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Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by mixmastamyk »

beenBoutIT wrote: post #198
wpm wrote: post #152

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Because cats hunts for fun and don’t even eat what they kill half the time. They’re just out murdering birds for sport.

Morality aside the uneaten dead birds never go to waste. If a raccoon, opossum, coyote or bird doesn't eat the carcass something else will and it all goes back into the mix. The only way it becomes an actual loss is when a human interferes by putting it in a plastic bag or throwing it out in the trash and dooming it to decompose in a landfill.

Bacteria bringing up the rear.

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Post by s5300 »

seabird wrote: post #175
s5300 wrote: post #13

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You’re correct on the vast majority of people aren’t violent and unreasonable part… but I very much think you’re missing a point. Yes, you could mostly always buy something like a part to make a gun fully automatic or a suppressor online. Anybody with the slightest technical skills could make the full auto parts with some metal stock & a dremel. But a lot of people aren’t thinking into it that much when they’re impul…

You can make any firearm with a pistol grip that has the charging handle fixed to the bolt carrier full-auto by tying a string to a charging handle, wrapping it around the grip and then the trigger. You could very easily figure this out by just sitting down and looking at the gun. I can't think of a single instance where somebody has done this in a mass shooting. The fact of the matter is that full-auto guns are nowh…

Yes I am very much aware of the shoelace machine gun per the ATF.

The shoelace machine gun is essentially non-useable for any real form of attack. It’s stupid & a straw man to bring up imo.

What you can order with overnight to two day delivery is quite a bit different in function than the shoelace machine gun. I think you are very much missing the bulk of the point here.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by s5300 »

seabird wrote: post #176
kayodelycaon wrote: post #81

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Having seen videos of a suppressed MP-5, they make a rapid clicking noise on full auto. It’s still loud by my estimation but it doesn’t sound like a gun.

What you're hearing is camera attenuation. They are still very loud, they just won't outright blow your ears out. It might not sound like a gun if you don't know what a suppressor sounds like, but you will still be able to hear it unless the noise of the environment is hearing-damaging loud. Just about the only things that are Hollywood-quiet are subsonic suppressed .22s and .45s, but the former is incredibly anemic…

You should be able to easily find on YouTube/Reddit or other parts of the internet- actual decibel testing.

For the CP33, with some of the higher quality suppressors, the action of the gun is actually louder than the fired munitions. I haven’t checked on things in a bit, but people were trying to work on the action to reduce noise created by it.

It’s essentially slightly louder than a handheld staple gun irl (there’s videos of this comparison on YouTube) - and I’ve saw somewhat reputably claimed, but not actually demonstrated - there are now some integral aftermarket barrels for the Ruger MKIV that are quieter than the CP33.

As you’ve stated though - these rounds definitely don’t have much power behind them and will do practically nothing to anything that isn’t human flesh like. They can quite literally bounce off of an obese person or get caught in a modest cold weather coat.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by OneLeggedCat »

sgtnoodle wrote: post #147
OneLeggedCat wrote: post #48

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I have a terrible pocket gopher problem. They absolutely have to be dealt with when they come out of hibernation this year. What's you're favorite trap for them?

After years of trouble, my wife finally found success with a GopherHawk.

That does indeed look very effective.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by popcube »

derefr wrote: post #148
matwood wrote: post #67

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We're fortunate enough to have an owl (I assume a pair) and a couple of hawk pairs in my neighborhood (I can see them in the nest). There are also snakes (I've had to coerce a 3' black racer off my porch). Rodents have never been an issue. The problem with denser city living is there isn't a lot of habitat for natural predators.

There's a natural predator in cities whose habitat is "your couch." But people say that allowing cats to be "outdoor cats" is a bad thing. (Cats do hunt a bunch of species that aren't going to try to enter your house, and may in fact be endangered. But then... so would owls, hawks, and snakes living in the same areas. My point isn't so much that having cats outdoors is good; but rather that we should apply the same s…

cats are not local species, except you live at their original region. cats are invade species, local animals do not evolve with them. cat can easy extinct most small animals in your region, local predators will not. please do not claim "they are same".

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by WalterBright »

dredmorbius wrote: post #153
acomjean wrote: post #83

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I’ve used the wooden and wire, and they do work. Setting the small ones I always get a little nervous about my fingers. I saw the rat size ones in the store and yikes..

There's a plastic snap-trap that's easier to set and less risk to your fingers. They're particularly useful for someone who's older and has muscular or nerve disabilities. Both the wood and plastic traps are effective in my experience.

I tried the easier to set plastic ones. They're easier to set because the spring is much weaker. The mice have lighting reflexes, and would pull away before the trap could close. Either that, or the spring wasn't strong enough to crush them, and they'd pull out and run away.

Whenever I'd check them, they had tripped, the bait was licked off clean, and there wasn't a mouse hair left.

I don't recall ever having the metal ones trip and not catch the mouse. Once all it caught was some long grey hairs, and I tot quap, dat's a wat. Got da bigger an' badder wat twap version, an' caught da wascally wat.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by dredmorbius »

WalterBright wrote: post #206
dredmorbius wrote: post #153

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There's a plastic snap-trap that's easier to set and less risk to your fingers. They're particularly useful for someone who's older and has muscular or nerve disabilities. Both the wood and plastic traps are effective in my experience.

I tried the easier to set plastic ones. They're easier to set because the spring is much weaker. The mice have lighting reflexes, and would pull away before the trap could close. Either that, or the spring wasn't strong enough to crush them, and they'd pull out and run away. Whenever I'd check them, they had tripped, the bait was licked off clean, and there wasn't a mouse hair left. I don't recall ever having the met…

For someone who really can't functionally set a wooden trap, the difference isn't of degree but is a 1-or-0 situation. There are different manufacturers, the Time's Up or Snap-E have performed well:

https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/times-up-plastic-mouse-trap/p...

https://www.grainger.com/product/SNAP-E-Plastic-Mouse-Trap-3...

The one weakness I've discovered (recently, as it happens) is that if the target is trapped in such a way that it survives and has freedom of movement to gnaw at the trap, it will chew the plastic shell off the bar, and other exposed plastic parts (much of the trip-lever in the case I have in mind).

I present my experience as an option. The wood-and-wire traps are less expensive and quite effective as well IME. They're harder to set, however.

I've seen bait thefts with both versions. One learns to be creative in how and where the bait is applied, and sets multiple traps for redundency. The trapper only has to be lucky once, the mouse, every time.

No experience with rats, fortunately.

A wat trap must be quite large:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat

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Post by nefitty »

SamoyedFurFluff wrote: post #197
sgtnoodle wrote: post #144

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If you genuinely thought they were driving dangerously, then isn't it better to report it than to not? It's not really your fault that Uber's internal culture is so toxic. On the other hand, your choice to use Uber supports them. On the third hand, traditional taxi services often deliver exceptionally worse service, so what is someone to do? Regarding the driver's livelihood, it seems to me like you should not worry…

The question is less is someone driving badly but more is someone driving so badly that I think they deserve to risk losing their livelihood.

But then why do star ratings, why not directly ask "Does this person deserve to continue working yes/no?"

It's not like I get to pick Uber drivers based on their ratings.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by heurisko »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #60
okeuro49 wrote: post #10

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> To me, helping others is the core of leftism People on the right wing also want to help others, but the method is different: helping people to help themselves. I think there are risks to both. People can become dependent on safety nets. People can also need more help than just "pull yourself up by your bootstraps". > I say beautiful because, to abstain from finding solutions, there has to be people who find this be…

I suspect it’s not the US relationship with guns, but the US relationship with violence . The national myth about the founding of the US is about using violence to solve problems. And Americans seem very quick to turn to violence when under any sort of perceived threat. I doubt getting rid of guns, even if you could find a way to do it, would solve the problem.

Other countries have violence too, but it's scaled down from military grade assault rifles, to fist-fights.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by WalterBright »

dredmorbius wrote: post #207
WalterBright wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried the easier to set plastic ones. They're easier to set because the spring is much weaker. The mice have lighting reflexes, and would pull away before the trap could close. Either that, or the spring wasn't strong enough to crush them, and they'd pull out and run away. Whenever I'd check them, they had tripped, the bait was licked off clean, and there wasn't a mouse hair left. I don't recall ever having the met…

For someone who really can't functionally set a wooden trap, the difference isn't of degree but is a 1-or-0 situation. There are different manufacturers, the Time's Up or Snap-E have performed well: https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/times-up-plastic-mouse-trap/p... https://www.grainger.com/product/SNAP-E-Plastic-Mouse-Trap-3... The one weakness I've discovered (recently, as it happens) is that if the target is trapped i…

https://www.amazon.com/Victor-M201-Rat-trap-Pack/dp/B01N6IM6...
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