SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on A guy just got arrested in Houston US for allegedly being an ISIS member. I grew up in Reagan and 911 era are these people just saying this or are they actively buying bombs? 3 days ago:
I think being in direct contact with another known member with similar intent would do it
- Comment on Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book? 5 days ago:
The old school Rainbow Six games were my gateway drug to the book.
The plot is essentially “what if tree huggers went batshit and weaponized a virus” so take that for what you will but the training and operations in that book were facinating to me. I saw it as world building for one of my favorite games of the time
- Comment on if you workout and run, would you recommend a merino wool base or mid layer for autumn/winter? or am I going to break it? 6 days ago:
If you want a “cheaper” option to try I’d give Minus 33 a chance. If it works for you great! If not it’s not as expensive as it could have been.
I do share other commenter’s concerns about overheating. The line I’ve heard is “be bold start cold”
- Comment on Is there a word, phrase, or trope for an idea that gets more popular the more it fails? 1 week ago:
It can be a thing for more skilled labor jobs. Sure you kinda suck at say… running machine shop equipment. You break more stuff and make more blem parts than most of the people in the shop. But it seems like you have a grasp on the overall processes and can type decently.
Boom now you’re not working on machines but managing machinists. Ordering what they need, stat tracking, scheduling etc.
- Comment on What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years? 1 week ago:
You say that like it hasn’t been in decline since 2000 or so lol
- Comment on What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years? 1 week ago:
If everything works out okay yay.
If everything goes to shit republicans have nobody to blame because they have a majority everywhere and we can vote them out.
And the democrats got a wakeup call they can learn from (but this is all just a rerun of 2016 so idk if they will)
- Comment on What can I do to help? 1 week ago:
This is general advice regardless of party.
Look at your your town/city govt and keep an eye on meetings (a lot are streamed now post Covid). Know the people in office and what they are for/against. Focus on actions more than words. Vote for people you believe in and keep in contact with them. They can be surprisingly approachable.
Act similarly at the state level. Know and pay attention to the justices, senators and representatives. Reach out on issues you find important.
Being informed on govt and politicians doesn’t happen through ads and comment sections, and it doesn’t stop when elections are over. Do what you can where you can for what you believe in.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Nice try FBI
- Comment on Know thy enemy 1 week ago:
Ships need gas inside to keep the dihydrogen monoxide at safe levels
- Comment on Should I bring in the battery for my electric mower in the winter? 2 weeks ago:
Temp has an effect on all batteries. Wouldn’t hurt. And keeping it dry will keep metal parts from rusting as quickly
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 2 weeks ago:
I like X.com only because I like X-Com
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Cognitive Biases 3 weeks ago:
Not really a meme but cool
- Comment on If I was selling a bag of flower and sugar to a CI who thought it was meth or coke can I get in trouble? How or why when I am selling a legal substance? 4 weeks ago:
get your common sense and logic out of here lol
- Comment on If I was selling a bag of flower and sugar to a CI who thought it was meth or coke can I get in trouble? How or why when I am selling a legal substance? 4 weeks ago:
I imagine that’s only if you market it as drugs.
“Hey you got the good drugs?” “Yeah here”
But what if you played the long con, started…say a salt distribution ring. Have a run down house full of it, sell it in baggies, make it look as suspicious as possible only for them to do stakeouts, get informants in there, just to find you are not doing anything illegal at all, it just has all the signs without the actual law breaking
“Hey you got the good salt?” “Yeah here”
goes back to the police lab
“wtf? It’s just salt?”
Then they would just think the informant got compromised and have to raid the house lol
- Comment on What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever? 4 weeks ago:
Follower? Fan? Enjoyer? lol
- Comment on GRIZZLODILE 4 weeks ago:
chootem inna hed nah boah!
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 5 weeks ago:
It’s called 10 tap. So quickly half press (not clicking) the button 10 times, then press and hold. It goes to the next mode.
- Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through? 5 weeks ago:
My go to light for work is a Streamlight Protac 2L-X. It has a few modes to set it up how you prefer. Plain bright. Low, bright. Bright, strobe.
Strobe is great for raves, self defense and epilepsy tests! (jk)
- Comment on Ok boomer 5 weeks ago:
I see it as every employee walmart has to hire and pay to solve this problem is a local and the money will be saved and spent locally, not automatically going to be another drop in some CEO’s bucket.
The best choice is to shop local in the first place but some places don’t have that luxury.
- Comment on Why am I seeing "plan your voting day strategy" so often? 5 weeks ago:
I mean to explain the current longer wait times
- Comment on Why am I seeing "plan your voting day strategy" so often? 5 weeks ago:
This is uneducated speculation but what if more people are going to vote as elections get crazier and voting centers aren’t used to the higher volume?
- Comment on Anon has a plan 5 weeks ago:
This reminds me of a friend that once proposed that if we really wanted to mess with Europe we could release a few packs of coyotes
- Comment on Going out the way he lived 5 weeks ago:
Yeah the post directly mentions the NOAA guys but the Air Force Reserve hurricane hunters are what came to mind my mistake
- Comment on Going out the way he lived 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Going out the way he lived 5 weeks ago:
C-130s really do it all
- Comment on Horse-flippers? Have any horses from history, ever been fitted with horseshoes that improve their ability to swim? 1 month ago:
seahorse intensifies
- Comment on Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future? 1 month ago:
OG Planet of the Apes
- Comment on To be rejected by a desk... 1 month ago:
the vest is just an elaborate backpack strap system
- Comment on Anon plays Persona 5 1 month ago:
That’s true!
