The Whining and Bitching Thread

[The Ozzman]

Godspeed, Dak

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

wasn't actually carrying any luggage and i still managed to hit my head on the luggage rack

 

[Omni]

how many people you talking about here??

Hundreds of people.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

This damn hurricane has already cost me way too much money. Hope there's no damage on top of the prep costs.

Apparently Mr. Doomsayer didn't plan for all the doomsday scenarios when he bought a house in Hurricane Alley.

 

[Dak]

Apparently Mr. Doomsayer didn't plan for all the doomsday scenarios when he bought a house in Hurricane Alley.

I rent. Grad students don't make house buying money.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

My bad, didn't think you'd be complaining about expenses unless you owned. What's so expensive, insurance?

 

[viewerfromnihil]

My bad, didn't think you'd be complaining about expenses unless you owned. What's so expensive, insurance?

Ammunition.

 

[tagradh]

Lol thats what my parents tried to turn it into but the thing is, if the police and the military can have guns then the people can too otherwise you have a serious power imbalance

Assault rifle vs tank always ends well, doesn't it?

 

[CiG]

Assault rifle vs tank always ends well, doesn't it?

Does in guerilla warfare, maybe not in some kind of autistic face-off on an open battlefield. This is such a typical anti-gun ownership platitude.

The Mujahideen and the Iraqi insurgents are two pretty good examples of hit and run raids and small arms combatants dealing heavy damage to far superior military weaponry as well as greater numbers. Also didn't America basically get booted out of Vietnam by a technologically inferior opponent who capitalized on a superior knowledge of the environment? The Viet Cong were brutal. Shit, Castro and Che achieved everything basically with just small arms and a few explosives.

Tanks, greater numbers and/or government backing aren't insta-victory assets.

 

[The Ozzman]

Ammunition.

Depends on the caliber and type tbh. I can find crazy deals on the internet too.

Recently, some governments have been preventing stores from selling ammunition if a state of emergency is declared so law enforcement can have access to it. Kinda scary.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Depends on the caliber and type tbh. I can find crazy deals on the internet too.

Only large caliber will do; anything smaller will just anger the hurricane and increase its strength.

 

[The Ozzman]

Only large caliber will do; anything smaller will just anger the hurricane and increase its strength.

Ball ammo or Hollowpoints? Does it need to go through the hurricane or only expand upon impact?

 

[Dak]

My bad, didn't think you'd be complaining about expenses unless you owned. What's so expensive, insurance?

Getting a hotel and more nonperishable food, etc. Fortunately it looks like we aren't getting the winds that were projected as possible so I cancelled the hotel reservation and they aren't charging cancellation fees right now.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Hundreds of people.

see, the way you described it, it sounded like they were getting rid of 50, maybe 75, people
hundreds of people, though, damm

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

what the hell??

 

[PrincessHades]

Assault rifle vs tank always ends well, doesn't it?

Hence my point...

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

managed to injure a triceps tendon, wreck my truck and was late on a literature review all within one week.

Is it ok for me to hop off an overpass now?

 

[PrincessHades]

I'm finally starting to feel better from being sick these past few days but I have this really annoying postnasal drip that won't chill the fuck out

 

[Onder]

1) Fucking cops started sending me parking tickets from April. Who knows how many there will be since then up to now, from stupidly marked zones that nobody understands. Fuck this.
2) Fucking dude cancelled my today's meeting. It was two hour drive, cca two hour meeting and then drive back, so I reserved the entire day for that. Now I'm sitting on a couch feeling useless. Fuck this. People need to understand that setting up a meeting with a person that has to organize the time accordingly is somehow binding. Have some respect ffs.

 

[PrincessHades]