Sandi Toksvig is one hell of a human being. Always enjoyed her presenting (especially on QI) but didn't know this about her activism and inclusivity. Impressive!
Yep. There's nothing quite so frustrating as having to sit there while a total and utter idiot drags your cause, hobby or profession through the mud.
I remember when my friend was checking his weapon / ammo, I noticed he had hollow points. I was quite shocked as in my head they were more dangerous, he explained that because he lived in an apartment, if he had to shoot at an intruder with normal bullets they'd go straight through the walls, and that hollow points were much safer for fellow residents if the worst came to the worst. Really demonstrated to me that there's a metric fuck ton I don't know about guns. So I always try and moderate my emotional reaction to 'gun issues'. Some things imo are quite obvious (like, if there's a license to drive a vehicle, then surely it's just as crucial to have some common-sense legislation to ensure people who own guns do so responsibly). But then, I don't live in a country with something like a Constitution and it's not for me to tell other people how to live in their own country!
Thanks, that's a kind offer! I'd love to visit Colorado one day.
My friend who I went with is very stringent on safety / weapon maintenance, and I got a really serious vibe from the owner on the way in... No messing about, listen carefully to instructions, follow guidance to the letter. That gave me quite a bit of confidence knowing all the people inside would be held to that standard. Guns are serious tools and not to be fucked with, is how I felt on the way there and on leaving.
Flinching was for sure a big part of it. I'm autistic, never liked loud noises / bangs, stuff like fireworks. Just walking in there was quite a big deal (especially because being a UK boi I'd never been near a gun let alone fired one), I remember flinching at first just from the concussions I could feel in my chest from other peoples' shots. Interestingly after 3-4 hours of this, it seemed to have dampened my flinch response substantially.
First words out of my mouth after firing the Magnum was "FUCKING HELL" haha. Big old cloud of smoke, I'd definitely go shooting again. Was fun. Managed to land all my shots on the target at 15m so will take that as a win, especially compared to all the other learner papers they showed me.
Dark Reader. Not invulnerable to sudden blinding at night, I'd say one site in 200 seems to sneak through. But imo it beats all other dark mode addons I tried and certainly the default dark mode.
This was about to be my response. Sometimes, when a 5.1 surround mix is forced into stereo output, it causes the 'speech' channel to sound quieter than it should.
Try sticking to non-surrounds sources OP if you don't have surround setup
Can you explain a bit more what you mean re recoil not affecting my shot grouping? The problem I had was, with how powerful the recoil was, I couldn't be certain that my hands returned to the exact same position each time... and it being my first time shooting, I definitely hadn't dialled in that weird 'look down the sight while also looking at the target' half-and-half thing.
It certainly gave me an appreciation for skillful shooting! I actually surprised my host with the glock but was pretty hopeless with the magnum. And iirc it was from a pitifully-short distance too.
Ahh I just re-read and think I understand what you meant. The problem I was having was making sure subsequent shots were close to the first one
Say what? They have completely out competed our native red squirrels here in the UK. We have shit loads of grey squirrels, hit us up if you want a top up
You receive: random biting of any toes that happen to peep out from under the duvet
You're doing an amazing job, people like you are what makes lemmy such an awesome place to spend time. Thank you!
I think that for these type of dogs, the 'game' is not letting you get the ball. That face is saying "go on... Go on, try and take it!"
Terry Pratchett isn't re-editing anything, he sadly is no longer with us.