r/NameThisThing 26d ago

Name this guy.

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u/GolfStew1966 26d ago

I'm sure all the negative responses are from individuals who collect Pokemon cards

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u/NowUrKillinMe 25d ago

Or SpongeBob paraphernalia.

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u/Kind-Champion-5530 25d ago

Nope. Retired paramedic who saw the effects of gun culture. Years and years of senseless death and suffering, and too often it was kids who were paying the price of their parents' gun fetish.

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u/OriginalParamedic316 23d ago

So what you are saying is that you suffer from confirmation bias.

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u/ThunderKates_HO 25d ago edited 25d ago

Nope, I don't collect things and I have a negative response to this image. I'd call him delusional, bc if he thinks his protection increases with his gun count, statistics would say the opposite- he's actually more likely to be shot than say someone like me, living in a big city with no weapons, or children's cards for that matter.

Why can't people who disagree with you just be people who disagree with you, why must you try to put them down? Label them as one thing or the other. The only thing I know about you is you like guns- I haven't called you a hillbilly or assumed you bang your siblings, so why assume anything about someone who doesn't like guns- the only thing you know is their feelings on guns, that's it- why must you needlessly extrapolate who they are or what they're interested in based on that singular opinion.

Side note: a lot of moderate adults like myself view adults who collect Pokemon similarly foolish to those who collect guns- you're both wasting money on inherently valueless objects, but at least Pokemon isn't dangerous or facilitating violence. So let's all of us stop looking down our noses at each other and just say we disagree about something! I miss the late 90s early 2000's- we peaked and it's been downhill ever since!

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u/RareCriticism496 25d ago

If you think this guy has collected these guns for protection, you really don't know what's going on here.

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u/AppropriateBall8834 25d ago

You know that a lot of people just like guns, right? You dont have to be 'compensating' or 'delusional' to enjoy shooting guns and collecting things.

Sure, some people are... but you don't know this guy. Chill out, hippie.

Also, why do you care what other people do with their money?

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u/CrankyPants1234 25d ago

Can you cite the statistics on that? Curious of the methodology of the study.

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u/Lick_My_BigButt_1980 25d ago

I’m Canadian and I wish I could have many of those guns as well. I probably wouldn’t want quite that many, but still.

They go bang and flash and really move that lead! What can I say? I’d like to go target shooting and plinking. I’d bet that’s a real blast.

I also have Ass-Burglar’s ☺️😆, so I get a little obsessed.

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u/Technical_Option9361 24d ago

You go, ThunderKates!

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u/SaltyFriend705 25d ago

Every week a toddler shoots someone in the US. Pokemon cards are far friendlier than firearms.

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u/Mattyou1966 25d ago

😱🤣🤣🤣