Posted in: Georgia high school student, 14, shoots and kills 2 students, 2 teachers, and wounds 9 See in context
DaDude
DaDude....stop trying to jump from talking point to talking point regarding attempts at legislation regarding gun control. And stop finally landing on "So you feel nothing about DEAD CHILDREN?" faux hysterics when your other talking points fail.
Stop changing User IDs to make a point.
Got some proof of that? No, you don't. So stop deflecting.
The typical Liberal playbook- Students die, it is their fault and I have no sympathy for them because "they(under 18 year olds)" voted for this. When people are killed by illegal guns in Democrat-run/supposed gun control States, blame the Republicans then move on.
You're the only one bleating "No sympathy". The fact that many are trying to get the government to take multiple steps to stop this slaughter seems lost on you. Sympathy minus concrete steps to resolve the situation so that it does not reoccur is just meaningless "thoughts and prayers".
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Posted in: Georgia high school student, 14, shoots and kills 2 students, 2 teachers, and wounds 9 See in context
Forgive me if you are being sarcastic, hard to tell these days. To generally quote the Jim Jefferies line regarding well-armed citizens defending themselves against a dictatorial government, "You know you are bringing guns to a drone fight, right?"
WhiskeyGalore
It's protected under the Second Amendment, so it's okay. You know, the one that allows American citizens to arm themselves against dictatorial government.
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Posted in: Georgia high school student, 14, shoots and kills 2 students, 2 teachers, and wounds 9 See in context
DaDude....stop trying to jump from talking point to talking point regarding attempts at legislation regarding gun control. And stop finally landing on "So you feel nothing about DEAD CHILDREN?" faux hysterics when your other talking points fail.
The GOP has shown it prefers thoughts and prayers as the sole form of gun control.
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Posted in: When sweat dries on the skin while using a portable fan, it becomes difficult to lower body temperature. That results in the surface temperature of the skin rising when it is exposed to air warmer than the body temperature. See in context
Since sweat also contains oils, salts, etc., if they dry on the skin, that could reduce the ability to secrete more sweat. It also depends on what part of the human body that Miura is referring to as sweat rates and the capacity of evaporation dare different for a person's head and chest regions relative to their arms/legs.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806205/
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Posted in: Owner of 7-Eleven convenience store chain gets takeover bid from Canada’s Couche-Tard See in context
It does sound like a slur that someone would throw at someone else online.
OssanAmerica
Interesting company name. I could probably get into a fight if someone called me that.
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Posted in: Hernández, Ohtani homer as Dodgers beat Phillies 5-3 in opener between NL division leaders See in context
....and Betts should be back within a week.
John
Freddy’s back. Glasgow too. Kershaw is on track.
Fingers crossed.
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Posted in: Interventions, Trump remarks give falling yen reprieve, not reversal See in context
It's ok, you can take the maxipad off of your ear now.
Blacklabel
Thanks President Trump!
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Posted in: Thai police say cyanide killed 6 foreigners in Bangkok hotel See in context
Let’s make it about me, right?
Mark wrote “anyway, Thailand always not in my list for family holiday. Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Aus, Europe..let me finish travel around all these paradise, only then i will think of developing countries”
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Posted in: Do you think that constant use of abbreviations while texting messages or sending email is having an adverse effect on your spelling, grammar and punctuation? See in context
Mainly because of spell check programs attached to everything, I'm not thinking about the spelling of words, as much as I used to when I was younger. When I have to actually spell out some words, there have been cases (which I'm not willing to ascribe to aging, just yet), where I have that...."wait..how the heck is that spelled?" moment.
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Posted in: 119 people in Tokyo taken to hospital to be treated for heatstroke on Saturday See in context
Meiyouwenti
not quite how natural selection works (after menopause aside from taking care of grandkids, you are essentially evolutionary dead meat)
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Posted in: Poster pranks cause chaos in Tokyo gubernatorial election campaign See in context
A collection of such posters appeared on an election board near my place. It featured that Doge shiba inu. Kinda brightened the same dreary faces that adorn the election board each election season,
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Posted in: Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip See in context
Chicken!!!
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Posted in: 'Star Trek' actor George Takei determined to keep telling his Japanese American story See in context
Gene Hennigh
There were so such camps for German or Italian Americans.
Assuming you meant to write "no" and not "so".
Over 10,000 Germans and several thousand Italian Americans were actually detained in internment camps. In Hawaii, "twenty-one of the 106 ethnic German and Italian civilians arrested within forty-eight hours of the Pearl Harbor attack were U.S. citizens". In many cases, the Germans were given trials and "evidence" of them being members of groups sympathetic to the Nazi cause was presented.
This persecution and internment, however, was not even close to the level that Japanese Americans experienced.
https://encyclopedia.densho.org/German_and_Italian_detainees/#Comparison_to_the_Japanese_American_Experience
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Posted in: Wing tips of 2 JAL planes come into contact at Haneda airport See in context
So basically they were doing the old Corona-era elbow bump greeting.
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Posted in: Sunday is Mother's Day. What are your fondest memories of your mother? See in context
That's kind of a messed up question for some people. I was lucky, mom was great and if it a movie was made about the parent-child issues we had, it would be a a cure for insomnia.
That being said, I half went to the comments expecting someone to have stated, "The best memory I have of my mom is her cheap pine box rolling down the conveyor belt into the crematorium furnace."
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Posted in: 1 in 5 people aged 65 or older in Japan predicted to have dementia by 2060 See in context
There are several different types of dementia each with separate underlying causes: classic Alzheimer’s and LATE in which different genes are at fault.
There is also research into dementia caused by a delayed cost of prior immune response in the brain, as the brain doesn’t have the same immunity-response to infection by a parasite or virus that the rest of the body has.
Alcohol and drugs also appear to exacerbate the above and/or cause cognitive issues on their own.
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Posted in: 4 law officers serving warrant killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home See in context
You knew when you posted this that several officers died and others were injured, but you chose to celebrate the felon's death at the expense of other's lives.....don't try to backpedal.
Bass
Anyway, he's gone and that is a good thing for everyone, so finally some bit of good news.
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Posted in: New national standards for Japanese-language schools to start April See in context
Nets which are cast need not always be broad.
Yubaru
This only connects with people who know about the song. Which I highly doubt for someone who grew up in a Chinese language setting!
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Posted in: New national standards for Japanese-language schools to start April See in context
@ Laguna
Maybe it’s my age or the industrial strength hay fever meds (they’re prescribed….No they’re not), but I pictured your YMCA Japanese language teachers dressed up like a police officer, fireman, Native American, military guy, etc…..
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Posted in: What did you do in your down time before cell phones were common (if you are old enough to remember)? See in context
Waited forever for a single picture to download using Persian Kitty
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Posted in: Taylor Swift reaches LA in journey from Tokyo to Super Bowl See in context
Glad she made it on time. I'm all for us proles using paper straws, so the elite can trot around on their private jets.
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Posted in: Japan team plans pig kidney transplant for fetus with severe disease See in context
Kurisupisu…..
your comment is both hilarious and sad at the same time.
It is so easy to go online nowadays and get basic information regarding using gmo’s for transplants.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06594-4
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Posted in: 2023 marks Japan's hottest year on record; 1.29 C higher than average See in context
Zibala said that it’s a random year twice….well, I guess that settles it folks. Thanx for “doing all that great resurch”.
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Posted in: 2023 marks Japan's hottest year on record; 1.29 C higher than average See in context
Some people seem to want to blame natural processes (volcanoes, El Nino, etc) for observable climate changes and not include human activities as a factor influencing these changes, as if to say that since this is not the result of our behavior, we don't need to take any steps or make any sacrifices to compensate for the changes that are happening.
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Posted in: What is the most unusual Christmas present you have ever received? See in context
Was it from Dr. Fister and Associates?
piskian
Discount coupon for a colonoscopy.
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Posted in: 53-year-old woman arrested for assaulting husband See in context
I’ll admit it. 90% of the time I’ve gotten the “so want to push you off a bridge right now” look from my wife, it’s been in response to something Peter Griffin-ish I’ve said or done. Not saying that the wife in the above story was justified in her actions, but let’s hear her out.
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Posted in: Japanese associate professor 1 of 3 killed in U.S. college shooting See in context
Oh, ok, nothing to worry about; the US is comfortably in it's normal range of yearly mass shootings. Was worried for a minute that things were out of control.
fatrainfallingintheforest
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday mourned the victims of the shooting at an event in Las Vegas and said, "This is not normal and we can't let it become normal."
Um, it's pretty normal, Joe. According to the gun violence archive, this is approximately the 631st mass shooting (four or more shot or killed excluding the shooter) this year.
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Posted in: Transgender man gets new register with court-approved gender change See in context
The existence of XX or XY only refers to a set of chromosomes which will eventually directly and indirectly control numerous genes thereon and on other chromosomes to express themselves at different levels during the many stages of development of an individual. There is so much variation in those genes and how and where and when they do and do not work independently, and that's where the variation in all characteristics, including identity are produced.
XX can not become XY.
XY can not become XX.
THAT'S science!
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Posted in: Novo to launch anti-obesity drug Wegovy in Asia with February Japan roll-out See in context
The new obesity drugs tend to suppress one's desire to eat. Many find they don't want to eat heavy meals while using Wegovy and Ozempic.
Larr Flint
Finally I will be able to eat McDonald's and be fit at the same time!
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Posted in: Trump compares himself to Mandela and rails against Biden after filing for New Hampshire primary See in context
A few comments from Trump while in New Hampshire. Someone want to translate this into something that shouldn't make us all worry about Trump's mental state
1) Upon realizing a spelling similarity, “You know how you spell us, right? U.S. I just picked that up. Has anyone ever thought of that before? I'm reading and said us. You know, when you think about it, us, equals U.S. If we think of something genius, they will never say it.”
2) Talking to Republican's, ""You don't have to vote, don't worry about voting. The voting, we got plenty of votes."
3) Upon being asked about Sidney Powel and whether his conversations with her would or wouldn't be covered by client-attorney privilege, "No. We did nothing wrong. This is all Biden… I was never indicted. You practically never heard the word."
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Mom's just need to tell their kids to go outside more. The kids will figure out things to do. If…
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