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not that much slower, it’s mostly dependent on the amount of water. We just don’t drink tea (the main reason for a kettle) and coffee makers are basically just kettles so…

+1 for the account name being on topic

you can boil water in a pot on the stove, or in the microwave, we have options.

coffee makers (basically everyone has one) are basically just a kettle

i propose america squared

hoping somebody ripped it off? Of what? A tree? Those signs are literally huge. What next you cant get through a stoplight if it has no power because it has no clear signalling?

Calling yourself Americans

Wait until you find out what the citizens of indiana are called, here’s a hint, it’s hoosiers.

our tap water IS chlorinated, but it’s very minimal, some people pretend that they can taste it, idk if i believe them on that one. But it’s safe to drink and doesn’t cause harm to most people, unless for example, you’re allergic to it.

Thinking that there is no reason to take your shoes off is the most American thing in the world. There is poop, pee, puke, pollen, pollution, parvo and prions out there, among other things.

you’re already breathing it, unless you’re literally licking the floor it’s probably not a huge concern.

Are you japanese? I know they generally have pretty strict social rules.

And while there has been some divergence in Patriotism vs Nationalism, they’re essentially the same damn thing but with better connotations for one now lol.

ok to be clear, nationalism is generally a hinge point in a fascism/authoritarian political party. Patriotism is just being proud of the country you’re a part of. A lot of people are very patriotic about their states, or sports teams. Brits especially.

ok so, i hate to do this to you, but have you ever considered that these people would probably just… Have a trump sign.

HOA gaming

Fair enough, though a person with a gun is much more likely to shoot me than a person without a gun.

they’re more likely to have the probability of shooting you in an extremely bad encounter. If you have an encounter that bad with someone, you’re going to get fucked up one way or another, and it’s probably you who caused the problem, since you’d be the common denominator here. Otherwise it’s basically just up to random statistics or not as to whether you get gun violenced.

Statistically, speaking, a person with a gun is more capable of shooting you than someone without a gun. I would be willing to be the number of gun owners that have shot a person is probably less than 0.01%

and you reduce the amount of people around me carrying guns from 1000 to 10, you’ve just dramatically increased my statistical probability of living a full life.

also this isn’t accurate since it would mostly matter on who shoots you, rather than a gun owner shooting you. Most of the gun violence in the US is done via illegal or unregistered guns. I.E. not legal license carrying gun owners.

I know the rough per capita numbers per 100,000 people iirc, is about 5-30 varying per state obviously. But states like NYC and cali have some of the lowest, with random buttfuck nowhere land no gun law states having upwards of 30. To be clear, this is a 0.0003% chance at the highest level. Most of which is probably going to be avoided by simply engaging in basic self preservation behaviors. Since most gun violence isn’t just random acts of violence.

and statistically that’s the one who’s more likely to shoot me. That’s my logic as a Norwegian who’s lived there for just a year anyway.

what for though? are you just harassing people in public? I don’t understand why someone would be concerned about someone just having a gun. You probably won’t even see this person, let alone bump into them, let alone get into an altercation with them.

And most of them are sane and reasonable people who understand how de-escalation works.

Yeah I’m sure minimum wage clerks are going to totally feel comfortable asking the armed person (someone who believes they need to arm themselves to enter a shopping center) to please leave.

yeah, they probably would. Shooting someone is very fucking illegal.

also most larger establishments are going to have security, and, you can call the police if you wish.

Probably because you until the 80s you could get thrown into an assilym and given a labotomy or worse.

yeah idk about this one, it wasn’t good but the asylum shit was killed in the 50s from what i can remember. Obviously we didn’t do much after that, but it probably wasn’t as bad. Most of those people probably just ended up in prison to be honest. Again for lobotomies, it looked like we stopped doing that in the mid 50s, by the 60s probably entirely.

Also the reason mental healthcare sucks is that we don’t have enough practitioners right now. It’s a bit of a problem.

When I watch “alone”, it’s so depressing at the end when they ask them what they’ll do with the money they won. And they say “pay for my wife’s cancer treatment”. Like omg America

probably more noble than the ending to squid game lol

britain got boris, and the cabbage lady, so… I’d say we’re doing ok

yeah that’s equivalent to getting shot here in the US lol.

I would probably argue if someone said “i’m going to punch you” would be more of a threat than “you’ll get shot for that”

Careful buddy, you’ll get shot for doing something like that”

i guarantee you this is a joke.

Not that it can’t happen, but i am willing 100% to bet that this was a joke.