On a less personal and more constructive point,

There is no instant way to solve this crisis in the US society. No instant pill that's going to fix things today.

But start with gun manufacturers who are making the guns and filtering mass amounts of firearms into the populous. They created this homeland conflict and continues to feed it. As long as they keep mass producing the guns for consumption, this problem will never go away. Regulations on what can be sold to who and how many is a start. (lets go back to six shooters with a hammer??)

Secondly, education. Teach people to solve problems without the force of might. There may be a way to solve conflict without violence. Education has never made things worse.

Third, Public health. A more concerted effort to identify and counsel those people who need it. Teach problem solving skills and coping skills.

Make it harder to acquire ammunition as well as guns. Not just to the new gun purchaser but at gun shows where most people buy their guns. The second hand market is about as loose on laws as it can get. Most people can get a gun over night and most times in the same day. This tells me that no real process goes into who can get a gun and if the the guns are being used for protection or for crimes.

Mandatory gun storage laws. Lock it up or loose it.

Gun buy-back programs. Not only should these programs exist on an ongoing basis, there should be a surcharge on gun purchases to help fund this initiative. I think the process of eliminating the excess guns is another key gun control.

Gun registry laws were tried in Canada but it was a miserable failed attempt as it was poorly executed. I don't think this can be successful without superior planning. Direct registration of guns already in public hands at a cost to the owners is designed to fail.

A free registration method on initial registration and a surcharge every time a gun is sold and re-licenced to a new owner would allow gun ownership to be tracked much like car ownership. You could tell who owned it previously, who the dealer was who sold it and so on. Then guns could slowly be taken off the streets if they didn't change hands legally or were un-registered to start with.

The argument to a registry program is that only honest people would register their guns, criminals wouldn't. True but it would give authorities license to confiscate and destroy unregistered guns and/or track how they came into wrongful possession..

All Hail to the vital people whom work at children's hospitals worldwide which imbue this spirit...Coping couldn't be done without you.

Michaela, our first born daughter (2004-2011, HLHS: 2/3 cardiac transformation surgeries & 2 heart transplants), brought us in contact with many wonderful people at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. We will never forget them either.

>> ^doogle:

My uninformed opinion is that I think she needs therapy, further therapy. I'm not saying that flippantly - her having experienced what she did, she may not ever be over it, but posting a public YouTube video with this details and introspection may not provide her with the solace she's seeking. And even if that's not what she's seeking, I don't think it helps.

My uninformed opinion is that I don't think you ever get over something like this, never mind how much therapy you have. Scar tissue and all that. Seems to me that she is coping as best you'd expect given the circumstances.


Her video serves a second purpose, beyond just her personal catharsis. Rape is too common, a sense of solidarity might go some way to helping those victims.

Anyway. I hope she continues to use her channel regardless of whether this rapist unsubs. I'm not sure what legal recourse she'd have there. Still, living well is the best revenge.

the negative comments i've read here make me laugh so hard
you can plainly see the irony mess the poster's hair as it goes right over their head
many different times, in many different ways

Die Antwoord is brilliant, catchy, and riding a big wave of success

ain't gangsta enough? seriously? because real gangstas troll the sift/youtube right? keep it real
armchair hiphop historians lol
its called growing old, or being out of the loop... learn to cope

A sad testament to drugs and all that came with them.
Hard to upvote because of the sheer misery of this mans life and ability to cope but well deserving of the attention. Still an upvote.

I so did read them. Guess what else I read... the worst porn literature IN THE WORLD. So abysmal, I really enjoyed it. I'm allowed though, cos I do read reputable things too. And now I have a kindle, my new baby... fuck the kids, what kids???

Good to hear from you sugar, hope all is well in your world and your sons too. I'm glad you are only "semi-retired", the internet would definitely not be the same without ya! And Elton John died back in '97, shortly after Diana. Tragic times, we couldn't cope with the loss of two queens. Embalming fluid, puppetry and mirrors, no one knows the difference.
In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
It's about damn time. I thought I was gonna have to kill some videos just to speed up the process. My tired, lazy, "old man" ass can't handle being on top anymore. Doctor's orders.

Enjoy your retirement. It's pretty sweet. I'm semi-retired from the entire internet these days. I actually started reading shit again. I wasn't sure if my addlepated old brain was up to it, but amazingly I can handle it. And there not even books about sparkly vampires. (Ha ha, I still know you read them.)

Now open your front door and brace yourself for a bright light. It's called the "sun". (Or maybe not. In England I think the sun only comes out once per monarch.)

I hope the kids are doing well. And you too. God save Elton John!
In reply to this comment by alien_concept:
I am now placed firmly on top of you! Finally, my greatest dreams recognised. I can now go into retirement, save me a comfortable armchair old man xxx

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>> ^gwiz665:

Well, he should be properly questioned for whatever he did/did not do. I don't think there's any doubt there. I get the heebeejeebees when they refuse to question him in the Equadorian embassy, and insist he must be extradited. That's sorta where it starts to smell fishy. If they question him and he is found guilty in the end, THEN they should totally extradite him.
His works with wikileaks doesn't absolve him of crimes.
He should, however, in now way be extradited to the US for instance, where he would likely receive a Bradley Manning and be detained until he breaks from it.


If I was Manning I'd be inclined to go down the hunger strike route. How else can he protest his incarceration? And I'm not sure I'd want to cope with the treatment he receives each day.

The thing is, people DO feel comforted by people they THINK they know or Think they can relate to.
Seeing these bigger than life figures mourn, for some reason, helps them think, "OK, I can mourn too". Or when a big name personality gets mad about something, the average person says, "OK, it's good to know I'm not the only one and my anger has been justified".

Our brains think we actually know these people and we apply emotions to the personalities we think they have. Doing so also allows us to see them as friends and members of our "clan or family." I think it's natural to care or want a family member's opinion on things. It helps us cope.

Good for you, the earlier the better. My son was finally diagnosed as Asperger's at about 8 and having him and everyone around him aware of his differences, abilities and disabilities allowed him to develop coping strategies and minimize the stresses and anxieties he was experiencing. He's now an above average student in university.

>> ^lucky760:

>> ^kymbos:
You people work and sleep some crazy hours!
@lucky760 how can you work till 3am then get up at 5:45am? I would not be able to cope with that.

Yes, it definitely is really tough. I am so desperate to go to bed most nights and I have to fight hard against my brain and body to stay awake, but it's my role in life to suffer so that my family doesn't have to. Sometimes I start to feel I am Jack's lost mind, and once or twice a week when I really start to get delirious, I'll very regrettably hit the hay at 10pm without getting any work done that night.
High doses of caffeine late at night doesn't work any more even though I don't consume it any other time of the day. I sometimes (jokingly) consider getting on drugs to help me stay awake. Instead, I hit the deck and give me 30 push-ups to rev my heart back up. That's usually good for a 30 minute boost (one minute per push-up).


Just. Wow. Sift can we do anything for the @lucky760 ?
How much more sleep would you get if I chartered now?

>> ^kymbos:

You people work and sleep some crazy hours!
@lucky760 how can you work till 3am then get up at 5:45am? I would not be able to cope with that.


Yes, it definitely is really tough. I am so desperate to go to bed most nights and I have to fight hard against my brain and body to stay awake, but it's my role in life to suffer so that my family doesn't have to. Sometimes I start to feel I am Jack's lost mind, and once or twice a week when I really start to get delirious, I'll very regrettably hit the hay at 10pm without getting any work done that night.

High doses of caffeine late at night doesn't work any more even though I don't consume it any other time of the day. I sometimes (jokingly) consider getting on drugs to help me stay awake. Instead, I hit the deck and give me 30 push-ups to rev my heart back up. That's usually good for a 30 minute boost (one minute per push-up).

You people work and sleep some crazy hours!

@lucky760 how can you work till 3am then get up at 5:45am? I would not be able to cope with that.

I get up around 6am when my daughter wakes up and starts yelling for attention, I hang out with her till her mum gets up with our baby, I ride my motorbike the 15 minutes to work between 8 and 9am where I work as a consultant economist in environmental and natural resource management stuff. I leave work before 6 to get home to the family, put the kids to bed, hang out with my wife, go to bed usually before 10 because the baby could get up anywhere between once and three times a night.

>> ^Morganth:

Looks like his head hit the curb. Walking away means he lived, but it doesn't mean he'll be okay. I had a buddy get hit in the head with a softball that bounced off his glove. He got up, said he was fine, and went on...then his brain swelled from the bruising on both sides. It took years to recover, but some of the damage is permanent.
Yes, walking away is wonderful. It means you lived. But it doesn't mean you're alright. Wear your fucking seatbelt.


Sorry to hear about your friend, hope he's coping ok.

South Korea is the same, and Japan's had this problem for a long time, though I'm not sure how they're coping with the problem.

Also this is somewhat of a limited argument because in places like Africa, India and China they've had severe poverty for a long time, yet the birthrates are still very very high.

The first bit was funny, but it seems like they were going for the response the last cops gave them. Seems dumb to me, provoking for no reason. Unless Cincinnati copes have a bad rep of abusing power and it needed to get shown.

Needs more context.