Well, I guess I could point to my snake enclosure camera (which conveniently covers the front door) showing an entry, or if the perps walk through the house, they would trigger the bunny cams, the other snake cam, or the lizard cam. Plus I have my outdoor cameras, although that is my specific scenario.

I’m sure there is an electronic lock on the market that logs when the door is opened, even if not locked. It would be trivial to look at the lock/unlock log and determine that the door was opened without unlocking. A regular tumbler lock isn’t going to give you that kind of info.

I’ve watched enough Lock Picking Lawyer never to want a consumer ‘smart lock.’

I’m gonna differ on this. The point of a lock is to control law-abiding access to your house. If someone wants in your house, they can attack your windows, doors, or even a wall if the lock is too strong. A smart lock let’s you open the door for a family member remotely, or set one time-access for your in-laws to come over and pickup a tool.

I wouldn’t use a smart lock for something hardened, like a bunker or a vault, but for a house and garage, it’s okay not to have the most bullet proof lock in the world.

…conservative ecosystem that weaponizes anger for electoral gains.

That’s like saying “a gun that shoots bullets to kill things”. Everyone who isn’t a conservative, (and many who are) knows that’s the only core value the ideology has anymore.

He’s a beta cuck. Real alphas don’t have to go around proclaiming their alpha status and receiving praise and validation from betas and other “alphas”.

I was aware of that, but thank you for providing context!

Can’t tell if this is idiocy or peak satire.

Well done.

The fine should be the ill-gained profits PLUS a penalty. If you rob the bank, you don’t get to keep the money when you get caught. Why should it be any different when they rob us?

If you are in the US… Learn how to drive already. The vast majority of adults are going to drive every day, and most of those are going to drive at least twice a day. The degree of competency in driving seems to fall to a new low every year.

Signals - Use them. If you don’t have time to check, signal, check, maneuver, then you don’t have time to make that turn/lane change. If you don’t signal, you’re not driving, you’re just fucking around in a 2 ton death machine.

Distracted driving - it’s a myth. You’re either driving, or you are fucking around in a 2 ton death machine.

Turning from wrong lane/driving across onramp shoulder - know where where the fuck you are, and if you make a wrong turn, don’t endanger your life, your passengers lives, and every else’s on the road. A good driver rarely misses their turn, a bad driver never misses their turn. If you are cutting people off to make your ramp or turn, you’re not driving, you’re fucking around in a 2 ton death machine.

Frankly, I’m of the opinion that speeding should not be a primary offense. If the road is clear and some dude checking his lanes, using signals and paying attention to the road wants to drive 110 on the freeway, let him. They’ve never almost killed me, but idiots in cars fucking around on the road like they are the only people on the road nearly cause me an accident almost every day I drive now. I rarely get through the day without using my horn to wake up some jackass about to kill someone, and those people should get pulled over, fined, and have their behavior corrected.

Edit: Also automatic lights were a mistake and they should be banned.

I’m gonna save you all from the pic of my pet snake taking a shit in my hand.

My partner thought it was too funny, and used my phone to take the picture.

Trump has backed off from all of his “good” campaign promises, and lately has been floating the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America”.

We’re in for a long 4 years at the circus.

Dude can already run on water, and jump just about any distance, what does he need the plane for?

Grinding all traffic in all directions over multiple lanes to a stop when a school bus stops

This varies by state, but I think I most of them are setup so that you don’t have to stop if the road is divided, or if there are more than 4 lanes (so 2 lanes for each direction, plus a turn lane in the middle, you don’t have to stop). As always, check your local laws, and when in doubt, signal and stop.

Edit: to clarify, the oncoming lanes don’t stop, the lane behind and adjacent to the bus still have to stop.

“Pre born, you’re fine, pre-K, you’re fucked!”

-Probably Descartes or someone-

As someone who was alive in 2020, what was amazing was that nothing was really shut down. For a few weeks, there was a (state level) 10pm curfew for non-essential work/gatherings.

If shutting down bars and restaurants at 10 pm for a few weeks 4 years ago crashed the economy… Then maybe the economy wasn’t that strong to begin with?

Yumyum is watered down Thousand Island dressing and I will fucking stab anyone who tries to take me off this hill. You like Yumyum? That’s because you don’t know that they used to do a savory mustard sauce that was meant only for gods, but the recipe was stolen and pased on to man, like Promethean fire. Now you just get that plastic encapsulated Kraft dribble instead. Fuck Yumyum sauce.

Nah, he’s guilty, but I wouldn’t convict him.

If you want to effectively protect yourself, invest in actual home security measures.

I already have cameras up around my home, and locks on doors and windows (plus CO and Smoke detectors, because that shit probably kills too). I’m more worried about idealogical/theological fanatics in the near future than I am about a potential robber or serial killer.

I mean, that’s what the battleaxe by my bed is for.

As someone seriously considering their first firearm purchase, my main thought is “I hope this is a gigantic waste of time and money”.

Hell yeah. Enemy fighters can’t lift enough firepower off the ground to shoot you down.