CommissarVulpin

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This building was a fire station, and bunker gear is the protective clothing that firefighters wear. I guess they didn’t want you bringing dirty/smoky clothes into the break room

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, that makes a lot of sense.

 
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Asparagus made a lot more sense to me once I saw one go to seed. It branches out and looks more like a normal plant. We just harvest it before it gets to that point. Same with artichokes, they’re just an immature flower bud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The concept of having interchangeable, standardized parts is actually kind of a new idea from the Industrial Revolution. Before then, everything was custom-made to fit. The example that comes to mind is firearms. All of the muskets and rifles used in the revolutionary war, for example, were hand-made and hand-fitted. The lock from one rifle wouldn’t necessarily fit on another. If your stock broke, you couldn’t just go get a new stock and slap it on - you had to bust out the woodworking tools and make a new one.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

In photography, there’s a saying: “Anything for the shot”

I don’t know if I’d go as far as this guy, but props to him for risking himself and his equipment, I guess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a Redwall community? I’m tempted to make one but I have no idea how

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

My first camera was a Voigtländer Vito 2, don’t know the exact age but it’s from the 1950s. My grandmother gave it to me when I expressed interest in film photography, she said she hadn’t touched it in decades so I might as well have it. As soon as I put a roll through it and got the photos back, I was hooked. Even though most of the pictures were underexposed, I knew I wanted to keep shooting film.

After talking to my uncle about this, he rooted around in his closet and gave me my second camera: a Pentax K1000. Super chunky and heavy compared to the Voigtländer, so I felt more confident taking it with me places without breaking it.

I just picked up a third, a Nikon FE along with some telephoto lenses. I haven’t put a roll through it yet, but I’m excited to try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Are you saying that if I picked up a copy of that differential equations book I might actually learn wtf is going on? Because I only passed that class with the help of wolfram alpha and never looked back

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

At this point I’m so desperate for a woman to want to spend time with me I’d take it

/s but not really

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Their secret? They had superior morale and esprit de corps!

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