• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The world is a dangerous place, at least if you’re in the U.S.

    Horse. Shit. I ran with some serious low-lifes in my 20’s, including a mule for the Mexicans. I worked in South Chicago at all hours. I’ve been in gritty places you can’t fathom from behind your suburban keyboard. Rarely, rarely, felt I was in danger. And I did some stupid shit.

    the proliferation of personal firearms

    Yeah. Because that’s a new thing? I’ve hardly ever seen a gun, of any sort, outside appropriate places. Gun range, cop’s holster, etc. Never seen a weapon drawn in anger. And again, I put myself in wildly sketchy situations.

    Go outdoors and touch some grass or something. And get the fuck away from social and mass media.

    • Delphia@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I ran with a rough crowd too, I knew guys who had guns but nobody ever went and fetched them in anger, they were for serious business. if you just rolled around with heat you were asking for a jail term because you got pulled over for failure to indicate and a cop got nosey.

      Punches to the face tho, saw those alot.