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Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by big_chungus »

klyrs wrote: post #129
Rebelgecko wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some jurisdictions consider potato guns to be firearms. California law enforcement has said in the past that non-pneumatic potato guns with bores wider than 0.6 inches are "destructive devices" (possession is a felony). I don't know if that definition has been tested in court, but I wouldn't want to be the test case. In Oregon they're considered firearms (even pneumatic ones). Can't possess them if you're a felon and…

There's two kinds of potato gun. [1]'s a toy, [2]'s a destructive device, and I believe that GP was referring to [1]. [1] https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/602483/files/527908/768... [2] http://potatogunwarrior.tripod.com/revxunfolded.jpg

So I've worked on and shot the "destructive" version; they're not as fearsome as you'd think. The potato seldom escapes the barrel in a single fragment (unless you do a lot of tuning), and if it does, you're probably not hitting with enough force to seriously wound. That's a pretty ridiculous law, and I will probably use it in the future as an example of "nanny state gone mad", so thank you. If you ask me, this is just another case of the weapon looking "tactical".

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by Rebelgecko »

klyrs wrote: post #129
Rebelgecko wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some jurisdictions consider potato guns to be firearms. California law enforcement has said in the past that non-pneumatic potato guns with bores wider than 0.6 inches are "destructive devices" (possession is a felony). I don't know if that definition has been tested in court, but I wouldn't want to be the test case. In Oregon they're considered firearms (even pneumatic ones). Can't possess them if you're a felon and…

There's two kinds of potato gun. [1]'s a toy, [2]'s a destructive device, and I believe that GP was referring to [1]. [1] https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/602483/files/527908/768... [2] http://potatogunwarrior.tripod.com/revxunfolded.jpg

[2] is clearly someone's overbuilt tacti-cool potato gun. The overwrought bipod doesn't really matter: A single piece of PVC pipe with a cap on one end (or even just a film canister) and some dry ice is equally felonious

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

#133

Post by thrower123 »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #102
pushpop wrote: post #85

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Indeed. But nobody is advocating a ban of water pistols, potato guns or other toys. Just the stuff that are actually lethal weapons.

Some jurisdictions consider potato guns to be firearms. California law enforcement has said in the past that non-pneumatic potato guns with bores wider than 0.6 inches are "destructive devices" (possession is a felony). I don't know if that definition has been tested in court, but I wouldn't want to be the test case. In Oregon they're considered firearms (even pneumatic ones). Can't possess them if you're a felon and…

What's in the water in Oregon that makes them like this?

It looks like a beautiful place, and there's got to be a lot more to it than just Portland - I mean there's the entire eastern half of the state...

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by perl4ever »

journalctl wrote: post #78
geddy wrote: post #34

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Yeah let's pretend guns don't exist. Knives exist too, those are weapons, better ban them. You could throw apples at someone for long enough and probably hurt them a good bit, better ban them too. The sterilized world you want to live in is not necessarily the one that everyone else wants to live in.

I don’t know, the rest of the developed world doesn’t want to live with gun violence, and they... don’t. Your argument is absurd, though, because most knives and apples aren’t designed to kill people, and serve other purposes. You can prevent access to one thing (like pipe bombs) without preventing access to other things (like knives). As always, intent and purpose matter, and it’s not all-or-nothing.

"the rest of the developed world"

This phrase is commonly used as though it were most of the global population or economy or something.

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by Braggadocious »

coldtea wrote: post #109
deftturtle wrote: post #31

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It’s a shame they don’t allow female nipples but allow male nipples. Clear cut sexism, and is there no way to sue them?

It's puritanism (they should allow both), but it's not sexism. Just because one of the sexes is treated differently in some way doesn't make something necessarily sexism. It's just that female nipples are considered sensual while men nipples aren't. That's because female nipples are indeed sensual (and play a special role in reproduction and human sexual selection) whereas male nipples not so much. (Sure, some men li…

It's not puritanism. They're trying to get younger and younger audiences hooked on facebook and instagram without their parents worrying too much about unknown forces corrupting their kids.

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by pushpop »

Accujack wrote: post #96
pushpop wrote: post #85

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Indeed. But nobody is advocating a ban of water pistols, potato guns or other toys. Just the stuff that are actually lethal weapons.

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

Anything is a weapon if you use it like one. However some things are actually designed to be weapons. It’s insane that people make the kind of argument you make because clearly there is a different between something that isn’t designed to be a weapon and misused; and something that is designed to kill people. The entire rest of the world has acknowledged that fact yet you’re still trying to conflate the two.

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by [deleted] »

klyrs wrote: post #129
Rebelgecko wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some jurisdictions consider potato guns to be firearms. California law enforcement has said in the past that non-pneumatic potato guns with bores wider than 0.6 inches are "destructive devices" (possession is a felony). I don't know if that definition has been tested in court, but I wouldn't want to be the test case. In Oregon they're considered firearms (even pneumatic ones). Can't possess them if you're a felon and…

There's two kinds of potato gun. [1]'s a toy, [2]'s a destructive device, and I believe that GP was referring to [1]. [1] https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/602483/files/527908/768... [2] http://potatogunwarrior.tripod.com/revxunfolded.jpg

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Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by pushpop »

CompanionCuuube wrote: post #117
pushpop wrote: post #85

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Indeed. But nobody is advocating a ban of water pistols, potato guns or other toys. Just the stuff that are actually lethal weapons.

You might not think that a skirt is a lethal weapon, but there's an entire family of martial arts that trains to use it as such.

You could kill someone by drowning them in water but that doesn’t mean water should be illegal either. The distinction being that water and skirts are not weapons. They serve a very practical purpose. Guns serve no purpose other than to shoot things.

How many times do you hear about school “skirtings” where a disgruntled teenager kills a dozen peers with his skirt?

I’m honestly flabbergasted that intelligent people would make such obviously stupid comments as you’ve made to support something that clearly shouldn’t be as widely acceptable as it currently is.

Next you’ll be defending nukes saying everyone should have them because “anything is dangerous in the wrong hands”. The line has to be drawn somewhere and the obvious place to draw that is “stuff that’s purpose is to kill people” should be on the wrong side of that line. Whichever way you decide to perform your logic gymnastics, guns still fall into the category of “this really shouldn’t be as accessible as a skirt”.

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

#139

Post by pushpop »

mieseratte wrote: post #99
pushpop wrote: post #67

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It’s not just Europe though. For example Australia has similar sensibilities too. Maybe a more accurate description might be: countries predominantly atheist verses countries which are not. Regardless of you want to define it, a female nipple is still no more offensive than a male one.

> Regardless of you want to define it, a female nipple is still no more offensive than a male one. That's your subjective opinion.

Maybe; but it’s an educated one. People who see a distinction are operating on outdated and sexist sensibilities rather than tackling the anatomical differences behind the distinction.

What if the girl is masculine and is flat chested and has short hair, is that then ok? Or what if a man has gynecomastia, should his nipples then be covered?

Literally the only reasons people make a distinction is because they’re taught it’s different; but it isn’t.

Re: ‘Sexual’ use of eggplant and peach emojis banned on Facebook, Instagram

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Post by pushpop »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #103
mieseratte wrote: post #99

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> Regardless of you want to define it, a female nipple is still no more offensive than a male one. That's your subjective opinion.

Aren’t they pretty much the same thing? It’s just the bodies they are attached to are different. I suppose anybody could theoretically be offended by anything.

I find it crazy that we, as a society, campaign for equality in one breath then invent completely fictional biological differences in the next.
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