Remember, I'm an idiot. Take EVERYTHING I say/post with a grain of salt. Not just because I'm probably wrong, but because I want to ensure that you're salty about it on the off-chance that I'm actually right! :D
Keep in mind that Mr. Ayoob is an older gentleman, who is used to older firearms which used less advanced materials in their construction.
You don't send the slide home on an empty chamber, you don't slap the cylinder closed on a revolver, you don't smack the case ejector, you don't do all of these things on older pistols because sixty, eighty,a hundred years ago the steel just wasn't as good.
If you're handling a firearm that is older than you, you should do everything Ayoob says.
If you're handling a modern firearm, you should bang it around like a cheap whore and you should make eye contact while you smack it harder every time some fudd tells you to go easy on it.
If a modern firearm breaks, it's the manufacturer's fault, 100%, every time.
If your grampawpaw's world war relic breaks in your hand, it's because you're an incompetent caveman who doesn't know how to treat a lady.
Get it right.
Stop saying stupid stuff like:
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
And start saying instead:
"A free country doesn't track innocent citizens."
You could be anything.
Quit being a simp for the surveillance state.
Despite video evidence of him destroying a Flock camera an Ohio grand jury declined to indict Cody Morelock in a rare legal phenomenon known as Jury Nullification.
There's a disconnect because nearly all of what you mention has gotten worse over the last 10-20 years. Search engines and email that no longer search. Social media sites that have seemingly lost all functionality. Apps that are slower, buggier, and have a worse UX.
I mean this with all sincerity:
Anyone who says they'd vote for Putin over a Democrat hates America.
They hate our Constitution.
They hate our values.
They hate our way of life.
They should leave and move to Russia.
For those who have reduced faith to a motivational lecture with a rock band in a gray warehouse, the mysterious density of a thousand-year-old reliquary can only seem like black magic.
It is not remotely surprising to me that a plurality of Americans believed stopping six trans kids from playing sports was worth blueberries that make you dead, but i’m not sure how to rebuild a functional society with such people.
No, the Reformation was the clash between German autism and Italian corruption.
With a typical German posting a 95-point summary of how his organisation isn't following the instruction manual properly.
The show is extremely sympathetic to Syril. The writers are clear he believes a very noble lie about the empire. The core tragedy is that perpetrators of fascism are often also it's victims, but this doesn't absolve them. His death is sad. That's the point.
The whole point of Syril is to demonstrate how totalitarian regimes aren't just enabled by moustache twirling villains, but by good men duped into serving the wrong cause, their morals manipulated and their worldviews critically limited. His final realisation that his whole life had been dedicated to a lie, only to be unceremoniously cut down before he can act on it, was a brilliantly stark reminder of how brutal and uncaring the Empire really was. I'm sorry this was lost on you.
WotC made the right call removing slavery from Dark Sun. Can you imagine enslaving a modern 5e player? You pull out the whips and restraints, and the Furry player calls my Hobgoblin Warlord “Daddy”. Death is the better option.