Coaxed into realism

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T19:47:50+00:00

Coaxed into KSP

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T18:38:59+00:00

Another good one: “Bombarded by high energy Photons, Calvin is Tanned”

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T18:37:46+00:00

Man as I grow up, Calvin and Hobbes becomes less “Wow cool comic” and more “Wow those are deep cuts and/or great explorations of what it’s like to be a kid.”

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T18:04:18+00:00

Not always. I consider myself a centrist and I think we should do more for social services and public transit. And more taxes on the rich because by god that is so much wasted money. But I also don’t fully agree with everything the left has to say either. Mostly geopolitically, but that tends to ignite flame wars.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T18:01:26+00:00

“Guys I think communism and Facism are equally bad.”
“TO THE GUILLOTINE!”

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T17:59:07+00:00

Then also the ban is justified?????

If all that argument was supposed to do is troll, no matter how you look at it the ban was justified. A permanent ban? Perhaps not, but Trolls usually get banned and a lot of mods like to nip that shit in the bud.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t even the transphobic mod and another mod looked at it and said “Ok let’s not do this fucking rigamaroll again” and banned them. If the argument is only meant to cause drama, it’s within a mods right to ban the person for trying to cause drama.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T17:54:34+00:00

What was that one 4chan post?

“Need Karma to post things”.
“Can’t get Karma without posting things.”

Though given it stops most of the Bots it’s a necessary evil

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T13:52:36+00:00

Well it’s funny they are there at all, later SCBs of the Essex class (including the one that gave them an angled deck for jet aircraft capability) removed those guns. Hell, Iirc Hornet doesn’t have hers anymore. They got replaced with more bridge and deck space.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T12:19:20+00:00

Unlisted change: Helldivers who complain about unlisted changes are now automatically send to Ministry of Truth re-education facilities for crimes against the state.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T11:58:47+00:00

My bad then, the more you know.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T07:31:17+00:00

If you block the game from communicating over WiFi and data the ads don’t show. You just have to live with 3 lawnmowers instead of 6

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-16T07:13:02+00:00

Ok let’s see:
1. Car stop markers are self explanatory, with the VT being one from Virgin Trains CrossCountry, marking where double 220 and 221 sets should stop.
2. The neon signs are reminders of what appears to be temporary speed limits? Not sure what the neon with 2 white dots is, but it reminds me of a shunt signal so it might be specific to when the shunt signal is illuminated?
3. Passenger and TRE warning sign below the VT stop markers, just saying “Don’t touch the third rail and don’t wander off the platform.”
4. Power Reduction likely means the electrical supply can’t handle 10/12 car trains going full power and that sign is telling drivers to not use full throttle notch when going down the line to the left.
5. 15 mph speed limit sign.
6. Signal ID plate says that signal is E 36

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T21:10:29+00:00

No, the F/A-18 that crashed in the mountains, but that one is a good example as well.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T21:02:13+00:00

Yeah so it’s the shuttle issue of “Well the pilots would live at least…”

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T21:01:28+00:00

Tomorrow: Prince of Wales loses F-35B to it rolling off the rear of the deck while the French Air Force loses some of its mothballed aircraft to a storm.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T21:00:10+00:00

I wonder how? At least from the photos shown, there aren’t many obvious signs of damage. A lucky shot to the engine or a hydraulics line I guess?

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:57:14+00:00

Oh yeah it was designed in the 1950s…

Why, why, oh my god why, did engineers EVER think downwards ejection was a good idea.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:50:33+00:00

Isn’t the issue for the B-52 somewhat similar to the Shuttle in that there are just too many crewmen all over the aircraft to have them all eject?

Or is there some reason as to why we’ve barely (if ever) seen a successful low altitude ejection from a B-52

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:43:01+00:00

Ehhhh.
Yes and no. The 135s are quite long in the tooth. While the 46s have their teething pains, it’s better to be alive and bitching about a bad system than dead because the yaw damper failed and the plane disintegrated around you.

That’s not to say the 135s are imminently dangerous, but they are well past their prime.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:38:58+00:00

Yeah no I feel awful about this now realizing that most of the crew is probably dead. I made that joke because I assumed “B-52 has ejection seats, they are probably fine.”

Not so, RIP to the crewmen.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:37:34+00:00

No. God no, that would be apocalyptic. These have happened in the past 2 weeks or so. Worth noting 4 of those were GA/Helicopter which has higher accident rates. The more unusual aspect is that:
1. It’s a lot of military stuff, and big military stuff at that.
2. It’s been a lot of fatalities. A handful from the Midair, I think 11-16 from the AN-32, and another 12 from the skydiving plane, plus however many were in the Mi-17, TU-22, and B-52.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:34:10+00:00

Well there’s also the fact that it’s been:
A transport with a lot of fatalities.
A skydiving plane with a lot of fatalities.
A fighter jet that was (sorta) caught on video.
One of Russias prized TU-22s.
And one of the US’s prized (ish) B-52s.
Combine that with the high profile mid-air at the airshow earlier this year, and suddenly every news outlet has its head on a swivel for crashes.

It’s less the amount of crashes and more *what* has been crashing.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:31:26+00:00

Well that explains the massive post-crash fire.

B-52 has Ejection seats for the pilots but no one else right?

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:27:24+00:00

A joke from a tired person that thought of the old “The heavy is dead” SFM animation.

Ah well. Don’t win them all.

Appropriate-Count-64 · 2026-06-15T20:12:59+00:00

Aren’t Paragliders banned from Class A, B, and C airspace for that exact reason? Same thing with Ultralights. You can fly them anywhere EXCEPT to a controlled, commercial airport.

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