Lizzardspawn
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Lizzardspawn
1d ago
I bet on incompetence.
Assume that the Congress decides to impose universal age of consent in all states. And pull from their ass the authority to do it. What do you think the current culture war coalitions and factions will push for and will it create intracoallition splits.
Hardline Religious conservatives hard - 21 with exception for marriage
Moderate Religous conservatives - 18
Centrists/liberals - they will look at Europe and see that the world didn't ended and probably say that it is 16 with romeo and juliet clause
Feminists - probably a split here - some will push for maximum, other for 16
Andrew tate fans - hard 14
Anime fans - soft 14
LGBTQ+ - a spectrum based on the how activist they are ranging from 16 to 12.
No idea about how will it go based on race and income
Lizzardspawn
3d ago
You can get good results for stropping with news paper. Or just leather on wood. Or even an old belt. There are a lot of good videos in the net. Compounds are nice to have but not mandatory.
Lizzardspawn
3d ago
I use a leather stop loaded with 0.5 micron chinesium diamond. Works ok. Couple of years ago I used leather with green compound worked ok. I have also tried the newspaper/a4 paper stropping people do seem to get amazing results also.
But I am not yet skilled enough to determine the difference between different methods.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WFsNGNomP78 here is a video that shows both the paper and other insane deburring technique.
Lizzardspawn
3d ago
The sharpening sections on the big internet knife forums are usually a good resource about different stones. And it is a rabbit hole.
I personally would stay away from combination stones. One grit per stone only. I would also stay away from mystery stones and no name brands.
The conventional wisdom is that a basic kit consists of rough (120-600) medium (800-2000) and fine stone (3000-8000), and a strop. With the fine stone being optional. Personal observation - grit jumps lower than 2 and higher than 4 are a waste of time in a progression. The good thing of having 3 stones is that you can use them to flatten each other - the theory is quite interesting there. A small 2$ diamond plate to raise slurry is also helpful.
Go on the kitchen or general knife forums - they usually have questionnaires about your exact needs and budgets to fit recommendations.
And to make matters worse - almost any stone line i can think of have at least some shitty performers inside. So just doing a brand recommendation is hard.
I have found that I personally like stones on the hard side that are not muddy, but make creamy slurry.
I am not that good at sharpening to educate others. My edges are - you don't feel resistance when cutting a tomato, being able to cut tomato sideways, doing S trough A4 printer paper and kinda cutting kitchen towel. But here are some tips I have learned in the last few years. After the first tip the order is not mandatory. Also keep in mind that when doing youtube stunts - technique makes as much difference as the edge - which I realized a week ago when I gave a girlfriend of mine to test a knife I sharpened - I was doing an S trough the paper and she was making the knife and paper create sounds like nails on a chalkboard. I also mostly sharpen kitchen knives, for EDC and survival - have no experience.
- Buying sharpening gear and using it are two different hobbies. Unless your gear is total crap you probably don't need, but only want that new 8000 stone.
- Good rough stones are harder to find than good high grit ones.
- When sharpening on wetstones - your back musles should be under tension and push and pull with them - the hands are for stabilization. Something close to doing pushups. I have noticed that separating holding the knife stable and generating pressure and movement to different muscle groups helps doing both better and more consistent.
- Having your setup being comfortable is important.
- Stropping is more important than you think. From what I see in the last few years more and more the communities are paying attention to burr removal and final strop. Thanks to science of sharp. So up your stropping game.
- Cheap 3$ diamond plates with grit 200 from temu make a decent wetstone cleaner and slurry raiser.
- Cheap 2$ diamond paste makes a good stropping compound
- Make sure that what you are sharpening could actually take an edge. Mystery and cheap stainless with poor or totally without heat treatment - it is better to just give the guy a set of kiwi brand knifes.
- You could unknowingly be using the wrong angle. Buy a cheapo angle meter from amazon, temu and just check on every knife you sharpen at what height of the spine relative to board is the desired angle. I was unknowingly sharpening cheap stainless at around 18 inclusive (9 per side) - which is just too low for that specific steel and I was wondering why the edges collapsed, rolled or didn't form at all. Moved to 30 inclusive - yeah bably - different beast. Error could come from the other direction too - to sharpen at 30 per side and wonder why this axe style edge doesn't perform.
- You could unknowingly be using the wrong pressure. Either too little or too much - two days ago I was a bit angry and started just pushing harder on the 1000 - suddenly my bevels were thinner, more consistent in width and with better finish. Also sharper. And I was using way too much on 12000 and probably rounding the edge.
- Thinness after the edge matters a lot - almost any mass produced knife could use a good thinning there.
- Always have vegetables on hands - no matter how much you cut and season paper - it won't taste good. So it is more important a knife to be joyous to use on the cutting board than to do stunts. And you will eat tad healthier.
- No you won't be able to cut prosciutto or mortadella or sashimi or make katsuramuki like the pros. Deal with it.
- Nothing written by a guy on the Internet is beyond scrutiny - do your own experiments to confirm or deny what is being told. Too much is subjective to be taken as granted.
- Cheap Chinese microscopes are a godsend if you are having troubles.
- Practice. Also nothing wrong in buying cheap practicing knives. There are finds in the 10-20-30 dollar range. Getting a Mora, thin it sharpen it - it will be awesome experience. Both their stainless and especially carbon are amazing. Also there are finds in the local Chinese market, and some of the western cheap brands are also good. But this requires a lot of reading.
- Every stone has it's own character. It may not fit yours - if you have the budget gift/trade it to someone else.
- Some stones are just crap. End of story.
- Classical knife shapes have a good reason to be classical.
- Science of sharp, knifegrinders are good resources about the theory of sharpening.
- Never sharpen someone else's knife that has sentimental value.
Lizzardspawn
4d ago
So cheap fun - what you do that is budget friendly? One of mine is to take some cheap knife in the 10-20 euro range that is having at least some heat treatment, thin it, sharpen it to the point where you could make a couple of S in a printer paper and and then gift it to somebody. Usually they are pleased. As a bonus there is usually a stream of knives sent your way for sharpening.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
I think that a lot of people still live with the first seasons of good eats, not realizing that the 80s suburbia is long gone. More and more briquettes are pressed dust with some starch as binder. And they deprive themselves of the brilliant asian briquettes with hole - those things can make your local blacksmith passing by to ask if they can use your forge for some minor work.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
The objections against lighter fluid are usually taste not cost wise. Never used the stuff so I can't comment.
But I think that for me this is more of a - a knife never runs out of bullets situation. If you are grilling you will have paper towels and cooking oil nearby, buy you can run out of lighter fluid.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
I would think that this is a wash, because you still need something to ignite the coals when you use a chimney starter (just throwing a match in there doesn't cut it in my experience)
Soak kitchen paper or cotton in cooking oil. can get a chimney starter to emit blue flame in 6 minutes.
Lizzardspawn
5d ago
but the Weber charcoal chimney is in the mail, so I must burn with passion regarding grilling quietly to myself.
this is all you need.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
because we both hate cleaning the grate
usually grills are self cleaning if you raise the temperature enough to glow in the dark.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
Grilling. Do you grill? What do you grill? How do you grill? What are you grilling with? How often?
- Yes
- Mostly skirt steak, ribeye and pork tenderloin 3/4. Sous vide - first 3 hours warm aging at 47C, then for tenderloin and ribye to 54, for skirt - 56-7 for 24 hours, then I use top gas 800C IR grill - for some reason they are really cheap in europe https://images.app.goo.gl/HmAKhd1wsQh1874o7
- Whenever I need to impress a girl
Such thing is btw quite cheap to design yourself - just take 2-3-4 donner burners and the rest is just protection, housing and copper pipe.
good thing - you could prepare absurd quantities of meat before and it is the tenderest possible. But it takes away all the romance.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
What would their alternative be?
Crybulling. Zelensky is master of that.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
If Russia has access to swift, European sanctions really don't matter.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
Honestly the best thing Putin could do is accept it. Ukraine will never accept it, so it is a safe bet.
Lizzardspawn
6d ago
This is one of those - please adopt it. Since the easiest people to be declared outlaws are the visa overstayers and people entering not at point of entry.
Lizzardspawn
8d ago
Leaving the polymarket here - seems to bet on Parolin and Tagle so far.
Lizzardspawn
9d ago
but I do feel that was the mainstream position on the Motte two years ago, and on most of the rest of the internet
Definitely not here. From the moment the blitzkrieg failed it the consensus was "the worst possible thing to have is meatgrinder, so this will turn into meatgrinder"
Lizzardspawn
9d ago
Historically wars always start bad for Russia. No matter if they are on the offensive or defensive. Afterwards it is a coin flip if they win or lose.
Lizzardspawn
9d ago
afaik the shortening of the lines of communication brought on by the german retreat considerably improved german logistics.
You can't shoot an ammunition futures from a canon. At the end of the war Germany was starved for all and any resources.
Lizzardspawn
9d ago
I do believe that the frontline has barely changed in the time since the counter offensive. And there are maps to support me. In 30 years we may all be dead or ai slaves, but right here right now the front line is very stable and there doesn't seem to be chance of big swing in either direction in the next few months. So aside from the body bags this is effectively ceasefire as long as the diplomacy of hammering a deal is concerned.
Ukraine may be sacrificing a lot to keep the things stable, but it doesn't looks like there will be depletion of their ability to provide meat for the grinder in next two years.
Lizzardspawn
10d ago
With the speed russia is advancing they will get in kiev in 2095
Lizzardspawn
10d ago
You don't need ceasefires to have peace talks. The front is stable enough so that is in effect ceasefire. Just start the direct peace deal process.
Yes I can. When I taser you there is good chance you will clench your fists.
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