Grant_us_eyes
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Grant_us_eyes
2d ago
This is making the very bad assumption that those 40 acres plots are useable as residence/homesteading from the get-go.
Buyer, as always, beware. I’ve seen ten acre plots that look excellent on map and paper only to go to them during a large thunderstorm and find the entire property under several inches of water due to surrounding development. Whoops!
Grant_us_eyes
4d ago
The Stereotypical Horse Girl is also rich as flip, and as such, doesn't need the money.
I still remember when my mother took horse riding lessons and made noises about buying the horse she really liked, with a price-tag of around 40K.
For a horse.
That will die in a decade or so.
My response to this was along the lines of 'Are you absolutely insane?', especially as she was expecting me to help take care of the damn thing. That would not have ended well.
Grant_us_eyes
7d ago
It's Red Tribe buying the guns with Red Tribe money, but it's Blue Tribe driving them to do it.
While I'll freely admit that I'm not a firearms historian beyond that of a casual dabbler, there's a solid argument to be made that the entire reason why the AR platform as a whole is so insanely popular nowadays(to the point where some people call it 'American's Rifle' - or maybe I'm just delusional and made that up in my head, uh-) is specifically because Clinton and the Democrats as a whole went 'nuh uh', thereby driving the demand for the forbidden fruit up through the roof.
That said, doing a quick perusals of the models Ruger is discontinuing looks to be... well, a long line of revolvers. And, sadly, revolvers, while fun and cool looking guns, just aren't that popular. Ruger's still making it's LCP line, and that brand of gun is so stupidly popular they'll made rare and weird production lines of the damn thing in various colors.
So it's probably more of a case of Ruger following the money, as opposed to any sort of political pressure just not driving gun sales.
Grant_us_eyes
12d ago
It's been a while since I cracked open Valheim, but the one aspect(amoung many) that I absolutely adored about it was the base attack mechanic.
It's one of the few, if not only, survival sandbox that did it right - the perfect blend of being just threatening enough you can't turtle and ignore it, but not something that'll turn into a complete base whip and make you rage-quit in frustration.
I could make the perfect sandbox building game if I could somehow put Conan Exiles companions and Valheim's base attack mechanic in the same game. (Conan Exiles has a base attack mechanic. It's been a while since I played that, but when I last did, it was horrible.)
Grant_us_eyes
12d ago
Sure, I'll risk LLMs building a profile of me and share a few weirder channels from my subsription list.
A boat in the woods Guy taking the ardurous journey to rebuild a sailboat in the woods of Nova Scotia. I love stuff like this.
AlfieAesthetics Weird british guy who does survival stuff in the woods. Lots of fun videos, but not alot of content, despite the age of the channel.
Andrew Camarata Guy built a castle out of storage containers. Nuff said.
Brainjackt Ambient Stalker shorts. As in, the video game. Swip-swaps between Stalker, Stalker GAMMA, and Stalker 2. Very comfy.
Effective Purpose Basically what I would call a married, Christian HoeMath. Lots of essays on the state of men, dating, marriage, the Christian faith and how they all relate, alongside historical documentation of how we got here. Interesting stuff.
EpicNate So many goddamn bethesda icebergs. Recently started getting into actual historical mysteries with some odd artifacts that definately made me raise a few eyebrows. Most videos are a minimum of an hour long, so if you really want to waste some time...
Gentlemansgazette Indulge in your inner dandy.
Isaac Arthur I like my futurtism optimistic.
Lost Battlefields w Tino Struckmann Guy goes DEEP into some of the more obscure aspects of WW1 and WW2 via actually traveling out to these locations to examine and reseach them. Buckle up, cause you're going to be seeing some wild stuff.
Martijn Doolaard Guy renovating two shepard chaplets in the Italian Alps and doing an increadiable job of it. I am mad, mad jelly of this guy.
Midwest Angelica For when you want Analouge Horror Neon Genesis Evangelion at home.
Nagualero Guy did alot of bushcraft and painting and painting while bushcrafting. A sad channel, as he passed away several years ago unexpectedly.
Sabine Hossenfelder I like interesting science math lady.
Staladus Do you want science fiction with ancient aliens, hard science, and one insanely kickass intro? Boy, do I have the channel for you!
Teravibe Crazy ambient lady. This is one of my favorites, where she blends her typical stuff with some careful IRL filming to make an intro that looks something out of a video game.
The Archive In Between Do you like LLM-derived videos? 1970s retro sci-fi aesthetics? Whacky sci-fi/fantasy world-hopping empires? Boy, do I have the channel for you!
TheNorthwoodsman Old guy in an old cabin in the woods doing cabin things.
Venik Hue Posthuman uploads in magi-tech sci-fi robots amid an apocalyptic earth indulging in whacky shenanigans in-between fridge moments of posthuman horror. You can, indeed, parry a fucking nuke.
And that's all you get. Have fun.
Grant_us_eyes
12d ago
I wouldn't think that is the case, no. Fanservice has been a constant element of games, often used as a point of criticism against them. After all, this is an actual advertisement for a western game from over two decades ago.
...you probably don't want to open that link if you're at work, just fyi.
Grant_us_eyes
13d ago
What I found surprising was the backlash against "cosplayers" trying to capitalize on the trend. The same kind of people that slurped up lazy 2B cosplays (white wig, blindfold, tits, ass) are now calling half-naked women trying to entice them with blond wigs and green fingernails "slutbloods" and encouraging each other to block them.
This is just a simmer moving to a boil in real time. There’s been a slow yet consistent push against the onlyfansification of cosplay, especially amoung the old guard who remember before it got ‘popular’, and thus, something to exploit.
Grant_us_eyes
15d ago
The saddest moment in any serious, intelligent Libertarian's life is realizing they do not live in a world with zeppelins and talking monkies.
Grant_us_eyes
15d ago
"I totally support this thing that has happened before, is likely happening now, and some people want to increase to a horrendous degree. I also support this thing that has never happened before and the last time someone tried it got struck down by a judge despite being passed with nearly 60% of the votes."
You'll excuse me if I no longer give people like Caplan the benefit of the doubt.
Grant_us_eyes
16d ago
It was origionally in relationship to clothing purchases in the modern age, but the core idea is, sadly, something that can be applied broadly to... well, anything. The phrase 'huge cognitive costs' encapsulates something not many consider as a negative, and a factor that I feel has increased in the modern days as we all drown under a rising tide of grey sludge of information.
Or, to shamelessly borrow from one of the replies, 'Huge cognitive costs is the through line of our times, which is kinda surprising, since we were promised the exact opposite'.
Grant_us_eyes
16d ago
This turn-around became so famous it they actually coined a term for it.
Grant_us_eyes
17d ago
A wonderful example of a quote I've become rather fond of.
"With omnipresent sloppification you need to become an expert yourself before [...] anything. Huge cognitive costs."
Grant_us_eyes
18d ago
For context, this is the first I've heard about it. As in, literally today.
Then again, I don't normally dip my toes into the Linux side of things, so that might explain it.
...still looks cool, though.
Grant_us_eyes
18d ago
Omarchy Linux
Oh for fuck's sake. What in the absolute fuck. I casually read through this post, then go on a refreshing update/research on local-hosting LLMs a few hours later, only to stumble across the guy who did an old video I was double-checking having done a 'you need to switch to Linux RIGHT NOW' that was all about Omarchy Linux.
This is either a prime example of observation bias in action, or that we're all in a simulation.
(I will say that Omarchy Linux looks pretty cool, imho.)
Grant_us_eyes
20d ago
Less a straight arranged marriage and more weighting the dice as much as possible.
Also, if necessary, a brutal heart-to-heart talk along the lines of 'Bruh. You seriously think you're going to manage better? Get the fuck over yourself and marry that woman.'
I know of atleast one guy who got that from his dad. ... In the dad's defense, the lady in question was quite possibly the literal IRL example of a 10/10, angel descended from heaven, and the guy was... not. Knowing them both, the woman in question is an absolute sweetheart and the guy is insanely lucky. And, yes, they both have multiple kids by this point.
Grant_us_eyes
21d ago
I feel there is a non-zero group of very vocal women who's core argument against stuff like this basically boils down to that they hate the idea of men having to 'learn' to be 'chads'.
They don't want to find out that the man who managed to get with them used to be a socially messed up and worked hard to be charismatically smooth. They want a natural. The guy who just 'gets it'. Like, how the hell do they expect regular and/or awkward guys to learn this stuff? Yeah, I know socially extroverted people who make connections as easily as fucking breathing, but the rest of us have to put in the effort at it to atleast pretend to be normal, or atleast not an asocial retard.
Grant_us_eyes
21d ago
going abroad
This is hiding alot of assumptions; for one, you need to either be rich enough or have the right sort of job to be popular abroad. Not exactly an option for regular joe schmoes that are hurting in the dating market, so guys able to take advantage of this are still in the upper percentile range.
Second... Look, I'm not going to belabour passport bros thier options, but the idea that there exist places where I'd absolutely slay just because I'm white and American sounds absolutely ludicrious. I don't fucking beleive it. I suppose the only way to test this out would be to go over there, but, see point one.
Third, as faceh points out, it just exports the problem to that country.
Fourth, I'm a horrible racist and want my kids to look like me, so that nixes most Asian countries. I suppose, in theory, that means I should be going to the region of Eastern Europe, but, well... see points one and two.
Grant_us_eyes
22d ago
In my years of reading, the best way I can break it down is that male writing is more mechanistic, whereas female writing tends to be more intimate.
I’ve always struggled trying to find the best way to phrase it, and that’s what I keep coming back to.
Grant_us_eyes
23d ago
She's given the nickname 'Useless Goddess' for a reason.
Ie, sometimes character design isn't enough to save a character. They have to actually be likeable. Unless that's the point, like we get with Aqua.
Grant_us_eyes
26d ago
I remember being told not to touch any of them because they were dangerous
Back whenever I was in grade school, I remember an afternoon where, bored to utter tears and waiting for my mother to finish up her work, was rummaging through all the various random items in her car.
As one does.
I then stumbled across a random package, and upon opening it via zipper, discovered what appeared to be a loaded pistol.
Keep in mind, I had never been exposed to guns, never had 'the talk', had never actually shot a pistol/rifle as of yet.
Despite all of this, my initial reaction was 'Oh, that's a gun, that's dangerous', promptly put it away, and never touched the damn thing again.
I don't think I fall on the far end of the bell curve when it comes to intelligence, certainly not as a child, but maybe we need to start thinking that they aren't complete imbeciles when it comes to certain things, either.
Or maybe I'm just a weird duck, I dunno.
Grant_us_eyes
27d ago
Speaking from personal experience(no, I’m not law enforcement, just to be clear here), it’s very difficult not to fall into this mode of thinking when you have access to sensitive information that the public can only be partially aware of and giving info out could get you and your organization in severe trouble.
I know I’ve slipped into calling some groups ‘civilian’ before mentally slapping myself and looking to find another term.
Grant_us_eyes
28d ago
Time to return to the honored tradition of using a fake pen name and persona to write your novels, I suppose.
Grant_us_eyes
29d ago
Not just the PR space; People have been pointing out as of late that with the shift in NFA registration/tax stamp, the most recent wins in the courts, and the ATF more or less stating outright they're not going to argue the point, people are now capable of doing things free and clear that would have had the Federal Government gleefully murdering your wife and kids and celebrating about it afterwards.
Granted, that line of logic leads to places alot of people don't want to go. Conversely, given how the Days of Rage worked out for the left, well...
The Galbrush Paradox proven right once again.
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