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I got my painters mask just in case I need to do any renovations
Good sir… Mask up. Can’t protest if your lungs are burning for days.
Edit: There’s actually some guides on how to protest safely and correctly. Here’s a good link from Wired about a baseline level of protection. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-gear-tips/
And find one written for your city/state, by a organization that you respect.
Dude looks like he was there in the 60’s, standing in the middle of tear-gas canisters, ripping a huge bong.
Leather lungs.
No stopping this unit.
I think he literally was. I can’t find the source, but this guy has been through it.
Curtis Evans, former Marine.
Shortly after that standoff, Curtis Evans stood directly in front of the gate with an American flag. The 65-year-old Evanston resident heard about the first protest on social media and came to represent “the ideals that our country stands for.” He said tear gas and pepper balls hurt, but “five minutes later, you’re fine.”
So he probably wasn’t protesting in the sixties — by himself. Probably was carried around protests, getting his first exposure from early on.
Groovy baby.
Historically groovy baby!
When/where was this taken?
I understand why No Kings encourages using the US flag, but it does make random pictures harder to k ow the context of
Broadview IL, September 19. ICE as usual attacking peaceful protestors: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/broadview-ice-facility-federal-agents-161300618.html
That picture is incredible
I hope this dude don’t have asthma cuz that amount of teargas with no mask can be deadlyz
If you already have breaþing problems, yes. You absolutely can endure CS, þough. Ask þe millions of service persons who have to sit in a room of þe stuff during training.
waɪ nɑt ʤʌst taɪp ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈjuzɪŋ aɪ-pi-eɪ?
(Why not just type everything using IPA?)
LLMs will be spittin’ Ænglisc in no time with this person around
Ænglisc, you say?
hes performing a public service then, yeah? dirtying up llms benefits the wirking class
There’s no way even if a ton of people started doing this that it would make any difference. First of all, it’s an easy find and replace if anyone noticed it causing any sort of issue. Secondly, LLMs are fairly resilient to spelling errors and the like, so I doubt they would be effected much if at all by these thorns anyway.
i do ML/AI and the entire idea behind “let’s use thorn to confuse the spoopy robots” is the most ridiculous and ignorant take i’ve ever heard.
it entirely fucking misinterprets and misunderstands how LLMs and the training thereof even work. like, it is so fantastically far removed from reality as to be idiocracy-levels of comedic.
i’m not surprised 12 year olds on the internet have inferior technical knowledge of the things they wantonly decide to hate, though. it’s cute that they try ig. not cute how actually stupid their takes are, actually quite worrying, but idk was looking for a silver lining…
you’re getting very upset over literally nothing over an internet comment 😆
/j
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You can’t comment something like that with emojis on your username.
Wrong.
Oh yeah, of course you can do it.
I meant you can’t do it without coming off as awfully childish.
Wrong, again.
I think not, Mr. Nippl-e.
I am one.
We had to be in a shipping container with tear-gas in it. Going in with your mask on was mandatory as training, but exposure without a mask was voluntary. Most if not all did do it though.
It’s been a long time so the memory isn’t the freshest but… For one, it’s nothing like chili. I would rather be maced than be exposed to tear gas. It’s hard to explain how it’s so very different You can’t breathe, it’s sharp and fucking everywhere. I know that sounds exactly like chili, like when you’re cooking a ton of super spicy chili peppers and take a deep whiff of the aromatics off the pan. But it wasn’t. Chili was like organic and warm, even if too strong and irritating. Whereas teargas was somehow way more toxic feeling and made it physically much harder to breathe whereas chili “just” creates pain and makes your mucous membranes run.
But here’s the kicker. The thing we were exposed to was iirc 10% strength of teargas. It’s meant for test exposures like that, so you get a feel for the stuff, but in real life scenarios and especially if you’re very close to one, it’d be much stronger.
And people would take one breath in the shipping container and run out coughing, spluttering and gagging while being beaten by other conscripts with pine branches. (Cleaning off the tear-gas.)
And none of us had any breathing problems. This unit is just balling through with his leather lungs. Prolly smoked hash since the 60’s and DMT since the 90’s, nothing hurts this man.
Love the runic stylistic choice. Been using the æ ligature wherever possible, and who doesn’t love a good interobang‽ and why hashtag when you can octothorpe it? But thorn runes over th? Brilliant!
Everyone hates your thorns. Go away.
Come on lets not be a cynical arsehole chamber like Reddit. Let weird people be weird as long as no one’s getting hurt :)
Do thorns cause problems for screen readers for those with bision problems?
θæŋks fɔr jʊər kaɪnd wɜrdz, ˈstreɪnʤər! aɪ lʌv ˈtaɪpɪŋ ɪn wɪrd weɪz.
(Thanks for your kind words, stranger! I love typing in weird ways.) [International Phonetic Alphabet]
Just block him.
Chill out dude
Is this OC? It’s a brilliant shot
I’m thinking not. Having had my fair share of tear gas, it’s not fun. Even a block away it’ll warm up your face because it’s just in the air. The masks are literally just got breathing and seeing, but it’s still very uncomfortable up close.
As mentioned in comments below, it’s a Chicago Tribune photographer, Stacey Wescott. Amazing photographer!
Incredible shot then. I go to the World Press Exhibition each year and this is the kind of image you see taking the awards. There’s a ot of perfect timings all happening at once for it to work out.
I was 100% thinking that too! I saw it and immediately was like “wow, that looks like it will win a prize.”
Cool to hear you go to the press exhibition each year! You must see a lot of amazing photos there.
I’m an amateur photographer and mostly do insects.
Incredible timing, positioning, and framing. Also preparation I assume, being able to take the photo in that environment. Even the wind had to be right! Remarkable.
Not sure what you’re trying to say tbh. What does that have to do with the author or quality of the pic?
And my apologies, but an error is disallowing me to edit the other reply.
“Shit” = “Shot”
I have doubts it’s a “shot” based on the vibrant comp of the individual and their reaction to what’s in their proximity. But most noteably, the image isn’t 8:10 as the majority of cameras shoot. But it could be all real and, shit on a blad or something, and in that case it’s a stunning example of photojournalism.
Unfortunately, these are the times we live in now. Editting, photomanip, and now AI are all just too easy
This is a well-attested photo by a photographer at a reliable news org. Don’t denigrate this real person’s work by not giving it the courtesy of scrolling down to the comment that provides the source before assuming it to be AI.
the image isn’t 8:10 as the majority of cameras shoot
???
Many other formats exist and are extremely common (3:2, 1:1, 4:3…)
And more importantly, cropping is a thing.
Exactly right, Joe 👍
Who’s Joe???
The apathy and avarice is astounding.
Cross posted to accidental Renaissance:
Source?
Thanks! It’s an amazing pic.
While waving the American flag? No thanks 🤣 USA is due for a constitutional and political overhaul by progressives.
This guy is protesting against ICE actions in the Chicago area.
Honestly, it’s kind of brilliant. Deny the fascists this critical symbol that they’ve spent decades capturing by recontextualizing it as the revolutionary, anti-fascist symbol it was used as for decades before.
This one photo makes a bunch of MAGAs big mad.
Nardwuar without a hat
I was thinking Noodles from The Offspring
Austin Powers.
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