Mass Shooting - Dayton Ohio

[Adrift]

Maybe we're brothers! (but, note, that would mean you are Rogue's brother, too! )

Yeah, that parenthetical might be a deal breaker.

[Adrift]

You mean nerds.

Gotta admit, sounds like fun though.

I'd be interested in seeing how seriously the SCA takes the historical stuff.

[Sparko]

hmm so would you suggest it or not?

Not. I am betting there won't be a season 2.

The last couple of episodes were not as bad as the others. But still not great. It stars Katie Sackhoff, and I usually like her in shows, but this one was just written poorly and the characters were like highschoolers in space. They were supposed to be astronauts, but they acted like bored teens. One was always on her tablet, another was always complaining about everything, and so on.

[Roy]

Incidentally, since you're against poor arguments being used, you shouldn't say that guns were more prevalent fifty years ago. They weren't. Fifty years ago there were less privately-owned guns than people in the USA. Now there are more privately-owned guns than people.

There literally isn't data to support that - and cannot be - which is why we rely on experience.

There no direct data to support that, but that doesn't mean it's unsupported. For example, the FBI reports 320 million firearms background checks from 1998 to 2019. While that doesn't mean that that number of guns were purchased - some checks will lead to a refusal, some checks will be for people who do not actually purchase anything, and (in the other direction) some people will purchase multiple guns if they pass the check - it does give an indication of the scale of gun purchases. There's also the global small arms survey which uses several techniques to estimate the number of privately-owned guns in the US, and concludes that there are now 20% more guns than people. Their previous reports indicate the opposite.

Also, you are conflating data with argument.

I don't think I am.

[Roy]

I started rooting for the cats in the first 15 minutes of An American Tale.

"There are no cats in America".

[rogue06]

I started rooting for the cats...

Color me surprised

[rogue06]

Yeah, that parenthetical might be a deal breaker.

My awesomeness is a bit too much for some folks to handle. It really is a burden being this cool.

And then being my brother you'd always be compared to me and the resulting depression for those in that position can be a bit overwhelming as well.

[rogue06]

Gotta admit, sounds like fun though.

I'd be interested in seeing how seriously the SCA takes the historical stuff.

The combat is viewed seriously but just about everything else is pretty much through rose-colored glasses.

[Teallaura]

Gotta admit, sounds like fun though.

I'd be interested in seeing how seriously the SCA takes the historical stuff.

Depends on the group - some are really into getting everything right - most are a mix of getting it right, getting it to look right and who care's, let's have fun.

[Teallaura]

Color me surprised

Admit it - Fivel is the most 'survives despite rationality' character in existence. Nothing kills him, no matter how ridiculous the odds.

[Teallaura]

The combat is viewed seriously but just about everything else is pretty much through rose-colored glasses.

You have never been at an A&S competition! Wanna spend a month documenting the use of the color red in medieval France - make a project for A&S!

[rogue06]

You have never been at an A&S competition! Wanna spend a month documenting the use of the color red in medieval France - make a project for A&S!

Let me know when they serve near rancid food to the lice infested participants.

[rogue06]

Admit it - Fivel is the most 'survives despite rationality' character in existence. Nothing kills him, no matter how ridiculous the odds.

Hold my beer.

[Teallaura]

Let me know when they serve near rancid food to the lice infested participants.

Been there!

Truth is, people didn't actually do that unless they were near starvation - minus a famine, food wasn't allowed to spoil before being eaten.

Now, some of it would need a week in water to get all the salt out, but it wasn't rancid.

And they did bathe - just not every day.





I once went to an event on the opposite side of a mountain from a plague warning. The forestry guys that came to warn us had a blast.

[Teallaura]

Hold my beer.

Not a chance!