u/CalzonePie

I am not a veteran, but at one point in my life I needed to use a gun in self defense.

The gun was a revolver, it came to me as a gift just two weeks earlier and I carried it when going to the wilderness because it was cool, but I had not yet taken it to the range to learn how to shoot it nor did I just try it out in the woods.

The situation involved an angry drunk man with a shotgun who had intent to kill me. I was able to get into cover quickly and draw my revolver, and it was dark out so I lined up a shot and pulled the trigger.

Except it was a fucking single shot revolver and I didn't know what a single shot revolver was. I pulled and pulled but the trigger wouldn't move.

Luckily as the individual was drunk and it was pitch black out I was able to run away safely.

But every single night in some dream I have need to use a rifle or pistol and every single time I pull the trigger it is stuck and nothing happens.

I have met and spoken to many individuals with BPD, and I dated one for some time.

What I noticed is that while most individuals with BPD I have spoken to were in therapy, a large portion of them were under the impression they had autism, anxiety disorders, or bipolar disorder despite expressing very few symptoms of those disorders but having textbook examples of BPD.

Why is it so common for BPD to be misdiagnosed as something else when many of the symptoms are so easy to spot and unique?

60w fiber laser. For some reason the framing tool is about 1mm off of where it actually cuts on both axis. What could the problem be?

I am working with a 60w fiber laser and I am trying to cut holes in some fairly thick steel. The problem is that I need a backstop the laser can hit so it doesn't damage the rest of the assembly I am working on.

What is a good material that won't melt or cut as easily as steel?