puttinonthefoil
puttinonthefoil t1_j6o426m wrote
Reply to comment by topher180 in Life in Prison Plus 25 Years for Defendant Who Shot 21-Year-Old Man in Broad Daylight by SuperBethesda
There isn’t conflicting data on sentencing. The modern studies all say the same thing, and it is logically true - do you know the penalty for grand larceny? Aggravated assault? No, of course you don’t. So how is a long potential sentence a deterrent?
I don’t have an instinct on this, I read the data and see what it says. And the modern studies all say the same thing: harsher penalties do not deter crime.
puttinonthefoil t1_j6mwpwp wrote
Reply to comment by SuperBethesda in Life in Prison Plus 25 Years for Defendant Who Shot 21-Year-Old Man in Broad Daylight by SuperBethesda
Sounds great, right?
And yet study, after study, after study has shown that stiffer penalties do little to curb crime.
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf
Editing to add: I love how Reddit is all about data and then when you bring up data that goes against their instincts on criminal justice it’s just straight vitriol and downvotes.
puttinonthefoil t1_j6jg6b6 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Can I get CCTV footage from a public bus? by [deleted]
I think people are concerned that pursuing this line of action is far more likely to result in you getting hurt, and not whatever justice you think you’ll get.
puttinonthefoil t1_j4xaycj wrote
Reply to comment by TheDeHymenizer in Biden calls in Ghostburger order, leaves employee speechless by washingtonpost
You’re aware that there are perhaps some folks for whom this would be a cool story they’d like to have, yes? She could have absolutely declined this interview.
The whole world doesn’t share your view; it doesn’t make me think “the help” are automatons.
puttinonthefoil t1_j1zek81 wrote
The person who checks your tickets is typically your server when you’ve reached your seat.
I’ve been there 3x and your experience seems way worse than the times I’ve gone!
puttinonthefoil t1_j07m79u wrote
Reply to comment by Xeynon in Did anyone do the Philly Cheesesteak challenge in high school? by Uptalker
Yeah, those are all good. The above guy mentioned ishkabibbles, and their chicken cheesesteak used to be made with fresh chicken as opposed to the frozen sheets most places use. No idea if that’s still true, but it was awesome back in the day.
puttinonthefoil t1_j055vr8 wrote
Reply to comment by throws_rocks_at_cars in Did anyone do the Philly Cheesesteak challenge in high school? by Uptalker
Tastes all the better for its absurd location, imo. I once drove and got there 10 mins before close and got the last rolls in the place. Felt like a miracle.
puttinonthefoil t1_j054djt wrote
Reply to comment by throws_rocks_at_cars in Did anyone do the Philly Cheesesteak challenge in high school? by Uptalker
This is John’s Roast Pork erasure and I simply will not stand for it, sir or madam.
puttinonthefoil t1_iy6zla7 wrote
Reply to comment by revfds in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon
I was agreeing with you! You needed both an iPod and an iPhone if you liked music (I kept my iPod when I got an iPhone 3GS years later).
Spotify was not a thing in 2007; it opened in the UK in 2010 and in the states in July 2011.
puttinonthefoil t1_iy6y900 wrote
Reply to Donuts in Deanwood by ThaneduFife
You should send this to popville.
puttinonthefoil t1_iy6xpke wrote
Reply to comment by revfds in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon
The first iPhone had pretty limited storage didn’t it? iPods at the time were way more storage capacity, so if you had a lot of music you probably couldn’t use the phone.
puttinonthefoil t1_iwjtsa4 wrote
puttinonthefoil t1_iwjs9ul wrote
Reply to comment by gutterbrain73 in First revenue service train into DC sits at Ashburn Metro Station, at the end of the now fully open Silver Line 11/15/2022 by thefocusissharp
Yeah, it fucking SUCKS when a city makes major infrastructure upgrades to improve the lives of its citizens!!!!
puttinonthefoil t1_ivm10ll wrote
Reply to comment by thepulloutmethod in Okay, I changed my mind and now I hate it. by Witches_Brew
So you take your dog out and your kids to school between 7:25 am and what, 8:30? That’s some fast action. My middle school started at 7:25!
puttinonthefoil t1_is8j3vj wrote
Reply to comment by Dodohead1383 in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
Lol, ya got me! I’m a trump supporter because Top Gear, like all television shows, is exaggerated for entertainment. Lol.
The white lady who’s anti-gay and Hillary called a truck full of non-white people as cavalry?
I’ve seen every episode of TG. They exaggerate for entertainment in literally every episode.
puttinonthefoil t1_is81s1k wrote
Reply to comment by Kent_Knifen in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
There is literally not a single person being aggressive toward them on camera in the USA clip. They play spooky music under what looks like a truck full of migrant workers and zoom in on a dog. It’s all in editing. Did they get yelled at? I’m sure. Was it to the level of the literal fleeing for their lives they depicted it as? There’s no way.
puttinonthefoil t1_is5yfu4 wrote
Reply to comment by Overwatch_Joker in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
You can't fake the reaction? Really? It would be impossible to have the show's producers yell things off camera to "scare" the hosts for post production? You notice you don't see anyone yelling specifically (they make it seem like the white van/truck guy kind of says something driving by, but he's clearly leaving the area and his lips aren't moving!), just off screen yells.
Anyone whose face is shown speaking on camera has to sign a release to their likeness rights. So this woman signed something to let them use their likeness: https://youtu.be/pKcJ-0bAHB4?t=294
Then this "ominous truck" arrives (spoiler, it's people getting some lunch with spooky music under it). We never see the truck actually chase them, just some spooky music and people running like the Blair Witch Project.
https://youtu.be/pKcJ-0bAHB4?t=348
Obviously, Hammond and co. have had horrific injuries due to performing stunts. That's not fake. What is easily faked is the sense of danger on a tv "documentary".
puttinonthefoil t1_is5prd0 wrote
Reply to comment by dayofthedead204 in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
It is truly amazing that so many people on here don't realize this is all fake. It's a TV SHOW, folks! Top Gear's "specials" are always goosed for the camera.
puttinonthefoil t1_j6p3jfr wrote
Reply to comment by SuperBethesda in Life in Prison Plus 25 Years for Defendant Who Shot 21-Year-Old Man in Broad Daylight by SuperBethesda
This study has numerous flaws that have been pointed out by successive researchers. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1147698