“So, with that in mind, let’s set 30g as our limit for zero-injury acceleration.”

Yeah, it’s like we’re in a long term hawk-dove game and our side just seems to have called permanent dibs on “dove”. Maybe the answer isn’t that we need to get back to a mythical time of political civility, it’s that we need to actually finish them off. The Republican party has become the increasing frantic political…

“I guess with no college training I should be glad I make what I make but it would still be nice if after 15 years I was at least making a living wage.”

I’ve done some weird stuff on Ambien too, which is why I no longer take it. The primary side effect in my case seemed to be forgetting I took Ambien, not being asleep, and taking more. So yeah, not great. I had a friend who would frequently lock himself out of his room when on Ambien and get himself back in using a…

Given the bigger economic trends in this country like the ever-widening wealth gap and decreasing social mobility, it’s actually kind of nice to see that the son of a billionaire can buy his way into Harvard, take over his dad’s company while he’s in prison and still, through the sheer force of his own incompetence,…

Meh, I’ll start making distinctions between the different varieties of conservatives when they start actually acting in fundamentally different ways.

I’m confused - are you actually arguing that conservatives aren’t outspokenly offended by portrayals of characters in fiction that don’t conform to traditional gender norms? I don’t even know where to start, but a good place might be with Mike Pence’s hilarious criticisms of the film Mulan. You can Google from there.…

Lets start with getting rid of ICE - we already have CBP to enforce the border and plenty of local, state, and national law enforcement agencies to do apprehend people within our borders. The idea that we need some dedicated agency for rounding up “illegals” is absurd, and it’s bound to attract people who are drawn spe…

To be fair, if the “racist cults are bad” message strikes you as a controversial political statement you should probably rethink either your reaction to any game set in WWII or your current political views.

I just don’t understand Doug Jones’ thinking. He’s almost certainly not going to get reelected in 2020 unless the Republicans put up another pedophile. The only outside shot he has at reelection is if he stands out as a champion for the people who got him elected in the first place and fires them up to turn out. If he…

How many passengers are actually familiar with FAA guidelines? I think it’s safe to say that most of us rely on the flight crew to be aware of such things and abide by them. Even if the person had some reservations about what they were being told, they were probably both hesitant to argue with flight crew and trusted…

Refusing to obey the instructions of flight crew on United has worked out really well for people in the past. You’re right - lets blame the passengers. Not the company that violated their own policy.

Look -when you keep it in the fridge for a while it can get clumpy. I 100% buy this explanation. This reminds me of that time in high school when my mom found my oregano grinder.

I only have one question - is this tracking data anonymized?

I imagine a large part of the reason it didn’t work in Mexico is because they have a giant, irresponsible neighbor that’s more than happy to supply their drug cartels through the black market. The popularity of military calibers is easily explained by their availability and price - I see that as more of reason for a…

My favorite part of this interview was how Ari Melber seemed genuinely concerned by this guy’s mental state and was dishing out free legal advice.

Good point. Another issue is the types of rounds accessible to the civilian market that can’t be used by the military. The article mentions hollow-point ammunition, but frangible rounds are also frequently sold for target shooting since they reduce the risk of ricochets. Those are especially nasty.

I agree that there’s nothing magical about it - every bullet is basically just a physics problem with slightly different parameters. There’s something qualitatively different about what really fast bullets can do, but that’s generally the case for all rifle calibers.

Exactly - a 5.56mm bullet fired from an AR-15 is only half the diameter of a .45 caliber round fired from a large handgun. The difference is that it’s traveling over 3,000 ft/sec while the .45 is going around 800. It impacts with an energy of 1800 joules compared to roughly 500. Going that fast, it transfers a ton of…

God that’s the perfect metaphor. I need to remember that one - boomers love baseball.