public-chat

[fierce moth]

fuck

i might have to spin up a xp vm to get this shit to work

[sweet jetty]

Fair

Hmm, what do you do with your machine, primarily?

[rigid tide]

i liek gaming.

[sweet jetty]

Fair

[rigid tide]

i gsme but i also do art and editing and o watchsilly shit (ghost andpals

[sweet jetty]

Alright, fair enough

[vapid smelt]

message your mum

[sweet jetty]

Zamn, message her for me

[fierce moth]

[fallen cedar]

launder copius amounts of cash

[sweet jetty]

Zamn

[fallen cedar]

you dont?

[fierce moth]

nah, i prefer hacking into nuclear launch sites

[unkempt widget]

it's illegal though...

[fallen cedar]

if the cash is legal its not

however that isnt really laundering anymore I guess 😄

[vapid smelt]

not if you pay the right people

[sweet jetty]

Nah, I play cookie clicker

[fallen cedar]

fair, good day

[fierce moth]

i have to install xp in a vm to use this old piece of software

[unkempt widget]

i used to play cookie clicker way too much

i don't remember where i got to

[sweet jetty]

I have cookies in quintillions

[manic torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/gaming-gif-23228839

[fallen cedar]

are there legal loopholes to launder large amounts of dirty cash?

[sweet jetty]

Bribes

[fallen cedar]

I mean I know all the tax haven memes but thats online fake internet money

[vapid smelt]

free gifts for freinds

[unkempt widget]

it was like a few undecillions i think

i actually read guides for how to optimise your ascensions and stuff

[fallen cedar]

sure that would work until they don't want to buy anything anymore 😄

[shy elk]

I hate valve they think they can make product keys usable once

[fallen cedar]

also you have to decalre every purchase made over 3500 in cash in the country... so annoying leftists ruining everything

[unkempt widget]

but i stopped because i kept on missing the "ending in 777,777" lucky ascension

[shy elk]

Luckily the disc was never purchased

[unkempt widget]

where you need to end your prestige in 777,777 and then ascend

[shy elk]

I got it free

[sweet jetty]

Was a crazy day 7205 days ago

[warm dust]

@graceful burrow I got my lightning photos :)

[graceful burrow]

I don't remember this convo you'll have to jog my memory

[warm dust]

I think I asked you if you wanted to see last night. Maybe I misremembered you with someone else

Want to see?

[graceful burrow]

I like photos show me

[warm dust]

#tech-chat-1

[vapid smelt]

it was last week when you where talking about buying me a rtx 4090 strix

[graceful burrow]

Ah yeah I was lying about that

[vapid smelt]

[manic torrent]

you're a lying liar

[polar fern]

Why did a whole bunch of hardware spike in price and become very low availability in the last 48 hours

[manic torrent]

dude. You're talking about 'crime' crime money. The real crime money is in business, where you can just take million/billions.

[fallen cedar]

yeah I know im just asking, you know, for a friend wink

[manic torrent]

tbh crime is overrated and generally not that profitable vs risk.

The key is to socialise your risk, and privatise your gains.

[polar fern]

@fallen cedar skill issue

Dude mad at paper straws

[fallen cedar]

more mad at propaganda but yeah fuck paper straws too

[warm dust]

The key is to never hold the stolen goods

Always have someone to hand off to whenever you're there

[manic torrent]

You don't need to steal goods. You simply buy the company for pennies on the dollar, and then strip it for parts.

[sweet jetty]

Metal straws >>>

[vapid smelt]

what if we put the stolen goods in a museum and call it the British Museum

[warm dust]

Bob I'm going to strip your house of it's lead and copper

[sweet jetty]

Yo that sounds original

[warm dust]

What the fuck is wrong with you

[sweet jetty]

?

[vapid smelt]

https://www.today.com/health/health/metal-straw-punctures-throat-artery-brain-rcna45635

[sweet jetty]

They look nice, don't deform, are reusable

[warm dust]

Metal straws are the root of all evil

[sweet jetty]

Yeah, you have to be wise enough not to put a straw that deep

[manic torrent]

where is the lead

[warm dust]

Too much effort for reusable

[warm dust]

Septic

[sweet jetty]

At least they don't melt halfway through a drink

[warm dust]

Grounding rod

[warm dust]

What type of straw melts?

[manic torrent]

uhhhh wtf?

[fathom vine]

Paper straws

[manic torrent]

it's 2023, and I live in a city.

[fathom vine]

They suck

[warm dust]

:(

[sweet jetty]

Paper

[warm dust]

Rural crime is where it is at

Paper straws are the root of all evil

[manic torrent]

most 'crime' is the crime of being poor

[sweet jetty]

You just said metal straws were

[warm dust]

There are two roots of all evil and both of them originate from straws

[sweet jetty]

You just like saying the root of all evil, don't you?

[warm dust]

Yes

[sweet jetty]

Called it

[warm dust]

I am predictable but that is okay

[pliant karma]

The one time I forgot to bring one of my many plastic straws or metal with me when went out to eat over the weekend

[fallen cedar]

straws are supposed to suck

[fathom vine]

People who say root of all evil too much are the root of all evil

[sweet jetty]

Discord usernames are the root of all evil

[warm dust]

Mediocrity over chaos any day

[fathom vine]

Ffs

[sweet jetty]

Welp

[warm dust]

That's why I have mine with the tag system still

[sweet jetty]

I noticed

About time discord starts assigning random ones like reddit tho

[warm dust]

I wonder if anyone has made a 0ocket out of their skin on their forearm

For pens and stuff

[pliant karma]

what

[sweet jetty]

I so wanted @allie

[manic torrent]

ok, now we are wayyyyyy off topic.

[sweet jetty]

But at least I got alliebaka 😔

[warm dust]

I will firebomb discord if they take my tag from mr

[pliant karma]

I should replenish the plastic straw bin in the car lol

[warm dust]

This chat has a topic?

[fallen cedar]

do it regardless cuz its funny

[fathom vine]

The new username system sucks

[unkempt widget]

umm what is happening here

[sweet jetty]

What even is a topic vsauce music plays

[warm dust]

A look into the thoughts of cheesecake

[manic torrent]

LTT related - vaguely tech at least. It's quite nebulous, but I know that "making skin pockets in your arm to put pens in" aint it.

[polar fern]

Propaganda?’ 😲

[warm dust]

Ltt has featured biohacking in the past

[fathom vine]

What if skin pockets were for the ltt screwdriver?

[warm dust]

Amidead.ca

[manic torrent]

see now you're thinking with skin portals

[polar fern]

We have both paper & stainless steel straws. They’re awesome.

[fathom vine]

Paper straws are terrible

[warm dust]

I like wheat straws. Until a husk falls out

[manic torrent]

plastic straws are better in almost every way for actual use.

[fathom vine]

Because they don't suck

[fallen cedar]

still about the straws I see

[polar fern]

Well, having used them for the last six years I’m going to have to disagree

[warm dust]

The move from plastic to paper was not the right move imo

[fathom vine]

The ones I used recently were ok, but most of them just fall apart

[warm dust]

There are a lot of biodegradable plastics that we could have moved to but paper or metal makes you look like you care about the environment because it looks different

[manic torrent]

that doesn't mean that paper and metal can't work, but metal can be dangerous, and paper can be awful.

[polar fern]

🤷‍♂️

[warm dust]

I will choke on a plastic straw in spite

[manic torrent]

I'm saying that by all the metrics of what makes a straw useful, plastic is better at all of them. Obviously there are other factors, but that's the reality

[unkempt widget]

you know what pisses me off? when they give you paper straws for a drink but the drink is in a plastic cup

[manic torrent]

(and again - note I'm talking PURELY in terms of functionality)

[warm dust]

If plastic straws were readily available tomorrow at a reasonable price at the store I'd switch to them

[polar fern]

I don’t actually agree, again, having used them for many years. I can’t stand plastic straws because they often leak at the bendy bit.

[warm dust]

And probably keep a pack in the glove box tbh

[warm dust]

Bendy straws are the root of all evil

[manic torrent]

what the fuck? I have literally NEVER had that occur. Are you re-using single use plastic straws?

[polar fern]

No

[unkempt widget]

what about pla straws

[manic torrent]

Not to mention most straws are straight.

You can't compare a plastic bendy straw to a straight metal or paper straw, that is oranges and potatoes

[polar fern]

After a final leaky straw, I threw the last pack of plastic straws in the recycling bin, went to the store and bought my first pack of paper straws and haven’t looked back.

[manic torrent]

it sounds like you had shit straws

[verbal briar]

Im so annoyed rn my network provider is doing maintenance im not gonna have home internet for 12 hours from 2am est to 2pm est

[warm dust]

@manic torrent what is your opinion on the ball chiller vent on older cars

[polar fern]

straight plastic straws are terrible. They always get jammed up in my gums if I’m not paying attention.

[unkempt widget]

paper straws are so fucking bad lmfao

[warm dust]

And metal doesn't?

[manic torrent]

Love me some chill balls

[polar fern]

When’s the last time you used a paper straw?

[unkempt widget]

uhh yesterday?

[verbal briar]

I dont use straws...

[polar fern]

What was the intended use for this straw?

[manic torrent]

because metal straws are WAY better for that.

[unkempt widget]

it was in like a package for milk

[warm dust]

Sunday and it dissolved before I was done drinking

[polar fern]

A package for milk ….. that sounds … less than ideal

[unkempt widget]

straw turns soft and that means i need to use more force, meaning it dissolves faster

and then it turns very narrow

[polar fern]

Sounds like it’s a cutsie marketing thing, not a real actual product

[warm dust]

I hate sucking the air and glue while drinking with paper

[lean lintel]

Hey all.

[unkempt widget]

like flat

[polar fern]

It’s funny how just a few minutes of homework can produce products that you can actually use every day instead of getting mad at.

[manic torrent]

yeah nah. it's a whole thing. It's pretty much the entire point of the discussion

[warm dust]

I don't want to buy my own straws to use at fast food or something

[polar fern]

I buy paper straws in bulk it’s not a cutsie marketing thing, it is a practical thing

[unkempt widget]

and sometimes when i'm trying to just open the paper packaging the straw comes in, i bend the straw severely and then it's hard to put the straw through the protective layer thing

[polar fern]

just like bicycle shaped objects, turn people off to riding a bike because they are shit

[warm dust]

I would buy plastic straws in bulk off of my old work if I used them enough

[polar fern]

Yeah, I buy the straws by themselves, so there’s no bending or package opening issues

[warm dust]

@polar fern how much is a 1000 pack?

[polar fern]

That’s the most idiotic thing I’ve ever heard of to be honest I can’t believe people actually do that. What a waste

[unkempt widget]

but i don't really use paper straws for anything else, occasionally i go to a restaurant and the drink i order comes with a paper straw

usually i just drink straight out of the cup regardless of straw tbh

[polar fern]

Yes, because most restaurants are cheap bastards and they care about profit margins, not sustainability

[warm dust]

That is generally what I do

Straws are for road trips only

[unkempt widget]

meant to say paper straw, not plastic

[warm dust]

Why should a restaurant care about sustainability?

[polar fern]

Anyways paper straws are awesome, just not the cutsie marketing ones

[manic torrent]

... dude

[vapid smelt]

soggy straws are awesome?

[manic torrent]

when you get a straw with a drink you ordered, it's not for marketing, it's for drinking.

[unkempt widget]

what like the ones that come on packages because you can't really drink out of that milk carton without a straw unless if you use a scissor to cut it open?

[polar fern]

I’m talking about the one that comes in the milk, packaging, whatever the hell they were talking about

What a gigantic waste

[manic torrent]

yes, and i'm talking about EVERY DRINK VENDOR IN THE COUNTRY

[warm dust]

I guess sjw types will get mad at the restaurant if they use plastic

[unkempt widget]

what so people should be expected to use a scissor before drinking milk every time?

[warm dust]

Y es

[manic torrent]

.... oh god will you shut up and do 30 seconds of research rather than kneejerk whinging? At least know what to whinge about

[velvet marsh]

A straw went limp on me halfway through one time, now I know how whats her name felt

[warm dust]

You are an idiot if you forget the milk scissors

[unkempt widget]

damn

[polar fern]

If I ever come across cartons of milk which come with a paper straw stuck to the side like some comical sidekick. I will take a picture of it and share it here, and we will all laugh at it

[unkempt widget]

taskmaster fan?

[unkempt widget]

well what should they do

[warm dust]

The juice boxes here come with paper straws

[unkempt widget]

@warm dust ?

[warm dust]

I like watching their YouTube clips

Never watched a full segment

[unkempt widget]

you saw that one prize task where that guy brings in his grape scissors?

[warm dust]

No pls share

[unkempt widget]

it's series 1 episode 1

the one right before the watermelon task

[warm dust]

https://globalnews.ca/news/8190022/sunrype-paper-straws/ @polar fern

I'll have to search for it

I think I found it. Going to watch tomorrow at work or something. Bedtime now

[sonic spruce]

I NEED ADVICE PLS

Wrong chat

[viral solstice]

no dont go away, I give shit advice

[polar fern]

Advice: be kind. 👍

[viral solstice]

only love allowed

[sonic spruce]

Shit advice for a first date is better than no advice

[viral solstice]

thats definitely arguable but my advice is wing it

[sonic spruce]

Can someone give me some real advice

[unkempt widget]

advice for what

[sonic spruce]

Cuz she’s hot af and I don’t want to blow my chances. Also I work at the same place as her

[sonic spruce]

First date

[viral solstice]

Like personal tips or date ideas? help us out

[unkempt widget]

don't force it

[sonic spruce]

Date ideas

[graceful burrow]

Dawg this is a tech server nobody here gets any

[unkempt widget]

if you have to act like someone else to impress her or whatever, it's not gonna last anyways

[sonic spruce]

A first date is primarily a date to be with a person and get to know them better and their interests

[sonic spruce]

So someone interesting and not boring basically?

[finite cloud]

show her your ram stick

[sonic spruce]

DDR5-32gbs 5600mhz

[finite cloud]

women like that

[vapid smelt]

double the dose you cant be to safe

[sonic spruce]

So 2 cpu cooler fans for my cpu?

[unkempt widget]

basically be yourself

[sonic spruce]

I think being myself is why she wanted me to ask her out

[pliant karma]

agreed lol I've had my fair share

[sonic spruce]

So imma try to be myself as much as possible

[unkempt widget]

if you have to not be yourself to make her interested, it won't last

[sonic spruce]

So stuff like I went to a garden party last week and stuff?

[pliant karma]

also don't be a chaser 🙂 you'll get burned fast and this is from experience lol I'm not like that anymore but while back I was

[sonic spruce]

Stuff that most people don’t usually do

[sonic spruce]

She gave me an opportunity to ask her out

[unkempt widget]

did you go there with her?

[sonic spruce]

I went for it, simple as that.

[sonic spruce]

No…

[vapid smelt]

talk about all the bad gpus that launched like the rtx 4060 and gtx 1630

[unkempt widget]

is she interested in garden parties?

[sonic spruce]

Gt 1010 is another bad one

[full fossil]

do yall think a tier a single rail 650w psu should be fine for a 5800x3d + 6900xt stock

[sonic spruce]

She was interested enough to ask me what one was and what I did at it

[pliant karma]

hey you got further then I have lol. I'm still friends with the person that I was talking to for months lol but honestly had a feeling it would not work out so we're just friends

[unkempt widget]

so you already told her

are you planning to tell her again?

[sonic spruce]

She gave me the opportunity to ask her out, I was interrupted before I could

And then the next work day, I asked her out.

[viral solstice]

Heres my shit advice. Embrace your strengths and interests, people like confidence and self expression in other people and doing something you're good at is the best way you can show that. Id say take her to something that you like do instead of something you think she'll like to do

[full fossil]

rtx 4060
rx 6400
rx 6500 xt
gtx 1630
rtx 4060 ti
rx 7900 gre
rtx 3060 8gb
gt 1010
gt 1030 ddr4

[unkempt widget]

oh yeah that

just be confident, not overconfident, just be confident, and don't self-deprecate

[pliant karma]

wait there is a 3060 8gb

[sonic spruce]

Gt 1030/1010 I can understand 1 of them existing. Both of them is dumb.

[sonic spruce]

Yes, a friend of mine has one

[pliant karma]

what fuck I had no clue

[full fossil]

yes

[sleek ore]

Just got here, let's see what the emotes are.

[full fossil]

its more like a 3050 ti desktop variant rather than an actual 3060. its terrible.

[sleek ore]

Daw, hardly any.

[pliant karma]

yea I sorta tell already lol

[sleek ore]

Arrrr, least we got that.

[full fossil]

it can be up to 35% slower kekekekek

[vapid smelt]

the lanched it at the same time they unlaunched the rtx 4080 12gb. and remember they unlaunched the 4080 12gb because having a gpu sharing the same name but having way different performance is confusing and bad

[pliant karma]

ok didn't mean to use one but ok

[unkempt widget]

how well do you know each other

[sonic spruce]

I could probably bring up/show her my pc rn

[sonic spruce]

I know her name, and where she works.

[vapid smelt]

creppy af

[unkempt widget]

so not very well

[sonic spruce]

And her age.

[pliant karma]

haha ahh novideo being classic them

[sonic spruce]

We work in the same building.

[vapid smelt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbIsxIQb8M

[unkempt widget]

do you feel comfortable talking to people generally?

[sonic spruce]

I don’t ever talk to her normally cuz there’s usually no point

I park cars, she’s a receptionist.

Unless I find someone’s phone, or they need me to do something. I don’t talk to them

[obtuse slate]

A peoples person

[sonic spruce]

She’s a peoples person

I kinda a people’s person. Primarily if it’s my job or someone I know or probably know but not really/forgot them.

[pliant karma]

that is sorta where I would usally say just talk to the person more even if it a random convo. I like to just be with my friends a lot while on campus but I made myself just talk to said person since we had a night class together and had 4 hours to kill every wed last sem ended up going in my favor so I have hope in you.

[sonic spruce]

Thank you

[pliant karma]

Get to know them first and hey they get to know about you and then both you decide after 👍

[unkempt widget]

maybe like plan a bunch of topics in your head that would result in conversations

so that both of you would have stuff to talk about

[pliant karma]

and you might find a topic/thing that you both like

[obtuse slate]

Make it easy and ask for out for lunch

Then begin a conversation from there and get to know her

Nothing too personal now, light topics for now

[pliant karma]

that too ironically my person who opened up about family problems to me so I guess it got down to that level lol. We're still talking as friends but uhh yea lol

[obtuse slate]

Take it slow; it wins the race.

You may end up with a 💍

[graceful burrow]

Film reel pfp
You into analogue mediums?

[fallow silo]

It's just a piece of my business logo, thought I would just use it in Discord too.

[unkempt widget]

hey guys can i ask for some advice

[pliant karma]

tru also a lot more complicated on my end, rather not mention much but yea hey you win you loose. I think the best outcome with what happened is that we're still friends in this situation.

[obtuse slate]

For sure

[graceful burrow]

Fair

[graceful burrow]

You can ask anything but idk if you'll get the answers you're lookin for

[unkempt widget]

ok so basically i've been really close friends with this girl, and then i started liking her

[pliant karma]

last person I talked to I ended up finding out stuff they did...like ahemm filing a false SA against my friend and stuff she mentioned false stuff about his brother cause he was in country that is at war atm so I made it clear and cut off contact with her if she did not change

[unkempt widget]

idk whatever the fuck i'm supposed to do now

[pliant karma]

anyways that is all I will say hehe panda has been burned many times 🙂

[graceful burrow]

Ask her if she wants to grab a bite

Take her out to eat ez

[unkempt widget]

um what

[graceful burrow]

Taker her to a place to get food

[unkempt widget]

like just her?

[graceful burrow]

??
Why would you bring a third wheel

[silent herald]

Does floatplane have a discord or is it just this

[unkempt widget]

we go to get food, it's just that usually we go there with other people as well

like a lot

[graceful burrow]

It's this, we have our own channel and two voice channels

[pliant karma]

if you are subbed on FP link your discord account and you'll see

[silent herald]

Oh I see

I just wanted to ask about how long it takes for support to respond

[pliant karma]

usually within 48 hours or less

[unkempt widget]

@graceful burrow do you know what to do?

[pliant karma]

but with ltx maybe more idk since I am on the 10$ tier so not dealing with the tier upgrades if that is what youre asking

[silent herald]

Not bad turn-around time

[graceful burrow]

Women scare me

[silent herald]

Oh Luke told me to email support with my resume lmao

[pliant karma]

are you subbed on FP?

[silent herald]

I showed him my resume at ltx and that's what he told me

[unkempt widget]

lol

[silent herald]

Nope

[pliant karma]

oh nice lol you found luke in the wild

[graceful burrow]

You joke but I got severe anxiety
Im very loud and brash online but I am a completely different person irl

[silent herald]

Sorta, at his meet and greet

[pliant karma]

I see

[silent herald]

Was really surreal tbh

[graceful burrow]

Did you see the little man too

[silent herald]

Ofc

[graceful burrow]

Is he shorter in person

[silent herald]

Yes

[graceful burrow]

[pliant karma]

hahah

[unkempt widget]

i feel very nervous around people i don't know, but really comfortable and confident around people i know

[silent herald]

Surprisingly short btw

[pliant karma]

agreed lol if I know said person is comfortable with me then maybe I can allow them to see me in VC which I am calm but the occastional out of pocket person

also I spam soundboard in my friends server so there is that, I get unhinged after 11pm always

[mint yacht]

Aren't we all

[graceful burrow]

Ltx but it's specifically for the ltt discord regulars and nobody else

Oh my God could you imagine the fights

I guarantee someone would throw a fist my way

[meager kindle]

hello chat

[full fossil]

hello harsh

[timid meadow]

Floatplane boxing? Lets go

[bitter girder]

Damm wish I can get into LTX as it looks fun

[graceful burrow]

I was gonna say bet I could take hwbob but he's got 'straya dad energy

We're good buddies now but the first time we chatted we got into a huge argument lol

[timid meadow]

Of all places to ask for help, you ask pub chat?

[graceful burrow]

No go away

[gaunt cave]

i need desparate help does anyone know enough about mastodon to help an admin?

[graceful burrow]

We vibe here no drama

[calm swan]

?

[graceful burrow]

Can you guys get a room and stop arguing across channels it's Hella annoying

[calm swan]

meh hes saying his 5500xt is better than 6800xt idrc anymore

[timid meadow]

Damnit green names bring it back to tech 2 dont start that shit here

[graceful burrow]

I don't give a shit I won't lie bud

[calm swan]

does fp have exclusive chat?

[graceful burrow]

Ye pilot chat

[calm swan]

hmm interesting

[vapid smelt]

and voice chat

[graceful burrow]

Two voice chats

[timid meadow]

2 voice chats

Damn aldon beat me to it

[calm swan]

i forgot vc doesnt exist in this server for normies damn

[graceful burrow]

Used to

When I first joined it did

We also used to have useful build a pc and tech support channels too

[vapid smelt]

The old voice channels were so chaotic

[vapid smelt]

Idk the new tech support channel is great

[timid meadow]

I like the threads in build a pc, think there should be 2 support channels. 1 threads and 1 non threads

[vapid smelt]

Now people can't spill it here saying it was too busy or the chat was moving too fast so people couldn't help them

[graceful burrow]

No now they just post their question here and when told to go there they says "nobody answered me"

[vapid smelt]

Then we tell them to eat shit 😆

[graceful burrow]

Like
Yeah no shit the forums suck and a lot of the most helpful users here hate them

[timid meadow]

"Hey can anyone check tech support its super important"

insert minor issue that barely effects gameplay

[graceful burrow]

It's a huge L for everyone

[manic torrent]

"guys why is my monitor black"

[vapid smelt]

Because that's how it was born

[graceful burrow]

Got an aus related question

[timid meadow]

Shhh let Micheal be whatever color he wants

[manic torrent]

in other news, today a door dash order from 7/11 (2.4km drive from our house) took 2.5 hours in total

[manic torrent]

yes, we really do swear that much

[vapid smelt]

Did they hop on one leg and fight a kangaroo herd?

[graceful burrow]

Nah I was gonna ask if it gets tiring hearing that aus is always super scary and dangerous

[manic torrent]

never. we will always take this and run with it. I die EVERY DAY.

[vapid smelt]

No that Ohio

[timid meadow]

Me traveling to a normal area from the ghetto

[graceful burrow]

That's hardcore tbh

[vapid smelt]

How many emus would it take to win a fight against a kangaroo

[manic torrent]

emus wouldn't fight a kangaroo, they'd just run away. default win to emu, because LOL RUN AWAY

emus only pick fights they know they will win, much like a toxic douche bro

[wind pulsar]

Need to go to Australia again, need to try kangaroo

[timid meadow]

Guess im an emu. Because if my fatass is running anywhere, you better be too. Because im running in the opposite direction of the scary thing

[manic torrent]

Get some kanga bangas

[graceful burrow]

That means you guys won a war tho

[wind pulsar]

Can I lend your crane to hunt one

[timid meadow]

Id ask my wife to move to aus but im actually terrified of the bugs and shit

[vapid smelt]

And heat

[timid meadow]

Not big on heat but i could get used to it

[vapid smelt]

Would also lose the great used PC market of the USA 💪

[manic torrent]

hunt through the supermarket, lol

[wind pulsar]

And guns, and widespread corruption and healthcare- oh right, you didn't have that to begin with

I love the US

[manic torrent]

and yet, I'm out here buying cool used/cheap new shit all the time

[graceful burrow]

Have you shot a gun

[manic torrent]

while this is pretty fun, have you been shot BY a gun?

[graceful burrow]

A bb gun but not a real gun

[manic torrent]

yeah it's kinda the downside of being able to shoot guns

[vapid smelt]

I always forget toy airsoft guns are illegal in aus

[manic torrent]

They weren't always. I have used some many years ago

[graceful burrow]

Airsoft is illegal in aus?

[manic torrent]

yep.

[graceful burrow]

Interesting

[vapid smelt]

And paint ball guns have weird restrictions or something

it is illegal to possess or use an air soft gun, BB gun or gel blaster gun in any other State or Territory of Australia unless you have a valid firearms licence or permit

[unkempt widget]

lol i used to play with gel blaster guns as like a 10 year old

[vapid smelt]

Too dangerous

[dreamy rose]

any gun is deadly as far as our gov sees

I'll nerf dart you to death >:)

[near nymph]

I got home from LTX to my fridge no longer cooling... So the nasty smell...

And a fucking mouse problem... Fuck me

[dreamy rose]

yay, i guess its time to go eat freeze dried survival food then.

[manic torrent]

I literally had the pest control guy here today. $330.

[near nymph]

[dreamy rose]

what did they remove?

[manic torrent]

nothing

[near nymph]

I compressed air gassed it

[manic torrent]

they only added. traps/baits

[dreamy rose]

ah, right

[manic torrent]

that is a rat, not a mouse

[near nymph]

Difference?

[manic torrent]

size, primarily

[near nymph]

Oh this is just a close up

[manic torrent]

yeah, looks like a small rat

[timid meadow]

Ye hes a big boi

[dreamy rose]

one stars in ratatouille, the other gets chased by a cat called Tom.

[timid meadow]

Big tummy too. Bro was smashin when he died

[near nymph]

Roof rat?

I swear it looks like a mouse... I hope it's not a rat

[undone inlet]

put a needle on the front and a lil attachment to the barrel which has wheels that spin fast, a gun, but not a gun, but still deadly

you don't need a license for that

[full fossil]

Damn it, you got Jerry.

[junior forge]

let him go brah

[near nymph]

I gassed him Elsa style

[wind pulsar]

Yes

[full fossil]

#FreeJerry

[graceful burrow]

What caliber

[wind pulsar]

Uhhh, I've shot several nines, 556 and the rest I can't remember

[near nymph]

God bless Amazon

[graceful burrow]

Surprising

[wind pulsar]

I know I wasn't allowed to shoot a 500 mag because my wriststrength was deemed too low

[graceful burrow]

Tf is that top one

[wind pulsar]

Doctor said it'd snap my wrist right in half x')

[graceful burrow]

Dainty wrists lol

[manic torrent]

need big fat wrists and hands like me

[wind pulsar]

Not even, I assume it's because my hands are very small :o

[near nymph]

Relay for fridge compressor

[graceful burrow]

Guns are fun to shoot

[graceful burrow]

Based self-repair

[unkempt widget]

i'm not a fan of getting shot tbh

[vapid zephyr]

She wasn't allowed to shoot a 50 bmg for a similar reason either kek

[near nymph]

I don't have money for another fridge after LTX lol

[manic torrent]

50 bmg is shoulder though

[graceful burrow]

So don't go to war ez

[unkempt widget]

should've considered that earlier

[graceful burrow]

Self repair is more satisfying anyway

[near nymph]

Lol true

[graceful burrow]

I meant you as an individual

[vapid zephyr]

Yes, but she weighed like 85 lbs at the time and the doctor on-site feared it'd kick her out of the chair

[manic torrent]

even if you did, better to fix, just because of the hassle

[dull granite]

what the fuck is wrong wi
why would you post this

[near nymph]

Of moving a fridge? 😂

[unkempt widget]

is it too late? i've already shot archduke francis ferdinand

[dull granite]

ffs

[graceful burrow]

The most powerful gun I've shot is a .44 revolver

I was 11

[unkempt widget]

i really hope a war that could involve the entire world would spark from this

[vapid zephyr]

I've gone all the way up to 700 Nitro Express, did it once, never again

[manic torrent]

... choosing it, waiting, fucking around, disposing of the old one, unboxing, blah blah

[graceful burrow]

I want some of those dragons breath rounds

[manic torrent]

The .50 BMG round can produce between 10,000 and 15,000 foot-pounds force (14,000 and 20,000 J)

[graceful burrow]

That's an insane amount of energy

I've seen people standing fire those

[vapid zephyr]

Forgot what state you were in, but they shouldn't be too expensive to fire

They're just banned in a few states because they may or may not cause a forest fire

[vapid zephyr]

Yeah, Matt from DemolitionRanch fires them while standing all the time actually

[graceful burrow]

Not restricted in my state
5 dragons breath rounds for 35 bucks

I do not have a shotgun kek

[near nymph]

This. 100%

[vapid zephyr]

Can't you bring them to a shooting range lol

[unkempt widget]

i've never shot a real gun before, how does it feel like

[graceful burrow]

You really thing a shooting range is gonna let me shoot dragons breath?
They burn at 5000F and have a range of 200 yards

[graceful burrow]

Like you can do anything

[vapid zephyr]

I mean it doesn't hurt to call em up and ask beforehand does it

[graceful burrow]

Exhilarating is the only word

[manic torrent]

bang

[unkempt widget]

i'd imagine that

[graceful burrow]

I mean if it's only a .22 it's more of a pop

[manic torrent]

oh for sure

[vapid zephyr]

I love 22s ngl

[graceful burrow]

Plinkers

[vapid zephyr]

You can just get a 22 and shoot like you're in a video game, it's pretty sick

[graceful burrow]

They go plink

[hardy cobalt]

what happened spicy pics

[manic torrent]

I didn't get to shoot when I was in the US 😦 stupid colorado you need a local with you or some shit

I didn't have enough time to schedule it.

[graceful burrow]

Come to South dakota I'll hook you up homie

But you gotta say "oi crikey!" after your first shot

[manic torrent]

I'll be way more australian than that

[unkempt widget]

i'm sorry but

who willingly goes to south dakota

[graceful burrow]

What do you even know about south dakota

[manic torrent]

people from north dakota

[graceful burrow]

That's true actually kek

[unkempt widget]

there's not a lot about south dakota tbh

[vapid zephyr]

Aren't you Chinese

[unkempt widget]

yeah

[vapid zephyr]

Why would you act like you know about South Dakota

[unkempt widget]

i wasn't being serious

[graceful burrow]

I don't act like I know a lot about China

Infact I've just been asking about China because I love learning

[vapid zephyr]

NightRye definitely acts like he knows the Japanese language better than Japanese do though, was fun as shit

[manic torrent]

I know more about china than 99% of australians

[graceful burrow]

Idk shit about shit and I'm brave enough to admit it

[manic torrent]

... which is a low bar, but hey

[stray apex]

I mean
You don't need to be a genius to figure out that a state with the population density of South Dakota probably doesn't have that much going on

[unkempt widget]

wait what

mount rushmore is in south dakota?

[graceful burrow]

Yes kek

It's like a 3 hour drive from me

It also hosts the largest motorcycle rally in the world

[wide oyster]

hi

[unkempt widget]

lol i'm just reading about south dakota, apparently it's a paradise for anyone who loves the outdoors according to dakotaroots.com

[graceful burrow]

It is beautiful here

[stray apex]

(that means nobody lives there so there's a lot of outdoors)

[graceful burrow]

Montana is more beautiful tho

[unkempt widget]

the capital of south dakota was changed to pierre in 1904

[graceful burrow]

News to me

[unkempt widget]

talking about news

according to msn, brave little girl conquers fear with leap into south dakota lake

[graceful burrow]

Which lake

[unkempt widget]

and a mountain lion was spotted near south dakota golf course

[graceful burrow]

Mountain lions aren't rare here

[unkempt widget]

idk which lake or which golf course, the headlines just say that

[graceful burrow]

We see bears sometimes too
And buffalo

[unkempt widget]

"why is south dakota so famous?"

[graceful burrow]

Mostly for mount Rushmore and the motorcycle rally

[unkempt widget]

are people in south dakota happy?

[graceful burrow]

(no)

[unkempt widget]

interestingly enough, they are

[graceful burrow]

Boots on the ground, no

[graceful burrow]

[unkempt widget]

damn south dakota has the population of 1/9th of the city i live in

[stray apex]

South Dakota is not a very populated state
It's not like, Wyoming but it's not that far off

There are plenty of cities with more people

[unkempt widget]

it's also huge

77,000 square miles or 200,000 square kilometers

[stray apex]

I don't think it's particularly notable?

[unkempt widget]

tbh a lot of us states or huge

[manic torrent]

lol

[unkempt widget]

but still, that's quite big

[graceful burrow]

Most states are the size of countries here kek
People underestimate how huge the usa is

[unkempt widget]

of course

[stray apex]

South Dakota is technically the 17th largest state, but it's pretty much a regular mediumish sized state

[manic torrent]

My city is 10,000km^2

[unkempt widget]

it's like medium-large

[unkempt widget]

mine is just under that

[stray apex]

Eh
Kind of?

[unkempt widget]

17/50=0.34
it's the 66th percentile

i'd say 66th percentile is medium-large

you didn't see anything

[stray apex]

The median size of a us state is something like 67000 square miles

57
Close enough

[unkempt widget]

well if there are 50 states

and it's 17th out of the 50

so you do 50-17/50=0.66

oh, 57000 square miles

south dakota's climate is also very extreme

[vapid zephyr]

Yeah, e.g Texas is almost twice the size of Germany and California and Montana are a little larger than Germany as well

[zenith sorrel]

my god

[unkempt widget]

the us is larger than europe combined

wai tno

just smaller by 300 thousand squared miles

[vapid zephyr]

Keep in mind that, considering the Germany is the 7th largest country in Europe, that those three states alone are larger than 20 EU countries

Not combined of course, but yeah

[zenith sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/holy-shit-shades-off-shocked-surprised-wtf-gif-15705262

[stray apex]

I think it's a bit more if you don't include Alaska
Which you probably shouldn't

[wind pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/bobux-roblox-embed-no-embed-perms-0bobux-gif-18287307

[unkempt widget]

i included alaska (i think)

[stray apex]

Alaska is like, American Siberia

[graceful burrow]

alaska is scary huge and scary wild

it's one of the last frontiers for sure

[unkempt widget]

tbh there's a lot of european russia that's largely unpopulated as well

[wind pulsar]

Nuh, the US is smaller than Europe even including Alaska

[zenith sorrel]

[stray apex]

Isn't a lot of eastern Russia in asia

[zenith sorrel]

ye

[wind pulsar]

Like, 90% of eastern Russia is, yes

[unkempt widget]

yes, most of its area, but not its population

wait russia in general, not eastern russia

east of the ural mountains is considered asia

what's considered eastern russia actually

[graceful burrow]

russia is another bucket list country but like
even moreso than china i dont think russians would be happy about a bumbling american
i just want to experience the country idc about war or anything it just seems like a cool place and i really like the architecture

things def have to calm down before i could have a chance to visit lol

[unkempt widget]

tbh i would want to visit russia, it's just that i would only want to visit the big cities like st petersburg and moscow and stuff

[stray apex]

Probably like, everything east of Moscow or Petersburg

[unkempt widget]

i got this map

[graceful burrow]

china, russia, thailand, germany, sweden, iceland are my main bucket list countries
maybe egypt too

japan but that's a given ig

everyone wants to go to japan

[wind pulsar]

The Urals have a mountain range in it that's considered the border between Europe and Asia

[unkempt widget]

iceland would be cool to visit, i feel like i would be disappointed by egypt, thailand would be cool, germany feels like more of a place to live than visit tbh, and i've laready been to japan

[stray apex]

Yeah, but with how concentrated population and economic activity is
Are there any major cities near the urals

[unkempt widget]

chelyabinsk

yekaterinburg

[graceful burrow]

austria would be nice because a huge camera company is hq'd there, lomography

[unkempt widget]

there are surprisingly large cities east of the urals as well

[stray apex]

Isn't lomography a very niche hobbyist brand

[unkempt widget]

novosibirsk has like 1.25 million population

1.57 actually

[dapper hollow]

Russia outside of Moscow and St.Petersburg looks pretty much the same unfortunately(there is some gems like Karelia or Krasnaya Polyana though).

[graceful burrow]

eh
you could argue the entirety of film is a niche hobbyist brand

[unkempt widget]

here comes the geoguessr metas

[graceful burrow]

it is an important brand and an important piece of film history

[viral solstice]

My number 1 European rec for visiting is Switzerland, out of all the countries I been to Switzerland holds a special place in my heart

[graceful burrow]

switzerland would be rad

[stray apex]

It is, but I'm pretty sure they're even niche in that niche

[wind pulsar]

You can find the mountainrange pretty easily and just southeast of it is actually the fourth largest city in Russia Yekaterinburg

[graceful burrow]

might be niche but def important

[unkempt widget]

also a lot of cities were built around there during the soviet era for industry

[wind pulsar]

Yekaterinburg is here

[graceful burrow]

im shooting some lomo film right now, they just came out with some new stuff

[viral solstice]

Is that the thunderstorm you shot?

[stray apex]

Yeah, but the difference between cities not named Moscow or St. Petersburg and those two are pretty massive

[unkempt widget]

magnitogorsk was built just for heavy industry for the five year plans

[graceful burrow]

me? nah the thunderstorm i tried to shoot was on some expired kodak max film
this lomo film im using to shoot the motorcycle rally that's going on here

[wind pulsar]

Yup, Moscow has a population of 13 million, St. Petersburg 5.6 million and then it immediately goes downhill, the third largest city has 1.6 million, Yekaterinburg has 1.5 million

[unkempt widget]

wait what's the third largest? kazan?

[wind pulsar]

Novosibirsk

[unkempt widget]

wait i literally said it earlier, novosibirsk

[viral solstice]

I'm curious to see lightning on film

[wind pulsar]

Kazan is the fifth largest at 1.3 million

[stray apex]

It's pretty cool that they're still doing new film stuff
I hope pentax's project pans out

[wind pulsar]

Nizhny Novgrod is the sixth largest and is actually losing population, it's gone down by 1.75%, every other city with a higher population has grown by at least 10%

[dapper hollow]

I am from Saratov and this is kind of a hole to be fair. I wanted to move to St.Petersburg, but war came in. Definetly want to travel my country in the future and I really considered Karelia in autumn. Should be very colourful.

[graceful burrow]

a quick google, lots of em
i mentioned this earlier but you just kinda gotta get lucky lol

the film im shooting isnt really good for lightning, it likes vivid reds and yellows against cool tones

[wind pulsar]

What I'm more surprised about is this

This is Sakhalin, which formerly belonged to Japan, at least part of it

The island above it is, no clue what the other part is

Didn't know there'd be people living here

[stray apex]

Apparently the island has natural resources

Lots of oil

Natural gas

[dapper hollow]

Well there is some oil, coal and a lot of fishery if I remember correctly.

[elfin nacelle]

The bottom is Vladivostok which is of strategic importance because of China, and North Korea.

[wind pulsar]

I wouldn't be surprised, since that's also the reason why Japan has a border dispute because of these islands

[stray apex]

The border disputes are probably because of historical claims

[elfin nacelle]

Technically they're still at war

[stray apex]

Which would be due to natural resources technically, but I doubt that's why Japan continues to maintain their claim

[wind pulsar]

That too, but Japan has found oil on it, the government very likely wants it because of that

Japan has like, zero natural resources in that regard

[elfin nacelle]

That's not why they're important

[wind pulsar]

https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/overview.html Though the ministry of foreign affairs claims it's solely because of historical shit

[elfin nacelle]

It's because it's basically the only place Russia has that gives them year-round Naval port access.

[stray apex]

I mean, modern Japan is probably not terribly worried about their access to oil imports

[elfin nacelle]

Not Oil imports

Naval access in general, military use included

[stray apex]

Right, but that's not terribly valuable to Japan

[graceful burrow]

Sometimes it seems like Japan's main export is beautiful forests and culture
Not physical stuff kek

[elfin nacelle]

It is though. They're trying to maintain what power they have over the bordering seas.

[pulsar violet]

How ironic

[wind pulsar]

Oh a 100%, Japan also almost definitely wants former Karafuto back

Today that's Sakhalin

[gentle slate]

why is Windows 11's search so slow?

[wind pulsar]

It shouldn't, one of the major selling points of Windows 11 was it's much faster search bar

[graceful burrow]

Index your drives

[gentle slate]

It often just hangs with an empty bar.

[graceful burrow]

It's gonna be slow unelss you index your drives

[gentle slate]

My one singular 500GB SSD should be indexed.

[graceful burrow]

Should
Lotta shoulds

[stray apex]

How does that help Japan, though?
Unless Japan decides it wants to deny Russia access to the Pacific from ports in the Sea of Okhotsk what use does it have for them?

[wind pulsar]

You adorable Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich

[elfin nacelle]

Why would it not help them?

[stray apex]

What strategic goal does it help them accomplish?

[elfin nacelle]

Allows them to divert resources towards China

[past kernel]

w11 has been having massive widespread ssd performance issues

[full fossil]

[stray apex]

No it doesn't?

[elfin nacelle]

But instead the need precautions to monitor Sakhalin

[wind pulsar]

Japan has zero benefit from being aggressively territorial, our military that's not a military wink wink wink barely works

[stray apex]

How would the Kurils be relevant?

[wind pulsar]

Yeah that's all Russia chief

[elfin nacelle]

The issue is with China being aggressively territorial

[stray apex]

There's a reason the Kurils are a Japan-Russia dispute and it's not because they matter to China

[elfin nacelle]

Holding kuril certainly has strategic value

[stray apex]

In a conflict with China?

[wind pulsar]

Who knows why, people from the 1920s were weird

[manic torrent]

Need to go to bruges

[graceful burrow]

Y

[wind pulsar]

Anyway, it doesn't have anything to do with China lol
I stand by the fact that they want that oil on it

[manic torrent]

Go watch "in Bruges"

[stray apex]

The Kurils?

The Kurils economy is basically just fish

[elfin nacelle]

Sakhalin has oil but Kurils has no resource importance

[stray apex]

Which I mean, Japan does need fish but probably not that much

[wind pulsar]

I do believe part of why Japan wants to keep it is because there's Japanese citizens on there

[manic torrent]

Russia is the number one importer of used Japanese vehicles.

[graceful burrow]

What happens in it

[wind pulsar]

Apparently the worlds largest reserves of rhenium are on the Kuril islands

[elfin nacelle]

And there's still current japanese family history that are upset they got deported from their land

[manic torrent]

People go to bruges, several of them die.

[stray apex]

Apparently still not valuable enough to exploit

[graceful burrow]

I'm confused how that relates to the message you replied to lol

[stray apex]

The Kuril Islands basically just fish

[elfin nacelle]

Japans issue with minerals is they don't have very much of the important stuff

Limited oil and virtually no rare earth metals

[mossy pendant]

Turns out anker still has “recommended by LTT” on their amazon page

[manic torrent]

"let's face it Harry, you're a bunt, you've always been a bunt. That's not gonna change" it has awesome actors and is just generally a good time. You will not be disappointed.

[wind pulsar]

Can't really exploit it if it'd make the other party trying to get the islands pissed now can you

[graceful burrow]

I'll put it on my list :)

[stray apex]

I don't think Japan is particularly torn up over a series of islands with 20,000 people who mostly fish

[elfin nacelle]

Well it also isn't easy to do

[manic torrent]

But it's relevant to travel because the whole point is that Bruges is a picturesque fairy tale town

[wind pulsar]

Japan is still extremely pissed about losing Sakhalin

[past kernel]

the kurils are a strategic point, thats why the soviets annexed it

[elfin nacelle]

No way they ship stuff via railways through siberia, so you need to go through ports that could freeze over

[wind pulsar]

We definitely care lmao

[manic torrent]

.... You doubt mighty Russian railway?

[elfin nacelle]

Yes

Even russia doubts siberian railways Lol

Thousands of km of railway that has to be consistently maintained in sub-zero temperatures

[manic torrent]

The Russian rail system is the single best infrastructure in Russia... Ok I see that's a low bar.

[stray apex]

Japan doesn't even dispute Russia's claim over the much more important island now

I dunno why they even bother disputing the Kuril Islands

[elfin nacelle]

Because of historical significance

[past kernel]

imho it shouldn't be a dispute if the islands were agreed to be annexed by the leading nations

[stray apex]

There doesn't seem to be any strategic benefit, so it's probably just politics

[manic torrent]

One of my friend works for a rail monitoring company, and the vehicles they use to test the rails are like 1.5 million each, and very complex.

[wind pulsar]

You can only speculate, the mofa has information of it on their page, but that's it

[unkempt widget]

1.5 million what? apples? bananas?

[manic torrent]

...rubles? What do you think

[stray apex]

Officially it's because they don't think Russia has a legal claim, but it's also basically free for Japan to keep claiming them

[unkempt widget]

idk man, thought it might've been pears

[elfin nacelle]

If Japan stops claiming it then they don't get to contest property rights if something of importance is discovered there

Similar situation with Taiwan and China but the difference is that if Taiwan stops claiming all of mainland China and a couple other countries, China will invade them

[stray apex]

I'm pretty sure that's not how property rights work

[elfin nacelle]

It's not exactly property rights - figure of words

[stray apex]

Japan is hardly going to invade the islands, so the point is moot

They are in effect Russian territory

[past kernel]

they can claim all they want, its still not theirs

[elfin nacelle]

Hm?

[past kernel]

its like me going to my old house and claiming i can sleep there, it was mine, but i signed the rights to sell it

or in this case they lost the war and signed it over

[elfin nacelle]

No it's like them being squatters who effectively stole your house

[stray apex]

I believe that the legal rights are kind of questionable, which is why they're disputed in the first place

In practice they're administered by Russia and Japan is hardly going to retake them, so

[past kernel]

they didnt steal it, it was agreed upon by the leading nations in the yalta conference

[elfin nacelle]

The Allies did not want them to keep Kuril

[past kernel]

they still gave the go ahead

[elfin nacelle]

No they didn't

That's like holding a gun to someones head, asking them for their wallet and then saying it was okay because they said yes

USA wanted the soviets to have NOTHING

[stray apex]

It's legally disputed, which is why they're still arguing about it

But Russia is hardly going to give up the Islands, and Japan isn't going to invade them

[past kernel]

they lost though

as far as im aware, if you lose a war, you pay reparations

[stray apex]

So in practice they're Russian unless you want a greencard

[manic torrent]

Basically how international land rights works.

[elfin nacelle]

A war Russia had no business receiving reparations for

[vapid zephyr]

No, it's legally Japans

[median idol]

Golan Heights in a nutshell

[past kernel]

sino russo tensions have been around since czar

[elfin nacelle]

keyword "tensions"

[past kernel]

it was hardly a new thing

[elfin nacelle]

China and USA did all the gruntwork

[past kernel]

japan did invade russia

[vapid zephyr]

In the Treaty of St. Petersburg Russia gave the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for Sakhalin and Japan doesn't even claim the entirety of Kuril islands either

[manic torrent]

You want to talk war reparations? China was absolutely ruined by them.

[vapid zephyr]

They just want the most southern islands, which coincidentally also have that sweet oil and rhenium

[stray apex]

Debatable
I don't think they've ever agreed on who owns them

[full fossil]

you know japan owns some little ass islands in the sea that they just put 2 buildings there

[polar fern]

You can watch the whole thing, but I highly recommend skipping to 43:50 https://youtu.be/Qh9KBwqGxTI

[elfin nacelle]

Not disputing that but if you're gonna talk about that, the CCP has no business either. China was in a huge civil war at the time and if anything Taiwan should be receiving them.

[vapid zephyr]

No, that treaty exists

Japan legally owns the Kuril Islands, Russia and Japan just don't agree with what counts as 'Kuril Islands' due to 'translation errors'

[full fossil]

who doesn't love this guy

[elfin nacelle]

the CCP took advantage of the instability while the Allies attention was diverted from China, then took over mainland china

[stray apex]

I don't think they even agreed on what the Kuril Islands constituted

[manic torrent]

Oh yeah absolutely - I just mean more generally. War reparations are often used as ridiculous punitive measures to the losers, regardless of other stuff.

"we invaded your country and you fought us, but we won, now you have to pay us"

[graceful burrow]

Nerds

[vapid zephyr]

Correct, which is the current issue
But generally speaking, we own the Kuril Islands
We just don't know wtf counts as 'Kuril Islands' and what doesn't

[stray apex]

I mean
In practice Japan very much does not own the Kuril islands

[elfin nacelle]

the Kurils is basically Russia being a Californian squatter saying they "own" the house

[vapid zephyr]

Not at all lmao

[unkempt widget]

what's pub chat talking about now

[vapid zephyr]

Mostly because Japan can't be arsed to make a huge issue out of it, otherwise negotations wouldn't take that long

[polar fern]

Why we talking about Asian politics?

[unkempt widget]

territorial disputes over kuril islands

[median idol]

Russia or Japan owning Kuril Islands

In a nutshell

[polar fern]

Uh huh… I asked why.

[elfin nacelle]

Especially with putin in power. he threatened to invade south africa? iirc if they arrested him when he got to a BRICS meeting

[vapid zephyr]

Legally we own it, realistically Russia owns it, done

[stray apex]

Because we were talking about which countries people wanted to visit

[polar fern]

Oh

[median idol]

It reminds me of the Golan Heights thing with Syria and Israel

[vapid zephyr]

I 100% want to go to Antarctica at least once, but it's not that easy

[polar fern]

Perfect segue to inappropriate conversations on a tech server

[stray apex]

How does that even work
Do you have to find a tour group or something

[elfin nacelle]

Get a Trans-Antarctic flight and parachute out of the plane 🤠

[vapid zephyr]

I genuinely have no idea

[elfin nacelle]

Perfectly fine considering the entire conversation has been civil and respectful.

[polar fern]

It’s not fine because it’s against the rules

[manic torrent]

You can literally just buy a ticket

[stray apex]

What regulatory body holds jurisdiction over Antarctica

[polar fern]

None.

[elfin nacelle]

Yes, typically you go on a sailing voyage on a icebreaker

[vapid zephyr]

I'm just gonna ass at you every time you break the rules then, how 'bout that

And with that I mean you and you specifically

[stray apex]

But there are environmental regulations?

[unkempt widget]

yeah trans atlantic flights don't really exist

[stray apex]

If there are environmental regulations in Antarctica there obviously must be an organization which determines what they are

[polar fern]

Hah icebreaker. Won’t need those for much longer

[manic torrent]

Yeah which is why you just..... Book a ticket and they handle all that

[vapid zephyr]

Nobody

[elfin nacelle]

Trans-Atlantic flights certainly do, but i see what you were trying to say. They do exist, they're just pretty rare.

[vapid zephyr]

There's claims but nobody holds jurisdiction over Antarctica

[polar fern]

…

[elfin nacelle]

Somebody needs to go there and establish the Kingdom of Fuck You

[vapid zephyr]

Nah, Antarctica has a sick flag, that'd ruin it

[stray apex]

Apparently most countries just extend jurisdiction of their laws to their citizens in Antarctica

[polar fern]

There’s like 3000 transatlantic flights per day tf you talking about

[elfin nacelle]

Usually what happens overseas on unowned lands anyway

[unkempt widget]

meant trans antarctic flights lmfao

[polar fern]

Breh

[vapid zephyr]

Should I call the mods for breaking rule 2 since you're being needlessly aggressive

Chat was fine, until Transit showed up kek

[polar fern]

Most flights to Antarctica are carefully choreographed, so that the resources present in Antarctica are not depleted, including fuel and stuff for the aircraft itself

[unkempt widget]

trans-antarctic, not to antarctica

[elfin nacelle]

You know Trans-Antarctic and Trans-Atlantic means Crossing yes?

[polar fern]

🤦‍♂️

[elfin nacelle]

Not landing there.

[wispy marsh]

If you don't mind the accents you can also go to north china, and freeze your ass off there

[unkempt widget]

kinda like how transatlantic means you don't land in the atlantic ocean

or at least you're not supposed to

[wispy marsh]

No, you alight at Atlantis

[wind pulsar]

The three current flags of Antarctica c:

The navy blue white one is by far the most adopted and most popular and I agree with that decision

[elfin nacelle]

Sydney to Johannesburg, Buenos Aires to Auckland, Santiago to Sydney.

[polar fern]

Where did I say Trans-Antarctic flights?

[vapid zephyr]

You didn't, but they did

[wispy marsh]

Quest marker in skyrim

[stray apex]

Oh no
It looks like the Ethereum logo

[elfin nacelle]

So were you just needlessly speaking on that topic or are you deflecting?

[unkempt widget]

so you just went into the chat and started talking about flights to antarctica?

in other news, there's a sunrain where i live rn

[wind pulsar]

But it looks cool!

[elfin nacelle]

Bottom right one looks like something a Private company would use for a Mars base

[wind pulsar]

The flag of Greenland is also cool!

[elfin nacelle]

You can never escape polands grasp

[stray apex]

Yeah, but I don't want the flag of a vast natural wilderness to remind me of crypto bros

[wispy marsh]

Pokeball

[median idol]

I swear, most flags of the Arab world are like "let me copy your homework" and do some modifications and they call it a day

[polar fern]

Yes let’s pile onto someone because they know something they find interesting. You could’ve just ignored my comment if you didn’t understand it, but nah you have to be rude instead Blocked, bye.

[wind pulsar]

I quote;

'Horizontal stripes of navy and white represent the long days and nights at Antarctica's extreme latitude. In the center, a lone white peak erupts from a field of snow and ice, echoing those of the bergs, mountains, and pressure ridges that define the Antarctic horizon.'

[unkempt widget]

lol not getting blocked again???

[wispy marsh]

It's a quest marker

[elfin nacelle]

Is this what this Biker person normally like?

[unkempt widget]

sorry that was unnecessary

[stray apex]

Yeah, Antarctica is really cool
And Ethereum is like, the polar opposite

[wispy marsh]

Journey to the Antarctic

[polar fern]

My face is a quest marker

[unkempt widget]

yes

[vapid zephyr]

Yeah no, you came here guns blazing and immediately rude and then cry like a baby when you talk shit and get called out for it

[unkempt widget]

transit's blocked and unblocked me multiple times before

[median idol]

Look at this shit... Half of them are derivatives of one another

[unkempt widget]

idk i just find that funny

[polar fern]

Uhm

[elfin nacelle]

Why is Iran missing?

[median idol]

Iran isn't an Arab country

[vapid zephyr]

Yes, they're 100% someone you should ignore
They're gonna ignore what you are saying, only believe in what they're saying and call you stupid for it. That's also the reason why you should ignore Dimmski and and BionicSerpent or whatever that dude is called, but form your own opinion on them

[polar fern]

That’s pretty screwed up it’s like calling United States an English country.

[elfin nacelle]

Mainly Persian but they are very diverse

[vapid zephyr]

As Irans main languages are Turkish and Farsi, it's not an Arab country

[elfin nacelle]

Not exactly that far fetched

[polar fern]

The Internet is not a series of tubes.

[manic torrent]

Welcome to fun with flags!

[elfin nacelle]

America is like 75% white, English descendants probably account for 25% at the least

[polar fern]

What flags

[unkempt widget]

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-bbt-fun-with-flags-big-bang-theory-gif-8588264

[unkempt widget]

it also speaks english

[polar fern]

It’s kind of funny that before radios and stuff ships communicated with flags and it was pretty secure because you could update the encoding while underway.

[elfin nacelle]

Funny thing, Quebec speaks better french than France

France will steal words from english for modern technology, but Quebec uses words of French origin

[unkempt widget]

that depends on how you define french and how you define a language

[wind pulsar]

According to an estimate of the ACS, around 10% of the current American population is from English, Welsh, Scottish or Irish descent

[elfin nacelle]

Only 10?

[wind pulsar]

Around 36 million people

[graceful burrow]

I like how transit is just like
Talking to himself lol

[unkempt widget]

german descendants account for 40% i think

[wind pulsar]

Yeah, as far as I'm aware, the Spanish and Germans are a much larger group of descent

[graceful burrow]

I'm German descendant

My grandparents on my dads side are painfully German

[stray apex]

Doesn't France have an actual organization in charge of determining what words to use

[unkempt widget]

lol not great timing was it

[graceful burrow]

Idk what you mean by this I just joined

[unkempt widget]

them being painfully german wasn't great timing

[polar fern]

Is this even a good buy? https://a.co/d/76bF6ci

[graceful burrow]

I don't even know when they came over to the usa

[elfin nacelle]

Im 4th generation dutch. 50% english/northwestern europe, 20% germanic europe, 10% eastern europe/russia, 9% irish... and the rest is Welsh and Scottish

[graceful burrow]

I should ask my great grams while she's still around, she never sees me anymore

[polar fern]

A lot of Germans came over in the late 1800’s

[elfin nacelle]

Not sure about that but Quebec uses words of French origin more than France does

[graceful burrow]

I blame my brashness on my German descent

[elfin nacelle]

You sure you don't have english and russian? that would make more sense.
the cousins fight 🙂

[stray apex]

That just sounds like Quebecois is just aggressively not english

[unkempt widget]

idk man, you should see a professional at the KRANKENHAUS

[graceful burrow]

Me? Definitely not

[polar fern]

Good buy or not good buy? My original selection is not available anymore for some reason so I have to pick a different card

Imagine if I listened to some of the people in this discord and got the 5700x instead. I’d be screwed.

[full fossil]

i'd save for a 6700xt if you're gonna be doing more heavier gaming due to modern vram requirements n all

[wind pulsar]

Can you not be weird about this

[polar fern]

Nah I’m not getting a 6700xt

[near nymph]

Interesting... Start Relay Fails are common...

[graceful burrow]

Maybe you should shut your face

[median idol]

Some of my family don't know their own ages or birthdays

[near nymph]

on fridges... It turns out

[full fossil]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YHXT12P

spend $50 less

[graceful burrow]

I don't come at anyone else for being a certain race
Fucked up

[unkempt widget]

:( oki

[polar fern]

Also I’m on social security, can’t “save”.

[full fossil]

6650xt mech 2x for $235

[elfin nacelle]

Unsure on whether or not i wanna learn German, Japanese, or Korean first. Japanese/Korean would land me better chances at getting stationed there when i join the Marines

[polar fern]

Yeah that’s the one I have saved in my cart right now

[manic torrent]

Uhhh what? Semaphore is semaphore. The encoding doesn't change.

[full fossil]

i'd pull the trigger on it

6650xt is great bang for buck currently

[manic torrent]

It's secure because only people who can see it can read it and..... You're at sea

[polar fern]

Look

[elfin nacelle]

What about nationality

[graceful burrow]

Dawg I'll just call the mods rn if you want

[polar fern]

If you’re engaged in a bottle and you have certain flags in your ringing, it’s secure because the other party doesn’t have your flag manual

[elfin nacelle]

Hm?

[full fossil]

holy shit i have good news

[unkempt widget]

hey aldo i didn't mean to offend you btw, sorry

[polar fern]

I really love how people think I’m an idiot it’s really awesome. I think I’m gonna duck out I’ve really had enough

[full fossil]

the shipping company found the package with my computer in it. they said they caught an employee trying to steal it lmao

[wind pulsar]

He's telling you not to entertain this, he doesn't find it funny

[full fossil]

so the employee statement saying it fell off a ship is false lol

yeah i was surprised

[graceful burrow]

So it's back on its way to you?

Losing packages sucks hugely

[manic torrent]

Haha shit hey

[full fossil]

yeah, they said it should be here within 2-3 days, plus they initially compensated me for the missing package and they dont want the money back

[graceful burrow]

[full fossil]

free fucking upgrade dude

[graceful burrow]

Don't apologize, just don't do it again

[near nymph]

Coming back from LTX?

[full fossil]

no

[near nymph]

Oh wtf would someone try to steal your computer o.o

[vapid zephyr]

To sell it, it's quick money

[full fossil]

i went to greece on holiday about a month ago, my cousin told me he was doing a lan party, so i got a friend to ship my computer out here. it got here completely fine. at the end of my trip, i shipped the pc back home, and a couple days after i get home, i get an email saying they lost it. 2 days later, i get an email that they found it and are shipping it back.

[vapid zephyr]

It highly depends where the shipping company is from, but those people aren't paid particularly well if they're not from a western country, so people stealing shit isn't too uncommon

[stray apex]

They're also often not paid particularly well in western countries

[full fossil]

the problem is, they're shipping it back to the address i had the pc shipped to initially in greece, so now i have to get one of my cousins to ship the pc over back to the uk

im gonna be using a better shipping company plus ill be paying more for it

im not risking it being lost any time soon

[vapid zephyr]

They usually are, at least in Europe. Same applies for the garbage collector people, they're often paid particularly well in Europe

[full fossil]

i dont know much about greek shipping companies so i just went with the top rated one before

[stray apex]

They're shipping it back to the return address?

[stray apex]

I mean, I don't think any postal workers anywhere are paid so well that a decent gaming computer wouldn't be a significant amount of money

[full fossil]

yeah, instead of the address i originally wanted the system to be shipped to

[dull tapir]

does anyone know what i have to turn on for virtualization in bios all videos say enable VMX but i have gigabyte bios and it only says SVM

i am trying to use virtual box

[manic torrent]

.... And if it can change when you're under way, how does the person you're communicating with get the updated manual.

[stray apex]

A quick email

[full fossil]

overall im still pissed, but v happy that i can get my rig back + keep the og compensation money along with it