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walrusman posted:Man, they really oughta just raise that bridge!  :ever-expanding-downs:
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Proteus Jones posted:https://www.apnews.com/44f22ca8245441f9993ca76b894b8919/Child-sex-offenders-to-be-named-as-such-in-US-passports This is ridiculously dumb. "Child sex offender" is ridiculously overbroad, it includes a hell of a lot more than "child rapists" or even, well, child sex offenders. People under the age of 18 have been required to register as child sex offenders for having consensual sex with their boyfriend or girlfriend who is also under the age of 18. Even in the cases where such activities rise to the level of actual crimes, we're in the position of saying "Well, these people are too young and lack the understanding to try them as adults, but they're old enough for us to attach a label to them which prohibits them from living or working in a great many places and makes it virtually impossible to find a decent job or a permanent home or form meaningful attachments in the community for the rest of their lives." And now we're going to put that on passports? The stuff you did in high school might have qualified you for permanent registry as a sex offender if you'd been caught doing it: "Let's go streaking through the quad!" becomes a life sentence. Teenagers have been registered for taking nude photos of *themselves* and sending them to their boyfriend or girlfriend. Christ, people have been entered into sex offender registries for public urination, which is literally the least sexual thing you can do with your pants off. https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/09/11/us-sex-offender-laws-may-do-more-harm-good https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/05/01/raised-registry/irreparable-harm-placing-children-sex-offender-registries-us https://news.vice.com/article/california-has-realized-that-sex-offender-registries-dont-work http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-22/barns-its-time-to-rethink-sex-offender-registers/5832176 http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article178572756.html https://nypost.com/2013/10/11/teen-who-faced-sex-offenders-list-for-streaking-commits-suicide/ https://qz.com/708265/why-sex-offender-registries-dont-work/ https://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/05/01/12594/report-details-lives-ruined-children-put-sex-offender-registries Phanatic has a new favorite as of 04:01 on Nov 3, 2017 |
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Nov 3, 2017 03:55
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AlmightyBob posted:Is that the only street to that part of town or something? Not even close.  Plenty of other places to cross the tracks that are less than half a mile away. There are no boundaries on stupidity and laziness.
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Nov 3, 2017 03:57
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I feel like if emergency services hadn't been there, one of those coach buses at the end would have been its next victims.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:05
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Memento posted:Not even close. You're burying the lead here. The 11 foot 8 bridge is a major landmark on google maps. It currently has a 4.6 star rating and according to a review there are t-shirts specifically for the bridge on sale next to it.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:24
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It also has it's own wikipedia page wherein I learned that that isn't just any stop light, it's specifically programmed to turn red if there's an oversized truck coming. Which makes the ones where the driver is trying to beat the red even funnier.
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Nov 3, 2017 04:32
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Foxhound posted:So what is a "patch" and what does "burning" it mean? 
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Nov 3, 2017 04:47
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Why do some idiots take airsoft so seriously?
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Nov 3, 2017 04:52
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Those must be some nice patches.
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Testekill posted:Why do some idiots take airsoft so seriously? Gonna say it's what happens when you get someone who desperately wants to join the army to kill people but is also too out-of-shape, mentally incompetent, or just plain lazy to actually enlist. I used to play ArmA (mil-sim video game) with goons and it attracted the same type of person. Arrogant assholes who'd take everything way too seriously, spend hours arguing about inane poo poo like whether you were marching in proper formation (yes really), and act like they were all cold-blooded tactical operators despite being obese invalid shutins. One guy once tried to take control of a mission after the commander had been killed, citing his experience with "look, guys, I've been in the poo poo at the big airsoft shoot, and--" but fortunately got cut off with laughter. And the goons were still the best outfit to play with. There are other ArmA groups out there where everyone has to file after-action reports on their forums after every mission, and that have a full-on rank structure where if your "commanding officer" walks by you need to salute him (there is a button for it) or risk demotion. Like, seriously just join the loving army at that point
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Nov 3, 2017 05:05
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Sagebrush posted:Gonna say it's what happens when you get someone who desperately wants to join the army to kill people but is also too out-of-shape, mentally incompetent, or just plain lazy to actually enlist. You know, I was going to call them military freaks but I thought that might be a bit unfair. I guess I was actually right on the money
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Nov 3, 2017 05:11
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How many times do I get to TK him and say "whoops which one is salute again?"
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Nov 3, 2017 05:15
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Zero. Most of the serious outfits would immediately ban you for teamkilling. They'll kick you from the game for an "ND", negligent discharge -- i.e. firing a shot when you weren't authorized to by your commander.
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Nov 3, 2017 05:19
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Sagebrush posted:Zero. Most of the serious outfits would immediately ban you for teamkilling. They'll kick you from the game for an "ND", negligent discharge -- i.e. firing a shot when you weren't authorized to by your commander. Pffft, may as well just join the real Army if you're gonna take all the fun out of shooting your friends with bb guns.
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Nov 3, 2017 05:21
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Sagebrush posted:Like, seriously just join the loving army at that point Nobody in the actual military cares anywhere near as much about this kind of dumb bullshit.
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Nov 3, 2017 05:26
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Sagebrush posted:Zero. Most of the serious outfits would immediately ban you for teamkilling. They'll kick you from the game for an "ND", negligent discharge -- i.e. firing a shot when you weren't authorized to by your commander. What if the guy you shot was the commander? Then you just ran around screaming "I GOT YOU, YOU'RE DEAD YOU CAN'T MOVE AROUND, BILLY, I GOT YOU!"
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Nov 3, 2017 05:32
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Dave Grool posted:Nobody in the actual military cares anywhere near as much about this kind of dumb bullshit. quoted for the loving truth If you want to read how much of a poo poo anyone in the armed forces gives, read the idiots thread in Goons in Platoons. Read it anyway, it's 300 pages of hilarity.
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Nov 3, 2017 05:33
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Kanish posted:why dont they lower the road What they SHOULD do is put a steel bar in front of the trucks to protect them from any bridges that are oblivious to the numerous warning lights. Real post: I was honestly worried that those runners were going to be passing under the bridge when the truck got eaten. 
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Nov 3, 2017 05:52
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They've apparently done everything they feasibly can to deter truck drivers, and the idiots still keep on hittin' the bridge.
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Nov 3, 2017 05:56
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Solice Kirsk posted:Pffft, may as well just join the real Army if you're gonna take all the fun out of shooting your friends with bb guns. But they use BULLETS in the Army! REAL BULLETS! Samizdata has a new favorite as of 06:03 on Nov 3, 2017 |
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Nov 3, 2017 05:59
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Jamfrost posted:Those must be some nice patches. First google hit on custom patches, for 100% embroidery, you can get 4" patches for $18 each with a minimum-size order of 10. Less than the cost of one gun can get a whole squad unique patches. They sure as gently caress don't cost $100-200 each like that first youtube comment.
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Nov 3, 2017 06:00
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Pyroclastic posted:First google hit on custom patches, for 100% embroidery, you can get 4" patches for $18 each with a minimum-size order of 10. Less than the cost of one gun can get a whole squad unique patches. They sure as gently caress don't cost $100-200 each like that first youtube comment. they do when you get Kevin's mom to do the embroidery and Kevin needs a new PS4
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Nov 3, 2017 06:05
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Man, where I did airsoft it was basically some buddies and myself back in vermont roleplaying the Winter War and ambushing each other in the woods and then going home and playing video games after we inevitably got too cold. The one time I played Arma with people in my squadron we just ran around gleefully breaking as many rules as possible like some kind of heavily armed Dukes of Hazzard. The fact that some people fetishize the military so much that they spend their free time role playing a bullshit military bureaucracy and yelling at people for not being moto enough just boggles my mind 
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Nov 3, 2017 06:26
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Queering Wheel posted:I think it's safe to say that this bridge has gotten its mojo back. The new warning signs aren't working quite as well as predicted. The warning sign "overheight must turn right" does not mean YOU are overheight, it just means "all overheight vehicles must turn right" They see that and think "good thing I'm not overheight!"
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Nov 3, 2017 07:23
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Have we seen two trucks hitting it at the same time yet?
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Nov 3, 2017 08:05
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Sagebrush posted:Gonna say it's what happens when you get someone who desperately wants to join the army to kill people but is also too out-of-shape, mentally incompetent, or just plain lazy to actually enlist. These are the people ruining ArmA, you just want to join a friendly server to kill some arms mans and immediately some guy is yelling at you to line the gently caress up and salute with the rest of those fuckers. I just want to pick up my rifle and my rocket launcher and kill the tank 
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Nov 3, 2017 08:59
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In that case, I’d just play along... then “fatfinger” dropping a grenade right in the middle of them.
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Nov 3, 2017 09:04
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Regalingualius posted:Have we seen two trucks hitting it at the same time yet? The closest you get is this video of two crashes in one day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlvfY6lOyg
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Nov 3, 2017 09:44
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Kanish posted:why dont they lower the road Tbh they should lower the bridge No wait hear me out, build big structures around it and a lower ceiling, make it so it’s like entering a tunnel that’s really obviously a tight fit, that’ll get people’s attention more
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Nov 3, 2017 12:07
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Data Graham posted:Tbh they should lower the bridge http://wkrg.com/2017/06/28/why-do-trucks-keep-getting-stuck-in-the-bankhead/
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Nov 3, 2017 12:35
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EightDeer posted:The closest you get is this video of two crashes in one day: This one is great for 2 wrecks in a day from the same rental truck company. The laughing in the second crash is golden as well.
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Nov 3, 2017 12:42
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Nov 3, 2017 13:26
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They should turn the bridge into a solid wall and build a new taller bridge that goes over it.
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Nov 3, 2017 13:49
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:They should turn the bridge into a solid wall and build a new taller bridge that goes over it. There's sky-pipes just over the bridge that are already there, thus eliminating all Dukes of Hazard-esque ramps and higher over bridges. We have this same debate every time it's posted.
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Nov 3, 2017 13:55
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They should have local rental trucks with rubbery frames so they can scooch under the bridge like a dachshund doing a limbo routine.
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Nov 3, 2017 14:00
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Solice Kirsk posted:There's sky-pipes just over the bridge that are already there, thus eliminating all Dukes of Hazard-esque ramps and higher over bridges. We have this same debate every time it's posted. Even taller, then 
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Nov 3, 2017 14:18
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Hire a college student to stand in front of it spinning one of those signs shaped like an arrow that reads "YOU'RE GOING TO HIT, rear end in a top hat". Give the kid a camera so when they hit anyways we get some good pics.
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:They should turn the bridge into a solid wall and build a new taller bridge that goes over it. Build the bridge into a wall and then paint a tunnel entrance on it
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