Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "The Young Turks"
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I have a cat, who before sterilization could become QUITE vicious. I mean, if you're a young kid, sure. I get it. I've gotten some terrible scratches, and cats are often underestimated. For sure. Still.. I've NEVER been afraid for either myself OR my cat actually getting hurt, even when he used to get these testo-filled "outbreaks" or whatever. I ALWAYS managed to fairly quickly restrain him without hurting him or myself (besides some scratches - never much, tho).
Don't get me wrong, my cat is LOVELY and have always been, as well as cuddly and cute most of the time. There was just a few times here and there he'd "lose it", and started "attacking" and becoming "vicious" in response. He was just too frustrated at times due to the testosterone and not having a female cat to mate with, lol. So nothing "bad" ever went on, causing him to behave like that at times.
So.. sure, they can absolutely do SOME damage, and A LOT of damage to especially toddlers, if the cat isn't used to toddlers and being a bit "manhandled", as toddlers just do. That's just how it goes with toddler vs. any animal. I'm jist saying.. it doesn't take much to get control over a cat, as long as you have some idea over how cats function and such.
Thankfully. . there's generally NEVER ANY REASON to fight ANY pet or wild animal (unless you stumble upon some wild animal and are FORCED to fight for self defense - usually you're better off just running away anyway). Just don't fight animals.
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Hell, I'm Norwegian (part of the three Scandinavian countries - we're all independent and have been for ages upon ages, but we're lumped together as one on the world stage.. oh well, Sweden and Denmark are cool, so I don't mind! But.. Norway's the best, tho. We just are).
What Ana's saying is absolutely correct.
I personally have been unfortunate enough in my still very young life (still just 23 y/o) to have been homeless for some years, beginning at the age of just 16 y/o. So, surely more than enough childhood trauma from both before and after that. By that point, you bet I was already addicted to drugs. I grew up in one of the poorest areas, and my family surely didn't have any resources. There weren't too much in our community generally either, so nothing really to lean in if in need. Hence the situation I found myself in.
I ended up in worse and worse crowds, experiencing worse and worse trauma, becoming more and more drug addicted. People around me practically just waited to get "the call", if you know what I mean. So it was absolutely terrible.
You know what eased the burden on not just myself personally, but on our community's resources and crime rates? The fact that our government cares for every single person enough to allow them some shreds of dignity, in other words money. It wasn't much, but it made sure, along with other programs, that I could eat at all, and not have to steal and such (aka.. become a worse criminal than being a drug addict stupidly is considered), in order to feed my habits. I also had the possibility of getting any kind of health care, both mental and physical. I could also spend days and nights at shelters for safety and hygiene.
These things not only ensured my own personal health and wellbeing despite the terrible situation I found myself in, it also highly eased the burden the rest of the community would face by myself, along with the rest of people in similar situations just trying to survive, by doing criminal activities affecting others. It ensures literally everyone. It's not that people never get robbed or such, it's rather that the chances of that happening being decreased as much as possible. We, the poor people, weren't made desperate enough to have to rob innocent people, just going about their day. Ensuring our safety immidiatly ensured the rest's safety. Basically, we logically decided to do the math and follow simple logic. We'd all much more preferr our tax dollars going into investing in the most poor and unfortunate among us, instead of investing in beefing up the police and other "after the fact"-measures. We understand that investing in people's dignity despite their background would be of much greater benefit to literally everyone, than investing in stupid and unnessecary police and law enforcement tactics and equipment. We would much rather prevent that need for beefed up security in the first place. We know that investing in prevention takes everyone so much further, and ensures everyone's safety so much more.. not to mention, it's just way more humane and dignified. It's not exactly motivating for anyone to try to re-enter regular society when society's been nothing but cruel and ruthless to you.
Because of these ideals and this humane logic, we barely have that much crime at all. Sure, getting rid of crime 100% will always be literally impossible, but we've incentivised being a law-obiding citizen much more over being a criminal. This kind of crime policy has made sure that we're all, regardless of social status, a safe and welcoming society, not ridden with crime (especially regarding violent, gang, and street-associated crimes).
It just works way better for everyone, and it's good economics as well.
I grew up in what was for a very long time considered part of Norway's worst places (in terms of poverty, crime etc.). We surely had our right wing politicians bring up similar talking points to the US' right wing, but thankfully the overruling political opinion over how to deal with this specific area landed on left wing ideals, which was to continue our high standards in terms of treating the population. We ended up with this massive investment involving a decade long plan to invest from the bottom up in that area. We helped people by literally increasing wellfare, massive infrastructure investments including massive human infrastructure, all of this and much more. We decided that a helping hand would be of greater benefit and interest to the entire country, instead of continue punishing people for being poor and having unfortunate and unprivileged conditions. That absolutely massive investment ended up turning this area (where I still live!) into the place in our city, Oslo (which is the capitol of Norway, yes) into becoming the place with the least crime rates. Funny how that worked, huhh. It both made this area one of the most attractive places to live, pushing up property values massively, without forcing those of us who already lived here in it's poor times out, due to our government ensuring that not only the values of the properties going up, but people wages and wellfare as well to match the increase in property values, so us "OG's" weren't pushed out of our community and homes due to the inflation.
Now THIS is how you do politics. This is how you treat people. This is just what's right and humane. Our government and our society at large seeing literally every single person's individual value is what makes us incredible. We don't see helping people and investing in people as a burden at all, we see it as an obligation we all have towards each other, and joyfully so. We're happy to know that we spend our tax dollars to even out inequality, to better the lives of our neighbours, children, elders and community at large, in health and education etc. - not in cruel and unnessecary wars, unnessecary police enforcement and all those kinds of wasteful "investments", which we know don't work. No. We're much more focused on what actually matters, and fixing the root problems, instead of constantly wasting money and time just treating the "symptoms". We got it right. There's a reason we're one of the wealthiest AND happiest nations on earth, which we have been for the longest time. Take notes, people. Actually learn something.. and stay kind, care abour your neighbour and community. We'll all be doomed if we let personal greed be the ruling force.
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I've had to fight off people with weapons like a machete and like 4 damn cops at the same time while having close to no physical (upper body) strength, both these situations happened as a 'fight, freeze or fight'-situation so it was pure instinct, so I like to think that I'd absolutely would do just about anything to save my pets (a cat and a dog - who are both quite savvy themselves lol, despite them looking like totally adorable plush animals! My cat is a cute housecat and my dog is a labradoodle, but MAN, they're savvy and skilled af. I watched my dog kill a HUGE bird in less than a millisecond, before I could even react myself, then she just kept on going, wagging her tail as if nothing happened while I just stood there in shock).
Mind you - I don't deal with armed police, we don't use guns where I'm from. They are incredibly skilled tho, in both deescalation (which is always the main goal here) and in fighting, if push comes to shove. So it's not like the cops I fought "on accident" were unskilled, because our cops are HIGHLY skilled and professional, so our cops are trusted and highly appreciated in my country, and they deserve that respect.. they're absolutely great, and ACTUALLY serve and protectthe people (I wasn't in a normal state of mind, I'm NOT a violent person AT ALL, it was just all around a bad situation where I was scared and thought I was going to get beat up by a gang or so, while the police actually just began wanting to help me, a young girl out in the middle of the night alone in one of the most dangerous, crime infested places in my country.. so it was all just a bad situation where neither I or them meant any harm. I was charged with assault obvs, but the charges were dropped during trial due to the specific circumstances and my background/history).
So anyway, yeah. I absolutely think my brain would just 'shut off' like in previous instances, and that my adrenaline would take over to protect my pups, my babies. I once had to grab another both large, muscular strong dog off of my dog when she was just a tiny puppy, because that dog was loose, attacking my baby, with the owner doing nothing about it - so after for just trying to shield my dog while screaming and cussing out the owner at the top of my lungs for her to get her damn dog away from my LITERAL baby, I immidiatly just grabbed that monster dog and THREW IT as far away as possible. I hated having to do that, which is why I to begin with (very briefly) trying to protect mine and get the other dumb owner to take care of her dog as the last thing I want is to harm another animal/pet/dog specifically in this instance, but hell, come for my baby, prepare for the worst. It's just like how I'd rather protect a loved one (human) over a stranger, obvs.
The dog was thankfully fine, just quite shaken.. I mean, I did have to grab it forcefully and throw it carelessly away so it could've obvs suffered injuries from that, but hell, it was a grown, extremely muscular bulldog, that landed on grass (thankfully not concrete or smthn, that would've been awful), so it went "fine".
Even after PHYSICALLY HAVING TO FORCEFULLY GRAB AND THROW THAT DOG AWAY QUITE BRUTALLY, the damn owner STILL didn't care about anything, ffs. I fckn cared more about that dog than the owner did.. and that GROWN MUSCLE dog ATTACKED my TINY POODLE BABY. What a TERRIBLE person who should NOT be able to care for ANYONE, neither human or animal. Ughh, no. Too many terrible people out there. I don't get mad at animals for being animals, like that bear - they just do what they're supposed to, following instinct, so there's no foul there. Humans, tho.. ya know.
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I mean.. sure, I guess that's possible, but that seems like thinking zebras instead of horses when you're hearing hoofbeats imo lol. I just don't understand why she would drug him to make a quiet man.. quiet? 🤔😅😅
~ Geez, it sounds like I'm taking this way too seriously lol, I promise you I'm not. I just couldn't help myself from interjecting with my analysis.. I've literally rewatched all of "JFC" (for short) aka "JIM CAN'T SWIM,* a YT-channel that breaks down and analyses piece by piece in great detail of criminal cases where the main focus is on criminology and (forensic) psychology during interrogations. He does it so professionally, making it super informative, grim, at times even hilarious, and he's always respectful. The videos tend to be quite long which I find lovely. He does a thourough job editing and putting it all together, where you're both learning a whole lot without at all boring you. I highly recommend his channel to anyone and everyone with an interest in (true) crime/criminology, (forsensic) psychology, the justice system with a high level of insider perspective and more. It's truly great. Nothing at all is fictional, they're all entirely real cases with real footage. He's truly the best one out there, and I'd recommend it to literally everyone, except those 14 y/o tiktoker's with an attention span lasting no more than 5 seconds to perhaps, and I'm dragging it here, 10 minutes. His videos are usually 45min to even 2-3 hours. Only a fraction of his vid's are under 20-30 min, the average length is about 1 1/2 hour, yet due to his excellence, you're simply longing for more, wishing they were way much longer because they truly are interesting and extremely fascinsting to watch in all kinds of ways. He's deserving of way more reckognition on YT than he gets - his videos are popular, perhaps the most popular amongst that uniquely specific subgenre of true crime, but hey.. that awful YT-algorythm snuffing the best true content creators. He doesn't make any single thing about himself, he's never even shown his face - all you notice of him personally is his incredible narration, guidance and perspective as a professional. He keeps it all as real as it gets, it's clear that he's not in it for the noteriety in any way. Highly recommend the channel, again - "JSC", short for "Jim Can't Swim". I couldn't recommend it any more... I know I alrady sound like an agent or a sponsor lol, but no. It's truly just an amazing channel that hooks you in to watch all the videos, leaving you wanting even more so you decide to rewatch them all because you notice something new each time and it never gets boring, and you're constantly desperate for his next upload.
So.. yup. This was not at all intented to become a long tangent about his incredible channel and talent, but it did. What can I say, I mean.. I guess you could call it the JSC-effect, lol. I'm absolutely HOOKED. Sorry not sorry. Go watch it!
🤓🤦♀️🤷♀️🤪
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@universal1771 Since you wanna play whatabout-ism, how about all the people police ENTIRELY UNJUSTLY MURDER ALL THE TIME? The actual CAUSE of PEACEFUL PROTESTS by BLM, which is their FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT? Yet police and moronically racist, hypocritical and blood thirsty red wingers see absolutely no problem with DRIVING OVER PEACEFUL PROTESTORS, shooting them, beating them up, brutalizing them in all kinds of ways?
Stfu. There is NO comparison between BLM's JUSTIFIED AND EXTREMELY LEGAL protests and the Jan. 6th INSURRECTION. ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON AT ALL.
You simply "support" the police when it's CONVENIENT to your hatred bubble. When it's not, all of a sudden you don't support the police, despite getting crushed, killed and brutalized by right wingers who couldn't accept THAT THEY LOST AN ELECTION FAIR AND SQUARE. THAT'S IT.
So just stop it, idiot.
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How damn terrifying.
I'm becoming more and more in love with my homeland, my people, my cops, my social wellfare; practically my actual freedom and liberty. Norway. Good, old Norway.
I once ended up in a fight with two cops, who even had to call for reinforcements. Now mind you, this was and is my first and only arrest. I'm far from violent at all. Even just verbal altercations can feel absolutely horrifying to me.
I do suffer from severe trauma/PTSD from both child- and adulthood, including r*pe and kidnapping. Beatings.
I became homeless at just 16, and got addicted to the hardest of the hard drugs very fast. I was in and out of the streets, shelters, institutions, hospitals, random people's couches, and continued on like this for several years.
The time I ended up in a police fight, I was homeless and in a terrible condition. No food or sleep for days. Just a 'miracolously not dead'- person on tons of drugs. I never did drugs for fun, I was just completely addicted and in much more of an unconcious/zombie-like state.
I barely have any memory from the incident at all, though my suboncious memory apparantly got refreshed after going to court almost a year later or so. Apparantly, they'd (the police) saw me out in the middle of the night in a very bad area, and they came up to me to both see if I was okay and to do a drug search (yes, sometimes our police (who btw only carry pepperspray for defense, nothing else) comes up to us to literally just talk and see if we're okay). I apparantly started hitting, punching, spitting and kicking away when one of them just touched my shoulder to get contact, since I didn't respond verbally. That must've caused an automatic, subconcious trauma-defense in me as it must've really startled me, causing me to flashback and completely panic, hence the fight erupting. I still can't remember any of it, not even being at the arrest cell for a day.
Anyways.. I've gotten help and is recovering from all the past trauma and drug addiction. I have my own, very nice and large two bedroom flat, granted to me by the city, basically. A crucial part of our wellfare. I take goodd care of both a dog and a cat, so life is much better now, to say the least.
All I recieved as punishment tho was to serve community service (120 hours by 45 days), where I served as a cashier in a charity shop. It was quite nice, tbh.
So. .yup. I think I'll just stay here in Norway, with our kind cops and socialism. With my freedom and a community that (for the most part) cares for one another, no matter who we are or where life's taken us.
America, you ain't the "land of the free", smdh. You've never been.
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You're still safer with a mask (for your own sake) than without one. Add a shield that covers at least the eyes as well, and you're even better protected. Even a pair of (big) glasses can help. Sure, it doesn't eliminate the risk entirely, BUT it ABSOLUTELY helps more than nothing.
We know this for a fact. That's why all kinds of coverings, including plexiglasses in stores etc. (the same way subway for instance uses sneeze quards over their sub ingrediens). Literally anything that covers you from breathing in all the particles that otherwise roams around in the air, or if anyone were to sneeze/cough close to you/in your direction helps. Does it provide 100% protection? No, you need a hazmat suit for that. COMPLETE medical grade covering. Still, just because it's not 100% effective (although it ABSOLUTELY works WONDERS like you sort of imply, if EVERYONE, or at least the very mast majority wears masks as well), doesn't mean it's not efficient. Same exact principle as wearing a seatbelt. Sure, it won't ever protect you 100%, the protection provided DEPENDS on circumstantial factors, but just because something is not a complete guarantee for total success, doesn't mean it's not incredibly valueable and don't work - because it does.
It all boils down to listening to the science and executing it, as a way to increase your chances at preventing as much injury/harm/sickness/death as possible.
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