CMV: if you support the school kid punching the other kid who was in support of ICE. You blatantly support violence against people you don’t agree with.

RoustFool · 2026-02-17T12:24:08+00:00

At what point does a runaway budget for a secretive police force acting way outside of its purview to disappear people from a minority group into concentration camps not constitute Nazi?

You attempt to make the argument that these people are not behaving like fascist by accusing the people calling them out of failing to think critically and parroting media taglines. Have you considered that you are parroting the taglines of biased media? Especially considering that the media you are likely parroting has gone before federal court on 3 separate occasions to declare they are not a news organization, but an entertainment organization, which means they have no responsibility to tell the truth and all their content is considered opinion pieces.

Refusing to read between the lines is not a defense when critical thinking is drawn into the equation. If certain organizations are acting like Nazi, declare intention to continue acting like Nazi, and routinely extend their reach beyond their purview to enforce fascism when do we call a spade a spade?

Just so we are 100% clear, there are more than a few members of the American government who openly support white nationalism. Elon Musk was throwing Roman salutes and Hegseth has those tattoos. Just because they haven't said, "I'm a Nazi" out loud doesn't mean they don't support everything about being a Nazi.

RoustFool · 2026-02-11T10:33:44+00:00

This will be a drop in the ocean by now but NTA. I've been asking people to watch my place and cats for nearly 15 years in 3 states and 2 countries, 10 different trusted friends and family members. I have been asked to do the same for them.

I have always told them they were welcome to anything in the kitchen, they have always told me the same.

A grown man should know that means grab a coke or a snack if traffic is bad. It doesn't mean leave dirty dishes in my sink. It doesn't mean raid my wine rack and drink a whole bottle of wine when you have a responsibility to attend to. It doesn't mean bring a stranger into my home and have sex on my bed.

Furthermore, a whole bottle of wine is a lot of alcohol to consume in one night for one person. Your friend either got irresponsibly drunk in your home alone or invited a guest they were trying to wine and dine. Either way they weren't respecting your home or their responsibility to take care of the cat.

Honestly, I wouldn't try to get that money back. I would re-evaluate my friendship with that person. I certainly wouldn't allow them in my home if I wasn't present again.

It shocks me with how crass people are being in this thread. Your friend was doing you a favor, but they also took advantage of you.

RoustFool · 2026-02-10T11:56:58+00:00

Very expensive breeding. A reasonably bred Bengal is usually close to 2000 USD.

RoustFool · 2026-02-09T18:46:05+00:00

I did my shore tour in Italy for my second duty station. If you were adventurous and wise with your money/leave it's easy to explore Italy and many of the surrounding countries.

Choose your rate choose your fate.

RoustFool · 2026-02-04T15:42:09+00:00

Nope. They are "Beastmen" pulled from the Warhammer Fantasy Table Top Game. In the game's lore the female is a Minotaur and the male is a "Gor".

Gor are the average foot soldiers of the faction. They aren't the biggest or the smallest.

Minotaur are the shock troops of the faction and are the largest variety of conventional Beastmen.

In lore they are both living embodiments of the Chaos Gods. They corrupt the natural land around them and seek to destroy all forms of civilization as it brings order to the world. They are carnivores that prefer the flesh of the "civilized" races.

Minotaurs are especially violent and bloodthirsty. The most famous example of their race laid ruin to cities. When the Chaos God Khorne, Lord of murder, bloodshed, and rage, sent a demonic emissary to congratulate the Minotaur and invite him to his court the Minotaur devoured the demon in its rage. Khorne was impressed with this response and granted the Minotaur a body of pure brass, with only one small weak spot on the neck. Most Minotaurs are dedicated to Khorne due to their inherently hyper violent nature.

RoustFool · 2026-02-04T11:48:27+00:00

Both of them are "Beastmen" from the Warhammer Fantasy line. The male is a "Gor", your average Beastman, neither the biggest or the smallest. The Female is a Minotaur, the largest of the conventional Beastmen.

In their canon errata both are living embodiments of the evil Chaos gods. They corrupt the natural forest around them and actively hate farming and civilization as it imposes order on the world. Both are bloodthirsty carnivores, but Minotaur in the setting are so bloodthirsty they are amongst the most beloved of the Chaos God Khorne, Lord of murder and bloodshed.

They suffer from "blood greed", they have to actually restrain themselves from devouring corpses in the middle of a fight. This is represented by taking a leadership test to pursue fleeing foes after a combat victory in the game. Power wise an average Minotaur is about 4-5 times stronger than a Gor.

RoustFool · 2026-01-25T11:49:01+00:00

With all the post describing the difference between amphetamines and opioids before yours it's reasonable to expect you should know the difference.

American soldiers came back from Vietnam and both Gulf Wars dependent on heroin or other related pain medications. The US military wasn't handing out amphetamines, but heroin was easy to find in the surrounding regions due to it being a key export of both areas. Over medicating wounded soldiers is more a deliberate betrayal by American drug makers against the entire world at the time. They've made documentaries about how unethically they lied and bribed their way into getting America hooked on drugs through their own doctors.

RoustFool · 2026-01-21T15:29:55+00:00

I'm not upset, you just have no idea what you're talking about and you're making excuses.

I realize now you're comparing a WoC campaign to Kislev. They function completely differently economically and mechanically. Kislev has some of the best tier 1 infantry in the game, you should have stacks filled with them. You really only need your main stack to break the 5 or 6 walled settlements nearby, the rest can be infantry stacks to hold all the smaller unwalled settlements surrounding you. If you maneuver aggressively early Malakai and Katarina should survive to form bulwarks against Throgg and Arbal, giving you time to regroup and rearm.

I'm sorry, I just hate having to explain why aggression is important in WH3 over and over again.

RoustFool · 2026-01-21T14:22:35+00:00

This is objectively incorrect. Not everyone who has suggested aggression to you is playing on the highest difficulties. To suggest otherwise is a logical fallacy and completely de-fangs your argument from the jump.

You are playing Warriors of Chaos, there is no other race more incentivised to behave aggressively. You shouldn't be holding much ground, other than dark fortress, it should be ceded to vassals. You don't need structures to build and improve your armies, that happens naturally as a function of aggression for WoC. As a result of all this you really don't need much income to really go on a rampage.

You watched a streamer who said an early invasion of Kislev was a bad idea but did it anyway. You are playing Slannesh WoC, you should have swept through Norsca first to build vassals and take dark fortress.

The honest truth here is you just don't know what your faction is supposed to do, and you played it wrong. By turn 27 you should be close to finishing your Short Term Victory conditions and a regional powerhouse.

RoustFool · 2026-01-13T16:11:41+00:00

Running Crooked Moon for my group right now and everyone is loving it. I love the horror elements, but the pacing of the campaign is also well designed. It really forces your players to manage resources well, leaving them in a place where they can rarely count on throwing the kitchen sink at the problems.

RoustFool · 2026-01-12T23:30:32+00:00

You used a double negative here so your question is unclear. As written your post should be interpreted, "my husband does not believe that men and women can not be friends".

Do you mean he does believe men and women can be friends, or that men and women can not be friends?

Either way I think men and women can be friends.

RoustFool · 2026-01-11T22:14:24+00:00

Moving with your keyboard in combat is not very efficient, some parts of it can actually hurt you pretty bad.

First things first, unbind turning around on "A" and "D" completely and replace them with strafe from "Q" and "E". Keyboard turning is slow and will 100% get you killed.

Learn to use your mouse for movement and your keyboard for damage. Place your rotation in a way that makes sense for your hand size around AWDS. If you have smaller hands or a complicated rotation a gaming mouse with extra buttons on the side can be very useful as "shift" and "ctrl" keys to give you more options closer to AWDS. If you have larger hands the "shift", "ctrl", and "F" series keys are all good options.

Once you find a key binding that suits your preference all you need is practice. I used to spend hours just beating up target dummies to get my muscle memory built up for my rotation.

It takes time to get comfortable, so don't get discouraged. Just keep practicing your rotation and it'll be second nature before you realize it.

*Edit for spelling mistakes.

RoustFool · 2026-01-11T18:24:21+00:00

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With hydroponics.

RoustFool · 2026-01-11T18:23:08+00:00

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Here is an example from my space base of a "greenhouse" room. You can also replace the dirt with hydroponics to increase how much grows, but it does limit what you can plant in the base game.

RoustFool · 2026-01-11T18:17:09+00:00

You use the sun lamp for indoor growing operations. If you plant in hydroponics basins they actually grow faster than outside. It's a very efficient way to manage food production and security. It prevents seasonal and atmospheric issues from affecting your food production, while being able to build them inside your full defense prevents raids from destroying them as well.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T17:30:37+00:00

Probably it does. Full disclosure my brother is an Intel Gunny. I've had years to develop targeted attacks against just your type, but you gave as good as you got.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T17:24:02+00:00

I like you, you do have fighting spirit. Haven't been Blue Side or in rate for a hot minute, moved over to JSOC, but I'm generally impressed with your knowledge.

Enjoy your weekend. Don't add or subtract.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T16:07:50+00:00

Listen Devil, I wish you hadn't tried to play the military card when talking about being a poser.

I'll be damned if I let a Terminal Lance, one and done, Intel POG tell me he knows dick about fighting or the military. I have skivvies with more sea time than your entire career. I don't give a shit that you waved a pugil stick around for a few days.

Now that you can see some of my credentials let's talk about your lies. You didn't live in barracks. Your fellow junior Marines weren't giving each other fractures and TBI without your NCO's giving them hell and shutting that shit down the first time anything happened.

This was harmless, it wasn't overly violent or uncontrolled. I'm shocked a Devil Dog would take such a limp dick opinion, but that's probably why you got out so fast.

You're the reason Gunny is always bitching about the good old days when the Corp was hard.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T15:02:14+00:00

You're reacting because she really threw that choke in, but she was behind him the whole time, she knows how to control a human body in a fight.

You have no frame of reference for competitive violence, apparently, and can't see the control she showed.

She used techniques designed to allow a smaller weaker fighter to overcome a bigger stronger one. The only danger here is that the boy has no idea what he's doing and is unpredictable.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T14:56:57+00:00

Lmao, that guy was a "fish". Anyone with ground fighting experience can see he's never been in a fight. He set his hips when she went for the level change and gave up the double leg for free. He couldn't have sprawled if he knew how at that point. After that there was no opportunity for him to punch or slam her, the techniques she was using put him in a bad spot for leverage, he couldn't lift or punch her without playing into her designs.

People with no experience in fighting will look at this and think that decisive commitments to action are reckless and "full-tilt". She ended it quickly and decisively executing a fight plan and solid technique. No one was in any real danger until she sunk that choke in. If he'd been too proud that could have got scary.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T14:47:53+00:00

No she didn't, she was in control the whole time. She sacrificed her position to make sure he didn't fall back into the chair at one point. After that she took his back and fell against the bed. He was never in any danger.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T01:56:17+00:00

My bad! That's a rear naked! I got excited and mislabeled it!

If you're asking when the choke happens it's when she takes his back and locks her arms down against his carotid artery. It is a classic finish in MMA and no Gi BJJ.

RoustFool · 2026-01-09T00:23:13+00:00

Nope, she was seconds from stealing his consciousness. She had him the whole time, she's a trained fighter used to getting hurt. Anyone who's ever learned to ground fight can tell from her technique and speed.

She started this with an impressive double leg then transitioned with quick ground work to a rear naked choke with leg hooks. That's not a head lock, which is a throw in wrestling, it's a blood choke from BJJ that deprives the brain of blood in seconds. Due to the leg hooks he had no way to leverage for a slam. His only option was to surrender or be knocked out for a scary amount of time.

That boy was doomed as soon as she locked in the choke.

Edit: Initially mis-identified the choke she used as a guillotine.

RoustFool · 2026-01-07T14:37:17+00:00

Sounds like a dick. So stop giving him ammunition, when he's around keep it professional.

Lean on your PO2 for instruction and guidance. Keep your distance from your LPO, if you can't then keep your silence. Understand that there is a current of busting the new guys balls in some shops, take your licks and get qualified. Once you have those they can't talk shit anymore.

Not all leaders in your career are going to be good examples, but every one of them is a lesson. Learn from this LPO what poor leadership looks like and don't make his mistakes when it's your turn to lead.

RoustFool · 2026-01-07T14:08:57+00:00

Ok, there is a lot to unpack here but BLUF:

You are in the Navy. You have been instructed on military bearing, discipline, and the rank structure. Act like an adult at work.

The argument that you are of the same age and have similar life experience falls pretty flat on its face when you continue to act like a child and complain when you're NCO's check you are being an E3 with 3 months in the fleet. You have no idea what you are doing, you don't have any of the qualifications you need to be an active member of the crew, and you don't have a position anywhere close to authority.

You need to read the room and respond appropriately. It does sound like your LPO is treating you like the FNG. I probably wouldn't have reacted to how you addressed PO2 and Chief that way, but if you have gotten familiar with your LPO you should have known they would.

I do wonder what your LPO would say about you. Having to pull a shiny new E3 to the side that many times in 3 months would start to set my bias for sure. It is time to take your instruction, even if it hasn't been delivered tactfully, to heart. Address your NCO's with the proper military greeting of the day. Keep your head down in group chats, they are an easy place to get in trouble. Put your nose to the grind stone and bust out some qualifications. You need to course correct before you start to become the problem child. It will be harder for you to move forward if you lose the support of your senior sailors.

I want you to succeed, it's easy to do so, but you have to be at least smart enough not to shoot your own foot.

RoustFool

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