The U.S. is considering whether to adopt a digital version of its currency

[poochyena]

17 minutes ago, IPD said:

We have background checks in the USA too.

not mandatory background checks. Its legal to sell guns to someone without performing a background check.

[IPD]

2 minutes ago, poochyena said:

not mandatory background checks. Its legal to sell guns to someone without performing a background check.

Not as a retail vendor.

 

But that's another issue entirely.  The secondhand arms market could be greatly improved upon in the USA.  But you have regressive policies that want to ban all guns and pro 2a advocates who will never agree on common points.  Of course, inroads could be made, but the anti-gun lobby just wants to make everything carte-blanche illegal; which is a non-starter, and why 0 progress is ever made.

[poochyena]

35 minutes ago, IPD said:

you have regressive policies that want to ban all guns

no we don't.

[IPD]

1 hour ago, poochyena said:

no we don't.

That wasn't a "you singular" depiction; rather one of a state of affairs that exists.

[poochyena]

18 minutes ago, IPD said:

That wasn't a "you singular" depiction; rather one of a state of affairs that exists.

I know.
As I said, no, we don't.

[IPD]

On 2/18/2022 at 4:22 PM, poochyena said:

I know.
As I said, no, we don't.

I'm not sure to what you are referring then.  I have seen nothing tabled that is actually open to back and forth exchange; everything I see is unilateral and therefore ignored out of hand.

On 2/18/2022 at 4:30 PM, Sakuriru said:

Japan, Singapore.

 

Feel safer in those places than I ever do in the US. In fact the US makes me feel less safe than in a lot of places.

Fair enough.  Those are penal systems that aren't F*ing around.  Kind of puts a damper on the crime rate when your penal system isn't to be trifled with...far more than can be said for a lot of places, USA included.

[poochyena]

35 minutes ago, IPD said:

everything I see is unilatera

Show me a bill in congress that was proposed with the backing of at least 2 congress members that proposed the total ban of all guns.

[IPD]

1 hour ago, poochyena said:

Show me a bill in congress that was proposed with the backing of at least 2 congress members that proposed the total ban of all guns.

No.  Because I feel this has already gotten too political for the mods.  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to debate the finer points at length.  I've just been tip-toeing around it this entire time because I'm trying not to run afoul of the TOS here.

 

If you really want to discuss this at length, you can PM me.

[poochyena]

10 minutes ago, IPD said:

No.  Because I feel this has already gotten too political for the mods.  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to debate the finer points at length.  I've just been tip-toeing around it this entire time because I'm trying not to run afoul of the TOS here.

 

If you really want to discuss this at length, you can PM me.

DM me it, because I can guarantee you can't find it.

[Sauron]

12 hours ago, IPD said:

No.  Because I feel this has already gotten too political for the mods.

Ohhh, it's suddenly too political for the mods when you realize you were wrong and can't back up what you said, I see

 

It wasn't "too political" when you generalized about gun laws you don't know anything about, was it?

[05032-Mendicant-Bias]

On 2/16/2022 at 11:17 PM, poochyena said:

Porn is legal, but they refuse to process payments involving porn.

It's because of chargeback fees, which are far more likely with this type of content.

Onlyfans too had big problems getting a payment processor because of that: https://www.newsweek.com/onlyfans-creators-forced-give-refunds-scammers-stole-naked-images-1609127

  

On 2/16/2022 at 12:03 PM, IPD said:

Crypto has the additional benefit of apparently being a bit more immune to draconian shutdown measures of conventional funding sites like "kickstarter" and "gofundme".  Not that canadian truckers have anything to say about that...

Fun fact, I'm abbandoning Kickstarter after it declared it is implementing a crypto backend. This is an interview in which the COO cannot explain advantages of blockchain, except the part where it can offload its liabilities on the blockchain when things go south with a failed pledge (which is where Kickstarter adds value and earns its fee). https://www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-blockchain-controversy-interview/

[IPD]

4 hours ago, Sauron said:

Ohhh, it's suddenly too political for the mods when you realize you were wrong and can't back up what you said, I see

 

It wasn't "too political" when you generalized about gun laws you don't know anything about, was it?

Same applies for you.  PM me if you want to discuss it.

[poochyena]

5 hours ago, 05032-Mendicant-Bias said:

It's because of chargeback fees, which are far more likely with this type of content.

:doubt:

5 hours ago, 05032-Mendicant-Bias said:

Onlyfans too had big problems getting a payment processor because of that: https://www.newsweek.com/onlyfans-creators-forced-give-refunds-scammers-stole-naked-images-1609127

Yes, onlyfans does. The reason isn't because its porn, its because of the way the website works. You can pay for a month, download all the content, then perform a chargeback. Its going to be less true for other sites, especially ones selling physical products.

 

[Sauron]

53 minutes ago, IPD said:

Same applies for you.  PM me if you want to discuss it.

No no, post your L here so everyone can see it

[IPD]

28 minutes ago, Sauron said:

No no, post your L here so everyone can see it

Clearly trolling, hoping that I'm retarded enough to violate TOS and delve into it here.  I was born at night, but not last night.

 

Weird flex, but ok.   Moving on.

[maskmcgee]

On 2/19/2022 at 4:55 AM, Avocado Diaboli said:

I love how people take my country's rate of gun ownership and equate that with the US.

Michael Moore showed in Bowling for Columbine, the number/type of guns are irrelevant, it's media and poverty that brings gun violence. 

[rrats]

Digital currency? Don't we already have credit/debit cards?

[maskmcgee]

Also given the Republican Party exists and that they will never have less than 40 seats in the senate this proposal will never ever happen.