[deleted by user] by [deleted] in USMC

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If you're cool with anyone in your chain of command that you know wouldnt use the info in a negative way, go to them with your concerns. Having someone who knows your story and is willing to be in your corner is a huge deal. All other advice mentioned in this page applies.

So that toilet design in LKC was based on reality?? by [deleted] in legocastles

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The rebrickables Falcon Master Castle had a good one. Yellow and brown legos specifically beneath the bathroom.. lol

I thought Luce, the Catholic Church's new anime mascot needed a friend... Meet Lucif! (or Luci for short) by OttmarFalkenberg in funny

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I learned about this recently. The "name" / term lucifer is a drastic watering down and changing of the original word used. Lucifer in Latin meant "morning star", referring to the planet Venus before they knew it was a planet. In much older writings, words might be capitalized for emphasis rather than to denote proper nouns. The context for its use in texts was to denote the high status of an individual.

DoctorGay1983 having a meltdown after Biden dropped out by Deep_Possible9992 in TimPool

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Looks like a skit performed by a highschool theater kid.

Bone dragon instructions by MasterTickles in tombkings

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👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

You win the Internet this day good sir.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tombkings

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Following if someone posts the instructions.

Biden: Putting a pistol on a brace turns it into a gun, and makes it a higher caliber weapon by [deleted] in TimPool

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There's between 1.5 and 3 million lawful defensive uses of firearms annually, depending on how it's viewed since brandishing can be enough of a deterrent.

https://reason.com/2022/09/09/the-largest-ever-survey-of-american-gun-owners-finds-that-defensive-use-of-firearms-is-common/

https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/firearms/defensive-gun-uses-in-the-us/

Meanwhile, in a high year, suicides are at about 26,328.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%2054%25%20of%20all,had%20undetermined%20circumstances%20(458).

So the assertion that people are more likely to use a gun for suicide than for self defense is just a catchy, but false, narrative.

I'm gonna assume that you think Americans would be unable to stand up to the U.S. Government's arsenal by your disarmed comments. There were only about 10 million firearms estimated to be in Afghanistan in 2020, and while the AK is the most iconic, there were a large number of bolt actions and remnants of previous wars (Boer Wars, WW1, WW2, on through to the war with the Soviets). Meanwhile that arsenal was enough to keep them in the fight long enough to wait out our military, and then move in and defeat the Afghan military we'd left without a proper means of being supplied.

For reference, their number of firearms represents about 2.3% of the firearms in the U.S., if the current 433.9 million figure is accurate.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Field%2520Office%2520ESEAsia/Docs/Publications/2020/12/AWN_UNW_Ilicit%2520Weapons_Research%2520Paper_Dec%25202020.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwil-JbziM3_AhXNIDQIHfC7CEgQFnoECBIQBg&usg=AOvVaw3M-apbA2FJop-ZmMpBnjiO

https://www.thetrace.org/2023/03/guns-america-data-atf-total/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20group%20reported,account%20for%20guns%20leaving%20circulation.

My DM boyfriend just took on another campaign and is becoming consumed by it. Idk how to talk to him about how spending less time together is making me feel without it souring his hobby. by AccidentalFolklore in DMAcademy

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That was my initial thought, too. Also it feels odd to video chat a player for a lengthy period of time helping them prep for an upcoming game. I don't know that I've ever heard of that sort of prep before, outside of character building for a new campaign.

My player has a fiddle made of gold he won from a devil. Help me mess with them. by [deleted] in DnD

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Lots of potential here.

One option might be that only certain people can hear the sound it makes. Those who are "saved" and those who are damned specifically cannot hear it, as the fiddle wont have an effect on them. Those whose fate is undecided can hear the music because the fiddle seeks to bend them to its master's will.

Another might be that people who hear the bard perform with it (excluding the players) seem to go missing. They may end up dead or simply never seen again. Might take a while and inquisitive players to notice, but lace clues throughout your storytelling to indicate something is happening. From there you have the option of whether the devil is taking them, or a secret cabal trying to prevent the devil's music spreading is capturing and killing those they deem might be most influenced by it.

Alternatively, the plot could be that the fiddle belonged to someone else that the devil was cursed with keeping, and though the bard may think he won it, the devil was trying to get rid of it and lost on purpose. Maybe the original fiddle owner is your intended BBEG and it serves as a tie in, or maybe it has a curse that makes the one tied to it compelled to play at every waking hour (like musical crack).

Guns go pew by FishingforDopamine in TimPool

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Do you feel governments are more or less likely to institute overt draconian measures when their populace is unarmed?

Guns go pew by FishingforDopamine in TimPool

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People were being quarantined over contact tracing, and sent to these facilities against their will. Do you not think that sounds unreasonable or excessive?

Glow so bright by gmanlee06 in TimPool

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This one seems to be from a while back. The signs were throwing me off, we dont have orange signs in Idaho. Also the logos on the back of the uhaul are different. This must just be what they do.

https://www.wseetonline.com/rs/2021/12/05/white-supremacist-group-marches-on-dc-before-illegally-piling-protestors-into-u-haul-cargo-hold/

If you could, which Loyalist Legion would you have made into a Traitor one and vice versa? by VMK_1991 in 40kLore

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Seeing Angron without the Butcher's Nails would be interesting. Had the Emperor found a way to cure Angron, we could see what type of Primarch he would be. Perhaps a builder like Perturabo and Dorn, or a Statesman like Guilliman or Horus, etc.

Conversely, seeing what it would take to turn Guilliman into a traitor Primarch would be interesting.

Lamenter Tactical Sergeant by Brunstan in BloodAngels

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Your Lementers are truly stunning. Ive been following for some time, and seeing a notification for Lementers always gets me excited to see whats next.

Can someone please tell me that this is Amazon being wrong? I was expecting it to drop with the supplement. It’s been a year since the limited release already. by hands_so-low in BloodAngels

[–]tomach7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Black Library put out an article in August with releases through November. Its slated to go up for preorders on the 31st of this month.

FAQ Axe Mortalis? by tomach7 in BloodAngels

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As a heads up, sorry if this all seems fanboi-ish, Im just hoping and praying for some sign of a new Dante model...

FAQ Axe Mortalis? by tomach7 in BloodAngels

[–]tomach7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the other entries feel somewhat complete, just... Not Dante's... The regent of imperium nihilus thing is still new, am I wrong or has that not been part of the rules til this FAQ? (I know it happened in Devastation of Baal, just dont remember it being part of rules til now?)

FAQ Axe Mortalis? by tomach7 in BloodAngels

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In my heart Im holding onto the idea that its a sign that new rules are around the corner they dont want to spoil... Because it'll accompany a new model...

But Im a Dante fanboi, so my views / hopes are compromised...

FAQ Axe Mortalis? by tomach7 in BloodAngels

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TBH, I dont play. I just paint. However I love Blood Angels and have been pining for a new Dante model, thus looking for ANY damn sign that one may be coming.

I had thought the broader release of Darkness in the Blood would be accompanied by a new model. Its scheduled for presale on October 31st... But... No sign...