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Post by Doug » Fri May 13, 2022 6:29 pm

pterrus wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 6:26 pm I have a theory that part of the problem is that the job is frequently filled with kind of person who wants to be a cop.
I don't think this is one kind of person
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Post by Khaos » Fri May 13, 2022 7:04 pm

yes. for example some people are naive

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Post by Doug » Fri May 13, 2022 7:17 pm

some people are two cops
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Post by Blissful » Sat May 14, 2022 2:41 am

Doug wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 7:17 pm some people are two cops
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Post by Yoss » Sat May 14, 2022 7:19 pm

Each person has two cops inside them. They are also wolves. They both hate black people.

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Re: POLITICS MOTHERFUCKER

Post by Rylinks » Sun May 15, 2022 11:15 pm

a texas law that allows users to sue social media companies if they are banned because of their views was allowed to go into effect by the fifth circuit

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Post by Ashenai » Sun May 15, 2022 11:17 pm

Rylinks wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:15 pm a texas law that allows users to sue social media companies if they are banned because of their views was allowed to go into effect by the fifth circuit
Isn't everyone already allowed to sue for any reason they like? What does this mean, exactly?

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Post by Rylinks » Sun May 15, 2022 11:25 pm

Ashenai wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:17 pm
Rylinks wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:15 pm a texas law that allows users to sue social media companies if they are banned because of their views was allowed to go into effect by the fifth circuit
Isn't everyone already allowed to sue for any reason they like? What does this mean, exactly?
no? your reason needs to be authorized by law
(a) A social media
platform may not censor a user, a user's expression, or a user's
ability to receive the expression of another person based on:
(1) the viewpoint of the user or another person;
(2) the viewpoint represented in the user's expression
or another person's expression; or
(3) a user's geographic location in this state or any
part of this state.
[...]
USER REMEDIES. (a) A user may bring an
action against a social media platform that violates this chapter
with respect to the user.
(b) If the user proves that the social media platform
violated this chapter with respect to the user, the user is entitled
to recover:
(1) declaratory relief under Chapter 37, including
costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees under Section
37.009; and
(2) injunctive relief.
(c) If a social media platform fails to promptly comply with
a court order in an action brought under this section, the court
shall hold the social media platform in contempt and shall use all
lawful measures to secure immediate compliance with the order,
including daily penalties sufficient to secure immediate
compliance.
e: the statutory damages section was about emails, and doesn't apply to social media companies

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Post by Ashenai » Sun May 15, 2022 11:44 pm

Interesting! What's a viewpoint? Can a statement of fact (the Earth is a flat disc, Barack Obama molested my daughter in 1954) be a viewpoint? Can an advertisement (we have the best prices, cheapviagra.com) be a viewpoint?

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Post by Rylinks » Sun May 15, 2022 11:55 pm

Ashenai wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:44 pm Interesting! What's a viewpoint? Can a statement of fact (the Earth is a flat disc, Barack Obama molested my daughter in 1954) be a viewpoint? Can an advertisement (we have the best prices, cheapviagra.com) be a viewpoint?
i'm not chasing down definition trains in texas law, but im guessing earth flat is a viewpoint, false allegations of crimes fall under an exception for unlawful expression, and the operator of cheapviagra.com is unlikely to be in texas and probably can be banned under non-viewpoint reasons such as being a robot

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Post by haplo » Mon May 16, 2022 12:05 am

this is why no one likes texas

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Post by Skeletor » Mon May 16, 2022 12:06 am

pterrus wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 10:10 pm
Crunchums wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 10:03 pm
pterrus wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 9:18 pm as a man, we need a be aware of how threatening we are to women.
is this really left-wing-crazy? i mean maybe it's left-wing-crazy if you're supposed to bend over backwards about it, but i think "women sometimes feel threatened by men" just seems true, you know?
I was thinking a lot about this. Like, suppose you are a woman committed to rationality. What percentage of men need to be monsters before assuming they are monsters by default is correct? I know this depends on your risk tolerance but it's still gotta be a pretty high percentage, right? You can probably model this. I wonder if Julia Galef has already covered this.
sometimes i think about some... infographic... i saw on reddit

i'm aware of how reliable that makes the rest of this post, but anyway it was about how, maybe it was for grip strength, and it was like, a 5th percentile man is stronger than 90% of women

so then i started imagining, what if every room i walk into at work, at the store, at the bar, is just entirely filled with people that look like arnold in his prime. any time i need to advocate for myself, its with an arnold, any time i come across someone acting unhinged they also happen to look like arnold, just a sea of arnolds everywhere i go

your friend's position was insane. but i don't think the percentage of arnolds who are monsters has to be very high at all to be like, i interact with a lot of arnolds, every one of them could destroy me without thinking, then i think it'd be reasonable to be like, imma act cautious around all these d00ds
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Ashenai » Mon May 16, 2022 12:09 am

I would love it if everyone was arnold. let's make it happen.

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Post by pterrus » Mon May 16, 2022 12:23 am

Yeah I think there's a bit of distance between "everyone here can beat me up if they wanted to" and "everyone here is monstrous".

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Post by Luna » Mon May 16, 2022 12:30 am

just a heads up but people are a lot like dogs in that big guys typically don't start / won't start shit because they don't have a lot to prove. who you guys want to be watching out for are the small guys, actually

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Post by Rylinks » Mon May 16, 2022 12:33 am

Luna wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 12:30 am just a heads up but people are a lot like dogs in that big guys typically don't start / won't start shit because they don't have a lot to prove
also they are much more likely to be arrested

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Post by Ashenai » Mon May 16, 2022 12:33 am

Luna wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 12:30 am who you guys want to be watching out for are the small guys, actually
especially the ones with big bushy beards who can't stop singing about digging a hole

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Post by haplo » Mon May 16, 2022 12:39 am

Luna wrote:just a heads up but people are a lot like dogs in that big guys typically don't start / won't start shit because they don't have a lot to prove. who you guys want to be watching out for are the small guys, actually
I'm more scared of 1 really big dog biting me than 20 small dogs biting me.

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Post by seathesee » Mon May 16, 2022 1:33 am

Rylinks wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:25 pm
Ashenai wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:17 pm
Isn't everyone already allowed to sue for any reason they like? What does this mean, exactly?
no? your reason needs to be authorized by law
False
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Post by Rylinks » Mon May 16, 2022 1:34 am

seathesee wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:33 am
Rylinks wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:25 pm
Ashenai wrote: Sun May 15, 2022 11:17 pm
Isn't everyone already allowed to sue for any reason they like? What does this mean, exactly?
no? your reason needs to be authorized by law
False
i thought about having a long and irrelevant digression about suits in equity but then i decided not to

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Post by seathesee » Mon May 16, 2022 1:36 am

well you can sue anyone for anything. whether your suit is successful is a whole other deal. the clerks office does not read your complaint when they take your filing fee.
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Post by Rylinks » Mon May 16, 2022 1:52 am

seathesee wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:36 am well you can sue anyone for anything. whether your suit is successful is a whole other deal. the clerks office does not read your complaint when they take your filing fee.
filing meritless lawsuits is an ethics violation :rts:

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Post by Doug » Mon May 16, 2022 3:04 pm

Is the NBA really going to play a game in the UAE?
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Post by Crunchums » Mon May 16, 2022 3:15 pm

a preseason game, apparently
u gotta skate

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Post by Doug » Mon May 16, 2022 5:37 pm

GOP Blamed for Buffalo Shooting By True Conservative Liz Cheney
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Post by seathesee » Mon May 16, 2022 8:18 pm

well that settles it.
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Post by seathesee » Mon May 16, 2022 8:19 pm

Rylinks wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:52 am
seathesee wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 1:36 am well you can sue anyone for anything. whether your suit is successful is a whole other deal. the clerks office does not read your complaint when they take your filing fee.
filing meritless lawsuits is an ethics violation :rts:
not for you!
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Post by Dantes » Tue May 17, 2022 1:42 pm

New York's Special Master has released new maps for New York's redistricting.

They're not the monstrosities that the legislature produced, and they're still pretty favorable to Democrats, but I am deeply enjoying the fact that several senior Democrats are now going to have to compete against each other to maintain their seats.
Pour like Hemingway's last call.

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Post by Dantes » Tue May 17, 2022 1:48 pm

Doug wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 7:17 pm some people are two cops
twin cop, you bigot.
Pour like Hemingway's last call.

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Post by Doug » Thu May 19, 2022 1:54 pm

I just saw the now-resigned ministry of truth czar referred to as "Lady Haw-Haw." What a reference
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