Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Yeah, right, @NEStalgia .... Let's invade them, then?

@NEStalgia Well, I've always wondered what a Nuka-Cola would actually taste like...

It even has an entire back story in the Fallout universe, official recipe included:
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Nuka-Cola

P.S.

Calling nuclear warfare old-fashioned, and subsequently naming a solution that has already been in use ever since World War 1 as a more "modern" means of global warfare...

Well, I think chemical & biological weapons have developed a lot more than nukes, @ThanosReXXX

@BruceCM Well, we wouldn't know, now would we? Governments keep a lot of secrets, as do their military departments, and like we see in countries such as North Korea, nuclear weapons are still being newly developed, so they will be using the latest tech available, whereas seen in the conflict in Syria and such, they're still using old weapons like nerve gas and so on, and if I remember correctly, they've used stuff like mustard gas way back in the Iraki conflict. Both types of gas have been available ever since (and probably already before) World War 1.

I suppose both have been improved in some ways, such as precision, effectiveness/distribution and so on, so it could be argued that both are of old origins, but have been modernized. Chemical warfare still predates nuclear warfare, so either way, it is still an older method.

There’s the old chestnut of burning crops, too.

Mostly just doing responses this evening as my day has been pretty busy. XD

Edit: I would like a bite-sized summary of...a discussion on nukes? Wat? O____o

@Sunsy Yep, they do take a bit of coordination depending on the character classes and general dungeon know-how. Some groups know dungeons to a T while others need helped along. Needless to say some people are way more willing to help people learn than others.

@ThanosReXXX I've also reduced my meat intake. I generally eat less red meat than I used to and try to go for lean, non-processed meats when I do have it. I'm not against some burgers or other dishes that use ground beef now and again though; the meat comes from my dad's own stock and is processed locally. I mostly stick with chicken and fish these days. Sometimes I'll have beans as my main protein source for the day instead. And of course there's always the boiled egg with breakfast.

I do try to moderate the not-so-great foods by keeping them restaurant-only and only to a couple of times a month on average. I will admit that some of the stuff brought into work (this week has been especially bad lol) makes this pretty hard sometimes. If only I didn't have such a huge sweet tooth....

In my opinion, people can be vegan or vegetarian or a fruitarian or what-have-you if they want. The problem IMO is when people like that try forcing their viewpoints on others that X way is the only right way to eat for Y reason. Some people need to have certain things in their diets for various reasons that don't conform well with some of those plant-only ideas. I had issues with low iron a few years ago that I'm certain would have been worse then they already were if I hadn't upped the animal protein for a bit.

I recycle when I can, though there's no true solid recycling program where I live. There are some short-term projects like a plastic lid collection going on for a public bench project right now and some longer ones like a torn-down cardboard and plastic bag collection (only certain kinds) at a nearby church. Some places also take in certain things for recycling. There has been some local interest in more cohesive recycling programs, but some red tape coupled with some effects of the trade war with China right now (concerning some plastics mainly) have crippled that.

I rarely have a need to throw away metals these days since I don't normally buy anything canned, but I'd like to do more about the paper (chiefly mail inserts, local magazines, phone books (lol), or offers that I don't even ask for, though some are paper towels) and especially the plastics that a lot of my perishable food items and flash frozen veggies come in.

I try to be mindful of the environment and certainly care about it. I believe in my own way that I've already reduced some of my own impact with my eating choices, though I would like greener transportation and energy (there is a push for that right now), and better recycling options.

Just got an email that I got the role as Jason Voorhees (and so did someone else since there's going to be two of them) and I hardly know what i'm supposed to do, but thankfully Jason doesn't have any lines to rev up, tho that's gotta stink for those who can't practice their lines before tomorrow.

Guess i'll practice by playing the Friday the 13th game

Oh, they're a lot more efficient, @ThanosReXXX .... But I'm sure there's a lot more biological & chemical weapons than were around 50 years ago They'd probably be even more keen to keep some of that secret, too

Just got Darksiders 2 For the Switch (one day delay ) and Arkham Knight for Xbox One.
This weekend will be nice!

@SheldonRandoms woot! Choppity chop chop

@SheldonRandoms - You should spend the day swinging a yellow sleeping bag stuffed full of watermelons at a tree.

@Tyranexx Yeah, recycling is pretty useless if you're the only one in the area trying to do it. Over here, we've got a row of separate containers on the other side of the street that I live in, so all I need to do is go out the door, cross the street and then there's four containers for glass, plastics, cardboard and organic waste.

As for food: I completely agree with your assessment there. Besides the odd burger at Mac or Burger King, I mostly don't eat any processed foods at all, other than cheese, bacon and sometimes I like some kinds of meat paté, on bread or on toast.

Other than that, it's also mostly chicken and fish for me. And sometimes turkey filet, for variation. One of the few exceptions is when I make pasta sauce: that just HAS to have ground beef/minced meat in it.

In winter time, I do make my own meatballs, or I make stewed meat, or I get a smoked sausage from a specialized butcher that still works according to traditional methods, so I know the meat is not processed or manufactured on some kind of production line.

Also fully agreed on the point of people not forcing their diets on others. I'm perfectly fine with others only eating humus and seaweeds, but don't try to make me join you. I'll live my own life, thank you.

@BruceCM Same goes for nukes, my friend. They made the public believe that some type of disarmament has taken place in the late 90's, or at the very least a reduction, but I have a strong feeling that they've only moved them from one place to another, undisclosed location. And then there's all these weird satellites in the air, over half of which are only meant for spying and/or military purposes, so who knows what's up with those.

Some can probably also be used to remote control weapons. No need to drop stuff from planes anymore...

Since they probably had 10 times more nukes than needed to obliterate the whole world, @ThanosReXXX They probably did reduce it to 2-3 times! Not like such a reduction actually means anything There are only 2 possible basic sorts of nukes, fission & fusion. Whilst there's probably 10 times as many variants of biological & chemical weapons than used to be

@BruceCM Ah, I'm going to leave this topic alone. You're not going to win me over, and I know I have a couple of valid points, some of which you're also missing entirely. Better to give it a rest, then.

@ThanosReXXX Oh bioweapons may have been used since the dark ages (Great Pestilance entered Europe as a siege weapon of infected corpses and cows via catapults by Mongols at a major trade fortress in the middle east that was the crossroads of east/west commerce. It went back to Europe through there.) But the modern take on such things would be far more targeted, specific, and controlled as a weapon with an expiration clock than just lobbing a virulent disease that wipes out your own forces just as fast. There's really no need for big, messy, sloppy nukes beyond waving big sticks around. They destroy the land for decades making victory kind of hollow. Next time around, population centers will be the targets of WW3.

Recycling is mostly pointless to begin with. For metals it makes sense since there's only so much of it in general. Plastic they use more petroleum to recycle it than the retrieve from the recycling. Glass is beach sand and isn't an especially scarce resource, it's just about "unmaking the glass" more than about recycling it. (at the cost of tons of petroleum....) And paper literally grows on trees....we burn petroleum to turn tree fiber to pulp or ash, even though it decays naturally on its own fairly quickly and grows back naturally if only they just grow more trees instead of building more corporate parks and "senior living centers". It was the 80's feel good fad that got way too carried away for its own good (because there was big big big money in it!)

Meanwhile things that ACTUALLY should be specially disposed of involves hoarding trash for a year, loading it into a car, driving 40 minutes away with it, waiting in line for 2 hours in an idling car, filling out bureaucratic survey forms by a private contractor on a government contract, then finally disposing of it, once per year. And you have absolutely no ability whatsoever to dispose of it without doing that.

1 more day til LA for me.

Ok amazon is now being just plain mean.

Not only did they never send the accessories I preordered, which is holding me from actually using the Lite, now, just one week after launch, hey have the Lite on a lighting sale for like a hundred dollars less. (Keep in mind I live in Mexico, its original price here is closer to 300 dollars).

Didn't think we were exactly arguing, @ThanosReXXX .... Ultimately, we agree on the parts that were really relevant to the original point Which was only that we're still quite likely to wipe ourselves out in some massive war, whether with nukes or other WMDs
Whether or not the big countries did reduce their numbers of nukes, each still has more than enough of them

Agreed, @NEStalgia; that's why the major powers almost certainly wouldn't start nuclear war But with every despot having them, there's plenty of those who could do that

its dangerous to go alone!
take this.

You good fer nuthin sonuva gun! Now I have to get someone else before that creepy girl climbs out of a well.