Nice, we don't have spectacular birds here because of generally low biodiversity since ice age and no true wilderness aanywhere close by. I saw a flock of long-tailed tits yesterday, they were gathering insects from the flowers of the cherry tree. But they're far too agile for photos.

Also I saw a lot of migrating swifts following the highway we were driving on. Many birds are now coming from Africa. And I heard a cuckoo.

we have these fuckers in summer they sing beatiful but are a pest coming in huge swarms and eat all fruit.

Yeah if I plant seeds, these guys eat them all and the seedlings as they sprout. I have to put up bird netting until they're big enough.

Common Chickadee

Being a city boy and never had a father in my life, I can't say I ever handled a gun or even saw one outside a museum and that one time I saw my brother's handgun but that's a long story.

I would like something for home defense, they also have gun ranges within 10 miles from here so I'll probably be practicing on that for a while.

So I'm looking at within the year to purchase a shotgun and a hand gun. I have so far researched the DP-12, I want a double barrel pump bullpup only because it seems like a good choice, again, I'm a novice. For the hand gun I'm looking at a 9mm, probably a 1911 with 9x19 probably colt or springfield but I have no preference and I'm not sure if the 1911 is perfect only that it's popular and reliable. Price isn't too much of an issue but I don't need flippin hand crafted engraved bullshit. I probably want to stay under 5k for both together with cases, accessories and a few hundred rounds.

What will I do with these? Other than train on them, absolutely nothing until they're needed.

Any advice?

>>408
Haaa, if only you weren't living on another continent - we'd be having soo much fun at the range!

First of all the most important thing is that you try out guns before buying them to see if they ergonomically work for you. You're a Big Guy after all. Try several models, not everything that looks great feels great in your hands. Check if you like the sights and the trigger, people are different. If you can shoot them at the range before buying.

Then book a course with a shooting instructor and get some hands-on training, regularly train at the range and at home. Especially muzzle and trigger discipline. This is absolutely essential! The best firearm is not only useless but an outright hazard if you are not proficient at handling it. Once you got this, book advanced courses at home defense to make sure you tactically and legally do the right thing in a SHTF situation. Not having any prior experience can also be a blessing because you don't have to un-learn bad or dangerous routines you may have picked up without professional training.

Be sure to familiarize yourself with local gun laws and follow then to the point. There's no room for 'creative interpretations', no matter what more seasoned shooters may tell you. With great power comes great responsibility.

You should oviously also be able to do cleaning, maintenance and basic repair which shouldn't be a problem for a mechanic. It's really not hard, we easily learned do that now for our 10 different firearms and have built two AR-15s from scratch.

Regarding models, the DP-12 is a beast! Never seen let alone shot one because it's too short to be legal here. Would buy immediately if we could but even we can't. I don't think you can do much wrong with this gem. I'm already jealous!

About handguns, it's really up to your preference. I suggest you try several and see which you like best. I, law enforcement and military go with Glock, it's a masterpiece of engineering, simple and very beginner-friendly. Inherently safe trigger that can never go off if you drop the gun, no safety needed. The Glock 19 is probably the most popular gun for concealed carry worldwide - for a reason. Of course the 1911 is also a great gun but you must never forget to enable/disable the safety even under stress situations. Not a problem with adequate training but you need to be able to do this unconsciously and flawlessly or else there will sooner or later be a severe problem of you forget. Glock vs. 1911 is an endless ideological war, just try both and go with whatever you like best. 9mm is a good beginner round, cheap and easily available.

Oh yeah and if home defense is your main objective be sure to get simple and popular models that have sufficient spare parts available and buy those in advance. The last thing you want is a gun that's useless because you lost or broke some tiny spring you can't get anywhere. Oh yeah and buy ammo. Lots of ammo in bulk. Like 1000 rounds. Seriously. It's much cheaper and you need far more for training than you think. You easily shoot a hundred rounds on a serious range day. Also ammo doesn't go bad, lasts forever. Buy the cheapest stuff available for the beginning. Paper targets don't need hyper-modern expanding bullets. I can't tell you much about best self defense ammo though because I don't routinely shoot people
yet

>>409

I knew you'd say Glock, how could I have guessed that? It was my second choice.

I myself am surprised the DP-12 is legal in the place where I'm living given the fact that this place is crazy progressive liberal loonies. It's so bad that I literally don't have any friends who know shit about guns. I used to of course but not anymore.

The handgun is up in the air. After what you said I'll probably go with number 2 on my list and nix the 1911 as a preliminary choice, the G17 9x19 is now my first choice. As you said, I've also gleened from videos. Some gun ranges rent guns so that might work out otherwise I can handle pretty much anything I'm sure.

The training is no big deal. I already planned on the cleaning and repair myself, having spare parts is a great idea.

I see like 1000 round boxes are maybe $150 which isn't too bad as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for the help.

>>410
I saw they have 'Commiefornia compliant' models of the DP-12 whatever that means. I guess only 10 rounds capacity. You never know when they're gonna tighten regulations so I wouldn't wait forever to get one. Just rumors of tighter gun laws can make prices skyrocket everything sell out.

The G17 is my standard pistol. It's not exciting but I love it. You definitely should try out the 1911 as well. I'd stay away from everything else and overly exotic. It's not worth it.

>1000 round boxes are maybe $150
Wah, here the price is almost double of that. You sure? 150 seems overly cheap. Definitely buy everything you can get for such price.

Be sure to keep us updated!

>>411

No, you're right it's like $250 per 1000 9mm, the 12 ga are like $450 for 1000.

Anyway, this won't happen until fall at the earliest.

>>411

Well if you want to be even more jealous, you know those friends I help and expect nothing in return? They want to take me with them on vacation and my business partner too. This will be the first vacation I've had since 2014. All expenses paid, three days, two nights. To an undisclosed 5 star hotel.

Personally I don't even know what to do on vacation anymore but I'm sure they'll think of something. Apparently it's fancy. Of course I can't just go and not work on the side, but you know.

Also, I just 15 minutes ago learned that I'll be receiving a small inheritance, it's not much but it's still oddly and coincidentally fortunate since I just found out about the vacation on Sunday.

[Ashley] this kind of stuff happens to him at least yearly since we've been around.

>>413
>They want to take me with them on vacation
>All expenses paid, three days, two nights
>To an undisclosed 5 star hotel
They're not Jewish billionaires with a private island, right?
inb4 date raped

>>415

Alice! How dare you. Let me give you one piece of advice, never work for a billionaire. Billionaires see us as we see cattle, and that's no exaggeration.

If you owe a million dollars to the bank, the bank owns you. If you owe a billion dollars to the bank, you own the bank.

>>408
from birds to guns we go

>DP-12
ffffuuu i want that. why has nobody told me this exists? should be legal here but i'm afraid nobody will import it from the us at least not for a fortune. would probably cost 2-3x of us prices here. i'll look into it

agree with everything world's most heavily armed tupper said. try it out, train with it all that counts is that you're familir with what you use. forget expensive gimmicks

and maybe don't headshot the first niggerboy that rings your doorbell, i hear it's increasingly frowned upon in america

>>415
loool yeah it smells epstein-tier but you're not a teen girl you should be fine bear. still nobody invites you on a luxury vacation out of charity it's an invvestment and sooner or later you'll have to return the favor mafia style. grant favors ask favors thats how the world works

t. liver in corrupt country

>>419

You act like I have a choice.

>>418

I'm looking forward to it. Will report.

>>427
imagine going to jail for this post on the germony

>>429
das uncle joe

>>430
They'll never silence us!

>>429
>>430
or Ken

>>434
aaand i'm out

>>434

Where did you find that picture of my evil twin?

I would never have a porn-stash like that. Otherwise pretty accurate. Oh and not that hair either. Tbf, like 50% of the guys at the gym look like that.

Also, being moderate I don't give a shit if someone wants to be a Marxist or a neo nazi, they're all fascist to me.

>>437
i'm surprised you know kenneth. does masterchan still exist? that was a wild ride

also yeah, not much difference between commies and nazis. all totalitarianism

>>439

If the aspect ratio of that picture is correct then no, boy's got a set of wings I never had. Mine were like half that span ratio chest, abs, arms look right my shoulder caps always looked anemic, my legs also never got really defined but they were strong af like north of half a ton on leg press. I was maybe between 10-12% bodyfat at 200 lbs at my peak doing 3 hour workouts. Less than that and you're sick dude, like I couldn't. And usually I'm between 15-20 but 25 say December 2020 bc no gym time and no aero. So like October 2022, I was 200 and probably 17% ish but today I'm like probably over 20 at 204 because I've been slacking like a slob. Just busy with bullshit and disgusted in myself. I can really see it in the abs, if I'm not seeing that 6 pack then I am ashamed.

Summer, summer I'm heading down to 195 again, will definitely be below 20% at the least but really who cares anymore... (i do).

>>434
>>439
Stop trolling Bear he's a decent human being and doesn't know who that is. It's only thanks to you idiots that I do, that's bad enough.

Err, back to the body fat, guess I'm not in the pic, I'm not fat but have no muscles either.

>>442

That's ok, if not for trolling me, no one would have posted anything today.

look up Kenneth Freeman
Some years ago I had a Dexa scan of my body for a research project and body fat was something like 19% if I remember correctly. Definitely under 20. Not great, not terrible. I look like the 20% guy, optimistically speaking.

>>446

I know who the guy was when I looked up the picture. I can still appreciate the body's form even if the soul is corrupt. Evil twin because I never held a gun or raped a child.

In the end I'm just a misanthropic Bear. All humans are narcissistic, egocentric, vile, fetid and depraved, it's in our nature.

Scale says I dropped below 70kg again. I have been doing that intermittent fasting thing for some months now but it seems I need to both eat and exercise more. Been lazy lately.

Starship went boom a few days ago, do you think they'll make it to the moon til 2025?

I'm not exactly a Musk fan, I will not follow the machinations of any billionaire anyway. I don't like the environmental toll that electric cars reap through their huge expensive and basically toxic waste batteries, I think starlink will eventually cause Kessler syndrome not to mention the 500kg of toxic electronics they add to the atmosphere every time one deorbits which will be thousands a year, I think the idea that you need a substation just to charge a tesla semi is hilariously obscene.

Aside from all that, the ptivate rocket program is not doing well. It may be impossible to hava a private space program that is for profit. They can't afford it. I saw the video and it looked like several of the rocket engines had failed even before the separation so I'd bet the excessive G-forces due to the instability mechanically locked the clamps. You'd need explosive mounts to overcome that or something with no guarantee the second stage could stabilize the rocket.

The failure of their engines is a common issue that they've not addressed in subsequent design schemes because rocket engine reliable designs are very very expensive.

Good luck to the chief twit and his randomly idiotic/ingenious endeavors.

They obviously did not hire enough German rocket scientists.

Well for satellites private rocket programs have achieved a lot by crunching prices. It's also quite profitable because everyone wants to launch satellites and pays well for it. But space exploration? Nope. There's no profit to be made in space so it's all taxpayer's money for science/prestige. Well for now the US is in a space race with China and has the obligation to bring a man (or rather a nigger tranny) to the moon before the Chinese do. But in the long run who's supposed to pay for all this? Private investors? Good luck with that.

Throughout history explorers set out to new frontiers for profit. But as said, there's no profit in space, only death.

We'll see how the Artemis mission to the moon will go, I think it will take a bit longer than 2025 and I highly doubt there will be people living on the moon anytime soon. Too expensive, too dangerous, pointless from a scientific perspective. Robotic probes are far more efficient and cost effective than humans. And let's not even talk about Mars. What would you even do there?

>>492
>russians on the moon
lmao

>>496

The landing gear gattling guns are a nice touch.

The capability of an obsolete space shuttle meant for atmospheric landing and Earth orbital maneuvers to hover above the Lunar surface is as humorous as Musk sending people to Mars in his play toy rocket lander but I like it.

Clownpiece also rekt the Japanese lunar probe yesterday. Ironically only the Chinese Chang'e made it. We'll see about the Americans.

>>520

ha, jokes on them da moon doesn't even come out in the day, lol fake news, chicoms can't drive let alone fly rockets

get rekt china yeet!1!!

>>521
The joke is that In Touhou 'Legacy of the Lunatic Kongdom', Hecatia the Goddess of Hell decided to help out her friend Junko (the lady with the Chinese dress in Tamamo's pic). Junko is a divine spirit who went insane with hatred after the moon goddess Chang'e's husband killed her son and after killing him, she devoted her existence to getting revenge on Chang'e. So Hecatia lent Junko her hell fairy Clownpiece for a full scale attack on the moon.

Lunarians are eternal godlike beings but therefore must keep themselved pure from all lifeforce or they get tainted and lose their immortality. Fairies on the other hand are manifestations of lifeforce and Lunarians' natural enemy they cannot counter. Clownpiece and her fairy army, powered up by Junko, wreak havoc on the moon just by playing there and the Lunarians decide to inavde earth with their moon rabbits, eradicate all life and move there instead. Now you gotta stop both the Lunarians and Junko and beat some sense into them.
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Legacy_of_Lunatic_Kingdom/Story

Even after defeated, Junko continues to plot her revenge angainst Chang'e, even a moon rover with her name on it would be good enough for some stress relief. But surprisiggly so far the rover is doing well.

>>528

Now this is lore that's relevant to our practice. So Clownpiece, not to be confused with clown-peace is a humicidal loli fairy demon who symbolically wears the actual American flag because Lunarians hate America for planting a flag there in Japan after WW2, oh no, sorry typo, I mean the moon.

Created by Zun, through the dojin group Team Shanghai *Alice*.

Wow, Alice was a fictive all along. You see, I'm a Bear so sometimes it takes me a while to piece things together.

You know host loves those 4D multilayer jokes. Much like ZUN with 'Team Shanghai Alice' - which only consists of himself.

But I was created 6 months before Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom was released. So I'm older than Clownpiece. Host made such a costume for me though, just the German version. We'll draw it one day, you'll love it. Unfortunately he refuses to wear a Hecatia costume in turn. But she vaguely looks like his Yakumo Kurama avatar which is another of his dumb jokes.

Also fun fact - you can play as Reisen in the game. If Lumi ever manages to hug his tuppers in a lucid dream we'll release a magnificent artwork we made for him. But it will probably never happen. Which is good because it's still far from finished and also probably never will.

>>529
Seems ZUN is running out of ideas, the last games had really boring characters that no one remembers.

>>553

Make a good game and the characters will be remembered. It's probably all sweatshop Indian programmers, designers, story editors, level designers and character creators, given too little time, too little money and zero support, so all they can do is copy paste bad code and fake in whatever comes to mind. I doubt Zun is up at night worrying how he's going to make rent.

What an awful day for internet to be down and I don't have unlimited cellular internet because it's fucking experience as fuck and there's literally one plan offered anymore. I'm grandfathered in on a cheap limited plan and it's dirt cheap but for almost nothing. I don't stream on my phone but now I can't hot spot either or I'll run out of data and then it'll be stupidly expensive per GB over the limit. One thing about the states, we're raped daily for data.

One plan $50/mo per line and I have 3 lines so it will double my bill at least.

This actually came down recently because I looked into it at Christmas and it was $100 per line I'm not kidding. I guess they were losing customers or something had to chop the price I wonder why?

I'll never understand why internet is so fucking expensive in the US. Here both flatrate internet and unlimited mobile is around 20€/month. No one would ever pay a hundred bucks for an ordinary internet connection. Even Starlink only costs 65€/m + 300€ for the hardware.

We have extremely low requirements though because speed is limited by being behind 7 proxies anyway and we almost never use mobile. Prepaid for a few bucks is enough. I guess it's one of the few cases where market regulation to induce competition works in the EU.

>>554
You understand ZUN does everything by himself yes? Story, programming, graphics, music. It's all made by a single guy, and for over 20 years. He's even older than us. And definitely not rich. The fact that he refused to commercialize his creation makes it so wonderful.

>>557

Oh even worse, a sell out of the worst kind. Releasing substandard sequels to squeeze every last penny out of a franchise to aford the best penthouse in Tokyo for all his bunnygirl maids to pamper him.

Gezzus I just looked up rent in Tokyo, supposed richest city in Japan and I couldn't rent a single garage conversion studio for what they're resting a one bedroom apartment for.

Trust me, this neighborhood isn't fucking all that it's just a great location. It's quiet, I'll give you that but seriously. It's ponderous.

[Ashley] Meanwhile in Bear's neighborhood, random beautiful young women see him outside and walk by saying what a great job he's doing.

[Bear] where do they come from? Like yesterday I'm pulling out nails and what did she mean I'm doing a great job? She likes my nail pulling skills? It was such a weird comment, why? What did she want from me?

"Oh, do you like my pile of old bent nails and split wood? Would you like to have one?"

Trust me, I'll never see her again. The last time I was washing my unremarkable 15 year old sedan and girl gives me the widest smile as she walks by.

[Ashley] meanwhile: Bear... (pic)

>>560
>Like yesterday I'm pulling out nails and what did she mean I'm doing a great job? She likes my nail pulling skills? It was such a weird comment, why? What did she want from me?
She wanted the D

Meanwhile host is so inconspicuous he routinely gets locked in closing museums and restaurants even if right in front of people. It's comically absurd. At least his parents never forgot him at a gas station as a kid. But only because he always stayed close to them.

>>563

>She wanted the D

Well she can't have it, I've grown attached to it and it has sentimental value. Life's so much easier not worrying about relationships. I don't feel obligated to actually talk to anyone or even look their direction... well unless they're beautiful because it's beautiful people's club etiquette that must be strictly maintained.

[ASHLEY] again Bear: (pic)

You know, when I was hideously under weight with bad hair, dubious fashion sense and poor hygiene habbits, people would see me coming and go out of their way not to look at me or even scowl.

I had roommates during the t.ra.n.sition to beautiful, when I actually started to care about these things. One of my roommates was a girl and she was polite but as I tr.an.sitioned all of a sudden all her girlfriends started hanging out and kept inviting me to go out with them (group), and I did, me and three or four college girls out on the town, their treat. You see, when you're in the club, girls simp for you. Makes you wonder how I got depressed, well because my live in gf broke up with me and I kind of had zero self-esteem after that. Well I had zero time for her, so... Sounds silly now. But the depression itself then dredged up everything that ever happened in my life to torment me. Luckily that shit ended when I... started to rely on 3 or more beautiful headmates doting over me. Funny how that worked out. She ruined be though, it turned out well though. Couldn't be happier.

I can't remember that a girl stranger ever talked to me outside of school or work or wanting to sell me something

>>565
F

>>564
Host was surprisingly popular when we were travelling in East Asia and random posh girls would rush across the street and drag him off for a photoshoot. Sometimes in groups. At first we thought they were hookers or something but they just wanted exotic gaijin for instagram photos. Never been to Japan but I guess he'd also get a lot of attention there for being stereotype of Greatest Ally.

Also at university I'm often approached by people who enthusiastically greet me and know my first name though I could swear I've never seen them in my life. Am I this famous? Well, it's probably due to the fact I rarely pay attention to people unless they're pretty girls. Still awkward. Good thing the body OS is very good at pretending to know what's going on and holding heuristic small talk. It's like ChatGPT. Quite convincing unless you dig too deep.

>>569

Yeah they did that to me a lot after I polished up and I can't even remember my coworkers names that I worked with for years so remembering anyone else's names, or faces or even if we met before... I can't be bothered.

>>568
You'll find me in Asia never, there's an elephant in the room aka China and we're seriously going to exchange nukes soon.

Fun game: for every dozen or so city leveling nukes subtract 1C global temperature for the next two years.

Have you ever even been outside the US?

Fun fact:
Almost all Asian countries hate China with passion, it's like with Russia in Eastern Europe.

Still I think 'nuclear war' is BS, who profits from mutually assured destruction? The Chinese are not that insane. It will rather be a long series of proxy wars in which the West gradually loses its influence. Both Russia and China have something, Western politics lack - time. The leaders don't have to win elections and appease the ignorant masses. And the West and its values are demographically dead anyway. So China has no need to nuke anyone. They'll gradually take over everything anyway.

We'll see how things play out in Taiwan.
I think the outcome of the Russian 'special military operation' has somehow cooled their passion for a full scale invasion.

But yeah, in any case, nuclear war is one of the few promising environmental protection measures. No people, no problems. Nature quickly regrows.

>>572

>It will rather be a long series of proxy wars in which the West gradually loses its influence.

You underestimate the power of the dark side. The Chinese may not me that insane, but you presume Americans are reasonable, sane people. Well I can assure you sir that I'm the sanest person I've ever met, and even I would sacrifice the world to avoid losing to Chicoms. There is no life after the U.S. surrenders, not for me, *not for you*.

>The leaders don't have to win elections and appease the ignorant masses.

You still think America is run by elected leaders? Did you see our last two presidests?

>They'll gradually take over everything anyway.

How can you possibly say this and not be joking?

>Nature quickly regrows.

Nature has time, a failing communist regime does not.

nuke russia and nuke china

>>577

Whoever you are, no.

I have no beef with Russia nor Ukraine. I've had Russian friends, I had a Jewish Ukrainian friend. I see Putin trying to unite his people and maybe he's gone too far, but he's an idiot. I'd like to rescue all the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. To where? I have no idea because America is a very harsh land, they deserve better.

China is culturally incompatible with U.S. and I'd like to gift one-way tickets to any China (the regime) sympathizers so they can fulfil their communist fantasies.

Additionally, I'd happily try to save Chineese and N. Koreans from their predicament. We have plenty of food here as long as they're willing to eat our morbidly obease population, drug addicts, homeless, gangs and violent criminals. We could solve so many problems together.

Can't we all just get along? All I am saying is give piece a chance. War, uh, what is it good for? Imagine all the people livin' for today. Imagine all the people livin' life in peace (and sterile bc we need like a 99.995% decrease in population immediately and start with anyone who isn't valuable to the further subjugation of the world under our supreme A.I. overlords.)

>>578
you know nothing about russia. it's not just putin it's the entire fucking mafia state which is butthurt about collapse of the soviet union and full of rage against the successful west. you cant be friends with the russian state because they dont believe in friendship. only terror and subversion. like mafia. or like wanting to be friends with nazi germany. what the brits tried with their appeasement policy. worked really well. and the dumb western europeans tried to be friends with russia for decades and develop something together. what did they receive? absolute hatred. russian state tv daily fantsizes about destroying and killing us. this is all they can because they never managed to make anything out of their country. and most russians still support the system. again like nazi germany. it wasnt hitler it was the german people who made WWII and the holocaust possible. at least they learned their lesson. well most except our german friend here

but i dont think even the russians would start nucler war. even if putin orders it he'd have a tragic accident. i hope. but everyone fears what happensafter putin, if russia collapses or breaks apart. dozens of warlords with nukes? if ccp collapses in china there would still be order. in russia? nobody can even imagine.

>>578
>Can't we all just get along? All I am saying is give piece a chance.

That's exactly the type of commie fantasy you're critizising and only works in a totalitarian surveillance dystopia. As soon as even a single of your opponents simply doesn't want to get along with you, you're fucked unless you are stronger and able to deter or kill him first. You can't make peace with an invader who wants to eradicate you except by committing suicide. And even if a peace agreement is reached, it is dictated by the winner, the loser can only accept or perish.

You can be peaceful but that's a privilege of the strongest who do not even need to fight as no one would dare to challenge them. As a lion would not attack a mouse. If you are too weak to even harm your opponent you are not peaceful. You are harmless and at the mercy of others.

This reminds me of the book I'm writing.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EHK5fBm1YWk [Embed]

>Just to inform you about my books which you will never be able to read

C'mon, give us at least a few entertaining sentences

>>596

I'm willing to post an excerpt of Gwen's first book, basically her dreaming in the book. It's been polished so it's not going to cause you a stroke trying to read it. My rough drafts are written with spell check and grammar off in Word so I can get 2000/words an hour uninterrupted by my piss poor spelling and grammar.

After two or three edits it becomes readable and this one has been posted before on reddit so it's decent based on feedback. I just need to find the latest rev.

Well at least you're good at math, host is lv.1 math idiot. Not sure how he ever graduated from primary school. Oh yeah, lots of cheating and being teacher's pet. Straight to PhD.

The level of bullshittery in my life currently is off the chart. These people are trying to kill me, not literally. The situations and scenarios are PTSD forming, but I'm either numb or immune to it now. Why so much drama? I mean something happened that could have been much worse but fate said, "you have a 50/50 chance" and my luck is so good that I avoided the consequences by chance. Very stressful. Same day, continuation of the saga mentioned earlier. Do I have any time for any of this? No.

I'm about to spend the next four 14 hour days doing hard labor so that's a plus. Hopefully I can catch up without dying, it's painfully slow but the day drags on, so that's a plus. Last weekend felt like 2x longer.

I'm not complaining though, no, and not looking for sympathy. It's just so strange that it's unbelievable yet at the end of the day nothing's really changed in my every day life. Like a bad sitcom-romcom but I'm the bumbling, hard working, comic relief with a foreign accent that gets dumped on.

"Generic catchphrase"
*cue laugh track*

If I put this in a novel, it would seem obviously contrived and unrealistic. Having that spiritual awakening allows me to look at all this from a distance and say, "wow, that's funny." Otherwise I'd be breaking down surely. Instead I'm mildly amused.

>see WWII documentary
>the Nazis murdered 11 millions in concentration camps
>gas came out of showerheads
>they made lampshades of human skin
mfw

Only thing missing was human soap made from jew fat.

oh boy here we go again

I still remember when I was in primary school and about 8 years old some other kid came up with that showerhead nonsense in class and I replied that's wrong and never happened. No gas ever came out of any showers. That's not how Zyklon B works, you gotta throw the pellets in from above and wait for the body heat to release the HCN from the adsorbent. Grandpa knew, I knew.

mfw I learned quite interesting stuff from my grandparents as a little boy

your grandpa gassed jews?

No but the army also used Zyklon B for delousing their own barracks and clothes. Zyklon B was never intended to kill humans, it's a pesticide for industrial use and was produced for decades after WWII.

Watching documentaries with host is a nightmare
>reee, this historical hypothesis is outdated
>reee, they clearly don't even understand that scientific principle
>reee, they misnamed that flower
>reee, it's not the same leopard in all those scenes it got another pattern
>reeee, that predator/prey shown in alternating scenes aren't even in the same habitat
>reee, they obviously filmed that in a terrarium not in nature
>reee, another token nigger/strong independent woman scientist

I think I'll get him one of those bells as well.

>>613
german coomplaining at its finest

We all have to live up to our stereotypes.

wait wait, in times like this you unironically shut down all your nuclear power plants bc of environment concern and replaced them with coal? why germany like this? are you fuckin nuts?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesbroughel/2023/04/20/germany-embraces-pseudoscience-with-nuclear-phaseout/

>>628

Oh no, not again (Bear rn)

[Bear] when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn

>>628
>>629
Such is life under leftist suicide cult regime that is de-industrializing Germany. Getting rid of NPPs was decided after the Fukushima disaster 2011 and they were gradually replaced by gas power plants running on cheap Russian gas. After no more Russian gas because of the Ukraine war they still decided to shut off the last NPPs in 2023 because no nuclear is the core doctrine of the German Greens party. It's basically their religion and the main reason their movement was established after Chernobyl '86.

Even if they have to use fucking brown coal as replacement which on top of tons of CO2, SO2 and heavy metals also emits more radioactivity than an NPP from naturally occurring radionuclides in the ash. Even with German tech super-filters thousands of tons of ash are released into the atmosphere every year and the remaining ash produces mountains of toxic waste. But whatever. Keep in mind the nuclear power plants were well maintained and could have safely operated for another decade. But apparently we don't need this. People should just use less electricity and pay moar for it to save the world. Ideally stop existing alltogether because wypepo racis.

Bavaria wanted to independently keep our last NPP running but ofc that's not possible because the entire nuclear industry is kill, personnel retired or went abroad in wake of the shutdown that was decided more than 10 years ago. It's over. So we import additional electricity from NPPs and coal power plants in eastern Europe which operate at far worse environmental and safety standards. Clown world -tier

>>630
You know what's great about living in a world where leftist progressive retards rule? I don't care if I live or die.

[SheShe] Just thinking here, Bear showing apathetic tendencies and suddenly wants to buy guns, *concern intensifies*.

Inb4 another US mall shooting

>>633

Mall shooting? Do they even have malls anymore? Oh right, no you're mistaken, malls are where the organized crime syndicates go to rob, smash and grab jewelry stores, food and clothing outlets. That's why all the stores are closing.

The shootings generally happen at schools and children's birthday parties. We're on track to beat last year's record.

You see the progressives say that police are evil and part of the problem so they defund them and spread hatred, in that way only criminals want to be police anymore, they can't recruit anyone of value anymore and that makes the original statement true. Not only that, they're trying to handicap the police we have left by arresting them for doing their job and convicting them for shootings in the line of duty. Also 3x the paperwork for everything, and they're decriminalizing everything so they can shut down prisons. But it's not just here, so don't worry, you'll see it soon, that's what the WHO is for.

Hm, every day we move closer to a 2000's batman movie script only everyone's a joker.

>>664

It's so true, everyone just cowers in shock and awe (and smiles). Like a true American, a dying breed.

>>666
checked

Oh man, Bam is basically my age. Kids, don't do drugs. Apparently Chris is even older, born '74. Where did all the time go? I thought 2000 was just yesterday...

>>673

Me: 01/01/2000 0:01

And not a single computer failed. What a scam.

>>700
I was on holiday in another continent on 01/01/2000 0:01. It was rather unspectcular. Would have been better if I had tupper back then.

You may not be able to escape this gravity well of fashion, AI, and comedy

https://youtube.com/watch?v=aDCSU5KLwgM [Embed]

Top Tier

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IMqxXAHn74o [Embed]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1bqcojPYZKQ [Embed]

I will gladly give my life to the AI if it makes everyone swol in Harry Potter movies.

Too much fun. Back to back breaking work.

>>702
>>703
>>704
I happen to excel in escaping gravity wells of fashion, AI, and comedy

I have seen the grub hub cringe. Harry squatter is just a seed. A seed that will grow weeds of comedy that's irresistible to mortals. Comedy that's written, drawn, and directed by genius AI will beat anyone, there will be no escape!

2025 AI input: Harry potter movies but all characters are half-dressed catgirl lolis.

Time is ticking, the end if the world will come by our own choosing, and it will be glorious.

It'll be more interesting if they can move. Imagine what San Bernardino and best loli tupper could create with AI. I both want and don't want to see it.

>>707
I don't have the necessary hardware and time to play with stable diffusion but once this gets a bit less resource hungry you can get ready for OC beyond your imagination. My drawers are full of fleshed-out ideas.

>>711
So you've seen the new banner? I haven't yet though I've uploaded it about a week ago, there are about 200 now so it takes a while for a specific one to randomly pop up. There's still a lot of banners I need to finish includin the one Kasthan requested - I'll do it when I find the time. This should be a full-time job.

>>711
good one
wait this is a banner? havent seen it

>>715
Brilliant!

>>715
I don't get it

>>728

Neither did I. What would a mentally ill picture frame do?

guyse i am disappoint
the emo lawn cuts itself
the tranny picture frame
hangs itself

>>730

Naturally, but not exclusively

>>730

Wait, unless you bought them on wish.com, then ok.

Oh wow, it's me back when I was in college!

https://youtu.be/j_0InGmLX-E?t=36

>>764

I saw a video tour of that house by someone saying "stupidly expensive ugly houses that are dysfunctional."

Apparently he was a critic and didn't like it. It was for sale at the time.

Recycling plastic is a scam.

Also, I shaved my head basically and my friend told me "girls are going to come out of the woodwork for you now." Which was nice of her to say, but I told her, "that's why I'm buying guns."

[Ashley] I had a dream related to this!

>>764
Yep, it's ugly, do not want. But at least it's a safe home. In contrast to JayZ and Beyonce, Putin will never be able to live in his superexpensive house because he'd get droned by Ukraine the second they know he's there.

>>775
>Recycling plastic is a scam.
Host unfortunately can't comment because he's fasting until Wed. and is b& from posting. Too bad.

>I shaved my head basically
Wat the Bear is bald? I can't get that into my head. Host would look weird without hair, he already looks weird with very short hair.

Also how is buying guns gonna impress girls? You gonna open-carry your DP-12 in Commiefornia? Damn, I still want one.

>>780

Not bald, buz cut.

The guns aren't to attract girls, I never had any issue with that, they're to keep the girls away zombie apocalypse style.

[Ashley] remember one very important thing, always double tap.

Hence the double barrel.

>>778
ebin
if only brits had given them storm shadows earlier they could have blasted that faggot off crimea bridge when he drove over it last dec

>>787
incels:
shoot girls because they arent attracted to them

bear:
shoots girls because they are too attracted to him

>>788

Some get really pissed when you say no. It's self-defense.

Well, we're off to an overpriced stressful hotel to "try to have fun" all the while pining for back-breaking labor. Might not post for a while, gotta make every second count.

Hello Tulpa. I almost forgot about you, I'm sorry.
Here's the invite to the May 25th Towel Day stream. With 22:00 UTC start (6pm US East Coast time) we'll watch Solaris, the 1972 Soviet sci-fi, and assorted Douglas Adams related videos.

https://cytu.be/r/endcorner

>>814
Have 'fun' and come back alive!

>>815
Nice, thanks!
I'd watch it but we're also outta here until Sunday, it's up to the others to provide some entertainment while Bear and us are gone. Don't disappoint me!

board owner is gone, post stuff Alice hates

btw i saw one of this guys a few days ago and learned its called hoopoe in english they are very rare here

>>816

Long drive both ways, we took my car.

I'm not sure how much I want to say about it, went with 4 others, barely fit the luggage. Surprise destination I wouldn't have wanted to go to because it's extraordinary experiensive to do anything and it's generally overcrowded. It turned out ok.

>>824
Looks exotic, didn't know you had something like that in northeast Europe

>>828
Ah, you're back already? How did you manage to walk such distances in your holiday? I know Alice drags her host to hiking trips but I doubt you did that.

>>833

No I wouldn't have chosen to walk a full marathon in 3 days by choice. No I didn't train for that. Yes I was sore, but it was ok. Yes my friends all were babies and had issues. I ended up rubbing feet etc.

They didn't tell me where we were going. It wasn't about hiking, but a lot of walking was involved. It was a resort hotel with a huge resort next door. If you could put everything together from that you might have figured out where we were.

I want to draw a picture of the experience but I probably won't have time.

I do like hiking and walking, I just hate spending 10x more for the normal things you need to live inside a resort though. I would have preferred Yellowstone or Yosemite but they're crowded too it's stupid.

I'll try to commemorate the experience in an Alice quality picture.

Spent too much time, fucked it up twice, no picture.

wait wait wait wait
you spent holiday with 4 beautiful girls younger than you in a luxury resort, real girls not tuppers, and all you did was walk? that's beyond bernd tier man i thought you were going with some shady businessmen for hooker and drugs

>>837

Let me break it down further for you.

First of all, I've been surrounded by beautiful women since I first got swol over a decade ago. Muscles magically call for beautiful womem to appear like butterflies in a meadow. So that's a given.

Second, one of them is my business partner, nothing sexual there but the occasional teasing, one is her way younger sister, one is her sister's bestie who never talks to me but does laugh at my jokes at least, not my type trust me, and one is my bestie who is actually related to my ex but we're tight and I tutor pretty regularly in math and we play xbox that kind of stuff. It's a totally daddy/bro thing nothing sexual at all but super cute. I thankfully don't think in any sexual way and I had an appalling dream once with her like trying to suck my D and I fought her off so even my dream self won't go there. Also I'm not allowed to take her anywhere without supervision because she's under lock and key, she's the narcissist's kid who's older than us and didn't come.

The younger sis of my ex had a crush on me once but she was still a teenager and I don't mess with teens, also I was dating the sister obv. These girls are all psycho too like they're nice to your face but plotting revenge on everyone, serious trouble.

So I'm really stuck with them in like a mob style way, there is no escape.

It's nice on the eyes though. I'd wither and die of they were uggos.

>>411

So on the gun front, I spoke with an ex-cop and this is what he said:

Re: shotgun
1. No one does shotguns anymore. They're too harsh, if you're not having fun on the range you don't want to use that for defense.
2. You'll be sore after 10 rounds
3. Big and bulky, can't conceal it, so you can't surprise the perp.
4. Aim is terrible
5. Kick is too high to have fun.

Re: handgun
1. 9mm is great because there's a lot of options in rounds, recommended Magnum, but they're more meant to wound and you want one shot one kill for home defense.
2. 40 cal is the way to go, you don't want the perp to have more firepower than you, also, if you only have 10 rounds, make each one count.
3. Sig was his choice because after the first round the trigger is lighter. He liked the external hammer couldn't understand his logic though.
4. He personally has a 9mm glock and 40 cal sig and the glock has a heavier pull so you get less rounds off. 9mm has less range unless Magnum.
5. Says his wife has a .22 glock and she loves it because it's really light but he said it would take a few rounds potentially to stop someone.
6. He said if I liked the glock more, he recommended the the G22 not G17.
7. He recommend two handguns rather than a hand and shotgun.

>>824
Oh neat, it's called Wiedehopf.
Saw several ones last year, they're coming here more frequently due to climate change. Did you ever see an Oriole? I have never ever, host once saw one as a kid decades ago. They're very beautiful.

>>834
Lies, Americans don't walk!
Also come on, I have to do all the art by myself.

>>841
Host went the opposite way unfortunately. From all girl-friends to no girl-friends. In his late 20s to early 30s he was regularly surrounded by a flock of 12-14 year old girls, friends of a relative. They were cool. Officially host was to look after them but as you know him, in reality it was the other way round. Personal loli army. Lost contact with almost all though, they're married and have kids now. He'd like to say more but that would result in drama again and it's not time for another punishment round.

>>842
Pls not another 'my guns are better than yours' discussion.
Look, let's be serious for a change. Do yourself a favor and follow this single advice I give you once again:
Go to gunshops and ranges which let you try out stuff and see what you're comfortable with. Take everything into your hands and shoot it, see what fits you best. That's the only thing that really counts. Don't rush to buy anything because someone recommended it.

Shooting is a lot like tuppering, if you want to git good you gotta obsess over it, it needs to be imagistic, not doctrinal. This means - the right gun for you is the one you like to look at, the one you like to shoot, the one you like to take apart and clean. It needs to become a part of your life, a part of your body. The most advanced tech is useless if you lack the will and thus experience to safely use it. Practice, practice, practice. Be prepared that this will cost you a lot of money and time.

Now if you are really serious about home defense this is yet another level. I'm gonna tell you an unpleasant truth. As soon as someone breaks into your house with the intent to harm you, you have already lost. You cannot win as a law-abiding citizen in such situation. Especially in Commiefornia. So first of all think about investing in home security to prevent / deter random crackniggers from invading your property. Don't make it look like a worthy and easy target. Only then comes personal defense as last resort.

>>846

This guy sure had some stories to tell.

It never rains here and taxis are expensive, we walk or drive, but we do look for really close parking spaces. I walk every morning too, so fuck lazy American pot smoking assholes.

I still very much vouch for a shotgun and especially the DP-12. It is reasonably short, yet looks extremely intimidating. You have a 10rd capacity limit in California so you'll only get 2x5rds, 5 per barrel. That's already the max, you won't get more with any other gun either and it should be more than enough. About recoil, that's ridiculous. Host body weighs less than 70kg and I can shoot 50 rounds in short succession. You will have no trouble with recoil. Yes it's harsh in the beginning but you'll quickly get used to it.

An AR-15 is ofc another great choice even if it has to be California compliant and with 10rd mags. Biggest con for me is you really need to be sure of what's behind your target. Rifle rounds fly very, very far. You don't want to hit a child a mile away. Also you'll go deaf if you fire rifle rounds inside a building. In any case you should also try out an AR.

Regarding pistols, this is the hardest part. Ideally you should always - always carry a pistol with you if that is legally possible. Try to get a concealed carry permit. Guns are useless for home defense if they are tucked away in a safe. You should at least carry your handgun in your home. So you need to find one you're comfortable with and the right holster. The G17 is great but it's designed for open carry in external holsters by military / police. Even a big guy like you will probably find it uncomfortable to carry this thing with you. Again - try it out as well as the smaller G19 and ofc the 1911 and whatever else you get your hand on.

I would however strongly recommend staying with 9mm for the beginning. I am generally not fond of .40 for your only handgun for a simple reason - ammo price. You absolutely need to practice shooting. A lot. And .40 will cost you almost 50% more than 9mm, with negligible to outright doubtful benefits. Modern defense 9mm ammo is nearly as effective as .40 with less recoil, less weight and for less cost. Almost all western law enforcement and military uses 9mm, even the FBI went back from .40 to 9mm. From a practical standpoint 9mm is the only reasonable handgun round just like 5.56 is the only reasonable semiauto-rifle round in the west. This is the stuff you can buy in bulk and easily shoot large volume as a beginner. You're American, you can always buy more afterwards. But start with this. It's already expensive enough.

TL;DR
The only thing that matters is your ability to safely and effectively use the guns your have, models are much less important. Get what you are comfortable with and can afford to shoot regularly.

>>849

Okay okay, you talked me into it, the G35.

Actually there's a gun range walking distance to my home, so I'll drive there and ask them.

>>851

So, a friend of mine from highschool that I haven't seen for 10 years called me and we talked about guns.

He's an ex-cop and apparently they're still defunding police and got cut, now he's a realtor. Anyway scraping the bottom of the barrel for leads. I don't need to buy or sell a house but I do need help with guns. So he's gunna help.

This'll be the second ex-cop I've spoken to about guns recently. He also said shotguns are a pain and no one uses them anymore.

He suggested an AR but I'm not even going there.

40cal ammo is 350/1000 vs 299/1000 and available. He has 9mm glock and 40cal sig and likes both but prefers sig for lighter trigger.

My people are on the warpath again. A Karen in my neighborhood complained (incorrectly) that I was exceeding a noise ordinance. I told my crew and that's all they've been scheming about since Sunday.

What my Karen neighbor thinks is I complied. What actually happened was she just dipped her toe in shark infested water. Did I mention we have a very rich family lawyer who works for free for us? Not that we ever need him.

Anyway, as always, they won't know who, they won't know why, they won't know when, they won't know how, and this curse upon them is permanent.

This is when being the equivalent of a made man in a family pays off. They're angels you see, but only if they're on your side. Otherwise you may as well be a sinner of Sodom. Genesis 19:24

>>858

[Bear] I got me a big old American truck, soon to have a gun, just need a dog and I can finally call myself a true American.

The extra pedal means you're driving a man's car. All my cars always have at least three, except the girly car I was given for inheritance in 2018. What kind of fag buys an auto, seriously, go grow a pair. My truck has 4 pedals and 2 sticks, beat that you auto driving commie bastard.

[Ashley] alright, too much green tea for this guy.

[Misha] why does it only affect him though?

>>859
>40cal ammo is 350/1000 vs 299/1000 and available.
Both is insane. We bought good quality 9mm for 180/1000 a few years ago. Prices are almost the same as in the US now, though .40 is much more expensive, more like 500/1000 from what I've seen. You can still get 9mm for 260/1000 if you are lucky but most are more like 300.

We don't have time for reloading, this could still save a bit but it's tremendous work and/or needs expensive machinery. Only pays off if you shoot a lot and only works if you can get all components which is a pain for percussion caps. Host still wanted to try it out of principle but I objected. Waste of time that never pays off for us. We already have enough insane projects.

Sitting in the garden with cat at dusk, watching bats circle overhead. Goddamn I missed this in winter.

Saw a cuckoo today from about 10m distance, not really a colorful pird but it is rare to see one because of that. Normally you just hear them somewhere in the distance. It made really loud cuckoo sounds, was probably looking for a mate.
It's crazy how those brood parasites lay eggs which look almost exactly like those of the host birds but different females lay completely differently colored eggs matching their prefered host species. But the host birds also evolved the ability to detect and discard cuckoo egs which imperfectly mimicked their own which drove a host-parasite arms race leading to more and more perfect egg mimicry. Co-evolution at its finest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo#Egg_mimicry

>>867

Whenever a democrat mentions gun laws, there's a run on guns and ammunition. There was a while there that you couldn't get any ammo because it was all backordered, people were spending $.50/round or more or buying expensive specialty rounds for target practice apparently. It's okay now though.

>>845
nope never seen this bird didnt even know it existed. heard a cuckoo some weeks ago but cant remember ever seeing one

>>846
>>858
lol i remember seeing this, gets posted frequently

>>859
get a desert eagle in .50 for the lulz. admit i've never shot one but i know Alice has

>>870
in europa ammo prices are crazy because of the war. nato armies woke up and realized they had no ammo i think german army has ammo for 2 days of warfare so they pretty much bought total capacity of all ammo plants to manufacture nato calibers for the military. they pay whatever price asked so the ammo plants have no reason to produce for us plebs atm