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I guess they're not as well known among the chillens.

I'd wager just about anyone that grew up with toonami saw at least one or two of their (gorram awesome) music videos, though.

... that oath doesn't say a damn thing about supporting the people of the united states.

E: Actually, that oath would by all appearances appear to be an explicit declaration of allegiance to the federal government. Guess we better hope there's a lot of oathbreakers in the military if the rebellion ever comes around.

... I wonder if the NRA realizes they could win some hella' brownie points if they immediately and visibly threw their weight behind that course of events...

we have unofficially crossed into friggin scifi.

Dude, we unofficially crossed into friggin' scifi when we put up the first ruddy weather balloon. We have been living in science wizard land for decades now.

Though I guess it should be science sorcerer. Alliteration is always appropriate.

Quote from: GavJ on August 27, 2014, 01:42:58 pm

And then on TOP of that, add in another core human desire to imitate role models and play make believe, plus the ubiquity of guns used by heroes in half of our media and stories, and you have yet another deep urge to play with guns when encountered.

Yeah, that's why you shouldn't make guns fun playtime. You figured out the issue.

Also safeties and, y'know, unloading the gorram gun. Curiosity and idle hands isn't going to pick 2-3 different locks and figure out how to load a smg. The one that should be actively under lock and key unless being used. Probably well out of the reach of anyone as young as the kid in question.

And yeah, just from the strict simple safety angle, as per andrea's line of thinking, what happened here was incredibly fucking stupid. You don't put a semi-auto or auto in the hands of someone you aren't incredibly damned sure can handle the recoil. Hint: That means no pre-teens, gorram period. If the instructor wasn't dead, they would be in a position were they should be losing their goddamn job. Certainly if the laws were even remotely sane the business this happened under the preview of would be shut down for a while, pending investigation, further training for the owners and instructors, and general review.

People can multitask, phmcw. Especially with the magic of forums and such, many things can be discussed at once, without really reducing the amount of consideration any particular topic gets.

And corruption and poor/unethical practices in journalism is kinda' important. Even specialized stuff like gaming journalism, and especially in regards to major and pervasive issues (like the whole institutionalized bribery stuff, and other wonderful journalistic standards).

Welcome to the wisdom teeth removal train, MZ! M'mid ride, m'self. Hope it goes better for you than it has for me

I haven't needed actual surgery, though. Just a local, some nitrous, and a discomforting amount of elbow grease. And let me tell you, not feeling the pain being being cognizant of the amount of effort this big old fellow is putting behind a pick-like thing to dig a tooth out of your mouth is a hell of an experience.