Suppressors do exist. And are commonly used in close quarters combat. Especially by well funded combatants like the IDF.

it’s interesting to see the drone’s perspective for a change.

The Russia/Ukraine conflict has really shown the drone’s place on the battlefield. It’s awesome; and terrifying.

What a convenient find.

“We are made of star stuff” -Carl Sagan

95% of VCR repair is changing belts and cleaning heads/pinch rollers. I should hit up my local library. Those are the causes I like donating my time to.

I put my change in a jar when I empty my pockets. About once a year I’ll take it by the bank and treat myself with the couple hundred dollars it cashes out to.

Are you just throwing yours away?

I guess I’ll be the oddball that pays mostly in cash. Mostly because I’m self employed and taking cash to the bank across town is one more errand to run. So I’ll pay with cash in person until it’s gone and then switch to card. Also saves the 3-4% card markup a lot of places charge here. I’m in the US.

Oh I’m sure it’s some form of lactose intolerance. I should probably ask a doctor some day, but decent ones are hard to come by.

Lactase does seem to work if I remember to take it.

My brain says yes but my bowels say no.

Brain still wins every time. I can handle some discomfort in the future for a mouth full of bliss right now.

Reading is overrated. I’d feed it to an AI so I could have somewhere to ask questions.

Bored old dudes with rifles watching over their parked vehicles in dense urban centers seems like a disproportionate response to having some tires deflated. I think your speculation about the public supporting someone being murdered over their participation in peaceful protest is pretty depressing. I hope you don’t actually think that.

Oh, absolutely. I’m not advocating for it, just commenting on the local climate. All it would take is fox news saying “AnTEEfah is coming to cut your tires so you can’t go to church and worship jesus! Why do they hate baby jesus?” and there would be people willing, if not itching, to kill over it. It is very depressing, all that rage could be put to much better use.

https://jalopnik.com/suspected-catalytic-converter-thief-shot-twice-then-dra-1847107538

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-lakeview-catalytic-converter-wolcott/11223327/

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/texas-car-owner-shoots-thief-stealing-catalytic-converter-police-say/NSGS2UWGBZHJTDJUU44CXYXK7U/

They’re doing their part.

I wish this form of protest would catch on elsewhere as well.

I feel this would go over differently in the land of “fuck around and find out”. You’d have bored old dudes with rifles setting up watches. And if when something did happen, public opinion is not going to be on the air-letters side.

not enabling the vehicle owner to file an insurance claim.

My insurance comes with road hazard that would cover this at no cost; and I’m a poor.

It seems misguided. The people doing the most climate damage aren’t parking their cars on the streets. Go pop some private jet tires.

I think it’s the one area I’m a Luddite. I really should use voice commands on my smart home stuff because the apps are trash. But it still feels weird. Silly mental block.

Voice commands on anything. It just feels silly.

Is he not worried about getting voted out or something? Why does he seem to want to stick his finger in the eyes of the French citizens?

From what little I know of french history, I would be worried about far more than just getting voted out.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66045554 Less ads and better pictures.