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Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 8:44 pm
by MarcusAu
Gamergate to the contrary - politics and video games seem to make a good mix after all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIVOtRDmEOA

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 11:42 pm
by shoutinghorse
ThreeFlangedJavis wrote: Jesus Horse, untwist the knickers. Nobody wants to send you to the glue factory yet. I like Southern when she isn't being too hyperbolic. Just saying I think Delingpole is an absolute cunt though. He's a boil that's difficult to restrain oneself from lancing.
Fair do's, consider knickers untwisted, I got the impression I was being targetted for posting a Delindpole podcast (I felt triggered :oops:) .. I know he can be a bit of a plum at times but I think he does decent pods and gets some good guests on and more importantly lets them talk in a relaxed manner. MSM should take a hint.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 12:33 am
by shoutinghorse
I don't condone this blokes actions nor do I like the people he hangs with but fuck me this is a worrying violation of someones free speech.
“He made it clear he was anti-Muslim and directly criticised the Koran.”
He made a number of derogatory comments about Islam,
mixing with certain people that had ‘skewed his thinking and how he perceived the world’.
The judge found him "Highly Racist"
We have gone full Orwellian. Just wait til we get stand alone Islamophobia laws.

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/st ... ge-2819477

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 3:34 am
by ThreeFlangedJavis
shoutinghorse wrote:
Wed May 01, 2019 11:42 pm
ThreeFlangedJavis wrote: Jesus Horse, untwist the knickers. Nobody wants to send you to the glue factory yet. I like Southern when she isn't being too hyperbolic. Just saying I think Delingpole is an absolute cunt though. He's a boil that's difficult to restrain oneself from lancing.
Fair do's, consider knickers untwisted, I got the impression I was being targetted for posting a Delindpole podcast (I felt triggered :oops:) .. I know he can be a bit of a plum at times but I think he does decent pods and gets some good guests on and more importantly lets them talk in a relaxed manner. MSM should take a hint.
Yes, I know. I listened to him talking to Douglas Murray and most of it was fine but on the occasions when Delingpole said something silly Murray would let it slide which left me wondering what he actually thought.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 7:48 am
by Lsuoma
Just read this on the Beeb web site:
While many parts of England and the whole of Northern Ireland are voting for local councillors today, in Northamptonshire elections have been called off.

Northamptonshire County Council's financial crisis has meant it has twice banned spending, made cuts to services and had to sell off £70m of assets.

Now budget controls imposed by government mean that elections in several district and borough councils could be delayed until 2020 or beyond.

The borough councils of Corby, Kettering, Northampton and Wellingborough as well as at district councils for East Northamptonshire, South Northamptonshire and Daventry were all due to have elections today.
Is this true? How can it be legal? I am stunned, shocked, ashamed, embarrassed by how far the country of my birth has fallen down the shitter. It really, really is fucked.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 7:48 am
by Lsuoma
Just read this on the Beeb web site:
While many parts of England and the whole of Northern Ireland are voting for local councillors today, in Northamptonshire elections have been called off.

Northamptonshire County Council's financial crisis has meant it has twice banned spending, made cuts to services and had to sell off £70m of assets.

Now budget controls imposed by government mean that elections in several district and borough councils could be delayed until 2020 or beyond.

The borough councils of Corby, Kettering, Northampton and Wellingborough as well as at district councils for East Northamptonshire, South Northamptonshire and Daventry were all due to have elections today.
Is this true? How can it be legal? I am stunned, shocked, ashamed, embarrassed by how far the country of my birth has fallen down the shitter. It really, really is fucked.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 8:16 am
by Gumby
Lsuoma wrote:
Is this true? How can it be legal? I am stunned, shocked, ashamed, embarrassed by how far the country of my birth has fallen down the shitter. It really, really is fucked.
Who knew that the secret of staying in power is to thoroughly screw up public funds?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 12:07 pm
by CommanderTuvok
shoutinghorse wrote:
Wed May 01, 2019 4:03 pm
Fucking Hell! I just posted a link and stated that I enjoyed Delingpoles chat with Lauren Southern,, I thought I would share as she's been the topic of conversation here on numerous occations. I care not whether you think he's a cunt. ... Kill me why don'y you? I :roll:
He's OK when aiming at SJWs and regressive loons (i.e. the Culture War), but he's also a climate troofer.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 1:45 pm
by KiwiInOz
shoutinghorse wrote:
ThreeFlangedJavis wrote: Jesus Horse, untwist the knickers. Nobody wants to send you to the glue factory yet. I like Southern when she isn't being too hyperbolic. Just saying I think Delingpole is an absolute cunt though. He's a boil that's difficult to restrain oneself from lancing.
Fair do's, consider knickers untwisted, I got the impression I was being targetted for posting a Delindpole podcast (I felt triggered :oops:) .. I know he can be a bit of a plum at times but I think he does decent pods and gets some good guests on and more importantly lets them talk in a relaxed manner. MSM should take a hint.
And stomach - tripe. Geddit?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 3:03 pm
by Matt Cavanaugh

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 4:22 pm
by Keating
KiwiInOz wrote: And stomach - tripe. Geddit?
I got it.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 5:17 pm
by Gumby
Watson will be off YouTube within a year tops. Hell, maybe tomorrow at this rate.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 5:26 pm
by MarcusAu
Gumby wrote: Watson will be off YouTube within a year tops. Hell, maybe tomorrow at this rate.
I try not to pay attention to anything she says...

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 1:37 am
by Hunt
https://www.swastika.co.in/home

:? :?: :naughty: :snooty:

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 2:08 am
by shoutinghorse
MarcusAu wrote:
Gumby wrote: Watson will be off YouTube within a year tops. Hell, maybe tomorrow at this rate.
I try not to pay attention to anything she says...
I see what you did there ;)

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:21 am
by MarcusAu
Hunt wrote: https://www.swastika.co.in/home

:? :?: :naughty: :snooty:
It does seem a little culturally insensitive to link an buddhist icon to financial services - when one the core tenents of that faith is lack of attachment to such things.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:40 am
by Hunt
MarcusAu wrote:
Hunt wrote: https://www.swastika.co.in/home

:? :?: :naughty: :snooty:
Not to mention their Holocaust Insurance subsidiary.

Holocaust Insurance: "We'll protect you fo shoah"
It does seem a little culturally insensitive to link an buddhist icon to financial services - when one the core tenents of that faith is lack of attachment to such things.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:41 am
by Hunt
How the f did that happen?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 6:38 am
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Hunt wrote: How the f did that happen?
Use your edit button.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 8:23 am
by MarcusAu
I see that PZ's lawyer is involved in a new case...

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/09/us/a ... index.html


Probably too early to tell if this is a blow for or against free speech...

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 8:32 am
by MarcusAu
Or possibly not - Randazza (PZ's lawyer) is out - and things are not going so well for Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin.

https://forward.com/fast-forward/423282 ... y-stormer/

So, I guess this can be chalked up to a blow against free speech.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 5:26 pm
by free thoughtpolice

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 3:47 am
by franc
This is too fucken funny. This is my year of death. I have lost count. Seriously, I couldn't think of a better way for this cunt to die. I rue not saying farewell. He was a brother -

https://greylining.com/2019/05/04/more-death/

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 5:37 am
by Sulman
CommanderTuvok wrote:
shoutinghorse wrote:
Wed May 01, 2019 4:03 pm
Fucking Hell! I just posted a link and stated that I enjoyed Delingpoles chat with Lauren Southern,, I thought I would share as she's been the topic of conversation here on numerous occations. I care not whether you think he's a cunt. ... Kill me why don'y you? I :roll:
He's OK when aiming at SJWs and regressive loons (i.e. the Culture War), but he's also a climate troofer.
I read a fair bit of Delingpole years ago; long before what became known as the 'alt-right' came to prominence. He's a fairly sharp writer and I like his penchant for history. On the other hand, he's a very English product of the class system, and you can practically smell his regret he isn't part of the Etonian caste; merely making it as far as Oxbridge.

His more recent shtick is just stupid, like a male mirror of Katie Hopkins it's all about clicks. I wouldn't be sure of anything he claims to believe.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 5:49 am
by SM1957
The mainstream media in Britain is now fighting Islamophobia by cheering on young Muslim men who assault people who say Islam is violent.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 12:07 pm
by Bhurzum


:P

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 1:25 pm
by Matt Cavanaugh
Just want to report that Hemant Mehta is still a massive cunt.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 2:56 pm
by Sulman
Tweet from Tim Pool: I haven't looked at any of the numbers but superficially it's an interesting graph.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 4:11 pm
by Bhurzum
Black Death II: Electric Boogaloo...
The man, 38, and his pregnant wife, 37, are thought to have fallen ill after hunting and eating contaminated marmot in Mongolia
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... s-14987444

:P

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 9:43 pm
by shoutinghorse
Happy Ramadan folks. :violence-blades:


Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 6:10 am
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Fuck capitalism!

Save the planet!

Meyers, ever the hypocrite, is going to drive a 500 mile roundtrip just to see a politician tell him what he wants to hear.

The unbelievable arrogance and obnoxious profligacy of this man.

https://i.imgur.com/dium8tu.png

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 7:12 am
by some guy
Trigger warning: watching The Orbit as it slowly, asymptotically, approaches death.

Two bloggers managed, all together, to put up a grand total of 4 blog posts at The Orbit in the month of April. They accumulated a total of zero (0) reader comments.

By the numbers, the site-wide picture looks like this:
0.133 posts/day
0.000 comments/day

When averaged over all 22 bloggers at the site:
0.006 posts/day/blogger
0.000 comments/day/blogger

Ania Onion Bula ('Splain You A Thing) put up 3: she always puts up 3 a month, usually jammed in on the last week of the month (even though her patron page commits to 5 posts a month). And Tony Thompson (The Progressive Pub) stopped by to put up his usual once-per-3-month post.

As usual, the topics are all about the trials and tribulations of the poster. It's funny how they seem to define "fighting for Social Justice" as "complaining about their own personal fucked-up situations in life". I guess other marginalized people will just have to wait their turn.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:28 am
by Matt Cavanaugh
Bhurzum wrote: Black Death II: Electric Boogaloo...
The man, 38, and his pregnant wife, 37, are thought to have fallen ill after hunting and eating contaminated marmot in Mongolia
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... s-14987444

:P
Marmite? Should've stuck with Vegemite.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:33 am
by Bhurzum
Matt Cavanaugh wrote:
Bhurzum wrote: Black Death II: Electric Boogaloo...
The man, 38, and his pregnant wife, 37, are thought to have fallen ill after hunting and eating contaminated marmot in Mongolia
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... s-14987444

:P
Marmite? Should've stuck with Vegemite.
Ack! The Devil's taint-scrapings! Both of 'em!

https://memeguy.com/photos/images/tryin ... -56382.jpg

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:40 am
by Matt Cavanaugh
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: Fuck capitalism!

Save the planet!

Meyers, ever the hypocrite, is going to drive a 500 mile roundtrip just to see a politician tell him what he wants to hear.

The unbelievable arrogance and obnoxious profligacy of this man.

https://i.imgur.com/dium8tu.png
Bernie Sanders essentially Willy Horton'ed himself last week when he argued that felons in prison, even the goatfucker who blew up the Boston Marathon, should get to vote.

He's unelectable.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 11:12 am
by Really?
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Wed May 01, 2019 5:08 pm
Meyers of course has a post up to let everyone know about Becky and Skepchick's return.

But he also hints at some incoming bad legal news of his own.

Could Dick Carrier be back on the hunt?

https://i.imgur.com/ZfpUzZo.png
Ironically, PZ wanted everyone to know about an FTBer auctioning off weapons to help the cause. Perhaps this is the very knife PZ will use to cut his deathbed proselytizer.
I've been out of the loop for a little while. Has Carrier been spooging up the place?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 12:52 pm
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Really? wrote:
Ironically, PZ wanted everyone to know about an FTBer auctioning off weapons to help the cause. Perhaps this is the very knife PZ will use to cut his deathbed proselytizer.
I've been out of the loop for a little while. Has Carrier been spooging up the place?
Haha! Fat old fraud was supposed to have given up on Twitter years ago on principles. Now he's using it to pay off his debts! Fucking lol. That blade looks weird, maybe one of our surprisingly high number of local knife experts can tell me if that is some weird high quality finish that is supposed to look that way?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 1:41 pm
by Bhurzum
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: That blade looks weird, maybe one of our surprisingly high number of local knife experts can tell me if that is some weird high quality finish that is supposed to look that way?
It looks like crude acid etching/damage.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bvc4zx1PTw4/maxresdefault.jpg

Don't get me wrong, other than bayonets, I'm no expert. To me, a knife is a simple tool for simple work.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 2:12 pm
by Mr. X, Indeed
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Really? wrote:
Ironically, PZ wanted everyone to know about an FTBer auctioning off weapons to help the cause. Perhaps this is the very knife PZ will use to cut his deathbed proselytizer.
I've been out of the loop for a little while. Has Carrier been spooging up the place?
Haha! Fat old fraud was supposed to have given up on Twitter years ago on principles. Now he's using it to pay off his debts! Fucking lol. That blade looks weird, maybe one of our surprisingly high number of local knife experts can tell me if that is some weird high quality finish that is supposed to look that way?
It's a line between two different steels. It's not to my tastes, but that may be the lighting. It has a 1095 high carbon steel core clad in 15N20. 1095 doesn't keep an edge all that well, isn't very hard, but it does take abuse. There are better (more expensive) knife steels. I don't like carbon steel for a knife because of the extra care needed to avoid corrosion. Some people love it. I prefer stainless. From what I can tell from a photo it isn't a top of the line knife but it also isn't a shit knife.

Yes, it looks like that on purpose.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 2:22 pm
by Mr. X, Indeed
I probably came across too negative there. Assuming the forging process wasn't fucked up, that's a perfectly nice knife.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 3:18 pm
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Mr. X, Indeed wrote: I probably came across too negative there. Assuming the forging process wasn't fucked up, that's a perfectly nice knife.
Turns out it's a 300 UK pounds nice knife. Now that is via an auction with the aim of funding a "good" cause, but still it must be better than it looks to the untrained eye. And the handle is ebony/pure silver.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 4:34 pm
by Mr. X, Indeed
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Mr. X, Indeed wrote: I probably came across too negative there. Assuming the forging process wasn't fucked up, that's a perfectly nice knife.
Turns out it's a 300 UK pounds nice knife. Now that is via an auction with the aim of funding a "good" cause, but still it must be better than it looks to the untrained eye. And the handle is ebony/pure silver.
300 pounds? It's for a cause and people will pay extra in that case, but that's getting into Konosuke territory price-wise.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 5:19 pm
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Mr. X, Indeed wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Mr. X, Indeed wrote: I probably came across too negative there. Assuming the forging process wasn't fucked up, that's a perfectly nice knife.
Turns out it's a 300 UK pounds nice knife. Now that is via an auction with the aim of funding a "good" cause, but still it must be better than it looks to the untrained eye. And the handle is ebony/pure silver.
300 pounds? It's for a cause and people will pay extra in that case, but that's getting into Konosuke territory price-wise.
Sorry, it is actually Dollars. I swear it was the Pound symbol before. I wonder if the currency symbol on websites changes depending on which country my VPN is set to connect through, because earlier I was appearing to browse from the UK and now the US. Interesting...

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 8:58 pm
by AndrewV69
Mr. X, Indeed wrote:
Sun May 05, 2019 2:12 pm
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Really? wrote:
Ironically, PZ wanted everyone to know about an FTBer auctioning off weapons to help the cause. Perhaps this is the very knife PZ will use to cut his deathbed proselytizer.
I've been out of the loop for a little while. Has Carrier been spooging up the place?
Haha! Fat old fraud was supposed to have given up on Twitter years ago on principles. Now he's using it to pay off his debts! Fucking lol. That blade looks weird, maybe one of our surprisingly high number of local knife experts can tell me if that is some weird high quality finish that is supposed to look that way?
It's a line between two different steels. It's not to my tastes, but that may be the lighting. It has a 1095 high carbon steel core clad in 15N20. 1095 doesn't keep an edge all that well, isn't very hard, but it does take abuse. There are better (more expensive) knife steels. I don't like carbon steel for a knife because of the extra care needed to avoid corrosion. Some people love it. I prefer stainless. From what I can tell from a photo it isn't a top of the line knife but it also isn't a shit knife.

Yes, it looks like that on purpose.
I concur that it "looks" like carbon steel. I have a couple myself and they do require more care than "regular" stainless steel knives. I looks like it was hand made too.

One thing is clear, if you attack someone with it, avoid stabbing and stick to slashing. Unless you do not mind cutting your hand when it slips off the handle while you are delivering stabs, and it will, pretty much guaranteed do that.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:30 am
by Bhurzum
AndrewV69 wrote: One thing is clear, if you attack someone with it, avoid stabbing and stick to slashing. Unless you do not mind cutting your hand when it slips off the handle while you are delivering stabs, and it will, pretty much guaranteed do that.
See? You don't have that problem with a bayonet - stick it on, get stuck in, stick it in!

https://hugelolcdn.com/i/566112.jpg

All the intimacy, none of the risk...

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 2:19 am
by ConcentratedH2O, OM
Bhurzum wrote:
See? You don't have that problem with a bayonet - stick it on, get stuck in, stick it in!

"Stick it on, stick it in,
Let me begin..."


Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 3:52 am
by Bhurzum
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: "Stick it on, stick it in,
Let me begin..."
"Rice, rice, baby" - Vanilla Cube, Ninjas With Amplitude.

https://static.hiphopdx.com/2011/06/1-I ... y-hhdx.jpg

(I love troll-quotes!)

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 4:14 am
by screwtape
Mr. X, Indeed wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Really? wrote:
Ironically, PZ wanted everyone to know about an FTBer auctioning off weapons to help the cause. Perhaps this is the very knife PZ will use to cut his deathbed proselytizer.
I've been out of the loop for a little while. Has Carrier been spooging up the place?
Haha! Fat old fraud was supposed to have given up on Twitter years ago on principles. Now he's using it to pay off his debts! Fucking lol. That blade looks weird, maybe one of our surprisingly high number of local knife experts can tell me if that is some weird high quality finish that is supposed to look that way?
It's a line between two different steels. It's not to my tastes, but that may be the lighting. It has a 1095 high carbon steel core clad in 15N20. 1095 doesn't keep an edge all that well, isn't very hard, but it does take abuse. There are better (more expensive) knife steels. I don't like carbon steel for a knife because of the extra care needed to avoid corrosion. Some people love it. I prefer stainless. From what I can tell from a photo it isn't a top of the line knife but it also isn't a shit knife.

Yes, it looks like that on purpose.
And the two steels are acid etched to show off the fact it is of san mai construction. A few custom straight razor makers have experimented with this, notably Mastro Livi. It's a way of having the toughness of stainless steel combined with the honing and edge qualities of carbon steel and is more applicable to long thin blades subject to high impact forces - ie swords. Not needed in a kitchen knife unless you have something to prove.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 4:58 am
by Bhurzum
screwtape wrote: A few custom straight razor makers have experimented with this, notably Mastro Livi. It's a way of having the toughness of stainless steel combined with the honing and edge qualities of carbon steel and is more applicable to long thin blades subject to high impact forces - ie swords.
Once per month I get a straight razor shave from the little lady. It has become something of a ritual (music, pre-shave shower, glass of vino etc) and even though I thoroughly enjoy the post-shave feel, I must admit, I am squirming (internally) the instant she puts blade to neck. My mind goes into overdrive should the worst happen - quick-clot location, mobile phone fully charged, bandages, improvised defensive weapons within arms-reach, "actions on" drills fully memorized etc.

Man, either I'm mentally ill (is paranoia a mental illness?) or my divorce has left me with serious trust issues.

Not sure I should have shared this...

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:31 am
by Mr. X, Indeed
screwtape wrote: And the two steels are acid etched to show off the fact it is of san mai construction. A few custom straight razor makers have experimented with this, notably Mastro Livi. It's a way of having the toughness of stainless steel combined with the honing and edge qualities of carbon steel and is more applicable to long thin blades subject to high impact forces - ie swords. Not needed in a kitchen knife unless you have something to prove.
Oh yeah, it's decorative. I do have a couple of knives made with a powdered stainless core clad in cheaper stainless. The harder steel is nice, especially with vegetables. If I'm dealing with bone then it's too brittle and I'll use a German steel or VG10 knife. The great majority of knives are German steel or VG10 because no one needs anything more than that. I have some Wusthofs that have taken decades of abuse and still bounce back. Damascus finishes and the like look pretty and give salespeople a way to talk people into more expensive knives. It's surprisingly easy to convince some people that a fancy knife will make them better. If you're shitty at chopping an onion with a cheap knife you'll still be shitty with an expensive knife. It will look better as you mangle the onion, though. Anything I can do with a $100+ knife I can still do with a $10 knife.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:40 am
by Mr. X, Indeed
Bhurzum wrote:
screwtape wrote: A few custom straight razor makers have experimented with this, notably Mastro Livi. It's a way of having the toughness of stainless steel combined with the honing and edge qualities of carbon steel and is more applicable to long thin blades subject to high impact forces - ie swords.
Once per month I get a straight razor shave from the little lady. It has become something of a ritual (music, pre-shave shower, glass of vino etc) and even though I thoroughly enjoy the post-shave feel, I must admit, I am squirming (internally) the instant she puts blade to neck. My mind goes into overdrive should the worst happen - quick-clot location, mobile phone fully charged, bandages, improvised defensive weapons within arms-reach, "actions on" drills fully memorized etc.

Man, either I'm mentally ill (is paranoia a mental illness?) or my divorce has left me with serious trust issues.

Not sure I should have shared this...
I have a similar reaction when whoever is cutting my hair decides to trim my eyebrows without giving me a heads up. I'm just sitting there enjoying a haircut and suddenly there's a pair of scissors within an inch of my eye. I have to fight the urge to leap out of the chair.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 5:56 am
by InfraRedBucket
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I suppose it could have been worse if the US/Aussie reporting was to be believed...

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Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:30 am
by Matt Cavanaugh
Bhurzum wrote:
screwtape wrote: A few custom straight razor makers have experimented with this, notably Mastro Livi. It's a way of having the toughness of stainless steel combined with the honing and edge qualities of carbon steel and is more applicable to long thin blades subject to high impact forces - ie swords.
Once per month I get a straight razor shave from the little lady. It has become something of a ritual (music, pre-shave shower, glass of vino etc) and even though I thoroughly enjoy the post-shave feel, I must admit, I am squirming (internally) the instant she puts blade to neck. My mind goes into overdrive should the worst happen - quick-clot location, mobile phone fully charged, bandages, improvised defensive weapons within arms-reach, "actions on" drills fully memorized etc.

Man, either I'm mentally ill (is paranoia a mental illness?) or my divorce has left me with serious trust issues.

Not sure I should have shared this...
I still have the 10" Wusthof my ex tried to stab me in the heart with. No way she was getting the kitchen knifes in the divorce.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 6:30 am
by Matt Cavanaugh
Knifes -- I haven't had coffee yet.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:06 am
by Bhurzum
Matt Cavanaugh wrote: I still have the 10" Wusthof my ex tried to stab me in the heart with.
Aaaaand straight razor shaving is done. Nope. Fuck it. Never again.

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Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 8:29 am
by shoutinghorse
InfraRedBucket wrote: I suppose it could have been worse if the US/Aussie reporting was to be believed...
What could be worse than a ginger eggplant? :?

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 9:03 am
by Matt Cavanaugh
Fascinating. Among my horse racing friends, the reaction to the Kentucky Derby disqualification is falling on political lines.

Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 2:15 pm
by Keating
Some more of Kirb's civic nationalism:


Re: You is all a bunch of poofs!

Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 3:53 pm
by Matt Cavanaugh
Keating wrote: Some more of Kirb's civic nationalism:

You think that's bad, what about this?
Let's go, children!
May impure blood water our fields!
May your dying enemies see your triumph and our glory!
And then the clear threat:
We will enter the pit.