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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 134 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That IS technically what the 2nd amendment is for. "A well regulated militia...etc".

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well regulated my ass. I can get guns easier than my teens can get 3/2 beer.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

They’re referring to beer that is limited to 3.2% alcohol by volume. Historically (and even still in many parts of the U.S.), you had to go to a dedicated liquor store to buy beer or spirits that are stronger. Beer that is limited to 3.2% can be sold at convenience stores and often at normal food shops. Due to its low alcohol content, it’s often considered garbage beer, “yard beer,” or American beer.

It’s often easier for underaged folks to buy this kind of beer, since these shops do not always card their clientele, whereas a liquor store will usually have a better culture around checking ID’s.

Also, just because it’s on rotation in my playlists, Adam Carroll’s Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler makes reference to 3.2 beer.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In the same way that ketchup is considered a vegetable in the U.S.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sorry for commenting without reading the whole thing, you explained the naming well

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol, no worries. My comment wasn’t intended to be sarcastic toward your response. Definitely intended to mock how dumb the U.S. legislative system is.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah, but my response was dumb

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

To be fair, it’s usually pretty trash, as beer goes. I actually thought your comment was more of a meta-commentary on the beer itself!

A common adage, typically with 3.2% brand names swapped in for ‘American beer’:

What do American beer and making love in a canoe have in common?
They’re both fucking close to water!

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago

It's like sex on a boat: fucking close to water.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

They’re referring to beer that is limited to 3.2% alcohol by volume.

Holy shit, it’s a real thing.

Up here in Canada, you’d have to get a Radler to get anything 4% and under. I don’t think I’ve ever had a normal beer under 5.5%, and some of our beers go clear up to 7-8%. And I’m not even a drinker - I have maybe a single drink a week, and typically go months between drinks.

I mean, sure, you can get the dealcoholized/0.5% stuff, but that’s like sex on a boat.

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

Yeah. 3.2. Sorry about the typo

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago (31 children)

Not American, but my guess is 1 and a half beers.

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

They can also get some guns easier than some beer.

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Mr American Psycho will put himself in prison before he attempts to do anything radical on behalf of the people of California. He will have the national guard execute all the homeless people in LA before the World Cup though, you can count on that.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Buckle up, Dems will run him as pres soon, and Dems will lose every branch again for it.

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why didnt the left vote for our right-wing psycho that promised to harm them less than the other right-wing psycho? Obviously this means the dems need to move further to the right.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

No, it will be personally your fault for not believijg hard enough.

But yes.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] BabyVi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

We're so cooked, the rightwing propaganda has already incepted the notion that he's a radical leftist anarchist sympathizer into the population. I overheard some folks at work talking about it, some otherwise reasonable enough people.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After all, wxthout proper ID, there is no reason to believe they are ICE and not some street gangs in the kidnapping for ransom business.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I mean the real ICE are also a criminal gang kidnapping people

[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution
Kevin Roberts said the revolution will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”

This was 07/04/2024

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Too bad the kid missed on 07/13/2024

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was gonna say, that’s how you start a civil war.

Not saying that’s a bad idea… But the implications are worth looking at.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

A civil war is really the only good (realistic) outcome.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

Would be funny if the ICE agents started having some serious mishaps.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Not a bad idea.

[–] falynns@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Where does the half beer go? Asking for a friend.

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