the wrong step.

And the mailbox? Again, the comparison to a tree is far more apt, because the only way it becomes a hazard onto a random passerby is if a situation has already occured that puts them uncontrollably into it's path.

Trees are typically set further back, but I do get your point to a degree, the mailbox thing is looked at negatively because accidentally hitting one shouldn't be call for a trip to the hospital, so you have to consider that as well.

My guess would be that would be why the USPS has their suggestions or regulations around them at least.

Of course, he could've just filmed the snowplow guy. But wrecking the plow created a paper trail that couldn't easily be swept under the rug. Not sure if that was the guy's intent.

This debate is rolling on Twitter. Right-wingers argue that steal fortified mailboxes will teach mailbox smashers not to smash mailboxes. More lib/left users argue that the potential damage to the arm is disproportionate to the crime.

I think the answer here is pretty straightforward: ninja-armbreaker mailboxes are for when the rate of mailbox attacks is high (because the state isn't doing its job), and not for when mailbox attack rates are low.

The mailbox in question had been repeatedly vandalized, so the owner rebuilt the mailbox with an eight-inch pipe set three feet deep in concrete. An innocent party's vehicle departed the roadway, collided with the mailbox, and flipped. The vehicle's sole occupant was permanently paralyzed below the neck, and sued, saying that the proximate cause of his injury was not his loss of control of the vehicle and subsequent departure from the roadway, but the abnormally-strong mailbox.

Writing for the Court majority, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor stated the Court has repeatedly ruled political subdivisions, landowners, and others owe a duty of care to drivers if they create hazards that “affect the safety of ordinary travel on the road.” Because Matthew and Diane Burr’s mailbox did not affect the safety of ordinary travel on the regularly traveled portion of Young Road, they are not responsible for the injuries suffered by Cletus Snay, she concluded.

By comparison, suppose that a man puts a landmine into his house. A firefighter could end up entering, and get blown up by the landmine. Life is full of unexpected outcomes.

Just like I won't put laxatives in my food to deter thieves.

Use sorbitol instead. It's a legit food additive but eat too much and it's a laxative.

Or use hot sauce. Or use way too much salt. Or use a strong blue food dye.

Of course the food stealing psycho would still claim it's poison.

like a Communist

But the reason I don't actually consider them Communists is because absolutely none of them hold to actual communist theory. Like, more than once I've had an argument where I've quoted the labor theory of economics and their response was to call me a libertarian.

The term "Communist" has been pretty divorced from the reality of "someone who believes in communist theory" since the 1950s.

Although, to be devil's advocate, and because I am incredibly literal-minded. "Profit" means value in excess of what is needed to produce the thing. If you spent 200 dollars paying your apple pickers, and made 150 dollars from selling your apples, you did not make a profit on apples. You too a 50 dollar loss.

So, in a literal sense, "no one should make a profit off food" means "food should be provided at-cost, including payment for the laborers, the irrigation, the land usage, etc."

The idea goes that there is a fixed amount of wealth that exists, therefore anyone who accumulates wealth must be taking it away from someone else.

It tends to interlock with the idea that money IS wealth rather than what should functionally be considered a society-wide IOU, but somewhat contradictorily, a lot of these Same people also believe in the labor(only) theory of value and barista fallacy.

I have one because I think it looks neat not because of any supposed health benefits.

I am also pretty sensitive and have different reactions to chemicals, synthetics, etc and can actually feel different things within the body, often even being able to tell what i am low on or exactly what made me feel off or sick, etc and i feel when eating the Himalayan salt, i do not feel the negative things i do from some types of salt or spices and i can feel the differences in what its actually giving my body from eating it. (The health benefits are definitely there too, especially if you happen to drink filtered water. )

And also Knight, where it's implicitly because of Joker gaining influence over him.

Housing is too expensive? Deport the migrants and it lowers the demand for housing. Let the private equity firms die as they loose all their money from speculating on houses they don’t live in.

Jobs aren’t paying enough? Deport the migrants who are competing for those jobs and boxing out Americans. Our citizens shouldn’t have to compete with the whole world for a job in their hometown. Don’t let the corporations fire Americans and hire migrants for pennies on the dollar.

Taxes are too high? Deport the migrants who are a net drain on the system. Save billions of dollars annually by deporting fraudsters.

Healthcare costs are high? Deport the migrants who get subsidized healthcare and burden the medical system.

Traffic is too heavy? Every migrant deported is a space on the road that opened up. It also reduces the number of uninsured drivers, and illegal and dangerous CDL drivers who can’t read road signs.

Crime rate is high? Deport the migrant criminals, and walk safely in your city.

Want better education outcomes for your children? Deport the migrants and class sizes get smaller, and costs go down.