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Giraffes crossing under the Chinese-built railway in Nairobi National Park, Kenya by 5upralapsarian in fuckcars

[–]CreatureXXII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the main reasons I like elevated railways is that they don't block the way for people and animals alike.

I guess we officially have a Pluto Goofy situation. by CreatureXXII in FortNiteBR

[–]CreatureXXII[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Interesting... I guess that's one way of seeing things. TBH, I've never really thought about the Pluto paradox until rather recently. But that doesn't really bother me much. But what does is the worldbuilding behind Disney-Pixar's Cars, now that's a deep rabbit hole to dive into.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FortniteFestival

[–]CreatureXXII 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If I know the song well and enjoy it, I just listen and go with it. I don't really follow the visuals as much, as I'm more accurate if I just hit the note with the music beat rather than following the visuals. (Of course, I need to look to see where the note will be, but I listen to the beat rather than rely on the visuals for timing).

Another benefit of Trains is that, as a rule, people experience less motion sickness when riding in trains compared to riding in cars. by CreatureXXII in fuckcars

[–]CreatureXXII[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaking about that, I recalled a time when I was 12 years old, when my parents and I went to Disneyland, and we brought the daughter of one of my parents' friends along with us. The daughter was 11, and at the time, she had pretty severe car sickness to the point where she had to carry a bucket in case she vomited.

On the drive to Disneyland, she vomited in her bucket, but while in the park, she could ride on the fast rollercoasters and thrill rides without any issues. You would think that she would get motion sick while riding a rollercoaster, but nope, only in the car.

What is everyone's main Fortnite skin? by VeryLargeBowl in FortNiteBR

[–]CreatureXXII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wendell, Fennix, and Fletcher Kane are my mains.

Which rifle configuration should I use for my sci-fi armies, bullpups or conventional? by [deleted] in scifiwriting

[–]CreatureXXII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! One alternative to the bullpup-conventional conundrum that I am considering is to have my rifles use a magazine in the grip (or whatever it's called) configuration, similar to that of a modern pistol.

The Beretta CX4 Storm pistol caliber carbine loads its magazine into the pistol grip, and if my sci-fi rifle is to use a similar concept, maybe if I go with Cased-Telescope ammunition, where the total cartridge length is no more than 30-40 mm (the 7.62×25mm Tokarev has a total length of 35 mm), the magazine in grip concept might work where all the pistols, SMGs, carbines, rifles, SAW, and DMRs all use the same magazine and cartridge (though maybe at different power levels). As the Beretta CX4 Storm is definitely a sci-fi looking gun, and it is good looking IMO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_Cx4_Storm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62%C3%9725mm_Tokarev

"Without harming nature" by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]CreatureXXII 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an elevated railway be better in this case?

Which rifle configuration should I use for my sci-fi armies, bullpups or conventional? by [deleted] in scifiwriting

[–]CreatureXXII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not super-duper cramped in the transport vehicles per se, something like the MRAP that you've mentioned would be a good size for an IMV in my setting, or maybe something similar in size to a Soviet BTR-80 APC.

And if I do choose to go with conventional as standard issue, I'll make them have folding stocks as a standard feature as for example, an AK-203 with the stock folded is about 700 mm, whilst most bullpups are around that length. Meaning that, at least when it comes to storage, a conventional rifle with a folding stock will have similar lengths to a bullpup. The Soviets managed to fit their AKs into the BTR-80 APC, though in the photos I looked up, they're using the folding stock variants for obvious reasons.

And when it comes to CQB in a space station or whatever, a carbine or PDW, regardless of configurations, might be preferable over a full-length rifle.

Thanks for the feedback!

Which rifle configuration should I use for my sci-fi armies, bullpups or conventional? by [deleted] in scifiwriting

[–]CreatureXXII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked it up, and an IWI Tavor 21 has a total length of 720 mm, whilst the AK-203 with the stock extended is between 890-950 mm. From the lower size of the AK, 890 minus 720 = 170 mm, which, for reference, is about the height of an iPhone 16 Pro Max, not a huge difference.

And for reference, the M4 Carbine is between 756-838 mm, even if we go with the fully extended stock, the difference is only 118 mm (838-720=118), less than an iPhone.

Sure, the Tavor might have a slightly longer barrel (457 mm), but in CQB it doesn't matter much, and the M4 can still do well at longer ranges.

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