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Why are people still engaging with this puffed up chimpanzee, who is desperately trying to come across as some sort of intellectual colossus? He's a troll.

lol

Is there any evidence to suggest that? All I've heard about it is that the BRS was set up to be deployed by a cypres, which is not remote-controllable.

The guy was a white supremacist. He targeted and murdered black people. That's not a trait of the 'lefties'. "Self identification" isn't 'gospel'. Its an expression of behavior. If a biological male wishes to 'self identify' as a female, fine. If a biological male wishes to pretend to 'self identify' as a female in order to access female-only areas and commit sexual assaults, that' NOT fine. In any case, that 'self identification' only takes a person so far. Before any serious gender reassignment action can take place, the person needs to be examined and evaluated by professionals to ensure that person is really experiencing gender dysphoria.

Is there any crime besides rape where the victim is forced to undergo months of additional torment carrying an internal parasite, followed by a very painful procedure to eliminate it?

What worries me at the moment isn’t Russian propaganda, it’s that some of the press are starting to talk as if ultimate Ukrainian victory is a fait accompli. Hyping the Russians being pushed back to the border from Chernihiv when we know they decided to give up there for now in order to redeploy in the East. Celebrating the BTG being defeated trying to bridge the Siversky river when there are still several more Russian units already in place threatening the closest city objective. The Russians are still advancing in Luhansk and Donetsk where their forces are concentrated and they’ve just freed up a huge amount of firepower from Mariupol. Consider how long it took for Russia to capture that city when they didn’t care how much of it they pulverised, then think about what it’ll take for Ukraine to retake it even if they can finally stop the Russian advance and start pushing them back in open ground. It’s a really short hop from prematurely thinking “Ukraine’s doing really well!” to hearing people ask “So do they really need as much support from us now?”

You starting this thread is identity politics. You assuming Bill loves her because of her identity is identity politics. You never having a problem with incompetent straight white people being hired en masse but losing your shit over one black lesbian is identity politics.

So does Bill identify as black, or gay? And here I thought he was a duck Wendy P.

Republicans:

Then no worries! Like a woman's nails and hair (which are not the same blood type as she is, therefore not part of her body) let the woman decide what she wants to do with them,

Hi folks, The Catholic Church continues to remain in the Stone Age: Pelosi will be denied Communion over her stance on abortion : NPR And, people sometimes wonder why I am an atheist. Jerry Baumchen

Bringing joy to barbaric authoritarians everywhere, I'm sure.

I’m not sure I understand why. But then 10 years ago this was the place. Personally, I completely agree with the earlier analysis of a forum format being better for actual discussion. And I’ll admit I don’t see the benefits of completely unmoderated discussion, but then I’m on the polite side, and don’t find a venue where being the biggest asshole means you win (or get heard the most) to be attractive Wendy P.

We obviously like our ancient website. I personally think facebook groups and other online formats suck compared to a forum. Other obviously disagree, but that doesn't surprise me. They lend themselves to the type of interaction that fits well with most peoples gnat like attention spans. They are designed to push up the frequency and volume of communication for their advertisement revenue, so you get the same post and discussion 1000x without any of the depth.

Disclaimer: Anything I (or anyone else) have to say on here is just the ramblings of someone on the internet. Your primary source for instruction and training is your live, in person instructors when you go to your dz. That being said, I can offer some feedback from watching your videos. I'll leave it up to you whether you care to hear it.

We agreed to do it again to get the legs ironed out. I'd honestly rather be good than pass just to pass.

This was a totally fun exit.

To be sure, your immediate concern is to get through your levels one by one. But since you like to over think things, what I was doing with my post was trying to convey a train of thought. Those aren't things you necessarily need to know before your next jump, but it illustrates a way of learning. You mentioned the hop n pop. The hop n pop is relevant to emergency exits. So I was fleshing out what else is relevant to emergency exits. If you look at things that way, you can learn not just 'what' they're teaching you, but why it's important. That way, you don't just do a hnp because that's what they told you to do, you prepare yourself for the possibility of an emergency exit. If you do that with all of the TLO's, and the environment in general, you become a well informed, prepared skydiver. A bit more about the hnp and emergency exits and survival in general. Like I've said, the point of the hnp is not to make a safe jump from 5k, it's to prepare yourself for an emergency exit. By most DZ protocols, you might be asked to do one anywhere over 1500ft. So while it is important on your actual hnp to 'take your time and get stable', it's not really about 'calculating freefall time', it's about being able to get the f out and get the f open when it's absolutely necessary. Taking 1000ft to do it might work on your official practice jump, but it might not be practical some day irl. So it's worth training yourself on. And some of your learning doesn't necessarily take dedicated study so much as targeted observation. For example, learning alternate landing areas. You don't need your pilot to draw you a map of his routes which you then study on Google Earth, just gaze out the window on your ride up and ask yourself 'if I needed to exit now, where would I land?' And to be sure, protocols are in place for a reason, and the Pilot in Command is in charge, so do what he says. And you need to be cognizant of things like weight and balance, and calm order vs panicked chaos. But there may come a moment in time when your immediate survival may require a decision. Here's a story from dinosaur days, long before seat belts were a thing. There was a DC-3 on takeoff roll. They were getting up to pretty good speed, but were still on the runway when things started to get out of control and it was apparent they were going to crash before they even took off. One guy in the back decided to dive out the door and pull his round reserve. He knew he was going to hit the runway, but he figured his canopy would stop him quickly, which it did. He went out the door thinking he was going to be the only survivor. Well the plane did groundloop and cartwheel and whatever, and pretty much everybody was injured to varying extents, by the grace of God no one died. But this guy went out the door figuring he'd be the only survivor, and survive he did. He was satisfied.

It is, and it is good in my opinion too. Because if you think through all those things when it’s not an emergency, you’ll have less thinking to do when it is — you’ll already have eliminated some bad ideas, or figured some things out. And it gives you a chance to ask your instructor questions about some of the scenarios you imagine Wendy P.

Hah it does seem low to us AFF students. Did 10 minutes of tunnel today and I feel like the arch started to click. 90% was seriously me just being tense. Nice to focus on stability, turning, forward and backward movement, and practice deploying while maintaining a stable position. Hopefully it results in muscle memory. Gonna get out to the dropzone Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.