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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • It was a negligent discharge unrelated to the argument. This is a shitty article title and dad is a shitty gun owner and shitty dad tbf, but it wasnt political thing. You can really tell in the comments who read the whole article and who just started commenting. Even the summary doesn’t cover it right.

    Edit:

    Rather than keep rewriting, this dude is an asshole, however:

    1. There was no indictment by grand jury. That means they went through jury selection and heard evidence and a majority of the jurors were not convinced. Counsel for defense AND prosecution agree to jurors, so it’s not like it’s a maga convention or a police department.
    2. 500 mL of wine (if verified) is 2/3 of a bottle, not drunk alcoholic rage quantity see 1. If he blew like 0.4, it seems to me it would be reported as part of the article.
    3. The guy bought one gun and is a Brit, not a born and raised gun toting southerner.
    4. Reasonable doubt. While I’m as big an antifer as the next guy on Lemmy, nothing good comes from jumping to conclusions and misrepresenting the facts of the situation by sensationalizing the title or not putting all the information in the summary. Again, see 1.






  • This is demonstrably true by experiment, but I think it has to have at least SOME value. Like you can give a drink or buy them a candy bar before you ask for something and they are more likely to donate more money to your cause. It’s called “influence debt” I believe and is discussed pretty palatably in “Influence” by Robert Cialdini. Unfortunately I couldn’t find my notes on it with a quick search.