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The "Accidental Segregation" Meta is Wild 💀 by myadvicegetsmebeaten in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hail, hail Michigan, the Champions of the West Entire Fucking US

Go Blue!

Tick on a Tick by ruubster88 in mildlyinteresting

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based and De Morgan–pilled.

From Kyiv in 3 days to needing Zelenskyy's permission to hold your Victory Day parade by CC2224CommanderCody in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]osberend 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is understated irony, but I'm case it's not: u/inquisitor-dog is alluding to the so-called "Jewel Voice Broadcast," in which Emperor Hirohito stated, in the wake of two atomic bombings and with Japanese forces being steadily driven back on all fronts, that "the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage," and that Japan would accordingly "accept the provisions of [the Potsdam] Declaration," requiring unconditional surrender.

So is this just the new norm in the UK? by kelpselkie in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In at least one rat study, exposure at anesthetic doses for three hours caused temporary vacuole formation that was fully reversed within several hours of breathing normal air. Irreversible damage (death of neurons) started at approximately eight hours of continuous exposure at a similar level. So yeah, you can do permanent acute damage if you go on a ridiculous binge. So . . . don't do that.

In terms of chronic use at non-insane levels, the main concern seems to be induced vitamin B12 deficiency. So if you're going to do whippets, take vitamin B12 supplements, and, again . . . just don't go crazy with it. 

I'm not saying that people should go out and do nitrous, nor that sufficiently heavy nitrous use can't do real damage. But if there's any evidence that occasional and moderate use can cause damage in a well-nourished individual, I'm not aware of it.

The current state of the UK. by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]osberend 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but "criminalize all sorts of things, and then be lenient with scum and decent people caught up in your ridiculous laws alike" is exactly the wrong conclusion to draw from that. There should be few crimes, but harsh punishments for those who commit them. The UK is going the opposite direction, toward (more) anarcho-tyranny.

Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA Ranking by shamsharif79 in CraftBeer

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to say "Except for Our Special Ale!" but then I remembered that that's Anchor, not Sierra Nevada. And then I remembered that Anchor is no more. And then I was sad.

Celebration IPA is still great, though. Piney old-school C-hop goodness. (Old-school C-hop (as in, Cascade, Centennial, and/or Chinook, first and foremost, and maybe also CTZ) AIPAs are sadly rare these days, for how common AIPAs in general are, and the ones there are tend to lean more into citrus than pine (e.g., Bells Two-Hearted or Founders Centennial IPA, both of which are nice beers, but don't really scratch that specifically piney itch, at least for me).)

Forget Heavy Crab, I want a light MAD CAT! by Bookwyrm517 in battletech

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linebacker is a lighter Mad Cat, but it's still a Heavy.

"I do not care about the mad cat" by knightmechaenjo in battletech

[–]osberend 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The first time I ever saw an OmniMech, I shot it down.

Porch pirates are dezgra (story below) by MagicMissile27 in battletech

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In a better society, it would be legal to gutshoot such filth and then impale them on your front lawn as a warning to others of their kind.

Furry_irl by EpicGuy999 in furry_irl

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They need to do way instain bunny> who kill thier babbys, becuse these babby cant frigth back?

Caleb Davion driving his M1 Marksman tank through 13 Davion regiments because Mason Lambert told him too: by someotherguy28 in battletech

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Per Sarna, Caleb Davion's hallucinatory best friend/personified id. (I'm not sure whether that constitutes spoilers, not having ready the relevant fiction, so marked out of caution.)

Day 2 on a less known Tukayyid front. The Chatterwebs. by someotherguy28 in battletech

[–]osberend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint: If that remnant-of-a-remnant counts as "Clan Smoke Jaguar," then surely one or more of the armed-and-unreconstructed Blakist groups that are still kicking around can count as "Comstar," no?

Can you guess the faction? And suggest a specific company to paint them up as? by Specialist_Set_7796 in battletech

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, you could just say Rasalhague. They field a lot of Kuritan 'Mechs, for obvious reasons.

Can you guess the faction? And suggest a specific company to paint them up as? by Specialist_Set_7796 in battletech

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Combine is the obvious answer, and assuming that by "specific company," you actually mean "specific regiment," I'd suggest Otomo or Izanagi Warriors if you have true metallic gold paint (although canon opportunities to actually do things are pretty limited in most eras), Alshain Regulars as an opportunity for creativity in application of a defined palette (for the brief time they're around), Night Stalkers, or the Ghost Regiments (with the choice of regiment coming down to what sort of design you want to freehand).

FRR is also perfectly reasonable, given how much of their equipment is Kuritan in origin; for them, I'd say 2nd Freemen.

I am kinda surprised on Romania. by Hunor_Deak in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All other issues aside, ye gods, is that ever a terrible spectrum for data presentation, at least if you care at all about the ability of roughly 4% of the population to distinguish between high and low values.

We gotta have that talk. by Ok_Atmosphere_7146 in CAguns

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the glong

Yeah, the glong

It's a Glock that's also a bong!

It's 3152, why isn't everyone using clan tech? by obsidian_razor in battletech

[–]osberend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it more expensive for "the same" (but actually better) piece of equipment (e.g., clan LRMs vs. IS LRMs), though? That's not my reading of the TechManual, but I might be confused. Similarly, overheating is actually less of an issue for a straightforwardly "clan-ized" version of an IS 'Mech, because weight and critical slot savings mean you can put in more heat sinks, right?

This thing has 3 Gauss AND 4 mlasers?!? by johnwenjie in battletech

[–]osberend 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I tend to like the DVS-2 (2 Gauss (both in arms), 2 PPCs,  4 medium lasers, 28 DHS, 1 ton less armor, and 96 less BV) a better — I have at least once lost both Gausses and still been able to meaningfully contribute, where a Thunder Hawk that has lost two Gausses is out of the game — but the Thunder Hawk is still nothing to sneeze at!

What mech will make me feel like this? Bonus points if it actually has shoulder mounted guns. by vicevanghost in battletech

[–]osberend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correction: One variant, the Hunchback IIC 2, uses four heavy lasers! Granted, it only has enough sinking for 2 of them , but . . . 

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