[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

Phone calls are a trap. Little good comes from answering them.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 7 points 15 hours ago

You're blaming people for being strongly anti-genocide. That's basically absurd at face value. If you wanna argue against being a single issue voter, that's a conversation to have. However, "I oppose genocide." is kinda the single best single issue to rely on, if someone is inclined to be one.

All the while, Harris knows the risks. Don't blame voters for Harris's conscious choice. If you alienate your base, you deserve to lose your base. Deal with it... I think she still has the votes, but that is the risk for every candidate, and it always will be.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago

What are you talking about.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Diversity, my friend. What will you do if the 401k doesn't come through like you want? Bear in mind that the ultra rich and the big banks employ people who are really good at investing money. They have more experience and information than you. They'll bail themselves, but not you, out in case of disaster.

"Show me the money" is not a good motto for long term savings. Inflation or poor investment can make that money disappear easily enough. Of course you don't want to get scammed, so oversight is a good idea.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 34 points 1 day ago

Not quite tho. He has lost in court several times. Paid for it. Forced to be there when the judge ordered it. And we shall see what happens in a few months.

But anyway, it's no secret that the ultra rich don't need to obey the law. That's old news, sad to say.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 42 points 1 day ago

Anon never learned "practice makes perfect" lol.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

People really do steal cars, my friend. A tow truck is a great way to do that, in fact. Disguising oneself as a legitimate worker is a classic tactic, not limited to the car theft world.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I know. And many of the comments are coming from the US, so I'm trying to help American readers see what US law would dictate in a similar situation, because they might have instincts that are inconsistent with US law.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

In the US, property records are public records. Easy to find someone's address online if you know their full name and the county they own property in.

Go try it!

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

The legal standard in the U.S. is if there's exigent circumstances. Detailed 911 calls are typically sufficient to meet that standard. Not always.

Right now, we cannot tell if the officers did anything unlawful. Need the call recording or call logs, plus the body cameras.

(I think the exigent circumstances standard is BS, easily abused, but that is the current law of the land.)

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

These posts are always missing the point. Voters will vote third party. Your moral claims won't change that, but your candidate's policies could. Also, most of us don't live in swing states. Don't pretend our vote matters when it never did.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 80 points 2 days ago

So we can't point out racism and make jokes about how pathetic these racists are because other racists might get violent?

... I'm not with you on this one. It's a weak stance.

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Here's Ozzy Man's critical analysis of Johnny Howard the Prime Minister buying back guns and crushin' them ay. It may have some relevance to current American events.

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WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place...

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submitted 3 months ago by orcrist@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?

I'm writing a document for high school students taking an English writing class, and rather than create my own examples, why not use real ones? Several of my students have expressed frustration, and I have some guidelines and brainstorming tools, but what I don't have are two dozen neat examples.

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