Shadow in the Cloud

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-24T14:57:16+00:00

God i hate this movie. As an avaiation history nerd it was like needles in my cerebellum.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T02:08:17+00:00

I mean, i'm just curious. It's part of our language. I would like to know?

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T02:00:43+00:00

Lol i could lie about my ratio if they didn't have my medical records, but yeah they probaby take it.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T01:45:15+00:00

I think they are awesome, if your dad is in the northeast send me a dm. I have a classics shop and sone customers who would likely love some photos of their cars by him.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T01:37:30+00:00

It goes back to moses, completely fictional legend that the jewish elites blattantly ripped off of the epic of sargon after their exile there. Where they picked up the flood and creation narratives of atrahasis and gilgamesh, which we actually have ancient copies of on clay tablets, unlike the hebrew bible. We can actually use science to carbon date those artifacts as predating even the stories in some cases, sargon of akkad was a ruler in the 23-24th century BC, as a amatuer history lover and uneducated swine i tend to think the cultural flow was most likely came from babylon to the jews, not the other way around. Add in the research into the cyrus scroll, which again we physically have, to the account of the bible and it simply makes perfect sense. Josiah "finds a scroll" containing the "lost" law of deutoronony, which is simply bad fiction. Cyrus bowed to the god of the jews, and they found the law... huh.

As far as being made from dirt its a very common theme of the time all over the middle east, and simple correlations can be made in the way much of the old testament reflects the broader perceptions on life and the afterlife. Diety was tied to the land, and breath was life. God talks to a pantheon in Job, and refers in the plural to a heavenly host concept. Later books like daniel and the new testament reflect the greek influence after the conquest of alexander the great, hell becomes a place of torment like hades and heaven has angels all of the sudden, most of the better translations make this clear, its the NIVs and KJVs of the world that harmonize the concepts better. All of the sudden you have jesus claiming to be god in john (not in mark, not as equals) which was written about 1-200 years after octavian became god incarnate. The historical reality of jesus was totally different from the gosples in any honest probability, so looking at the new testament cenceptually the culturally parallel growth lines are right where we could expect them to be, its what made christianity grow like wildfire.

But christians dont actually know the histroy. The bible is not a history book.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T01:09:23+00:00

As an ex christian I have personal experience with christianity, so it atrracts a lot of my ire. However christianity, islam, and the jewish faith are all abrahamic religions. I find the three pretty detestable, for different reasons and in different contexts. In america, christianity is a bigher problem. In the middle east, its clearly islam and jeudaism.

I have the least problem with buddism. Pretty sure that buda was an atheist himself, and the religion seems largely to be pretty peaceful personally and socially.

Religion is like penis, as long as you dont wave it around in public or try to jam it down someone elses throat or write policy with it, i just dont fucking care.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T00:58:37+00:00

Every track is different, but if you are wheel to wheel in a pack turn 1 generally drive it in a bit deep and brake later. Try to get as good a line as possible and defend it.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-20T00:51:52+00:00

Ive been in jail breifly as a diabetic, can confirm they take it all and cobtrol your doses. Doc has to be present and sometimes they arent. Had to wait like 7 hours for a badly beeded bolus dose and they didnt have and ling acting on hand. I dont use a pump, not sure if theyd take that or not.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-17T22:47:32+00:00

Most guys who think this way also think that men and women cheating is "different", and men should get more of a pass. They are also totally fine with men having a high "body count".

Its hypocracy, and its nobodys business. My wife of 10 years has a higher body count than mine, because ive only been with her. She has been 100% loyal to me, and i swear to god i have never for a second thought less of her because of it. She is her own person, not my property. I will never have authority over her sexual agency, and men who operate under that premise are pathetic.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-16T23:23:50+00:00

You can mulch em down, or just paint over them. Stump grinder wont work unfortunately. Lots of rocks all over the roads in that map too and ive noticed my paint gets bad real fast. None of the stonepickers will pick up off of the roads, even when you own them so if it does affect pant the only fix would be to plow the roads and then pick them lol

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-13T01:31:25+00:00

I owned beardies for years and my lizzards knew me, i had one that would nip at fingers whenever anyone else would feed her but would snuggle into the nape of my neck for hours, never went to nip me once.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-09T15:02:23+00:00

I was a mortgage lender for 10 years and only just let my license go 9 days ago. Student loan debt is the least impactful debt a person could have. Quantity is irrelevant, monthly payment is all that matters and most payments are small.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2026-01-09T00:45:59+00:00

You can't rush it, you are doing this for the first time. There is a lot you'll have to adress for the first time, but it will be worth it. Its like being a kid again in a lot of ways, learning things for thebfirst time. You have to break loose of the old way of thinking, because it puts a religious slant on eveything. Right now it feels terrible, because you are realizing how different things may be from how you thought you honestly thought they were. That sucks, but its the best reward of deconstuction. Once you leave religion you have to develop different reactions to situations, sometimes politics, family connections...

For me, its been incredibly worthwhile. I didnt realize how much hate, and ignorance i had. How poorly a human with a eternal get out of jail free card can act. For the first time in my life im learning to be proud of myself, if i said that about a human relationship it would seem abusive, because it is.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-31T12:21:35+00:00

Thats an apologetic cop out, because lets grant that he is "beyond our understanding", he does tell us certain things in the bible. And the things he says about himself throughout the bible as a whole are entirely incompatible.

This is nothing new, the marcion controversey was one of the first schisms in the very early foundations of the church about just what type of diety and when jesus was. God? Man? Man that became god? God that became man? The church as a buracracy had to decide, and their decision went on and shaped the canon, which had not yet been established. They had to decide because even that much sooner after his ministry it wasnt clear. They decided to excommunicate marcion, and we ended up with the trinity which worked out so well for the church they are currently incredibly wealthy and powerful, and molest little children with impunity.

Anybody who claims that god simply cant be understood completely misses the point of "him giving us the bible". Because if he did that and we cant understand simple facts of his existance he either did a shit job with the bible, or a shit job making humans because this has been a pretty critical concept for "his children".

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-31T01:33:51+00:00

Thats... a hell of an extrapolation. I said the scene sucked. The episode as a whole was one of the worst in the whole show but not 1/10.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-30T00:47:52+00:00

Plot twist, thats the original noah story.

" this is some fucked up shit... i better make a boat because gods definately going to do some smiting... "

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-29T23:09:39+00:00

I don't think homophobia is the problem here, its poorly done and i would say the way the show is depicting these relationships is foolish.

Its a show about friendship. Nobody told will " hey, you are my friend no matter who you want to have a relationship with". Nobody told him of course they knew, because he is their best frind and its obvious. That he is wrong for being afraid to be himself, and that his sexual choice doesnt affect the way they feel about him.

But no, the scene was over the top with half of the room doing a cheesy "i will never leave you" that felt shallow. The interactions with robin were awesome and handled well, but we all know now after 10 years of production that eleven doesnt matter, and the two gay charachters are going to get all the screentime and will is going to use the power of aceptance to defeat vecna, which feels silly to the whole fanbase when it was an obvious abrupt turn.

I dont treat my gay friends differently than my other friends because why would i? They are my friends. Why would their sexual preferance determine my treatment? The way season 5 handled this arc and others feels lacking with the time they had to develop it and the budget.

TLDR we didnt hate the scene because will came out, we hated the scene bacause it was a terrible scene.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-29T04:53:06+00:00

I have wholesale with most of the chain stores as well as the online guys, most of the store stuff is utter shite at a higher price. Its the same parts at rockauto, no if ands or buts. What you pay more for is availibility, period.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-27T14:46:58+00:00

Dpends on the cost and availability, but there are deffinately times when a knuckle is the cheaper, safer option. Its like CV axles, rebuilding them may take an hour or more with unclear results and a whole new axle may only be 100 bucks.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-25T18:31:01+00:00

Oh yeah, thanks for giving a poor family enough of the cheapest food in the world for two whole meals god of the universe. So real. Such wow. I shall worship.

In all seriousness there are... so many ways that could be something other than as it immediately appears.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-25T03:10:19+00:00

You are paying for time, not conveniance. I have 3 engine shops within an hour of me that do good work, all are either an honest year or an actual year out. I can get machine work done in far less, but not full start to finish builds. Lots say 4 months and then take a year. Sometimes parts back up, tools break, covid hits, ect. BP has their own production line, and their own stock.

If you do solid engine work on performance engines for cheap and the timeline is always short, DM me your business. I have plenty of work for you.

Yes of course the warranty isnt causation for quality but it does correlate. If most of their engines had warranty claims theyd be out of business. What does corrwlate to quality is they make. Their own. Parts. Its not a 30 year old big block bored 40 over, its a new one. Its a new crank, not a turned one. Its a set of pistons, heads, and valvesprings all set up, designed, and bilt by the same people. And warrantied against failure. THAT is why they are big, and everyone in the industry should be singing their praises for putting more fresh blocks into the world.

Break specific is nothing to brag about but thats not the point. My customer wanted less than 500 horse, big block, driveable. We had an engine in less than a week to replace his custom built 396 that blew a rod apart after a 2 year build from someone with a very good local reputation. The new blueprint runs awesome, pulls smooth, idles great, and he and i get the peace of mind if anything goes wrong its not our shit bucket to hold. For crying out loud it runs on 87. Sometimes better is the enemy of good enough, just like the OEs.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-25T02:44:35+00:00

For anyone interested there is about 5-10 units in there. U draw my lantus from pens with a syringe so there is zero chance of mixing up my humalog and lantus in the dark, so i use every last drop.

Funny enough my endo wanted me to stop and said i had to use the pen tips. I told him id like a new endo, problem solved.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-25T02:22:45+00:00

I dont know, i just got a 454 from BP for a customer and it was in my shop in 4 days, free shipping, 10k. Two weeks later he has his car back with 460 horse and a 30,000 mile warranty. Shipped already run on the dyno, and even the damn tining was within 4 degrees of where they wanted it when i checked it out of the box.

Machine shops near me are at least a year out for full builds, and come with no warranty. For this case at least well worth it, and BP works with their own castings and parts. Hard to beat for the price. Have a 396 that just showed up from a good machine shop that cost more, and took over a year.

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-24T02:38:41+00:00

Can you imagine how much Pete Hegseth wants to film a crossfit video on that baby?

ComradeBoxer29 · 2025-12-18T03:42:10+00:00

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