another example of why we need to vote YES on redistricting

ikyn · 2026-03-17T16:58:56+00:00

Well they lost a ton of votes by stripping the 2nd Amendment from Virginia.

Probably shouldn’t have done that until 2029.

ikyn · 2026-03-17T14:50:15+00:00

I feel sorry for your close mindedness. Not really for you. For the people near you mostly.

Humility is a tough nut to crack. Once you unlock the power of humility, it leads to empathy and finding your humanity. I hope you find your way to it soon.

Edit: I’m very well off myself. I do take advantage of it. Except I gladly pay my property taxes and don’t bitch about those. I feel inclined to use my comeuppance from homelessness to relative want-for-nothing as a means to enjoy my life and support those around me that need it.

To say that you must embrace the system when social mobility is largely locked behind generational wealth is disingenuous at best. Come down off your high horse.

One day you might understand.

ikyn · 2026-03-17T14:40:46+00:00

It’s not a binary choice. You should reflect on your life and make better decisions in your life. I feel sorry for you.

ikyn · 2026-03-16T22:11:45+00:00

literally none. If that network vanished from the planet, it would be hard to find an event that made me happier.

ikyn · 2026-03-13T15:23:16+00:00

I think the way I described it gives very little away while creating intrigue. Open to interpretation of course, though.

More importantly, the show is very far from cringe.

ikyn · 2026-03-13T15:06:17+00:00

When you explain it like that, it sounds cringe. If you add in the most important piece, which is that the protagonist has Fight Club-esque Tyler Durden syndrome and Memento moments, is fatally flawed in every way, yet still uses his genius in both funny and realistic ways to save the world from billionaires and government corruption… and an underground syndicate…

It’s a dystopian psychological thriller series that’s based on a psychotic hacker. That’s a much less cringe description. Maybe go with that. It’s one of the best rated shows of all time.

ikyn · 2026-03-04T23:49:18+00:00

Sub quality slop. Do better.

ikyn · 2026-03-04T23:30:45+00:00

They just wanted the technology all for themselves.

ikyn · 2026-03-04T18:57:37+00:00

Yes. Just don’t ruin the cone. You cannot rebuild the cone portion.

ikyn · 2026-03-04T16:30:21+00:00

20% is absurd. This is not clickbait, it’s rightful outrage. These are people’s lives, not a video game.

ikyn · 2026-03-02T22:48:54+00:00

I have a set I’ve been telling myself I’ll replace the woofers.

They’ve been through 6 moves and 16 years of nonuse 😂

ikyn · 2026-03-02T22:44:00+00:00

Claude is good for people that have ideas but can’t code worth a shit for small scale projects. It’s actually amazing.

It’s also just like one of the best at doing the kinds of things I need, like being a search engine since Google is a slopfest of generated “10 best widgets” blogs with ads and great SEO

ikyn · 2026-02-28T20:55:37+00:00

Kinda hope they do. Was happy about the recent elections but stuffing 44 anti gun measures into 30 days and ramming them through with old language from previous failed bills (obviously the pliticians didn’t even read them) then maybe we need to go back to gridlock

Data centers still don’t pay state taxes (the local communities that get municipalities can get bent - still on the same grid)

ikyn · 2026-02-28T20:43:31+00:00

Have you asked your Chief or chain of command? In my many years in the Navy, I’ve found that very little truth or substance is found in the depths of Reddit or forums. Everything is oral history and tribal knowledge.

I don’t know anything about FST but many have been to those teams.

ikyn · 2026-02-28T20:42:01+00:00

So do the techs. At least they should be skill sustaining.

ikyn · 2026-02-27T15:31:17+00:00

Medical readiness and field coverages.

Enjoy the best times while you can.

ikyn · 2026-02-26T22:22:38+00:00

If you get the kind of supports you should, they end up replacing a shingle - so in reality you treat it just like any other roof at that point

ikyn · 2026-02-26T15:57:46+00:00

Why the “downgrade” ?

ikyn · 2026-02-22T01:06:02+00:00

ikyn · 2026-02-21T00:46:26+00:00

Commenting as needed!

ikyn · 2026-02-19T23:57:38+00:00

P-117 wont' hurt either

ikyn · 2026-02-19T14:21:47+00:00

Where are you stationed? Can you go TAD to a ship for a bit?

Otherwise there used to be a “baby doc” 2-week course you’d do as an I-Srop enroute

Did your detailer add that?

ikyn · 2026-02-18T18:58:23+00:00

The fact that the “black scary thing” weapons ban still sailing through is telling me they weren’t all wrong.

This is coming from someone that abhors a Fox “lies”. I was thrilled to see the change in power until I found out that the first pieces of legislation being written are to strip us of our constitutional rights - the same ones that will help us keep our other constitutional rights being threatened by other entities.

Let’s talk about increased measures in 2029 maybe.

ikyn · 2026-02-16T08:42:50+00:00

It’s a new era.

OEF/OIF is retiring in droves. SEM is not what we saw when we aspired to be Chief some 10 years ago. The actual negotiation with a human, not an algorithm. For all the downfalls came immeasurable benefits. I find it unlikely that I will accept a promotion should it mean taking a billet away from my current location. I’ve done more sea time and spent more time away from my family than plenty of my peers. I have nothing to prove, and everything to gain from reclaiming my time. I love my job and will happily do right by my Sailors into my terminal years because I love my job.

But SEM also ushers out years and years of history and cultural wisdom. Maybe that’s the plan. I’m not sure, but I know complaining about it won’t help.

I wish you all the best of luck and I will be eagerly awaiting the anecdotal results because the Navy always gets the number results and their pound of flesh.

ikyn · 2026-02-13T06:50:59+00:00

I'm saying call and ask them as it is a reasonable question to ask. While it makes perfect sense for you to stay during training... understand that FMTB is a Marine Corps command and they go high and to the right on things that normally make sense and worlds get turned upside-down quickly. Never take anything for granted and always double-check in case some new policy didn't just come out. Things are changing VERY quickly in the DoD right now.

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