tocopherol

I'd be happy with that actually, why would that be a problem? People shouldn't hide that sort of thing, be open about so it can be mocked and ridiculed.

People are like "ooh it's so complicated everything is complex, you can't sum up issues in one or two sentences." But I can't really argue with this, like shouldn't this be obvious to everyone? People are stressed, we can't afford to live, it seems like our world is going to die in a few decades, all directly tied to our socioeconomic paradigm of capitalism. Of course people are going to start freaking out.

People that critique capitalism tend to do it a lot because it drives a substantial portion of human activity right now. Capitalism is probably the primary driver of all violence in the US so it seems relevant. Under a socialist system, there could be lower levels of isolation and inequality, no incentive for gun companies to increase profits so they wouldn't market their guns to every person in America, etc. The defense industry is massive and tied directly to the issue of mass shooters. And when you say 'fix the household,' what does that mean other than dismantle capitalism?

I appreciate your perspective on this. What you describe is about more than just 'assholes don't get guns', although that is a crucial aspect. The way your family owns just 'a' gun, trained for a long while before shooting, respect for following gun laws. This is the opposite of the usual experience around guns in the US. We as a culture in the US are careless and wanton with guns in general from what I've seen.

I was shown how to use a gun when I was 6 years old, my parents were responsible though so it was only an air pistol, but heavy duty, not airsoft. We had a shotgun, 9mm pistol and a .22 rifle in the house never locked up, didn't even have a safe to lock them if my dad wanted to, and the shotgun was often stored loaded. When people here get together to shoot, it's not odd to hand a loaded gun to someone that has never been to a range or even seen one fired before. Plenty of people are much safer than this, but I would guess my experience is the more common from what I've seen.

From what I can tell, most gun safety training in the US is a single sentence: Always treat it like it's loaded, and keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

You think it looks trashy, I think it looks comfortable. It's not a dirty or greasy hoodie, just casual. I'd rather a lawmaker be comfortable and undistracted than worried about their appearance.

And also "this is all society's fault, I'm not bad, this is the right thing to do." It is really easy to go through all the shit described and NOT be a mass murderer, millions of people do it all the time.

And if you dare get together with other people that are forced onto the street and make a camp together somewhere isolated, the government tears it down and evicts you and destroys your things. Thank god for our freedom.

In the US it baffles us as well. Though most Americans do actually want universal healthcare, anytime it comes up as an issue in the national conversation there is such massive propaganda against it, articles talking about things like 'death panels', hypothetical committees under more socialized healthcare systems that will decide who lives and dies, or that you'd have to wait hours at the ER. Ridiculous things like that. It's seen as a 'left' issue, if you are on the right or conservative in the US you won't be as likely to support universal healthcare, which does align with one right-wing view of 'poor people should die more'.

I'm just laughing at the absurdity of someone calling poor people who can't afford their medical bills "fucking crooks" but that actually is a position I wouldn't surprised to see these days.

I understand the point you are trying to make, but I'm not sure what you are reading into? The question was "how do poor people in the states..." I am a poor person in the states, if I was to answer I would probably say they, maybe 'we' if I was feeling like sharing. And it's true, many medical bills throughout my childhood that we couldn't afford just went unpaid, with debt on my parents credit.

Am I the only one who frequently thinks of Tracy Morgan saying "It was all worth it to see them boobies" as the host of some weird reality horror show years ago when I see the word boobies?

I saw this post and was all "yeah, where the hell is the dish window!" But then reading your comment, all these points are pretty obvious and make total sense ahah.