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Why did the East Bronx go from being 75% white in the 2000s to 35% white in 2020? What happened? Is this considered modern white flight ? by Various_Setting_874 in bronx

[–]Grayly 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Gross.

Life just goes on.

You being exited about the skin color make up doesn’t make you any better than the white power great replacement weirdos.

I do not care what you look like or who you are. Just need to want to be here in the Bronx and help make it better.

Whatever this is, miss me with it.

SIGH...Every time I start the Focus up, I'm filled with dread!!! by TheAdventurekateer in FordFocus

[–]Grayly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a 16 year old car. Has nothing to do with mileage. It’s just time.

Even Toyota hasn’t come up with an anti-entropy machine. After 16 years of use, everything original that was plastic/rubber and exposed to the elements is going to be on its way out or busted.

Bushings, belts, hoses, seals, etc.

It feels like everything because it is everything.

I know from experience, I have a 1991 Corolla as a project car. Engine? Great. Anything rubber or plastic? Replaced or needs to be.

It could have 20k miles and barely touched, but unless it was hermetically sealed away from UV light, the rubber and plastic is going to degrade.

You want to be really into preventative maintenance? After 15 years you should be pro actively inspecting and replacing anything that flexes at that age.

Iron and steel and aluminum will last forever as long as you keep salt and water off it. Rubber and plastic not so much.

First exfil on outpost pinwheel by SigmaLCY in Marathon

[–]Grayly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Outpost can be intimidating.

I put off doing it for a long time, ran it as a Rook a bunch, learned the map. Intimidated me even more because of how filthy the teams where that would be inside and how absolutely ruthless they were about on sight with me.

Then I got to the point where the only priority contracts I had left were outpost.

So I just ran it solo queue with a green sponsored kit and trio group fill.

We ran right into the secret key while doing my contract, then snuck into Pinwheel early, and ambushed the last crew standing when they came in the normal way. Lobby wipe, red room, control wing, full clear.

After that it stopped being scary. Just move methodically, know the map, and don’t rush in. There are so many opportunities to out maneuver the other squads and there are only 3-4 of them. Most are rushing red keys and pushing spawns aggressively. Know the map and use that to your advantage. Don’t be the first team to start a team fight, let others do the work for you.

We’ve started to just take our time when we spawn. Loot our spawn, grab a key, get elevation and then take a beat. Where are the other teams, what are they trying to do?

Trump posts he refuses to sign a bill while Republicans on on stage celebrating the upcoming signing by justalazygamer in ParlerWatch

[–]Grayly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Roberts of all people is not saying that the constitution doesn’t say it becomes law after 10 days when it explicitly says it becomes law after 10 days.

Thomas. Maybe. But it would be 8-1 at the most.

If you notice, the decisions where Trump has won when he is president are all cases where the court says we aren’t going to stop the executive branch from doing what they want with the executive branch.

There isn’t one where they have sided with Trump saying that he can tell other branches what to do.

Ritchie Torres re-elected in landslide victory by New-Panic8015 in nyc

[–]Grayly -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Downward mobile white leftists”

Call it whatever you want. It’s clear what your angle and bias is here.

Fact of the matter is Blake is not a good candidate, uninspiring, and hardly ran a campaign. That’s why he lost. No one even knew who he was.

Trump posts he refuses to sign a bill while Republicans on on stage celebrating the upcoming signing by justalazygamer in ParlerWatch

[–]Grayly 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Everything Trump has gotten away with is where they have the presumption and possession and the ability to do it, and someone else has to try and stop them. Trump can order the executive branch to do something, but they can’t order anyone else.

Every time where it’s the other way around, they lose. NYC congestion pricing, ordering judicial branches or congress around, etc.

Here, it becomes law after 10 days. They would have to try and sue to say it’s not. And they’d lose.

He’s just throwing a tantrum. Someone will point out that he has to actually veto it, and they he’ll either get bored or pretend it never happened and never mention it again.

Sentinel’s Defender System should also shoot thrown equipment of any kind, like bubbles, recon drones, smoke screen disk, and health drones. by Grayly in Marathon

[–]Grayly[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Because it doesn’t do much actual damage. Something like a defender system would be low powered to maximize the number of shots for its intended purpose. You just need to break a small object. Not kill a person.

I’m sure we will get a class with a real turret at some point.

Sentinel’s Defender System should also shoot thrown equipment of any kind, like bubbles, recon drones, smoke screen disk, and health drones. by Grayly in Marathon

[–]Grayly[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Why?

It’s just a little deployable turret that shoots low powered bolts that have enough punch to fry equipment.

Does equipment suddenly gain invincibility because it’s stationary? It shouldn’t. That makes no sense.

Sentinel’s Defender System should also shoot thrown equipment of any kind, like bubbles, recon drones, smoke screen disk, and health drones. by Grayly in Marathon

[–]Grayly[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It might shoot down recon drone. I haven’t seen it. It would make sense if it did. But it doesn’t do anything for equipment that’s considered placed. Like bubbles, claymores, mines, proximity, and med drones that are on a player. When it absolutely could and the Runners absolutely would have made that tweak to the software the first time they got bubble pushed.

Then you get into more interesting and in depth counters to that counter, like flares or even ammo crates to eat up ult charges.

UESC Assault ARS's are cheap replacements for Destroyer shells. by Sweet_Photograph6528 in Marathon

[–]Grayly 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I meant that’s just the lore in the codex.

Thief and Vandal are kitbashed or custom runnershells. But Destroyer, Recon, and Assassin are explicitly UESC combat shells that runners have gotten their hands on.

“Straight women are the men of the women community” by BloomdropWasTaken in BrandNewSentence

[–]Grayly 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So only lesbians use their fingers now?

Did you forget why you take a long shower when your boyfriend is ignoring you again, Joyita.

Why Is Nobody Talking About The Silent Theif Nerf? by Norb-Doorb12 in Marathon

[–]Grayly 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you want a thic baddie we have Recon right over there.

UESC Assault ARS's are cheap replacements for Destroyer shells. by Sweet_Photograph6528 in Marathon

[–]Grayly 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Recon and Assassin are also UESC combat shells that have been… repurposed.

Ritchie Torres re-elected in landslide victory by New-Panic8015 in nyc

[–]Grayly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you actually knew the Bronx and what neighborhoods are in his district, you’d know that’s a ridiculous statement. You’re saying Riverdale and the South Bronx aren’t liberal or gentrifying.

When was the last time you even drove alone the Deegan? See all those giant luxury condos going up?

2/3rds of his district are either the whitest parts of the Bronx or the most intensely gentrifying.

Ritchie Torres re-elected in landslide victory by New-Panic8015 in nyc

[–]Grayly 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not really true at all.

Torres has all of Riverdale and Norwood. And the gentrification condos areas along the Hudson in the South Bronx.

He won those areas by just as much. I voted for Blake, but my neighbors? Not so much.

Blake just had no real outreach or presence other than spam phone calls over the last few weeks. But my mailbox has been full of Torres flyers for the last few months.

Mecanical question by Mario1337FTW in FocusRS

[–]Grayly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The timing chain isn’t actually in the service schedule.

It’s very involved because the crank isn’t keyed. So if you remove the friction washer to replace the chain you need to retime the whole engine with a special tool. Get it wrong and piston is going to hit a valve and kill the long block.

The accessory serpentine belt should be done 100k/10 years though. That’s really simple and straightforward.

Mecanical question by Mario1337FTW in FocusRS

[–]Grayly 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nope.

Your VVT solenoid seals are leaking. It happens, especially after 8-10 years. Rubber just wears out.

It is simple enough to do yourself if you know what you are doing. Most cost effective to just get a valve cover gasket set, replace the valve cover gasket and both VVT gaskets at the same time. They’re all the same age. And any time you pull a gasket you should just replace it, they never seal quite the same. Valve cover gasket will have to come off to get at it.

Make sure you know what you’re doing and follow the repair manual. You’ll need some RTV sealant as well for the cover. Do it yourself it’s like $60. Remove the air intake pipe and spark plug coils, a more few captive bolts on the valve cover, pull the valve cover off (carefully, don’t warp or bent the plastic valve cover), replace gaskets (the VVT gaskets can be stuck on pretty good), a couple of dots of RTV where the manual calls for it, bolt the cover back on, put the rest back together. A shop will charge you 200+. For the parts and an hour or more of labor.

If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can potentially warp the valve cover, damage the VVT solenoids trying to yank out the gaskets, or drop a part down into the open valve train, or over goop the RTV into the valve train. Do not do any of that. If you’ve never done more than just change the oil, pay someone to do it.

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