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[Graknorke]

Yeah the USA is fucked in terms of ever possibly instituting sensible gun control, since guns are already everywhere and the government is too whipped by the NRA to do anything about those pre-existing.

[WillowLuman]

The thing about the USA is that we're the source of said illegal guns. Without actually actively reducing the number of the things (cue TEH GUVMINT IS OF THE 1984! people) the saturation is a problem (though it's not like they'll be imported from Mexico, like some claim.)

I just wish the NRA hadn't gone from "be a responsible gun owner!" to "abolish background checks!"

[Tawa]

And Tawarochir did cry.

[Orange Wizard]

And Tawarochir did cry.

ARSE

[i2amroy]

Sorry, small rewording to clarify exactly what I meant. When I say "everyone has guns", what I really mean is "everyone who hasn't committed a horrible crime, isn't listed as mentally unstable, and who passes the basic safety test has guns".

I just wish the NRA hadn't gone from "be a responsible gun owner!" to "abolish background checks!"

Yeah, I think that background checks are definitely a good thing to have, especially with things like NICS allowing for computerized nigh-instant checks of the important things.

[WillowLuman]

Roommate sprained his ankle. Fortunately we have some crutches around, but this leaves just one healthy person in the household.

[Omeganaut]

If we give everyone guns, it's just going to end up becoming the old west all over again. There are a lot of people in this country that don't deserve guns and can't get them. If we give them guns, they're going to abuse them.

The problem is, the crazy people WILL get the guns if they want hard enough, if not by legal means then by illegal ones. Of course, restrictions will make it harder for J. Random Nutty-Student to go shoot up his classroom, but the same thing could be said for the opposite policy.

It seems to me that the US gun laws are in a kinda inverse 'golden mean', where you get problems of both extremes but benefits of neither. But I'unno.

The thing is, most gun-related injuries and deaths are accidents and suicides.  By removing guns from the general public, we make it harder for crazies to acquire guns for suicidal ramapges and making it harder for those without dreams of vengeance to do permanent harm to themselves.  Furthermore, if you look at the rate of violent crime and murders in countries with strict gun laws its 10 times less than countries like the U.S., even accounting for population.  If you are so scared of your government that you feel you need a gun to protect yourself, maybe you need to move to a different county.

[flabort]

And Tawarochir did cry.

ARSE

Welp, there goes my...
entire...
damn...

!!SHIT!!, that's cruel. Now I'll have to go find the books again.

[Tawa]

I had to drop Eastley Williams the Dire Desperado because of that. Thank Bahamut I copypasta'd the Dragonfire Adept thing into a word processor in time.

[Orange Wizard]

WotC was technically in the right to shut the site down. They want people to buy their books to get the content... but do they have to make it so sodding awkward to just check something on the computer? They could have the archives online! I would pay to use those if they were formatted reasonably well.
Selling hardcover books for twenty billion dollars each is fine. I like having my dusty tomes of knowledge. But I also like having convenient access to the information contained therein. It's a really bad idea to keep denying access to that.

[i2amroy]

WotC was technically in the right to shut the site down. They want people to buy their books to get the content... but do they have to make it so sodding awkward to just check something on the computer? They could have the archives online! I would pay to use those if they were formatted reasonably well.
Selling hardcover books for twenty billion dollars each is fine. I like having my dusty tomes of knowledge. But I also like having convenient access to the information contained therein. It's a really bad idea to keep denying access to that.

Technically the problem comes down to the fact that they are legally required to defend their copyrights if the boundaries are pushed too much in any given location. If they don't do so then it's legally the same as them saying "we relinquish our rights to X", and anyone can have a field day with it. Most likely it was just that the legal company hired by them finally got around to noticing what was happening, and at that point were required to send a C&D letter by law or forfeit the copyrights. I'd probably bet that the people who actually work at WotC don't even know that this happened, most things like this stay pretty much within the walls of whatever lawyer firm was hired to defend them.

[Graknorke]

If they don't do so then it's legally the same as them saying "we relinquish our rights to X", and anyone can have a field day with it.

Imagine if that applied to personal property. Or just on a personal scale in general.
"You didn't stop them keying your car? Well then you must have decided to allow it."

[WillowLuman]

Trust me, 'tis better to turn something in than nothing.

[i2amroy]

Trust me, 'tis better to turn something in than nothing.

Well, that depends on the professor. Most of my professors are of the "turning in late work doesn't give you any points, since I don't accept late work, and just makes me annoyed because now I have more papers to deal with", so if you miss an assignment it's actually better to not turn anything in (thus avoiding pissing them off) then to turn it in late. Not that you shouldn't do it if you need the practice/study time of course, even if you don't turn it in.

[Tiruin]

I have an odd feeling that I shouldn't be so happy, but I somehow am

Remember this?
Turns out I got too confident, and I had actually missed a bunch of math homework because of y forgetfulness.
Yay.
Now my mom's angry at me.

Part of me says that I shouldn't let it get to me, just do hand the work in.
Another part tells me I have failed everything and turning in the work will help but I'll just fall in the same vices again.

The orange part should take precedence in your decision. The latter part is destructive.

Also learn from the confidence--its not wrong to feel happy, or at all to attribute such an idea to the end result that you see here. Mark up and organize what details need to be done (ie Important & Urgent).

Trust me, 'tis better to turn something in than nothing.

I am turning them in, of course. Just that I feel I'll just fail again and again.

I'd be linking this for posterity. Specifically #9
Check it! And...pretty much consider the reason behind the results you're seeing instead of dwelling on the results too much.