If people dont recognize the need for academic freedom on an academic instance, so be it... But if they are going to say our people are problematic, then quote the problematic posts, otherwise no one should be paying it any attention.
We are actually one of the more federated instances in the fediverse, measured objectively.
There is a bit of a misinformation campaign about that, there is a list that uses a very wonky metric, counting number of instances that defederate. It was gamed by a bunch of people starting one-user instances blocking instances and reporting it to the list. so they managed to get really well federated instances showing as highly-defederated... its wild the shit going on.
But no, QOTO has a pretty excellent reputation outside of a few things like that.
@davidho Ok so what this idiot is really saying is adopt dont breed ... well duh!
@freepeoplesfreepress noted. Ill try to look into it.
@freepeoplesfreepress @trinsec
It has been great having you!
@freemo @Hawk1291 That's odd about the 45LC. That was the first pistol caliber I shot and at 11 it wasn't uncomfortable. It was fired from a Single Action Army style revolver so all the mass was likely the reason.
Same day as I got introduced to the AR-15 in the form of a Bushmaster. I remember that both were oddly comfortable to shoot for an adolescent.
Oddly enough, I didn't like 9mm at first because of how quickly the barrel rises but it's just part of getting used to a new caliber.
Perhaps it is just based on my experience with long rifles. It's not love unless it leaves a bruise and a little tenderness the day after.
@trinsec watch the golden compass
@AmpBenzScientist What i do is keep a round chambered but i decock the hammer. For the 1911 that means its fairly safe since its SA only
@Hawk1291 havent spent any time with or bought a glock yet, but I hear really good things.
Yea I think a lot of it is the gun. Take my judge, a revolver with a 45 colt long caliber, so a bit weaker but similar energy... that one hurts your hand and is quite noticable. the 10mm is barely worse than my lighter 9mm.
Man everyone was so worked up about how much recoil my new 10mm gun was going to have... yea it is obviously more than a 9mm but it was very smooth and handled well. I shot off 100 rounds today and it didnt hurt a bit.
Here is a picture of my new Kimber, and the target after a clip. I was definitely shooting a bit low but the clustering was workable. I was also trying to fire fairly quickly rather than take my time and aim, so I'd say not bad at 10 yards.
Yea my 45 colt long feels a lot lighter than it did when i first shot it too.
@freemo Beautiful! 🤩
@deegeese Normal people get raped and have violent boyfriends all the time. In fact ive never known a woman who didnt have to deal with it at least once in their life.
Not to mention the tons of incidents i didnt mention of violence where a hand gun coukd save your life.
@berkes cause i alreafy have a 9mm and 45 colt long so figured a 10mm woukd be a nice variety. Plus i dont have a 1911 style and woukd like to get familiar with it
@Fuyutsuki @mia @splitshockvirus @D00B
I woukdnt mind hand loading. Just not sure it would save enougb to be worth the trouble
@Fuyutsuki @mia @splitshockvirus @D00B
I guess you can intentionally buy underloaded ammo too. The ammo packaging tends to give muzzle velocities.
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