Ahhh you thought this was something else lmao.

But fr where is my Month of Wrath.

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.

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• 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

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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.

What does this even mean, I can't "follow" users on Jerboa. Is this some shit zuck added to his specific Threads then wanks about how he has all the followers?

I really like how far third party nerf blasters have come (worker, monkey mods XYL etc.) and really want to get into it, but I'm too old to play with kids and there's no adult community here that would pick it up (as opposed to airsoft or paintball).

So I'm left with a nice ass blaster I spent $130 assembling, and can only plink around a small apartment with it

When you say "fuck the rules" it means other players won't obey them either. Thats the "find out" part of "fucking around". You don't get to quote UN resolutions to defend yourself with a moral high ground after using them as TP.

But still fuck these guys for shooting a church.

Now THIS is a great tier 3 meme.

The meme scientist was so concerned whether or not they COULD post a meme

They forgot to stop and ask if they should post this one

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

Americans avoiding metric

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"

I dislike stupid shit that wealthy people do. People generally also do not sympathize with a nameless faceless entity. "70k people" is not something I can personally relate to. (As opposed to headlines like "kid with cancer" that normally gets sympathy.)

Additionally, there was all the warning signs this festival was going to be a disaster and people spent thousands of dollars on tickets anyway. Much like the submarine these people have to have someone come help them, which yet again, takes for the form of state resources. Once again, the American taxpayer is footing the bill helping save rich people of all ages from their own hubris.