deranger

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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

As far as I understand it, this is due to fears of escalation rather than any acute effect of the gas itself. Someone gets hit with CS gas, they don’t know what it is right away, and they retaliate with lethal chemical weapons. Nonlethal chemical agents just increase the chance for confusion on the battlefield so they banned chemical agents altogether, including harassing agents like CS.

Along similar lines though, the rules of engagement for soldiers are way more stringent than the rules of engagement for police (do they even have any in the US?). I consider this much more egregious than tear gas regulations. Tear gas isn’t fun but it’s survivable. Bullets on the other hand, not so much.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

I’d say world wars involve multiple major powers in full total war economy. We haven’t seen any major power do that since WW2 to my knowledge. Involvement of multiple nations does not make it a world war IMO, otherwise the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan count, among many others in history. There’s also not side conflicts occurring in all the colonial possessions like in the other world wars.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Damn autocorrect, I thought I had typed chloramime.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (7 children)

Looking at this article, there’s only millimolar concentration of ammonia in feline urine (mean 118mM, range 16.9-292 mM). I’d be very surprised if anyone was able to generate significant quantities of chloramine gas by mixing bleach with cat urine.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Crabapples are different from regular apples, it’s not just an apple tree in the wild. They’re smaller and more tart.

https://www.britannica.com/plant/crabapple

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right on, nice rig!

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

500℉ set on the vape seems excessive, do you vape at that temp?

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unironically yes. I don’t want my mom or child doing this, and I know how to in a few seconds if I want. Things like this make my life as the family sysadmin easier.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I did find it cool that he mixed solos from his live shows into his songs

IIRC all songs on Joe’s Garage except one have the solos recorded separately (xenochrony). You gotta give Watermelon in Easter Hay a second chance, that’s possibly my favorite Zappa song ever.

Apostrophe is a good one to check out next.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Joe’s Garage, damn. One of my favorites. What didn’t you like about it? Does any other Zappa resonate with you?

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I rode back from a Phish show in Albany, NY when there were big fat flakes coming down at night on I-90. It was my first show and also first mushroom chocolate. It was like going warp speed the entire way home, long white snowflake tracers across a black background. Very fun to watch, although the trip home took a lot longer because we could only do 45 rather than 65.

 

1975 Dodge Tradesman 300

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1977 Ford Cruising Van

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