• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Shooting bullets into the air is a good way to get people killed. They just become ballistics, and what goes up must come down.

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    I propose the state stops flying drones and blaming them on foreign actors when it’s all a stunt to distract the public from Luigi and it’s all bullshit anyway.

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    4 days ago

    Lol, some hobbyist who doesn’t watch the news is about to have a baaaaaad day ☹️

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    3 days ago

    It’s because drones have potential to be a legitimate threat to the monopoly on violence.

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      3 days ago

      Have you never heard of the 2nd amendment??

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        2 days ago

        Guns are only good for so much. I don’t think Ukraine is lacking firearms really, but they use drones for a reason.

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    4 days ago

    This if fuckin’ stupid. The country is going nuts I swear. Nothing like a good mass hysteria to really bring the nation together.

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    4 days ago

    I bet real estate companies are seriously pissed off about this. They are getting very reliant on drone photography for properties.

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        4 days ago

        Apart from save you a hell of a lot if time and effort selling a house yourself. I don’t love the industry, but they do offer a useful service for people without the time and the energy to do it themselves.

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          But they also demand way too much money. Selling a $400,000 house to a real estate investor shouldn’t come include 2 $12,000 commission checks for the agents.

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              First step is to revoke the trademark on the word “Realtor.”

              The only way to use that word is to be a member of the National Association of Realtors, which is a private lobby that spends most of its money governments, people, and companies that if you aren’t a realtor you aren’t a real estate agent.

              Houses for sale usually have locks on the front to let agents access the home, but those Sentrilocks are only accessible to realtors. So the NAR essentially has a monopoly on home sales, and monopolies increase prices.

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                I can buy a keypad lock box on Amazon right now…

                I’d be more inclined to look at state licensing and paperwork standards if you’re looking for barriers to entry.

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                3 days ago

                I am all for that, but like I said, for now, as far as I can tell, the options are a realtor or you sell it yourself. I would love to hear other options (especially in Indiana) because we will be selling our house next year.

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                  There are Real Estate Agents that aren’t realtors. But they’re rare because of issues like the lock boxes that prevent buyers agents from being able to show a house if they aren’t a realtor.

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      I don’t think they are using large drones that require a pilot’s license. Probably small hobby drones are used in real estate.

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    This is going to get good when a passenger airplane is shot down.

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      It’s already illegal to shoot at things in the sky unless you’re a government agent or soldier. And they aren’t about to start dropping things unless drones are getting in the way of stuff on the joint military base in NJ or at Newark Liberty Airport.

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    3 days ago

    I wish they’d ban them everywhere except your own private property, or areas designated for rc plane flying. Also, land owners should have the right to shoot any drone flying over their property down.

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    4 days ago

    But I thought it was just satellites and meteors and bad captures of airplanes on cellphone cameras. That’s what we’ve been told. Who would have thunk 🤔