SomeAmateur
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- Comment on Does anyone else feel like "analog" stuff is more "tangible"? 10 hours ago:
Right a big selling point for digital was the ability to make a ton of copies and not have to physically store it in a file cabinet or something
Back in the day there was a fire where they stored military records and a ton of “permenant” records went up in smoke
Really you need the ability to have both in case one fails
- Comment on If WWIII broke out tomorrow do you honestly believe america would win? 1 day ago:
Some people think it goes to nukes immediately. I don’t think so. It will stay sidelined like chemical weapons that were used in WW1 but avoided and unused in WW2.
The US does not have the industrial capability that it once had and has struggled with manufacturing of electronic components. Now maybe that can be changed, but maybe not fast enough to matter. But as far as current capability they can still kick ass and are the only nation that has proven ability to project military power worldwide. As long as logistics keep up they can kick serious ass.
China makes a ton of stuff already, and that would make a hell of a wartime production rate that can scale too. Their military is untested, but large, new and growing. They are the gorilla in the room.
But there’s also the chance of everything falling apart where most nations desintigrate into a long term state of fracture with infighting and homeland problems overriding any possibility of winning a global fight, and therefore preventing a large world war like we’ve seen in the past. Rand calls it neomedievalism
- Comment on What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them? 2 days ago:
- Comment on How do you build and cultivate revolutionary optimism, given what's happening in the US? 4 days ago:
The best thing to do right now is to work with others and help build your local community so you have people and resources in case of hardship or emergency. Build and grow things. Be peaceful but have a plan if trouble comes to you.
- Comment on Too goddamn cold for this shit. 1 week ago:
Ice isn’t so bad unless you step on smooth rocks
Humans: Lets make EVERYTHING like smooth rock!
- Comment on How will the Military be after this mess with Trump? 1 month ago:
When it comes to domestic use america’s military is finding themselves in a bind. I don’t think we’ve seen a president that has pushed so hard for military use in relative peacetime. It’s coming into more and more conflict with how the military has been trained and the principles they are held to. I think that internally the military is taking a hard look at what they can and should do about this.
They all took oaths. Enlisted members say this
“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”
Those regulations include the laws of war. All military members get yearly training on this. What is and isn’t a combatant, what is and isn’t a lawful order etc. This includes a duty and obligation to disobey illegal orders, but usually the process is to get clarification from one of their officers. An officer’s oath of enlistment looks like this.
"I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. "
Note there is not a President mentioned there. The enlisted have a duty and obligation of the enlisted is to ultimately disobey illegal orders, but officers play a key role in leading those units. Enlisted members rejecting an order from some officersn is one thing. Officers, or many officers rejecting an order is another.
I think what we are seeing is a careful balancing act. The military is going where they are told to go, but maybe not send as many or be as aggressive as they administration would like. Stay involved enough to not be outright fired, but try to hit the brakes on this mess and internally pushing back.
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 1 month ago:
I wonder if nuclear would get more traction If it was pitched as enhanced steam power instead
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
So what were they dressed like?
- Comment on When she got that hot spathussy 🥵 2 months ago:
Skunk cabbage?
- Comment on Anon travels overseas 2 months ago:
Facts. One time we were talking about how cool it would be to live really close to a mall as a kid.
Then we realized that our local mall has no pedestrian crossings or even sidewalks, so you’d still have to get adults to drive you even if you were across the street.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 months ago:
I think the question is best answered by reversing it. Why do you choose to listen to music?
Now don’t get me wrong I listen to a ton of stuff. I have an mp3 player for air travel and I listen to a ton of stuff in my car and for my whole shift at a manufacturing job I used to have.
But out on the street, on a bike or on the trails I never have anything music on. From a practical standpoint it’s simply safer to be aware of what’s going on, but that’s not the point for me.
I use that time to just let my mind wander and internalize info I learned that day or to look back on things that happened that day. That boredom is soon replaced with thoughts and daydreams and feelings and memories. And it’s nice to see my part of the world as it is, without any filter and seeing how places and people change day by day.
- Comment on People who don't wear earphones outside - why, and what do you do instead? 2 months ago:
There was an elective college class that I took that was about movies. There were some really meh ones but one that surprised me was called Smoke. This scene here stuck with me the most because it changed the way I look at the areas I see every day
- Comment on same, honestly 2 months ago:
What about a cars with 500k lumen headlights and the ability to go faster than anything you’ve ever seen without even having legs?
- Comment on Is it wrong that I want one? 2 months ago:
Yeah put it across from the model of MH370, by the photo of JFK getting shot
- Comment on Evangelicals in the US vs Protestants ib Europe? 2 months ago:
It’s like anything else, for every annoying or pushy christian you hear about there’s dozens of others doing their thing and not bothering anyone.
And it varies church to church too, with some really wanting to get out into the community and others keeping to themselves but welcoming people who are curious when they come to them.
- Comment on Better safe than sorry 2 months ago:
They say we can stand on the shoulders of giants, but first we gotta climb a friggin giant
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 2 months ago:
People downvote, but you’re not wrong and it’s probably the most common example in rural areas
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 2 months ago:
Idk how common it was but it’s a good example of a “third place”. A spot that isn’t work or home where you can meet and socialize
- Comment on What are some good uses the new ballroom can have after the Trump regime is over? 2 months ago:
You can have an epic bossfight!
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 2 months ago:
Bob Long’s weather reports are 👌
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 2 months ago:
Yep one of my favorites is out of Akron Ohio! TheSummit.FM
It’s the only station I know that takes time to actuall play local music. They also have shows like “Cruisin’ the Decades” with music from the 30s to now. That is now played on a whole ton of other stations nationwide including shortwave. Then there’s “The Ongoing History of New Music” which only aired in Canada until they picked it up.
Publicly funded, little to no ads and NO MORNING TALK SHOW!
- Comment on Is there a way to listen to only the radio topics I actually care about? 2 months ago:
That’s what podcasts are for
Unless you start running pirate radio or open a radio station of your own
- Comment on Too soon? 3 months ago:
The train of thought he talked about right when he said that was that in the past politicians said they feel your pain, even if they are an opponent. Now politicians try to make the case that people aren’t in pain.
In that comparison I linked one of the differences is sympathy is feeling pain as your own and another is acknowledging pain without feeling it at all.
I’m not saying I agree with his take, but it went from thinking “this guy doesn’t care about others at all” to “grammar police sidenote where he wants people to say sympathy more”
Context is important and I never heard or watched him at all so I wanted to share for people who were interested like I was.
- Comment on Too soon? 3 months ago:
- Comment on it's time 3 months ago:
“No mosquitos!”
“Ever?”
“…”
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- Comment on THEY'RE EVOLVING 3 months ago:
That reminds me there’s a game called Shadows of Doubt where you are a detective in a dystopian cyber noir world where corporations run everything.
Anyway they just added a mode to have the damned snail always after you while you’re trying to take on jobs and solve crimes
- Comment on What's the most offensive word I can use that isn't a slur? 3 months ago:
I love ones that make it seems like you’re talking down to a kid
Flapjack, pipsqueak, piece (as in “you piece”), dingodile, jackwagon etc.
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Yes you are both correct, I’ll fix myself
- Comment on 3 months ago:
Yeah, but have you seen some of our distopian level parking lots?