People can’t figure risk any longer. It’s a big world! We can’t fault anyone for not understanding it.

Risk: .0001% chance a bad thing happens.

We’re not talking about your cousin’s sketchy moonshine here.

Are you afraid to get out of bed? Falling 2.5’ imparts more energy to your body than getting shot with a .45ACP bullet.

Seriously, how does one navigate the world calculating every bad thing that could occur? Scooping a speck of mold out of my jam doesn’t move the needle on my risk meter. I cannot live in a “zero risk” world.

Walked a 2-mile round trip to the store today, orders of magnitude more risky than flicking a bit of mold out my jam. And BTW, I have “emphysema light”, doctor’s words. I’m not exactly a tough guy.

How will you react when faced with real risk? I’ve saved my own life twice, arguably three times. Will you curl into a ball? “NOAWW! The jam might blind me!”

Having some science education, I choose not to live in fear.

I’m learning! Define “milt”. New one on me.

I could step out to check my mailbox and get smeared by an inattentive driver. In all seriousness, I’m more afraid of slipping in my shower and breaking my neck. Instant death or living out my life having a nurse dig shit out of my ass? (My niece did that for a living.) Not too worried about a little mold in my jam.

Some y’all’s “risk vs. reward” mechanisms are utterly broken. Can’t blame ya! We didn’t evolve to calculate risk in the modern world.

tl;dr: Take risks. Life is not worth living in fear, not worth calculating infinitesimal odds.

Yes! I might complain and return it, but it’s not the death hazard these comments make it out to be. :)

I’m most surprised an airport allowed that behavior!

Scoop it out and go on with your day. I’d only toss it if it tastes or smells funky, even a bit. Just tossed a jar of salsa after skimming spots of mold off the top for months, exactly as yours. Not because it was unsafe to eat, it just sucked as salsa and I felt it was getting more and more untrustworthy. Jam is going to be somewhat like honey, too much sugar for anything bad to get a deep hold.

Anyway, none y’all are going to survive another worldwide depression. “Er mer gerd! THROW IT!” Your great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents are laughing at you. I’ll be in the woods out back, eating live minnows and fighting the deer over acorns.

Never thought about that! Moral panics are always from those with a conservative mindset. Anyone know of a liberal panic? Conservatives would point to Trump Derangement Syndrome, but everything we said would happen is in fact happening.

Haven’t seen anyone address this yet, but surely the prosecution didn’t coach him to testify thusly. I mean, JFC, that testimony can only make their case look weak. And we have video proving the witness is lying!

Instead of trying to demonstrate harm, they should be leaning into “this was battery and the charge does not provide for a level of harm to have occurred”. (Don’t know if this is true in DC. Also, maybe assault is the same as battery in that jurisdiction?) If they really want to take the “harm” tack, have the pig go on about emotional distress, “It was humiliating and my fellow officers make fun of me every day. They call me ‘onions’.” 😿

Jurors are given strict instructions that they must judge the case as to whether the exact charge is valid according to the exact wording of the law, no feels. They really hammer that in even before you’re chosen.

I think the defendant loses if the jury is strict enough, but given that two grand juries refused to indict, I have a good feeling they let this guy slide.

I’m surprised the glue has held this long for such a cheapo product!

So, what’s the scope? I got a couple of cheapies off Amazon and eBay, thought my cheapness was the problem. Posted on lemmy asking about options and it seems no matter the price, the FOV is going to suck, even for the $50,000 military models.

Got some 9V-battery powered infrared strobes for cheap, to be used as trail markers. Super neat and super cheap! But I have to point directly at them to pick them up. All I want is a monocular I can walk around with.

Damned interesting! Where’s the Homer Simpson quote about old guys having all the cool names like Carol and Meredith and Lesley?

Well, it was assault. Hilarious assault is still assault. As the victim, I’d be too humiliated to press charges.

Nobody’s pushing the button on Trump’s command. Soviets tried to launch twice and commanders refused orders.

I think they had an out in the first place, but this one is even better.

I read Trump’s post as, “Since everybody else is doing it, I’m ordering tit-for-tat testing.” He thinks it’s the 80s and we’re behind on testing.

“…because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis…”

I just want to know where a stateless society exists ATM. Never mind how that’s to be achieved with ape psychology.

Shockingly, people really can’t tell when you’re tripping balls unless they get a good look at your pupils and make note. ⚫️_⚫️

I’ve been falling off the Earth and had perfectly normal conversations. A few times, “I’m sorry. I’m tripping my balls off here and not making sense.” 🫨 No one ever new. LMAO, I’ve talked to cops!

Solid tools to have in any case. I wouldn’t buy a kit as I already have all that from other projects.

Just now got the USB port covers! Have a crappy light on my little .22, lost the cover immediately. Put on of those on and have hiked for miles, banged in around, wiped it off during general cleaning several times, still perfectly stuck. Little finicky getting it seated, well worth it for the perfect seal. $.86/ea. on eBay.

I’m stomping around the backwoods of NW Florida, occasionally crawling under bushes, no issues. Pixels suck at getting wet though, never again.

How about we say unusually withdrawn? Anyway, visit a couple of thousand homes, you get a feel.

In 2002 or so they were! :)