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| Topic | What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? |
| legendary_zell 02/20/18 9:17:56 PM #40 | For decades, there was no individual right to bear arms and no legal problem with gun control. It's literally only in the 80s-90s that the current interpretation of an individual right started to bubble it's way up through right wing. Even conservative justices have referred to this current interpretation as a fraud. There is nothing obvious about an interpretation that stops AR-15s from being banned or regulated. That's because Scalia did some creative historical analysis and conflated the right to bear arms with the right to self defense and the right to have a revolution. All three are separate things. This whole thing about a "prefatory" vs "operative" clause is an inherently circular argument that was not taken seriously until a widespread information/misinformation campaign successfully convinced conservatives and then the American public that the whole militia thing was irrelevant. Basically, the current interpretation is a result of a fixation on originalism, agenda driven amateur historical analysis, luck, and one side having extremely intense feelings about guns. --- |
| Topic | People Still Buy Androids Because...? |
| legendary_zell 02/20/18 5:01:29 PM #92 | Azarias posted... LockeMonster posted...Plus, the green bubble meme is definitely real and I know chicks that legit get mad over it. Basically, a lot of people, (especially attractive women) hate the green bubbles texts that come from android phones. iMessage gives blue texts with read receipts, typing notifications, more compatible with group messaging etc. Android/green texts are also what comes up when an imessage fails. So they are considered ugly and low tech. Plus there's also the perception that the other person is less cool/well off because they had to get a cheap android instead of an iphone. --- |
| Topic | People Still Buy Androids Because...? |
| legendary_zell 02/20/18 4:47:27 PM #87 | LockeMonster posted... Lol at people deluding themselves into believing adults are buying Android and teens are buying iPhones. ToadallyAwesome posted... I have used both. IPhones just work more seamless. Both of these. I used galaxy phones from 2010 to 2015 and was android all the way. Then my sisters got iphones and they were clearly just better for everyday use and so I got one. There is no comparison really. Imessage, blue text(this really does matter, believe it or not), app performance, speed, reliability, you name it, it's simply better. There is certainly far less customization and options, but 98 percent of people have absolutely no use for all of that. That said, the lack of a headphone jack is ridiculous and apple maps/Apple Car Play are not nearly as good as their android equivalents. I am tempted to go back to Android just because of these two things. Overall they pretty much balance out and are about equal. Though from my experience, IOS is clearly better for day to day use. --- |
| Topic | Hey guys. Just wanted to say that I'm giving up on trying to get a girl. |
| legendary_zell 02/20/18 2:15:17 PM #19 | I'm being 100 percent honest with you. You really should put the pursuit of a relationship on the backburner until you pick up some more social skills and lose some of your bitterness towards women. They may not know exactly what is wrong, but most women would be able to sense that something is off about you within a message or two. Maybe even from your pictures. Your goal should be to at least become normal enough not to set off immediate alarm bells. Then your goal should be to gain true respect for yourself and for women. You'll likely see a lot more success if you can do all of this. Even if you don't, you'll be a much happier and better person. --- |
| Topic | What are some essential punk/pop-punk songs? |
| legendary_zell 02/19/18 10:08:14 PM #28 | Adolescents - Amoeba X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours! Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the UK --- |
| Topic | 1 billion but you have to be 1 foot away from device playing 300 decibel sound |
| legendary_zell 02/19/18 12:56:49 AM #31 | 0AbsoluteZero0 posted... dodgefan91 posted...http://www.decibelcar.com/menugeneric/87.html That's not even a sound at that point, that's just a death wave. --- |
| Topic | Have you ever proposed to a woman and she said no? |
| legendary_zell 02/18/18 6:07:11 PM #17 | If these guys are so inept they don't talk to girls, then they'd never get close enough to even delusionally think that proposing is a good idea. And if they're even slightly well adjusted, they'd know that you don't propose until saying yes is a given because that kind of rejections can crush souls. --- |
| Topic | Congress is looking to, uh, weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 7:34:27 PM #61 | r4X0r posted... All this does is protect business owners from people looking to hit the lawsuit lottery by going "they discriminated against me!" Now businesses will have to be informed in writing that changes need to be made to their facilities, and they will have six months to comply. THE HORROR! There is no lawsuit lottery when it comes to this. You can't even get money damages in ADA cases. The easiest way to prevent these lawsuits it to make your place of business accessible. Again, they've had since 1990. --- |
| Topic | Congress is looking to, uh, weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 6:11:18 PM #47 | Questionmarktarius posted... Actual text of bill: Because that completely neuters the original intent of the ADA. It's not just a revision, it changes the whole framework and intent of the law. Instead of businesses having the proactive duty to make sure their businesses are accessible, people would have to be denied access and then wait months while not having access to see if the business decided to fix something that they've had since 1990 to fix, and THEN they get the right to begin a lawsuit. All the while, they don't have access to the business and its services. --- |
| Topic | Congress is looking to, uh, weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 5:06:20 PM #40 | Anarchy_Juiblex posted... Firearms are a right. I'd consider the ADA far more important of a right than the right to bear arms. The ADA allows millions of people to full participate in society and protects them from abuse and discrimination. The second amendment gives people access to specific, particularly effective tools, but it is not the right to self defense itself or the right to overthrow the govt etc. --- |
| Topic | Congress is looking to, uh, weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 4:45:36 PM #32 | I have personally prosecuted a lawyer who misused the law. Courts are not sympathetic towards people who do this, they don't get anywhere. A guy who did this in Austin can't even practice in federal courts in the area anymore because he pissed people off so badly. The law does not need to be changed because of a few bad apples. There are still so many locations and businesses that don't comply with the law as it is. The law is already difficult to be enforced, it does not need to be weakened. The vast majority of people who make ADA claims already give businesses notice and already wait an inordinate amount of time to have access to basic public accommodations. This law was passed in 19 goddamn 90, people have had enough time to hear about it and comply. --- |
| Topic | ADL: White supremacist group admits ties to Florida shooter |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 1:34:26 PM #61 | Doom_Art posted... legendary_zell posted...I really feel like you've gone off the deep end in the last few months. You've become angrier and more conspiracy driven. I felt like you were at least somewhat reasonable in the past but now you're more and more absorbed in grievance and identity politics. Dude, they independently admitted that he trained with them, what is the reason for this post? Yeah, I've seen him gleefully say that things will drive more people towards white nationalist causes. I remember when I first noticed him on this board, he seemed to just be a guy with questionable views on social issues, but now...he's this. I guess this mirrors the radicalization happening online and throughout the country. --- |
| Topic | ADL: White supremacist group admits ties to Florida shooter |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 1:30:54 PM #53 | NINExATExSEVEN posted... So a Hispanic guy who killed white people was part of a white supremacist group??? I really feel like you've gone off the deep end in the last few months. You've become angrier and more conspiracy driven. I felt like you were at least somewhat reasonable in the past but now you're more and more absorbed in grievance and identity politics. Dude, they independently admitted that he trained with them, what is the reason for this post? --- |
| Topic | So the shooter had a history of showing people his weapons and being psycotic |
| legendary_zell 02/15/18 11:38:29 AM #18 | GregShmedley posted... Squall28 posted...Hunting and sport are recreation. They are fucking toys. People successfully using them for protection are extremely rare. Where are these ranges from? How is a "defensive use" defined? Isn't the range so incredibly wide as to be useless or suggest that it was estimated in an unreliable manner? And isn't that an incredibly low number considering the number of guns and gun owners out there? --- |
| Topic | FBI Director testifies under oath that White House knew about Porter for 10 mos |
| legendary_zell 02/14/18 3:31:39 PM #16 | Axiom posted... Ammonitida posted...Fake news. --- |
| Topic | med students don't know how to use fax machines, causes concern |
| legendary_zell 02/12/18 12:38:06 PM #26 | Balrog0 posted... legendary_zell posted...Faxes are mostly used in medical and legal work and never in real life. It makes sense that your average person isn't gonna know how to use one. It's no longer a basic necessary skill, even in an office setting. I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just preempting the "millennials don't have basic life skills" argument this could lead to. --- |
| Topic | Obama's official portrait unveiled |
| legendary_zell 02/12/18 12:35:34 PM #75 | I see why he picked the guy though, all his other work is great and interesting. The "hidden in the background" thing looks better in every other painting. Maybe the pressure of a presidential portrait made the artist choke? --- |
| Topic | med students don't know how to use fax machines, causes concern |
| legendary_zell 02/12/18 11:56:36 AM #14 | Faxes are mostly used in medical and legal work and never in real life. It makes sense that your average person isn't gonna know how to use one. It's no longer a basic necessary skill, even in an office setting. --- |
| Topic | Obama's official portrait unveiled |
| legendary_zell 02/12/18 11:19:11 AM #17 | There's so many issues with this. First of all, it reminds me of this. https://imgur.com/gallery/kax7B Second, where the hell is he situated in time and space? It looks like he's in the middle of an endless bush and the chair is attached to the bush by...nothing? He simultaneously looks like he has no feet/shoes and that he has hooves for feet. --- |
| Topic | Does a girl's body count matter to you? |
| legendary_zell 02/12/18 11:14:42 AM #35 | |
| Topic | 10 Cloverfield Lane is like... What is it even |
| legendary_zell 02/11/18 3:46:02 PM #7 | |
| Topic | "Single mothers are not the problem" regarding poverty in the U.S. |
| legendary_zell 02/11/18 2:49:41 PM #12 | FLUFFYGERM posted... legendary_zell posted...I don't have a problem with any of the economic stuff you said necessarily. I'm only talking about "single motherhood destroy's the manhood of men" thing. These are both purely worldview statements. See what I mean? --- |
| Topic | "Single mothers are not the problem" regarding poverty in the U.S. |
| legendary_zell 02/11/18 2:31:25 PM #10 | The solution is to do both and not leave people behind because of "personal responsibility". --- |
| Topic | "Single mothers are not the problem" regarding poverty in the U.S. |
| legendary_zell 02/11/18 2:30:45 PM #9 | FLUFFYGERM posted... Single parent households are more likely to end up in poverty because there's just one parent doing all the parenting/working instead of two. And there IS evidence that children of single mothers are more likely to commit crime than children who had two parents. I don't have a problem with any of the economic stuff you said necessarily. I'm only talking about "single motherhood destroy's the manhood of men" thing. --- |
| Topic | "Single mothers are not the problem" regarding poverty in the U.S. |
| legendary_zell 02/11/18 1:15:07 PM #7 | FLUFFYGERM posted... Such a severe penalty is unusual. In a majority of rich democracies, single mothers are not more likely to be poor. Denmark, for example, has chosen to provide universal cash benefits and tax credits for children, publicly subsidized child care and health care, and paid parental leave. Because of these generous social policies, single mothers and their children have a similar level of economic security as other families. LMAO, I'd love to see any reputable study saying this. Single parent households are less than optimal due to poverty, not this other stuff. That seems to come from nowhere other than your worldview. --- |
| Topic | Father of 4 leaves his wife and kids to be with his sex doll. |
| legendary_zell 02/08/18 2:55:03 PM #91 | GiftedACIII posted... legendary_zell posted...GiftedACIII posted...legendary_zell posted...Wow, CE is a pile of trash. Y'all hate women so much that some of you are unironically defending someone humiliating and abandoning his wife and children for a sex doll. So that he can avoid his responsibilities and have a sex slave instead of a partner with opinions and a separate will. "Just because of the sex doll"....lmao. What a sentence. This is exactly the type of stuff I'm talking about. Only on CE could you blame a guy for leaving his wife and 4 children for a sex doll and get accused of sexism against men. Without the sex doll, this is a completely different story in every way. Furthermore, generally if you leave your kids and spouse for an inanimate object, you will receive the blame and it will be assumed that you were the main problem. This isn't because he's a man, it's because his actions and statements indicate fundamental instability. --- |
| Topic | Father of 4 leaves his wife and kids to be with his sex doll. |
| legendary_zell 02/08/18 2:45:07 PM #89 | GiftedACIII posted... legendary_zell posted...Wow, CE is a pile of trash. Y'all hate women so much that some of you are unironically defending someone humiliating and abandoning his wife and children for a sex doll. So that he can avoid his responsibilities and have a sex slave instead of a partner with opinions and a separate will. Or this guy could be insane or incredibly selfish. It is likely all on him. The kids surely didn't do anything to provoke this and I don't see why we should assume his wife did either. --- |
| Topic | Father of 4 leaves his wife and kids to be with his sex doll. |
| legendary_zell 02/08/18 1:14:01 PM #72 | Wow, CE is a pile of trash. Y'all hate women so much that some of you are unironically defending someone humiliating and abandoning his wife and children for a sex doll. So that he can avoid his responsibilities and have a sex slave instead of a partner with opinions and a separate will. Seek help. This is not the opinion of a white knight or cuck or whatever other reflexive insult. It's simply the view of 99% of well adjusted human beings. --- |
| Topic | Which of the four major sports takes the least amount of skill to play? |
| legendary_zell 02/05/18 3:20:12 PM #73 | I feel like people are defining skill in different ways. Some are using amount of practice, difficulty at the highest level, difficulty at the lowest level, average difficulty, athleticism, and technical skill. Makes it hard to get any type of agreement since that wasn't defined from the outset. Anyway, baseball definitely has the most difficult single skill, batting which is amazingly difficult when you think about it and even more so when you try to do it. Next would be being a hockey goalie and a passing quarterback imo. Basketball and football clearly require the most athletic ability such as body control and endurance. Baseball and football are probably the easiest to pick up and play. Baseball has the biggest jump in difficulty as competition increases though. Ultimately, I think football takes the least skill by most of these definitions. --- |
| Topic | Last time one of your favorite professional sports teams won a championship? |
| legendary_zell 02/04/18 11:01:32 PM #37 | |
| Topic | What is this FISA memo and why are Democrats suddenly losing their shit over it |
| legendary_zell 02/01/18 10:06:10 AM #49 | TC seemed to imply that they weren't aware of what this memo was and that they didn't have fixed opinion on it. But now they're attacking everyone who implies this isn't Watergate x1000. Hmmm. --- |
| Topic | Is #metoo sexual McCarthyism? |
| legendary_zell 01/29/18 12:04:01 AM #8 | 26_Sandman_39 posted... It's why you can get fired for things that aren't proven. There aren't, it's called at will employment. If you want more protections for workers, I sure hope you're a big supporter of unions and vigorous enforcement of discrimination laws. --- |
| Topic | Is #metoo sexual McCarthyism? |
| legendary_zell 01/28/18 10:42:03 PM #5 | Due process has nothing to do with non-court related issues. It's why you can get fired for things that aren't proven. People can choose to view you negatively or stop associating with you. That's not a violation of any type of legal rights. --- |
| Topic | Is #metoo sexual McCarthyism? |
| legendary_zell 01/28/18 9:39:06 PM #2 | Or or or or....there's a lot of garbage dudes who have been getting away with terrible things and people are just now feeling empowered to call them out and are actually seeing some consequences now. --- |
| Topic | As a generalization do you believe life is harder for black people than white? |
| legendary_zell 01/27/18 1:46:37 PM #61 | Are people really arguing that there are No important social aspects of race that make life harder? It's all about the money? That's simply not accurate and that view won't stand up to the slightest push back. Y'all really really live in a bubble. --- |
| Topic | how is "My body. My rules" a valid argument for abortion? |
| legendary_zell 01/25/18 10:53:07 PM #41 | Antifar posted... This is my favorite genre of shit --- |
| Topic | Trump Ordered Mueller Fired back in June |
| legendary_zell 01/25/18 10:51:24 PM #65 | prince_leo posted... BLAKUboy posted...https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/956729170700259329 This is like a parody of news today that you would see on SNL or Mr. Robot or something. Only it's real. This is pure propaganda, literally accusing others of distraction for telling the truth and then obscuring the truth through distraction. Wow. --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/24/18 4:47:06 PM #48 | s0nicfan posted... Doom_Art posted...I love how angry Trumpers get at the (justified) lack of reaction to these stories Where is the evidence that anything was done? Even if something was done, it wouldn't constitute rigging. I don't see how a few agents could possibly rig an election. I don't think anyone is saying what you are attributing to "liberals". If FBI agents really attempted to influence the election, that's bad and should be investigated and punished, I don't think you'll find liberals attempting to taint or shut down a legit investigation like the right is with Mueller. You're not gonna have the NYT saying the prosecutor should be fired like the WSJ did with Russia. It's also markedly worse when a candidate is the one conspiring any with a foreign country in a way that harms our national security and faith in democracy. There's no same thing both sides here and there is no equivalency. The level of proof that something truly unethical or illegal was done is also not equivalent. --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/24/18 4:20:49 PM #45 | Oh look, apparently thousands of FBI phones were affected by the glitch and tons of messages were deleted, not just Trump related ones. Kinda puts a damper on this part of the conspiracy theory --- |
| Topic | An open letter to men who consider themselves allies to Female Supremacy |
| legendary_zell 01/23/18 1:26:28 PM #20 | I'm not sure what kind of strawman this is or what effect you hoped to have, but this is embarrassing. There are better things you could be doing with your life. --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/23/18 11:55:26 AM #34 | s0nicfan posted... legendary_zell posted...First you need to show an actual attempt was made. You'd need to show they did anything more than talk. You'd need to show it had any sort of affect on the real world. Lots of people are biased in this world, do you really think investigators are typically neutral? The difference is that these people were especially careless and text messaging exists now. Is that Trey Gowdy thing supposed to help your argument? That's like me saying "well Chuck Schumer believes there's really something to those pee tapes". We don't have enough information to completely dismiss the possibility of improper conduct during the election and I'm sure that'll be investigated thoroughly. I think it's pretty safe to dismiss the idea that they tainted the Russia investigation, especially as it's been conducted since they were removed. So at most you have two guys trying and spectacularly failing to stop Trump from becoming President, and a legit investigation into potential crimes. --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/23/18 11:51:35 AM #29 | Bloodychess posted... legendary_zell posted...And even if there was some secret cabal, they completely failed Again, gotta prove there was cheating. You're bringing up a completely different incident of alleged cheating that isn't relevant to this situation because it's a completely different context and different types of alleged actions are involved as well. --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/23/18 11:46:42 AM #22 | Nomadic View posted... Antifar posted...I mean, two FBI agents texting critical things about Trump doesn't seem like a big deal to me. First you need to show an actual attempt was made. You'd need to show they did anything more than talk. You'd need to show it had any sort of affect on the real world. Lots of people are biased in this world, do you really think investigators are typically neutral? The difference is that these people were especially careless and text messaging exists now. You'd also need to show they had any influence on biasing the investigation previously since they are no longer working on the investigation. Their mere internal bias and presence on the team isn't enough to actually cause things to operate differently than they would have with an objectively neutral team. Once you prove all of these things, then you might have a case for a somethingburger (which is just a burger I guess). --- |
| Topic | Why is nobody talking about the FBI actively colluding to fight Donald Trump? |
| legendary_zell 01/23/18 11:31:11 AM #4 | What was actually done to prevent him from being president though? And even if there was some secret cabal, they completely failed. This is by definition a nothingburger. --- |
| Topic | 39 year old Father is being deported after living in United States for 30 years. |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 10:31:20 PM #189 | This is a great topic to see who substitutes archaic and discriminatory laws for their moral compass or even their basic humanity. --- |
| Topic | 39 year old Father is being deported after living in United States for 30 years. |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 10:29:35 PM #187 | BeantownHero posted... Many in this country have more sympathy for old Nazis facing justice than they do for lifelong immigrants being deported smfh Giant_Aspirin posted... based on what i read in the first page, i certainly hope @HypnoCoosh doesn't break a single law, under any circumstances, for any reason, ever. because, after all, he dearly believes in a strict following of the law, to the letter, with absolutely zero exceptions. under no circumstances should any law, regardless of intent or application to the current situation, ever be broken. I hope he's never so much as streamed an episode of Sailor Moon from a streaming site. --- |
| Topic | 39 year old Father is being deported after living in United States for 30 years. |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 10:17:31 PM #181 | 1500 posted... legendary_zell posted...As an immigrant who hasn't been to my home country in over 20 years, my thoughts on the people defending this would earn me my second ever moderation. The immigration system in America is fucked. My aunt works for the immigration agency in Nigeria and it took her several years just to get a VISA to visit us for a summer. It takes years to do anything under this system and when you are here without some random papers, there is a constant threat that you will be separated from your family and sent to a country you have no relationship with. He didn't do anything other than stay in his country. He was brought here as a minor and this place is home to him. Are you suggesting that he should have voluntarily left to go to a country he had no relationship with? I'm an immigrant and I had to wait a while to be legalized too, nothing about that experience leads me to believe that makes sense. This guy being kicked out is a slap in the face for justice and fairness. I'm not trying to invalidate your experience or tell you that you don't have the right to feel angry with people who voluntarily jump the line while you had to wait. But this guy didn't do that. Moreover, you keep repeating that it's the law that this guy had to be deported like that's the be all end all. The law itself is corrupt as it has been throughout American history. A rule being on the books does not mean its worth the paper it's printed on. It can still be unjust and worthy of being disregarded in certain circumstances. Using the law as a reason why you MUST take certain unjust actions is a dark dark pathway as has been proven over and over. --- |
| Topic | 39 year old Father is being deported after living in United States for 30 years. |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 9:49:44 PM #172 | As an immigrant who hasn't been to my home country in over 20 years, my thoughts on the people defending this would earn me my second ever moderation. The immigration system in America is fucked. My aunt works for the immigration agency in Nigeria and it took her several years just to get a VISA to visit us for a summer. It takes years to do anything under this system and when you are here without some random papers, there is a constant threat that you will be separated from your family and sent to a country you have no relationship with. Just because something is a law doesn't mean it makes sense, makes people safer, or is just. Violating that law is certainly no basis to fucking cheer on draconian consequences. Someone's homeland is not determined by where they were born. It's about where they are a citizen in all meaningful senses. This guy is an American in every meaningful way, he was simply not lucky enough to have that immense privilege handed to him at birth like most of the people cheering this did. This guy did absolutely nothing wrong and none of you would have done anything different in his situation. If a law is punishing good people and bad people alike for purely formalistic reasons, then it's a garbage law that should be attacked, not defended. It's disgusting to see people who have never had to interact with the beast that is the immigration system make glib statements about it. It's disgusting that so many of you lack empathy to the point that you would defend this or even joke about it. --- |
| Topic | black people should not |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 3:59:05 PM #169 | The legacy of racism is keeping the legacy of racism alive, not black people using the n-word to refer to each other. That's what makes the arguments in this topic so ridiculous. If you feel a black cultural practice makes black people ignorant, regardless of context, that's a personal hangup that you have as an individual. I'm not sure why black people should care about your preconceptions on this particular subject. You could choose to stop caring about something that doesn't affect you. You could choose to understand the history of the word. You could choose to update your definition of equality to something more meaningful. You should do all of those things before attempting to telling groups of people what they are thinking, what to think, or what to say. --- |
| Topic | black people should not |
| legendary_zell 01/17/18 2:32:58 PM #91 | Tmk posted... hollow_shrine posted...So some of us try and reclaim it, turn it into a tacit understanding of solidarity in shared trauma and a reminder not to forget where you come from. This post is terrible in so many ways. Jesus Christ. I feel like you're going further and further off the deep end. --- |
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