EndlessNightmare
@EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
- Comment on What is the optimal handle to chain length for a flail? 1 day ago:
I believe a mace will perform better than a sword against an armored opponent, or at least against some types of armor, so it might just be “back up to the primary” in some cases.
/not a medieval weapon expert, so take as you will
- Comment on What is the optimal handle to chain length for a flail? 1 day ago:
So to give an answer to your question, if you’re going to use a chain-based weapon, the optimum length is long enough to completely wrap around somebody. And in that situation, you want a fairly light, small business end, not a big metal ball.
So maybe something like a rope dart, meteor hammer, or bolas? I’ve seen some YouTube videos on meteor hammers, and it looks like one way to use them is by throwing the weighted end as a projectile and using the chain (or very often a rope) to retrieve/retract it.
I agree though, flails as shown above seem like an unwieldy garbage weapon. If I had to use one, I’d want a very short chain on it, so probably 2nd from the left on the bottom row.
- Comment on Soda pop 5 days ago:
“Pop” is from the sound you get when opening a bottle.
It’s not champagne. I’d probably be ok with calling it “fizz” or something though.
I don’t know the onomatopoeia for opening a can, but I wouldn’t call that a “pop” either.
- Comment on Soda pop 5 days ago:
“What type of coke would you like?”
“I’ll take a Pepsi”
- Comment on That's a tight sandwich 5 days ago:
“My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal”
A sandwich artist?
- Comment on Imagine the farts 5 days ago:
Sulfur, it’s what’s for dinner
- Comment on Human 6 days ago:
TIHI
- Comment on Playback speed past X2 is now a YouTube paid feature 6 days ago:
Yeah, this change has no practical effect on me. But removing features is concerning nonetheless.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 1 week ago:
Yugeland
- Comment on How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times? 1 week ago:
I have moved on to the acceptance stage of grief.
- Comment on What's the best free version of word? 1 week ago:
Given that many here are anti google in general, that would mean anti google docs by extension.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Wait a year and make a new account. Or don’t. I recommend the latter.
- Comment on But think of the landlords! 1 week ago:
That is a lot of gas stations and signs for them
- Comment on if portals are invented, will I be able to eat out myself? 1 week ago:
Are you a linguistics, by any chance?
- Comment on You don't say. 1 week ago:
It isn’t available yet, even for early access.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE Agents and Trump and such? 1 week ago:
Unless the plan is to outbreed the “ignorant masses”, this is going to happen anyway.
If I was a smart person, I’d rather that my descendants not have to live in an idiocracy. So non-reproduction acts as a hedge against that.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE Agents and Trump and such? 1 week ago:
No strategy is perfect, but even places like Russia and China have floundered in bringing up fertility rates.
The irony is that the historically effective way to manage below-replacement rates is via immigration. But that’s sort of the crux of the post.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE Agents and Trump and such? 1 week ago:
Unless your plan is to try and outbreed conservative parents, the children of leftists will be outnumbered anyway.
Parenting is very resource intensive, both in time and material resources, and is thus an inefficient means of transmitting ideologies. You could likely use that time and resources for outreach and pull children of conservatives to the left.
- Comment on How can we convince Trump voters to NOT vote for Trump (or Vance) in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 election? 1 week ago:
Trying to reason with irrational actors is an exercise in futility.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE Agents and Trump and such? 1 week ago:
Also, most authoritarian governments still have elections.
Yup. Russia had elections during its last cycle. The outcome may or may not have been pre-determined.
- Comment on At this point, what should we do about the ICE Agents and Trump and such? 1 week ago:
Birthstrike - stop reproducing until the bullshit stops. They constantly whine and cry about falling birth rates because it is their Achilles’ heel.
Unlike a labor strike, we can keep this up for as long as we need to. Indeed, it is actually beneficial in the short term which makes it an easy “sell” to people in economically precarious situations. It also provides some level of mitigation to your own personal situation if conditions further deteriorate.
In contrast to street protests, it avoids conflict and keeps people away from danger. It doesn’t require missing work, risking injury, or facing detainment.
The downside is that it is a very slow sort of strike that won’t become apparent for several months. It’s more of a long term strategy and won’t provide any immediate relief.
- Comment on How come streaming or satelite don't have a playlist option? I got Dish and its annoying where I can't just tack on a bunch of movies or series and just let them play in an order I choose? 1 week ago:
Bamboo answered more thoroughly, but shorthand: streaming and broadcast are fundamentally different.
A simple comparison would be an advertisement on a billboard vs advertisement via junk mail. Fixed cost vs per-person cost.
- Comment on Why does apartment management expect you to call the police over every tenant incident? 1 week ago:
Not sure where you live, but that hasn’t been my experience at all.
- Comment on The consequences of not building enough housing 2 weeks ago:
Don’t let corporations own any rental building over approximately 10 units
Wouldn’t corpos be the ones to buy larger buildings (e.g. over 10 units)? It’s tough for typical individual investors to be able to buy a 100-unit building.
It’s SFH that they shouldn’t be buying.
- Comment on What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them? 2 weeks ago:
Might also check out everynoise.com
- Comment on What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them? 2 weeks ago:
I’m an avid music listener and don’t really get it either. The main thing is that I don’t view genres as rigid categories, rather as general descriptions of how music sounds. Bands can have albums or even individual songs that don’t fit the genre of their other albums/songs.
With metal and all of its sub-genres in particular, sometimes it feels like splitting hairs.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 2 weeks ago:
Hitting the gym. Exercise is good for one’s mental health
- Comment on dating 2 weeks ago:
IME community centers are more like gyms and activity centers. But I suppose they could vary by region and by individual community center.
- Comment on dating 2 weeks ago:
No. College is: expensive, heavily skews young, has a lot of homework, has tests, and generally represents a significant time commitment.
Realistically, I should probably put more effort into finding a suitable recurring volunteer opportunity. Something that is based on personal values would presumably help with finding like-minded people while also engaging in an activity that is inherently meaningful to me.
- Comment on What a great idea 2 weeks ago:
The fucking floor displays in aisles that create chokepoints, and then aisles that have a bunch of popular shit all together creating a traffic jam. And don’t get me started on the lack of manned checkout lines anymore. Self-checkout is adequate as express lanes (i.e. limited number of items, limited produce, no alcohol) but sucks if you are buying more.
I try to go later in the evening to avoid the rush.