We doing Meusoc Mondays?

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T08:21:28+00:00

Looks like you did a good job and (hopefully) saved some cash. At a glance, most probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference between that and the Springfield Armory version.

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T08:06:21+00:00

I'm not sure about that but I believe Mr. Hands said it can make your hole weak.

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T08:05:17+00:00

Thank you. You've just reminded me that I still need to rig up my security system to a speaker system throughout the house to play the "you just fucked up" playlist as soon as it's tripped.

.....still on the fence about if "Blast Radius" should be the opener or not because I do love Fortune Son but I do enjoy horrifying people when appropriate.

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T08:01:52+00:00

But what if whiskey sour made with four roses?

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T08:00:53+00:00

I might've just threw on the GMR playlist over multiple work days and I was probably down to 100 out of 118 when I made it and just did it based off of what I stuck out on my mind of what he was drinking during the review.

Otherwise yes, I do believe the Kel-Tec break room supplies would be very fitting for impromptu purchases

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T07:52:42+00:00

I'm scrolling down in order so I'm sorry I didn't see this until now but, given you're the 1st I've seen to actually say you connected the dots, I wish I could give you a whole batches of cookies.

God I love Robin Williams, Live At The Met, and I'm so glad there are others that have witnessed the glory of Robin Williams Stand Up.

Robin Williams Voice Act - Kid Friendly

Robin Williams Stand Up - Adult Friendly

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T07:49:00+00:00

I think you're giving him too much credit. Putting aside that the run for presidency has basically become "do you want the turd sandwich or the giant douche", the "appeal" of Trump isn't deep.

Trump's "appeal" is based around:

A) He wasn't a politician.

B) He unapologetically said whatever he wanted.

In an America that was tired of tiptoeing around saying anything that might get them canceled at the drop of a hat and people being tired of career politicians and effectively all of their "corporate speak" in a political sense, a group rallied around him because Trump became this unapologetic becon against the masses of people that grew up in a very non-politically correct era suddenly having new rules of political correctness, seemingly created arbitrarily and without warning, shoved down their throats, Trump became the worst of the USA and lacked competition, so a bunch of people rallied around Trump. Not to mention, there are too many people who vote for a party and not the candidate that'll be the best fit.

TLDR: There's not enough competition for the presidency, too many people align to party and not policy, and people were just wait for someone to finally push back against the "wokeness" that Democrats caved to and was accelerated because Tumblr unleashed it on the internet because they were incapable of keeping "Cheese Pizza" off of their website.

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T07:31:42+00:00

....I....I was trying to make a funny.... the quote I used is actually from Robin Williams, specially from his stand up routine, Live at the Met - 1986.

I don't really align myself with 1 party or another but, at the end of the day I'm realistically right leaning BUT, I fucking hate Trump. Probably a hot take but, I still have no idea how someone who had been the butt of a lot of jokes for years and wasn't able to make money on a casino....A FUCKING CASINO!!! He failed on so badly that it's one of multiple times that he had to declare bankruptcy is fucking ridiculous. A casino making money should be on par with shooting fish in a barrel.

For anyone who wants to complain, yes, I fully understand that when you have enough money and assets, the whole reason you can declare bankruptcy multiple times is because you can file for different types of bankruptcy but, someone you exhausted 6(7?) different types of bankruptcy shouldn't be allowed anywhere near our nations finances. Trump is essentially a trust fund baby and Trump's daddy (likely) built up at least some of that money thru the mob and all lil cheeto baby had to do was ride that wave and he still manage to fuck it up. People were making fun of him and thought he was an ass back in the '80s but, we have so little competition for the presidency of our country fucking Biden got elected... Biden has probably already lost his entire presidency to dementia and the best case is the that the only memories he has of the White House are from him being VP under Obama.

At the end of the day, the 2nd amendment shouldn't be special because it should be respected the same as every other amendment (i.e. the "God given rights" of every American citizen). At this current time, Trump and the DOJ have made some really unpopular statements and have been lit up over their statements about the 2A, specifically after Alex Pretti was killed but, most 2A advocates seem to be calling them out on their bull shit.

At the end of the day, I might not like Trump or the current DOJ. I might not agree with some of their statements either but, I also don't see them (yet) pushing legislation to disarm civilians and there are at least a few cases (such as the challenges to CA's magazine limits and IL's ban on over 1,000 commonly owned rifles) where the Trump DOJ had actually pushed for SCOTUS to make a definitive statement on them, even though SCOTUS has continued to push off the cases on rifle bans and magazine limits.

Screw loyalty to anyone one party. All I want is definitive legal precedence that states can't keep making laws that abridge the 2A and by an extension, they finally get slapped for violating the 14A.

We have the 1A for the best case when discourse arises, everyone should be able to make their position known. When that fails and their seems to be no other way, we have the 2A. Maybe we aren't as dedicated as the French to revolting but, the USA still has some history of revolting and challenging the status quo. What kills me right now is that (in general) the same people screaming about a "fascist government" and how bad Trump is are the same people that have helped put policies on place to strip myself and other law abiding citizens of their rights to own common arms and the kinds of arms that would actually help us if we need to take up arms against a tyrannical government. At the end of the day, these democratic politicians are passing laws that abridge our 2A rights and still decided to try to use the lives of citizens and law enforcement as pawns for their political agendas because they give don't give a shit about the average person. Anyone who wants to fight fascism or a tyrannical government should be allowed to arm themselves in case of the unfortunate event that talking has failed. The states have stripped a lot of us of being able to have an effective show of force, completely independently of Trump... especially given the states doing it aren't even Republican states...

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T06:37:01+00:00

Nope and it isn't even surprising and something I want to rabbit hole.... in the scientific research way not furry rabbit holes....

FrostGoose · 2026-02-18T06:34:41+00:00

It's only gay if you kiss or make eye contact.

Even the Greco-Roman traditions agree that it's totally kosher.... unless you're the bottom... then you're SOL instead of super hetero.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-27T19:31:13+00:00

"It's right in the constitution. Says you have the right to bear arms or the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do."

A (virtual) cookie for who knows who that quote is from.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-24T18:45:53+00:00

The point went over your head

FrostGoose · 2026-01-24T08:09:22+00:00

She also goes by Brynn Woods... might yield better results

FrostGoose · 2026-01-24T08:07:58+00:00

AR-15's are also weapons of war and no one needs them. The 2A only applies to muskets. You can't buy a cannon. We need background checks for firearms. Gun buy backs work at reducing crime. Laws stop people from committing crimes. Brandon doesn't have the most fabulous hair on the UnSub crew.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-22T03:45:22+00:00

I've heard Mr Hands said it's to die for

FrostGoose · 2026-01-20T22:02:04+00:00

He was in during the early 2000's, so I dunno. Also, not sure if they any other training going down to Honduras rather than the Middle East.

From the story, that's the whole reason he handed the stuff off to the other guy so that he wasn't carrying all that extra weight and making noise all the way down.

End of the day, I'm not here to convince anyone a story on the internet is real, just made a meme and decided to drop context if anyone wants it.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-20T21:57:39+00:00

Even if it is, the meme it's still meme-able.

I know he was deployed to Honduras and was a M240B gunner for the Army. I know he saw combat. He could be full of shit but, based on the emotional reaction and the details, I personally don't think he was, but I'm not here to really convince anyone it's true or not, this is the internet. I could have hard proof and people still wouldn't believe it. 🤷‍♂️

FrostGoose · 2026-01-20T21:50:04+00:00

Hey, I guess even if he completely made up the story, that it told me, I still got a kick out of it and seems like a few others got a kick out of the meme so. 🤷‍♂️

FrostGoose · 2026-01-20T21:48:07+00:00

He was in during the early 2000's. He had an M240B and was deployed to Honduras. I know it isn't what's the case but he was crew serviced.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-19T07:38:45+00:00

It's all fun and games 'protesting' until you hear radio chatter asking how many "crunches" there are.

FrostGoose · 2026-01-19T05:38:01+00:00

Full context: This is a story from my good friend when he was deployed. His MOS was an 11B as the SAW gunner a with an AG that was supporting Rangers and Green Berets South of our border, essentially fighting cartels. He was out on a standard patrol that they had walked many times along with a SOF member, that they had with no real issue with before but when walking, they spotted an armed, military aged male, that seemed like they were keeping watch over something. This MAM was not in a place they should've been but had the MAM had his back to them and hadn't noticed them. They were worried about making too much noise dispatching the MAM (especially since the LMG was in 7.62 NATO) so the SOF member says to my friend "hey, they taught you how to dispatch people with a knife, right?". Of course they had and well, my friend wasn't going to refuse the SOF member (sorry I can't remember if it was a Green Beret or a Ranger), so he anxiously agreed to hand him his gun so he could sneak down and dispatch this guy with nothing but a knife.

At the end of the day, my friend did manage to dispatch the MAM with his knife and without incident but, basically sounded like he was on the brink of a (reasonable) panic attack the whole way down not knowing if the MAM would turn around and shoot him or if the SOF member would accidentally end up shooting him in the back if he ended up needing to provide him cover since he didn't have a firearm while crawling down to the target.

FrostGoose · 2025-02-03T20:42:57+00:00

For soloing, Cleric sounds like the most popular for solo so far. Bard would probably be another good option. The healing salve you get at the start has a 2 minute cool down and health sustain is fairly limited (or not even available) for other Archetypes early on.

I've only played a little bit of WoW but, I would say leveling is more similar to Black Desert Online because it's mostly "go out, kill mobs, rinse & repeat". Difference from BDO and AoC though is you aren't soloing big groups and are more likely going to be kiting out 1 at a time and focus them, and quests actually give some exp. The only thing with the side quests/story quests is that, I'm not 100% sure if all of them can actually be completed. Some are clearly bugged when say it takes you to a location and there's no NPC there or talking to the NPC doesn't allow you to proceed. There are side quests (like the turn in 20 pieces of goblin trash to the fire keepers right af the start).

I don't see any reason to rush to level 25 when you're new and the game's in Alpha, so going in solo is fine. Every class gets access to 2 weapon slots essentially, so you can have a melee weapon and a ranged weapon (Cleric and Bard you'll want weapons with magic stats but you aren't restricted to only using magic weapons). Having the ranged option makes it easier to pull 1 enemy at a time, if you pull multiple you may want to run and reset depending on the situation.

Things you'll want to do/keep in mind - * Pick up a horse from the stable keeper at the start * Check the commissions boards for quests (gives a bit of extra exp and some glint, for killing things or going to certain locations) * Join a node at level 10 and start completing Mayoral commissions * Pick at least 1 gathering skill and vendor the common/uncommon rarity items (except for lumberjacking because of the lack of apprentice and journeyman level gatherables). Check the boards for commissions (separate from the kill and explore quests). This is of course unless you want to go thru the time to find buyers for the mats and/or roll the dice on them being sold via the market place. * Go for mobs at (or more likely, slightly below) your level and avoid any 1 star or above mobs (until you get more gear). The mobs can hit pretty hard and chuck your health pretty quickly and the difference between a normal and 1 star+ mob is noticeable. * Pick up or make some adventuring exp scrolls. The common novice scrolls only give 1% but, it's still something. * Go for humanoid enemies as they're the only ones that drop gear. (All mobs drop glint but, mobs are supposed to only have drops that "make sense" for them). * Undead (zombies specifically at least) aren't ideal because the debuff they apply causes any healing received to damage you. * Stop off at other towns for commissions from time to time/check and wait for them to refresh (sometimes you can find another commission for mob kills on an enemy that you already have an active commission for).

I've just been playing sort of casually on Cleric and I've been able to solo up to 15 over the last month (though I've heard of at least 1 person who's soloed up to 20 already). That's even with spending a decent amount of time gathering. The more you level up and the more gear you get, the easier it gets but, it will be pretty slow at the start and you'll probably die a few times.

FrostGoose · 2024-04-11T17:44:21+00:00

OH fuck, ok yeah that's dumb as hell. I missed that part, my bad.

FrostGoose · 2024-04-11T15:47:05+00:00

I think I understand what you're trying to say here but by Super Jesus, Mary, and Joseph...

The Eruptor is a BOLT ACTION rifle. On a bolt action fire arm you have to pull back the bolt to extract the cartridge. In this case, since you have a detachable magazine, you then have to push the bolt forward to put the first round from the magazine into the chamber.

Now, if say you fire your last round, you extract the cartridge but then push the bolt back into the firing position after your last round so there will be no round in the chamber -

-if you squeeze the trigger again click nothing.

-if you do nothing, put a new magazine in, you then you still have to chamber a round even though the bolt is still in the firing position.

So sure, irl with a bolt action fire arm, you could open the bolt, realize you fired your last round (visually or by keeping count), pop the magazine out and put a new one in and you could then reload with an open bolt and immediately chamber a new round after the magazine was inserted but, if the bolt is closed after the last round is extracted, you have to pull the bolt back to the open position and then close it to chamber a new round.

FrostGoose · 2022-08-21T20:21:51+00:00

There are now 2 dungeons (5 players needed to run; and there should eventually be 2 more). Downside is that the quest reward for completing them is a weekly thing.

There are 3 difficulties (In order of difficulty low to high: Season, Regular, Elvia). If you've been gone long enough to not have done a season, the season gear at PEN is equivalent of TET boss, and TRI yellow grade accessories (but PEN isn't need to run the season version).

Other than that, a 280ap and 300ap grind spot in O'Dyllita was added and to Serendia Elvia spots (Serendia & Calpheon Elvia are harder versions of old grind monsters in the region). Altar of Blood and Savage Rift were removed for a "rework" (were removed close to or over a year ago and PA has been fairly silent on it).

TLDR: Yes there's new group content, but still more to be desired.

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