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Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:10PM (#33819218)
Gun owners don't need more guns, they need therapy!

(This post is hilarious since gun owners frequently call shooting "therapy". Many gun owners would unironically say/type this exact same comment. Congrats, you played yourself.)

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:09PM (#33821080)
I personally think therapy is great and will help gun owners protect themselves from the greatest threat they face, which is their mental health!
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:21PM (#33821287)
>I personally think therapy is great and will help gun owners protect themselves from the greatest threat they face, which is their mental health!

"I personally think therapy (shooting targets) is great and will help gun owners protect themselves from the greatest threat they face, which is their mental health (greatest threat all Americans face)!"

Imagine posting exactly what a pro-gun target shooter would post and think it's snark. Congrats, you just played yourself again. Thanks for agreeing.

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:42PM (#33821601)
I think the fact that a pro-gun target shooter wouldn't seek real therapy is sad since they're a danger to themselves :(

Imagine all the therapy they could have gotten with the money they wasted on guns!

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:03PM (#33821928)
>I think the fact

That's not a fact, it's a delusion you just invented.

>that a pro-gun target shooter wouldn't seek real therapy

Shooting is real therapy. It's therapeutic.

>is sad since they're a danger to themselves :(

Everyone is a danger to themselves.

>Imagine all the therapy they could have gotten with the money they wasted on guns!

Expendable income and health insurance are two completely different buckets of money.

Three times in a row you've played yourself. You're batting like the Washington Nationals.

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:20PM (#33822142)
> Shooting is real therapy. It's therapeutic.

lol

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:24PM (#33822204)
Thanks for agreeing it's therapeutic. Rent free. I won.
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Thursday December 01, 2022 @03:27PM (#33822235)
Yeah you did! Great job!!! I'm actually going to be thinking about that take for ages in a "wow Americans are dumbfounding" kind of way. Rent free indeed!

I'm actually going to tell a bunch of my friends.

Like, I can't emphasize how long that take is going to stick in my mind. Amazing.

That absolutely has to be the best bit of either intentional or unintentional comedy I've seen online for a long time. Bravo!

Ed: I told my mum.

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Friday December 02, 2022 @04:34AM (#33828518)
>Yeah you did! Great job!!!

Thanks for admitting defeat.

>I'm actually going to be thinking about that take for ages

We know.

>"wow Americans are dumbfounding" kind of way.

"From the people that believe men can get pregnant, we present to you: pastimes do not improve mental health!"

>Rent free indeed!

Indeed! Cope.

>I'm actually going to tell a bunch of my friends.

Now we know you're lying.

>Like, I can't emphasize how long that take is going to stick in my mind. Amazing.

We know. Cope.

>That absolutely has to be the best bit of either intentional or unintentional comedy I've seen online for a long time. Bravo!

Selfawarewolves-tier comment.

You admitted defeat, I won. Any reply from you is you admitting you're a cuck who lost.

Ed: OK groomer.

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Friday December 02, 2022 @04:54AM (#33828634)
lmao
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:02AM (#33828670)
Cope.
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:07AM (#33828692)
> Shooting is real therapy. It's therapeutic.

Still thinking about this. You're living rent free in my head!!!!!

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:13AM (#33828726)
>Still thinking about this.

We know. Facts don't care about your feelings. Cope.

>You're living rent free in my head!!!!!

Soydev max cope.

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:18AM (#33828749)
COPE! lol
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by throwawayacc4 on Friday December 02, 2022 @05:21AM (#33828762)
Seethe.
Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by dang on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:54PM (#33858914)
I've banned the other account for breaking the site guidelines, but you also broke the site guidelines badly in this thread. That's seriously not ok.

I don't want to ban you because you have more history here and most of your comments have been fine, but if you would please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules from now on, we'd appreciate it. Note these, for example:

"Don't be snarky."

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

"Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity."

"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead."

Re:Gun Death Rate Nears Three-Decade High, with Men at Most ... by tomlockwood on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:06PM (#33859012)
Sorry about that and thanks for your time!