Because a columbine type of school shooting is different than property damage.

And people writing these articles know that "some destructive teens did donuts in the school parking lot at night and shot the stop sign" isn't what people think when they say that a "school shooting" has happened.

None of it should be happening is right. I just get a skeezy feeling when articles use language they know will get people thinking one thing when they mean another.

It's horrible, don't get me wrong. I worry about my own little one, but the distinction is an order of magnitude of a difference in my head. Like the distinction between a troublemaker throwing a lit match in a trash can vs some maniac dousing a building in gasoline.

This is depressing, but it also bothers me that there's such a large distinction between how the average person would picture a "school shooting" and what these articles are talking about. Is there a name for that in journalism?

Like, if someone told me "there was a school shooting at school X today", like most people I would immediately picture someone walking into the building and firing indiscriminately at everyone. Not, "a couple of teens got in a fight in the parking lot, and one pulled out a gun", or "someone shot at the school's sign". (Which are also horrible, but I feel like we need separate terms)

From the article:

According to the report, the most commonly known situations associated with such incidents included "escalation of dispute," "drive-by," "illegal activity," "accidental firing of a weapon" and "intentional property damage."

Who is influencing all these tech companies to be this greedy lately?

It's been an internet thing for long before 2016 (at least mid 00s in my memory), so I don't associate it with them.

They took the pepe frogs for a while too, but I've been seeing them come back. Nature is healing.

I truly can't picture it.

These are significantly higher than they used to be, but nowhere near some of the most out of touch numbers I've seen people claim online.

I'd love to find one

You're welcome. Go out there and be free.

"Mannanafnanefnd"

Who watches the watchers?

Having your posts stolen is an honor as old as the internet.

Identity theft is serious

I like the old style comics. Reminds me of stealing the comics section of the paper when I was a kid.

You're welcome, Steven.

I'm craving it now

What an irredeemable monster.

That's a fine looking rug

Is it my app or Lemmy that doesn't like ampersands?

I wondered when this conversation was going to happen. It's the same dilemma as the women's sports debate, but with the significant difference that there's no way to argue the existence of an unfair advantage without being sexist as hell.

The simplest answer for chess is probably just to have everyone compete together and apply our energy to making it a safe playing field for women.

There was a story not long ago about a man in Kenya who dressed up as a woman to infiltrate their tournament for the prize money. He got caught and banned from competition for a few years. The whole situation with gendered leagues feels so outdated.

This is great

I'm having much more fun here too

Are you serious? 250k is like top 5%...

Median household income is 70k, but that varies between 40k-150k based on cost of living in the area. 250k is extremely well off.

I tried to google one with the right spelling, and you're right. Is the misspelling part of the meme? Or are 100s of people just copying the same mistake?

The best Palm Pilot that money can buy.

This should be tagged NSFL

On one hand, competition is usually good for the end user.

On the other hand, we have such a better platform for users on the fediverse that I'm not really invested in what either of these weirdos do.

These screenshots are making me think really hard about where my upvotes/downvotes buttons are on apps I'm still getting used to.

This is what happens when we take transformers cartoons out of schools.

Hey, some people just aren't part of the essential crew.

Hey, I want in on this test post too!

I remember the early days of instant messaging where people would just jump in a chatroom and ask where others were from, then sit there in awe. "HONEY, I'm talking to someone from Ireland! HONEY! Come look!"

Ah, thanks. I'll probably just stick with the play store then.

Is that iOS? I don't see it for Android.

I think whatever guides are given, they need to be simple.

I delayed making the jump to Lemmy for a while because every time I saw someone explain it, they got into all the complexities of the fediverse that weren't really relevant to me yet, and it seemed like too much trouble.

Thank you for this. I've always wondered.

wat

Well you better find more!