u/Fatjigglypanda

Hey everyone, I need all perspectives on this. My best friend and his wife had their baby today. I am thinking of genuine, wholesome gifts or utilities to gift them to help make their lives easier, or at least cost less.

I was thinking of diapers, a mobile or something of the sort, baby blankets, etc.

Is it too early to gift drop, or do I wait, as the Funcle?

The title says the majority, but for an exam, I essentially had to dismantle the USSR's lax take on the Chornobyl "incident" of 1986. I was doing some research and found a PDF of the pamphlet given to those in the area. Kate Brown, a professor at MIT, wrote a small book called "Manual for Survival," which included this little excerpt. It's free online, about 43 pages, and I highly recommend you guys check it out, but here it is:

"Dear Comrades! Since the accident at the Chernobyl power plant, there has been a detailed analysis of the radioactivity of the food and territory of your population point. The results show that living and working in your village will cause no harm to adults or children. The main portion of radioactivity has decayed. You have no reason to limit your consumption of local agricultural produce.

If villagers persisted in reading beyond the first page, they found that the confident tone trails off and pivots in contradiction:

Please follow these guidelines: Do not include in your diet berries and mushrooms gathered this year. Children should not enter the forest beyond the village. Limit fresh greens. Do not consume local meat and milk. Wash down homes regularly. Remove topsoil from the garden and bury it in specially prepared graves far from the village. Better to give up the milk cow and keep pigs instead."

This was sent to the people around the 30km exclusion zone, so Pripyat and other, smaller towns/villages.

EDIT: This was sent out 3 months AFTER the accident in Chornobyl, they covered it up to save face for that long until a Swedish Plant detected it in a drift and called them out.

Hi everyone, this is post-Casey's, and I have a rant.

To preface, I am a civilian with a family of USAF of all branches. Due to this, I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to train with them from time to time.

Now to the story: My best friend came over after a false OWI charge. He contacted the attorney I work for, and I ended up seeing the footage. I can confirm that this dude was sober. Three breathalyzers running zeroes, and blood work came back normal. He has never been someone to use drugs or alcohol due to his brother being an addict and a federal criminal.

He came over to practice some drills his dad taught him (his dad served with my uncle) at my private range. I said, " Sure." This man proceeded to go fucking NUTS. like absolutely insane, missing targets, running around, flagging me multiple times, overshooting the very large burm, and the list goes on. After having a .223/5.56 shoved essentially into my neck more than once by his hubris while he was telling a story, I tackled him to the ground and kicked his ass off my property until he retakes courses and learns to be an adult around a fucking gun.

I should mention I scolded him on TABK/ the four rules of firearms (whatever is presently used now, I know Brabndon Barberra uses another version that's essentially the same), and when I told him off, he said, and I quote, "I'm a degreed Engineer, these rules don't mean shit to me."

I just want to know if my reaction was too harsh or not harsh enough. It felt like this guy was fueled by rage and, at the time, not meant to handle a firearm.