Uh huh…

You see me complaining? I’ve never used TikTok, but the entire controversy around it is just wag-the-dog type distraction.

Hey, look over here at the TikTok performative theatrics while we set up an oligarchy and rob you of your labor, your health, and your livelihood.

It’s more of an IG replacement than a TikTok replacement, but I’ve been kinda enjoying Pixelfed for the past week or so. It’s slow right now but that should change I imagine. The huge influx of users needs to be managed prior to optimization.

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Gun violence in the USA increases every year. Buyback programs have been happening for how long, since the 60’s?

Tell me more about how effective they are.

Also, until the manufacturing of firearms is eliminated… yes, there is essentially an unlimited supply.

To further compound the issue; the programs we’ve had in the US are voluntary. In the USA, there are more guns than people and firearms ownership is both engrained into the culture and a part of the constitution. In the hypothetical scenario that firearms manufacture were to be ended, and buy back programs were to become mandatory; which group of people are you going to task with rounding up all of the guns?

It’s a complex problem; maybe you need a pedant to understand some of the complexities.

Well you got one because the tone that you use to speak with people lets them infer that you’re a complete asshole.

Gun buyback programs on their own are incredibly expensive with almost no correlation to decreasing violence or gun crimes.

Buyback programs were a piece of the Australian program; far from the whole thing. Requiring gun licenses and the creation of the firearms registry probably had more to do with it than the buyback programs.

guns.com has one for $599 right now - it’s brand new.

https://www.guns.com/firearms/p/century-arms-vska-tactical-blem?i=469321

You can find these substantially cheaper used.

Just thinking about this a bit more now; in the world we live in, and considering the number of guns in the USA… if Mexico allowed for this program to go on for a while the USA could potentially inadvertently bankrupt the Mexican economy in gun-buybacks. It’s kinda funny in a scary as fuck way.

Unfortunately, you have to be a citizen to take advantage of the deal. That’s a huge paycheck for an AK though.

Just use AI to fix them. 😂

Mastodon’s interface creates a self-selection bias of more technically inclined people, and is too dissimilar to twitter for the average user to want to invest time in learning it.

Soap maker too. I’ve actually gotten into the hobby of making soap not too long ago.