Routine Shootings at US Schools and Universities Megathread.

[garbon]

If you don't ring doorbells in 2023, why hasn't he removed his doorbell?

Aesthetics?

[The Brain]

Seems an unnecessary removal cost if people are not using it.

[Valmy]

What are we supposed to do in 2023? Just let ourselves in?

[PDH]

The polite thing to do is shoot your way in.  Or drive your tank in.

[DGuller]

I don't know all the legal intricacies of every state's stand your ground law, but I think homeowners would still be justified in shooting at you if you try to shoot your way in.

[Valmy]

I don't know all the legal intricacies of every state's stand your ground law, but I think homeowners would still be justified in shooting at you if you try to shoot your way in.

True.

That must be why I would need to drive my tank.

[Admiral Yi]

At least have the decency to post a sign saying if you ring my doorbell I will blow your head off.

[Admiral Yi]

Oh yeah, they caught the Texas dude who killed a bunch of his neighbors.  Story has immigration status angle.

[DGuller]

At least have the decency to post a sign saying if you ring my doorbell I will blow your head off.

Doesn't that totally ruin the element of surprise?

[Admiral Yi]

Doesn't that totally ruin the element of surprise?

Good manners sometimes means sacrificing your own self interest.

[Sheilbh]

[snip]

A guy at the door might be Deliveroo or a parcel - unexpected phone callers on the other hand....

[Admiral Yi]

A guy at the door might be Deliveroo or a parcel - unexpected phone callers on the other hand....

Those quaint English and their charming little local brands.

[Barrister]

[snip]

A guy at the door might be Deliveroo or a parcel - unexpected phone callers on the other hand....

The change in etiquette on phone calls just shocks me from when I was young.

I mean - as a kid we had one house line.  If the phone rang, you answered it!

Now, my wife for one refuses to ever answer her own phone unless she recognizes the number.  In my own experience when I try to contact witnesses I often have to text to say who I am in advance before people will talk to me - if I call unsolicited they'll just refuse to answer.

[Jacob]

One does not answer phone calls no. Or check messages. Too much spam.

[Valmy]

Now, my wife for one refuses to ever answer her own phone unless she recognizes the number.  In my own experience when I try to contact witnesses I often have to text to say who I am in advance before people will talk to me - if I call unsolicited they'll just refuse to answer.

The telephone solicitation business totally ruined it for everybody.