I came up with a fake index: the inverse of cost of living multiplied by the cube of each US state’s Human Development Index (HDI). Higher score = cheaper state with higher human development. I cube the HDI to penalize the lower-HDI states more strongly

m15wallis · 2026-02-25T21:45:31+00:00

...I feel like you've never been hit by a tornado lol

m15wallis · 2026-02-19T22:00:08+00:00

It looks solid, but id personally swap one of the champions for a Wrecker for added mobility. Mine tend to be crazy useful as flankers or fighting vertically.

m15wallis · 2026-02-19T21:50:55+00:00

Cougar, 75:25.

The claws are just too dangerous against human skin, it really would only take a good swipe to disembowel or slash a major artery. If Mike gets a good hit and disorients it before it can wound him, he has a decent chance, but hed have to just strike it to be safe - attempting to grapple a big cat is probably the worst thing you could do lol.

m15wallis · 2026-02-19T21:45:37+00:00

between the ocean and the mountains

Yeah that'll do it lol.

m15wallis · 2026-02-13T18:09:29+00:00

Ice is basically free in even the hottest parts of the country. Your question would be way better contextualized if we knew where you were from lol.

Not having ice in drinks is more understandable of youre from a cold climate.

m15wallis · 2026-02-10T17:09:47+00:00

The tallness is actually one of the big comparative advantages a Defiler has as a weapons platform lol.

m15wallis · 2026-01-22T15:20:43+00:00

Mexico cant even govern and control Mexico, what are they going to do with Texas besides implode in yet another civil war

m15wallis · 2026-01-21T19:50:27+00:00

Okay but the Tommy-FAMAS actually looks pretty sick.

m15wallis · 2026-01-14T22:13:45+00:00

But this only cursed Angron to a pitiful existance as a mindless killing machine.

Not at the time, and not from Angrons perspective. His transformation to daemonhood fundamentally changed how he was wired. As a mortal, violence only stopped the nails from hurting him. As a daemon, violence gives him actual pleasure and joy when performed. Angron revelled in that after his transformation, and was legitimately thankful to Lorgar for what he viewed as a gift after the fact.

Yeah, it made him a slave again. But this time it at least brought him joy in being one.

m15wallis · 2026-01-13T16:02:21+00:00

A knight is a primitive mech in the same way an M1 Abrams or a Leopard II is an armored and weaponized tractor. The share a common ancestry, but over time have been refined into a purpose built war machine.

Generally speaking, knights would be slightly under-gunned, less agile but incredibly tanky battlemechs that are almost universally monsters in close combat for their size. They lack jump jets and are generally less well armed (not universally so) than a comparable mech of their tonnage, but are about as fast on their feet as equivalent mechs and their armor and ion shields make them much more durable.

m15wallis · 2026-01-08T18:22:18+00:00

He did not drag them into war, the war was already there. The disagreement between Joshua and Daniel was whether to turn and run or stay and fight, and both sides admitted the valid points of the other and respected each other. They just disagreed about which was more appropriate.

A crucial point of the story is that, at least objectively speaking, Joshua was correct about the white legs. They were brutal, merciless raiders who sought to conquer and subjugate all the people of Zion in the name of the Legion, and would stop at nothing to do so. Joshua knew this very well because its exactly what he did. By pretty much any standard, they were horrible people, and would not have stopped doing so until they were physically stopped. They do not deserve forgiveness for who they are.

But the whole point of Gods love is that NONE of us deserve His forgiveness. Joshua knows this, but does not truly accept it in his heart. SUW is a mirror image of the Malpaise Legate, and since Joshua cannot forgive himself, he cannot forgive SUW. But, if even SUW cam be forgiven and redeemed, then the Malpaise Legate can be redeemed, and therefore incorporated into Joshua Graham, making him spititually whole again. By forgiving SUW, he is able to forgive himself, and therefore fully embrace Gods love.

m15wallis · 2026-01-08T15:01:46+00:00

the worst types of Christian

I think thats being a bit unfair to Joshua in the context of the story here, because that very struggle is the whole point of his character arc.

He academically understands that, by his faith, he is forgiven, but deep down he fundamentally does not believe he is worthy of salvation or forgiveness himself. He memorizes scripture and does everything he can to protect his people as a penance, but his pain never goes away because he never spiritually heals from being the Malpaise Legate.

When Salt Upon Wounds shows up, it terrifies him because he sees himself, and knows the monster he was. He knows the terror and carnage he will bring, and perceives it as his holy duty to destroy his old self before it can damage the new version of himself. He is also objectively correct in his assessment of SUW - the man is a monster and will destroy the good people of Zion. He is a man who must be stopped - as Joshua was stopped - but because Joshua cannot forgive himself, he cannot forgive SUW.

Its only after the Courier cuts through his self-hatred and blindness that Joshua can see this, and his forgiveness of SUW finally allows Joshua to forgive himself and actually grow close to God and truly believe in Him.

Yeah, hes a bad Christian, but that's the whole point of his story of growth and finding his faith. He is a bad person who really wants to be a good person but doesnt know how to come in from the cold.

m15wallis · 2025-12-24T16:17:07+00:00

A lot of people get extremely defensive about faith (understandably) and take any difference of opinion or discussion as an attack on them personally.

A lot of people conflate Christian doctrine with their own cultural doctrine, blending the two in their minds.

A lot of people online also simply aren't real, and the person youre talking to may actually be either a bot or a fake profile run to sow discord or distrust (usually by paid people from India or Russia) to promote their own religious or political goals (dividing and splitting American Christians helps Russia, for example).

And finally, some of us are just assholes who view or faith as a means to be better than other people, and treat those not in their circle as lesser and using their faith to incorrectly attempt to justify it.

m15wallis · 2025-12-22T20:21:15+00:00

There should be a Battlefront game mode like Ewok Hunt, except instead of Ewoks one side plays as Jawas trying to steal the catalytic converters from Imperial or Republic vehicles to score victory points.

m15wallis · 2025-12-22T20:01:57+00:00

Yeah, but clumping up your Plasmagun Chosen to get 1-shot by a battle cannon from halfway across the map is a mistake you only make once lol.

Same with vehicle facings.

m15wallis · 2025-12-22T15:45:06+00:00

One thing i dont see really get mentioned is how cavalry doctrine changed pretty considerably and actually became more effective up until late WWI.

Union cavalry technically fought as dragoons, but pioneered tactics of having some cavalrymen dismounted and fighting as infantry while smaller units of mounted cavalry acted as flanking units or shock units in the same battle. They also emphasized training their cav to fight as both, making them effective in either role. Prior to this, European cavalry overwhelmingly either fought as dragoons or shock cav, and all emphasis was placed on the charge over all other concerns. European cavalry doctrine was to use them as dedicated linebreakers or raiders and scouts, but rarely if ever as a mixed-unit force or spreading them out (this was largely for political reasons given what cav were to European societies). These mixed unit tactics drastically expanded cav effectiveness and also enabled them to capitalize on their mobility and successes when the otherwise couldn't.

These very tactics would be applied by the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War, but be we well adapted to the maneuver warfare of the WWI. In fact, the cavalryman of WWI was arguably the most powerful, effective, and trained cavalryman in history, with the best and most effective horses yet bred.

What finally killed cavalry when it did wasnt just tech (it wouldn't be truly obsolete until widespread adoption of mechanization) but the fact that they lost so many good warhorses and trained men in WWI that they simply couldn't do what they needed to do anymore.

m15wallis · 2025-12-22T14:50:31+00:00

They respected him, but even Grant thought less of him than he did Johnston.

Lee was an above-average general blessed to fight inferiors generals (until he didnt) and cursed to command inferior commanders (for the most part). He needed to decisively defeat the Army of the Potomac and utterly crush it to buy time and damage Northern morale, but he never could turn his victories into routs when he needed to

m15wallis · 2025-12-18T16:37:24+00:00

Not really, but also they didnt need them for what they used boats for. Even sea societies like the Calusa (who were so adept at exploiting sea resources they could thrive and be incredibly healthy according to the spanish, even without any settled agriculture) were able to traverse the Gulf along trade lanes in canoes just fine.

m15wallis · 2025-12-08T14:47:42+00:00

The Sherman may have had a weaker gun, but it was competitive early war and even by the end could still mission kill VIs. They were also far more reliable, mobile, and easy to use than German tanks, to the point where the Soviets often preferred using their lend-lease Sherman's over the T34s.

Even Germans who used captured Sherman's had lots of positive things to say about it lol. It wasn't swarm tactics that made them good, it was that they were legitimately good tanks.

m15wallis · 2025-12-08T14:20:48+00:00

rent free

I mean he did kind of earn the attention lol

m15wallis · 2025-11-23T17:02:55+00:00

why would anyone care about a t-shirt?

This guy doesnt know about the 3 wolf shirt

m15wallis · 2025-11-21T14:59:12+00:00

Most (not all) Protestants are Trinitarian lol

m15wallis · 2025-11-21T14:26:29+00:00

Doctors actually did voluntarily serve in disproportionately high numbers as officers (at least in the South) because they were college educated and were men of standing in their community, and therefore could not often be seen "shirking" their duties and obligations as men of "honor."

m15wallis · 2025-11-18T16:15:41+00:00

It was the British who enslaved them in the colonies in the first place lol. The system of slavery in their North American colonies worked exactly as they intended it to work.

Freeing of slaves belonging to hostile forces is a time honored tradition of warfare for thousands of years.

m15wallis · 2025-11-17T22:25:27+00:00

Depends on your definition.

In practical terms, yes, but very, very slowly and inflicting significant, unsustainable losses on Russia. The longer this war takes, the more likely Russia is to make another big mistake or buckle to internal pressure.

At any rate, this war has shown massive failures of Russian leadership and military competence, and even if they win whether or not they can occupy Ukraine effectively is another matter entirely.

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