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[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

This is the ideal AR form. You may not like it, but this is what peak gun ownership looks like.

Image depicts a modern rifle which has been adorned with so many attachments including sights and flashlights and other accoutrements that it looks larger and more cumbersome than a bazooka and it's almost unrecognizable and unusable as a gun.

[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

No grenade launcher? How is it supposed to [REDACTED] cop cars??

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

Average airsoft loadout

[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

It literally says in the text they're getting an optic for it

-7WetFarts

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

RIFLE IS FINE. YOU FUCK IT, IT ONLY GET HEAVY AND YOU STILL NO HIT LARGEST SIDE OF BARN. GO TO FIRING RANGE, PRACTICE WITH MANY MAGAZINE OF CARTRIDGE. THEN YOU NOT NEED DUMB SHIT PUT ON SIDE OF RIFLE.

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Was shooting a friends kitted out 9mm yesterday. Had a crazy optic, still had to use the rails to hit anything.

[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This person just turned into a liberal twitter poster after getting banned here? lol

Also, linking your reddit account in your twitter bio is so embarassing

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nah they first went to stupidpol only to get banned there too, then they became a liberal twitter poster.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This new gun culture we have now is not even gun culture anymore, it's just worship of guns as conspicuous consumption objects. Every weapon post is full of disgusting reddit brain comments about how they didn't spend enough unless it's some $10,000 safe queen.

Also apparently the AR15 is a fudd gun now, lmao

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What? I'm going to agree with that person. It should have a rail and an optic. And it doesn't cost 10k to get there

[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My comment is directed at mainstream gun culture at large and not necessarily at this specific instance. My frustraion is with people who's only way to interact about firearms is to talk about upgrades and similar and constantly mention what somone "should have bought" or "should have done" or what they "need to buy". Especially for people's first guns, when they maybe can't come up with the cash to fully outfit their firearm.

I recall there was a comrade who posted that they had bought a Hi-Point, paid for on an installment plan. Many people who had no experience shooting that specific gun or maybe even at all told them in a derisive manner to just get a Glock because it was better, in spite of the fact that Glocks start at between four and six times the price of a Hi-Point.

A guy on Reddit getting asked why he didn't have an ACOG instead of a Primary Arms prism

Guns are part of a system, not the end all be all of your effectiveness in a deadly force encounter.

[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah I agree generally. Better a hi point than nothing and I remember that thread too. There's good advice and bad advice. This post is an example of good advice and it's good advice to get a Glock or Glock clone over a hi point. There's a difference between recommending nods vs recommending a first handgun, don't you think?

I say this as a person running a primary seems psa 550 ar 15 with a rattle can job and a $20 Amazon sling

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's consumerism like a lot of hobbies it's actually just about buying accessories for your hobby.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

just the way they like it

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm not online enough, so 7deadlyfetishes bit poster is now a chud and shitting on leftist gun owners? monke-beepboop

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe one of the fetishes is self owns

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

7DF already had this opinion before getting banned, i wouldn't call them a chud just wrong in this instance

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I don't like ARs because of the apple-on-the-post iron sights they have and the minor ptsd I have of being forced to clean one manually to perfection for an entire night and morning with nothing but my hands, a torn chunk of shirt, and a box of q-tips. The star chamber was the devil's asshole. My pinky fingers have calluses because of it and it was where I spent the majority of the time cleaning.

7dorkassfish doesn't like it because it doesn't have all the snivel gear on it to coddle the firearm owner.

All you fundamentally need to know is how to use and zero in the iron sights and make consistent groupings at 300m from standing, crouching, prone, and after moving around to get winded, then you'll have more solid foundations to build on and be able to run circles around any gunfucker that only "trains" for making vanity tik tok videos

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Still prefer AK platforms.

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[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

— 7SillyLARPers

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyone from a slightly less insane country: '"Yep, that's a gun."

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago

That thing shoots bullets

[–] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I am of the opinion that you should train until you are extremely competent with iron sights before you add an optic to a build

[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

For some people, using any optic is the difference between knowing what you’re shooting at and blind firing. It’s me I’m some people.

[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess that makes sense if you have $0.12 5.56, but even cheap optics are pretty good now and iron sights are far less performant across the board, especially for new shooters or people who don't have time to train extensively. It's a great skill for sure, just putting a counterpoint out there.

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Funny enough, the post they're trying to make fun of mentions how they're going to be picking up a sight

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

maybe 20 years ago. If my mom decides to get a rifle, we're starting her with a red dot.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

i just wanna say my gun's a Garand and with practice i'm about as good at shooting it as I was when I had an m16 with an acog but shooting it is a lot more fun (although carrying it in a war would suuuuuck)

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Is it really an AR-15 if you haven’t added a bunch of unnecessary mods in order to do Seal Team Six LARPing?

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

the-doohickey where are the accessories?

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm always a little bit surprised when I find out that someone has read the alt-text that I wrote out.

I give it my best effort regardless but I find myself wondering if I'm doing a good job with it - if I'm capturing the right details in a logical order that makes enough sense to stand on its own and whether I'm doing it with the right amount of depth.

Thanks for the encouragement!

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's funny that the alt text includes details that are almost impossible to spot in the graphic.

I like writing alt texts because it makes me reflect on what I'm actually trying to convey with an image. It's an interesting choice what to include since there is often more clarity in the text but also images are often used in a referencial manner and I'm never sure how well that comes across.

The Connect app shows alt text when you click on images. Screenshot of the connect app showing the alt text from ReadFanon's earlier comment. But I've also seen Edie dig up alt texts from the HTML.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

But yeah, it definitely does the same for me and I've made a little commitment to myself to try to add extra details into my alt-text to make it like a little reward or Easter egg for the people who do read it so it's not just a sort of afterthought for people with visual impairment but as a way to break down the barrier and the stigma around using accessibility tools (in a very small way) by encouraging everyone to read the alt-text because they might get something out of it that they wouldn't have otherwise gotten. If we often get bonus content that is relevant to the image in the alt-text then we're all going to be more likely to engage with it and hopefully we can inspire others by setting the standard with good examples of visual description.

Not to overstate the importance of my alt-text here but my hope was that it might get noticed as a little experiential thing where you get a sense of what it's like to have a visual impairment and how the alt-text can really enrich your understanding because the blurry keychain becomes much easier to understand when you've got a written description to guide your interpretation of some blurry pixels.

In another life I had to do quite a bit of presentations for my work and it was only when there was a coworker who was legally blind that I started doing visual descriptions of images like graphs or pictures to represent a concept that I realized just how valuable it is to all participants if I take a moment to describe the images and how they relate to what's being presented. It really reinforces the message and drives things home for everyone when you're presenting and it was a really big moment for me to be hit with the curb-cut effect in such a dramatic and almost tangible way like that. I made a commitment to myself to continue this practice for presentations and public speaking after I had that epiphany that this coworker was a catalyst for.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are dozens of us

Image depicts a screenshot of this user as they are composing the text part of the reply in the Android app called Connect, which has a distinct visual style that other Connect users will recognize, making the comment itself recursive

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

get a 500$ scope, night vision and other nifty attachements@doesn't use a maxim "if you can take a photo, you can take a shot" x50000000 - portrait of america 2026

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yo! I remember this dude from when I was on reddit socialistra! I don't remember him being bad in any way, but I disagree with him here. Your weapon choices should flow from your expectations for their use. Any rifle is better than no rifle, and this one isn't even a dinosaur like a fuckin Mosin or something.

Yes, optics are definitely worth it and you should get them on your weapons if you can. I will say that given the current situation/conditions and likely zones of potential armed conflict... I would recommend shorter weapons. Something that you can shoulder, but small. Pistol-caliber carbines, Uzi/mac-type guns etc. Concealable and maneuverable for ambushes and quick raids.

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