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New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight
(www.newschannel5.com)
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There used to be cops who knew how to deal with people on a human level.
Then 9/11/2001 happened and every cop in America was told that they were the front line of the War On Terror.
Basic common sense was replaced by The Punisher mind set.
Pre 9/11 cops would have looked, reported that it was just a snowball fight and walked away. These idiots had to be tough guys.
Police officers in any other Nordic country likely would have joined in when they saw that all is fine and it's just a snowball fight
I live in NYC.
Some idiot would see the cops throwing snowballs and put a rock in theirs.
I'd just throw rocks at the NYPD. No need for snow.
Yes, and your SO is a super model and you're an astronaut.
Who says we aren't?
If you're gonna act like you're on Reddit...
"Pix or it didn't happen."
Well, they are the biggest gang in New York
Wrong!
https://youtu.be/JH1vUJxn8gU
You spelled genius wrong
Learn some history.
Back in the day, when the Industrial Workers of the World did any action they had a squad that made sure no one threw rocks at the police. The IWW leadership knew that one cop with a bruise meant a few dozen innocent marchers with broken bones.
If starting trouble for other people makes you a 'genius' than Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Science.
Good point, I stand corrected
Thank you
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I don't like the phrase "thank you" because it's manners, but it has a pronoun inside. And so it puts Me in a really socially awkward position. And it's a position most people wouldn't understand. If someone has second person neopronouns, then "thank you" makes a person feel bad, while having really good intentions behind it, so if you complain or correct, it's really rude and it feels bad to do so. I try to avoid manners that have pronouns inside when I'm talking to strangers, but it would be unreasonable of Me to expect the same from most people. I like "thanks". But "thank you" makes Me feel bad, AND conflicted. It's the most annoying manners.
I was watching a clip of Gene Kelly doing a dance on roller skates yesterday. Absolutely incredible dancing on wheels. In the middle of the routine he does a stupid 'Chinaman' impression for absolutely no reason.
I had a choice. Stop watching, or accept that social norms change slowly.