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Stultus Maximus posted:The N-95s are still pretty drat effective and I might just wear one any time I fly for the rest of my life because not getting sick after a long flight is p cool. Yep. Since wearing N95s most public places my illnesses have been limited to a food born illness I caught in Iraq, and I managed to catch Flu B, which I thought was covid, but PCR neg for Covid and positive test for flu. Compared to getting colds or strep once a year or so, I am likely converted to any enclosed public transit in mask for life.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:23
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Milo and POTUS posted:They're going to make it illegal lol At some point, yeah, probably. It's going to be a "security concern" somewhere down the line because cameras can't 100% identify someone with a mask on.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:25
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Naramyth posted:I broke my rule of masking while playing 40k at larger events the other week and that was the first time I’ve got the convention cold since COVID started. Which army are you running?
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Apr 19, 2022 15:26
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mlmp08 posted:Yep. Since wearing N95s most public places my illnesses have been limited to a food born illness I caught in Iraq, and I managed to catch Flu B, which I thought was covid, but PCR neg for Covid and positive test for flu. And conversely when my kids school district lifted its mask mandate…everyone started getting all those wonderful colds and viruses that kids love to spread around school.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:27
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It's just so deflating--depressing, even--to know that the very same I DO MY OWN RESEARCH morons will immediately flip the switch to MUH FREEDUMS when asked if they got as many colds or flus when BIG GUBMINT made them mask up in public. I mean, it's the very definition of doing your own research to pay attention when situations change to see if they might benefit you personally. I'm getting flashbacks to the start of mask mandates when people were completely flipping their poo poo about being forced to care about strangers after jealously cultivating thick suits of gently caress you got mine armor.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:47
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ASAPI posted:It is this. I fly last year. The whole, "wear your mask unless you are actively eating/drinking while on the plane" was the dumbest mitigation I have ever seen. The same goes with unmasking at a restaurant when you sit at the table. Last time I was on a flight people just got a drink and kept their mask off the whole time. The flight attendants had no issue with this. It was always a joke. Wear a decent mask and protect yourself, and quarantine from at risk family after traveling by air.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:56
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The problem with people who do their own research is that as expertise increases, confidence usually drops. And these people never get to those levels, because they don’t allow their confidence to drop. And because the actual experts don’t make black or white statements, they discredit anything those experts say. As an exemple, I’m an expert in my professional field. When my boss comes to me with an issue, my answer is usually something like “maybe, in all likelihood A, possibly B if some factors are considered.” Boss, being an MBA with no subject matter knowledge, just assumes whatever he thinks is right.
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Apr 19, 2022 15:56
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Milo and POTUS posted:They're going to make it illegal lol Yup. January 2025 at the latest nationally. Possibly sooner depending on how big the midterm swing is. I'm surprised that the redder states haven't already done it.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:02
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I must be a goddamned genius, then, because I know for a fact that I don't know poo poo about poo poo.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:02
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It's been on the books in SC for over 70 years already, we just need the selective enforcement to pick up.quote:SECTION 16-7-110. Wearing masks and the like.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:19
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TSA still makes you take off your shoes, but a plague is just a passe thing.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:21
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CommieGIR posted:TSA still makes you take off your shoes, but a plague is just a passe thing. Remember post-9/11 when air marshals had to wear suits and were screened and boarded separately? That always seemed like the dullest job possible.
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Apr 19, 2022 16:41
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Sexual Lorax posted:I must be a goddamned genius, then, because I know for a fact that I don't know poo poo about poo poo. Modern day Socrates right here.
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Apr 19, 2022 17:03
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Planetary science decadal review just dropped, NASAs flagship projects for the 2020s will be 1: Mars Sample Return 2: Uranus Orbiter 3: Enceladus Lander
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Apr 19, 2022 17:05
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shame on an IGA posted:2: Uranus Orbiter They want to orbit my what?
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Apr 19, 2022 17:10
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Which army are you running? Uh, Custodes on Saturday, Craftworlds on Sunday but after the Armor of Contempt change I’m pivoting back to Grey Knights. Current event: naramyth owns too many armies
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Apr 19, 2022 18:00
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I can afford a car, I can afford a house, but I sure as gently caress can't afford games workshop.
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Apr 19, 2022 18:12
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GW is expensive but it doesn’t hold a candle to guns
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Apr 19, 2022 18:28
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Guns aren't so bad. Ammo, though. Oof.
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Apr 19, 2022 18:51
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Are people just hoarding it?
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Apr 19, 2022 19:24
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah I'm avoiding airlines like the plague. Turns out that is not a phrase that has any meaning.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:32
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Natty Ninefingers posted:Are people just hoarding it? Yes, but the same could be said for guns too. The majority of households don’t own a firearm, with 10% of private citizens owning like 85% of firearms. You can guess the type that horde firearms.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:34
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CainFortea posted:Turns out that is not a phrase that has any meaning. Used to mean something, though.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:47
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Oxygenpoisoning posted:You can guess the type that horde firearms. Posters.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:49
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The ammo companies have figured out that they can keep production steady and fleece buyers every time a Dem gets elected too, rather than increasing production to meet demand, Winchester's profits quintupled to $120M last quarter, for example.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:51
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Elviscat posted:The ammo companies have figured out that they can keep production steady and fleece buyers every time a Dem gets elected too, rather than increasing production to meet demand, Winchester's profits quintupled to $120M last quarter, for example. It's mostly this. Getting into firearms a few years ago really opened my eyes to just how volatile guns and ammo markets are and 100% of it is driven by paranoia and herd behavior. It's amazingly easy to see coming. Really getting into grifting your average right winger has to be one of the lowest effort / highest reward things there is to do.
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Apr 19, 2022 19:53
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mlmp08 posted:Posters. Posers
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Apr 19, 2022 20:06
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It's funny, I'll throw down down quarters at the barcade to get my rear end kicked at street fighter with friends, but cringe hard when I know every pull of the trigger is a quarter (or a lot more) up in smoke.
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Apr 19, 2022 20:40
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Arrath posted:It's funny, I'll throw down down quarters at the barcade to get my rear end kicked at street fighter with friends, but cringe hard when I know every pull of the trigger is a quarter (or a lot more) up in smoke. Bought a Tippmann M4-22 Elite and P322 simply so I can keep shooting and only have it cost me 8-12cpr instead of 30-50 for 9mm and .223/5.56. I'm glad I found/bought some "cheap" low-velocity 00 buck and slug for 12GA range shooting because woof.
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Apr 19, 2022 20:49
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That Works posted:It's mostly this. Yeah its been fun getting back into firearms because its practically a scam market at this point: Markups on ammo and firearms is crazy.
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Apr 19, 2022 20:57
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Current event: my John Brown t-shirt arrived: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7058512-born-to-raid-john-brown
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Apr 19, 2022 21:19
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A.o.D. posted:I can afford a car, I can afford a house, but I sure as gently caress can't afford games workshop. Come join us in the 3d printing thread. Decent resin printer set up is a few hundred to start, then you can print entire armies for less than a fancy dinner. Edit: Tyranids only want you for your body.
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Apr 19, 2022 22:41
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Well atleast someone does I was worried I was hopeless
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Apr 19, 2022 23:03
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half the times i see some dipshit complaining about prices because they live on a fixed income its some guy who has 9000 guns and hits the range every weekend.
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Apr 19, 2022 23:06
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Proud Christian Mom posted:half the times i see some dipshit complaining about prices because they live on a fixed income its some guy who has 9000 guns and hits the range every weekend. there is more than one privately owned gun per person in this nation yet only 1/3rd of the county owns a gun. People either own no guns, one or two guns, or 1000.
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Apr 19, 2022 23:21
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Bought a Tippmann M4-22 Elite and P322 simply so I can keep shooting and only have it cost me 8-12cpr instead of 30-50 for 9mm and .223/5.56. I'm glad I found/bought some "cheap" low-velocity 00 buck and slug for 12GA range shooting because woof. Nowadays I basically only shoot my .22. I might as well just sell my stock of .223 when the getting is good
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Apr 19, 2022 23:26
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Part of it is though that that pretty much every gun made in the last 60-80 years is still a viable firearm. Guns hold their value better than most other tangible assets people can buy, so it's pretty common for people who already own a couple guns to also have family hunting rifles and shotguns going back a few genreations in a closet somewhere. Guns retain or increase in value well compared to most other tangible assets so people don't often get rid of them.
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Apr 19, 2022 23:30
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bird food bathtub posted:Come join us in the 3d printing thread. Decent resin printer set up is a few hundred to start, then you can print entire armies for less than a fancy dinner. Yeah 3D printing is the one tool I will never give up at this point.
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Apr 19, 2022 23:30
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They can be a real pain in the rear end to maintain but a 3D printer should be considered a must have for homeowners imo I mainly just print functional stuff but I’ve been able to repair plastic bits that are sometimes impossible to buy
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Apr 19, 2022 23:33
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My (AR owning) friends, have you heard of the Mantis Blackbeard? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tUSu6nJB0 It's a way to get some trigger time without using ammo. It doesn't use your bolt carrier group and it's electric so no Co2 like some other systems. It even resets the trigger. A friend of mine got it and he likes it, I want to get one later this year. bird food bathtub posted:Come join us in the 3d printing thread. Decent resin printer set up is a few hundred to start, then you can print entire armies for less than a fancy dinner. I am so glad this became a thing. I have an FDM 3D printer but SLA would be so much nicer for minis. How is the smell? Isn't it toxic? That was my main concern.
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Apr 19, 2022 23:38
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