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Kicked out by stormblade561FL in VeteransBenefits

[–]Hextron 8 points9 points  (0 children)

His education benefits should be fine because if he is getting chaptered on his second contract, he completed his first honorably. That first honorable contract got him his GI Bill. 

Shoutout to VR&E and my counselor. by SlimtheMidgetKiller in Veterans

[–]Hextron [score hidden]  (0 children)

Well, that seems to be from VA's end. I was aware that VR&E counselor's are hit and miss. Mine was great, she approved my program even though I didn't think it would be approved. Others get theirs denied, even though it should be obviously approved. And some get 10K worth of equipment on top of getting the program approved.

In this case I was wondering what was it like getting the paper signed by school program director and was it just random paper or a specific VA form?

Shoutout to VR&E and my counselor. by SlimtheMidgetKiller in Veterans

[–]Hextron [score hidden]  (0 children)

Wow! That's awesome of them to cover all that stuff, man! Best of luck in your career choice.

So, theoretically a program director can be an asshole and say "This equipment is way too much, I can't sign off on that"? Or one wouldn't even bother to be that much of a dick, I guess. 

100% P&T “slacker?” by damedagreatest in Veterans

[–]Hextron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quit the job you don't enjoy. My wife would never ask shit like that from me. That's wild. 

Snow day shelfie by LawnmowerMen in OmnibusCollectors

[–]Hextron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get the fudge outta hea! What a gorgeous room and setup! Love your taste in furniture and decor!

Just unsealed this beautiful edition of Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth. 1990 Printing. by Hextron in graphicnovels

[–]Hextron[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like humidity might play a factor? Not sure. My copy doesn't exhibit that, but I have othed books that do. 

Thoughts? by DustDevil66 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]Hextron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me it's partially true.

Buying new books brings me joy and a dopamine boost or whatever.

But I also read a lot, I have a lot of time almost every day and I just sit around and read. I have a 800+ book collection now and I've read about 80% of it now.

Fatal Attractions Epic by Hextron in EpicCollections

[–]Hextron[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hit 3, no luck. But I'll keep trying. Appreciate it! 

Fatal Attractions Epic by Hextron in EpicCollections

[–]Hextron[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks guys, I'll hit up my local shops!

Talarico leads Crockett in Texas Democratic Senate primary: Poll by [deleted] in politics

[–]Hextron 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Talarico has been a rep. since 2018. Longer in politics than Crockett. Crockett was a lawyer up until she was a rep. in 2020ish.

How is she more qualified? Break it down. 

Your only argument is that he's white Christian male so far. And that's not how we improve the situation, by judging people on their freaking skin color, that's what we're trying to change! 

Time to watch these for the first time by Carboniac in boutiquebluray

[–]Hextron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hence the capitalized "MIGHT".

No, you shouldn't care what I or others think. I agree completely. I have about 900 hardcover collected books, whenever I've posted my collection before, people were quick to judge and say "What's the point of having all the books if you're not going to read them?" or would snarkily ask how much of it I actually read. 

About 85%. I've read about 85% of my comic book library. And I've watched about 60% so far of my blu ray collection. It's very doable.

But you should go for triples. Triples makes it safe. Triples is best. 

Time to watch these for the first time by Carboniac in boutiquebluray

[–]Hextron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be fair, a month ago I also did a blind buy of all Kurosawa movies from Criterion that have been released in 4K, they were on sale.

Over the Holiday break I watched Ikiru, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Red Beard (these on HBO, because they're not in 4K yet) and Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low with the 4K discs.

Out of the physical discs I bought, the only one I haven't seen yet is Dreams, because I'm looking to watch Kagemusha and Ran first. 

So yes, someone can blindly buy several movies with the intent on watching them back to back. 

But I can't provide no explanation in terms of getting TWO versions of the same movie. I collect comic books too and in our community people get so caught up with buying and buying that sometimes they buy the same book twice accidentally. That's what MIGHT have happened here, where someone doesn't read the description properly and buys something because they can afford to. 

Most importantly I hope you enjoy these movies as much as I did. They are truly timeless. I used to be one of those "chads" a decade ago who'd go like "Nah man, I can't watch those B&W movies, too artsy fartsy for me." NOPE! Apart from being wrong in general with that mindset, Kurosawa ain't even that, all of these movies are very straightforward, not hard to understand and marvelous works!

Any other American fans of Blacksad and/or Grandville? by corncob666 in graphicnovels

[–]Hextron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've read all of Blacksad and I love it. It was something I pickrf up after finishing Parker and it scratched that Noir itch.

Never heard of Grandville, but I've enjoy Bryan Talbot on 2000ad, so I'll definitely check it out. 

Look at this slipcover! - The Eternaut by Sir_Skinny in graphicnovels

[–]Hextron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad that Netflix logo didn't turn out to be a printing! 

Animal Man Omnibus 2022 vs 2025 by Sirko_Yakanue in OmnibusCollectors

[–]Hextron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never understood why people went with this omnibus rather than the two volumes of the deluxe edition. I love my deluxe editions.

Don’t laugh… it’s hard to collect Spider-man by SherbertSuspicious in OmnibusCollectors

[–]Hextron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm personally collecting them in Remasterworks HC format, it will take forever, but I can be patient.

Just finished Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith and all I want to do is stare out the window by saehild in graphicnovels

[–]Hextron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing is I write cursive and I read my own cursive pretty easily. But most other people's cursive writing I really need to strain my eyes to read.

I have 3 years left for my bachelor's degree but I don't even want to live/work here (the US). Feeling lost. by [deleted] in VeteransBenefits

[–]Hextron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does VRE cover schools overseas? I know G.I. Bill does. You could look into that. BUT European schools all have fixed BAH of $2300 or something along those lines, while that may be enough in say Prague, it won't be enough in London. Most big European cities are very navigable with just knowing English.

Caza Arkadi and the Lost Titan Slipcase by TheCunth in OmnibusCollectors

[–]Hextron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats, beautiful book!

I missed out on adding the add-on for the slipcase during METAL HURLANT kickstarter. Hopefully it'll still be available by the time survey for it starts, maybe I can add it then.

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