Shaka, when the walls fell.

I think I’ve been misconstrued by a few folks in a few directions.

I think silencers are a useful safety device, and not a tool of criminal enterprise at least at their current cost. I see no reason not to be allowed to buy as many as you wish.

I also don’t think that most collections of things you can just buy in a store are interesting, personally.

It does sound like his kind of joke, but I’m not going to Google “sexy kids” to find out!

I’ve seen that joke in somebody’s stand up somewhere. Can’t recall where.

Doesn’t seem to have landed well with the audience here, lol!

We have a very handsome and friendly gecko whom we feed crickets. One can buy a little kit to start one’s own small cricket farm to avoid having to pay 15¢ each. I’ve not done it, but it’s apparently common in the reptile/amphibian pet community.

You’d think that, but it actually wraps around the bottom of the graph and BECOMES EXTRA LOUD!

I can’t speak to other countries, but in the U.S., the greater part of our tax code is made up of tax credits and penalties meant to influence the behavior of individuals and companies. That’s the result of our government not having other adaptable mechanisms for levying fines.

I think if you put 27 suppressors in series, the bullet wouldn’t even make it out. You’d have to point your 12 foot long handgun down and shake it!

I don’t think that’s accurate, but I understand why you say that.

The tax on suppressors (and automatic weapons) is often several hundred percent, because the legislature and regulatory agencies are not allowed (by the supreme court’s opinions in the last few decades) to outright BAN them. The very high tax is pretty much the only way they have to restrict the sale of those items.

I’ve never heard a gun enthusiast say they shouldn’t have to pay sales taxes. (Well, that’s not true because there’s some overlap between gun fanatics and libertarian tax radicals.)

They’re a common sense accessory; they make guns safer for the hearing of everyone around. That said, having 27 is silly. I won’t begrudge someone an odd collection, though. Some people collect Magic Cards.

I was getting errors from my app (Connect); It didn’t look like my comment went through! Thanks for letting me know.

Guessing it’s like sovereign citizens? They sometimes claim imagined tribal membership to argue their immunity from the law.

Huh, no. Apparently he says he’s of Indian descent, as I read the definition. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/understanding-the-difference-between-nri-non-resident-indian-and-oci-overseas-citizen-of-india/articleshow/107798608.cms

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Architect, because I loved Lego. I’m in IT now.

American slave labor isn’t used for anything interesting - it’s just letting companies pay less for labor for their own benefit.

This reminds me that Felix Baumgartner, the guy who jumped out of a crazy high Red Bull weather balloon and exceeded the sound barrier on the way down, just died on Thursday in a paragliding accident.

Gotcha, thank you for adding detail to the conco.