The worst part is that people agree

_A lot_ of people

AR beats handgun, so you need a rail-gun if you want to stand a chance

^^^^

Try to intellectually continue that thought and police officers need to carry nukes on the job!

Exterminatus

The only way to be sure

he didn't go in cuz he was about to retire. it's one thing if you're half-way through your policing career and get injured cuz you are set with workers comp., paid leave and insurance, but if you're about to retire, all that goes away and you've only got your incomplete pension to rely on

So, when does everyone think tumblr will go out of business?

Year or two.

Depends as long as you have cash flow you can keep the doors open

Lol

Joy Behar really lost her shit...didn't she?

@Euro looking for a green card great observation.

I totally forgot that was the school security officer's lame excuse.

As far as the CRTV/Blaze merger, it doesn't bother me because I don't really know what is on the Blaze. I'm not a huge fan of the name change though, especially since I've heard that it wasn't so much of a merger as much as CRTV buying the Blaze.

@wolfman1911 What! is that true? If CRTV bought the blaze why did they change their name?
Also how does tumblr make money? advertisement? I don't use tumble so I don't know?

I did hear someone claim that Glenn Beck was previously trying to sell to Daily Wire, so that's what I'm basic it on, but I don't know if it's true.

Actually, that makes sense. He was also visiting their offices not to long ago.

Of course, the only news source I can find that supports that claim is that beacon of media fairness that is the Daily Beast, so who knows.

And it couldn't be more obvious that their one source for their claims is a disgruntled alleged former Blaze employee.

Eh, sound reasonable. its not like any of that info paints anybody in a negative light. Its just info you probably don't want out there for business reasons.

Why call it ‘the blaze’? That sounds like a name a leftist would use.

The merger would have been a good chance to change both names.

Yeah

Pot smoking degenerates! xP

Lol

Whoa you actually get 30% of the collected tax if you report thots?

This changes everything....

Imagine making a YouTube channel for the sole purpose of reporting thots

And just.... reporting to the public on your success rate

😂

"Yo yo yo what is up guys, this is your boy Chief of the Thot Patrol, Cops N' Dindus, reporting.. yet.. another victory on the war on thots.."

Cringey, but would be effective

Thank you 🙂

Something tells me that pot was about the furthest thing from Glenn Beck's mind when he decided to name his meda company 'the blaze.'

@Brendan https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ThHbGju1Cc

It’s a cover of Beethoven, but I think it’s awesome.

Pretty awesome, although wasn't a fan of the dance beat at 3:16

@Brendan it was disco!! The genre of my guilty pleasure. I think disco is hilariously entertaining

I started out with prog though, here's a great example of the music that made me become a musician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsvlZacyByQ

@Brendan I’ll give it a listen later and let you know what I think.

Really busy now. Lol

It's by far their most beloved song among all fans lol

Oh.

@Salacious Swanky Cat I bet it'll be before trump wins in2020

@Buddha23Fett lol. Thatd be hilarious

I want it to die right before election day. Watch them lose their shit on other sites.

What I want to happen the day or the week before election day

- tumblr dies

- vox dies

- the final brick in the wall is laid

^^^^^^^

Yes!

@Chump_or_Champ I don't remember the officer ever making that point, I think it was a talking point generated by the media.

Let me try painting a picture for anyone who cares,
Lets say you have a rich and a poor child, is either of these children biologically prone to care more about money then the other?
If you spoil either one of these kids, what are you likely to get? A brat, if you teach them how to be strong and put effort into what they do, what are you likely to get? A brat? Is this how are biology works? Do we have no control over these thing and how they manifest? If all that mattered here was the starting point of our biology, people would have no way of changing.

So, can a rich kid be a good person? If taught to be one, yes. Can a poor child be a brat? Yes, if taught to be one.
So what is happening now? Well, are biology tells us WE ALL need to be strong to thrive in our world. But how are we teaching people? We spoil half of our children, and teach the other half to be strong, (none of these examples are absolute, Please try not to bring up "Well I").

>children are blank slates

If that's what you got from that... Wonderful.

I think the point is that you can still teach your kid the "right" things and end up with a brat

Or someone unsuccessful

Because genetics do play a part in those outcomes

Its a good thing i said the examples i used were not absolutes then :)

They're not even necessarily generally applicable to the extent you're using them

The answer to some of your questions about biology, which act in the rhetorical negative, is actually yes

You can't conflate that with very instinctual and innate reactions

Those are completely different things

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@Beemann I meant Shadows

Ah

I don't think the example you are giving is necessarily the best one. I do believe that people are prepositioned to care more about possessions (like money) than others. That doesn't necessarily have to do with what societal class they are brought up in.
One thing is definitely true though: Children are no blank slates! Anybody who has children will tell you that!

Can you teach 100% of humans to not kill? No. Does biology play a role in this? Yes. Can you teach most humans not to kill? Well, i think we are doing a fairly good job teaching from when humans could kill people for almost any reason.

Heh Its a good thing at no point did i say children were blank slates then.

I was referring to @Deleted User comment about children being blank slates.

Not even talking about instinct

The rest of what I wrote was directed at @Shadows

Some people are genetically predisposed to certain types of behaviour

They are more likely to be found doing/being X than others based on their genetic background

My children were definitely the opposite of blank slates. I love seeing how early children begin to show their personalities

I am confused now though. How are we now talking about moral frameworks like "thou shall not kill" when this is still about where emotions come from.

That's my point, they are completely different concepts

@Euro looking for a green card Do you not think emotions play a part on if someone is likely to kill anyone?

Sure

I wasn't talking about it being morally right or wrong, just an example of how we are living.

How do you teach a person not to kill without bringing morals into it?

I could maybe make the case for one, but.... i won't. I will just agree with you and now make the claim about my above post also being a moral one. As i think its morally awful to spoil kids (excessively) making them brats. Then become the females we cuddled so much they become emotional wrecks (again, not an absolute but also when males are treated this way).

I'm watching the funeral of George Bush Sr. right now. Whenever Jeb appears on the camera all I can think of is that "please clap" moment.

I loved Jeb

I wish he would have won the presidency

I have no feeling about how he would have governed because I never lived under him when he was governor.
I don't think he could have won in the environment that was.

You needed a Republican that was going to hit the left hard and not bow to the usual accusations

@Shadows I agree with spoiling kids being morally awful (you may have to define where spoiling begins) but my question is how did we move from the conversation of emotions being driven manly by nature vs nurture to the question of morality.
I am not disagreeing with you I am just having trouble finding the link.

@Shadows Also, to chime in on the previous conversation. People are some part biological some part social. For the part that's social, there is good evidence a sizable portion of society (in the western world) are doing a bad job (see Johnathan Haidt's work). Johnthan Haidt's work notes that boys suicides rates are up, but girls's is up even more. I suspect this is related to the point you are making, but only part of the bigger picture.

Indeed grant

It's insane that Hillary will have to sit beside Trump the rest of her life

or his

True

@Euro looking for a green card I'm wasn't making a direct link (tho i maybe could), merely saying how are biology plays out. Its in our biology to kill (as we need to eat to survive, and i hope a vegan reads this!). And our biology gives us emotions, that can be fostered in good or bad ways.

I'm just glad to see a state event with some good religion

who were the girls that spoke? they are attractive

@Shadows I get the feeling that we are mostly agreeing and just talking past each other 🤔

Most likely.