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If I ever get on jeopardy and make it to the final round but have no chance of winning, I may write "DANKEY KANG?"
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legendarylemur posted...

Yeah the we'll just use your fucking photos til you say no thing is the worst lol. I get it's their job, but put some fucking effort and be human. There's no point to working if you just lose your humanity

On one hand it's important to document events and images are powerful records.

On the other hand, people like this use no tact and little empathy and are deployed to get the first scoop.

Journalism is incredibly important and I hate that there are those that give credence to the line of thinking that it's for snakes.
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bump
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I wish I was high while reading this so that I could rip my asshole open from the convulsion of laughter it would beset me with as opposed to this befuddlement.
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DBS doesn't make sense to me. I suppose it has a different appeal.
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I wanna know what was up with that dude's jaw. I expressed skepticism that it wasn't shopped but someone claimed he really looked like that.
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If you have 10 minutes to blow. And of course, you do.
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Soy oil in foods

Brussels sprouts
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All right but I'm not taking off my overalls.
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Came here to say eating ass.
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I've come to the conclusion that while cold is acceptable and perhaps even agreeable, there's no god damned reason to have to put up with the shortening of days.
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Literal shit
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

mattnd2007 posted...

just be like hey i don't want to make things awkward, but can you guys try to keep it down? i need my sleep.

Make sure you say something like "I've been hearing a lot of noise next door" so it doesn't directly admit what you've heard and gives them a small window to keep their pride.

Hmmm
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I live with two people in their 40's/50's and while they don't seem to have a public relationship, I can hear them through the floor in my room with a really high amount of clarity. What's the best way to acknowledge it? Should I?

It's not that I don't want them to do it (because it's the woman's house and there's no good way to say that) but it is kind of distracting at 2 am. To reiterate, neither of them has come close to acknowledging this with me. The woman is pretty straitlaced and I'm her kids' age.
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That's not what a suckling pig is, Charlie Brown
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Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown
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pizz posted...

hurr durr memes. do i fit in the special club now. i repeated a joke someone else started for me

You're a blockhead, Charlie Brown!
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A white person made up like a black person? That would be revolutionary.
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They found your DNA on her, Charlie Brown
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You shave your legs when we have a date, Charlie Brown
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Her friend is going to testify, Charlie Brown.
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She was pregnant with twins, Charlie Brown
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salt, fat, and especially sugar
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That's not how organ transplants work, Charlie Brown
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You know what's reaaallly hot?

Not dying of lung cancer when you're 46!!! >:(
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Yes. Avocado oil based chipotle mayo, however...
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when the first slice of hot dog meets the sauce
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Probably how angry and disappointed in life I am. People tend not to flock to that.

Otherwise I usually hide my ambitions unless the environment is right for it.

Because people think it's disgusting lol. Like I'm a freak for liking it

I don't think you're a freak, people like what they like. That said, in an everyday context I find it really irritating and that guys know that girls like you like it makes my life just a little bit worse.
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How dare you!!!
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_RETS_ posted...

TommyG663513 posted...

_RETS_ posted...

berlyman101 posted...

But in the situations, clearer and more level headed instructions sure, but again unprofessional behavior isn't illegal.

It needs to be held to a much higher standard than what we see in this case and across the country. Do you think it's ok that innocent people get killed and it's sanctioned? In any other situation reckless behavior resulting in death is manslaughter, which he was charged with and acquitted.

My points are against people saying it is cold blooded murder and pretending to be outraged. It isnt.

Wow you really are fighting the good fight here.

Dishonesty, misrepresentation, and fake outrage should be called out

I think people are honestly representing their outrage and you're projecting. I was legitimately angered, unsettled, and dismayed while watching this, just as I was when I watched several other defenseless people get gunned down. I don't know how you can be so daft.
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But in the situations, clearer and more level headed instructions sure, but again unprofessional behavior isn't illegal.

It needs to be held to a much higher standard than what we see in this case and across the country. Do you think it's ok that innocent people get killed and it's sanctioned? In any other situation reckless behavior resulting in death is manslaughter, which he was charged with and acquitted.
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Kitt posted...

treewojima posted...

this is a clear cut case of a good, honest police that just indulged a bit too much in his fantasy of subduing and controlling a human target. he dreams of patrolling in Syria, taking out civilians and claiming they're ISIS combatants, but he's stuck at home in bumfuck Arizona because he's not cut out for the military. let the man enjoy his trophy kill and go about his life, god

I'm sorry, what?

He's making fun of a guy who clearly became a cop because of some power fantasies. Except it's actually right.
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_RETS_ posted...

cjsdowg posted...

_RETS_ posted...

I dont know, I imagine it depends on the situation. Had he crawled like he was the whole time he would be alive. He reached for his waistband and is not alive.

He did something that people normally do when their pants are falling, something that is very innocuous. But somehow this is used as a get out of jail free card for when cops blast unarmed people. The cop had the did on the ground hands where he could see them , feet crossed, and he had backup. HE could have easily cuffed him then. HE gave a common that is almost never spoken by cops .

A suspect credibly believed to be armed rapidly reaches for his waistband.

That is literally all you need to know to clearly know this wasn't cold blooded murder.

You've said that the outcome was horrible and that the cop was unprofessional. I say he was at best acting against his own interest if that was safety, and at worst setting up an innocent man to be executed.

What would you suggest to avoid this, since under the current landscape no one can be held accountable for this?
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By considering the apartment.

Honestly I'm looking at places that take up a greater portion of my salary. I'm super stingy so I'm usually ok but I live in a place where $1350 doesn't get me something as nice as what you're looking at. And I'm a major cheapskate, I make it up in other areas though. I can't say I have a fun life. You'll be fine with your income, though.
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I think it's clear you're making the right move.

All jokes aside rent seems to be rocketing up in cities and there's only so much to do about it.
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Seems fine if you're in a city or near a hub and ok with spending a little extra on a nice place.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

It takes very little time for a skilled handgun shooter to unholster and unload. In addition the cop had reports that the suspect was armed.

When you apply this to every time a cop unloads on a citizen, it loses its meaning.

People are right to be infuriated over the lack of accountability for shit like this. Nobody reasonable thinks there's no situation where a cop should use deadly force. Yet, every time a cop uses deadly force unnecessarily, the reaction is to deflect. It's unfathomable and society shouldn't have to put up with it.

again, if your entire point is that this should have been charged differently, then that's fair and i misunderstood.

He was acquitted of murder and manslaughter. Same trial, separate charges.
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And Yes, he acted horrible unprofessional, but that's not illegal and it isnt murder. Murder was the wrong charge and it's right that he was acquitted of it.

This is the crux. It should not be so.
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He was acquitted of manslaughter as well.

The verdict happened. It was an incredibly grave injustice. Police should not be given impunity for shit like this. It happens all the time and nothing changes. It's wrong.

Since there are many people who choose to zoom in on the moment of shooting him in this case and many others, the systematic failure and incompetence that leads to unjust executions will continue. It's unfitting for a country like this and it's a travesty for a force that claims to serve and protect.
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_RETS_ posted...

Zikten posted...

I could not and would not shoot a man begging for his life.

This suggests that it is entirely unprecedented and impossible for a suspect to feign cooperation before drawing a gun.

The cop didn't shoot a man begging for his life. He shot a man, credibly believed to be armed, reaching rapidly toward his waistband.

You are being extremely dishonest.

That the police assume this right away despite and are legally protected with it and use it to shoot down innocent citizens with assault rifles is beyond a joke and horrifying. I don't know why you're defending his actions.

If you can see why he would shoot the man, you can see why he failed horribly to ensure his own safety and that of his officers. You could see that his orders were contradictory and clumsy, and that his communication was ineffective. You could see why the guy who got shot begging on his knees and sobbing was put in a situation to fail. All of this culminated in a situation where he chose to infer that he needed to use deadly force. Unfortunately this is the standard.

Yet you think there's nothing wrong with any of what the police did? You think there's nothing wrong with laws that support shooting someone who could have been neutralized but was instead terrorized?

Need I remind you that shortly after they sacked the guy for sucking at his job? Is there nothing there that sheds light on any of this?
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The only relevant points are:

- Man is seen in hotel window with rifle with another person
- other patrons see this and justifiably call the police
-police respond to reported armed suspect
- police order suspect down and then suspect is ordered to crawl toward officer for apprehension
- suspect, still justifiably presumed to be armed, reached rapidly for waist band
- officer fires upon seeing this action

The officer's actions, which included disorienting a terrified person, led to the outcome. It was absolutely incompetent at best and malicious at worst. The killing should not be protected by law because there was no reason for it. If so, it would not have taken six weeks and evidence withholding for the jury to reach their verdict. Inferring that the officer had any reason to shoot him in that situation is not an objective fact.

It's easy to see that this was a case of outdated and intentionally vague laws protecting an incompetent aggressor. Everything around this case, including the firing of the officer for unrelated reasons (supposedly), the withholding of the video to the public, and full acquittal despite the former officer's reckless actions scream unfairness and power imbalance. Hopefully, this spurs legal change along with several similar cases but I doubt it.
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Axiom posted...

Police getting away with murder yet again. I'm sure the jury was filled with people of the opinion that police can do no wrong. Fucking disgusting

There may have been some people like that in the jury but more likely reasonable people were coerced into the verdict with the open-interpretation laws that direct cases like these.

There was nothing confusing about "crawl to me" and he was doing just fine until he reached for his waist.

All this "crawling, groveling for his life" bullshit is emotional appeal. Nothing about crying for his life prevents him from also drawing a weapon and using it. Or do you think it's unprecedented that shooters feign compliance before drawing their weapon? Yeah, it sucks it went the way it did. But you can't make a sudden movement toward your waistband and not expect to get shot.

The guy was being screamed at with a gun in his face. Any time he asked for clarification he was told to shut up and that he would be shot. I myself was thinking along with the deceased and when he said to crawl to him he was still under order to keep his hands straight up in the air. Does that mean put your hands on the floor? Inch toward him on your knees? He was likely going through the same confusion and yet had no way of communicating without fearing for being shot.

You call what you saw emotional appeal? If so it's completely reasonable to be begging for your life and especially because he was swiss cheesed for making a mistake. Holding a gun to a person and telling them not to fuck up and then murdering them should not be protected by extremely vague laws.

You're saying, "sucks that he died" when the officers were the ones who were incompetent. That creates an environment where people fear these lunatics with good reason and don't trust them and this cycle of incompetence, judicial failure, and senseless death continues.
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Probably like a year ago if you don't count the "Modern Jesus" airplay and Taco Bell commercials mainstream.
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Xelltrix posted...

This is sick, I missed out on this case when it eaa on going but they just showed a body cam video of it. This is just straight up disgusting.

http://www.azfamily.com/story/37024282/mesa-police-release-dramatic-body-camera-video-following-brailsford-verdict

Im waiting to get my haircut and I watched this body. Cam footage on TMZ (gross, I know) and its just outright appalling. I cant believe he was found not guilty of murder. I dont even see how that could be as low as manslaughter if they go for that, he just straight up murdered someone.

I watched the full video of the moment of the shooting ready to call foul like everyone else, but the guy abruptly reached back toward his waistband.

Sucks he died, but the verdict is not nearly as outrageous as people are pretending it is.

Fuck that. You don't get to kill someone because you terrorized and disoriented them and made a move that can be interpreted any way the killer wants. The dead man did nothing wrong and should never have been put in that situation. And it's clear that the cop had an agenda and was continually escalating the situation and giving contradictory orders by his own incompetence, which he was fired for not long thereafter.

Add to that that these jokers had no idea what they were doing. They were getting frustrated by their own disorganization.

It's protected by law and it absolutely should not be.

Not to mention the cop had "You're Fucked" engraved on his barrel, which the judge did not admit into evidence.

So while I don't think you're stupid, this

I watched the full video of the moment of the shooting ready to call foul like everyone else, but the guy abruptly reached back toward his waistband.

Sucks he died, but the verdict is not nearly as outrageous as people are pretending it is.

is an incredibly stupid and callous thing to say.
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Idk where this guy's from but I was legitimately perplexed when I went to a grocer here in Oregon, asked a nice store girl where the liquor section is and only found beer and wine.

In most southern states you can get liquor in gas stations, of course.
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Does this mean tuition waivers count as taxable income now?
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What is bit coin mining in 100 words or fewer?
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You've never had one where you lost control of your bladder while shitting a dense sphere the size of a small melon after a solid month YES A MONTH YOU READ THAT RIGHT of holding it because you were too ashamed of clogging the toilet at your dad and step-mom's house.
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I think Shake Shack might be a little better but the price difference is so huge I'd rather get In-N-Out almost every time.
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I disagree. Any second season in a drama is going to be more lumbering. The effects, themes, and acting are on point.
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