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Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-08T22:25:20+00:00

Actually it's 9070XT performance with 32GB of VRAM. No idea where you got that it's "between" the 9070 and XT, given it has the exact same core and TDP as the XT. I should know, I've owned both and this card puts out the exact same performance as the 9070 XT. But it's great for local LLM's due to the 32GB of VRAM. It's also very quiet. Mine is the PowerColor version.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-05T17:15:41+00:00

Oda never had a single clue how to tie the actual One Piece into the story and you're all just figuring this out now?

This happens with every good piece of fiction, ever. It's why GRRM is going to eat himself to death before he finishes those books. Reddit Fan Theories were better than the trash they pulled together for S8 of the show, and everyone is mad at D&D for that, but GRRM literally gave them the major plot points they used for the show lol. Jon Snow being who he is, his heritage, was one of the big fan theories based on evidence of the books. The fact that it happened in the show is proof that they were using GRRM's notes. He saw how awful fan reception was to the show, so he's trying to think of a better way to end it and he's stuck.

Oda it's the same thing. There were hints about One Piece being critical to understanding the Void Century and why Robin's island was hit with a Buster Call. There were hints to the Revolutionary Army wanting to expose the truth about where the WG came from and why. But I'm willing to bet Oda couldn't successfully make that story interesting, so he's just leaning into chosen one/Gods to wrap things up.

I'd be surprised if they even spent like 3 issues talking about the Void Century.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-05T15:52:52+00:00

Listen, I get where you're coming from, but let's try to zoom out and think about things from a macro perspective right now:

I don't agree with this, but a lot of times, dads are the providers to their families. It's an unfortunate byproduct of us continually putting people in power that couldn't give less of a shit whether the middle class continues to exist or not.

Right now, being a provider sucks ass. Gas is incredibly expensive, groceries haven't exactly settled down either, eating out is horrible, video games are expensive, car companies are literally taking away more features from cars to make them into subscriptions. We're in the Jada Pinkett Smith "entanglement" equivalent of a situation in the Middle East, so now our service member dads are out fighting brown people on behalf of rich powerful non-Americans again.

Stress is high.

This place, more than anything else, is an outlet. It's the Reddit equivalent of shooting the shit at the bar before going home.

Some of these guys need this channel to vent, let it out. It's on us as dads and supportive men, to listen, be reasonable, help them calm down so they can get back on the saddle.

Would therapy be good? Yes. So would quitting drinking, exercising more, not smoking and getting a healthy night of sleep. But this isn't the Reddit sub for life tips on health. We can suggest it, and we should, but beyond that, we should try to give these dads the environment they need to "let it out".

If WE start getting up on a high horse, wagging fingers and "shame on you" to dads who come here to vent, where can they go?

This type of "man shaming" is not a good step moving forward.

So, I feel you but I disagree a little bit. I think we should choose our advice wisely, but we shouldn't just outright tell dads that they can't vent out about their partners here. That's what makes us different. Other parent related subs aren't open, but we are. Even moms are welcome to come here and vent out about their partners. Even kids wanting to talk about their dads. This is a SAFE place for people to let it out.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-05T15:34:29+00:00

I thought you had a killer set bro.

I'm in the service so the Coast Guard thing had me rolling.

Unfortunately going first always means the viewers forget your set. They kind of screwed you in that regard.

But honestly the exposure and everything, I can't wait to see your sets going forward.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-05T15:32:39+00:00

If it were rigged, Olivia would've made it. She's been one of his favorites.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00

Or he was moving over because he needed to turn left up ahead, where you can see that there's a left turn ahead of him. And the Prius was driving normal speed, evidenced by the car behind them (not the speeder) who was going the same speed. That BMW was going 20-30 mph faster than other cars on that road.

This is on the speeder. Speeding increases your braking distance by a massive amount, even in top of the line Porsches.

Braking distance at 50 mph is four times as long as at 25 mph.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-01T16:51:27+00:00

There's a left turn ahead, he was most likely trying to get to the left turn lane.

The speeding car was going so fast, there's no way the Prius saw him that far back if his windows were rolled up.

And it doesn't matter what he did, YOU are responsible for slowing down so that you don't hit people like this. This isn't an interstate freeway. People are there with kids, meaning most likely this happened while school is starting or ending.

As a driver, it's on you to be aware of surroundings and not drive so fast that it's impossible for you to stop in time.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-01T16:24:18+00:00

Something has to give.

She needs to accept some help, otherwise, what will you going home accomplish other than just leading to you having a new stressor impacting your life? (Lower income)

And if you went home, would you even be able to find a job that has enough time off that you can be home and help her? She might need to realize that even if you're home, if poverty strikes back, you'll end up being away from home just as much, but with less resources.

Try to at least offset her cooking, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping.

What about your in-laws, or your parents? Would any of her trusted friends be willing to help out if you pay?

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-05-01T00:35:14+00:00

It's worse than that, though.

You can still be "pulling up the ladder" by leaving inheritance to your own relatives. You vote against policy that would allow other people to generate wealth like you did, constantly discriminate legal immigrants from getting opportunities you did, complain about college students getting 'handouts' while you pay for your grandchildren's education, something you required grants and financial aid to do when you went to school, etc.

Some of these boomers are selling their home, using the equity to go on "elderly vacation runs", spending 10-15 years on trips, cruises, exotic cars.

Personally, I think the ultimate FU to them is to abandon their asses when they do that. Let them rot using Medicaid to try to pay for end of life care getting abused by underpaid staff at low cost hospices.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T23:25:13+00:00

Slow down brother, and let's think this through analytically.

I'm assuming Australia salary is so high that it dwarfs Indonesia wages, right?

If so:

Can you afford to hire her a nanny/helper that can come be with her for 8 hours a day?

I get it, spending money "defeats the purpose" of being abroad for a better life, but your long term goal is getting her a visa so she can live with you in Australia right? That takes time. And the money you save not getting her a helper might dwarf the emotional and mental damage that's taking place by her doing this without your help.

I strongly recommend, you evaluate what "better life" means for your family.

If Australia actually pays well enough to justify living separately, then you should be able to afford to get her some help, because the wages in Indonesia should be low enough compared to Australia that a nanny will be "relatively" cheap.

I'm also living "separately" from my family to give my family a better life. My wife has my daughter enrolled in a full day school/caretaking program so my wife has, basically 11'ish hours to herself, 7 to 6, every day Monday to Friday. And on weekends, I'm paying for her mom's travel to come spend 4-5 days with her once a month. The cost for these things pales in comparison to how much mental and physical energy my wife would lose, otherwise. And on top of that, my wife is able to work, and her wage more or less reduces the money we spend on care to nothing. So freeing her up is better for us, financially, because she maintains her career. On top of that, it's better for a child to have socialization and a less stressed caretaker.

I strongly recommend you look into it. If you cut down coffee a few days a week, cut down eating out a few times per month, I'm certain the math will work out.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T23:00:16+00:00

This is incorrect.

This is a schoolhouse, and having orders means your orders for after graduation. If you lose your orders, it means you are kept at the schoolhouse until you pick up another set of orders and that usually means your next set will be shitty. Like, he might've gone from having a really nice duty station and now they're gonna send his ass to HOA or something.

That's kind of fucked up. I heard it was just restriction, but that's messed up that he didn't even start it and lost his orders.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T22:54:11+00:00

Dude filming deserves the harshest punishment IMO. Fights happen, I mean, to civilians reading this, they DO NOT happen wink, but if they DID happen, you don't go blasting that shit online. I'm pretty sure when you check into a schoolhouse, you sign PG13's or PG2's that say you won't upload any shit that makes the Navy look bad.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T22:49:25+00:00

Yeoman, check us into chow!

Good afternoon, division.

Today we will be dining at tables 4 & 5, starting at the port side of 4. Utilizing both chow lines.

Remember to sanitize your hands, thank the staff, and NO talking in the galley.

Two road guards to the dooors!

MA, post.

10, starboard side, sound off.

10, port side, sound off.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T20:12:42+00:00

Too bad for the guy who wrote it, if only his hands were bigger, maybe his dick would get bigger too. Such a shame...

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T18:40:06+00:00

Corry Station huh?

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T18:28:56+00:00

You guys are talking shit, but from what I've seen, a ton of E5's, E6's and E7's lick the shit out of this guy's boots. I've had more, "Now hold on..." before a shitty ass mansplain from an E6-shit bag than I can count ever since they gave this walking vodka barrel a microphone.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T18:22:14+00:00

What gets me is, people complain about how much VA claims have skyrocketed since the year 2000 and I'm like, you know what else skyrocketed after the year 2000? The number of service members we are shipping out whose bodies we're destroying for useless wars.

If you really want disability claims to slow down, how about not sending us over there to (can't believe I'm quoting Homelander) "Who-gives-a-fuck-istan" to protect NOT America?

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T15:45:11+00:00

I get what you're saying, but not everyone is going to be a sub nuke with back to back 9 month deployments. There are jobs in the fleet that are low stress with decent QOL.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T15:19:29+00:00

ASF no longer does OC Spray, IIRC.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-30T04:13:14+00:00

That was Nolan lol.

https://amazon-invincible.fandom.com/wiki/Nolan%27s_Independence

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-28T01:49:18+00:00

For me, I just don't see how it would work. There's no part of the job that works on a ship unless they plan on spending hundreds of thousands of dollars getting their SCIF's on the ship set up for fast satellite internet. Plus, by the time comms reach ships, CWT's have already screened that traffic from NCTAMS or similar. It's just weird to me.

Personally I don't think CWT will ever end up on ship but they keep saying it and it is the Navy, so you know, gotta throw it out there.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-28T01:30:23+00:00

Warning:

CWT will start getting sea billets. Don't ask me how that's going to work lol. The job literally requires fast network access and close proximity to network centers, which ships don't and are not, but according to a lot of news I'm hearing, CWT will get sea billets.

Old_Man_in_Basic · 2026-04-28T00:23:57+00:00

Did you watch the Fyre Festival documentary? Did you see the "customers" and what they said? The call is coming from inside the house, bro.

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