NoBanStan

I'm at the point I'm more angry and resentful about it than sad.

First it was my wife's friend, age 47. Then it was her sisters husband, 56. Today its my high school buddies younger brother, 42. All that in the last few months. Several more friends and family who are well on their way. 1-2 of them I'm surprised haven't died yet. I've seen enough drunkenness and death around me that I don't think I'll ever take another drink. If you know someone like this. Please... don't be an enabler and just let them continue. Unless you want to bury them too.

In today's market .41~.42cpr ain't bad at all...

Right. Desantis' team actually used an AI photo of Trump hugging fauci during his campaign. It was easy to spot, but it probably fooled a lot of people. Not an NPR fan, just pulled the first link from a search https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1181097435/desantis-campaign-shares-apparent-ai-generated-fake-images-of-trump-and-fauci

I don't blame you for firing back in your own defense. Perfectly natural. No hard feelings from my end. I also don't get the obsession with her, but that's fame right? If only people could be so dedicated to better efforts in life. Myself included....

Now that you've provided the additional detail, I suppose I'm in on the joke. I still don't see a joke, but humor is subjective. I'm not here to come after anyone, so I will offer you an apology for wrapping you in with dirty deep fake group. I still defend my stance that they are perverts.

Please read your initial comment and tell me it doesn't say "I can't wait for them to make more fake Taylor Swift porn". I heard about it, but I didn't look it up because it's exactly what it says. It's fake. If you said that about some girl that does porn, I wouldn't have batted an eye because she signed up for it. So it's not about moral superiority, it's just common decency. Tell you what, let's get pictures of your wife/mother/daughter and let's make some porn out of them to share around. Would your feelings change? Serious question man.

Not a fan of her music, her politics, HER in general. But she doesn't deserve that and ARFCOM shouldn't allow it either. Bet if that was their kid they would sing a different tune. No offense man, but that's just wrong in my book

No! just No! Dune... *shudders* I tried to read the first one... it was SOOOO slow. so i switched to the audio book... even the narrator was slow. ITS EVEN PLOT THAT YOU HAVE TO STAB SOMEONE SLOW!!

Those of us in the techie world have probably already seen this, but for the rest, Open AI is releasing a text-to-video product called Sora. https://openai.com/sora To put it simply: Imagine just telling a chat box to make you a video of a cat fighting a dog over a banana. A few moments later, presto! you have that video available to you. Personally, I'm trying to view it from the side of light. We could get some very cool stuff like sci-fi movies with "actors" that aren't spouting their political beliefs, etc, etc. However, we all know that it'll be used for more nefarious purposes. "Black Mirror" type stuff, among others. Remember, this is AI video in its infancy. So as you scroll through these videos, you'll probably be impressed by the realism... until you pay closer attention. Things disappearing or having no weight. The process not understanding how mass works or collision when objects touch. other times something sprouts a new limb or simply disappears once it's out of primary focus. So regardless of what you think.. we're entering a really wild time...

2018 Wrangler JK

Side note. Very adult show. You've been warned.

The basic story: The main guy is an alcoholic who runs a support group. He's generally spiteful about everything. Each episode starts with him calling out someone publicly for what he perceives as sub-optimal behavior (like the clip above). The support group and the people around him all have extreme personalities and are just goofy. Overall it's pretty darn funny.

Spreading this to my friends and family

*edit* forgot to add. I love it.. can't afford it, but i love it.

Bringing this back. If you haven't watched it, Old Henry is good. I really like Tim Blake Nelson Also started watching Loudermilk with my wife. That's a pretty funny show.

You'll certainly rise to the occasion.

McRat'wich Bada bum bum bum.....mistake!

Yup, makes sense as it's not a primary

Ya know, I've never had one. Or a filet of fish. Feels a bit like gas station sushi for me. I'm just not interested

I've picked up a few of the super light ARs at gunshows, like sub 6lbs. Everything is skeletonized. I like the idea but not the practicality. However, i'm one of those people who kinda associate weight with quality, so super light just feels flimsy to me. The last thing i want is a rifle that can't hold up to slight abuse. I suppose it all depends on your frame, strength, health, use case, etc. At 6'2", it doesn't hurt my feelings to tote beefier rifle.

Yeah I don't care for a tanto either. I'm more of a drop point, spear point fan.