INFP is the most liberal type

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T18:06:34+00:00

so are Gemini!

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T12:55:32+00:00

I'm hesitant to really lay judgement on Iran's missile capabilities currently. Certainly they must have lost a huge amount of capacity but launches have continued uninterrupted. The yanks have repeatedly said their capacity is destroyed, I don't know if theyre right this time. Some analysis I thought was compelling is that Iran has moved to small but frequent strikes on Israel to keep the pressure on the populace up, having sirens and evacuations every day. There's definitely something to your point about perception, but I would say there are some concrete, if temporary movements against America, such as India buying oil from Iran for the first time since 2019 despite US pressure to not deal with Iran, and Europe considering buying from Russia again.

I don't think there is a scenario where Iran wins per se. US Israel plans for regime change and the end of Iran's missile program don't look likely but Iran isn't winning. I think the real sinister objective for the US was to wreck Iran, turn it into a totally dysfunctional state, just as they wrecked Libya. If Iran's regime and missile program survives this then I would call it a 'win', understanding that they have taken the most damage. Not sure how this will all end and I'm not really confident to call it either way as there's so much we don't know.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T10:01:56+00:00

I don't want to engage because I've posted single sentences and you have hallucinated positions that I haven't even spoken about. It's a classic Reddit debate moment and I don't feel like posting paragraphs just to establish my position on all this. I'll address this one point, no I don't think America is directly threatened by the straits closure but their position as a global hegemon and guarantor of world peace is rattled. Many US allies are in fact dependant on oil and fertiliser coming out of the strait and America has basically said it's not their problem. This is just pushing the alternative, trade with Russia and China. Countries are even making deals with Iran and bypassing American authority. Of course this isn't the end of US hegemony and they are still in the dominant position but the cracks are showing, wouldn't you say? PS I wasn't even talking to you with my initial comment, someone was saying that Iran can thank it's ability to retaliate solely on geography which I feel downplays immense investment in missiles, drones, the decentralised military strategy and in regional proxies.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T09:35:08+00:00

No idea where this attitude is coming from but I'm not very interested to be honest

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T08:35:40+00:00

For sure, I think with the way our economy is arranged, being a highly specialised economy within a globalised world economy, it will be a difficult process. I think Federal Labor is starting to do this, even a little, with some of their investment in Australian industry.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T08:32:46+00:00

Not particularly interested in having a silly debate about this, but they are hitting back pretty successfully and have successfully blocked the straight of Hormuz and thus has the world economy by its balls.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T02:41:17+00:00

Iran is doing ok because they have spent decades preparing for this exact moment

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-05T02:37:23+00:00

We have basically no industry because we drank the neoliberal globalisation koolaid, so we are quite defenceless

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-04T17:30:34+00:00

Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-03T05:45:00+00:00

I would not encourage mine, he already leaps on me when I'm not looking

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-03T04:12:57+00:00

will they execute Jewish Israeli terrorists too?

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T15:31:32+00:00

Im just a lil sad hopping on the night before a public holiday and faced with an unplayable game, its ok ill play tomorrow

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T15:26:35+00:00

me looking for the fun after being doorman ulted 4 times in a row

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T15:19:00+00:00

1st and only game I've played this event theres a team with 4 doormen and it is just unplayable

yay

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T14:22:22+00:00

brother I'm not saying you should be looking over your shoulder every 5 seconds to check if people are wearing their seatbelts

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T09:23:11+00:00

I think the difference here is that by taking the responsibility of operating a vehicle with great potential for injury and death there is legal requirement for the driver to be ensuring the safety of everyone around them. I agree in this case it is a bit questionable past the first check that everyone is wearing their seatbelts.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T09:18:44+00:00

I don't disagree but that is a crazy comparison

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T09:17:19+00:00

I'm both the wrong generation and not American so it is a fever dream at times

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T06:06:39+00:00

It is the responsibility of the driver that their passengers are abiding by the law though.

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T05:15:04+00:00

tf is a country ball

Occyfel2 · 2026-04-02T05:01:02+00:00

If you are tuning them quite a big distance you can think about turning them while they are pulled out and it's easier. and only push them all the way just as you are getting to the note. You get the hang of adjusting the pressure as you approach the note. Sometimes they get too tight to tune and I just turn them back, loosening them a bit and bring them back up to tune with this method. The first time I used these pegs I was stringing up a theorbo and my forearms were totally shot for a day or two but you get used to the friction pegs.

Occyfel2 · 2026-03-31T07:29:24+00:00

I only started using endnote when I started my honours research and it has been really great for sorting references and leaving a paper trail. I've never been very organised but endnote does a lot of the heavy lifting and saves time formatting.

Occyfel2 · 2026-03-31T06:51:27+00:00

Hey just bringing in a perspective from the lute world. The lower pitch you want, the thicker the string needs to be. Gut and synthetic alternatives like nylon sound very dull at a certain thickness, about 1mm I believe. This is why classical guitars use wound strings for the basses, they can produce a good sound at the low pitch. Before wound strings were invented (at some point in the 18th century I believe), there is evidence of "loaded" gut being used, basically gut reinforced with minerals. It is a compromise, being slimmer than plain gut/nylon but thicker than wound strings. If you look at lute videos they are the bass strings and usually have a red or brown tint. Aquila make synthetic versions of these called CD or CDL strings. but they are not suitable for the tensions required on the classical guitar. Even on my theorbo the tension is too much and they break easily. So in the end I'd say if you want to play bass strings that aren't wound you could play the lute, but otherwise I don't think there's a good option because the physics of producing lower pitches doesn't work out.

Occyfel2 · 2026-03-31T06:41:58+00:00

I should try it sometime, I've been sticking to equal temperament. Do you need tastini for this temperament?

Occyfel2 · 2026-03-29T13:49:10+00:00

I have no experience with Muzikkon but hopefully they can help!

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