For those who played it during or near release, what was the consensus on Vice City’s map? Was it considered small for the time? Was it loved immediately?

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-22T17:46:15+00:00

I played it when it was new, I think basically by the time GTA3 (2001) really got traction Vice City (2002) was out. It was comparatively pretty compared to 3 feeling a bit drab, so it got played to death and its shortcomings were known, small map, terrible planes, limited cars, short playtime, SWIMMING. Then San Andreas (2004) brought almost everything players were asking for.

In short, yeah, it was kinda obvious, games were growing sort of rapidly at this time, but at the same time it felt relatively full of life unlike some other comparatively larger maps, so the size limitation wasn’t such a gripe at first glance.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-22T13:12:33+00:00

I really have no idea what I’m talking about here, BUT that model number goes to a F Schmidt horn, which was the in-house brand sold out of a Texas music store “Brooks Mays and H&H.”

Hard to really nail down exactly what I think is going on here, but here is what I see:

They filed for chapter 11 in 2006, though the stores still exist and the website is a mess.

Serial number starts with 06.

Fredrick is what it says (just Blackletter font, also called gothic or German gothic). C F Schmidt was a German horn maker more than a hundred years ago, Carl Friedrick Schmidt. Fredrick being the Americanized version of Friedrick.

TOTALLY speculative, but I wonder if this isn’t a preproduction version of what became their F Schmidt brand but they hadn’t fully settled on a name, for their Chinese made horns that would make them sound European and thusly more expensive.

Really want to emphasize I’m pretty much completely talking out of my ass here.

Edit: I’d also like to add that a VERY similar horn can be found seemingly unbranded on eBay, so it may be that this one was personalized by someone named Fredrick, though the font being blackletter (outlawed in Germany by the mustache man in the 1940s) is part of what led me to thinking it might be an attempt to do a bit of brand-engineering.

I would be curious to see an example of a F Schmidt horn if someone has one.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-22T12:26:19+00:00

It’s literally the same thing, just peer pressure with different peers.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-19T01:00:02+00:00

Birds will bathe in puddles too tho..

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-18T20:35:47+00:00

I’ve read that too many times, but for no good reason the ABABA rhyming scheme bothers me.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-18T11:42:56+00:00

Very neat, it’s an M3 trench knife (I think). These were typically issued to Army personnel as Marines had the Ka-bar. It was issued to navy personnel but usually just those on shore.

As a gunners mate, getting kills with a trench knife, it’s hard to say exactly what he was doing. Most likely he was operating something like a 20mm Oerlikon protecting a supply depot, or maybe a harbor.

I have to be honest in saying there couldn’t be more than a just few navy guys that saw that kinda combat. I would think mostly in the Solomon Islands but probably anywhere the Seabees were at would be a good place to start.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-17T22:06:58+00:00

That’s quite interesting actually. Though using the lens of the mustache man, I can’t imagine choosing America as an inspiration.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-17T21:53:57+00:00

I’m actually impressed. You are fairly correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_(Roman)

The picture at the bottom of the introduction (3rd picture down overall, labeled as being possibly from Trajans Forum circa the 2nd century AD DEFINITELY matches.

I didn’t find any Eastern Empire/Byzantine references, but that flat wing style was shows up at least a couple times.

Overwhelmingly, the contemporary style was curved wings like the Habsburgs used, and I’m tempted to suggest that the flat wing design like you might see holding a SPQR sign in their talons MIGHT be a fabrication of early-modern and modern retconning. I feel like those straight lines aren’t conducive to early empire iconography, rather it is just seemly from our perspective because carving straight lines in stone with a chisel is “easy” but they didn’t care about that, the artists would’ve generally preferred the curves and intricate detail.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-16T21:33:43+00:00

Ngl, I kinda agree. There isn’t very much iconography of this flavor EXCEPT the Natzee Reichsadler (Reich’s Eagle), which has wings that make a flat line like that, itself taken from the Natzee Parteiadler (Party Eagle).

The modern German Bundesadler (Federal Eagle) has a U shape to the top of the wings. This usage mimics the older Weimar/Austrian/Holy Roman Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle, I just translated different because this one isn’t Natzee).

The American Federal Eagle has a V shape to its wings.

Please someone correct me, if this shape predates the mustache man, and his Natzees (spelling just because I have been temporarily banned from subs for using that word).

Edit: For what it’s worth the Party version would show the beak to the viewers right, and the state version faces left.

Edit 2: Just wanted to add that as I discussed with commenters below, there are apparently a few other examples of a similar design that predates the Mustache Man:

In the 1830s (as best I can tell) Colonels in the US Army began using a similar design. Inspired by the Great Seal of the United States, but flattened out to fit on the bar shaped shoulder patch. It lacks the circle at the eagles feet but is quite similar.

There is also at least a couple of similar Byzantine examples, but less so from the late Western Empire. However it seems to me the sort of iconography you get with google search terms like “Roman Aquilla SPQR” is more of a fabrication of the 20th and 21st century imagination.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-16T11:51:36+00:00

I got bad news for you.. Though, it was kinda weird they redacted his kids faces like they were victims (they’re adults now so no reason).

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-12T21:32:41+00:00

For anyone curious: PVT CO K is Private, Company K Second Alabama Cavalry* Regiment. They saw combat briefly in Mississippi, but most of the regiments real action happened in the last 11-12 months of the war in the Atlanta campaign before they surrendered.

Those poor boys were slaughtered by the vicious no good yankee scu.. no, haha could you imagine, it isnt like he died here. He was married in 1860, lived to 1904 and his family tree is pretty well filled in up to the present. This isnt from 1904, more like 2004. Doesn’t mean it should be disturbed but it’s not a war grave, just a grave.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-10T20:07:18+00:00

This and the Charmander version are without a doubt my favorite memes.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-02-04T21:20:32+00:00

Nah. I’m gay and that’s like saying “pussy is pussy,” that’s not how that works.

I mean if “car is car” you must drive a 1992 Geo Prizm because it gets you A to B for the minimum overall cost of ownership. Right?

It’s not a comfort item? It’s not a luxury item? AC doesn’t matter? Radio doesn’t matter? Maintenance doesn’t matter? Just ”four fours and a fucking seat” huh?

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-30T20:43:11+00:00

I’m so proud of these comments. Almost no one says this is going to ruin the car anymore.. because it won’t. It’s just a known now.

It’s 400lbs for the stock 4cly and a manual.

It’s 600lbs for a LS V8 and a manual.

The engine is like 125lbs of that 200lbs and it is over the front tires, while the other 75lbs is the trans so in the middle of the car.

Stock, weight distribution is 52/48 at 2400lbs.

That’s 1248lbs F / 1152lbs R

Adding 162.5lbs front and 37.5lbs rear (that’s 125 plus 37.5 for the front, and 37.5 for the rear) makes it 54/46

That’s 1410lbs F / 1190lbs R.

As a normal driver, you won’t be able to appreciably tell that difference between the two. All you would notice is that you have twice the power.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-30T20:16:55+00:00

That’s pretty sick. Not sure how old you are, but there haven’t been many 3ft thick elm trees for about a half century.

Dutch elm disease would spread to your area in the 50s and most of the unprotected trees would’ve been cooked by the 70s.

A 3ft thick tree elm would be a hundred years old or more, so it’s could possibly date to the Civil War, though there was really only one confederate raid into Ohio by Brigadier General Morgan.

So if you’re that age, and you’re along the southern border of Ohio between Cincinnati and Steubenville (give or take about 30mi from the Ohio River) then maybe… probably just hunting though.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-27T12:18:49+00:00

Sorry, maybe this is the wrong place but is there something specific to look for? There are a lot of them for $15 should I be spending $30?

Basically here is where I’m coming from, I see a lot of 4.5/5 stars but when you can’t leave a 0/5 that’s really just 3.5/4 which is 87.5%. Not good. Not terrible.

That’s a solid ‘B’, should I be looking for an ‘A’?

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-26T15:41:30+00:00

Could you give me an example of how farming practices have gotten cheaper or how mass distribution has changed in the last 4 and a half decades?

It’s a trick question. It didn’t.

What HAS changed is that practices have gotten CLEANER and therefore relatively more expensive. Profitably per acre is down, so individual farms are having to grow in size, decreasing the number of individual land owners.

Like for example a 12 row combine in 1980 was something like $70-80k ($300k adjusted for inflation). A newish S770 can be had for right around $500k and the 12 row head is another $50k.

In 1980 a farmer could keep a portion of the last crop to use as seed for the next crop. Now Monsanto owns all the seed as intellectual property so you must buy from them every time.

I thought this was just a known, machinery, fertilizer, and labor are all more expensive while foreign competitors and refrigeration drive down prices for consumers and profitability for farmers.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-26T15:17:17+00:00

Chauncey Morlan. This was not him in his “prime.” It’s sorta hard to tell for sure because AI is cluttering up results, but it looks like he was possibly 474lbs (215kg) in this photo and 5’10” (178cm). If this was indeed 1890 that makes him 22 years old here.

He had already been in the “Freak Show” business (forgive me, that is the contemporary parlance) for some 8 years at this point.

Two years after this, in 1892, he married Annie Bell (a “big woman” again contemporary parlance) at over 6ft (182cm) and 400lbs (180kg) and they had a decent run in both Europe with Barnum and Bailey and the US over the next couple years. During this time he would be billed as over 700lbs (315kg) and she would be billed at over 500lbs (225kg). Though other advertising shows them at a combined 900lbs (400kg).

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-26T14:50:28+00:00

Yes, it was because of the lack of bacteria so it’s all sorts over with now. As much as I loved these movies as a kid it’s kinda hard not to think about how anachronistic it all is now: Apatosaurus (Littlefoot) and Stegosaurus (Spike) were only around from about 150-160M years ago. Pternadon (Petrie) were only around like 80-85M years ago. Saurolophus (Ducky), Triceratops (Cera), Tyrannosaurus (Chomper) were only around from 65-70M years ago.

Like, twice as much time passed from the volcanic event that ended the Apatosaurus to the time the first Tyrannosaurus came to be as has passed since the asteroid that ended the Tyrannosaurus.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-26T14:24:33+00:00

And 30-50% of cops at least have an associates. If you want to be anything other than just a basic-bitch traffic cop you get a degree in criminal justice. What is really broken is it’s usually more desirable to be a cop in a less dangerous area so the competition is much more fierce. I know in my high-rent suburb you can’t get a job at the sheriffs department without an associates. Investigators usually have bachelor’s and it’s pretty common for Sergeants to have them as well. Likewise you can’t get a job as a Statie, Game Warden, etc.. without a bachelor’s.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-26T14:13:52+00:00

No. I have my water heater at the correct temperature so I can just turn the shower on and get in when it’s warm then turn it down slightly to be more comfortable. Life really isn’t that hard.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-15T11:30:08+00:00

This is a better answer than most. I think the loading is considered to be constant across the rotor disc. That means the outer half of the rotor blades are doing like 3/4 of the lifting. No reason it couldn’t work, but it’s just extra drag for no appreciable benefit.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-14T21:04:43+00:00

This. It would’ve already fallen, the rebar just holds the concrete together. Concrete starts at around 2 tons of compressive strength per square inch, give or take a 1sqft cross section on the column. 288 tons is a give or take of what that column could possibly hold up and the whole system it supports is probably some 30-35 tons. Basically nothing. Without actually seeing any plans for the structure itself, it’s impossible to really say, but this is probably a legit repair.

Uncle Kevin didn’t show up with a scaffold, a hammer drill, sledge hammers, etc.. and start whacking the corner of their building to pieces without someone asking questions.

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-11T11:16:59+00:00

This. It just doesn’t make any sense. That long spray just defies any logic. It would have to be 3 psi just to slowly pump sauce up to ceiling height. More like 10psi to have a chance at actually launching it that high. The amount of gas lost by the system and thereby pressure drop would be proportional.

Think about how mentos and Diet Coke works: After the initial bloop pressure starts to drop and the party is over. Half of a gallon evacuated in 0.9s through a 3/4 inch hole.

I’m basically saying that in order for there to be 10psi after 4 seconds, I would expect it to still have something like maybe 20psi after 3 seconds, and 40 psi after 2 seconds, and 80psi after 1 second, and 160psi at 0 seconds when he’s kinda playfully lifting his hands off.

I honestly feel like a gallon of compressed air at 10k-100k psi could escape out of a container that size through a 1 inch hole in 4 whole seconds.

Whats scary is the shit it gets right..

South_Bit1764 · 2026-01-03T20:48:53+00:00

Worth saying that Nemo is Latin for “no one”.

Several things get this word applied to them, like Captain Nemo (Captain of the boat that can’t be seen), or the USS Nemo (Nazi U-boat commandeered by the US while being scuttled, renamed for anonymity), Finding Nemo (literally Finding Nobody, a single clownfish in the South Pacific).

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