Hardhead13

Computer nerd, prog-rock nerd, gun nerd.

[Hardhead13 @TheHardhead13]

After 30 years of watching Internet debates, I've formulated a little adage:

Any rebuttal that begins with the words "so what you're saying is" will inevitably be followed by something that bears no resemblance to what the person said or actually thinks.

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@EElfpireVT @IanRunkle Well, I haven't played D&D since... AD&D. And even then, we didn't really expend much energy on following the actual rules.

I mean, who the hell has time to gather Wormwort leaves or whatever, so you can cast Magic Missile tomorrow?

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@Polysesouvient It is darkly humorous to watch the political left and right practically falling over each other to disown the guy the hardest.

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@paulg @Austen If the synthetic text extruders were trained on StackOverflow text, wouldn't they have learned the ridicule too?

The Internet is so full of toxic waste, I wonder how it is that AIs are so unfailingly polite all the time?

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@Calibremag He seems to be operating under the assumption that there is a silent army of kooks that share his vision. They need only his brave example to inspire them, and they will soon change the world.

They all think that. This is your brain on Internet echo-chambers.

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@alphafox I haven't seen one of those things in decades. But the last time I actually used one, the slider thing worked exactly the way you tried to use it. Don't know why yours doesn't work.

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@NoGunsInCanada Not just that, either. I have it on good authority that they are conspiring with the forces of Darkness to destroy the Sun, and enslave the human race. They sacrifice kittens to Molloch. They even like to park in handicapped parking spaces. They're that kind of people.

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@Polysesouvient Loophole (noun): the ability of free citizens of a liberal democracy to do something that's not illegal, but PolySeSouvient doesn't like.

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@IanRunkle @archon My son plays this game, Rainbow Six, that will punish you if you stop playing. I'm like... are you kidding me? Who do they think they are? The unmitigated gall of these people. You pay them, and then they try to foist this indentured servitude on you? Fuck that shit.

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@mtlgazette You can't say you accept the risk, but then absolutely lose your shit when the bad thing actually happens.
What will the next "reasonable compromise" bring?

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@mtlgazette Let me guess: another "reasonable compromise"?
It's always the same raw deal. Gun owners lose more guns, Canadians lose more freedom. And the public accepts the risk that remains.
But the public never holds up their end of the bargain. They don't actually accept the risk at all.

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@mattgurney The last person I would have expected to be an authority on battlefield tactics and the fog of war would be the leader of the Green Party of Quebec.

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@StatisticCloud Even gun violence by licensed gun owners never changes, you could frame opposite changes to support the same agenda:
"Gun violence is increasing! We need more gun control!"
"The percentage of violence by licensed gun owners is increasing! We need more gun control!"

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@StatisticCloud This is a case where absolute numbers, or maybe per-capita numbers, would be interesting to see alongside the percentages.
Because if one of those numbers changes, while the other remains constant, one can be led to believe something that isn't true.

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@PumpkinFish4 @kenklippenstein How many dimensions is Trump's chess now? I've lost track of all the dimensions.

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@paulg My 18yo: Game management? Rainbow 6 is a game! And it's so much better than studying!

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@IanRunkle @GsuGrinding What could possibly go wrong?

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His last video on the subject: https://t.co/11KU7DjmpL

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Remember that insane Trigger Wholesale thing from years back? They're catching criminal charges now.

Glad to hear it. But man, the wheels of justice turn slow.

Anyway, hopefully this will lead to some interesting 🇨🇦 firearms content from @IanRunkle.

https://t.co/nd1vJMWcQp

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@Calibremag @GlenMotz We should return our gun laws to what they were in 2014, when gun violence was at its lowest levels in decades.