Since you’re using different statistics to compare and come to a conclusion, can I ask what you’re getting the “breed numbers” from? @[email protected] has been throwing around the dogbite site but I wouldn’t go off that number.

Breed survey 2019: more puppies, yet fewer homes for pit bulls, by Merritt Clifton, Animals 24-7, July 9, 2019 (animals24-7.org). The most recent calculation by the nonprofit was completed in July 2019. Breed populations are determined annually by searching classified ad listings of dogs for sale. The last 3-year average of the total pit bull population is 8% (8.0% in 2017, 8.0% in 2018 and 7.9% in 2019) and the 10-year cumulative average (2010 to 2019) is 5.8% | View chart

Even all the things I’m seeing online like the American Kennel club don’t actually track realistic numbers

Every year the American Kennel Club releases our ranking of the most popular dog breeds based on AKC registration statistics for the previous year.

It just kinda gets worse from there

According to the AVMA, 23% of dog owners acquired their dogs from breeders, while only 7% of cat owners did.

According to ASPCA, almost 40% of dog owners and 46% of cat owners got their pets from word of mouth. U.S. households get dogs and kitties from these sources:

Shelters 23% and 31%
Friends/Family 20% and 28%
Breeders 34% and 3%
Stray pets 6% and 27%
Private 12% and 6%
Other sources, 32% and 39%

So I doubt you’re getting accurate numbers since the data just isn’t tracked. Just like all of these “facts”, it’s being heavily skewed and misrepresented. Hell, even EMpricorn’s “INSURANCE WEBSITE link” (it’s literally a fucking ad for pet insurance) just outright dismisses all this shit with the back and forth word salad

Abuse and mistreatment can play a large role in a dog’s aggression, and pit bulls are often subjected to such conditions. In situations like this, dogs learn to be aggressive and will bite humans as a result. However, studies have shown that pit bulls’ aggression is largely due to their living conditions, and they aren’t necessarily naturally dangerous dogs.

While many pit bulls can be held responsible for dog bites, it’s also worth noting that their reputation makes people quick to blame the breed. Other dog breeds have similar physical features as pit bulls, so people assume that’s what they are.

Have you, as a foreigner, been caught up by the American political-polarization bug^tm!? Here are a few warning signs that you may be affected.

• Do you find yourself often injecting “left-wing” or “right-wing” into titles?
• Do you have a perceived notion that anything negative being said must involve a certain political party?
• Do you feel the need to bring Trump up in a post that has nothing to do with him?
• Do you find yourself in the comments blaming “sides” without having read the article or watched the video?
• Have you found yourself demanding answers or change that’s addressed in the post? (he literally brings up Dahl as his first example)

If you suspect that you or a loved one suffer from this syndrome, please turn off the devices and go outside.

Jesus that’s sad. Everyone holding your hand trying to walk you down this path of actually learning about how research and science is performed and how to look into a source and you still just decide to spew nonsense.

I hope you learn to walk on your own one day. Don’t stop reading and looking into sources just because you found something you like. All of your shit is crappy research that the authors conclude is bad data. It’s why the precious dogbite.org focuses on a 1970-99 cdc study, a media review study for statistics slaps forehead.

It’s obvious this meme brought in a lot of people who love to classify “undesirables” and a few willing to put up with the misinformation to actually try and teach someone how to do proper research without just “believing” from a few misquoted or misguided articles. I saw at least one person doing the work and realized your links and claims were bullshit so something was accomplished I suppose.

would the smaller queen lay smaller eggs and thus smaller face huggers though?

I always get confused for a few moments when I see these dog breed/ghetto hatred comments, but then I realize it’s just steeped in closeted racism/classism. It’s really sad.

edit: should check out @[email protected]’s comment here. Basically has done the work and narrates what someone actually researching and looking at studies would find if you do it correctly.

lol why did you reply with the exact same comment but doubling down on how much of a douche perspective you have? I wouldn’t say you hit a nerve, some decent people just tend to call out bigotry when they see it.

“They lie about their goods, it’s almost always straight from China and marked up like 10x.” …so like all the other stores? You’re entire shtick is illogical and I don’t tend to trust bigots so I doubt you have the experience.

“There really are (only)two type of people”. “They lie”. “These people”. “That demographic”. “They often”

This is how you detect bigotry everyone. It’s like if I said “Corkyskog probably thinks he’s better than others because his brain is broken or got smacked around to often”. I’m just assuming his brain is broken with no real facts because of his shit comments

“Corkyskog sucks two types of dicks, shit covered and piss covered” like your demographic might lean that way but to just label you as a “dirty” removed is kinda unfair and also unrealistic, you could just like sucking regular cock.

“Corkyskog is a pompous prick who is probably projecting, often scared and isn’t comfortable around people he deems “lesser”, is a piece of shit human being the world would be better off without” but I’m just guessing, like the “they often borrow or trade”.

Eh, I would argue Obama was a better candidate but I don’t want that to be the focus. I want better policy and follow-through with a group that will actually speak and engage with constituent dialog. I think even if someone like Sanders would’ve been elected that the Dems would drag their feet as a party with trying to pass anything effectove.

After the whole Debbie Waserman-Shultz (sp, I know) thing, I’ve been very interested in the individuals who run the day-to-day operations of the party and if they’re legitimately promoting progressive candidates and policy with their procedures. If we don’t hold the Dem party responsible for the people running it, not just elected individuals, it’s going to remain a power hungry organization only interested in their continued thriving (and whatever fucked up metric they’re using to determine that).

Holy fuck, it’s obvious you don’t feel comfortable around people you perceive as “less than you” lol. “illicit script of oxy on them and think bathing is an option” Do we have a Lemmy Uppity Award for fake narratives?

If you actually walked around a flea market, as a human being, you would see it’s mostly families and senior citizens. You’ve selected a few “characters” for your narrative and have grossly stepped into some pompous position of enlightenment. Anyone that loves cheap electronics to tinker with absolutely gets thrilled to go to a flea market with some disposable income.

It takes a special kind of drug induced “sketchy” person to wake up at 6am on a saturday to try and make some income, damn shame there’s people like you out there that wouldn’t give the location a chance but will walk into any corporate store without a thought to “all the shady, drug ladened CEO’s you don’t want to get into a van with”. But you can’t see them so I suppose that might make it better for you.

Uhh, what? The argument is to arm ourselves after a school shooting?

I thought the entire SNL50 shit was kinda gross when watching a few segments of it. Every skit (especially the adam sandler song), had references to “Lauren’s” horrible work ethic and how much of a psychological shit storm working on that show is.

• Multiple references to Norm Mcdonald being fired for speaking out about OJ
• the loss of members (some from drug use because of the industry and the show they’re now continuing to promote).
• turmoil and treatment of the staff and writers
• obvious racial bias, especially for the weekend update teams in the past

Like it just kept going on and on with little jokes telling how much of a crap place it is, then everyone smiles and says, “Thank you Lauren!!” I honestly doubt if George Carlin was alive, that they would’ve asked him to come back and host (he was the first host).

If this would’ve been the last show, like they all decided to hang up the towel. Then sure, treat it like graduating from a crappy ass highschool you’re just so thrilled to be out of, you can enjoy the last day. But all the appearances and references just reminded me of how shitty SNL has really been over the decades. Sure some great writers and performers, but those have been squeezed and mutilated out of creative individuals for decades for our entertainment.

I really have nothing to say about the “outrage from conservatives” lol, that just feels like clickbait for every side.

how the fuck are we near 10 years later and I’m just now seeing what should’ve been the DNC’s campaign motto from the start? People, politicians, and pundits can argue about “flavors of fascism” till the cows come home, but the hatred is plain for anyone to see.

She was a singer who got famous when she was featured on Kid Rock’s song Picture.

Bill Burr hilarious take on Politics, SJW’s, Crazy Liberals & Conservatives and Socialism (2m:38s) (7 years ago)

"I’m a big believer in helping out people that need help, but I’m also a big believer that at some point you gotta like quit your whining because no one gives a fuck about you or your dream. Ok? It’s up to you to care about it so at the end of the day you gotta make shit happen.

(full interview if anyone wants it)

@[email protected] commented above with a good experience of why it’s a crappy idea (I was thinking a randomzier would be good too.

I just clicked the first option it showed, which (for me) was a non-English instance. The second option was that LGBT-focused instance that defederated with lemmy.world a few months ago. Of course I didn’t know anything about either community so I just picked randomly.

I could see that happening a lot. I’ve messed with other randomizing systems and sometimes you forget how many niche or non matching picks can pop up when you really look at it. Even a 10% match with language barriers wouldn’t be good for a reliable system of placement.

I also don’t like the “what harry potter house” do you belong to quiz stuff or anything that asks to crawl or input your data (no thank you). Definitely more complicated than I thought.

Oh, I was hoping more for an article or a statement made by a person of authority that was saying “The procedure was done according to this report by our intelligence officials and thus we conduct ourselves this way” kinda link. I mean what you’re saying sounds plausible but that link from 2015 even says it was just social media kinda data if anything was actually real to begin with (nobody would confirm the validity, etc). I could see them using the scare tactics, just would like to see someone actually stating what the situation is.

I question that because I remembered reading articles that had discussions with the photographer from the before times. Alas, the internet is dead and every search result for Eugeny Hramenkov is either copy/pasted AI mouth gargle or articles talking about how “Elon Musk used the meme!!” (fucking christ I wouldn’t put it past the dude that all these sites are his own promotional shit). It’s so completely sad to have had the internet information age for just a small hopeful glimpse before it all came completely crumbling down.

I get what you’re saying, if this was a hollywood “Carry-on” kinda movies. But, something doesn’t pass the smell test.

Why would a gang target a service member performing a deportation flight to another country? What benefit could they receive from being exposed going after a private who’s just guard duty on a plane? If it’s just a, “there’s no benefit, they’re just evil and target people for fun” I would need some actual evidence of something like this being done and the procedures put into place after to just trust any ol’ internet stranger proclaiming subject knowledge.

You know, I had the shitty thought that at least back before chat communication, a robber baron (or it’s equal kind) had to actually hire thugs and henchmen to cause local chaos. Now it’s just some tech oligarch with some bots or a paid anonymous service causing disruption.

We really got fucked over on this one. I’m really not sure how America pulls itself out of this one with the state of education and political polarization. The federal part of our government definitely isn’t offering up any solutions.

I live in an area where there is a monopoly of power supply by one of the worse polluters in American history, in a small area within a county there’s an existing co-op power company that was basically grandfathered in because it’s been in existence for so long while no other competitors are allowed in the area.

That co-op when I lived in the area was about half the cost of the monopoly company, a relative gets actually paid to be a member because they received their fathers account when he passed away and extra funds are distributed among all the members based on how long they’ve been with them (a little weird, but at least better than shareholders getting the profit).

You are absolutely right that the electric companies as a whole have failed, they’ve been allowed to amass too much influence and coverage while squashing any kind of competition. Why electrical needs aren’t considered a national resource is mind baffling to me. Our country and citizens way of life would literally grind to a halt without it.

couple of things to note:

1. Not every balcony is southern facing
2. Most older European homes don’t have A/C yet, so electrical costs are more during the winter months (that trend will change though I imagine)
3. I think the numbers @[email protected] was asking about involved power output, that of course depends on the size of your array, daily/monthly/yearly differences in weather, and all sorts of little nuances that’s hard to say without averaging out years worth of data.