After the ‘Fuck’

Just edited the pic to fix the author’s mistake lmao

Hey, I’m down for gun enthusiasts getting weird guns. It’s more environmentally friendly than a huge truck, that’s for sure.

Mostly I was just grabbing a pistol cartridge that I was vaguely familiar with to demonstrate the difference between a ‘normal’ round for a handgun and a 45-70.

No problem! That particular derringer is special-made to hold a 45-70. A more typical derringer would look more like this or this.

Really, the only use case I can think of, other than “I like shooting powerful rounds”, for the 45-70 is big-game hunting or self-defense against bears, lmao.

Ah, smokeless powder! Ensuring mankind has more power than we know what to do with since the late 19th century.

lmao the absolute madman

This just in: Steve reports he has a stress fracture of the wrist.

Sounds about right

So, a derringer is a small pistol, usually with two shots, made for close-range self-defense. Normally they use, well, pistol rounds, like a 9mm, which has like, 700 joules of energy or someshit like that. When you fire a lightweight gun, you definitely get some kickback from it, even with a pistol round.

A 45-70 is a big-ass rifle round with something like 4000 joules of energy behind it. You uh, you put that in a little derringer and pull the trigger, both you and your target are gonna feel it.

This also might help put it into perspective

A friend of mine, married to a European, said that I should have been born in Europe, not the US, due to my hatred of small talk.

Our national holiday consists of drinking and playing with explosives at nighttime. You do the math.

It’s generally a very cheerful level of suicidality though! Would be awful to bring the mood down by making a suicide all somber or some shit.

It’s more of a “I just lost my starboard engine. Get set up for your attack run.”

“Good enough” is “My head is barely above water and I’m wondering if it’s worth the effort”

The woman is from Signalis, I believe.

MOTHMAN MOTHMAN

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So… what happens when there’s multiple customers shopping at the same time?

You have to get things yourself. Don’t work him like a dog!

I think this is BS, quite frankly. But it’s nice to think about it being real.

I mean, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be real insofar as a local hardware store has a dog, and the dog likes to help (or ‘help’) customers by carrying things and keeping near them until they reach the checkout.

This dog has interrobangs and semi-colons in his head.

Translation: “Furthermore; it is necessary to the security of the household that you allocate unto me a portion of all baked, cooked, or roasted goods that pass herein. For should I waste for want of sustenance, there would be no watch at the door; no bold guard to prevent the trespass of wicked men into the holdfast of our fair clan. And what could such a trifling price be, but rightfully rendered payment to a hound most virtuous and fair; indeed, such a payment is ennobling, even, to bursar and beneficiary alike!”

Dog Mind: “;;;”

With those eyes, I can hear him licking his chops just from the photo.

Well, that and adjusting to suit mainstream tastes. Like how garlic bread is largely a Western introduction in Korea, but is preferred sweet there instead of savory.

Development of cuisine is a fascinating thing!

Time to make a pilgrimage