BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan

I joined a IRC server at the beginning of this year, about 150 users there in total. A few months ago we set up a forum for the server, so I’m gonna say that one, since its the only one that I use, other than lemmy, lol. Its not very active, since there is only some dozens of people using it and not many of them are active, but its our little corner of the internet.

If anyone wants to come check it out, irc.inthemansion.com 6697 is the IRC server, or https://inthemansion.com/ has a webchat, also has the link to the forum there.

Based on the rumors about putin and his paranoia, I’d assume that computer is not connected to the internet lol

Even bicycles would be ruined quite fast. Bearings are quite intricate things, you cant really make one on your own very easily. Unless you have some excellent metal making capabilities and accurate lathes. They also need lubrication.

My dad does some bicycling and hes doing small maintenance ever 80-100km or so. Major maintenance once or twice a year. Involves lubrication, cleaning stuff, tightening things, changing parts…

Not sure what happens to it chemically, but it doesnt evaporate. They sell fuel preservatives that make it last longer. But as a rule, shouldn’t really use multiple years old fuel, unless you have some old bulletproof engine. New engines with their fancy fuel management systems and whatnot will just throw a hissy fit and die.

Crowned and also they have grooves, and usually those grooves are shaped mostly by heavier vehicles, vans, trucks and such. Normal passenger car doesnt really fit into those so it sort of wobbles from one to another.

Also, the shape of your tires, your wheel alignment, suspension bushings and other stuff affects it as well.

Easily the best deal in streaming.

However, thats like saying Mercedes S-class is the best deal in luxury automobiles. I still cant afford one :D

See the movie Life of Brian

Yeah doesn’t surprise me honestly. The current government is full of morons, who have only thought about cutting expenses and taxes for the last few years. Thats pretty much all they do. Its like a fixation or something.

No lock is “high security”, but Abloy are better than most.

Yes but with determination, perseverance and some other stuff added into it.

Okay.

Yeah I’m leaning on that way as well. I’m not big on these heroic gore festival movies. I’m glad a Finnish movie was successful internationally, but probably not my thing. I might watch it in the next 15 years.

Theres a sort of Finnish flavor to it. Just like theres grit, then theres Aussie grit. Its kind of difficult to put into words, “grit” is just a part of “sisu”, theres more to it.

Oh yeah! Vitutus is a great word indeed. I should have used that one lol.

Ismo Alanko Säätiö has a song called Vittu Kun Vituttaa, I would have linked a youtube link here but youtube thinks its age-inapproriate and demands a log in. So I recommend you find it on your preferred music service, https://lyricstranslate.com/en/vittu-kun-vituttaa-fuck-im-so-pissed.html

I haven’t seen that one. Heard its good fun.

Sisu. Its a mix of courage, determination, resilience, keeping your nerve, doing a scary or difficult thing even though you know that odds of succeeding are low. Its also done quietly, no complaining or boasting about it. You can mutter some curse words quietly to yourself.

Closest English word for it might be “guts” or “grit”. But those don’t really explain it completely.

Finnish.

accounting

squints eyes not sure if typo or not

Yes this dumdum misread the thing completely lol

Yeah I know. But I don’t like to recommend just random topics, because when I do, I’ve noticed that people just go “oh wasn’t interested in that” so I’d rather ask a bit about what topics and time periods people might be interested in, before recommending.

And to be clear, I don’t really have a specific book or books in mind that radicalized me. It happened by reading tens, or a hundred, books in the period of 10-15 years. So in that I can’t give a recommendation, other than, just start reading about stuff. Start with something you wanted to know, wanted to know more about or were interested in, then during reading that thing, note down anything else that comes to mind that might interest you. Either something the book mentioned or something that popped in your mind randomly. Then get a book about that thing. Repeat.

That’s how I got sunk into this hole of reading about history. I just go “huh, what’s that about?!” and proceed to find out. /r/askhistorians subreddit has a excellent reading list in their wiki, its sorted into periods and topics, easy to search. That’s a good place to start.