Random Thoughts Thread

[BladeOfEden]

Are the names/heights real?

I doubt it. Pics are legit though

[Five_X]

So… there’s something that’s been going around that I somehow just discovered. It’s a little NSFW and some people may be a bit “disturbed” by it so I’ll put it in a spoiler. Mods, if you want this taken down LMK and I’ll delete it (plz no ban)

Spoiler:

Apparently there’s this design flaw in Russian tanks that is being exploited in Ukraine, in which when a tank is hit by a modern anti tank missile the turret of the tank is blown a hundred meters into the air in a morbidly hilarious manner, essentially turning two of the tank operators into postmortem cosmonauts. this is due to the fact that the Russian tank design has all the ammunition located directly under where the crew is (by comparison, western tank design puts the ammo on the sides and equips tanks with blowout panels so this doesn’t happen). The internet has started calling this “turret tossing”. Someone even made a fucking scoreboard:

Russian tanks are designed with autoloaders, which means that the ammunition and propellant need to be directly inside the turret under the gun. Theoretically, this saves a lot of space and allows for a lower physical profile since there are only 3 people in the vehicle rather than the usual 4. You can see Russian tanks have a little turret and slender bodies, which makes them quite nimble and up to 20 tons lighter than modern Western tanks. It also means there can be no blowout panels to redirect exploding gas from an ammunition fire, which in a tank like the American Abrams is reliably survivable.

The people in the tank are not becoming projectiles themselves, I think that's probably a grisly joke. Suffice to say, the fire and explosive force would not leave enough to recognise as human, let alone put a specific name to. The names given in the meme here are all Russian politicians.

Americans in the Gulf War were pretty entertained by this same phenomenon too, when Iraqi tanks (imported Soviet vehicles) exploded in what they called a "jack in the box" style. Apparently the new T14 Armata tank has the crew in the armoured body of the tank rather than the turret to avoid these catastrophic failures, but that tank probably doesn't even work outside parades so it's moot.

[BladeOfEden]

The people in the tank are not becoming projectiles themselves, I think that's probably a grisly joke. Suffice to say, the fire and explosive force would not leave enough to recognise as human, let alone put a specific name to. The names given in the meme here are all Russian politicians.

I figured that was the case, given the size of the explosion. Still morbidly comical as hell.

[Deathhappens]

Got a new TV and all I could think of is what a pain it is to set up all these newfangled accounts and settings and stuff when back in the day all you needed to do was ensure everything was plugged in and power it on.
It is, admittedly, very nice to look at though.

[TomPen94]

Old man yells at cloud moment

Do you have to set up those accounts tho? Pretty sure you can still operate it the old fashioned way, but you'll be losing out on the QoL of those new features.

[BladeOfEden]

Got a new TV and all I could think of is what a pain it is to set up all these newfangled accounts and settings and stuff when back in the day all you needed to do was ensure everything was plugged in and power it on.
It is, admittedly, very nice to look at though.

Pro tip: if you don’t connect your SmartTV to the internet and never update it you don’t have to deal with all the extra bullshit

[Mattias]

You still have to deal with the "Not connected to internet" message that pops up every couple of weeks.

[Deathhappens]

Old man yells at cloud moment

Do you have to set up those accounts tho? Pretty sure you can still operate it the old fashioned way, but you'll be losing out on the QoL of those new features.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Spartacus]

I finally buy a dakimakura.

[BladeOfEden]

I finally buy a dakimakura.

Who’s on it?

[Spartacus]

Castoria and Lacus from Gundam Seed Destiny.

[tsugumi]

Moved to a cold place and invented a reverse kotatsu on the second day: placing a pillow in front of a portable heater, a sheepskin in front of it for some additional cushioning (floor's already carpeted), lying down and placing a large, comfy, heavy doona on top of myself... this is pretty great. I've already fallen asleep twice. A great way to unwind at the end of the day.

[Mattias]

Castoria and Lacus from Gundam Seed Destiny.

At least Cagalli is cute.

[Glazy]

The more I think about it the less I like Deltarune's Weird/Snowgrave route. Even though it does have good content in it I feel like it's detrimental to the overall story of Deltarune. Like it throws away the more interesting narrative of Kris using the Dark World for escapism. As Kris opening the Dark Fountain at the end of CH2 in the Snowgrave route if doing for escapism reason not only makes them unsympathetic but stupid as they were very against snowgrave. So them opening the Fountain at the end is a big ???. Not only that but the Player and Kris relationship is more interesting if the Player makes Kris life easier which ties back to the theme of control. Is free will more important if being under control makes your life better? Which is more better than lmao Player bad.

[Nanashi(kari)]

Did you know the rough jp word equivalent to toddlercon is

pedophilia

ペドフィリア

(usually abbreviated to

pedo

ペド

)?
Crazy stuff, huh?

[Skull]

There are some things I think I would be better off without knowing to be honest...

[tsugumi]

Did you know the rough jp word equivalent to toddlercon is

pedophilia

ペドフィリア

(usually abbreviated to

pedo

ペド

)?
Crazy stuff, huh?

toddler what

[Nikiri]

naruhodo

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so what were you checking

[Nanashi(kari)]

so what were you checking

I first saw the term as a tag on pixiv while checking the source of a certain pic of Lana's little twin sisters.
After seeing it also as a tag on narou nocturne and used in two normal web novels I was conviced of its meaning and that it was a established term.

[pinetree]

Normal web novels. Right.