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Joshjrn
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Baton Rouge |
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| Number of Posts: | 33424 |
| Registered on: | 12/24/2008 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Do dumb people know they are dumb?
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/22/26 at 5:58 pm to UptownJoeBrown
In my experience, the extremes of the spectrum know they are very dumb or very smart, even if they don’t know exactly where they fall. The middle 75% or so always overestimates their intelligence, and the closer to the bottom they are, the more they do so.
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re: Deep vocal fry 20s boss lady influencer day in the life (WYHI)
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/22/26 at 3:30 pm to TeddyPadillac
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Have literally never heard of “vocal fry” in my 40+ years on this earth. I would say that if there are other 40+ year olds that do know what that is, I probably don’t want to be around them.
As I said :cheers:
By the way, I was curious after ole boy said this was the only thread that ever referenced vocal fry, so I went and did the search myself: 8 pages of results on the OT alone, dating back to 2014 :lol:
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I'm good but thanks.
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Guess I am sad that I missed those discussions.
I can’t fathom being an even remotely informed and aware adult in 2026 and not know what vocal fry is, or have no idea what someone means when they describe someone as an “influencer”. I’ll probably never understand why some people seem to be proud of not knowing about very basic, widely known things. But hey, at least you learned something new today. Hopefully that doesn’t ding your sense of pride too much :cheers:
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Quick search of this site and the only time "vocal fry" was mentioned is in this thread.
The default search only includes the last seven days. Expand it and try again :cheers:
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Not sure what boards you hang out on that vocal fry is being heaviliy discussed. Either way, I will just stay here, thanks.
The world is a bit bigger than this board, brotato. When I said it’s been discussed for decades, I wasn’t actually referring to TD. Though it’s been discussed here for as long as I can remember.
re: Would you support being able to see who down/up votes posts?
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/22/26 at 11:31 am to travelgamer
I’ve never understood why they exist to begin with. They make sense on something like reddit that uses them for formatting, but they serve no purpose on TD. If anything, it seems like it would reduce posting of responses, and thus page refreshes.
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Guess I am officially old as I have no fricking clue what this means. Sadly I had to Google vocal fry
Vocal fry has been discussed heavily for decades. You must be very, very old :lol:
re: Deep vocal fry 20s boss lady influencer day in the life (WYHI)
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/22/26 at 9:13 am to tiggerthetooth
This is very mild vocal fry, comparatively speaking :lol:
re: 30 Year Anniversary: Which of these 1996 half ton trucks would you select?
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/21/26 at 7:48 pm to weagle1999
Not a truck guy, so I have no opinion on the trucks themselves, but I do think the Ford looks the best.
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Already happening.
Serious attempts? Link?
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this is why we will see serious attempts at legalizing post-birth abortions soon.
What about this makes you think we are going to see serious attempts at legalizing "post-birth abortions" soon?
I don't mind watching with a group, on two conditions:
1. The people in the room with the TV respect that the reason we are in the room is what's on the TV. If you want to talk about something else, do it during commercials or leave.
2. They aren't Rant level negative bitches who declare the game "over" in the first half because we just went down 10 and then had to punt. I don't need cheerleading, but just shut the frick up :lol:
1. The people in the room with the TV respect that the reason we are in the room is what's on the TV. If you want to talk about something else, do it during commercials or leave.
2. They aren't Rant level negative bitches who declare the game "over" in the first half because we just went down 10 and then had to punt. I don't need cheerleading, but just shut the frick up :lol:
re: Would you be in favor of every traffic light in your city being replaced by a roundabout?
Posted by Joshjrn on 8/21/26 at 11:43 am to Giantkiller
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I love a good roundabout, but seeing most… um.. Baton Rouge drivers, I don’t think they could handle it.
I take the Lobdell roundabout dozens of times a week. Other than some unnecessary tentativeness, I never really see any issues.
With that said, I don’t know if we need frequent roundabouts on major highways, but we could easily use dozens more in town.
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The deceased made an attempt to walk away during the altercation and was shot to death from behind, that is murder and justifies a life sentence for murder 2.
Queue it up and try it then, big boy. Just explaining how shite works in the real world when a forty year old woman shoots someone who just beat her with a shovel :lol:
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If there was a battery that occurred during the altercation that is one thing, but from what I have gathered from various news sources the deceased was shot in the back while walking away along Tigerland avenue. Seems plausible for a second degree murder charge without there being a plea.
I didn’t say during; I said before. Of course a second degree murder charge is plausible. A manslaughter charge is also plausible. Then you have the outside chance you catch a stray juror or two who say “frick that, some bitch hits me with a shovel and she gets what’s coming to her, even if it’s half an hour later” and votes to nullify.
The manslaughter plea guarantees the State a conviction and guarantees the defense that they get to avoid an LWOP sentence. This is the kind of fact pattern that screams for a manslaughter plea.
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The deceased was shot in the back which was determined by BRPD what issues with this case are you referring to?
About half an hour before, the deceased had attacked her repeatedly, including hitting her with a shovel. Obviously not self defense, but not an unreasonable argument for Manslaughter. Both sides would have been fighting over whether “a reasonable person’s blood would have cooled” during that time period based on the circumstances, which would have bored a jury to tears.
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That happens until they get to murder. Once they kill somebody it becomes serious.
Not according to TD. In nearly every thread about a murder arrest, there’s a chorus of people saying everything I said above.
As I’ve said many times, it’s not actually the reality, but that’s never stopped the peanut gallery :lol:
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It seems as though most 2nd degree murder charges are reduced to manslaughter in EBRP to avoid life without. Isn't that pretty common during plea negotiations in BR?
I don’t know the numbers, so I can’t confirm “most”, but it’s common. You can’t negotiate sentencing on a second degree murder, so if there are potential issues with the state’s case (and there were in this one), then Manslaughter and a number is the obvious middle ground for a resolution.
I’m confused: I thought no one ever got arrested in Baton Rouge. And if they do get arrested, they get a crazy low bond. And they certainly aren’t prosecuted. And if they are prosecuted, it gets reduced to a misdemeanor and probation. OP can’t be accurate :lol:
I love that Google Maps shows under sea topography now. So fricking cool.
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The details given of his “bad acts” seem more pertinent than just examples of bad behavior in the past. They seem to go straight to his state of mind just prior to the knife attack.
Which is why a motion would be filed to have them admitted.
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(b) Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts.
(1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of any other crime, wrong, or act is not admissible to prove a person’s character in order to show that on a particular occasion the person acted in accordance with the character.
(2) Permitted Uses. This evidence may be admissible for another purpose, such as proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake, or lack of accident.
(3) Notice in a Criminal Case. In a criminal case, the prosecutor must:
(A) provide reasonable notice of any such evidence that the prosecutor intends to offer at trial, so that the defendant has a fair opportunity to meet it;
(B) articulate in the notice the permitted purpose for which the prosecutor intends to offer the evidence and the reasoning that supports the purpose; and
(C) do so in writing before trial — or in any form during trial if the court, for good cause, excuses lack of pretrial notice.
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What’s a 404 motion?
It's a motion requesting permission to enter evidence of "other bad acts". This is the federal rule, just as an example: LINK
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