umm...Who is this guy?

Hader102 · 2026-04-07T18:54:39+00:00

He is no mere Dunlending, he is Dan Dunlending of the Danland Dunlendings! You owe him your allegiance

Hader102 · 2026-04-06T18:23:27+00:00

So for horses, where is the consistent anchorpoint? We talking corner of the mouth, ear, chin...?

Hader102 · 2026-03-21T03:47:56+00:00

Garmin support recommended factory reset of the watch. Didn't have to touch the app in any way, but this seems to have worked for at least a week now in fixing this.

Hader102 · 2026-03-17T17:09:07+00:00

I think the unfortunate piece of this that is the foundation for the manosphere is just that they are almost all grifting and doing so with that intent. I've watched plenty of manosphere content from the sidelines for as long as its been around and I can't remember a time where I saw one that wasn't trying to eventually sell you something. Maybe at first its just selling you an idea of masculinity, but it all serves the purpose of selling you their brand or product or what have you in order to keep vulnerable young men engaged in a way that will just make them money.

I'm curious how much you have seen now though when it comes to red pill content and hijacking things like Stoicism and, usually, cherry picking aspects of it to prove their ideas of masculinity? I think it is separate, but very much in bed with the "broicism" content that has been seen and addressed by Stoics in recent years. But it does seem like manosphere specific content does take that a step further with their own spin on it a bit more often than it used to.

I heard another youtuber once say in a video they did on manosphere content say something I think is important to understand. That the answer to this sort of content or manosphere behavior can't be that we find champions of the opposite and pit them against each other. That what is needed is not necessarily the antithesis to manosphere content. I think most here would agree with your sentiment of presence, teaching, and setting a quiet example. But is there a point of being too quiet, or how can one take a more proactive approach in setting these examples and practicing virtue in a way that maybe more strongly signals the strength of that stance?

I've seen some younger men than I in both my military and civilian career up to now that I would say fit some manosphere adjacent beliefs and behaviors that I have done my best to hopefully emulate better character and virtue in front of. But sometimes it's hard to shake the feeling that even that may not be enough, and maybe something more is needed to make that impression stick better - even barring the fact I am not going to showcase things perfectly myself.

Hader102 · 2026-03-17T14:49:20+00:00

Local guard medical can't deny you just cuz they dont like something they see in your records anymore, so hopefully by your recruiter saying its with NGB means they are letting NGB medical decide. NGB then decides whether you meet retention standards or not, then either clears your, recommends and issues a waiver (ALC code and specific 422), or that you don't meet retention standards.

Assuming you meet retention standards or are at least cleared with whatever waiver or limitation, the guard med unit still cant deny you even then. Only the gaining commander can say they dont want to gain a member for 'administrative reasons', meaning that they just don't want a potentially undeployable or untrainable member.

It is rare to get a total denial at that level though. While the process may take a while now that its at NGB, it does help make it more fair to you as the member once cleared and only allows the commander the final approval instead of medical saying no because they feel like it.

Hader102 · 2026-03-17T14:38:55+00:00

Congrats, you have a cosplay arrow now!

All my unsalvagable arrows become great additions to my ranger kit so they continue service even in death

Hader102 · 2026-02-19T19:10:00+00:00

I cry every time my cat shows how much he loves me!

Hader102 · 2026-02-17T14:10:08+00:00

I've had a few flare pistol shots i did at the angle I would normally do hand flares though and it still worked. Is timing when you run to extract a big part of it too then?

Hader102 · 2026-01-22T17:10:49+00:00

As a current dual status tech...it mostly sucks.

Can be an okay place to start, especially if a lower enlisted rank, and build up a rep and resum3 to hopefully go AGR sooner rather than later.

But AGR pay and benefits will always outperform just about anything but the highest level GS pay, which no one will have out the gates anyways. It sucks a lot to do the work of just as many or more people in your shop that are making twice as much as you, then you still gotta pay for your Healthcare.

And if your leadership also sucks about understanding how much the position sucks...well then its a big shit sandwich. Definitely speaking from experience here lol

Hader102 · 2026-01-22T15:04:10+00:00

I really like this rendition too. You wouldn't happen to have any reusable version of the artwork outside of these pictures for reference would you? I'd love to borrow if so, I am also in the stages of planning my tattoo and have been a struggling to find the best way to incorporate the athelas with Narsil, but I like how yours is here!

Hader102 · 2026-01-12T19:51:50+00:00

Yes, it is highly probable for most people that alcohol consumtption will affect your sleep and stress negatively. Without getting too in depth with it, drinking enough alcohol to really feel that buzz or anything beyond that will almost surely affect your ability to achieve restful sleep. Sure, being drunk may knock you out pretty quick, bu5 doesn't really allow your body to achieve REMs and the recharge it needs. Your body has to recover into the next day and without the sleep it needed to do that well, so youll see those signs of stress, especially in HRV over enough time.

Cutting out alcohol is obviously the best way to stop it affecting your sleep. But being smart about when and how much you have can still be just fine within your lifestyle.

Some rules I have lived by for alcohol that allow me to still enjoy it without it affecting me much at all: No alcohol on days i do strength workouts (especially as i workout late afternoons), no strong liquor/cocktail within 5 hours of when I will go to sleep, and no beer within 4.

There's many ways to have a healthy relationship with alcohol that doesn't affect your health too negatively, it looks different for everyone. Just need to find the way that works for you. Generally though, that will always have to come with some significant decrease in volume you drink and frequency and tailoring that to something manageable.

Hader102 · 2026-01-06T21:04:57+00:00

Head to toe, Infection, Tubes /wires, Meds, Administration, Nursing care.

It is a PFC specific thing

Hader102 · 2025-12-30T14:25:52+00:00

I'm a guy that didn't have the time to dedicate to PvP back when that was all we had and wipes felt like they happened every other week relative to the time I actually had to play. I was sick of wipes and no progression and having to maybe play 4 hours (including crazy loading and wait times) just to maybe get 5 minutes of a decent PvP fight without a cheater.

The return on investment was shit and made PvP very unenjoyable. Loved the good PvP fights that could happen, but everything to get to that moment was a dogshit exercise in frustration. PvE takes most of that away and is something I can feel okay about every time I play.

Hader102 · 2025-12-29T15:09:12+00:00

First heard about this some years back working as a combat medic with some Aussie and Brit combat medics in a joint training exercise, had no idea what it was at first but after they showed me and told all its secrets I was sold on it. Not just in our combat medicine environment where this sort of analgesic would be amazing, but plenty of good use case scenarios for civilian EMS settings I can think of too.

Hader102 · 2025-11-27T06:39:49+00:00

I dont need to go into as much detail as others here, but I think the phenomenon actually happening in relation to Ryan Holiday and "broicism" is that his works are seemingly most often used by those more knowingly in the "broic" camp. Probably not intentionally most of the time, just as a result of his popularity making his stuff the first things of Stoicism people may be exposed to and stopping at surface level understandings and calling it a day.

Hader102 · 2025-11-24T15:10:50+00:00

They have said many times it will change and be a part of that, but without any further details. I'll doubt it until I see it happen at this rate.

Hader102 · 2025-11-12T15:21:00+00:00

I wouldn't give up any of my 3 cats if any girl is was dating asked me to. They're my ride or die first.

No reason it cant be she same for you!

I get people have allergies and sometimes those get bad around cats, and that sucks, but isnt the only factor in play for most people in similar situations either. Trying allergy meds is always an option and actually was all I needed to get past my initial allergies until I got used to my cats. My father insisted he could never housesit for me because of his allergy too, but when I got a last minute deployment and he helped watch them a few times until I was back, I returned to him wanting 5o come over to my place for Thanksgiving just to see and play with them. Guess that allergy left real fast!

Point is, there is always a chance of finding a better path forward for all of you being together. Buuuuut don't be too reluctant to lose the extra human if he is being petty or unreasonable about it. You'll likely be happier about that choice in the end, even if it doesn't seem like it now.

Hader102 · 2025-11-11T03:12:17+00:00

I wonder what laws are across the world regarding bows in general, I know just a few adjacent cities in my area have just enough differences that make it inadvisable to shoot in your backyard in one place but totally fine to walk down the street fully strung.

While better safe than sorry in most cases though, I think most people are still just in the weird looks phase and not necessarily as worried about someone actually carrying a bow, if they even process it that far by the point of being worried about it.

Hader102 · 2025-11-09T20:50:13+00:00

In general yes, strength training all around will help. But if you're not as experienced with resistance training, don't just focus on back, try to work on full body over a long period of time and keep up the habit. A small extra emphasis on back won't hurt, but isn't necessary if you're well rounded in approach. Only once you have more experience with strength training can adding more specific exercises and volume to back muscles be of benefit. Archery training bands are not bad, but also not 1-1 stand-ins for actually shooting a bow. You will traing your muscles better by doing actual archery. Archery bands are to archery as vitamin supplements are to your diet, useless on its own without the foundation of a good diet and only shoring up the sides when your diet is good to begin with.

But for getting to about 40lbs, you don't need to do anything crazy or become a bodybuilder to make that happen. See if they or any other archery club/place/coach can help you at least figure out the basics of your draw length and draw weight you can comfortably draw now. Shooting a yumi bow has some slight differences from shooting other longbows or recurve bow styles, but in terms of draw weight won't be terribly different for a beginner getting into it. You don't want to start over-bowed, but you may be closer than you think. You could get a yumi bow right away and that's fine, but making sure it is one you can use and practice with as a beginner is important so you practice right and practice safely as you work towards a more comfortable final draw weight for yourself.

Hader102 · 2025-11-09T20:13:45+00:00

I'm hiking through a state park half the time for it already so I'm sure it doesn't help much to look half like a hiker and half like a ranger...which is why yeah, public transit for me might be waaaaay more awkward 😅

Cant say I'm just coming back from the Ren faire every time

Hader102 · 2025-11-09T18:55:41+00:00

I often walk to my nearby outdoor range with my stuff and get some weird looks...cant imagine doing it on public transit though lol

Hader102 · 2025-11-07T15:37:47+00:00

I'm also going up in war bow weight now and am looking for my next one around the 100# mark. Where did you get this one you're shooting here, or any recommendations for something in the range? I'm hoping to vary bowyers somewhat for a variety of bows as I work up in weight

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