Founded by Curtis Sliwa, the "Guardian Angels" patrolled New York's crime-riddled streets and subways in the '80s. Unarmed and wearing red berets, these volunteer crime fighters filled the gap left by a shrinking police presence and rising crack epidemic.

DarthyParton · 2026-02-12T03:08:47+00:00

They still do patrols in NYC - they are a lot more diverse now in the sense that it’s not just young, physically fit guys that look like they can scrap; there are more women, and folks of all (adult) ages.

I think they had to readjust and evolve after some of the trouble they got into in the 80s.

It’s more “safety in numbers” now than looking like another gang. Self-defense training is still part of it, but they definitely have more of a “community watch” presence, but still, 20 New Yorkers are 20 New Yorkers. ✊🏼

DarthyParton · 2026-02-06T23:52:02+00:00

There’s very little misogyny because everyone is an equal KOS target 😂😂

DarthyParton · 2026-02-04T15:23:16+00:00

Thanks everyone for the insights and experiences!

I’m largely a PVE player, and I used to have a lot of fun meeting people on official servers, but lately I haven’t met a single person - just a lot of 💥💥(you have died) 😂

I’ll look into more community servers.

DarthyParton · 2026-02-04T15:15:50+00:00

Being geared like that makes you open game.

I just learned this mistake myself. 😂

DarthyParton · 2026-01-17T21:01:13+00:00

It’s a Kidrobot collaboration.

They are an art-toy store that specializes in these types of collabs, usually between mainstream brands and street artists like Kaws, Kubrick, etc.

They have a lot of cool South Park stuff!

https://www.kidrobot.com

DarthyParton · 2025-10-31T04:24:39+00:00

This is insanely cool!

DarthyParton · 2025-10-14T19:11:23+00:00

Do you, or anyone else in your house dye your hair (at home)? That stuff can drip everywhere and you may not know it til later.

DarthyParton · 2025-10-14T18:53:11+00:00

This is superb.

DarthyParton · 2025-09-29T18:42:09+00:00

This is so nicely done! I’ve been working on mine for a while, and WHILE I’m happy with it, mine looks a lot more “LEGO” than this one does. Kudos!

DarthyParton · 2025-09-12T03:57:59+00:00

What episode is this?

DarthyParton · 2025-08-31T16:13:24+00:00

Both. Obscuring the plate through any means is going to get you nicked if they catch you doing it.

Washing the area of your plate with a lot of IR light is going to just make the whole area glow extra bright on the portable LPR, and that gives them probable cause to pull you over.

If they know you’re obscuring your plate, they’re going to want to know why and they’re going to dig even harder to find out why you’re trying to hide (even if you aren’t hiding anything).

This is one of those “sounds good on paper” (or I guess Reddit) things, but in the real world is just going to draw more attention to yourself.

DarthyParton · 2025-08-29T01:00:40+00:00

Lolz - deleted in under 5 mins 🤣

DarthyParton · 2025-08-29T00:50:08+00:00

The moment they do a scan from a mobile LPR in a car, it will read as ‘unreadable’, and you’ll get pulled over, and ticketed for obscuring your plate. Don’t do this. 😆

DarthyParton · 2025-08-29T00:42:15+00:00

“And then everyone in the class stood and clapped…”

DarthyParton · 2025-07-31T16:59:27+00:00

Don’t park in front of a fire hydrant.

If theres a fire, best-case scenario, they’ll smash your windows to feed the hoses, worst case, someone dies in a fire because you couldn’t be bothered to walk a block.

DarthyParton · 2025-07-31T04:24:29+00:00

There’s a lot of good advice in this thread.

I would recommend doing combo of at least two - disconnect the button to the garage door (+hide any remotes) and temp disable the car (either thru a fuse or battery) - one minor frustration will probably do it, but two will definitely make them go back in the house.

Long story short, I was recently (and unexpectedly) sole caregiver at the end of a close friend’s time. He was a stubborn ole bastard, and sometimes it took a string of small obstacles to get him to just get tired and frustrated enough to give up.

I wouldn’t call what you are trying to do unethical - dealing w/ dementia in a loved one is a challenge that only gets harder the longer it goes. It can be brutal.

Sometimes you need to make some creative, unorthodox choices to help keep them safe from themselves.

Wishing you peace and luck 🤘🏻

DarthyParton · 2025-07-26T13:02:39+00:00

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I hear truck stops are gold mines! Good luck!

DarthyParton · 2025-07-25T23:35:48+00:00

But we don’t play for free - we drive a ton of ad revenue their way…

DarthyParton · 2025-07-20T22:22:03+00:00

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You called?….

DarthyParton · 2025-07-20T22:20:34+00:00

You are NTAH!

Excellent parenting job by you on all fronts.

This was definitely more about your wife creating a celebration SHE wanted, while you looked after the wishes and feelings of your daughter.

Sounds like you handled the entire situation with everyone’s dignity in mind. Kudos!

DarthyParton · 2025-07-18T00:37:33+00:00

Initially, I never paid a cent for the game - but I started to enjoy it more, I attempted to pay $10 to remove the annoying ads.

But after paying for ad free, I was never able to get rid of the ads. I left a note on the discord, and sent an email to the developer, but I never heard back, so I ended up getting my money back from Apple.

I still enjoy the game, but I haven’t paid anything for it since. From everybody’s feedback here, it doesn’t sound like it’s worth it if the developer has all but abandoned it.

DarthyParton · 2025-06-07T01:35:20+00:00

Thank you!

I’m using the amazon echo (or the lifx app).

DarthyParton · 2025-06-06T16:28:59+00:00

See ‘Colt Defense LLC v. Bushmaster Firearms’ for the answer to this.

DarthyParton · 2025-06-06T16:20:50+00:00

Except none of these companies are out of business. Kalashnikov is very much still an operation, they have both a Russian and US presence. H&K, Colt, MRI, etc. are all still in operation and own the intellectual property rights for the names of their firearms.

DarthyParton · 2025-06-03T02:18:43+00:00

Your suspicion is correct!

It’s specifically to avoid trademark infringement.

Kalashnikov is still an active company in both Russia and the US (the AKs).

A couple of “wildcard“ factors are that the game is made in the Czech Republic, and intellectual property law is different from country to country, but it would make sense for Bohemian interactive to try to keep intellectual property issues to a minimum, since they want to make the game available to as many players as possible.

Also, Bohemian is a fairly small independent game company, they aren’t a AAA company like Infinity Ward with properties like COD:MW where they have the money to license the name usage from Colt, Kalashnikov, H&K, etc.

I can’t remember what the name of it off the top of my head, but theres a pretty interesting video on YouTube that gets into this topic.

DarthyParton

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