My uncle worked for a publishing company that published all kinds of magazines including guns n ammo, and some other more specific one for mercs though I can't remember the name. And I've met a LOT of those psychos back then. It doesn't really take much more than an accusation to get them going from 0-100. But yeah my grandparents had money and took us on big, expensive trips about every 6 months. 3x to NYC, 3X fishing trips to Alaska, 2X trips to Norway/Sweden, 2x to London, 1x to Paris, Berlin, new Orleans, Grand canyon, Everglades etc. More than enough for those whackos. Honestly, exposure to those guys is probably a big part in why I joined the army before I grew more as a person and learned empathy.
Edit: as a young kid I remember hearing conversations about things such as "best thing to decapitate someone with" and "funniest death" that's not who I wanted to be when I joined the army or anything, but I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to save people who couldn't save themselves, and had delusional ideals that we were the good guys and I could save good people by hurting bad people. It wasn't about idolizing those people, I knew they were crazy even when I was a kid. Just an explanation that it wasn't about some fucked up fantasy or something.
As if the rest of the world will outlast America by much. The whole world is going down with the climate. America is just trying to go down first, and hardest. We always gotta be #1 at something!
Stress relief and defense, plus my military background made me comfortable with them, and I'm quite good at it. Its nice to have a hobby that I'm good at. I play video games too, used to be good at them back in the day but I suck at these modern games so I stick to single player games on medium to light difficulty, but I can still shoot really well. I'd love to get a crossbow, I've been wanting one for a while. Got the kid a compound bow that he used to shoot a lot but kind of lost interest in. I think I'll pick up a crossbow at some point but I'm still working on getting good with throwing knives. Maybe I'll pick one up if I can ever get acceptably good at the knives. How bout you? Why did you get into it?
My personal stuff is a .40 pistol, a .308 AR and a 12 gauge semi auto. I feel like anything more is a waste. If you've got the coverage for short-mid-long range, you're good. Anything more is over encumbered.
Life (including sentient life) isn't improbable given how infinite the universe is. There's 8 planets surrounding our sun and 2-3 are in the "habitable zone" there's 200-400 billion stars in our galaxy alone and there are countless galaxies in the universe. I only wish that alien life would come here for the sole purpose of eliminating the biggest argument that theists have. The only problem being the absolute vastness of space. Our planet is not interesting in any way given the scope of everything so it makes no logical sense why any other species would be interested in this specific planet. Not for water, not for minerals, no reason to come here. "Fine tuning" is simply "I can't grasp the concept of probability amongst a nearly infinite number of chances."
First, I would convince some of those old crazy ass mercenaries that my uncle used to hang out with that Donald Trump touched me. This would be in 1992. Then I'd work my ass off mowing lawns and doing chores and saving every bit of money I could, invest in apple and other big stocks that I could get as they came out before they hit big, id sell them and invest in Tesla before Elon could get in on it, and Bitcoin. Id use my wealth to invest in solar so that it takes off earlier. Create a Superfund to counter lobbyists like the dark roofing lobby. What a completely asinine thing. Just switch to making white roofing materials? Use my wealth and power to become president, reverse citizens United and bring back a 90% tax on the wealthiest people. (Yes, Including myself.) Boom. World saved.
If mossad had something to do with it, it'd be much more obvious. Theyre not very good at hiding their actions. They get the job done but it's usually pretty bumbled and visible.
My uncle worked for a publishing company that published all kinds of magazines including guns n ammo, and some other more specific one for mercs though I can't remember the name. And I've met a LOT of those psychos back then. It doesn't really take much more than an accusation to get them going from 0-100. But yeah my grandparents had money and took us on big, expensive trips about every 6 months. 3x to NYC, 3X fishing trips to Alaska, 2X trips to Norway/Sweden, 2x to London, 1x to Paris, Berlin, new Orleans, Grand canyon, Everglades etc. More than enough for those whackos. Honestly, exposure to those guys is probably a big part in why I joined the army before I grew more as a person and learned empathy.
Edit: as a young kid I remember hearing conversations about things such as "best thing to decapitate someone with" and "funniest death" that's not who I wanted to be when I joined the army or anything, but I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to save people who couldn't save themselves, and had delusional ideals that we were the good guys and I could save good people by hurting bad people. It wasn't about idolizing those people, I knew they were crazy even when I was a kid. Just an explanation that it wasn't about some fucked up fantasy or something.