Whoosh

Again, only if you assume “What now?” is a rhetorical question.

Why not say, “Fuck this, I’m writing to my congress person and taking to the streets again with everyone who I can possibly convince.”

Because that requires organization.

No one is promoting defeatism, I think you might have a habit of assuming questions are rhetorical when they aren’t.

The question is that of organization. Just saying to organize isn’t an answer. How do you organize millions of people?

How though? You think people aren’t already calling, emailing, literally writing letters? How do we make them?

That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:

“Who is going to hold him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”

“The people should rise up”

“How?”

“By using the courts and Congress”

This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.

Some people are wealthy because they provide a valuable, well-paid skill (neurosurgeons, for example). Some people are in positions of power because they sincerely want to make their communities a better place.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s probably more likely to get there through sociopathic greed. But that doesn’t mean they are all horrible people.

Are you talking about specific wealthy, powerful people?

What does any of that have to do with the issues in question? How does suing help when he ignores the courts? How does pestering your congressperson help if they don’t, or can’t, do anything?

This kind of “Just rise up!” thinking downplays the very real hurdles to effective mass organization. We need specific, scheduled actions with points of contact and well-defined scopes.

Sure. How exactly do you propose to “rise up”?

Maybe, many relevant acquaintances have spoken very fondly of my balls, up to and including my wife. But maybe that’s just me.

If this is for personal interest, go into it with relatively concrete questions, and then try to answer them.

A man, obsessed with trains, finally sneaks into the engine one day. He’s having the time of his life for a few minutes before he screws up a switch and derails the train, killing dozens of people.

His trial is quick, and he is sentenced to death. The day arrives, and for his last meal he requests a single banana. He eats it, he’s strapped into the electric chair, and when they pull the switch… nothing.

They delay the sentence for a day, to examine the chair for defects. They tighten all the connections, check the wires, and test to make sure it’s working.

The next day, for his real last meal, he again requests a single banana. He eats, they strap him in and pull the switch. Again, nothing.

They delay one more day to tear the chair down to every component, test everything, reassemble, test again. They’re confident that the chair is working properly.

Next day, he asks again for one banana. “Oh no no,” the warden says “I didn’t know how you’re doing it, but you’re not getting another banana”. They serve him roast beef and potatoes, with apple pie for dessert. They strap him in, pull the switch and… nothing.

The bananas had nothing to do with it, turns out he was just a bad conductor.

This was the first place my mind went when I found out about 6 7

I have. The only reason I can imagine it being fine, though maybe technically not health code, is if certain cleaning chemicals are kept in the bathroom and they’re grabbing them in the middle of cleaning some non-food surface. There are plenty of things to clean on a slow shift, and some of them aren’t really going to be hurt if you ran into the bathroom real quick for bleach or something.

But that’s a weird edge case specifically contrived to make it kinda okay. That’s not normal.

I can almost see the logic in wearing service gloves into the bathroom, and then tossing them after you do your business and before washing your hands. But coming back out with the same gloves? If the business can’t afford for you to change your gloves, find a new job. If you don’t feel the need to change your gloves, find a new job.

What makes you think it’s a trap? Seems more like an effort to get you, personally, in and out as quickly as possible

I’d guess anyone who drinks Coke every day would notice almost immediately, I’ve seen it happen.

No actually, pretty small house and lot. I just like to be prepared and that load out was the consensus among my gun-knowledge friends for general cover-your-bases utility.

The AR-15 was the first one I got, the others were just in case. It seems like it’s pretty much accepted as one of the best options out there if you can only have one gun. It’s an extremely well-supported system with lots of options for customization to fit particular niches. Based on my research, I would recommend it. Not only is it pretty flexible, but it looks imposing as an open carry if that’s your use case.

I went with a Ruger 556 because it reviewed well as a fantastic budget option and I found a good deal on a used one, but Palmetto State Armory has a well-reviewed option for a tad cheaper.

Only if you have an air dryer too

At least they’re pivoting instead of just doing both.

It’s always been Wankershim

Yup, I was pretty anti gun until about 6 months ago. Now I have three (pistol, AR-15, shotgun).