Random Thought Thread

SharpBits said:
Some wise military person once said that there's no problem that can't be solved by the application of high explosives.
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Nah-nah-nah-nah. Sure, it's funny, but...

Better to wait until tomorrow and just buy a snake



P.s
Only if we tie all the firecrackers together at once...?
And get a much more powerful and reliable explosion, huh?
 
Moorik said:
My wife clogged the toilet with cat litter that was supposed to dissolve in water...

It really does dissolve in water. She just thought it would be a great idea to dump the entire bag in at once. :rolleyes::oops:

The toilet is literally concreted solid now.

Really curious what I’m supposed to do with this.

Tomorrow I’ll go buy some heavy-duty chemicals that are supposedly meant to dissolve it.
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Pee on it bro
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
All birds are edible
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Dont know if you are serious, but few are not. Classical example is the hooded pitohui.

From grok:
Indigenous people in New Guinea often call them “rubbish birds” or avoid eating them due to the bitter taste and numbing/burning sensations. They may prepare them specially (e.g., by skinning) if eaten at all, but it’s not considered deadly.
  • The toxin is likely acquired from their diet (e.g., Choresine beetles) rather than produced by the bird itself, and it’s concentrated more in the skin and feathers than in the muscle meat
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vkp78 said:
Dont know if you are serious, but few are not. Classical example is the hooded pitohui.

From grok:
Indigenous people in New Guinea often call them “rubbish birds” or avoid eating them due to the bitter taste and numbing/burning sensations. They may prepare them specially (e.g., by skinning) if eaten at all, but it’s not considered deadly.
  • The toxin is likely acquired from their diet (e.g., Choresine beetles) rather than produced by the bird itself, and it’s concentrated more in the skin and feathers than in the muscle meat
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It's the exception that proves the rule

Birds are everywhere. And, in an extended situation where food could become an important commodity, a person can keep some vegetable oil and some rice almost indefinitely, years, even decades, and put protein in it by shooting birds. An accurate .22 bolt action rifle, ideally with a suppressor, can convert .22 rounds into meat.

Thousands of rounds of quality .22 ammunition is not expensive, nor is a good little .22 rifle with a scope.

There's probably a billion birds in the air at any given moment. I think converting bird meat into food is some low hanging fruit for a person in a situation where the supermarket isn't functioning.

(Pretty much) all birds are edible.

I see this kind of thing as the sort of low hanging fruit that the vast majority of people will not be able to capitalize on because almost everyone is completely unprepared for any situation involving being self-sufficient for more than a few days.

The likelihood of a conflict between the United States and an adversary that would create a situation where part of the population would need to fend for themselves for a while is, objectively, a very non-zero number.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
PSA: the K20 is a weapon, not a landscaping tool

Also: holy smokes is this an insanely effective landscaping tool. I have never seen anything clear brush like this, it's crazy bananas

It is a weapon, never use it for this purpose

Also, it is insanely wildly effective and you should totally use it for this purpose

Also also, be careful, this is a dangerous weapon and it would not be difficult to cut yourself cleaning it when you're done.

My Band-Aid hasn't soaked through yet. But I think it might
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Isn't a wakizashi a weapon sort of like a handgun? The thing (landscaping too) that you use to fight your way back to the rifle (katana) that you probably shouldn't have put down (left by the door)(not obtained because not yet made by CPK) in the first place?
 
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fnordmorph said:
Seems like, with the NC connection, the public hunting lands connection, etc, there might be some interest in this topic around these parts:

trlt.org

Save Tuckertown - Three Rivers Land Trust

KEEP THE TUCKERTOWNGAMELANDS PUBLICLYACCESSIBLE FOREVER.
trlt.org trlt.org

I can't personally attest that this is legit, but OnX seems fairly reputable...
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It's legit. I've been getting emails from both OnX and MeatEater about it. This kind of thing needs to be happening more IMO. I support public hunting/fishing access anywhere in the USA!

ETA - Just looked, and got another email from OnX just a bit over an hour ago.
 
SpyderPhreak said:
It's legit. I've been getting emails from both OnX and MeatEater about it. This kind of thing needs to be happening more IMO. I support public hunting/fishing access anywhere in the USA!

ETA - Just looked, and got another email from OnX just a bit over an hour ago.
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Seems like it's worth a few bucks. Hey, I might go to NC some day. Probably in October.
 
fnordmorph said:
Isn't a wakizashi a weapon sort of like a handgun? The thing (landscaping too) that you use to fight your way back to the rifle (katana) that you probably shouldn't have put down (left by the door)(not obtained because not yet made by CPK) in the first place?
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No, I don't think so.

Your primary weapon in your home or vehicle should probably be somewhere in between a Glock 17 or a Colt M4, or similar.

Or some kind of a scatter gun, if you suck with firearms.

Historically speaking, people would not carry a katana with them in most places.

I have an M4 and a G3. My G3 fucks so hard. I have several AR-15s and I have some SKS that would probably be an even better primary weapon if I needed something like that. (SKS is a wildly underrated firearm.)

But I'm carrying a P365 when I go out to lunch or go to the store. That's the weapon I always have on me. A person with a 10 round 9 mm is woefully underarmed in an actual true military conflict. And a person with a 10 round 9 mm (who is adept with and competent with this firearm) is in a better position to defend himself and others than 999 out of a 1000 people.

A katana makes about as much sense as a BAR. Or a rapier. You cannot realistically even reliably swing one indoors. Actually, even a K20 is a probably too long an edged weapon for most situations. It's like the .44 Magnum. I don't know what situation you're envisioning but it's probably overkill for most.

It does have the ability to remove limbs in one hit (which is kind of cool) whereas most knives cannot (remotely) do that.

Don't feel like you are underarmed with a wakizashi rather than a katana. That way madness lay.

Unless you're going into open combat with the invading Mongol hordes. In which case you're going to want an A10 warthog.
 
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