WamGams

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[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a feeling they won't be.

Legalization of Marijuana has largely meant weed has gone from very few studies showing it to be a miracle drug to not an abundance of work much more measured, showing the harms to daily smokers.

Marijuana users were pushed onto oil pens because we were told it was healthier than flower. Now we are being told it may have been leaching metal into our lungs.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just keeping showing this to the entire "refuse to leave movement" every time they show up to explain why they are refusing to leave.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Tofu is 15% more expensive than it was a month ago.

We need answers now.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago

It is quite strange to me that the only time I receive responses to 10 month old comments, whether on here or reddit, it's only regarding pitt bulls.

Must be a slow day on r/pitbullhate's private discord.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Hard to believe how many of us there actually are, yet social media has conditioned us into believing a website is dead unless it has 50 million daily visitors.

We certainly aren't hurting for content (well, yes, we are, but the archive is being built as we speak.)

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, people who advocate for the extermimation of all bully breeds are not claiming that pitbulls account for 99% of all attacks.

So right out of the gate you have decided to make the point you are "debating" more extreme than the most extreme right wing nutcases already part of the conversation.

Better luck rage baiting somebody else. Maybe start out reasonable and then ramp up the insanity slowly instead of coming out of the gate so hot next time.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The numbers I have seen state that about 60% of Americans support Israel, with 25% unsure which side they support in the conflict.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's up to you.

What other subjects do you accept almost 20 year old data on? Do you go back 50 years? What is the cut off for you in all subjects, or is pit bulls the only subject you don't have a standard for?

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Your data was true 13-15 years ago, doesn't mean it is true today.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Again, there is no database of dog genetics that police maintain in the US, unless it was created after 2021.

Meaning all the stats you have are based solely on media reports of dog attacks and not actual dog attacks.

You can also contact the people compiling the lists. If they respond, they will admit that they do not track the rate of attacks committed by German Shepherds in the line of duty.

We also know that Cane Corso's probably attack a few people per year, yet almost every list excludes them... Because they are counted towards pit bulls.

If you can provide an actual scientifically validated list, I am happy to see it. Otherwise your numbers are fiction and you know it.

[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The world's first ever police DNA program started in the UK in 2021, and it was created for dog thefts, not dog attacks.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57578701

And seeing that there is no national database of all precinct's police reports, you will have to go to your police department and see for yourself that they are not even cataloguing the breeds per attack.

As for your comment that there are 5 dogs that fall under the umbrella term of pit bull, that actually helps my original point that these lists are unscientific. Chihauhas aren't lumped together with Mexican shorthairs when the numbers are tallied, neither is any dog lumped with their types. These lists also don't break down which of the pit types are most responsible for the most attacks.

  1. because the numbers aren't collected by anybody, meaning the lists are lying, and
  2. if the pit types were separated by their actual breed, the numbers would show an average or a slightly higher rate of aggression, not the majority of all attacks.

I would also point out that almost none of these lists you read online include German Shephards, which is strange since they tend to be the only dog in the US that is commissioned as Police Officer and are frequently attacking people as part of their job. Further evidence that these lists are unscientific and politically motivated.

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