ArcaneSlime

Tbf, this paints the picture that the issue isn't "the guns." If we also have more knife attacks, "guns" can't be "the reason" Americans are more violent than their oft compared counterparts. I'd wager it's something in the absolutely well known cocktail of economic disparity, general hopelessness, social isolation, instability abound, the pollution from chemical plants that led to our past serial killer problem (no really), and all the other factors that we know can contribute to more violence in a region.

It's also more helpful to compare a country to itself, it's possible factors other than "guns" can be the real reason. For instance, Japan may be less violent because they don't have guns, or they may be less violent because they're quietly an authoritarian police state that has police in your district inspect your house once a year "just in case" and they can hold you indefinitely if you're simply suspected and can force confessions leading to a suspiciously high conviction rate (spoiler: false convictions). Without being able to force people to confess to crimes they didn't do (legally, it does happen but it isn't allowed), who knows how that'd work here.

So with that in mind, comparing America now to America then, violent crime in the US has dropped steadily since 1993; and gun ownership has only gone up in that same time, in 2004 our "assault weapons ban" expired and violent crime is still falling, despite public perceptions fueled by 24/7 news media and their "if it bleeds it leads" scaremongering for ad revenue, of course.

That's not being neurotypical. That's just having poor communication skills.

I won't even bother replying to him, that's what I'd have said, thank you.

Based on the actual women in my life, "blame partner for own communication failures" is the divergence rather than the norm.

YMMV. In mine it's about a 50/50 split, probably edging on the "blame others" side. I do also know guys that expect you to read their minds too though, mostly middle managers, and plenty men and women who can't take responsibility for any of their faults/actions (which is in essence the same issue, just broadened), it's not really a gendered issue, it seems like there's a general accountability problem these days.

Nope.

That's what "nope" means? I thought it just meant "nope."

I figure something like "No I just want to cuddle with you and have a nice chat" would be a more descriptive way to say "nope," maybe we should look into that.

If "she wants to talk to me" then she should use more than one word.

Then she should tell me that, ironically, because I'm neurodivergent and can't read my own mind sometimes, let alone hers.

I don't want an attack dog, I'll protect the cats just fine.

The cats won't run down range and get in my way.

I have to be in, but I'm not gonna take the time to find out.

Just in case,

HEY TESSERACT GUY:

YOU A WHOLE ASS BITCH FR

Good.

That's legal, fuck you. It's my data, and I want it (gone) now!

That isn't a hallucination, that's Scribbles! He's chill.

Idk, I don't use any of them, but I've definitely heard people say facebook is for the olds. I thought the kids had all moved to TikTok tbh.

Good to know.

Second question,

Which one is more likely to spend demographic money to try to court younger white men from a low to middle income bracket?

Are young people still on Facebook? I thought it was just "for boomers" now.

I may be wrong (I left the algorithmic social medias when they abandoned linear timelines [kept reddit until about a year before the exodus, since only fedi]) but:

Is that not because that is the content you interact with (argumentatively, likely, but still) or hover over longer with their eye movement sensors, or all the other ways they track you, and so they think "ahh he 'likes' (hate engages with) this content so send more!" in a loop to keep you engaged and keep making money for them through advertisements?

Like, if you ignored that shit (and iirc there's often a way to "reset" your algorithm in some settings, after all, they want the data they sell to be accurate, it's more valuable to sell...) and started only liking/lingering on family shit and cats (how can you ignore the kitties after all), they'd send primarily that, yes?

I could be wrong about that, this is my understanding as an outsider, but I'm curious. At the end of the day I'll forever advocate for the end of such algorithmic practices entirely long term, and the end of one's individual involvement with it in the present moment: "Bruh get off that shit it is rotting your brain. Like actually, by design, and it wants to keep you locked in. Don't look at the Basilisk."