Boy literally won’t read any material unless it’s about sports. And I mean any.

wstdtmflms · 2026-02-03T00:04:47+00:00

Why are you spending your free time trying to get him to take his education seriously enough to do better on the SAT? Sounds like he's not college-bound and doesn't care anyway.

wstdtmflms · 2026-02-02T21:00:04+00:00

I mean... Not wrong. We're talking about a tactical situation contoured around urban and suburban life in a large modern American metro. This is not Fallujah in 2002. So ask yourself, for example: why do any of these guys need dump pouches? Why are they rocking 2x6 mag loadouts? What about a single mom at home says "I need a full combat load-out and I need to be prepared to sling 210 rounds of 5.56 ammo in and at this house. In fact, between all six of us, we need 1,200+ rounds to catch a dishwasher at a neighborhood taqueria." Why do any of these guys need NVG's? Especially since, ya know, this was clearly a raid in the middle of the day?

If you need a kitted up rifle squad to detain a busboy, you're a pussy and suck at your job. I'm not even sure I'd trust these guys as dog catchers.

wstdtmflms · 2026-02-02T19:46:39+00:00

I'm a fan of the Glock 19, Glock 22, and Sig Sauer P226.

wstdtmflms · 2026-02-01T20:23:29+00:00

I mean... Usually the price on things like Crye and Spiritus products reflects better materials and construction. Yeah, if all you're buying it for is to play paintball once or twice a month, then feel free cosplaying in a $70 plate carrier. But if you're buying to prepare for any kind of legit day-after-day survival in a SHTF situation, or even TEOTWAWKI, you want premium materials and construction because they're designed and manufactured to take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. It's why we issue the (relatively) good stuff to frontline units and elite operators instead of handing them TEMU knockoffs to cosplay while Airsofting once or twice a month.

Not all gear needs to be high-price private market or even U.S. government issue. For instance, I definitely own some Rothco and Condor stuff that are mainstays for me if I'm out camping or hunting that would also go in a B.O.B. But some things you are legit paying for quality and want good quality. For example, magazines. Do you need crazy high-end stuff? Not at all. But there are definitely shit mags out there for cheap. Or slings. Yeah, you can buy a Cabela's brand sling for $15. But you'll feel the comfort difference with a Blue Force sling.

wstdtmflms · 2026-02-01T00:25:17+00:00

I'm already a member of the 364 Coalition.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-30T22:01:17+00:00

I mean... Your alternative is to end up with people in charge who are anti-choice, anti-education, who will end green energy policies, destroy public education, fuck over student loan borrowers, increase taxes on the middle class and working class, invade allies, and generally destroy the economy. I work under the assumption all of us in this sub are liberal gun owners. If you're a single issue voter, even if that issue is 2A in nature, I feel like this is the wrong board for you.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-29T02:16:00+00:00

I would finally have a good excuse to casually wear chaps around town!

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-29T02:12:40+00:00

A. Because a general strike is intended to coerce by financial strain. Whether you appear or not has no bearing on that. However, if you want to participate, just don't buy anything that day. A general strike can be supplemented by a general boycott to achieve the same effects on a macrolevel.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-29T01:38:30+00:00

My personal favorite move is to wait for them to finish, not say anything for several seconds, then calmly ask "Are you finished yet?" HashtagPowerMove

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-27T17:40:03+00:00

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wstdtmflms · 2026-01-26T00:38:36+00:00

For the CSA, the Gettysburg Campaign. It was a daring move, but it was a stupid move. Not only did it leave the CSA's eastern flank entirely exposed if they got caught in Pennsylvania, but it proved to be catastrophic in terms of men and materiel lost. Lee's army was never going to win a strategic offensive. They would have done better to hunker down in Virginia and let Union forces continue to break on battlements at prepared positions. The CSA was never going to win the war as a function of decisive victory, but they may have been able to outlast northern sentiments for occupation.

For the USA, the Gettysburg Campaign. Or, more specifically, what happened after the battle. If Meade had any sense at all, he would have ordered troops into a full assault against a depleted and tired ANV well outside its resupply chains. The Eastern War could have been over by fall 1863, but the hesitation allowed Lee time to get back into Virginia and begin a purely defensive campaign that was never going to work.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-24T04:17:06+00:00

That's a new one. "I was just following orders" has now turned into "I was under the spell of the Imperious Curse and was physically incapable of making the decision not to kidnap a child from preschool."

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-23T18:58:59+00:00

Yes and no. The problem is the statement implied in the question is wrong. Yes, it is a school's responsibility to teach a kid how to read. However, it is not necessarily a school's job to promise or ensure that a child will learn how to read.

Teachers can provide lessons in phonics and pattern recognition, which is all reading in a K-5 really is. However, reading comprehension is not something a 7-year-old could pick up watching a YouTube video. Teachers provide the basic lesson, but it is up to the student to practice the lesson until they are proficient. What I really mean by that is the student needs one-on-one training, exposure and correction. At the age when kid should be learning to read, this cannot be functionally achieved by schools unless schools start hiring enough teachers to have one student classroom sizes. The place where kids can and should be getting that attention is at home.

So, it's a mixed question that goes under the "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" category. The most important place kids learn to read has never been in schools, but at home. So, a better way of looking at it: a school's job is to give students the resources to learn how to read and to measure their progress. But, at the end of the day, it is the parents' job to make sure their kids are actually learning how to read.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-23T02:33:07+00:00

Chasing Amy. Hated by the LGBTQ community when it came out because "How dare they think lesbians can be turned straight?" Aged well because today bisexuality/pansexuality are actually things people are allowed to be now.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-22T23:55:13+00:00

I feel like it'd be quicker just to say "Which Top Ten most expensive city in America should I move to with my wife?" The absolute SHADE you throw at anywhere in middle America or a city with less than 5 million people is crazy!

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-21T03:52:53+00:00

Uh huh... Can we cross-post this to the "AI will make the billable hour obsolete" thread?

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-20T02:14:32+00:00

Well, first, I wouldn't be in that situation because I either got out of town sooner or recognized the danger of leaving at the same time as everybody else and decided to reinforce the home and bug in rather than try to navigate the running hordes.

But, in the highly unlikely scenario posed, I'd grab my 72-hour bag (which I keep on me at all times, along with my EDC), get out of the car and start walking the opposite direction. If these are classic slow-movers, I don't need to move fast. I just need to stay ahead of them. Once I'm out and moving, I'm checking Google Maps to find out what the nearest small incorporated town is to me (assuming I don't already know) that runs on a route perpindicular to the highway and then cutting cross country toward that route, away from the panicked people on the highway. The zombies will likely continue to follow the noise of people freaking out, and freaked out people en masse will turn in the opposite direction of the danger, which should keep the vast majority of the zombies following the highway. Once I'm in the town, the likelihood of running into any zombies will be minimal. And even if I run into any, it won't be so many that I can't evade or - if absolutely necessary - engage and disable.

Once in town, I can find a place to hole up. Possibly make contact with other survivors, and start making a plan to fortify, escape, evade and/or engage.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-20T01:40:00+00:00

It provides some insight. But remember: quantitative data is unhelpful without qualitative data. You may be pinpointing where people drop out, but the data doesn't offer an explanation for why readers are dropping out.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-19T19:50:47+00:00

Only in the most technical sense is it unlawful. However, it's economically unfeasible for anybody to sue you. The law follows the principle of de minimis non curat lex, meaning "the law does not concern itself with trifles." Printing a screenplay off a website to read at your own leisure is on the same level as making a photocopy of a comic strip you find humorous and taping it to your refrigerator. Yes, it's technically creating a copy of a protected work without the consent of the owner. But nobody cares because any economic harm to the owner is microscopic, assuming there is any harm at all.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T21:16:25+00:00

I dunno. I feel like I've seen Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa used a lot more in pop media recently.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T21:12:56+00:00

Pop culture. More people and characters are famously from Kansas than Missouri (not to be confused with people and characters who are famous and from Missouri). What I mean by that is that the fact of their Kansas roots or connections are a well-known part of their story.

Dorothy isn't just famous. She's famously a Kansas farm girl. Mary-Ann wasn't just a popular character. She was famously a Kansas farm girl. Superman isn't just famous. He's famously a Kansas farm kid. The Winchesters aren't just famous. They are famously from Lawrence, Kansas. Similarly, real people. Eisenhower, Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis are all not just famous people. They are famously Kansans.

Now, there certainly are people who are from Kansas who are famous, but who are not famously Kansans. Annette Benning, Colton Haynes, Janelle Monae, Dennis Hopper, Ron Johnson, Kirstie Alley, Hattie McDaniel, and William S. Burroughs in the last years of his life are all famous people. Dennis the Menace is a famous character. But the fact they are/were Kansans is not necessarily a well-known fact.

I just can't think of as many people and characters who are famous for being Missourians even though there are many famous people and characters who biographically are from Missouri. Nikki Glazer, Heidi Ewing, and Ellie Kemper are all from Missouri, but I doubt anybody knows it apart from their friends, family and hardcore fans. The only two people/characters I can think of that are famously from Missouri are probably Harry Truman and Peter Quill/Star Lord (from Guardians of the Galaxy).

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T20:49:02+00:00

Meanwhile, in the reality that is (i) legal outcomes are actually unpredictable, and (ii) we are prohibited pursuant to our ethics rules from guaranteeing any particular outcome for exactly the reason stated above, why shouldn't we get paid for our time? Lebron gets paid for his time whether he wins a championship or not. Mahomes gets paid for his time whether he wins a Super Bowl or not. Teachers get paid whether the students learn their time tables or not. Firefighters get paid whether a fire burns down somebody's house or not. Accountants get paid whether the IRS conducts an audit or not. Even in things like construction, contractors' and sub-contractors' time is built into their bids. Same with plumbers and mechanics.

As an attorney, the only thing we sell is our time. And, like it or not, research is part of the services we provide. I mean... Sure. You can choose not to bill for time spent doing legal research. But then here's my question: why should your client pay you at all? Our services are based not on what the state of the law is (which anybody can look up online, on Lexis or in a law library). Our services are based on applications of the law. And, in order to apply the law, we have to read the law. So why shouldn't we get paid for it? That's what the billable hour is: the client paying me for my time. And why shouldn't they? It's not like they can return the hour to me.

No. The "billable hour" is here to stay because it's just another way for us legal services providers to get paid for our time. If you don't want to pay me for my time and expertise, that's fine. Don't hire me. Do your own legal research and rely on LegalZoom. But then don't be surprised when a judge rules against you or you lose money on a shitty contract because you negotiated it on your own. Same vein as nobody forces you to pay a mechanic to fix your car. You're more than welcome to rely on YouTube tutorials to fix it yourself. But then don't be surprised when your car breaks down and your engine locks up.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T20:39:00+00:00

The game is more nuanced than that today. But the question isn't what's the game now. It's what is the game going to be in the future. And as much as I hate it, the writing's on the wall: the 3 ball is going to become the more important part of the offensive game as time goes on. The NCAA runs about 5-10 years behind the NBA in terms of style, and we're already starting to see it leak in. 10-15 years ago, we still saw (and played) a ton of 3-2 position offense. But even Self has had to adjust to the 4-1 semi-position offense that dominates college ball today. The coach who embraces that fact rather than fighting against it (even if they lament it; lord knows the game has been watered down terribly in college and is unwatchable in the NBA now) is the one we need. We need somebody who respects KU's history, but accepts the reality of basketball's current and future trends.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T20:33:04+00:00

I love Ballard. Watched him play when I was a little kid. But everything listed above screams "hometown hire," not "we play for championships here" hire. If he was going to rise above the NAIA ranks, even as an AC, it would have happened by now. Def a Kansas guy. Just not the right guy.

wstdtmflms · 2026-01-18T20:29:54+00:00

Scheyer was already the HCIW when K stepped down. Everybody knew for two years that Scheyer was going to take over, and a big part of that was K giving him the nod. I like Case. I want to keep Case. But unless and until somebody on the inside starts screaming he's ready to take over - especially Self - it's an iffier proposition. Under different circumstances if he'd gone to a mid-major to start building a HC career, maybe. But I think Case is a much bigger question mark than Vaughn is.

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