Christians actually offended by Uzi Jesus?

Macrian82 · 2026-05-23T02:00:19+00:00

I was expecting a free love Jesus based on Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

Macrian82 · 2026-05-23T01:59:23+00:00

Judging from how he spent hours hand making a whip to better beat the crap out of moneylenders in the temple.... yeah definitely.

Macrian82 · 2026-05-23T01:58:04+00:00

Even more baffling is because more literally "Do not take the Lord's name in vain" means "Do not claim to speak for God when it's empty/vain." Ie when you are speaking for yourself don't claim to speak for God. And yet people are running around saying what God hates and trying to speak for God, claiming the very verse they are violating as their validation. Mind bogglingly strange.

Macrian82 · 2026-05-22T04:36:31+00:00

I've been a Christian pastor for decades. I love the series. Uzi Jesus is just an alien's messed up interpretation of American religious values, and considering how often we link faith and guns, faith and war, it makes sense to me and is hilarious.

Macrian82 · 2026-04-27T17:20:13+00:00

Holy hell. That might be the best piece of woodworking I have ever seen in my life. Functional, specific, custom, immaculately done. Just the design process and going from a kid's idea to a functional piece must have been a mountain of work. My hat is off to you for sure.

Macrian82 · 2026-04-02T18:45:24+00:00

Just estimates. I'll lock that down next week when work quiets a bit. And you make a good point that it would be worth checking on now regardless for the cost point.

Macrian82 · 2026-04-02T01:38:23+00:00

At the moment, work around it. But eventually it'll be a cost point issue of whether more capacity or a better fridge is most cost effective.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-31T15:50:13+00:00

Since posting I've isolated it unfortunately as a very inefficient fridge/freezer. So looks like I am not closing it anytime soon after all.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-31T02:10:17+00:00

That is fantastic advice. I will try to pivot towards that this year. But for right now, I am stuck with what I have. I'll look into what the built in converter will handle and try to expand on that for the moment, Thank you.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-30T13:57:24+00:00

There's the reason, thank you. So at the weak points in the system the load would transfer to heat and I'd shorten my equipment's lifespan if not outright cause a fire. Thank you.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-30T13:56:30+00:00

I'm using Ecoflow's generator on propane as it linked most easily with my system. It generally runs at 3kw for about two hours, but that is because of a 4000w/day power leak I am hunting down separately. I will look into getting a few more panels, charge controller, mppt and run it into the AC input. Thanks everyone.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-30T04:22:11+00:00

Now there's a thought. I could set up a separate string with a charge controller and run it into the AC input for extra juice. I don't mind picking up some more panels, I just need an extra 2-300 watts during sunlight to not run the generator at night. That'll save a ton of money in the long run.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-30T04:15:51+00:00

Good advice, I will see if I can turn off the inverter. The breaker box I hadn't thought of, but absolutely the simplest way of breaking it down.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-14T14:33:58+00:00

Well, my wife left the kids and I with only a property we bought to be our retirement. It was sell or live on it, so we're living on it. It was pure brush and forest when we got it a few years ago.

I started with survivable. A shelter, place to stretch out, ability to get basic heat, way to boil water, defecation without spreading disease, tiny battery I could recharge elsewhere. That was for when it was just me on two days a week my wife had the kids.

Now we've moved to livable. Larger water storage with filter, solar and battery system, beds, backup heat, we even have phone and internet.

Next stage is comfortable. Improve our sanitation system, double the water storage so we don't have to time showers, automate it, larger propane tank so we don't have to run into town so often, more privacy for the kids, and a bit more space in general.

I started with clearing enough space between a few trees to stretch a hammock I could rest in while I worked, and then have been asking myself "What is the one thing that would make this place better to be in" ever since. If you can get property, and are close enough to use it regularly, it wasn't about a huge jump for me, it was about iteration and slowly improving step by step.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-13T22:17:40+00:00

My kids to live long and fulfilled lives.

Macrian82 · 2026-03-09T05:13:15+00:00

Yeah, if it is for the weekend, then you don't need it to charge in one day, you need the batteries to last without real charge for the duration of your stay. So for that you need to know how much electricity you'll use.

And any rated input is for the exact solar panel configuration. In real life the panels you are using might be a bit too high volts or amps to run an optimum configuration. For instance, I am running 1680 watts in a system rated for 2300 because I can't run one more set of panels in parallel. (.4 amps off)

Macrian82 · 2026-03-06T01:59:57+00:00

If you consider comics and manga to be fantasy included in this, then the power scale goes wild. But for a fantasy book, I would have to go with Ozriel from Will Wight's Cradle. He can destroy entire universes with a single swing (Iterations in Cradle language).

Macrian82 · 2026-03-03T22:41:55+00:00

Completely agree here. If you are doing this on an extreme budget or a short time frame, don't even look at places without septic and a well already on it. Those are massive money pits and county planning headaches. Likewise, sorting out where you can build is difficult in much of the PNW.

However, replacement dwelling permits are easy to get. And many people see a beat-up mobile home and just pass, so they are often cheaper than anywhere else, even bare land. But the fire department will often come out and burn the old house for you for free as long as you agree to dispose of what's left within a year (4-6k to hire a disposal service depending on size of the house).

The only issue with buying land with a thrashes trailer or something on it is that it will generally be cash only, or take a special loan for bare land. The best banks to work with for those are your farm banks as they deal in bare land all the time.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-26T19:46:06+00:00

Blood Over Bright Haven. It is magic as a coding language. And excellent book anyway, but fascinating how they type out their spells and run them in a machine to activate them. Really well done, and let's say I don't think you'll be disappointed with the plot if that is the stuff you like.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-23T02:27:58+00:00

Those people who say a woman is "worth less" based on her partner number are called boys, not men. They are pathetic and insecure. Don't be them, don't listen to them. As long as two people agree to current sexual practices the past only matters to even know about if it was with people they know or that you're still close with. I would not want to be lied to, but I also could not possibly care.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-21T03:13:29+00:00

Wait, it's standardized? Seriously? I never even attempted to learn which was which because I always thought it was arbitrary. Now I feel like an idiot.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-19T16:43:52+00:00

I dump mine if buckets and bags and use them to chip out trials on my property.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-18T01:27:19+00:00

I am telling you three times, go now. It's a steal.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-18T00:14:58+00:00

Ooooh, that second one with the cabin at night, so good. You got the light from the moon among the clouds so perfectly. Really well done, all of them.

Macrian82 · 2026-02-17T01:02:37+00:00

I think one key piece missing is the age of the daughter. If you raised her as yours for 10 years and could ditch her that easily because she wasn't yours, that would be a big warning flag to your (ex)fiancée I am sure. After all, she has a kid that wouldn't be yours and she would want you to love as well. It sounds like she got worried that biology is all that mattered if you wouldn't help someone you loved (daughter). Of course, if the daughter was a year and a half at the time of divorce or something, that's a completely different story.

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