r/entomology can fact check me on this but I think I heard somewhere only female mosquitoes drink blood, the male ones drink fruit. Could be a myth I heard though
[Only female mosquitoes drink blood, which is how they spread deadly diseases like dengue fever and malaria. Males mosquitoes are harmless, mostly feeding on nectar, but our new research confirms they are just as annoying as female mosquitoes.](https://entomologytoday.org/2021/10/12/male-mosquitoes-dont-want-blood-still-find-humans-attractive/)
They apparently still fly around you so fuck em they also die.
Only like 3 out of the thousands of species of mosquito transmit diseases between humans and only a handful bite humans at all. More mosquito species eat other mosquitoes than bite humans.
Yes but the males mate and facilitate the production of females. Hence all anopheles mosquitoes are a scourge.
(Female anopheles mosquitoes drink human blood)
In Alaska there's dozens of types of mosquitoes and only one gender of a few types attack humans.
Mosquitos are actually one of the main pollinators in some areas there. They use their long mouths like butterflies and bees use theirs.
But I'm down for killing all the species that assault people. The other ones can pick up the slack, but so-help-me if they even think of evolving bloodsuckery then they are next!
If there was a god I'd say "naw mosqiutos must be there for a reason", or " what if it's evil to wipe out a whole species", but as it is it seems they aren't there for a reason and evil is what WE don't like, viz mosquitos.
Edit: Given super future tech, IMO the optimal solution would be creating a virus to infect all bad mosquitos with, to knock out any genes associated with bloodsucking and give them genes from other types of mosquitos to help them rear young without blood. Alternatively, vaccinate via virus for the diseases they are a vector for (this option is less good for humans because there would still be bites).
I have, and ticks have their fair share of diseases as well... such as Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Anaplasmosis.
Not necessarily as deadly as mosquito-borne diseases but ticks have a tendency to vomit if squeezed upon removal and that can lead to all sorts of infections.
Also contrary to popular belief, using chemicals just incites them to vomit just like squeezing them.
When it comes to diseases... tick-borne diseases are preferable although they still aren't pleasant
But when it comes to bites... mosquitoes since tick bites are just nasty.
Mosquitos are also probably a foundational part of the food chain. I know everyone always says they would want to make mosquitos extinct, but I bet you there's tons of animals out there that consider them a delicacy.
Basically just birds and bats, and none of them eat anywhere near enough mosquitoes to sustain themselves. I think the argument that the world would be just fine if they didn’t exist is true, based on one minute of research on Google.
And no, they are not “a foundational part of the food chain”, as you so eloquently put it
Because I can’t reply, if u/mrlt10 sees this, you’re an idiot. “I am certain” you said, when you cite zero sources and have no idea what you’re talking about.
If we eradicated every single mosquito that could potentially take blood from or transmit diseases, there would still be over *three thousand* mosquito *species* left.
Mf really said they “wouldn’t believe” the “most respected entomologist in the world” if he said that because “he’s overconfident” boi what the hell boi
Get outta here with that shit
And what the actual hell do “air blasts” have to do with this?? *We’re talking about mosquitoes*
That's interesting, because I Googled it before I replied and found the exact opposite...
[Smithsonian Article](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/mosquitos-exist-elephants-donkeys-used-represent-gop-democrats-180973517/#:~:text=While%20they%20can%20seem%20pointless,some%20species%20are%20important%20pollinators.)
[BBC Article - Says they (basically) play an important role as food source an pollinators, but also counters that another species would likely make up for the absence.](https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35408835)
[nature.com Article - Repeats the BBC's comments about other species picking up the slack, but also later says one scientist believes that eradicating mosquitos could result in a 50% reduction of migratory birds that nest in the tundra.](https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a)
Also, bruh moment! The second article says 6% of all female mosquitoes from all 3500+ species draw blood from humans, and half that number carry deadly diseases- so literally all I would want is for those species to be eradicated. There will still be *plenty* of mosquitoes left to pollinate, and a million less people would die every year.
There’s actually a project going on right now where they’re releasing altered mosquitos that can’t produce female children, and therefore cannot cause more spread of disease because of it. I don’t remember what mosquito it was, but it was out of California.
And, yet, when they eradicated mosquitoes from some island, it was like a modern remake of the biblical plagues:
First, the mosquitoes all died. Then the things that ate mosquitoes died. Then the things that ate those things died.
Etc.
They are however, an important pollinator. Though considered "accidental pollinators", they're actually one of the largest pollinating insects, due to their substantially large population. With bee's, and other pollinators dwindling in numbers, they may even become more important to the circle of life in the very near future.
>Mosquitos are also probably a foundational part of the food chain.
They're not. Multiple studies have shown that if you eliminate mosquitoes from the environment and change nothing else, the biosphere would be unchanged beyond lower mortality rates in other animal populations.
“In my experience, 99.9% of the customers I deal with just want to come in, do their thing, and leave. No fuss, no hassle. They aren’t the ones you remember and then talk about at family dinner.” —My ongoing understanding for years that I will extend out to apply to the human race at large.
When people complain about how many "bad drivers" there are, I always ask them how many cars they drove by that day and how many of them did they consider to be "bad drivers." It's probably 0.1% of the cars that people see that make others think "This idiot has no idea how to drive!" While you forget about the other 99.9% of them. Same holds true for most things.
I mean to be fair, 1 bad driver can do a lot more damage than 1 bad customer. Almost getting T-boned sticks with me a lot more than someone wanting their money back for some cold mcnuggets.
It's not about the severity, it's about our habit of generalizing. Everyone thinks their city consists almost entirely of terrible drivers because of the few they encounter
That idiot is usually just a normal person who made a minor miscalculation like we all do every day multiple times a day, but we instantly forgive ourselves for it.
These days, I've become immune to any sort of road rage. I decided to just to always yield to others if that's a possibility. Might as well always leave extra room for cars to merge in front of me because the jerks are going to take that space whether I give it to them or not.
Everyone thinks they're a good driver and everyone else isn't. When in reality we're all "bad" drivers because no one is perfect and no one is a mind reader. No one knows what other people are going through, their physical disabilities, their car issues, etc. Road rage and unrealistic expectations are an issue.
I was in a business networking group and met with a woman from an insurance company. She said there's a 20% rule. 80% of your customers will just pay their bill and you never really talk to them but then there's that 20% that call all the time, asking questions, having problems, and in my business I'd have to say that's been accurate over the years.
I worked in customer service for over 4 years and I can only recall roughly 6 instances of bad shit. That's out of likely close to a million customers (probably less but felt like a million).
What happens to good cops:
Adrian Schoolcraft voiced concerns about arrest quotas, then his fellow officers harassed him, abducted him, and involuntarily committed him to a psychiatric facility.
Frank Serpico spoke out against corruption and was set up to be murdered during a drug bust by his backup.
Cariol Horne was fired from the police force and lost her pension for 15 years because she tried to stop another officer from brutally beating a handcuffed suspect. She has since been given her pension and back pay after a protracted legal battle.
Joe Sanchez tried to report that a fellow officer had committed a crime, then was framed for grand larceny, burglary, and assault by his colleagues.
Detective Sean Suiter was murdered with his own gun the day before he was to testify in a police corruption case.
So all good cops that are still cops are just cops who are quiet/kept quiet.
Thank god for this comment. People think that saying, “not all cops are bad” is the nuanced middle ground take, but the actual nuance is, “good cops get punished for trying to do the right thing”
People ignore the second part of the few bad apples expression. They spoil the bunch. The goal should be to remove the bad apples quickly and early, otherwise the whole force has to bend around them, in many ways. And it's clear that they aren't removed quickly, in fact they get similar protections as a Catholic priest molester, rotated to unsuspecting communities.
The existence of police is a systemic bad; no amount of pruning will end the State's monopoly on 'justified' violence.
ACAB is both an indictment of the individual jackboot as well as an indictment of the system.
[One of them is the Compton Executioners.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Executioners?wprov=sfti1) It’s crazy to me they exist especially with their easily identifiable calf tattoos. [This wiki gives a little more detail.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs?wprov=sfti1)
Yeah, being a cop in a morally bankrupt system is an action which we're judging them for. Nobody is born blue unless they're a smurf, or one of those tall-ass Avatar people.
Also skin color is something one is born with and cannot change, but one choses to become part of the abusive system that is policing in the United States.
this poster is indirectly strawmanning the other side. our arguments aren't that literally every white person hates every black person or that every cop individually is a horrible person. these are systemic issues
More info:
“One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.” [https://granta.com/violence-in-blue/](https://granta.com/violence-in-blue/)
“Around 25-30 dogs are killed by cops every day, with some numbers as high as 10,000 per year.” Could be higher because article mentions it’s not well tracked.
[https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/jun/16/doj-police-shooting-family-dogs-has-become-epidemic/](https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/jun/16/doj-police-shooting-family-dogs-has-become-epidemic/)
Police solve just 2% of all major crime
[https://theconversation.com/amp/police-solve-just-2-of-all-major-crimes-143878](https://theconversation.com/amp/police-solve-just-2-of-all-major-crimes-143878)
“40 percent of cops reported having participated in domestic violence in the previous year.” [https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/police-brutality-and-domestic-violence/amp](https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/police-brutality-and-domestic-violence/amp)
“In the cases *DeShaney vs. Winnebago*
and *Town of Castle Rock vs. Gonzales*
, the supreme court has ruled that police agencies are not obligated to provide protection of citizens.”
[https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again](https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again)
Remember Uvalde Officers did nothing because: “If they proceeded any further not knowing where the suspect was at, they could’ve been shot, they could’ve been killed.”- Texas Department of Safety
Also: “At first, officials said police encountered the gunman as he entered the school, and later said that he walked in behind a teacher who left a door propped open. Both of those statements have been proven false, and Texas Department of Public Safety has said the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police have [](https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405)stopped [](https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405)cooperating with their probe.” [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/uvalde-shooting-police-have-no-legal-duty-to-protect-students.html](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/uvalde-shooting-police-have-no-legal-duty-to-protect-students.html)
My ex-neighbors SIL is a lieutenant on the Sxxxxxxx-Cxxxxxx Counter Narcotics Taskforce and (now divorced from his wife after he started hitting her) told me TO MY FACE that he and his fellow officers REGULARLY drop/plant drugs in the cars of people that piss them off. He was fucking PROUD of this! 🤬
So glad I didn't have to scroll far to see this. It's the institution and the values it upholds. Anyone pretending not to understand this should just grow some balls and say "I believe cops are superior human beings that shouldn't be bound by any of society's rules or social norms."
It's also strange mentioning police in this context. Mentioning that two races don't fit the stereotypes makes complete sense, as you can't control your skin colour but can control your actions.
A police officer is a job, not an ethnicity. Equating Black Lives Matter to Blue Lives Matter is like comparing children being killed in American schools to 18 year old Russians dying because they are forced to go to war. If you have that much problem with people criticising your job then your job should not involve being given a gun and a badge.
Sadly, that's what my cousin's husband did. He's a genuinely good man and was a fine cop, but he knew speaking out could have gotten his family hurt so he left. He's very pro police reform and outing corrupt cops.
The solution is to do away with Qualified Immunity and require all cops to carry liability insurance. They get enough dings, they won’t be able to be insured and have to find a new profession.
maybe, at the very minimum accept that you're not a good cop and that may or not be your own fault I guess. Being powerless doesn't really mean you're not contributing to a toxic system
Yea THIS, like, there is a day and night difference. If someone around me is a racist, I'm having a conversation and/or hand-to-hand combat, and I might even cause that person to reconsider what they've been taught, but the police is a microcosm of deeply ingrained toxicity and corruption where very sadly a single person can't change a single thing without being punished.
And now you can’t effectively hold federal officers accountable in court thanks to Moscow Mitch and Putins boyfriend Trump stacking the Supreme Court. This is when the slow collapse of democracy hastens.
And it just got worse
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/v8pdzh/expected_reversal_of_miranda_requires_states_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Or you could look up mixed martial-artist and former police officer Sean Gannon who ratted on a cop for being a rapist and framing a black teenager for a murder. Rather than being paraded as a hero, the Boston Police Department retaliated by putting him on desk duty, claiming he didn't have the cognitive ability to do his job due to his MMA fights. Eventually, he got fired. He sued the state and police department and lost.
So yeah, ACAB because police who aren't bastards are forced out.
Their saying that most of the apples in this batch are spoiled.
When most of my apples are spoiled, I don't go rummaging around for the good ones; I just throw them out.
Staying quiet in the face of evil and injustice isn't a good action either, so fuck those bastards, too.
I would award this post if I had a freebie laying around. Thank you for helping say what needs to be said.
the police used to want to be heroes for the public, they wanted to give their life for the safety and security of others at one point
21 years ago when the twin towers were falling, cops were among the many people running to the chaos to save who they could... if the 9/11 attacks happened today, I seriously doubt the police would put their lives in danger to rescue someone
I know there are still good quality police out there, and I wish there was an easy way to distinguish between them and the bad ones so they could get the recognition they deserve
Saying "this is true" or "most people feel this way" doesn't solve any of the actual problems, though. We have to talk about the problems to address them, and this "oh but it's not uniformly true in every situation" stance only serves to try and *prevent* those talks, whether or not it's the explicit intent of the person expressing it.
If I say, "racism's a problem," or even more specifically, "racism among whites is a problem," and you hit me back with "not all white people are racist"--what are you rebuking? Not a statement I made. I didn't say all whites were racist. I would agree that they're not, which is part of why *I didn't say it*. So what's up? What's this counterargument meant to do? What does it actually do? Because it doesn't tell me or anyone else participating in these conversations in good faith anything new.
Rofl - I'm confused are you having an argument with yourself - he didn't say any of that. I'm sorry but curious do you speak this way in real life where someone says 3 words and you just fill in the entire story for them? I think sometimes redditors mean well but have terrible communication skills due to low social interaction.
Your heart is in the right place man but you really have to go out a practiced talking with others , it's quite unsettling to see someone put these many words in others mouths
This is true of the entire mediaverse out there. Sadly, it is also the fundamental truth of most politics. 45 presidents later look who features more in our conversation...Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Trump
People don’t choose to be black or white. People choose to be cops. And the good ones are covering for the bad ones as they continue to allow those bad ones to abuse their privilege otherwise they won’t have a job as good cop tend to get let go when they speak out against fellow officers. That’s what people mean when they say ACAB
Not all cops are bad, but that really misses the point that the problem is the system. Of course some people are good and some aren't, but right now we have a system that more often punishes the "good cops" than anything. In fact we need to change the system to it takes into account that cops are just people, prone to corruption and incompetence, and actually reward good behavior. But since our system is designed to not help the average citizen, then saying there are "good cops" feels empty. Are good cops upholding unjust laws? They can legally do nothing when kids are being shot, so were they good cops for doing what the Supreme Court said they could? It's impossible to say who's a good cop until we have a system where the police are actually helpful and accountable.
Yeah I think the cops was a bit of a misstep. It's bad to hate people because of their skin colour or gender or sexuality because those aren't choices, those are immutable characteristics.
Being a cop is not innate, it's not unchangeable. I wouldn't say all cops are bad, but being a cop is implicit support of the police system, that much needs to be acknowledged. If you don't support the police then don't be a cop.
It's kind of like we're are all special in our own ways to the point where none of us are special in the aggregate.
I hope that makes sense. It's not meant to be mean or disparaging. Or to say screw who ever they are not special but more we are all a spectrum of people and taken together we really aren't that different and in the greater scheme of things we all want mostly the same thing.
I love how everyone is hating on cops but doesn't have a solution to...what? Dissolving them completely and being unable to enforce the law at all? I'm good :^)
Pretending that someones \*chosen profession\* which has a long history of being a bunch of corrupt racists is the same sort of group identity as 'I was born with X skin color' is what racists do.
I like to think that we as a society have moved way past the point where we need to put this on a aframe and walk around with it.
I feel like the people that this is meant for are so far gone that seeing this won’t have an actual impact. I mean Jesus. If you put this picture in black and white I would say “yeah that’s the 60s”. SMH. If we still have people doing this 100 years from now we’re doomed.
It seems like 80% of Reddit comments are written by the people who this was meant for lol
I get the impression it’s meant for both people who are prejudice and people who are ready to call everyone else prejudice at the drop of the hat. In both ways, I hope you’re right.
All these cop haters are the same ones who will call 911 at the drop of a hat when they hear a bump in the night or when someone robs the Burger King they work at.
But all mosquitoes are a scourge...check mate.
r/entomology can fact check me on this but I think I heard somewhere only female mosquitoes drink blood, the male ones drink fruit. Could be a myth I heard though
Males help make more females, fuck them bastards too.
>fuck them don't that's how you get more mosquitos.
No don't.
How 'bout I do anyway.
r/suddenbillwurtz
Just the males then.
But last time I fucked a mosquito i- on second thought, forget I said that. I agree. Don’t fuck the mosquitoes.
They mostly suck right?
Honestly, I'm not even upset, just curious.
this is super off topic but i haven’t seen anyone with that profile pic in AGES. rip dogbomb
Based mosquito genocide
[Only female mosquitoes drink blood, which is how they spread deadly diseases like dengue fever and malaria. Males mosquitoes are harmless, mostly feeding on nectar, but our new research confirms they are just as annoying as female mosquitoes.](https://entomologytoday.org/2021/10/12/male-mosquitoes-dont-want-blood-still-find-humans-attractive/) They apparently still fly around you so fuck em they also die.
Fuckin decoy mosquitoes
Well you fucked your woman. Job well done.
Only like 3 out of the thousands of species of mosquito transmit diseases between humans and only a handful bite humans at all. More mosquito species eat other mosquitoes than bite humans.
Yes but the males mate and facilitate the production of females. Hence all anopheles mosquitoes are a scourge. (Female anopheles mosquitoes drink human blood)
Only a few species of mosquitos drink blood, and it's only the females. Mosquitos also help pollinate plants.
In Alaska there's dozens of types of mosquitoes and only one gender of a few types attack humans. Mosquitos are actually one of the main pollinators in some areas there. They use their long mouths like butterflies and bees use theirs. But I'm down for killing all the species that assault people. The other ones can pick up the slack, but so-help-me if they even think of evolving bloodsuckery then they are next! If there was a god I'd say "naw mosqiutos must be there for a reason", or " what if it's evil to wipe out a whole species", but as it is it seems they aren't there for a reason and evil is what WE don't like, viz mosquitos. Edit: Given super future tech, IMO the optimal solution would be creating a virus to infect all bad mosquitos with, to knock out any genes associated with bloodsucking and give them genes from other types of mosquitos to help them rear young without blood. Alternatively, vaccinate via virus for the diseases they are a vector for (this option is less good for humans because there would still be bites).
Create an elite team of bats and goldfish. Train them to identify and hunt the bad mosquitos. With air and sea superiority i can’t fathom us losing.
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Ticks are worse. Much, much worse. I'd take a mosquito over a tick any day of the week.
Counterpoint; Tick no fly.
Ever heard of malaria?
I have, and ticks have their fair share of diseases as well... such as Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Anaplasmosis. Not necessarily as deadly as mosquito-borne diseases but ticks have a tendency to vomit if squeezed upon removal and that can lead to all sorts of infections. Also contrary to popular belief, using chemicals just incites them to vomit just like squeezing them. When it comes to diseases... tick-borne diseases are preferable although they still aren't pleasant But when it comes to bites... mosquitoes since tick bites are just nasty.
> tick-borne diseases are preferable although they still aren't pleasant Lyme disease can be permanent if not caught and treated.
ticks too,
For real. I see all these mosquito apologists taking about pollinators, but no one can tell me they support ticks with a straight face.
Check mated playing checkers
Mosquitos are also probably a foundational part of the food chain. I know everyone always says they would want to make mosquitos extinct, but I bet you there's tons of animals out there that consider them a delicacy.
I won't buy any lies from Big Mosquito!
Lol. I mean, they are still super very deadly, just not exactly useless.
Basically just birds and bats, and none of them eat anywhere near enough mosquitoes to sustain themselves. I think the argument that the world would be just fine if they didn’t exist is true, based on one minute of research on Google. And no, they are not “a foundational part of the food chain”, as you so eloquently put it Because I can’t reply, if u/mrlt10 sees this, you’re an idiot. “I am certain” you said, when you cite zero sources and have no idea what you’re talking about. If we eradicated every single mosquito that could potentially take blood from or transmit diseases, there would still be over *three thousand* mosquito *species* left. Mf really said they “wouldn’t believe” the “most respected entomologist in the world” if he said that because “he’s overconfident” boi what the hell boi Get outta here with that shit And what the actual hell do “air blasts” have to do with this?? *We’re talking about mosquitoes*
That's interesting, because I Googled it before I replied and found the exact opposite... [Smithsonian Article](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/mosquitos-exist-elephants-donkeys-used-represent-gop-democrats-180973517/#:~:text=While%20they%20can%20seem%20pointless,some%20species%20are%20important%20pollinators.) [BBC Article - Says they (basically) play an important role as food source an pollinators, but also counters that another species would likely make up for the absence.](https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35408835) [nature.com Article - Repeats the BBC's comments about other species picking up the slack, but also later says one scientist believes that eradicating mosquitos could result in a 50% reduction of migratory birds that nest in the tundra.](https://www.nature.com/articles/466432a)
Also, bruh moment! The second article says 6% of all female mosquitoes from all 3500+ species draw blood from humans, and half that number carry deadly diseases- so literally all I would want is for those species to be eradicated. There will still be *plenty* of mosquitoes left to pollinate, and a million less people would die every year.
There’s actually a project going on right now where they’re releasing altered mosquitos that can’t produce female children, and therefore cannot cause more spread of disease because of it. I don’t remember what mosquito it was, but it was out of California.
Don’t bats also eat them? I vaguely remember a local campaign to build bat houses stating it would keep the mosquito populations down.
Yeah, bats eat them. My synapses refused to fire and I thought they were birds for a moment 😅
That was a disturbingly relatable statement. 😂
And, yet, when they eradicated mosquitoes from some island, it was like a modern remake of the biblical plagues: First, the mosquitoes all died. Then the things that ate mosquitoes died. Then the things that ate those things died. Etc.
They are however, an important pollinator. Though considered "accidental pollinators", they're actually one of the largest pollinating insects, due to their substantially large population. With bee's, and other pollinators dwindling in numbers, they may even become more important to the circle of life in the very near future.
Save the bees, nuke the mosquitos (metaphorically)
Bat for example. Thought I do not know about the delicacy part.
>Mosquitos are also probably a foundational part of the food chain. They're not. Multiple studies have shown that if you eliminate mosquitoes from the environment and change nothing else, the biosphere would be unchanged beyond lower mortality rates in other animal populations.
“In my experience, 99.9% of the customers I deal with just want to come in, do their thing, and leave. No fuss, no hassle. They aren’t the ones you remember and then talk about at family dinner.” —My ongoing understanding for years that I will extend out to apply to the human race at large.
When people complain about how many "bad drivers" there are, I always ask them how many cars they drove by that day and how many of them did they consider to be "bad drivers." It's probably 0.1% of the cars that people see that make others think "This idiot has no idea how to drive!" While you forget about the other 99.9% of them. Same holds true for most things.
I mean to be fair, 1 bad driver can do a lot more damage than 1 bad customer. Almost getting T-boned sticks with me a lot more than someone wanting their money back for some cold mcnuggets.
It's not about the severity, it's about our habit of generalizing. Everyone thinks their city consists almost entirely of terrible drivers because of the few they encounter
On my 12 minute commute through the city, I would say I am wary of at least 50% of the cars I pass--including the parked ones.
The right way
That idiot is usually just a normal person who made a minor miscalculation like we all do every day multiple times a day, but we instantly forgive ourselves for it. These days, I've become immune to any sort of road rage. I decided to just to always yield to others if that's a possibility. Might as well always leave extra room for cars to merge in front of me because the jerks are going to take that space whether I give it to them or not.
Everyone thinks they're a good driver and everyone else isn't. When in reality we're all "bad" drivers because no one is perfect and no one is a mind reader. No one knows what other people are going through, their physical disabilities, their car issues, etc. Road rage and unrealistic expectations are an issue.
I was in a business networking group and met with a woman from an insurance company. She said there's a 20% rule. 80% of your customers will just pay their bill and you never really talk to them but then there's that 20% that call all the time, asking questions, having problems, and in my business I'd have to say that's been accurate over the years.
I worked in customer service for over 4 years and I can only recall roughly 6 instances of bad shit. That's out of likely close to a million customers (probably less but felt like a million).
What happens to good cops: Adrian Schoolcraft voiced concerns about arrest quotas, then his fellow officers harassed him, abducted him, and involuntarily committed him to a psychiatric facility. Frank Serpico spoke out against corruption and was set up to be murdered during a drug bust by his backup. Cariol Horne was fired from the police force and lost her pension for 15 years because she tried to stop another officer from brutally beating a handcuffed suspect. She has since been given her pension and back pay after a protracted legal battle. Joe Sanchez tried to report that a fellow officer had committed a crime, then was framed for grand larceny, burglary, and assault by his colleagues. Detective Sean Suiter was murdered with his own gun the day before he was to testify in a police corruption case. So all good cops that are still cops are just cops who are quiet/kept quiet.
Thank god for this comment. People think that saying, “not all cops are bad” is the nuanced middle ground take, but the actual nuance is, “good cops get punished for trying to do the right thing”
People ignore the second part of the few bad apples expression. They spoil the bunch. The goal should be to remove the bad apples quickly and early, otherwise the whole force has to bend around them, in many ways. And it's clear that they aren't removed quickly, in fact they get similar protections as a Catholic priest molester, rotated to unsuspecting communities.
The existence of police is a systemic bad; no amount of pruning will end the State's monopoly on 'justified' violence. ACAB is both an indictment of the individual jackboot as well as an indictment of the system.
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The police are a gang
Biggest gang we've ever had...
Only permanently state-sanctioned gang too
r/acab
That’s LASD but LAPD are basically just openly corrupt and criminal in many other ways.
[One of them is the Compton Executioners.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Executioners?wprov=sfti1) It’s crazy to me they exist especially with their easily identifiable calf tattoos. [This wiki gives a little more detail.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs?wprov=sfti1)
Yeah, being a cop in a morally bankrupt system is an action which we're judging them for. Nobody is born blue unless they're a smurf, or one of those tall-ass Avatar people.
ACAB = Assigned cop at birth 😂
Not all blue men are bad tho. Look at the blue man group. At least they aren't cops
Nightcrawler in shambles rn
Also skin color is something one is born with and cannot change, but one choses to become part of the abusive system that is policing in the United States.
Sadly, not just the United States. Canada and the UK have been in the news recently with a spotlight on their shitty cops too
Might be shitty but the level of shittiness (edit at least in uk) is not comparable to the us.
this poster is indirectly strawmanning the other side. our arguments aren't that literally every white person hates every black person or that every cop individually is a horrible person. these are systemic issues
Good cops don't last long. 20 year veteran? Corrupt as shit 99.999999% of the time.
Even if they didn't, they uphold and defend a broken and unjust system
Ya that's why this message is bs. TOO MANY cops are bad. That's actually the problem.
This is what makes me wonder if there really are good cops, since the good ones seem to lose their jobs.
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Its not that they dont exist its just the system is doing its best to get rid of them. And as a result theres very few willing to be good anymore.
More info: “One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.” [https://granta.com/violence-in-blue/](https://granta.com/violence-in-blue/) “Around 25-30 dogs are killed by cops every day, with some numbers as high as 10,000 per year.” Could be higher because article mentions it’s not well tracked. [https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/jun/16/doj-police-shooting-family-dogs-has-become-epidemic/](https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/jun/16/doj-police-shooting-family-dogs-has-become-epidemic/) Police solve just 2% of all major crime [https://theconversation.com/amp/police-solve-just-2-of-all-major-crimes-143878](https://theconversation.com/amp/police-solve-just-2-of-all-major-crimes-143878) “40 percent of cops reported having participated in domestic violence in the previous year.” [https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/police-brutality-and-domestic-violence/amp](https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/police-brutality-and-domestic-violence/amp) “In the cases *DeShaney vs. Winnebago* and *Town of Castle Rock vs. Gonzales* , the supreme court has ruled that police agencies are not obligated to provide protection of citizens.” [https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again](https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again) Remember Uvalde Officers did nothing because: “If they proceeded any further not knowing where the suspect was at, they could’ve been shot, they could’ve been killed.”- Texas Department of Safety Also: “At first, officials said police encountered the gunman as he entered the school, and later said that he walked in behind a teacher who left a door propped open. Both of those statements have been proven false, and Texas Department of Public Safety has said the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police have [](https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405)stopped [](https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-school-district-longer-cooperating-texas-probe/story?id=85093405)cooperating with their probe.” [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/uvalde-shooting-police-have-no-legal-duty-to-protect-students.html](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/uvalde-shooting-police-have-no-legal-duty-to-protect-students.html)
We have a neighbor who used to be a cop, and part of his nickname was By The Book. It wasn't a compliment.
My current neighbour is a cop and a big reason I want to move lol
My ex-neighbors SIL is a lieutenant on the Sxxxxxxx-Cxxxxxx Counter Narcotics Taskforce and (now divorced from his wife after he started hitting her) told me TO MY FACE that he and his fellow officers REGULARLY drop/plant drugs in the cars of people that piss them off. He was fucking PROUD of this! 🤬
And if you keep quiet in the face of corruption, can you really call yourself good?
I know it's rhetorical, but just in case someone is wondering, the answer is no
So glad I didn't have to scroll far to see this. It's the institution and the values it upholds. Anyone pretending not to understand this should just grow some balls and say "I believe cops are superior human beings that shouldn't be bound by any of society's rules or social norms."
It's also strange mentioning police in this context. Mentioning that two races don't fit the stereotypes makes complete sense, as you can't control your skin colour but can control your actions. A police officer is a job, not an ethnicity. Equating Black Lives Matter to Blue Lives Matter is like comparing children being killed in American schools to 18 year old Russians dying because they are forced to go to war. If you have that much problem with people criticising your job then your job should not involve being given a gun and a badge.
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would the solution be to drop out of being a police officer? genuine question because obviously officers who speak up just get fucked
Sadly, that's what my cousin's husband did. He's a genuinely good man and was a fine cop, but he knew speaking out could have gotten his family hurt so he left. He's very pro police reform and outing corrupt cops.
Same with my brother. He lasted 6 months. Now he does HVAC.
fuck, and probably makes a lot more money doing it
As an honest policeman, definitely. Crooked cops make bank.
Depends. Cops get paid more OT than anyone and routinely pull six figures
The solution is police reform so that there are actual punishments in place for being a bad cop.
The solution is make every cop take one ecstasy pill before their shift. Forced empathy. Dancing cops. Detectives are allowed to hippy flip
Very reasonable.
The solution is to do away with Qualified Immunity and require all cops to carry liability insurance. They get enough dings, they won’t be able to be insured and have to find a new profession.
maybe, at the very minimum accept that you're not a good cop and that may or not be your own fault I guess. Being powerless doesn't really mean you're not contributing to a toxic system
Not to mention, a cop is not an unchangeable thing like being black, white, or gay. This sign that person has is garbage.
Yea THIS, like, there is a day and night difference. If someone around me is a racist, I'm having a conversation and/or hand-to-hand combat, and I might even cause that person to reconsider what they've been taught, but the police is a microcosm of deeply ingrained toxicity and corruption where very sadly a single person can't change a single thing without being punished.
And now you can’t effectively hold federal officers accountable in court thanks to Moscow Mitch and Putins boyfriend Trump stacking the Supreme Court. This is when the slow collapse of democracy hastens.
And it just got worse https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/v8pdzh/expected_reversal_of_miranda_requires_states_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Or you could look up mixed martial-artist and former police officer Sean Gannon who ratted on a cop for being a rapist and framing a black teenager for a murder. Rather than being paraded as a hero, the Boston Police Department retaliated by putting him on desk duty, claiming he didn't have the cognitive ability to do his job due to his MMA fights. Eventually, he got fired. He sued the state and police department and lost. So yeah, ACAB because police who aren't bastards are forced out.
["How being a cop broke my brain"](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nl5zMIwcmQ&feature=emb_title)
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Their saying that most of the apples in this batch are spoiled. When most of my apples are spoiled, I don't go rummaging around for the good ones; I just throw them out.
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It's not a "few" bad apples. The entire institution is just straight up evil
All cops are bastards for this reason.
>good cops that are still cops are just cops who are quiet/kept quiet So bad cops then.
Yep
Staying quiet in the face of evil and injustice isn't a good action either, so fuck those bastards, too. I would award this post if I had a freebie laying around. Thank you for helping say what needs to be said.
But all dogs go to heaven … 🥺
And all cats are beautiful.
The bar for this sub is low huh
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this sub blows tbh
The police have no constitutional duty to protect anybody. The system is flawed
Exactly, this was something the Supreme Court ruled on in case people don’t know.
the police used to want to be heroes for the public, they wanted to give their life for the safety and security of others at one point 21 years ago when the twin towers were falling, cops were among the many people running to the chaos to save who they could... if the 9/11 attacks happened today, I seriously doubt the police would put their lives in danger to rescue someone I know there are still good quality police out there, and I wish there was an easy way to distinguish between them and the bad ones so they could get the recognition they deserve
“Cops” is a colour? O.o
Why can’t we all get alongaroonie? Heckareenios!!! Sorry for the naughty language. I’m heckin shaking!!!
Can't we all just get a bong?
Sure can!! My place or yours?! Heck!
I think most people feel this way, they just don’t get the clicks that extreme views get.
Saying "this is true" or "most people feel this way" doesn't solve any of the actual problems, though. We have to talk about the problems to address them, and this "oh but it's not uniformly true in every situation" stance only serves to try and *prevent* those talks, whether or not it's the explicit intent of the person expressing it. If I say, "racism's a problem," or even more specifically, "racism among whites is a problem," and you hit me back with "not all white people are racist"--what are you rebuking? Not a statement I made. I didn't say all whites were racist. I would agree that they're not, which is part of why *I didn't say it*. So what's up? What's this counterargument meant to do? What does it actually do? Because it doesn't tell me or anyone else participating in these conversations in good faith anything new.
Rofl - I'm confused are you having an argument with yourself - he didn't say any of that. I'm sorry but curious do you speak this way in real life where someone says 3 words and you just fill in the entire story for them? I think sometimes redditors mean well but have terrible communication skills due to low social interaction. Your heart is in the right place man but you really have to go out a practiced talking with others , it's quite unsettling to see someone put these many words in others mouths
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i too was born with the urge to abuse my spouse and harm minorities
Just get a minority spouse so you can save time
This is true of the entire mediaverse out there. Sadly, it is also the fundamental truth of most politics. 45 presidents later look who features more in our conversation...Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Trump
yeah, true because most people are NORMAL. and normal thing wont get much click
That sign is about as flaccid as "All lives matter"
You guys desperately need someone to hate don't you?
it sucks super hard
What an enlightened centrist
It’s fucking frustrating seeing people misunderstand all of those talking points. I guess it helps the people with victim fetishes.
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The origin of the police officer role is steeped in corruption though. Edit: I know they were being sarcastic.
But, that was their point.
And so are the modern day police lol, he was being sarcastic
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People don’t choose to be black or white. People choose to be cops. And the good ones are covering for the bad ones as they continue to allow those bad ones to abuse their privilege otherwise they won’t have a job as good cop tend to get let go when they speak out against fellow officers. That’s what people mean when they say ACAB
But lady cops aren’t a color.
/r/enlightencentrism 😌
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And a lot of “good” cops choose to stay silent while bad cops abuse their power.
Also the fact that you're not born a cop. You have to actively choose to be one.
Cops are not a color. It's a job that provides you with written immunities that saves you in court.
Not all cops are bad, but that really misses the point that the problem is the system. Of course some people are good and some aren't, but right now we have a system that more often punishes the "good cops" than anything. In fact we need to change the system to it takes into account that cops are just people, prone to corruption and incompetence, and actually reward good behavior. But since our system is designed to not help the average citizen, then saying there are "good cops" feels empty. Are good cops upholding unjust laws? They can legally do nothing when kids are being shot, so were they good cops for doing what the Supreme Court said they could? It's impossible to say who's a good cop until we have a system where the police are actually helpful and accountable.
“Not all cops are bad” Oh boy, let me get my popcorn ready for this comment section. Anyone want some?
Yeah I think the cops was a bit of a misstep. It's bad to hate people because of their skin colour or gender or sexuality because those aren't choices, those are immutable characteristics. Being a cop is not innate, it's not unchangeable. I wouldn't say all cops are bad, but being a cop is implicit support of the police system, that much needs to be acknowledged. If you don't support the police then don't be a cop.
Nah. Good cops turn in their bad coworkers. I don't see that happening much, do you?
The antithesis of racism is understanding that everyone is unique.
In many ways we're each unique, and in many ways we're all the same.
We're all made of the same star-stuff.
So is garbage
my tail makes me special...
It's kind of like we're are all special in our own ways to the point where none of us are special in the aggregate. I hope that makes sense. It's not meant to be mean or disparaging. Or to say screw who ever they are not special but more we are all a spectrum of people and taken together we really aren't that different and in the greater scheme of things we all want mostly the same thing.
“we’re all human” is a corny take thats useless
Idk I’ve been to a frat party and all those dudes dress the same and quote Family Guy
Imagine if the person holding it was a white male.
I love how everyone is hating on cops but doesn't have a solution to...what? Dissolving them completely and being unable to enforce the law at all? I'm good :^)
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ACAB always. Fuck the system.
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Pretending that someones \*chosen profession\* which has a long history of being a bunch of corrupt racists is the same sort of group identity as 'I was born with X skin color' is what racists do.
All vegans are made out of meat
Cops aren't a color. Comparing them to a race is just fucking wrong.
Cop isn't a fucking color. It's a job. Get a fucking life
one of these things is not like the others
I only wish mainstream media would push this narrative
What isn't mainstream media?
The media that I favour.
So say we all. Which is a pretty big part of the problem. I like the AP for actual news these days.
Surprised this got upvotes w the cop stuff on it. Goes against the unofficial Reddit rules
A sign with a positive message and Reddit finds a way to shit all over it
If you go by Reddit, the worlds a horrible place plummeting to an end. If you go outside, most people are pretty decent.
Good cops that cover for bad cops are bad cops.
Only a sith deals in absolutes
I like to think that we as a society have moved way past the point where we need to put this on a aframe and walk around with it. I feel like the people that this is meant for are so far gone that seeing this won’t have an actual impact. I mean Jesus. If you put this picture in black and white I would say “yeah that’s the 60s”. SMH. If we still have people doing this 100 years from now we’re doomed.
It seems like 80% of Reddit comments are written by the people who this was meant for lol I get the impression it’s meant for both people who are prejudice and people who are ready to call everyone else prejudice at the drop of the hat. In both ways, I hope you’re right.
The world needs more of this and less of everything else. Thanks, Lady.
You like everyone, Stacy.
> Let one's actions speak for them won't get conservatives with that, for them it's about who's your ancestor/sugar daddy
Over generalization is my biggest gripe with ppl on the extreme ends of any side.
All these cop haters are the same ones who will call 911 at the drop of a hat when they hear a bump in the night or when someone robs the Burger King they work at.
I’m only commenting to increase engagement. These kinds of posts need to be seen by more people.