VB Knives

I am pleased to announce the long-awaited arrival of my new D2 steel line of hunting knives. A slightly more "modern" knife with the same fine hollow grind and ease of sharpening that are key to the brand. Also a very nice upgrade in sheath quality. Link in next post.

But it's not easy to find a niche were you can outcompete China as a new developing market.

Getting dogwalked by sherpa-chad ripping a newport should not count as "climbing everest"

Food was between a quarter and a third of HHI back then, and it was far less interesting and (in this example) even nourishing than today. Virtually any American, should they spend 33% of HHI on food, would have one of the richest and most nourishing and varied diets ever.

LOL, good post. Utilitarianism is so dumb, but in a very unique way. It's like a special kind of genuine and profound stupidity that is reserved for the "high IQ."

I'm sorry but the answer actually is "conquer cities and provinces." I mean we need to be somewhat real here.

I mean yes, mostly.

It's funny, we are told day and night on here that Americans are crushed, immiserated, "ripped off" by other countries, you would think we are the poorest people on earth. But IRL we are so rich and pampered that the idea of a clothes line is preposterous/offensive to many.

Strongest trick in the D book is running some Big Giant Chungus guy who is way more masculine than their Republican opponent.

I want to be an old timey doctor who only prescribes either "the mountains" or "the sea"

Listening to “Big Bad John” and some Jerry Reed and… does anyone recognize the “Country musician doing a Rap” as clearly a cultural antecedent (these are OLD songs) that Issac Hayes and other Black Southern Soul singers shared that then morphs as Black music becomes funky

I wonder if English spelling will ever change (formally) or if it's truly stuck in time. It's funny that the one European language without a standardizing body, whose spelling was pretty fluid until just about 250 years ago is now so rigid

If you ever find yourself as a houseguest for an extended period of time, here is the golden rule for success: invisible by day, charming by night.

Could we trick the wokes into paying for a monument to the most toxic of masculinities in this manner?

"How can these people be eating our lunch, if they are so fundamentally less risk averse than us, on every level?"

Crack reduces food consumption. Hunter Biden looks unusually good for 55 because he has eaten much less food than your average 55-year-old man. He is "healthier" than your average sober person.

"We have begun the development of artificial wombs to address low fertility" Have you considered banning condoms first? "Impossible" What about the pill, could you ban that at least? You know it contaminates our water supply. "Best I can do is 10 million immigrants"

One fun thing about this Welsh Castle account is that the architectural style is closest to "Southwestern" when it comes to USA analogies. It would all look natural in Santa Fe, but not in New England. Kind of an interesting quirk of history.

I think that in the "normal" timeline we had a full nuclear exchange during the cold war. Everything seems weird and gets continually weirder because we are in a super-low probability reality generated by Stanislav Petrov's impulsive decision to disregard the "incoming" alert.

I get the vibe that many sensitive young men are actually 28+. Some are 32, some are surely pushing 40. Certain of their leaders must be closer to 50 now. While there are 38 year old boomers with 3 kids and a big RV.