connor wickham

“Families unite when they do meaningful things together.” Dallin H. Oaks

Pro-Family. A fun guy. I post my photos occasionally.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

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[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

@justin_hart @JennyErikson And I’m sure your wife had to deal with the constant nagging and questions and pressure of getting vaccinated too, just my wife.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

Happy to share our 3rd child, and second daughter, was born this morning! 💗

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

@stevestaley Surely you have more examples??

[Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA @DrDiGiorgio]

Imagine a chef employed at a restaurant that charges $100 for a hamburger.

One day he gets sick of his institution ripping off customers, so he goes across the street and opens a shop with $5 hamburgers.

Now the hamburger loving people are better off. Competition drives down prices and increases quality.

The original restaurant, angry over the lost business, gets a law passed that bans chefs from owning restaurants.

Everyone would recognize this as a corrupt, protectionist law.

And yet, in healthcare, with skyrocketing costs, we still outlaw physician owned hospitals.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

@GrulkeLamonte Hard to beat $9.50….. custom labels, etc. (designed and photographed by me) lol

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

The Thunderbirds are show stoppers. All eyes fixed on them!
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🗓️ May 2, 2026

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

Bad take. John has good commentary for two reasons in particular, one he has personal experience and technical analysis that regular commentators don’t have. And secondly, he doesn’t drone on in the same tone of voice voice that a professional commentator does, it’s way more authentic and real and therefore enjoyable to listen to. There’s no fluff with him.

[sari azout @sariazout]

Whenever someone tells me they're expecting their first baby and they're nervous, I tell them the following: 'Oh my goodness, that's wonderful. I am so happy for you. Listen, of course you're nervous but here's the deal: you're ready for all the bad stuff. You've been very tired before. You've been in pain before. You've been worried about money before. You've felt like an incapable moron before. So you'll be fine with the difficult parts! You're already a pro. What you're NOT ready for is the wonderful parts. NOTHING can prepare you for how amazing this will be. There is no practice for that.

(via Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works)

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

It is ‘hard’ to contain flour and sugar while baking with 2 toddlers. Therefore parenting is ‘hard’. ChatGPT suggests this word: Onerous — imposing a substantial burden or responsibility.

I totally resonate with that word, especially since I’m choosing to raise my kids in a functioning household. Also… newsflash: it’s “hardl to be the parent of an iPad kid…

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Every transaction is like this now. You have to say “no” like a machine gun just to buy something.

How has a consulting firm not zoomed out. Considered the psychological impact of forcing a customer to say no a dozen times just to buy something. Brick & mortar seppuku.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

I should add that every male is legally obligated by our constitutional and God-given rights to own a 1911. Because.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

Agree 100%. Think of it this way: if a .45acp takes 1.1 shots to stop the threat on average, and a 9mm takes 1.9 shots on average (I made those up) — either way you’re taking 2 shots!!

The acp is nearly twice as deadly. But the total shots is the same. 9mm is easier to handle, smaller footprint, etc.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

Agree 100%. Think of it this way: if a .45acp takes 1.1 shots to stop the threat on average, and a 9mm takes 1.9 shots on average (I made those up) — either way you’re taking 2 shots!!

The acp is nearly twice as deadly. But the total shots is the same. 9mm is easier to handle, smaller footprint, etc.

[SecondAmendment @SecondAmendment]

PSA for new gun people:

Probably about to kick a hornet's nest here... but when discussing handguns, "Stopping Power" is basically a myth

Yes, I said it. I meant it... and it's true.

If someone is trying to push you into a high caliber (40S&W, 45acp, etc) they have no idea what they are talking about and you need to source new information.

The Fudds are enamored with 45, and I do respect it's history. But the difference between it and 9mm in a defensive scenario is essentially zero.

Yes, you can look at all sorts of data to show how there's more energy and such, but unlike other things in this world, death is a binary thing.

Either they are dead or they aren't.

There isn't a "kind of" dead.

What does matter more? Shot placement and ease of follow up shots. Number of follow up shots can matter (7 or 8 rounds with a 1911 vs 15 with a Glock 19) but most shooting engagements won't see that difference.

However, getting a great shot the first time and then having an easier path to get to subsequent shots will trump the paper gains of energy (which honestly don't matter much in trauma) of high caliber guns.

Essentially, from 9mm to 45, the difference between how the bullet interacts with the body is negligible. Even 380acp isn't bad as long as we aren't dealing with heavy clothing layers or an overly large body (however, drop below that to 32 or God forbid 22lr and we have a different discussion).

For your first defensive handgun, start and 9mm and work your way out from there.

And if anyone tells you that you need a 10mm for your first gun, slap them.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

I empathize and feel this to my core. I also have been super lucky at my local chipotle joint that I feel treated like a king there. Maybe part of it I’m just a friendly person by nature, and a cheeky, “oh just a little more please (wink)” goes a long way to humanize the experience.

[Spencer K. Wickham @spencer_wickham]

It’s hard for me to take the alfalfa or data center (or any water using resource) argument seriously when the obvious solution is to just build more dams but the government refuses to. It’s a completely fabricated crisis.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

I would’ve been offended as an animal myself, waiting all these years for that clarification

[Out Of Context MMA @OutOfC0ntextMMA]

Manny Pacquiao when asked if he regrets comparing gay people to animals:

"Yes, but I'm not changing my position .My mistake was comparing them to animals"

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’ve let my kids stay up late the last two nights so we could play board games. On Saturday we played Scrabble until it was an hour past their bedtime and then I decided that we’d have ice cream and watch TV for a while. They were thrilled. This time I spent with my kids wasn’t a “sacrifice” or a burden I heroically shouldered for their sake. I like hanging out with them. They’re smart and funny and fun to be around. Sure they can be annoying sometimes, but anyone can be annoying. I’ve annoyed countless people in my day. Including my kids.

If you hate being a parent and actively resent your children, it’s either because you categorically refuse to get out of your own head and put in the minimal effort it requires to develop a real relationship with them, or it’s because you’ve done a really crappy job raising them so now they’re hard to be around. Either way, it’s a you problem. It’s your fault. Not theirs. It’s your responsibility, then, to pretend you don’t hate it.

Yes, pretend. Yes, suppress your true feelings. Yes, put on an act. Maintain the facade for your kids, because it’s deeply scarring and unfair to saddle them with your personal issues. And maintain the facade for the public, because frankly we don’t want to have to deal with your narcissistic nonsense either. Your “true self” is unsightly and off putting, and you shouldn’t force anyone to bear witness to it.

So fake it til you make it. Act like the kind of parent you should be, until you actually become that parent. Shoulder the burden of your own narcissism silently and with dignity. If you do that, after a while, and by definition, you will no longer be a narcissist. One day you’ll look up and realize that you’re actually not faking it anymore. You really do enjoy giving your time and yourself to those you love.

At least that’s how it often works. I don’t know if it will for you or not. But either way, whatever you do, don’t take your failures out on your children.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

Go on a hunting trip. Alaska. Africa. Uzbekistan. Wild sheep, dangerous game, solitude and… adventure.

[Dvorstone @dvorstone]

Men dislike traveling today for a number of reason:

1. Everything is the same now, due to smartphones and globalism.

While this isn't exactly true, it's directionally correct. The differences are so diminished that the cost isn't worth it.

2. Everything has lost its romantic appeal via exposure.

We've seen more of the world via the internet and... it's pretty ugly. Familiarity has, in fact, bred contempt.

Instead of seeing distinct and interesting people, we basically see the entire world now as a global slum. That's why some people use the term "global browns" or similar. They see the traveling the world as akin to going to the ghetto, on purpose, and at great expense.

3. Airplane and boat travel are terrible, even in first class, and everything's a tourist trap now.

4. Traveling now doesn't feel like an adventure (which men like). Instead, it feels like an expensive way for women to get pictures for Instagram.

Men do want to conquer. Traveling just doesn't entail that anymore.

Having said that, there is a category of men who are just timid. That's another matter.

[connor wickham @connorwickham4]

@spencer_wickham The answer is obvious