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  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldGuns
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    2 days ago

    The 2nd Amendment will likely be in place long after all of us are dead, because it is a right that the majority of Americans support, and because amending the Constitution is required to change it, and because amending the Constitution is very difficult.

    Constitutional amendments require a 2/3 majority vote of both houses of Congress to pass (initially) then must also pass ratification by 3/4 of state legislatures. Only takes 13 red states to vote NO to block it. All of the red states are going to vote against it, every time, because the right to bear arms is an inherent right that we will never give up.











  • Got a PHEV for our family recently, wanted to go full EV but our region just doesn’t have enough charging stations available yet.

    While going over the paperwork for the financing, the paperwork guy was talking about how the car company keeps pushing them to order EVs for their lot but they keep refusing. They don’t want to sell EVs because they think people don’t want them, because they think it just “won’t ever work” - so now I think that there may be other car dealers like that who are holding back what options consumers may have in there area. I had to drive 100 miles to buy the PHEV I wanted, none nearby.



  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldEarbuds
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    9 days ago

    Capitalism also solves the phone jack problem, with the retail availability of USB-C to 3.5mm stereo adapters. Here’s a Pixel OEM one for $8 on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/276001290580

    I never got rid of my wired headphones, all I had to do was plug their jack into the USB-C dongle and plug that into the phone.

    I also have bluetooth earbuds but they don’t sound as good as my wired ones, and I also use them less because of 3 other minor hassles: battery charging, my wife steals them, and my wife loses them. Wired ones have none of those issues.