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Kangdaconqurer t1_jeguhd4 wrote

Reply to A question for those who’ve been to a mental healthcare unit: What are things that staff did/said that you didn’t like? (Serious) by sisterfister69hitler

That it’s my family’s fault and I’m a helpless victim who can’t be trusted. Like seriously, I can accept responsibility and you need to leave them out of this, you don’t know them and you definitely don’t know my life or how much they love and care for me just because you read a book and think you can shove everyone in the same box.

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__Piggy___Smalls__ t1_jeguh22 wrote

Reply to What’s your best Subway sandwich combinations? by LadiesEatFart1

Personally it's either

Herb and cheese bread with chicken and bacon melt with shredded mozzarella and cheddar toasted and with lettuce, tomato, red onion, spinach, jalapenos, sweetcorn with lots of Caesar sauce

Or

Herb and cheese bread chicken tikka with shredded mozzarella and cheddar toasted and with lettuce, tomato, red onion, spinach, jalapenos, sweetcorn, peppers and gherkins with lots of southwest sauce

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Kahzootoh t1_jegugdz wrote

Reply to comment by csamsh in We’re Washington Post journalists who spent the past months investigating how the AR-15 became a symbol of the gun control debate, political identity and mass shootings. Ask us anything. by washingtonpost

The vast majority of homicides are either situations where the victim and perpetrator know each other OR it's relatively small scale. Random murders are uncommon, and it's rare to see someone who commits a lot of random murders.

Mass shootings get attention because they are both seemingly random and they are often mass casualty events. The methods of many perpetrators of mass shootings often resemble terrorism more than what we would consider crime- lots of victims, no intent to escape, motives that are often irrational.

If the perperators of mass shootings were using pistols or other weapons- that would be the focus of legislation. When Columbine happened and other shootings of the 90s took place involving the TEC-9, the pistol was banned by several states (California banned it both by name, and by it's various features). Same deal with the Hi-Point Carbine, which was also used in Columbine- California, Connecticut and New York have all restricted the sale of the weapon at various times.

The AR-15 is what many high profile mass shooters are using, so it is the focus of the legislation. Unlike in the 90s where restrictive legislation passed in many states, it seems like the failure to pass legislation to restrict the AR-15 has caused a loop where more people buy them and then odds of a mass shooter using an AR-15 instead of something else are higher.

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More-Grocery-1858 t1_jegug9t wrote

Reply to Can gravitation lensing massively shift the apparent location of stars? by IPv6Guy

What bakes my noodle is the thought that "true location" is a bit of a Newtonian concept. When you factor in the warping of spacetime, the whole universe is a little wibbly wobbly.

It's easy to think of stars and galaxies like they're all in a fishbowl and you're watching them from the outside, but that's not how we experience the universe.

In other words, the 'where' of where something is all depends on how you plan to get there.

From the point of view of the light beam hitting your eye, the star is exactly where it appears to be. From the point of view of traveling there slower than light, your path and the star's position would only converge sometime in the future.

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lions239 OP t1_jegug40 wrote

Reply to comment by Longjumping-Nature70 in I'm 23yo kicking of my financial journey, any advice? by lions239

Thanks for the insight, I really appreciate it.

I paid off my private student loans (they were like 8%), and now the federal ones I have left.. I think they're around 4%?

I think for the short term, I will open a savings account with Ally until I open the Roth IRA.

Many suggest to go to Vanguard for a Roth IRA, what are your thoughts on where I should start with that? Is there a best time to open one? Do I contribute money all at once and max out or periodically put money in? How do you choose which fund to put it in?

I appreciate the advice on the stocks, hopefully I can get to the point of deciding what to do with them if I stay long enough for all of it to vest!

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