Not hard because you look fucking ridiculous in them. They're flabby and bottom heavy and not-at-all like in games. They fit like shit and do look goofy as hell. Wonder what the context here was.

They'll save your life though.

E-bit of Google says this was during a drill and felt his squad mates did indeed look ridiculous.

Those 2 truly are the lemmyverse

Cross posting my post the last time this was posted elsewhere, asking "Why Do They Need This?" The Police Problem sublemmy post

Police don't but they often want a vehicle for SWAT related reasons, but SWAT trucks costs hundreds of thousands. Meanwhile MRAPs are "free".

Prosper, Texas is home to 40,000 people. In 2010 their population was under 10k. They have quadrupled in size and are near the DFW area, so it's not really a surprise they took the 1033 offer for an MRAP. That said most of these decom'd heaps of shit are loathesomely expensive. "High Cost of Free MRAPs" by Strongtowns. Most MRAPs being given out are first and second gen versions. And for those first gens, they got sent to the front lines of the GWOT and got beat to shit while newer ones were tested and approved. These old models they're "giving out for free" have tire drum parts never used on later versions, transmissions like that of an F650 with half the reliability, and are ticking time bombs of use. Most cities often estimate maintenance costs at $5k per year, until something actually breaks and they have to get a second MRAP to cannibalize to fix the first. (Hint - that's why you often see them picked up in pairs or more)

That's before the optics. Petaluma, California has one and the police chief has even said "yeah it kinda has some bad optics sending police around in a former war machine".

If your city is wanting to pick one up, it's because someone who has zero experience with them really likes the idea of a big scary diesel monster rolling up on drug houses, and hasn't actually considered that if they can't pony up thousands of tax dollars every 6 months to keep the moneymonster fed, the only place it's gonna drive is into a storage shed.

Edit: I should add that these vehicles are incredibly versatile and aren't necessarily a bad thing for municipalities. With their ride height, sheer bulk, and high torque engines, Fire and rescue could probably make great use them in several cities. They make fantastic road clearing vehicles in the event of large accidents needing to move to the side of the road, or pushing debris out of the way. Additionally in flood prone areas they make very good rescue vehicles due to their ride height and "crew space" inside. They DO have value outside of terrorizing civilian populations, just that that's all PDs will use them for.

Vermillion being red fucks a lot of millennials up who grew up watching Pokemon.

Vermillion city not being a shade of yellow is the standout because it hosts the Electric Gym (yellow themed). Every other city's gym is related to the town color.

::: spoiler

• Rock Gym is Pewter city (gray)
• water gym is Cerulean city (blue)
• grass gym is Celadon city (greenish)
• poison gym is Fuschia city (pinkish is commonly poison for pokemon)
• the FIGHTING gym is in Saffron city (orange ish is a Fighting type color in the tcg)
• Fire gym is on Cinnabar Island (bright red)
• Earth Badge is in Viridian (an earthy green)

Saffron City was built with the fighting gym in place. Sabrina's psychic gym has JUST replaced him when you get to town

:::

I distinctly remember growing up hearing there's not even a .01% margin for error on spacecraft. That they must be so durable to withstand the conditions of leaving/reentry and the shuddering vibrations. I realize it's different, but the big fear is always having another Challenger. Challenger didn't just break up, it exploded into 2 pieces on national television. " teacher going to space" had a TV in every classroom across the country watching it.

Helium seems used in the modern rocket to keep hot gas pipes separate from cold liquid fuel. 3 minutes before launch the system is charged and maintained by ground, just before ignition it's disengaged and the system has to support itself. The helium on board only needs to stay pressurized for the 7 minutes or so it takes before the thrusters are spent, and purged, and that's why they don't view it as an issue. But still sounds like fuckass Boeing being ok gambling with lives while NASA shrugs - again.

I'd like to see some kind of chart that compares Republican lawmakers who have voted against women/trans/gay rights, and subsequently been caught in controversy around sex with that specific group (anti-gay gets caught with a guy) VERSUS how many registered Democrat lawmakers in the same scenario.(anti-gay legislation, caught with dude type deal)

"Winning requires hard work. I believe that most of us, being ambitious individuals, find fulfillment in the joy of seeing our efforts materialize into tangible results"

Right, you assmunch. Our work never materializes into shit. It barely manifests into a "rent payment" and "phone payment" and "auto insurance" every month. Notice how it doesn't materialise into "savings" or "future house payment" Asking why people don't have money is a poor look when you're the fuck what paying them.

Now THIS is a great tier 3 meme.

Leaks? My brother in christ they are in the trailer, they're coming to the BP.

Things to know you're 30

"I wish the odd white one just went with the grain" (white hairs will grow whichever way they please, and it starts with only a few)

"Ah, that's gonna be my bad knee"

"I don't know why I have a sore spot there it just comes and goes"

"Dental repairs cost how much?" and suddenly brushing and flossing will be a second hobby

Tinnitus, but not like severe. Just once in awhile and often enough to keep you guessing like once a month or so.

"There was a pop but I don't know where."

"Oh my god I'm turning into my parents"

Why yes! My product the Google iPixel ZFold 15 is a gaming console! You would think it's a phone because of the calling and phone-like features however it is exempt from right-to-repair because it plays Genshin with more fraps than any other gizmo and doohicky in anyone's pocket in this hemisphere!

And you would be remiss to assume my Grapple ThinkPad 2025 is a mere laptop! Nay! A gaming console it is! It can't even run the Chrome Dinosaur for 35 seconds without running out of RAM and is really built for content creation and the school setting in mind, but it is absolutely built for gaming and also omitted from right-to-repair!!