
Tango247
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Tango247
@TheTango247
Quae nocent, saepe docent.


I asked the gate attendant if I was going to miss my connecting flight....and they said don't worry, they'd get me a hotel if I was stuck. I lol'd, because I have never, ever, ever, ever...been given a hotel by an airline for all the times I've ever been stuck anywhere. Lol 🤪

This is who invented Trans Day of Visibility.





I’m very confused about the number of people who think “property tax” is a sales tax on you home rather than taxes to pay for public services you use every day. “I paid off my home why do i still pay property taxes?!?!?” Oh, did you also stop using the roads and libraries and sidewalks and parks? Not worried about fires anymore?









Heisman winner Charlie Ward is often overlooked when talking about great two sport athletes.



As an actual gun guy, watching ignorant dummies on here pontificate about how bullets should behave is a hoot. Everybody who shoots a lot has seen bullets do weird stuff. Bullets obey the laws of physics. The same bullets fired under the same conditions into standardized testing medium under the same conditions will produce similar results. However as more variables are introduced, the results will diverge. And there's a LOT of variables. What type of bullet is it? There are a whole bunch of different kinds. They are constructed differently using different materials for different results. What was the velocity? Was the ammo in good condition so it was close to the listed factory velocity, or was it degraded? On impact, did the bullet tumble? Did it poke a hole and zip through? Did it fragment? How did it fragment? And each fragment has a different weight and shape, which can all do different things. Then you get into the living thing getting hit, and it gets even more complicated because bodies are complicated. Some bits are solid. They absorb energy differently. Some are stretchy and elastic. Some smoosh. Some shatter. Some will do either based upon the mass or velocity of the individual bits which strike it. And that's the SHORT version. Anybody who says one particular bullet is going to do one exact thing to one specific target, every time, when they don't even know a fraction of the variables I listed, is full of shit and trying to sell you something.


I was about nine when my great grandfather said that there was nothing more vulgar than clothing with writing on it. Since then I've become a keen defender of sports kits and band shirts, but I fundamentally can't shake the core spirit of the observation: clothes shouldn't talk.




@TommyFaceOnFire @unfuck_the_usa Striker fired guns with good triggers (under full spring tension) are unsafe and striker guns with safe triggers are terrible. A smooth but long DA trigger is not a handicap in any way. And the SA pulls after that are excellent.
















