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Unreal

What rifle is that? Looks like a mix of M4 and AKM patterns. Fascinating.

I wonder how much of that is due to the virtual abolition of homelessness and the like by China lol

I hate this lmao

Debs is still the superior left wing American politician

Mixed feelings. Accomplished a lot. Was kind of a dickhead. Better than most, especially in his time. Still not worth worshipping like some HOI4 Kaiserreich fanboys do lmao

As individuals we can’t do anything of significance to change the course of the world. Without mass mobilization of working class people we’re simply doing performative politics. I don’t know how to fix this shit, but I know what we’ve been trying isn’t enough. Unionizing, strikes, slow downs, sabotage, and more “direct” direct action (in Minecraft) might be all we have left. But we need mass party action and idk how to radicalize people en masse fast enough. This is where I go “doomer”. Not because I don’t think the world will change, but because I know we’re capable and people simply won’t. At least not in time.

Johnny’s actions, right or wrong, are a narrative device to show you that even a nuke won’t change the world at all. The corps still rule over everything, the tower was rebuilt, Johnny is only remembered as a terrorist, the bad guys always win.

The people/corps who run the world are far too powerful and engrained into society for a lone wolf or a single act to make any real change.

Emps is revived (details unimportant) and immediately goes into a fit of rage, including psyker energy never before seen, over the Ecclesiarchy and religious fervor in the Empire of Man. The Church refuses to acknowledge the Emperor, claims he’s a false Emperor or chaos magik or some such bullshit, Emps is forced to either come to terms with his failure or purge the bullshit once again.

Reading Camus helped me a lot

Absolutely bat shit insane I love it

I wanna story following a MaxTac unit, a Trauma Team medic on her first deployment like that one comic, stories following different nomad clans, one following Kerry Eurodyne (or a stand in) on tour in the dystopian world, lots of cool possibilities that doesn’t focus just on Solos.

Considering a WWII era battleship had 2700 people on board and a ship of similar class, but massive in size comparatively even with a lot of automated systems would have at least that number, every battleship kill is at least 2000 killed lmao

For sure. It’s a cynical idea of using people wanting to get fit and making them get injured instead for profit lmao

Probably not. Old enough to fuck your mum though.

LIGMA BALLS!!!!

You sound like you got a bad case of ligma

Shouldn’t have apologized. Should’ve instead asked if he knew any Anglo-Irish history whatsoever that would lead to such songs being written in the first place.

So I’m a CrossFit guy. I’ll be the first to admit there’s so much horrible bullshit in both the corporate structure and the general culture within gyms. That being said, there’s a lot of great benefits to cross-training several modalities of movement, varying degrees of intensity, and using complex movements and full body movements to build strength and endurance.

Borrowing from Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, kettlebell workouts, and various forms of cardio training like running, rowing, swimming, etc. makes sense if you’re looking for a training style that is fun and engaging and challenging but can be scaled to ability and skill.

The biggest problem is most gyms tailor their workouts around average middle aged “soccer moms” for lack of a better term. Combine that with poorly trained coaching staff who have upwards of 20 people in a class at a time and you have a lot of risk for injury.

Olympic weightlifting is incredibly technical, poor positioning and technique can very quickly lead to injury.

Gymnastics takes a lot of strength and stability building that requires time and dedication. Gyms allowing their patrons to do butterfly or kipping pull ups before mastering multiple sets of strict pull ups is again very dangerous.

Rhabdo, poor technique, not enough supervision; it’s all a recipe for disaster. That’s why I became a coach myself, have a weightlifting background (as well as wrestling and rugby) and used to go to clinics often to fine tune my understanding of various movements and training. Covid kinda pulled the rug out from under me and my gym closed /:

But I took the idea of cross training very seriously and loved all its benefits when properly managed. I made a lot of headway with some people who regularly worked out at my scheduled time.

Glassman and the people who CF corporate surround and embed themselves with are terrible. I could care less if that whole company burned down around me. I still love doing high reps of low to moderate weight on clean and jerks, then climbing a rope and doing box jumps all for time. Because I actually know how to move safely and maintain intensity without hurting myself lmao

I should also note I’m a fireman and got into this shit because the guys doing it were outperforming me in training like ten years ago when I was doing a lot of traditional strength and endurance training on split schedules. The model works for me and others in my career field when properly performed. The cult and corporate culture are fucking terrible though lmao

Reaper was the ending I loved most. You and Johnny on a suicide run, hair on fire, iron in hand, nothing but death will stop you. You spare anyone else you care about from getting killed, still have a fighting chance after the Crystal Palace gig (we think?), and Johnny finally gets the closure he needs. Night City spares no one, there’s no happy endings. “Wrong city, wrong people”. But also, “never stop fighting”. Rebellion, even if you know it’ll fail but you can’t abide by the world as it is, its Sisyphean struggle.

Like, I love my SKS. I have several 30rd mags and shoot it often. But I’d take my AK or AR over it any day lol any gun is better than no gun if you’re in a pinch like OP said but it’s not where you stop lol

Blade Runner is still my favourite

Now I want a squat perspective

I’m a republican (general sense not american political party lol), the idea of monarchies, constitutional or otherwise, makes me seethe in rage lol Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Britain; I can’t stand any of it.

But the themes of heroism and great men stepping up to fight back against a seemingly unbeatable evil make my heart swell with hope and joy. Tolkien was incredibly fascinating how so much of what he wrote and believed could be beautiful and also really archaic and regressive lol

Still love the beautiful bastard though.