JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@social.cleverlibre.org

@loren I have a theory that one path to happiness in life, is to stop often, wherever you are, and find something beautiful. And to challenge yourself to find that beauty where you normally don't look. Dirt and mud are great places to see beauty. The colors reflected off of sand, crystals the size of a pinhead, drops of water clinging to the leg of a bug... it's all there, and all wonderful.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social that guy is exactly who food banks are for...

@trz4747@mstdn.social @ech @strawd try not to try and teach grandpa how to suck eggs.

@trz4747@mstdn.social @ech it is good that you won't post that.

@trz4747@mstdn.social boy did you miss the point of my post.

@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 no doubt. And a mars mission that catered in the early 90s. I think NASA is a model of improvement. And atmosphere that fosters integrity. But never perfect... because humans still run the setup. And we all have egos.

I'm getting really sick of people lying about guns. I just watched a pair of news commentators discuss how Americans are armed with "pea shooters and hunting rifles."

Plot twist, these are progressive commentators, arguing against the 2nd. They are lying because they want to stress how stupid any would be to resist the government. And how their pea shooters are ineffective. Yesterday these same guys said those pea shooters are weapons of war appropriate only on a battlefield, the most destructive weapons in history.

The reality is that neither extreme is true. But the argument is always extremes. I'm just revolted by it.

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

@Rasta @Stoned_Deva_ buy? Free ones from Harbor freight.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social this can not be fixed. Defund the police.

@Shell I didn't bother to soundproof mine, because it's just me quietly weeping.

@obscurestar @StillIRise1963 , Ya, but I think places like NASA are the exception, and not the rule. And even there they play stupid games...

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/02/06/146490064/remembering-roger-boisjoly-he-tried-to-stop-shuttle-challenger-launch#:~:text=Press-,Remembering%20Roger%20Boisjoly%3A%20He%20Tried%20To%20Stop%20Shuttle%20Challenger%20Launch,crusader%20for%20ethics%20in%20engineering.

@strawd @freemo , this link will show you the style of different rifles that use the same ammunition:

https://gritrsports.com/shooting/firearms/rifles/223-remington-rifles/

@ech , in general, a hunting rifle has a bigger more powerful bullet than an AR. ARs are almost universally .223, not .556 NATO as well. And a 9 mm, although a bigger round, is not as powerful as a hunting rifle of any calibre. That might be the weakest round commonly used outside a 22 or a 25. And law enforcement has made the slow rolled switch to the 10mm or others because the 9mms tend to bounce off things, like windshields.

@strawd @freemo not really. Once the bullet leaves the weapon the type of weapon is immaterial. You can fire the same rounds through weapons that are not styled like a military weapon. Style has no effect on what damage is done by a bullet.

@freemo if we ban the name "Steve", we will be safe, since very few "Steves" commit crimes in China, India or Japan.