Alcohol is very heavily regulated, starting from creation, through transport and conditions of sale, to how, where, and when it is consumed, and what can legally be done after consuming it.

There is a lot of licensing and legal regulation surrounding bars and alcohol-sales businesses. I think you’re confusing regulation and prohibition.

K

As I said, Gen Z has, so far, participated in the elections they’ve been eligible for at higher rates than any previous generation since the age of voting was made 18, including millennials.

The youngest of Gen Z is currently about 12 years old, so they’ve had less elections to participate in with a smaller percentage of their generational cohort able to participate. Nevertheless, so far, a higher percentage of eligible Gen Z voters have voted in elections than Millennials, Boomers, and Boomers Lite.

The youngest generational cohort that are all above the voting age are millennials, which have also voted at higher rates than Boomers and Boomers Lite at similar ages.

Four years ago, when the last presidential election occurred, the millennial age range was 24-39. Beyond that, I’m comparing generational participation in elections at particular ages.

Further, not all of Gen Z will be of voting age for this election, so the youngest generational cohort where all members of that cohort are able to vote is still millennials, i.e., millennials are the youngest generation able to fully participate in elections.

I’m not saying millennials are all “young,” I’m saying that in terms of electoral participation statistics, they’re the youngest generation able to fully participate, and that compared to when Gen X and Boomers were going, Gen Z and Millennials participate (and have participated) at higher rates than the generations above them.

This is contrary to the subtext of the Boomer Lite (Gen X) poster to which I’m responding that implies younger generations are too busy distracting themselves with their phones and video games to participate in politics.

Because Trump is winning in the polls handily and has robust support from his base.

Biden is the opposite: he’s losing in the polls, his disapproval numbers are the highest in the history of modern polling, and many of the people that will vote for him will do it only because they have to.

Good time to remind people that a higher proportion of millennials and gen z voted in mid-term elections than baby boomers or baby boomer babies (gen x) did at equivalent ages.

Millennials voted in the last presidential election at a rate that represents the highest level of youth electoral participation since the voting age was lowered to 18. Gen Z seems poised to do something similar, as this will be the first presidential election where a majority of Gen Z will be old enough to vote.

Additionally, gen x is the only generational cohort that voted LESS in the last mid term elections than the one before it, i.e., participation in elections declined for that cohort. I guess they were too busy… idk, doing whatever gen x does instead of voting.

This whole post is just one long “the kids are the problem because of their phones and video games,” but I’m pretty sure the most politically active youth generations in modern history aren’t ruining democracy by playing video games.

Anyway. Basically what I’m saying is: ok boomer. Oh well, whatever, nevermind, right?

Interestingly, according to the most recent Ipsos poll where they polled different candidates against Trump, every major democratic candidate lost in the polling to Trump including Kamala (who did poll I think one point better than Biden), some by a lot…

Except Michelle Obama, who won in the polling against Trump by 11 points (50-39), i.e. by a landslide. I was pretty surprised by that.

deleted by creator

Now I’m learning more about 3DS. Wtf does it mean it can show 3d stereoscopic gameplay without 3D glasses?? That seems like… more innovative than Switch is.

Well that’s a very mature way to take that, and I appreciate it.

I honestly have never played DS or Gameboy, I’m only vaguely aware of what they are. That’s not me being insulting, I just honestly have no experience with them. And I’ve never played Smash either, I’m not much of a gamer.

Fair enough. DS is innocent. But, since it’s proximal to you, and I’m attacking you, that is just acceptable collateral damage. So is your Gameboy. And strapping your wife to the hood of my car. And burning all your carts. Because you’re the enemy, you see, and those innocent things are, nevertheless, near you.

Look. I think, reading your comment history, that you can be a pretty reasonable person. I think you came into this conversation pretty hot and then got more aggressive as people made fun of you for it, which, based on your previous comments, isn’t something to which you aspire.

I think you know very well that the IDF isn’t “only” dehumanizing and committing war violence against Hamas terrorists, and that is what most people are highlighting and responding to here.

You’re screaming that everyone is a coward, a “pussy,” thoughtless, brainwashed, fuckwad, piece of shit, worthless to their family, insulting people for not “looking you in the eye” after holding a dead child’s brains, delusional, hypocritical, etc.

You seem like a generally good person, but flying off the handle about this seems to clearly indicate it touched something off for you, because your responses in this thread seem out of character.

🤣 I think it’s time for you to go back to playing with your DS, champ. 🤣

🙄 OK tough guy!

Hey, even if it made you feel worse, think about how much joy you brought to internet strangers by channeling your impotent rage into a new “Internet Tough Guy” copypasta! You’ll probably be on knowyourmeme by tomorrow.

Might be time for you to make another psych appointment at the VA!

You aren’t fighting terrorists. You can’t even fight the dimming horizon of your own hopes and dreams.

slow clap

🤣 Watching you tilt is hilarious

Lololol. We are clapping for you!

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I scooped the brains of an 8yo girl up and threw them at her father just to insult him and said “you probably need it for her funeral, bitch” and then everyone clapped.

I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target, and I would strap you to a vehicle but not get caught because I’m not bad at my job like the IDF. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker.

As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit.

If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

You’re not worth the time. Blocked.

K

Yes, and instead of shooting at each other people can shoot at the ground and then just make really mean facial expressions at each other. Or we can just take guns out of tv and movies altogether. Or they can use squirt guns and people can use their imagination.

There’s very obviously all sorts of ways to make Hollywood safer, but the use of guns isn’t where I would start since injury or death from guns is extremely rare in Hollywood. If you’re interested in making the industry less dangerous, I would suggest reviewing how “acceptable risk” is determined when it comes to stunts.