Spendrill

@Spendrill@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And let’s define mass shooting.

  Last time I discussed this matter on reddit, before I deleted all my comments and left, the person I was arguing with said something like:

  More than four or more people in public space? That could include a routine gas station robbery gone wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about someone taking the coins people tossed into a fountain or other public waterworks display for "wishes?"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Precisely. 🙂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you feel about someone taking the coins people tossed into a fountain or other public waterworks display for "wishes?"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoever owns the fountains owns the money.

  If someone throws money into a fountain and then wishes then that in itself is a complete transaction with whichever supernatural entity is being bargained with.

  I am assuming that any entity which is powerful enough to grant wishes is also powerful enough to hang onto the money if that should be its wish.

  Alternatively it’s a quaint custom that people engage in as a form of custom and the pleasure comes with a link to the tradition.

  The periodic clearing out of the fountains is both necessary maintenance and a form of income that pays for said maintenance. No one is really harmed by this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The science speaks for itself⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But only if you really mean it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨South Korea’s president declares emergency martial law⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that he will rebuild a free and democratic country through the martial law.

  Nothing says free and democratic quite like martial law