I’m sorry you have to deal with such things for no reason. 😔

I hadn’t heard about the pepper gun before, and that looks like a great idea to have something you can carry and use in a consistent manner every day. As you said, finding something in your bag is difficult or pulling something smaller out of a pocket which may be facing any which direction, including at yourself, and it will be even trickier in the heat of the moment.

I’ve always heard you should buy at least one extra so you can test it and familiarize yourself with it. Different brands and designs spray different distances, and in different patterns and will be affected by wind differently, especially considering sprays vs gels. It would probably also be wise to learn how to treat yourself in case you receive any blowback from it or catch a friend or bystander.

I heard recently on a podcast about protests that different sprays and contact lenses can be a serious danger, and they advised to wear glasses if they think you may be exposed, so that may be another thing to consider if you’re choosing pepper spray as your defensive tool.

As always, do your own research and determine what you feel comfortable with, you want something you know you can count on to work and that you will be able to use safely should the need arise!

Stay safe and be proud of yourself for who you are. You aren’t responsible for other people’s behavior, just be mindful of your surroundings and trust your instincts if you feel a situation is bad. ❤️

Hah, I figure I do bother some people with my block of posts, but 1) I put all my posts up and breakfast so people have all day to ask me questions and I have all my down time at work to answer them so you get quick replies before you forget you even asked something, and 2) if seeing 3-5 owl photos is a row is that big a deal, congrats on having no real problems! 😜

I really do feel that way I do it is an advantage for anyone who develops a real interest in the content. It works for me in a way that it isn’t a burden to do it every day, and you get my mostly undivided attention to reply to you.

Yay! Validation! 😁

It lets me feel like my time here is being useful if I get the upvotes. I try to limit myself to positive/fun/helpful posts or adding additional facts from other articles to someone’s post of I feel more info is needed to get a full story, so if people reply or at least upvote, it feels like it was worth adding my contribution. If my humor/help isn’t needed or wanted in a place, I don’t want to both waste my time and annoy people.

I’ve started looking at some of the names on my posts for kicks, and I’m really excited to see people checking on what I’m sharing every day, even if they don’t talk. Even if you didn’t leave a comment, I see you at least stopped in. Some of you have some greatly creative names, so I hope you do decide to chat someday!

I don’t think he’d want the job, but he would do it were he asked and give it 110%. He’s no nonsense, a facts-based decision maker, and he listens to people’s issues and makes fair decisions if it’s what you want to hear or not. He’s also not too full of himself to admit when he’s been wrong. He seeks out experts on matters outside of his experience and respects their opinions. He loves his country and looks to do right by those that entrust him with a job.

He would also probably be unfortunately remembered as a terrible president a la Jimmy Carter, as he’d likely trust a number of people he shouldn’t to keep their word, he’d be too compromising for a lot of people, and I don’t think people would like his “lack of personality” they’d get from his public persona. I think Hank would be a top-notch cabinet member though! I would totally support him for any of a number of different ones.

That looks really good. If it’s anything like Dave’s, it’ll be some tasty stuff!

I offered it to MySpace Tom, but he passed. Look who’s laughing now!

I’ve definitely learned more about owls here than almost anywhere else!

I don’t know if I need this, as I felt everything was done pretty well as it was in 0 and Kiwami 2, but since all the characters and actors are so good with these roles, I definitely want to see it.

I’d be a bit annoyed if this isn’t eventually a free patch to the PlayStation, and I don’t know if I’d pay for it, but having this a Nintendo exclusive permanently seems an odd decision.

I liked seeing my score in the beginning, as coming from being a long time lurker, it made it feel like I was contributing to building Lemmy.

Now my post and comment counts are higher than I ever would have thought, so I’m fine without it. As the score doesn’t count for anything, now I find it more satisfying to see my actual contribution.

It’s the WomensStuff community. It looks like a really good group, but it’s women only allowed to post and comment I believe.

Yes, but you took the time to do it. Then you took the time to share the link, which got me to read it, which taught me about all the fancy tech they use to clear the road. I was ready to just call it a neat pic and move on, but now I got a lot more out of it. So…ummm…Schmetterlingseffekt? 😄

Great article, thanks!

Guys like Felder have been really repulsive to me as it seems to be a regular occurrence anymore. Running as a Democrat and then flipping Republican after the election. With local elections being so small and such little info on candidates typically available, it’s a real slap in the face of every citizen.

I just voted in my state’s primary yesterday, and most candidates I could barely find what their political affiliation is, as we can only vote for our registered party’s candidates, but people can file to be on both tickets. Most people aren’t going to be doing even that much research, which is also a huge issue.

Sutton’s website has very little actual info on him. The vague statements on his policies page reads centrist-republican, but accepting of green energy. I hope he can make positive changes to his district though.

Oh wow. I had no clue there were so many that inexpensive now. Thank you!

Huh… I watched a basic review on it and that seems somewhat intriguing. It looked faster than expected, decent basic features, and he says parts availability is good. I may have to put this on the wishlist… Thanks for the tip!

I check periodically, but I don’t see anything within an hour of me. It’s a shame, as I’m in the more populated part of my state, between the biggest and third biggest cities and I read about these places and feel I’d really enjoy them.

I have a milk frother for example, that burned out its stupidly non resetting thermal fuse because it got put on the base, something bumped the start button with nothing in and it burnt out. I’d love to have someone show me how to locate that bit and replace it, but I dunno where to go for that.

Same with the 3D printer. I can afford one, but at this stage of life I’d rather someone give me a hands on run through and give me some of their wisdom from experience than me playing around and getting frustrated until I get it right.

Thank you! I’ll have to keep that in mind! It seems like a thing that would be useful to have access to. There are always little things where I think it would be cool if the local library or hardware store had a printer for things that don’t seem like they’d be worth shipping but nice to have like pen refill adapters for instance.

That was my first thought, but it seems easier to run a few thousand more off the assembly line and make the original part than I’d think to have at least one person develop an adequate 3D part for an items that wasn’t originally designed to be 3D printed.

Even for a relatively simple item like the trimmer guard shown, as someone who used those on their whole head for many years, they need to have decent rigidity coming from a number of angles so it cuts evenly, so someone needs to design a decent print, find what types of stock provide the right durability, flex, etc.

So it’s doesn’t sound that free for them or quick, but it’s much cheaper than distribution for a bunch of random parts that may never get used.

I’m curious to see long term effects if this catches on. Will more original parts be made with 3D printing if they need to design prints anyway?

The big downside is even if this were available, I don’t have a printer. I don’t know anyone with one. I don’t know where I could go to (?) rent time on one. So to me at the moment, this is as useful to me as no available replacement part! 😅