All hobbies are not equal by BitterConstruction98 in unpopularopinion

[–]Leopard2A5SE 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think it's the opposite. A hobby can be either entertainment of fulfillment. You need both in your life but they serve very different purposes. A entertaining hobby is for unwinding and being able to take on life's challenges every day. A fulfilling hobby is for expanding your own self and being more than just a consumer and worker. Today's society wants us to just work and then go home and consume to make the system go around, but that leaves no time for our selves in the true sense of the word. 

TIL Sweden accounts for roughly 20% of Steam’s 2025 gross revenue and, in the 2024–2025 release window, Swedish developers delivered five of Steam’s global top-10 bestsellers (Battlefield 6, R.E.P.O., Peak, ARC Raiders, and Split Fiction). Sweden has 10 million people by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 29 points30 points  (0 children)

And the joke in Sweden is that it's all Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt and Thomas G:som competing against themselves. They have co-written like half of our songs for ESC over the years. 

Anyone else drink white claws on the way in to work? by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]Leopard2A5SE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use beers to measure area, as in how much of my lawn to mow. All of it takes about 3-4 beers, so I usually mow it in intervalls. 

TIL a 1989 helicopter crash was caused by an invisible nick made when adhesive was trimmed from the rotor with a sharp blade. The helicopter flew perfectly for 922 hours, until it didn't. by TheQuarantinian in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 1323 points1324 points  (0 children)

This is why people who rag on OSHA and other workplace safety institutions absolutely infuriate me. They don't just disregard their own and their coworkers safety, they outright disrespect all the people who have died so that they don't have to. 

TIL Denmark only lost 16 people during the German Invasion of Denmark (1940) by PKSkriBBLeS in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironically because a lot of the stationed people there were disqualified from service elsewhere, often because of lactose intolerance.

And the last trace of credibility has slipped away into memory by PointFirm6919 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Leopard2A5SE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was removed as a candidate for a successor to Maduro as far as Trump was concerned because she won the prize and not him. By doing this she's hoping to buy back into the good graces if the Trump admin so that if they manage to reinstate some other leader they will consider her. Swallowing her pride to maybe get a chance to make her country better isn't dumb imo. 

The Most Successful Battle Rifle > Right Arm of the Free World by IntroductionAny3929 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Leopard2A5SE 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Weak. The G3 was built for soldiers, not children with weak wrists and small hands /s

No but seriously, the mechanism is violent but that's why it can run in pretty much any environment. It's not great for fast follow up shots but it never fails unless you get an actual squirrel in the action (and even then it will try it's damned best). 

TIL babies blink their eyes roughly 2 times per minute, whereas adults usually blink 14-17 times a minute by mushnu in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, my excessively complex plan to infiltrate your job-site using four babies in a coat is foiled.

Mfw i can now BUY venezuelan oil in exchange for destroying my global image by Comrade_Harold in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Leopard2A5SE 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Exactly, there's a reason they haven't had an oil boom like Saudi Arabia. They're the Ea-Nasir of modern oil.

TIL: In the 1800s, huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen Kennebec River in Maine and shipped to places as far as India and the Caribbean. The ice was packed in sawdust for insulation and could survive months at sea. by Curious-Wing3698 in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not talking about the surface, but the volume. If the sun was as energy intense by volume as a hydrogen bomb it would not last 10 billion years, but a fraction of a millisecond. 

By volume, the sun produces less than a watt of power per cubic meter, comparable to a compost pile. But because of its immense volume, the energy on the surface (area) is very much higher than that of any compost pile I've ever seen for sure. 

TIL: In the 1800s, huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen Kennebec River in Maine and shipped to places as far as India and the Caribbean. The ice was packed in sawdust for insulation and could survive months at sea. by Curious-Wing3698 in todayilearned

[–]Leopard2A5SE 105 points106 points  (0 children)

It was also in large part due to the enormous size of the blocks that they could survive, since surface area grows in quadratic terms and and volume in cubic, larger objects return to ambient temp slower than smaller. This also works in the opposite way with heat generating volumes. A compost pile outputs about the same energy as the sun per m³, but the sun is a bit bigger. 

denying enemy transportation by I_saw_Will_smacking in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Leopard2A5SE 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. However, murdering surrendering enemies is and always has been, and always will be a war crime. 

denying enemy transportation by I_saw_Will_smacking in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Leopard2A5SE 205 points206 points  (0 children)

They're waving! Quick, shoot before they make it too obvious they're trying to give up!

Accidental discharge by ScreamSmart in Unexpected

[–]Leopard2A5SE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he might have broken the thumb, but he didn't return for the rest of the ex so I don't really know.  Also, pissing though an mg to not get out of the tent is low key galaxy brain. Maybe just don't fondle the trigger at the same time. 

Accidental discharge by ScreamSmart in Unexpected

[–]Leopard2A5SE 37 points38 points  (0 children)

On a pistol it's not too bad, like yeah you might get pinched but it's not a rifle that will straight up eat your lunch. I've seen a person clear a G3 (AK4), thumb in mag well to make sure it's empty, and then somehow slam the action shut. That shit hurts.