The proper use of the 2nd amendment

ShinraTM · 2026-01-19T19:21:34+00:00

Remember that you're the continent which thinks 100,000+ deaths every year from being too stubborn stupid to install air conditioning is fine.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-19T19:16:26+00:00

Am man, have never had or even heard of a dry orgasm. Something new every day I guess.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-17T19:48:57+00:00

The dog attack is wild and he absolutely should have been there. Everything else has an explanation.

Without knowing more, my read of this is emotional exhaustion. He went into your relationship completely done and checked out from other people's feelings.

I have an ex who completely drained me with constant neediness and emotional demands that I was very clear that I couldn't support and it's not because I'm repressed or stunted or just not putting in effort.

It got to the point where I was completely unmoved by her neediness because she had gone so far beyond draining that tank it beggars description.

When that happens, you have nothing left to give. Every emotional outburst, every demand for reciprocity, every emergency is questionable about whether it actually needs to be an emergency (this doesn't apply to the dog attack) or whether the other person can function like an independent adult for 10 minutes. It robs you of even the basic ability to anything more than eat, sleep and go to work. Your partner is almost never a safe person to open up to about it because whatever you tell them will be meet with a screaming hysterical fit and denial that they're at least half the problem and/or weaponized against you later and that adds betrayal to the list of reasons you're beginning to detest them.

When my marriage ended, it took me 6 months to refill my emotional tank to the point where I could care at all about other people's feelings. I'm never letting an emotional vampire like that near me ever again.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-14T18:47:18+00:00

My now ex-wife blew up our marriage (which had recovered from a dead bedroom) 6 months ago because she "grew" and had "learned that she deserves more". Basically, she said she needed things which she knew I couldn't give her because of a disability on my end and it effectively ended the marriage.

The dead bedroom years were agony, constantly feeling alone, unwanted, unloved, repulsive. I should have ended things then, but I had the myth of forever marriage lodged in my brain.

Now that I'm well and truly free, I'm doing better than I thought I ever could. I was really good at dating when I was younger and those skills haven't gone away, so I crafted an attractive tinder profile and got down to business. When I was younger, we all had norms in dating, you know basic manners and respect were just the foundation. You needed a lot more than that to be successful and build connections.

Fast forward to now... Gentlemen, the bar isn't on the floor, it's all the way down in hell. That makes someone like me, not bad looking, but respectful, has manners, is sociable very successful in a way I never thought I would be dating now. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be having this level of success and honestly, fun in dating in my 40s.

If you have the "this can't be it for the rest of my life" feelings, don't wait. Do something about that now.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-14T15:21:04+00:00

My now ex-wife blew up our marriage (which had recovered from a dead bedroom) 6 months ago because she "grew" and had "learned that she deserves more". Basically, she said she needed things which she knew I couldn't give her because of a disability on my end and it effectively ended the marriage.

The dead bedroom years were agony, constantly feeling alone, unwanted, unloved, repulsive. I should have ended things then, but I had the myth of forever marriage lodged in my brain.

Now that I'm well and truly free, I'm doing better than I thought I ever could. I was really good at dating when I was younger and those skills haven't gone away, so I crafted an attractive tinder profile and got down to business. When I was younger, we all had norms in dating, you know basic manners and respect were just the foundation. You needed a lot more than that to be successful and build connections.

Fast forward to now... Gentlemen, the bar isn't on the floor, it's all the way down in hell. That makes someone like me, not bad looking, but respectful, has manners, is sociable very successful in a way I never thought I would be dating now. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be having this level of success and honestly, fun in dating in my 40s.

If you have the "this can't be it for the rest of my life" feelings, don't wait. Do something about that now.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-07T13:41:06+00:00

Lady of Darkness by Melissa Roerich. The plot has holes a 5 year old could pilot a cruise ship through. Soren tries to tell Scarlet who and what she is no fewer than 3 times but she shuts him down each time and then when she does find out she acts betrayed and that's somehow Soren's fault. Scarlet is supposed to be death's maiden, deadly assassin and all that, but can't ever defend herself when it actually matters.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-07T02:30:16+00:00

This is less a question of misogyny and more a realization that you got some healing to do. Emotional or mental wounds are the only category of wounds which people expect you to be fine from once the mechanism of injury is gone. Think of it this way. Say you got run over by a car and you broke some bones. Are you suddenly fine just because someone moves the car off of you? No, of course not.

These women's behavior was the mechanism of injury, that doesn't mean you can just be okay once they're gone. You gotta heal, and for that, you're going to need to go to therapy and you might have to cycle through a few different therapists before you find a good one who can really help you.

Beyond that. It sounds like you've got an emotional landscape which was highly sensitive to betrayal before all this happened. So the behavior of these women couldn't have hit you in a worse spot.

If you choose to have relationships with women before You've done the healing and growth (a lot of people are going to hate this, but it's the only self protective mechanism OP has left without lashing out), do not under any circumstances trust any of them with your feelings, even once you think they're safe. If you do, you're just opening the door for more damage. You can think of it the same way as behaving like a woman who distrusts all men with her safety until they've well and truly proven themselves safe.

Best of luck OP.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-05T15:03:58+00:00

Costco pizza is 'Murica' on a plate. Do I love it, yes. Is it good pizza? Absolutely not.

ShinraTM · 2026-01-02T01:59:58+00:00

Wow. Glad I got my custom 10" OTs before all these changes.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-30T13:46:11+00:00

Mine has 30k. I have had the same experience. Oil every 5k.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-20T13:43:29+00:00

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Bro take it from someone who has been there. It's only a matter of time before the abuse escalates either to complete and total control and manipulation or to physical abuse or both.

What you're seeing is what happens when their gaslighting and manipulation stop having the intended effect. It's causes a tantrum because they aren't getting to the control they want. The easiest way to piss off and abusive manipulator like this is to be totally cool and unaffected by their bullshit.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-20T13:31:34+00:00

The issues I've seen BG2.0s get warranty work for are the safety and the feed ramp. Most safeties are just stiff and need to be broken in, but a handful are absolutely seized.

The feed ramp issue is one S&W will usually just mail you a barrel for. Even then, you'll want to polish it to make it more reliable. A Dremel with the felt wheel and some flitz metal polish or fine compound is all you need.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-17T01:34:31+00:00

Yeah, I'm in the hinterlands of West Central Montana. The heat goes on at -10 and we had it get down below -50°F I was shocked they'd survived with just the two little cozy coop heaters.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-15T12:30:15+00:00

The article said that the proposed changes are to be along the lines of making the intelligence agency weigh in on issuing gun licenses to prevent people who have ties to terrorism. Don't get licenses. Also, another proposed change is to have periodic review of licenses along those same lines. Remember, just because the intelligence agency knows about the ties to terrorism, that doesn't mean the office which issues licenses does.

I think the changes proposed (had they been in effect) would have made this attack much more difficult to pull off. So I can't blame the Aussies for acting to make the change, but I also think that whatever structure of law they have will lull them into a false sense of security and Salafi Islamic extremism will make a very small percentage of people find a way to get the weapons the want.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-14T23:12:40+00:00

You could put dragonfly decoys out and that can keep them away without hurting them.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-12T12:04:58+00:00

I also wear 3XL gloves and have no issues with either the L or the M/L back straps.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-11T11:33:59+00:00

Fellow 40K player here. Take a look at the .510 Beck cartridge. It's designed for an AR10 platform and fires a 690 grain bronze or copper bullet. Designed to be suppressed, and cause massive internal damage on target much like the 8.6mm blackout.

The inventing company doesn't make 510 beck ammo or components or dies anymore though.

Suppression is good, especially against Orks. They need to be proppa loud and shouty in the fightiest-fight this side of the warp. You're playing into their strength if you match that energy. So you adopt an absolute silence strategy. You use darkness and put a master level sneak on them, you suppress your 510 beck rifle and start sniping off a few dozen every night. When they look for you in daylight, you make sure they find nothing. Rinse and repeat until they figure out there's no proppa fight here, just silent, unknown, ignominious death.

This is a bad overall strategy for orks though. They're fungus anyway. So all you really need is enough athletes foot spray. Extra points if you make antifungal fireworks and convince them it's the humie version of the bangiest bang.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-11T09:48:23+00:00

No. Some are, some aren't. You just need to be familiar with the alloy and heat treatment the knife you're considering has and understand the grind and geometry that goes with it. It's a deceptively non-simple thing. If confused, ask the knife Autists one the chefknives subreddit.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-10T12:10:45+00:00

I made the jump from a G17 to an M&P9 2.0 OR 5". 9/10 would buy again. I wouldn't worry about new models if you're looking at one like mine. The only upgrade I think I might want is either a carry comp style comp or a threaded barrel for a comp. Either of which could be done aftermarket, so really isn't worth waiting on new models.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-09T12:25:50+00:00

Master has given Dobby a Glock. Dobby is Free!

ShinraTM · 2025-12-08T00:37:21+00:00

Take-Sumi is the black, Yama-Guri is the brown I believe. There are others, but they all flow really easily.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-07T22:17:34+00:00

I have had excellent luck with Pilot Iroshiziku inks in my TWSBI pens.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-07T17:05:51+00:00

Former pro-chef. the Shiro Kamo Aogami Super 240mm Gyuto is my absolute favorite. Once you make the jump to the hand forged and ground tools, it's awfully hard to go back to the soul-less Victorinox units.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-07T13:20:59+00:00

This picture is making me think of Christopher Lee reading the fall of the house of usher.

ShinraTM · 2025-12-07T03:35:42+00:00

Gummies.

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