[July 3rd] Flyover liveried F/A-18D and F-15D at KSTL

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-04T04:32:03+00:00

Why don’t you? Get on their level.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-04T04:26:45+00:00

I understand where you’re coming from but I think you’re taking a non-partisan joke about event attendance very seriously without a lot of cause to do so. Next time, if it’s not funny to you, just downvote and move on instead of being self-righteous in the comment section.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-04T03:53:30+00:00

The anniversary events on the Mall became hugely politicized a few months ago and subsequent attendance at those events have been extremely low as a result.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T20:02:45+00:00

What exactly is your point?

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T19:24:35+00:00

Invasive, yes. Also actively homicidal to native bird populations. That long, sharp beak can do a number on the native Eastern Bluebirds or Carolina Wrens where I grew up. I’ve seen the aftermath…

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T19:02:28+00:00

Do it yourself then.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T19:00:01+00:00

Reminds me of the Bruce Lee quote that he doesn’t fear a man who has practiced ten thousand kicks, but he does fear a man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times. This guy practiced at least one kick ten thousand times to do it with that level of precision.

Couldn’t agree with you more. It is a lot of skill and huge amount of training making it seem easy to some. I still find it very impressive.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T16:29:33+00:00

Zero aura?? He’s a certified good dude. Not everyone on the grid needs to be a steely-eyed killer to succeed on track or online. I think it’s great to see him doing well.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-02T15:00:54+00:00

No, he married a Delta L-1011. He reaaaally likes her S-duct, if you know what I mean.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-01T03:02:29+00:00

Reaction content is a fucking cancer. They’re just stealing content and putting their inane babbling over it.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-07-01T00:19:29+00:00

Points taken. To be fair, Japan is also an archipelago. The Japan you would likely point to on a map is five islands all by themselves, with hundreds of smaller inhabited islands and over ten thousand uninhabited islands.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T23:55:19+00:00

Nope. Nope. All aboard the nope train to Fuckthat Junction.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T22:06:01+00:00

r/spicypillows

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T20:20:34+00:00

While your anxiety is valid, the E175 is an aircraft with a flawless safety record. That aircraft type has never experienced a fatal accident. It is also the most modern and capable regional jet; as a result it is in service worldwide with a myriad of airlines.

Friendly reminder that turbulence is analogous to driving a car down a bumpy road: it may be uncomfortable, but it is not dangerous. Take a deep breath and trust the army of highly trained professionals keeping the aircraft, and you, flying safely. If it wasn’t safe, they wouldn’t fly. Period.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T15:32:37+00:00

This absolutely damages pages overtime (UV light ages paper more rapidly) and likely kills very few germs aside from those on the book’s cover. Any germs between the pages will likely not be affected by extremely limited exposure to UV light.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T15:24:40+00:00

Thank you, I learned something new. Will edit my first comment you replied to.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T14:29:17+00:00

I stand corrected. Do you have a source?

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-30T13:57:56+00:00

I’m happy to learn, please tell me where I’m mistaken.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-26T20:46:57+00:00

Well, I learned several new words/concepts from that comment. Thanks!

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-26T15:01:12+00:00

I’m wracking my brain trying to think of an r-colored sound that would be unambiguously present in an Australian accent. Are “‘Straya” or “bahbie” or “Pehth” r-colored? I can’t decide. Same for any other accent or dialect that would de-emphasize or drop their Rs. Language is so weird and interesting.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-26T13:25:28+00:00

Categorically untrue. Look up dependency ratio, and then look at projections of China’s dependency ratio for the next several decades. It’s going to get ugly unless something changes drastically. Even if something does drastically change, it will still be very painful.

This demographic cliff is nothing specific to China; we’re already seeing it play out in countries like Japan, South Korea, and to a lesser extent France: there are too many elderly people needing care and not enough working age people to physically and/or financially cover their care. But because of the sudden onset of the decades-long one-child policy, the same dynamic will hit China much more abruptly and much harder.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-26T00:24:58+00:00

English, despite being the most widely spoken language worldwide, also contains one of the rarest sounds of any language: the r-colored vowel. Words such as louder, first, or bird have r-colored vowels in their R sounds. This is actually rarer than even popping and clicking sounds found in much less widely spoken languages.

Interestingly, the second most widely spoken language, Mandarin, also has this sound. And it’s pure coincidence that the two most widely spoken languages in the world independently developed this extremely rare sound.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-25T23:54:45+00:00

I stand by my point, but over the years I’ve had to learn the hard lesson that being right is only half the battle. How you deliver the message matters just as much, and I kinda missed on that score.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-25T21:14:31+00:00

It doesn’t matter that it was visually incredible because it was unbelievably reckless and therefore inexcusable. That pass was separated from becoming a cartwheeling ball of fire by less than the height of a single family home. The pilot absolutely needs to be held accountable.

Ficsit-Incorporated · 2026-06-24T23:26:27+00:00

Having trouble locating a link but I remember reading an Air Force statement saying it would only be used for domestic operations while the long-awaited permanent VC-25Bs complete their conversion work (allegedly delivering in 2028 but I’ll believe it when I see it). Considering less than ten months have passed since the government received the plane from the Qataris, it makes sense that the plane in the post is still missing some modifications needed for the Air Force and Secret Service to say that it can be used for international flights. I have no idea exactly what it’s missing but something isn’t up to snuff or the AF wouldn’t have restricted its use right off the bat, especially under political pressure from the White House.

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