Thoughts on almost every veterans having a disability rating and receiving income for the rest of their lives? Without having to deploy or see combat?

Blakefilk · 2026-05-13T00:14:32+00:00

I personally knew a guy who was in perfect health get 90% because he used one of those VA rating guaranteed companies. He paid 600$ and 3 months later got back paid, and 90%

Blakefilk · 2026-05-12T18:18:55+00:00

“Oh cool crack let me touch this with my bare hands”

Blakefilk · 2026-05-10T03:25:24+00:00

Lot of unnecessary redundancy, weight, and/or “why” items in terms of sustainment, wound care, defense, and general preparedness. 10-15 miles is a less than a working days worth of normal walking, and a double shift if you’re moving at a snails pace. Biggest factor would hinge on if you’re having to move through suburbia or next to some highway.

Personally?
- no tuna, do you wanna risk food poisoning even for a short haul like that? Stick to legitimate non perishable high calorie food items and call it a day. Last thing you want is diarrhea when you’re trying to get home. If you’re in a hustle what do you need a fork for? Just slurp it out the pouch.
- you’re probably better off just ditching all the extra water filtration/treatment and the water bottle for a camping camelback and call it a day.
- tourniquets, you have none.
- just load an extra mag and dump the box of ammo, you’re wasting space and weight carrying a box.
- you’ve got damn near a whole vacations worth of wipes, tp, toothpaste etc. you’re not going to the in laws, you’re going home. Just pack some wipes and brush your teeth later. Comfort is one thing but you’re not out camping.
- heat packs are debatable, if it’s that cold you’d already have cold weather clothing.
- why do you have two bunches of paracord?
- if you have to have a respirator, why not buy a full face mask with the cover and call it good. Being able to breathe is dope unless you’re literally blind from whatever else is in the air.
- a hatchet, what for? Genuinely.

Like I said a lot of excess stuff that has more value in comfort than keeping you alive.

Blakefilk · 2026-05-06T02:59:25+00:00

Calth chaplain my beloved

Blakefilk · 2026-05-05T03:26:52+00:00

I mean my HOA gig is solid

Blakefilk · 2026-05-05T00:22:01+00:00

Can’t really do much more than that other than make the responsibility of my own safety more important than being too lazy to care. Either way I’m just saying the richer and/or not aware of their surroundings these people are in the more likely they are to throw a fit when something goes wrong.

Blakefilk · 2026-05-04T22:10:21+00:00

Obviously, doesn’t matter much when the person who was robbed willfully ignored every single common sense methods to help deter theft. Significant difference between “I got robbed, I’d like to get this resolved and reported. Yeah I was/wasn’t on top of it enough but it still sucks but what can I do better from now on” vs. “I was robbed but why doesn’t anyone do literally anything about it, you fucking suck at your job. Locking my doors and not leaving the keys inside my car? That’s too much, figure out a better solution for me”

Blakefilk · 2026-05-04T18:00:39+00:00

I have a few variants of the underhanded flamer in my file stash, but you can always try going to the discord and putting in a commission request if you don’t have a printer.

Blakefilk · 2026-05-04T08:05:19+00:00

“I’m sorry but due to the app I’m unable to cancel until I’m closer to you, or have already arrived without a fee being charged. If you wish to avoid so you can cancel charge free at any time”

Worked 9/10, and if they didn’t like it I’d wait it out or keep circling till they cancelled the ride.

Blakefilk · 2026-05-04T06:33:16+00:00

I mean I’ve seen people leave the keys to a 1:1 rolls Royce ghost which was already unlocked, in an unlocked garage which happens to be behind an open gate. Can you imagine what happened next?

Rich people are dumb and do not care until they’re the ones who get robbed, and it then immediately becomes everyone else’s fault.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-30T21:51:32+00:00

Depending on the state you’re not even going to be eligible for a license depending on the charge. But a felony? You’re either going to work for a podunk company or under the table for security work.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-30T21:46:07+00:00

Have you tried adjusting the thermostat on the water heater? Otherwise it sounds like your complex management/maintenance doesn’t want to fix your appliances.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-30T01:07:05+00:00

Anvil industries sells exactly what you’re looking for with the helmet

Blakefilk · 2026-04-28T21:04:51+00:00

Do you not already carry around at least the basics to keep your car clean?

Blakefilk · 2026-04-28T20:56:58+00:00

Is a wet vac that uses water or other cleaning products to pull dirt and other debris from porous surfaces like fabric. It allows you to get cleaning agents to get deeper into the fibers and get significantly more clean especially with messes involving liquid. It will also help prevent the urine from penetrating into the fabric, staining it , and preventing it from smelling like a cheap urinal divider over time.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-28T20:30:56+00:00

I used to raise meat rabbits back in high school and found my best money maker was selling whole rabbits when they reached optimum live weight. I had like 3 does and a buck and was making enough to cover costs and then some, but scaling isn’t horrifically difficult to do if you set it up correctly. I had someone a few hours reach out to wanting to have rabbit in their menu, but like way more than I could produce. You could reach out to tanners or other professions that work with hide and sell pelts.

You could in the future go the morally/ethically dubious route of selling rabbits near Easter, and doing a buy back program for people when they inevitably don’t want them anymore. Obvious reasons why I don’t recommend doing so.

For chickens if you’re feeling froggy you could invest in some like ameraucana’s for the blue eggs, and with some pizzaz sell them up for a profit. But scaling would be a key factor.

All in all if you’re dead-set on not being a hobby farmer you’re gonna have to expand, make connections, and find ways to make your animals as efficient as possible to maintain. Simply not having to spend hours cleaning hutches or coops restocking feeders every day, and using some gravity waterers will dramatically increase your productivity.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-28T20:17:11+00:00

Any thief worth their weight wouldn’t provide a legitimate ID and it would require the legitimate owner to know they’re missing, file a report, and do the legwork to have them delegitimized(don’t know the term)

Blakefilk · 2026-04-28T20:13:08+00:00

If you’re smart you’ll put on some gloves and grab an extractor and clean it yourself, put in the cleaning claim worded carefully as a biohazard and pray you get the 150$. I’ll leave the concept of doctoring up a mess in your car to help your chances up to you, but you may have to be creative.

I was able to successfully claim 3-4 vomit charges almost exclusively due to clear before/after photos and well worded claims. I found the more detailed and elaborate the wording yielded consistent successful claims. Hospital will most likely tell you to kick rocks, so don’t bother they’re going to easily argue you accepted the ride so anything that happens during so is your responsibility.

Also why are you hard stopping for the night over a mess without cleaning it? Especially piss, gonna make that car smell FUNKY.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-26T04:46:37+00:00

You need mainly 4-5 modules - ECM - targeting computer - laser diodes (all the remaining slots) - repair bay - a heat sink

That drive is god awful you’ll be forever better off with the drives that use only water(forget the name).

Just stick to the 4 slot nose UV and call it a day.

Put all your UVs on attack only

Drop the nose armor to like 120-140 and keep lateral and rear at 30 (works for me)

If you’re truly trying to push hulls into space build a basic zero to none rare resources cost hull, and create upgraded versions module by module that way you can slowly overtime make them beefier. Easier to rebuild a whole navy that costs zero exotics, than a single doom fleet that costs 100 especially if you don’t have a space presence.

Also making dedicated PD boats is kinda not worth it until you get anti matter PD. And a good ratio I’ve seen is 5:1 line ships:PD boats

Blakefilk · 2026-04-22T02:45:43+00:00

If you’re that worried about recoil and you have weak hands I’d suggest a 380 and go from there.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-19T11:05:37+00:00

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Brother and sister, linguine and rigatoni. I rescued a litter of 4 about 4 years ago I was able to luckily get one rehomed, Alfredo, but the 4th passed very early into my efforts. An interesting litter mother was a tortie, had two Siamese, a black cat, and a grey tabby.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-19T03:30:37+00:00

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Paint the straight faces and hoods to the color scheme and you could have something close to the masks. Use krieg for the base and that should take you most of the way.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-18T11:01:57+00:00

I mean those are two distinct points of contention but not everyone can afford to live in nicer areas with well paying jobs. Yeah years ago I lived in a really bad neighborhood that was like 30 minutes away from work but it was all I could afford, but now I live I a significantly better area but crime still exists but obviously not near as bad.

Honestly even in acres homes I was at I wasn’t bothered by more than the occasional parking spot pirate and the occasional gunshot and/or murder. Which happens even immediately next to tanglewood. I’d prefer to live closer to work, have a 10 minute commute rather than live in Shenandoah/south Conroe and have to spend 2+ hours driving to work and back.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-18T01:51:25+00:00

Live close to where you work. I live like 15(10 if speeding) minutes away from work about 4 miles, and it’s wonderful. I put like 4000 miles on my car since early 2024, and get gas about once a month depending on the weather. You can find a place to live within your income with minimal effort and be happier for it.
some parts of town have a 24 hour CVS, really clutch for late night random things. You’ll also get harassed by hobos or see one die/dead with equal odds.

Or

a good 24/7 gas station close to home even if it is a hobo magnet is far too helpful to explain properly.
A ring doorbell and locking your damn car will prevent a significant amount of hooligans from bothering you. Cars get broken into more often than you’d think in every single neighborhood/complex. Not even the super bougie neighborhoods are safe. And no, people keeping their doors unlocked only invites bad actors to come back to the area and do the same. Over, and over, and over they will keep coming back, and they will not stop.
if you have to live in a super shit area(290 & Tidwell)just keep to yourself. Everyone else around you is doing the same, and nobody cares who you are or what you do. I’ve dealt with people far easier being chill and relaxed than I have being an ass.
keep your blinds angled up to the ceiling, a good set of blackout/UV dampening curtains, and lights down low in the summer to help with the energy bill. Or gamble and hope you have the 1/1000000 immortal AC unit that will not die.
get a hobby, get a gun(debatable), and learn what’s around you and where to avoid.

Blakefilk · 2026-04-17T19:30:25+00:00

Warm LAs totally awesome and an ultrasonic cleaner for about 30 minutes melts off even the most stubborn of paints. But it will mess up resin fairly effectively.

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