i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]
So here’s the thing about that: Those are expensive as fuck.
I can get an aerial drone off Alibaba, strap a bunch of C4 and nails on it for like $50 and we’re done and dusted. I don’t have to be a special forces operator. I just have to be able to fly a drone close enough to nail-bomb a bunch of dudes from a cozy remote control center. If I fuck up, well, there’s 10,000 more drones I can remote into. They’re cheap. No need to pay Boston Dynamics $300,000 per unit. I got that Alibaba hook-up.
Warfare is rapidly becoming pointless. What’s the ultimate end game? A bunch of drones versus a bunch of drones? What’s the point? I would like to think that this would make humanity realize the fruitlessness of warfare, but I’m not that naive. We’ll all go along with it. Why wouldn’t we? We’re all idiots.
This. Why I use ad and script blockers religiously. You host the ads on your own site, it doesn’t get blocked. But you won’t. You know damn well that most of that shit is malware. None of these motherfuckers are going to host it on their own machines, not only because of the liability, but also because of the massive security risk. They’re fine serving it to you though.
No thanks.
“But we rely on serving you malicious software to survive!”
IDK. Get a better business model. Be a fucking communist. WTF do you want from me? I’m not letting you infect my hardware with your affiliate’s garbage. Not my problem.
Sorry… late reply (seems to be my MO). There was a fallout a long while ago between Ian (Forgotten Weapons) and Karl (InRange TV). It was a while back so I don’t really remember anymore. There was an arfcom thread that was absolutely dragging Karl for being queer inclusive that Ian refused to take part in. That’s your friend. You aren’t going to stand up for him? Which means he also doesn’t give a shit about queer people. Guess it would cost too much money.
Ian is fine, I guess. Not really. But it’s his job and all, and we’re all fucking mercenaries. He does “apolitical” gun content about historical arms. But he also takes being apolitical to an absolute fault. IDK. The whole thing just sucks.
So here’s my absolutely unsubstantiated hypothetical: Everyone was running black powder. Black powder is a slow-burn propellant that benefits enormously from a longer barrel. It also has a maximum velocity of around 1,200 FPS. Just under the speed of sound. How do you maximize that? Long barrels, and BIG bullets. If velocity is capped, make the biggest bullet you can, and make it go as fast as possible. F = M x V. If “V” is capped, then “M” is how you get more power. That’s how we got 4-bore hunting rifles. Capped at around 1,200 FPS? Then we’ll just shoot a fucking cannon shell. It’s a “stopping rifle” because even though it’s “slow” (by modern standards), you still got hit with a 1/2 pound of lead moving at 1,200 FPS.
However because black powder was so absolutely filthy, the idea of an auto-loader was preposterous. They still had cased cartridges. Revolvers (the cutting edge) could barely handle the fouling load of black powder. Then we developed double-base smokeless powder. That changed the game. Now it’s all about heat management. And big brass casings are excellent heat-sinks that get kicked out of the system.
I’m just rambling. Old guns are interesting. They were trying to approach some omega point, but they had no hope of getting there. Their entire “operational doctrine” was fucked to begin with. I mean, that C93: look at that thing. I’m sure it made sense at the time, but holy fuck. What a mess.
DAMN! Homey coming in with pics and everything. Props.
I still hate giving Ian views given his arfcom bullshit against Carl, but he’s still the best source of this information, unfortunately.
The thing that kind of blows my mind the most though is that for so long of a time the 19xx series was not a tilt-barrel Browning-action. It had a weird drop-barrel action contingent on a cross-bar, and if that bar failed, you were eating slide.
Yeah, the solo pics absolutely don’t do justice to how massive those pistols are. Still the hottest part of the slide to grip.
It’s wild that the originals were such absolute dogshit. Just terrible pistols. But after 100+ years of refinement they are one of the best pistols in the world (I said it; fight me XD).
Right? It’s such a weird UX choice. If you’re running right hand and rack the slide from the front to clear a jam, the jam is blocked from ejecting by your thumb chungus. If you’re running left hand, the port is blocked by your entire palm. I guess unless you daintily pinch the front of the slide with your thumb and two forefingers (while of course keeping your pinky raised like a proper gentleman). Also, that’s the hottest part of the slide. It’s just so odd.
“Hope this helps in the future when you try to gatekeep culture”
He says, as he gatekeeps culture. Fascinating specimen.
He wasn’t tried and convicted by a jury of his peers. He was black-bagged and shipped to an extrajudicial black site with no trial. Whether or not he was a “bad guy” is both irrelevant and yet to be proven. This is a sham. If this goes uncontested then it’s all fair game. They can just start taking anyone off the streets and exporting them to a death camp.
