• aksdb@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If I encounter a professional boxer in a bad mood, I would shit my pants. If another professional boxer encounters a professional boxer in a bad mood, they would shrug it off and deal with whatever happens.

    Cops get trained. Being prepared for dangerous situations is essentially the core of their fucking job. Apparently, that preparation seems to be often simply “if shit gets ugly, shoot the shit out of whatever frightens you”. Cops should be better at dealing with this than random citizens with a gun.

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      6 months ago

      And in a perfect world, stand-up comics would always eviscerate hecklers with the sheer force of their wit and charisma, and NEVER lose their shit on stage. Sadly, we live on a deeply flawed chunk of dirt called Planet Earth