lividweasel

@lividweasel@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring them back!!!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s actually a persistent myth. I’ve heard it myself as a wearer of an iron ring, but it isn’t true. The myth was that the first iron rings were made from the remains of the first Quebec Bridge, but they weren’t, let alone any over the century since. The bridge collapse did inspire the creation of the iron rings, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, when you addressed what is frankly a minor, tangential part of the OP with an essay, it does come across as heavy-handed, even if that isn’t what you meant by it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If no government shall bare arms against its own citizens. Then what is happening in LA?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You may be misremembering the 2nd amendment:

  A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

  It doesn’t say anything about the government being prohibited from using force against citizens. It’s about citizens being able to have firearms (arguably, with the caveat that they’re part of a militia, but that’s a whole other discussion).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ed Sheer-enough⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Beans and jeans it is