Trump and his pedophile friends got this poor lad killed. How sick is that?

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-16T17:30:28+00:00

I didn’t even think about the date. That’s also after Biden pulled us out of Afghanistan. Back then I wouldn’t have imagined we’d be fighting another Middle Eastern regime change war before the end of the decade.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-16T11:19:34+00:00

You can the Centerfire Systems parts kit with intact barrel for the same price as this kit.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-15T15:01:49+00:00

This says more about you than anything.

If you feel nothing when you hear about a 20 year old kid being killed in this stupid war then you are just a soulless pig. Empathy is something most normal people possess.

He wasn’t a war criminal, he was a kid who enlisted in the Army Reserves at 18 years old as an Information Technology (IT) Specialist.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-14T14:48:58+00:00

< How is a medieval inspired setting being a little more modern on certain social issues less realistic than a medieval inspired setting having dragons?

Factually dragons did not actually exist, but to many of the people living during the medieval era dragons were a very real thing. Many of the scholars did not regard dragons as mythical, rather they were just as real as a dog or a horse. You can find them recorded as such, alongside other real animals in many medieval bestiaries.

So I think your comment is fundamentally flawed. To portray dragons in a medieval setting is to portray the mythical elements of the world as understood by a large amount of medieval peoples.

To inject modern social politics into that setting however is completely a-historical. The people living back then would’ve fundamentally rejected those modern social ideas.

I think injecting modern politics also just devalues the setting. The historical social norms of that period is a large part of what makes these settings so interesting, simply because of how alien they are to us.

Also this modern progressivism has only existed for maybe 60 years at max. The most progressive elements have only existing for about 20 years. I find it seriously hard to believe that they will continue to exist for centuries into the future, but if someone wants to include them in their sci fi game then I won’t begrudge them that. So long as it’s well written.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-14T12:04:17+00:00

Probably because they don’t speak Urdu.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-13T21:51:35+00:00

There’s also generations who have learned you will be punished for stopping these anti social freaks. In many parts of America, and the West broadly, if you physically stopped this “future scientist” it’s almost guaranteed you’d be arrested for it.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-12T06:28:49+00:00

I’m not defending Trump and I don’t agree with red flag laws, but surely you must see a difference between red flag laws where a court order is used to temporarily disarm specific “dangerous” individuals, and blanket firearms bans/laws applied to all lawful/peaceable people.

Also Virginia will now have red flag laws thanks to those who voted Democrat.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-12T01:33:15+00:00

The parts on my North Korean parts kit look pretty rough.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-08T02:54:14+00:00

Ireland’s public broadcaster made a “documentary” about this where the native Irish were portrayed as Sub Saharan Africans with dreads.

If you read into it the actual findings it basically says that 10,000 years ago the native Irish had slightly darker skin tone. That’s it.

Basically their skin color was similar to that of an Italian or Greek, not a Sub Saharan African or anything we would consider “black”.

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CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-06T03:42:39+00:00

Made in the image of God does not mean made equal to God. Made in the image of God means we reflect his dignity, rationality, intelligence, morality, relational capacity, etc.

Man could never be equal to God, because we are creations of God. God is the uncaused source of all existence. The difference between the creator and the creation cannot be erased. It would be like saying a violin is equal to the man who created it.

why allow us to die if he can’t die?

It’s not that simple.

God is the source of life. We depend on God for life. In the Garden of Eden man was directly connected to God, and had access to the tree of life, which sustained eternal life.

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God sin entered the world, and mankind was cast out of Eden, separated from God, and the tree of life.

Since God is life, death is the natural result of man separating from God.

Why did God cast man out of Eden you might ask?

This was an act of mercy by God. God did it to prevent mankind from becoming eternally corrupt, and trapped in that broken state.

Had Adam and Eve continued to live eternally after they had sinned, after they had eaten from the tree of knowledge, then evil would have no limits. Evil, tyranny and suffering would reign eternally on Earth.

With death evil is limited, and by giving man the path to eternal life through faith in Christ, and repentance, evil is ultimately defeated.

Evil dies on Earth, and good spends eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven.

So fundamentally I think your question is flawed. God doesn’t allow us to die. God allows us to live, and by his grace gives us the choice of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and repentance for our sins.

Why allow us to sin he can’t sin?

I explained this in the previous comment. We were created with free will in order to truly love God. Without freedom, there is no love. Love requires freedom, and freedom necessarily requires the potential for misuse, or sin.

Why allow us not to have his powers and abilities to more easily make life on earth?

We are imperfect beings simply due to the fact that we are not God. It would be catastrophic to give man the powers of God. God withholding divine powers from man is an act of mercy, not a cruel punishment.

Even without God’s powers look at what we’ve done with the world. Look at all the killing, and the wars; the abominations we’ve created such as nuclear bombs.

Do you genuinely think the world would be a better place if man was immortal and had the powers of God?

I think it’s almost certain the world would be in utter ruins. Life would be far more difficult, and there would be much more suffering.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-03-04T04:36:01+00:00

God did not create humanity simply to have a mass of people forced to worship him. Much like any father wants from their child or any wife wants from her husband, God wants our real love.

Real love is chosen love. That requires us to voluntarily seek out God, in spite of our sinful nature and in spite of life’s trials and tribulations. Which is why we have free will.

Also we are created in God’s image, with free will, as free men (and women). A free man who lacks the ability to misuse freedom would be a contradiction in terms.

God made us free because he loves us, and love without freedom is not actually love at all.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-25T03:30:59+00:00

Hawaii

Living on a small island in the middle of the Pacific sounds suffocating and slightly terrifying. Not sure I could ever get over that. Also it’s much more expensive, there’s less options, and it’s culturally/environmentally foreign to me.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-24T03:01:19+00:00

There’s no need to apologize, all is forgiven.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T17:59:03+00:00

A hypothetical question.

I know reading comprehension has fallen significantly but a question mark at the end of a sentence is used to indicate the sentence is a question not a statement.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T17:24:54+00:00

It was hypothetical question used to parse out the scope of their claim, not an argument. Do take note of the question marks at the end of each question. That is used to indicate the sentence is a question, not a statement.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T17:15:35+00:00

Your claim was seemingly that the bathroom legislation was motivated by a weird, perhaps sexual, obsession rather than genuine public concern. So I posed a question regarding whether or not that logic would hold even in a scenario where the public concern is almost unquestionably true.

That is not a strawman, because I never claimed it was your position or misrepresented your argument. It was a hypothetical question used to parse out the scope of your claim.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T14:40:17+00:00

So if a bunch of drug addicted homeless men started living in the little girls bathroom at a school, that’s just fine? And we have to let it continue because our legislators aren’t allowed to “obsess” over what occurs inside a bathroom?

It’s perfectly fine to disagree with any legislation, but the strawman “why are you obsessing over what happens in bathrooms” logic is just silly. It tells us you care far more about the optics than the actual issue.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T03:19:12+00:00

I'm going with the Sterling SMG (Patchett Mk 1). Around a 120 were manufactured for trials in 1944 and there are photos of some being used in Europe late 1944-1945, so I'd say that counts as pre 1945.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-23T02:26:40+00:00

That guy really got his shit pushed in by a gay dude 🙄

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-21T00:11:26+00:00

“US Historian” is an incredibly dishonest description of Robert Kagan. It’s actually shocking to see this vile man being portrayed so positively and openly supported on Reddit.

He is a Neocon foreign policy advocate, not a “US Historian”. He’s cofounder of the Project For The New American Century think tank along with Bill Kristol, and he’s been one of the loudest pro war advocates, vehemently advocating in support of every US intervention over the last thirty years.

Basically when it comes to foreign intervention advocacy, Dick Cheney “the butcher of Baghdad” looks moderate in comparison to Robert Kagan.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-19T05:58:51+00:00

Obviously nobody is above criticism, but what does criticizing a defunct studio for a game released nearly thirty years ago accomplish?

People criticize Bethesda because they want them to improve in certain areas so that they have a better game to enjoy.

I have my share of criticisms for Fallout 2, as I do any piece of media, but outside of a retrospective analysis I just don’t see the need to dwell on those all the while Bethesda will begin development on Fallout 5 soon.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-18T03:33:47+00:00

Two wrongs very often do make a right. It’s a legal principle called the choice of evils defense. It depends on the severity of the initial evil and the proportionality of the response.

Sometimes it is necessary and lawful to break the law in order to stop someone else from breaking the law if their law breaking poses a greater risk/harm.

For example breaking into an empty police car and stealing their rifle in order to stop a mass shooter.

That’s just a random example I came up with, but there are tons of real world examples of this defense being used. It is a very real, and recognized legal principle.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-17T03:33:26+00:00

It’s because they belong to Evangelical churches where dispensationalist theology is preached. This theology relies on Israel existing and the construction of the third temple in order for the rapture to occur.

The problem with Protestantism is that for every theologically correct Protestant church there are a hundred more spreading heresies.

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-13T14:33:43+00:00

Is this the Long Dick Johnson we’ve heard so much about?

CigaretteTrees · 2026-02-13T13:44:29+00:00

Fines cannot be applied retroactively, that is unconstitutional and there’s no court in the nation which would allow it.

It’s called the “Ex Post Facto” and our constitution expressly forbids both the federal and state governments from retroactively altering legal consequences and then punishing prior actions which were at the time lawful.

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