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As another IT guy here, it could also be a shitty method of analysis that he got from ChaptGPT. As an amateur coder/script writer, the kinds of code I've seen people use from these bots is disturbing. One of my coworkers asked me for help after trying to cobble together something from bots. There were variables declared and never used, variables that were never assigned values but that were used in expressions... it was like it attempted to do that ransom note made from magazine letters but they couldn't spell coherently.

he may not have expected such a strong response

I feel that's rapidly become a neoliberal democrat feeling. Not that they'll ever learn from it.

Or are give away as party favors or "thank you" gifts or donated or anything they can think of.

Why didn't they win with a landslide? Was it because they stopped talking about relevant issues, capitulated on issues like transgender rights and immigration, ignored outcry about literally paying for a genocide, and preferred to associate themselves with centrists and "upset Republicans" instead of progressives?

It's not MAGA. There isn't some "extreme wing". It's the whole fucking Republican Party.

Not yet, but apparently the White House thinks the Panama Canal and Greenland are great excuses for war.

This literally happened to Jeeps a month ago.

“It should also be noted that ads are part of your contractual agreement with SiriusXM, but we are working on the frequency,” replied a Jeep Cares representative. “Thank you for your patience.”

A Stellantis spokesperson told Fortune in a statement that “a temporary software glitch affected the ability to instantly opt out in a few isolated cases, though instant opt-out is the standard for all our in-vehicle messages. Our team had already identified and corrected the error, and we are following up directly with the customer to ensure the matter is fully resolved.”

Fool me once, Stellantis...

Honestly, I'm getting kind of tired of the "Russia owns the GOP" memes. I am not doubting Russia's influence and desire to destabilize anyone that competes with Russia, but I really feel like we should find them disgusting, hateful, cruel people without having to justify it with nationalism. Expose the corruption by all means but they'd all be selling out to the highest bidder no matter what.

Pet ownership is inherently selfish and self-deluded,

I can see that perspective and I don't totally disagree. Dogs and cats (which are devastating to local ecosystems), seeming to be explicitly domesticated animals with no place in the wild, are potential special cases. The only alternative in my mind would be to neuter/spay the lot of them and that seems just as fucked up as owning them... so that's honestly not really something I care to get into. I haven't spent much time thinking about that topic.

pet owners cannot be expected to be responsible.

That's a statement with insanely broad implications. Replace pet owners with "gun owners" or "drivers of cars" or "airline pilots". It's a subset of people that are not so special that they cannot be made responsible. Anyone with the capacity to understand and who is of sound mind can be expected to be responsible if society holds them to that standard.

Unless your point is to reiterate your objection to having a pet being irresponsible, in which case... ok.

WE LICENSE THOSE ACTIVITIES

Honestly, I'd be perfectly fine with more strict licensing of pets. Technically, my region does license dogs but it's more of a system to make sure you vaccinate them and a fee to help fund pet-related efforts like animal and rabies control.

My only concern is that the licensing body needs to be robust and funded well enough to not pass an unreasonable cost onto applicants... which I feel applies to pretty much any licensing system.

Two of my friends that ended up with rescues that were mostly pitbull had to go through a whole process with several visits and interviews and a follow up some time after the rescue was placed in their custody. That was the rescue agency though not a licensing body.

...and how many neighborhoods, insurance companies, etc have rules against pitbulls?

There is no way that the full picture of breed ownership is tainted by purposely reporting the breed as one that wouldn't cause the owner to pay more for insurance, get dropped by insurance, kicked out of their rental unit, etc?

Most of the dogs I know have significant amounts of pitbull in their blood. Their owners are not pitbull fanatics - they just rescued a dog from a service and found out it was 50+% pitbull. The one friend who has close to pure (90+%) pitbulls literally rescued them from the streets. Like found the dog with no tags and no chip somewhere near where they live, spent weeks advertising to find its owner, and decided to keep it when no owner surfaced.

Even if they were psychologically identical to every other dog

That's literally my point - they basically are. I won't argue that pitbulls are more capable of harming someone due to their physical characteristics. That's just physics.

Horses are also large, powerful animals and they cause at least a few deaths every year by trampling or kicking humans when provoked, spooked, startled, or whatever - I'm not really a horse person. Obviously, large powerful animals can absolutely cause more damage than lap-sized animals. That doesn't mean they are the equivalent of a monster from a horror movie that could rip someone to shreds at any moment with no provocation. Not does it mean that anyone who owns one is an irresponsible, naive threat to society.

If you are a responsible owner, the dog or horse isn't an unreasonable danger.

Sorry you feel personally attacked when someone says pitbulls are dangerous.

I don't feel personally attacked, but many other people feel personally attacked when someone questions their opinion on pitbulls. I just feel bad for the animals.

Ah yes, I see. You have made assertions that align with the typical narrative and stereotype around a breed of dogs, then demonstrated the assertion's validity by stating it is a belief held in your neighborhood.

I have completely changed my mind and will now ignore all of my own experiences and knowledge on the topic because a random person asserted a stereotype and stated that people believe and act on a stereotype. I guess that's it. Debate over.