Maybe people laugh so they won't slit their own wrists? Kind of like how, in Iraq, I stood naked in a shower. Mortars flew in, and all I thought about was how cold it was, how my dick was shriveled, and how, this time, I was not going to lay down for safety.

The officer is one of two people. Someone who needs help---and badly. Just like an adict. Or someone who was always sick.

>> ^peggedbea:
i've got several. but this is the one i will share with you, because it disgusts me the most.
I worked the night shift, performing CT scans on patients out of the ER. A stab wound comes in, escorted by the police. While I'm working on the dude, the officer decides to tell me the HILARIOUS story of how this man got stabbed. He was beating his wife. severely. his 17 year old son with down's syndrome had enough and pulled out a steak knife, defended his mother and stabbed his dad. Then, he went up to his room and slit his own wrists. The jerk cop thought the image of a 17 year old with downs, stabbing his abusive father and then attempting suicide was HILARIOUS. he was doubled over laughing and calling the kid "corky" (and explained to me it's because they can't say "retard" over their radios). and impersonating him with his best "retard" voice and mannerisms.
Is this every cop? certainly, not.
I also dated a victim's assistance cop out of curiosity. I thought being a victim's rights advocate would make him more interesting. But I found out it only made him desensitized to some horrific things. Like, being in the medical field, i'm desensitized to blood, and poop, and vomit, and old people dying, body parts and stuff. it gives me a pretty raunchy sense of humor that probably makes some people uncomfortable.
but i never ever ever want to become desensitized to things like child rape.
I think that's the core of why people "don't like" a lot of cops. The job necessitates the abandonment of some socially appropriate emotions, thoughts and feelings. being raised by a cop, you are probably totally used to the attitude that many cops seem imbued with. being raised by hypersenstive people with mood disorders, burnt out hippies, trans gendered people and teenage drug addicts, i'm not used to the kind of world view one must have to be a cop. and i don't like it.
so yes, i've met cops who seem very awesome. i work out with a juvenile probation officer who i think is an amazing person. i don't think every cop is a socially inept dickbag. but i have certainly had more negative experiences with cops than positive ones. but i think it's for the most part, a world view issue. because i don't think MOST cops are abusive or anything.
though, i do think our criminal justice system is fucking broken and has fascist tendencies, i realize that's not the fault of anyone individual cop.
>> ^Shepppard:
>> ^Matthu:
>> ^lantern53:
If every police officer in this country acted this way, there would be armed revolution.
But these are two shitbirds out of hundreds of thousands of honest cops who risk their lives to keep the peace and try to preserve justice.
Don't judge thousands of cops on the basis of these two idiots who should be canned...or caned.
Would you like to be judged by the action of one of your co-workers?
Don't be a knee-jerk clone and try to paint all police officers by the actions of these two.

Lol... Getting so sick of hearing this bullshit copy pasta. How many videos of abusive cops need to be put up before they're considered evidence of a flawed justice system.
You're the clone, open your eyes. If police officers continue to act this way there will be an armed revolution.
And I'm not judging hundreds of thousands of cops on the basis of these two idiots. I'm judging the system which creates an unacceptable amount of abusers.

I was staying out of this until I saw this comment.
Your logic is flawed.
There are ~800,000 law enforcement officers in the U.S., you get to see one bad cop in a video every once in a while. Let's say 250 of these videos come out a year, that still leaves 799750 cops that didn't make it to youtube for doing something stupid.
It's hilarious how you call the handful of us defending police officers clones because we aren't judging them all because of a handfull of idiots. And you can try to deny it all you want, but that's exactly what you're doing.
Yes, there are idiots, and yes, those idiots don't deserve to be on the force, but that doesn't justify hating everyone who wears a badge. In my entire lifespan with my dad being a cop, I've only ever known -one- "bad" cop, and the reason he was a "bad" cop was because he commit credit card fraud. All other interactions I've ever had have been more than pleasant, including the one who pulled me over because I was driving without headlights on. She found out I was driving without a license, and because I was actually polite about it and not an ass, she let me go on the grounds that I had someone come and pick me up.
Open YOUR eyes, what interactions, if ANY, have you ever had with a cop other then watching them on youtube? I'm all ears.

Petrol is like Viagra for mortars.

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>> ^Porksandwich:

I've seen a few brick layers work while doing asphalt work off to the side. I was under the impression that a good brick design needs a layer of sand underneath and sand spread in between and over top of it to fill in voids. Where the sand in between is from the top and bottom layers of sand being shifted around as they place the bricks. Which doesn't appear to be happening here. So are there steps left out, or is this a "cheap" brick job versus someone who takes time to work the sand by hand to make them stable and last longer? And the machine loading and dropping like that is going to chip and break bricks more often as well...and cutting to fit patterns, etc is still manual.
Need more footage to see if this is an actual advancement or one of those machines that is trying to justify it's existence.

I know with asphalt the machine actually lays a better job than people can do by hand in the same time frame, but there's a lot of prep work to be ready for the machine and an hour or two of post work monitoring and rolling/compacting it when needed. Less time investment on the post work on highway jobs because they use low temperature material and it cools off much faster, and they tend to lay a lot of layers which cools off quicker because they aren't as thick.


I've laid a bit of brick in my time and I'm not sure one way or another if it's really an advancement. But I think the most important thing would be the surface you laid on. If it was sand/mortar/dirt that was also laid and leveled by machine then you'd get the job done in much less time. Having a level surface or adjusting the bricks one at time is probably the hardest part. You could then do the top layer of sand the old fashioned way. Pouring it on and sweeping off the excess doesn't take much time at all. As for the cuts. This is probably a pre-set pattern where the bricks are made to fit at the factory and sent out in the appropriate amounts.

It certainly is cool.

>> ^entr0py:

If they manage to shoot down any small rockets or mortars with that thing, at ranges greater than existing systems, then I'll be impressed. But as for UAVs, 1. Enemy UAVs are not a problem at the moment. 2. If they ever are a problem they can easily be given a reflective paint job that would protect against this laser.


Once you can track a moving target using photon laser based technology, it isn't hard to adapt it to other systems, like focused microwaves which aren't easily reflected. And in reality, it is hard to keep the shine needed on an airborne system traveling through normal atmospheric conditions. In reality, I think it is the lack of indirect fire, and the problem of blooming that keeps directed energy technology from becoming the end all of weapons. With that said, close proximity target interdiction is where directed energy weapons shine.

If they manage to shoot down any small rockets or mortars with that thing, at ranges greater than existing systems, then I'll be impressed. But as for UAVs, 1. Enemy UAVs are not a problem at the moment. 2. If they ever are a problem they can easily be given a reflective paint job that would protect against this laser.

It's easier to kill with a mortar shell than with a sharp stick. The Amish were right.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Ya, and that bad part was as time moved forward, the size and frequency tended to get higher.

Oh man, the whole freaking single player game in one sitting and the only thing I remember is that stupid mortar in the snowy mountains level. You also couldn't go inside any of the buildings as they pancaked as soon as you stepped foot in them.

I can appreciate the issue, but I'm pretty sure that Amazon sells to Canadians...so I can't see how her act of personally selecting her inventory makes books "unavailable to most Canadians". It may mean that getting those books takes some slight extra effort, although even that's arguable...it's hard to be easier than delivery-to-your-door. And Amazon's prices meet or beat any brick and mortar store I know of.

Am I overlooking something here that makes this a bigger deal than it appears?

That thing must have been like lifting a truck into the air. I'd like to see the diameter of the mortar.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
How in the world is he so clam after words?


I can only guess he isn't aware that lightning is dangerous.

I imagine him joining the army just for the chance to stand around in mortar barrages and admire the pretty 'splosions.

That brick house sure used some cheap mortar.

You know what's bullshit about printers? Selling the printer without any connectivity cables. WTF. Then basically any brick and mortar store charging $25 for a 3' USB cable.

>> ^rottenseed:
>> ^gwiz665:
Ban trucks.

Trucks are the lifeblood of the construction industry which is the life blood of brick and mortar capitalism.


Let them burn.. down to de grouwwnd.

>> ^gwiz665:
Ban trucks.

Trucks are the lifeblood of the construction industry which is the life blood of brick and mortar capitalism.