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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

Crosspost from here: https://lemmy.world/post/18318594

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Accessible healthcare and freedom from gun crime is SUCH a burden. Dodged the bullet there; proverbially, of course, as bullets are more an American thing.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Y'all shit the bed on Brexit though. Imagine if the US let Texas leave

[-] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

But at least I'm not required to drink tea.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah just because you lot can't make tea. I get it, it's hard, it's boiling water on leaves, it's like two whole steps.

[-] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Lol you got me. The first step of opium wars in China is just so hard for me.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last time I was in London there was a shooting near Tower bridge

Since you guys want to be assholes about it, here’s some data to back up the fact that you have a fairly substantial amount of gun crime

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Remind me of the date and I'll tell you where the 1-7 daily mass shootings in America were for that day.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wasn’t suggesting we don’t have gun violence. Merely correcting your statement of “freedom from gun crime”

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, that singular anecdote definitely cancels out the actual statistics on the subject.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anyway everyone knows London doesn't count as part of the UK.

[-] supamanc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'll bet that every single place named Tower Bridge in the USA has had a shooting incident. Probably in the last year.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yup, you’re probably right. I was arguing the wording, not the numbers.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Dirk_Darkly@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

I agree. Getting stabbed by a gang of children is definitely better.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

For every case, it's easier to flee X number of kids with knives vs X number of kids with guns.

The "oh knives aren't safe either so toss the entire argument" has always been a bit of a sad joke.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The US also has a higher rate of stabbings per capita than the UK though.

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