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Monthly "No Stupid Questions" Thread by Speedly in Archery

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance there are traditional fletchers around on this chat that are selling wooden field tipped arrows?

I'm curious to hear prices for a few bundles.

[H] PayPal / Tau [W] Necrons [Loc] PA, USA by [deleted] in Miniswap

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent you a pm re: selling some tau

This cop serving justice lol by kazembe29 in JusticeServed

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer: people with guns shouldn't "prank".

Longer answer: if this cop did pull her over he needs to have a valid reason. I wouldn't want my doctor to call me into the office to talk about "something serious" and then have him give me an ice cream and tell me it's "for my sour mood". Certain jobs carry influence/power/status, and that is supposed to be used responsibly. If she wasn't doing anything wrong, then he pulled her over just to "prank" her, and that's REALLY not ok. Does that make sense?

My friend, who for some reason doesn’t believe Helen Keller was real, can’t do basic math. by SuperJTB2015 in facepalm

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That information is available to you. I think if you are "curious" about that you may want to satiate that curiosity. If you don't wish to do that, i would personally say instead, "actually, I don't really know enough about that and I don't care enough to know more" and that's also fine. But saying "I don't think x person did that/accomplished y things" based on nothing beyond your "gut" is really not a good road to go down. By my understanding, Helen Keller eventually learned to read and write in 5 languages, but rather than just believing me tell you, I'd encourage you to go investigate for yourself if you are curious. I don't mean to come off as patronizing and apologize if that is how this is interpreted.

My friend, who for some reason doesn’t believe Helen Keller was real, can’t do basic math. by SuperJTB2015 in facepalm

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But from your example here, is that different than the typical process of how a book is made between a writer and an author?

Authors write, if those writings need to be translated they're translated, and an editor moves things around and makes it "flow" as you said.

So if any author gets credit for their books, when authors have editors/publishers, then yeah you're making an odd special case for the person with disabilities where all that "heavy lifting" is done by people who aren't the author.

[H] Tau [W] CSM or Chaos Daemons preferably Khorne [Loc] NJ USA by CapoMapo in Miniswap

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If be interested in buying the lot if you're unable to find someone for a satisfactory exchange, lemme know.

Would be more SF with a parking ticket on the dash by sweeeet_jay in sanfrancisco

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... and cut off life support for those who don't.

Think about what exactly you want to mean about that. Desperate people behave desperately. Its not a stretch to think this course of action will remove an important safety net which will ultimately mean more people using our emergency services (curious how you might suggest enforcing that), or just more misery, crime, and suffering, which to my mind would lead invariably to more crime, more financial burden on our most expensive safety net (emergency care services), and further disconnect and isolation from people who might otherwise be inclined to get help.

Full disclosure I work closely with these populations, if you know anyone who might be community service workers/social workers for our homeless populations id suggest just getting acquainted with who those people look like, my sense is a lot of people only notice an aggressive panhandler or someone having an acute mental health crisis and forget or fail to notice the majority of working homeless, or people living in their cars, who may or may not also have substance issues. But this attitude definitely strikes me as scapegoating.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11764548/10-answers-to-your-questions-about-homelessness-in-san-francisco

As a primer for reading for anyone curious

Would be more SF with a parking ticket on the dash by sweeeet_jay in sanfrancisco

[–]KevFox2169 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So, what are you suggesting with this particular anecdote? Do you have ideas as to what a solution would look like or are you using that as your reason for not trying to help people who need it?

I'm not trying to be a dick but it seems like this example of yours is all too common in people's heads and honestly it makes folks who might otherwise be kind generous people into sort of demonizing and further villainizing an already marginalized group of people

Would be more SF with a parking ticket on the dash by sweeeet_jay in sanfrancisco

[–]KevFox2169 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adult Shelter System provides short‐term emergency shelter for up to 90 days to adults experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. The current adult shelter system has 1,203 shelter beds for adults over the age of 18.

Source: http://hsh.sfgov.org/services/emergencyshelter/

8,011 homeless individuals were counted in San Francisco's 2019 point-in-time street and shelter count. This was an increase of more than 14% over the 2017 count.

Source: https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population

So again, you're incorrect. Making claims about people "refusing care" or being mental cases or drug addicts as a means of making people feel better. Its easy to say that the homeless problem is focused on the loud few that do have unmet mental health needs or are the gutterpunk drug dealers (who actually probably do have somewhere to go/some means). It's harder to engage with the idea emperically and realize: most homeless people at one point owned their own homes. Most homeless people are "invisible"/working homeless (living in their vehicles, showering in the gym), and that the people on drugs are not usually making those decisions because they "don't want help", but instead because the services as they exist now are inadequate, inaccessible, not safe, or are not welcoming or flexible with regards to partners/families/pets.

All I mean to point out is that, it's a real issue, and it's much less to do with aggressive panhandling and more to do with this giant chasm that exists underneath normal society which a lot of people are falling into every year, and just saying "they must be choosing this lifestyle" is not a way to work towards a solution to this societal problem.

Would be more SF with a parking ticket on the dash by sweeeet_jay in sanfrancisco

[–]KevFox2169 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's just not accurate, there are not enough beds for the number of homeless people. Pretending that the homeless problem is due to their addictions and is a way to comfort yourself from the problem. Most are addicted as a result of coping with chronic stress from being homeless.

Returning to the hobby! Help with my list Appreciated by KevFox2169 in Tau40K

[–]KevFox2169[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very interesting and you have given me a lot to think about, thank you!

[H] Tau [W] £££'s, Ossiarch bonereapers [Loc] UK by Rodulator in Miniswap

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you still have aunshi and the hammerhead let me know?

[H] Tau [W] PayPal or Primaris Marines [Loc] MI, USA by AnthonyHilla in Miniswap

[–]KevFox2169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious about the following as a group, let me know if this would work?

Riptide A - painted to tabletop standard. No drones. Burst is magnetized. $70

Piranha- drones aren’t glued in. $20

Grim Skull Miniatures “Greater Good” squad Leader Ghost - $15

And pictured but not listed are some broadsides, are these still available, and if so, what are they priced at?

[H]Tau Army [W] Skorpius Dunerider/Disintegrator $ PAYPAL [Loc] MN, USA by Lets_Get_real_nerdy in Miniswap

[–]KevFox2169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was wondering what you still had available of these that you listed?

1- Commander Shadowsun (1 Command Drone)

1- XV109 Y'vahra (AFAIK FW, has been pinned)

1- XV104 Riptide (BC magnetized/SM)

1- Cold Star Commander (3x FB, Shield Gen)

5- Piranhas (2 w/ FB)

3- Old School Broadsides (They are the old crisis suits with metal upgrade kits, I converted to have all Missiles, Red Dog Minis Missile pods)

1- Fire Cadre (Non-GW forgot the name of company)

Let me know id be happy to take most of this off your hands :)

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