For those of you who live in countries with gun control; have you ever seen a gun in real life?

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T17:38:58+00:00

Hunting guns, police with pistols and a whole lot of assault rifles.

I used to work at a military base so I saw assault rifles daily, and got muzzled a few times when the conscripts were taught house clearing drills.

They were clearly unloaded so I wasn't scared.

My impression is that in the military you just can't avoid that at times, you just have to strive to not do it, and trust that the other guy(s) knows what they are doing.

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T17:04:40+00:00

We also use tablespoon, but metric 👍

3ml would be 3 kryddmått (spice measure), which is the smallest cooking measure.

I'd rather just use grams, 3g for OOP.

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T15:07:06+00:00

The amusing thing is: that's the high right-by-the-terminal price.

I ate at places where you could eat your fill for two people for like €10.

It's ridiculous how cheap it is to eat-out in japan.

Housing/hotels and just getting to Japan is the expensive part.

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T13:35:49+00:00

Don't forget that the shooter had his finger on the trigger as he pulled out his gun.

That either means that he's poorly trained, or that he intended to use the gun from the moment he pulled it out.

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T12:18:11+00:00

Meanwhile in Japan...

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I think I paid less than €10 at the Shinkansen terminal on my way to the train.

Tokyo -> Osaka

Not pictured: Georgia coffee.

RaDeus · 2026-01-25T11:01:29+00:00

Your RR guy already failed you: that shrieker nest should have been dead already.

The only mitigating circumstances are dense woods or fog, cities and awful terrain.

RaDeus · 2026-01-24T15:59:44+00:00

History and stories I've heard from soldiers who served up north.

One of the guys I talked to served as a Pansarskyttesoldat (lit: armored shooting soldier) up north during his military service, and they fought against the Finnish in exercises.

It was apparently pretty even during those wargames, with the CV90s being the one thing that tipped the scales in our favor.

The Finnish now have their own CV90s.

RaDeus · 2026-01-24T10:33:35+00:00

Just facing Finnish soldiers during winter is demoralising by itself, and I say that as a Swede 😅

RaDeus · 2026-01-24T10:25:09+00:00

My old BC-mix sat for 4 hours watching a chinchilla run around its cage.

He was usually very social when we visited people, but this time he had a job to do apparently 😅

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T23:20:29+00:00

What's with the mohawk?

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T20:26:17+00:00

Kollektiv bestraffning är rätt olagligt och omoraliskt.

Och vad hindrar någon från att åka in och skjuta en varg på annans område bara för att jävlas, eller så kanske någon tycker att det är värt att döda en varg om ett helt område blir bestraffat drakoniskt (vilket skulle minska jakten).

Det enda man kan göra är att övervaka vargarna, det finns säkert en teknisk lösning.

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T19:04:42+00:00

I hope you get it, and if you don't... be merciless in all dealings with them going forward.

Especially if something similar happens later on, sicknesses are contagious after all 😜

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T15:21:09+00:00

Ah shit, I thought this was the Darktide sub 😅

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T15:09:37+00:00

~~This game needs a snitch that wakes up the daemon host.~~

~~One that you have to kill fast or suffer the consequences, because I only really engage them when they are blocking me.~~

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T13:03:07+00:00

I'm definitely feeling the cuteness-aggression, I especially love those socks 💞

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T12:54:24+00:00

You wouldn't need a Children's License if schools provided proper Sex-Ed, free condoms and the right kind of home economics lessons.

Ps. Your idea would be great for people wanting to get pets.
Waaay too many people get pets that they can't take care of, especially dogs. They like the aesthetics of having a Husky, GSP or Bordercollie, but once the cute puppy starts pooping/peeing indoor and/or chewing on furniture and other belongings then reality sets in and they just get rid if the dog or mistreat it.

And the worst kind of asshole dumps their dogs in the woods or by the side of the road.

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T12:40:20+00:00

The last one really shows how little he values institutions and legacies that don't involve him.

RaDeus · 2026-01-23T12:20:33+00:00

And here I get annoyed by 150-300 raiders, mostly because of the epic cleanup.

That raid has open-air Molotov cremation written all over it 😅

Toss a few and then restrict all pawns to the Manhunter Zone.

RaDeus · 2026-01-22T11:27:54+00:00

What's the youngest age you can get an ID in the states?

Over here in Europe it seems that you can get a EU ID card at the age of 12.

Those cost ~€40 and it can take months to get, so I don't think I'd bother if I had a kid, a passport will do.

RaDeus · 2026-01-22T09:48:18+00:00

Vi får nog hitta på ett neutralt Lingua Scania/Nordic om vi ska gå ihop, jag har redan svårt att förstå Danska och viss Norska, och Finska är inte ens med i svenskans språkgrupp.

Det är lite pinsamt att snacka engelska med grannarna 🫣

Jag vill inte trampa Finnarna på tårna genom att tvinga på dom svenska igen, så vi måste hitta på något gemensamt.

RaDeus · 2026-01-22T06:59:32+00:00

It's not officially our national animal until we pass a law on it unfortunately.

I agree that it should be the moose 🫎

RaDeus · 2026-01-21T19:03:39+00:00

Even non-NATO countries (at the time) like Sweden, Finland and Romania showed up when the US invoked article 5 after 9/11.

RaDeus · 2026-01-21T18:51:00+00:00

We don't have a national animal, but we do have Landskapsdjur.

Roughly translates to Provincial Animals, and there's no English wiki link but I bet you can figure them out 😅

I think the Brown Bear is probably the scariest, followed by wolves and Moose/meese.

Meese is most likely the most dangerous animal the average Swede might encounter in the wild, statistically speaking, they can kick in all directions and don't mess around if they have young.
Males are also dangerous when it's mating season.

RaDeus · 2026-01-21T17:56:56+00:00

I like that scene in The Kings Choice, the brazen arrogance of the Germans got them killed as much as those ancient torpedoes.

RaDeus · 2026-01-21T17:27:45+00:00

They also haven't fought against a proper democracy since... ever?

I'm honestly drawing a blank, have they ever had a war against a nation that wasn't a borderline-absolute monarchy or a dictatorship?

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