So how are the midnight gun crimes going in your neck of the woods?

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Empty Sandwich: Apr 22, 2008; goatse mugs

# ? Jan 1, 2021 20:19

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 07:46

Clitch: Feb 26, 2002; I lived through
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Slumpy posted:

sounds like you're envious op

I own guns.

Shadow0 posted:

Hold on, do people actually shoot guns into the air on New Year's Eve or is this a joke that fireworks sound like gunfire?

Fireworks don't sound like *POPPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOP* three seconds of silence to swap mags *POPPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOP*

# ? Jan 1, 2021 20:43

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

I feel like the Venn diagram of pet owners that never clean up after their poorly trained animals is a 100% overlap with the ones that get upset about fireworks on nye and the 4th.

They�re the kind of person that adopts an animal and brings it home to the shared living situation without running it by anyone else because they think their pet is inherently a we problem and not a me problem.

If your dog freaks out at fireworks in a manner beyond their normal freaking out at people walking in front of a window because they�re poorly trained and largely don�t have their needs met, you can fairly readily get meds from your vet that are safe to use the two times a year this would be an issue, the vet you probably don�t go to because putting effort into your animal outside of getting mad at everyone else is too much to ask of you.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 00:43

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013

ArbitraryC posted:

I feel like the Venn diagram of pet owners that never clean up after their poorly trained animals is a 100% overlap with the ones that get upset about fireworks on nye and the 4th.

They’re the kind of person that adopts an animal and brings it home to the shared living situation without running it by anyone else because they think their pet is inherently a we problem and not a me problem.

If your dog freaks out at fireworks in a manner beyond their normal freaking out at people walking in front of a window because they’re poorly trained and largely don’t have their needs met, you can fairly readily get meds from your vet that are safe to use the two times a year this would be an issue, the vet you probably don’t go to because putting effort into your animal outside of getting mad at everyone else is too much to ask of you.

... No.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 00:48

Fluffy Bunnies: Jan 10, 2009

ArbitraryC posted:

I feel like the Venn diagram of pet owners that never clean up after their poorly trained animals is a 100% overlap with the ones that get upset about fireworks on nye and the 4th.

They�re the kind of person that adopts an animal and brings it home to the shared living situation without running it by anyone else because they think their pet is inherently a we problem and not a me problem.

If you're seething screaming about it, maybe? I just sigh after 9 hours of explosions terrifying my incredibly geriatric great dane, who sits trembling beside me and is absolutely not vet okayed to get the medication you talk about down here vvv

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If your dog freaks out at fireworks in a manner beyond their normal freaking out at people walking in front of a window because they�re poorly trained and largely don�t have their needs met, you can fairly readily get meds from your vet that are safe to use the two times a year this would be an issue, the vet you probably don�t go to because putting effort into your animal outside of getting mad at everyone else is too much to ask of you.

this sounds really specific. who hurt you

# ? Jan 2, 2021 00:51

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

this sounds really specific. who hurt you

Pet owners everywhere. Spent too many years working in a vet hospital and volunteering in shelters, most people shouldn�t have animals they suck at taking care of them.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 00:56

Dr. Gojo Shioji: Apr 22, 2004

Sunswipe posted:

Wouldn't it be cheaper to use blanks if you're literally just firing wildly into the air to make noise?

With massive ammo shortages right now, the manufacturing capacity for blanks has probably been moved over to real ammo. And you have to also buy a blank-firing adapter and install it to actually use them.

Although that said, it boggles the mind how anyone would be magdumping with ammo being so astoundingly expensive right now.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 01:09

OMFG FURRY: Jul 10, 2006; [snarky comment]

Dr. Gojo Shioji posted:

With massive ammo shortages right now, the manufacturing capacity for blanks has probably been moved over to real ammo. And you have to also buy a blank-firing adapter and install it to actually use them.

Although that said, it boggles the mind how anyone would be magdumping with ammo being so astoundingly expensive right now.

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# ? Jan 2, 2021 01:12

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

I�m sure this has been answered on a YouTube channel before but are falling bullets really that dangerous? People with a very rudimentary physics analysis might come to the conclusion of parabolic arcs, which is to say an object will have roughly the same speed when it hits the ground as when it left it, but that ignores cases when what was launched is going faster than it�s terminal velocity. Because the bullet has to come to a brief but complete stop if it�s fired vertically before heading back down, the fastest it should be going when it lands is whatever speed balances the force of gravity vs wind residence.

Considering individual bullets are fairy light, I wonder how much damage it�d really cause. Iirc myth busters did an episode of flinging coins off tall buildings and the verdict was it�d hurt obviously but not really wound you outside of incredibly fluke scenarios.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 01:29

Stingwing: Mar 26, 2010; Thank you Mr President for Making America Great Again! USA #1! I shouldn't have to understand other cultures, I'm a god damn American hero.

ArbitraryC posted:

I feel like the Venn diagram of pet owners that never clean up after their poorly trained animals is a 100% overlap with the ones that get upset about fireworks on nye and the 4th.

They�re the kind of person that adopts an animal and brings it home to the shared living situation without running it by anyone else because they think their pet is inherently a we problem and not a me problem.

If your dog freaks out at fireworks in a manner beyond their normal freaking out at people walking in front of a window because they�re poorly trained and largely don�t have their needs met, you can fairly readily get meds from your vet that are safe to use the two times a year this would be an issue, the vet you probably don�t go to because putting effort into your animal outside of getting mad at everyone else is too much to ask of you.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 01:30

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

ArbitraryC posted:

I�m sure this has been answered on a YouTube channel before but are falling bullets really that dangerous? People with a very rudimentary physics analysis might come to the conclusion of parabolic arcs, which is to say an object will have roughly the same speed when it hits the ground as when it left it, but that ignores cases when what was launched is going faster than it�s terminal velocity. Because the bullet has to come to a brief but complete stop if it�s fired vertically before heading back down, the fastest it should be going when it lands is whatever speed balances the force of gravity vs wind residence.

Considering individual bullets are fairy light, I wonder how much damage it�d really cause. Iirc myth busters did an episode of flinging coins off tall buildings and the verdict was it�d hurt obviously but not really wound you outside of incredibly fluke scenarios.

that was a lot of words to ask a 15 second google search that would immediately tell you that yes people are not infrequently killed by falling bullets

# ? Jan 2, 2021 04:10

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Klyith posted:

that was a lot of words to ask a 15 second google search that would immediately tell you that yes people are not infrequently killed by falling bullets

Hey the whole fun of it is thinking it through before you consult google but I did google after posting and found that yeah it p much doesn't happen when people shoot mostly up. If they shoot too far sideways though it does happen, which is fair, because at that point you're just shooting at people and correcting for distance.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 04:19

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

We're talking high school dance rules here, keep it above 45 degrees.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 04:21

ncumbered_by_idgits: Sep 20, 2008

Well actually... once the bullet achieves its apex and begins its downward trajectory, you�re no longer legally responsible for what it hits. It�s in the constitution.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 05:28

Buttchocks: Oct 21, 2020; No, I like my hat, thanks.

ArbitraryC posted:

We're talking high school dance rules here, keep it above 45 degrees.

Fahrenheit or Celsius?

# ? Jan 2, 2021 05:49

CPL593H: Oct 28, 2009; I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

Is this some southern poo poo because I've never heard of people firing guns into the air to celebrate NYE. I'm not at all shocked I just didn't know it was a common thing.

# ? Jan 2, 2021 08:49