and uninteresting nonsense about ancient AC resurrection
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Since summer is coming all too soon to !texas I got to work on a project I been needin to do recently: fixing my window unit
A little backstory. I live in a trailer. pulled this circa 2003 ish unit, from another trailer. it sat since the end of 2010
it was 2021 I pulled it out.
when you're a country boy, you make do. why go buy a new window unit when the old trailer's got some sitting around?
actually, I pulled 2 sister units of the same vintage and manufacture at the time. one had a bad refrigeration circuit, probably the compressor rotted out on the bottom and leaked the gas 
a parts unit 
it sat in its new home beside the driveway patiently until it would be needed
lo and behold, just 2 yeears later, its time came 
the working unit had served me well for 21 and 22 but the bearings on the fan were shot from sitting 10 years without moving, partially exposed to the weather.
it was pretty loud. 
and since you need AC at least 8 months out of the year in this glorious state 
, it was working pretty hard.
I had alreaty scrounged the capacitor from the parts unit bc it was going, and every six months or so I had to oil the bearings or they'd start to seize.
and it was getting worse. as 'winter' finally rolled around last year and I only needed the thing some days I could spare time to try and fix it. the seizing was terminal at this point and she would suffer no more 
this wasn't my first time putting together a frankenstein unit. I had done basically the same thing before with 2 other sister units from another building. these were from 1998/1999, the good old days 
, older than me 
they also sat since 2010
well one had no refrigeration and the other had a seized motor right from the get go. so I took the good from each and made one working unit 
back to the newer unit... I pulled the fan assembly from the driveway machine and put it in. one uuge problem. It was so fricking loud 
I couldn't even sleep with it on. these bearings were worse than the old ones, but at least they were still spinnign. there was still some heat to get through before november brought peace so I powered through
but it got worse. the plastic condenser fan, having sat outside, dissembled in the driveway, had been exposed to a bunch of UV I guess and had turned to more or less cardboard. (I could just peel pieces of it apart when I took it out)
the fan blades were breaking and making it go out of balance.
So by the end of the cooling season this thing was an ear bleeding and earthshaking monstrosity in my windowsill.
something had to be done... but its december now there's no need for AC I'll fix it later 
that time was (is) now. ferbruary is coming to a close and with it will go the beutiful cold I've been enjoying. (
can't wait to find home)
I took the seized fan unit that was just waiting for some kind of final solution. I tore that motor open
there they were...
2 easy to replace 608s 
got a 10 pack online for $7
pulled the mfs and pressed the new ones on
spin the thing
silence
so I threw her back together and into the window.
turned it on and there's only the sound of the air (and compressor) now 
now you might have read this (probably not 
) and wondered, what's that title about?
well its about what happened last night when I got the thing in the window and turned it on.
the satisfaction of a job well done washed over me as I sat down at the old puter to browse rdrams.
and then thought popped into my head. the pernicious idea. only for a moment, but made me stop right in my tracks: "why didn't I take pictures of everything to make an effortpost?"
and then I was sick 
I realised this was the thought of a social media user. this is not me. no. 
so no I DIDN'T take pictures. No you DON'T get to see 
I'm going to enjoy my life with my own dmn eyes 
and I'm not going to become a 'gram zombie posting my every meal.
everytime I see a picture of a modern concert or venue where every. single. person. there is more concerned about filming the thing than actually being there, I want to vom.
it's disgusting and I feel ashamed for even the brief moment of remorse I felt about not filming this mundane task for the viewership of what, like 23 r-slurs online.
still felt the need to make the text post albiet 
I should be making marseys like I came here to do but instead I've been gooning to stable diffusion building workflows and exploring advanced generative ai systems all weekend. at least I went outside 
and fixed a AC
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Remember the massive scandal that tore the world asunder during the 2022 Olympic Games when Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was caught doping?
Of course you do. There's no way you could have missed my Pullitzer-deserving posts that are still held up today as the greatest examples of longform journ*lism to ever grace this planet.
[Effortpost] Figure Skating Scandal Part II: A big win for the drug legalization movement
[Effortpost] Olympic Figure Skating Part III: Conclusion - Meltdowns on Ice
DΓ©nouement
Despite being caught red handed (red urined?), Valieva was not simply stripped of her title. Russia and its eurocrat minions insisted that nobody rush to judgment. Perhaps she accidentally drank from the same glass as her grandfather who has a prescription for doping drugs? (Yes, that was unironically their excuse.) So everyone was left in limbo with her competitors not allowed to receive their medals.
Let's not blame Valieva too much. When you're 15 and the KGB tells you to take a pill you're probably going to take it.
Finally after 2 years of sitting on their asses, the international Court for Arbitration of Sport has ruled that cheating is actually against the rules so she doesn't get any medals. This bumps up her Russian rivals Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova to gold and silver respectively in the ladies' event. Kaori Sakamoto, a favorite of all true fans worldwide, picks up the bronze.
Sakamoto deserved it.
But Kamila wasn't just competing for herself. She also represented Russia in the team event that includes ladies, men, pairs, and ice dancing. With her scores thrown out the result is a decisive win by Team USA, the most crushing victory ever delivered in human history since Hannibal smashed the Romans at Cannae.
Hannibal was a great general but I never heard of him landing a quad in competition. Just saying.
Japan will take silver. The International Skating Union put out a curious statement saying Russia still gets bronze even after Valieva's scores are thrown out. The Canadians are understandably furious as Russian cheating should completely disqualify the whole team. It's amazing how much the ISU is still a joke after all this.
Team USA
Suggested soundtrack for this section.
Nathan Chen
Johnny Weir once accidentally called him "Nathan Quad" because you can't talk about him without mentioning his flawless quad jumps that brought the men's game to a whole new level. But he was also a master of every facet of the sport.
Vincent Zhou
Not just a kid with quads, he brought artistry that I don't believe we've ever seen from a man. If his program to Don McLean's "Vincent" didn't move you then you have no soul.
Karen Chen
I must admit some bias as she is perhaps the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on ice. A skater with the grace that only comes from the heart, not obscure heart medications.
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier
Our pairs. After skating with others they found each other, and eternal glory, at Beijing 2022.
Ice Dancers
There were also ice dancers on the team, but I don't consider ice dancing a real sport. It's a Cold War communist conspiracy just like ribbon gymnastics. I'll just say that our people beat the Russians at their own game.
Reactions
The face of evil.
That vile witch Eteri put out a statement throwing Kamila under the bus, pretending that this 15 year old girl was the mastermind of the doping plot. Eteri even has the gall to act like somehow she's the victim in all this.
This is a more bitter loss to him than the catastrophe at Kyiv.
The Russian people are no doubt facing shock and grief as they find that no amount of cheating, lying, or brute force can triumph over America and the Free World.
They should have been paying attention back in the '80s. They might have learned a very simple truth:
WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS.
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Background
Warhammer 40k is the worlds most popular tabletop miniatures wargame and attracts over 9000 nerds every year to empty their wallets buying overpriced figures. The Horus Heresy (HH) is a time period set in the 10,000 years before Warhammer 40k, thus it is called 30k for short. It was supposed to be about the good times before the galaxy turned to shit and war all the time, but when they decided to write 500 books about the HH it all sounded suspiciously similar to the grimdarkness of 40k.
If you don't know anything about this series I want you to read every word on this page and then click every link. I will explain no further because you're not entitled to my emotional labor sweaty. (https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Horus_Heresy)
Now that the final book is out and the Horus Heresy is over let's see what the fa/tg/uys on a mongolian basket weaving forum think.
Now that the most epic novel series in history has ended, what do you think about it? What is your general opinion of the Horus Heresy?
I think it's based because it made fat stacks of cash 
caring about anything besides profit motive is for lorestrags 
Kind of underwhelming, but that's more or less what I was expecting it to be.
fpbp 
It should have remained an uncertain vaguely defined mythic past. The demystification of the Horus Heresy is the single most damaging thing GW has done to the setting since its inception. And all that damage, just for a hundred books of daddy issue shlock. Jesus Christ.
Elaborating on what happened in Horus Heresy ruined the whole mood of the HH setting. Horus Heresy should've been the tales of epic battles and conflicting myths that historians had to argue on which ones were the truths. It should've been the Epic of Gilgamesh of 40k, but instead we got fricking capeshit into it.
Nerds screw everything by insisting every loose thread or unclarified apocrypha get a spin off series running twleve seasons minimum with a breakfast cereal.
(also I think they have 40k funkopops 
)
It's hilariously stupid
I read the first half dozen and a couple of others. I might read a few more of the ones that cover actually significant events rather than just treading water. Eventually. Perpetuals are still r-slurred.
They ruined more than they add, but I do enjoy the odd novels here and there. I just wish they'd lean more into the vagueness of it all, like having conflicting information between novels and characters, just to make it less a canon novel and more in-universe records of the events. Also >>91714956 is correct, Perpetual is an r-slured concept.
In case you're wondering a perpetual is an author invention where they thought inserting random human OCs that are totes immortal, and come back from the dead in a setting about constant war and dying, would be super cool and not dampen the setting or their heroic sacrifices at all. 
(I haven't read these books so don't ask me to elaborate on my smugposting about someone else smugposting)
In the end, was there some nameless soldier torn to shreds by Horus in front of the Emprah or not? I don't care enough to read 500 pages.
More or less. He's a perpetual, so he's got a lot more experience with a guardsmen (which understandably pisses a lot of people off) but he is ultimately just a guy armed with a lasgun and his balls.
Gosh, this was all a huge mistake.
The single worst thing about the series is making the setting revolve around highlander knockoffs, who have no relevance to anything outside their novels, except to be OC donut steals for the authors to mouth off with. Even though the emperor, pre-history, and arguably primarchs should have remained mysterious and ambiguous, the lore of the perpetuals sucks in its own right even prior to considering how much else they shut the door on and devalue.
For the zoomers in the audience 
this is a good point. Perpetuals are such a spectacularely tone-deaf and useless addition that it feels like a shitpost. They could not have made the feeling of the setting more awkwardly inconsistent if they had decided that every 200th person born in the Imperium has a big dildo growing out of their forehead but up till now nobody has mentioned them - now though, read all about Inquisitor dildohead and make your own dildohead space marine chapter and didn't you know that Dante has a dildo growing out of his forehead under his mask?
dildoman is living rent free 
The lore speculations as to what he was were more interesting than being told that he was just one of many randomly born highlanders who overlevelled and bit off more than he could chew in PVP with the chaos gods, because he was too toxically masculine to listen to the "earth mother" and the whiny narcissist perpetuals who critically sabotaged him.
bc he was too 
to listen to 
and 
Plus perpetuals are fricking dumb. Throw that shit in the trash. Emps should have been the last of the Men of Gold trying desperately to right the sinking ship after the DAoT. He gained huge psychic power by devouring the Sigilittes of which he spares Malcador because he defected. This allows him to be seen both as "the best of humanity" seeing as the men of gold were the best. A "shaman gestalt" if you see the Sigilittes as shaman. & a powerful relic of the DAoT in being the last truly powerful figure of that time. In my headcanon this is the best way to bring it all together. You don't need to agree with me
this is not the worst idea I've heard, and I've read a lot of trash opinions on /tg/ 
There were so many problems but these are probably the greatest ones. Black Library comes out looking so fricking mid from this series. Forget the promise of a golden, nigh-mythical age of which so much has been forgotten. Forget the promise of legendary demigods encompassing all the greatness and good of mankind falling into the rank madness of Chaos in payment for their sins, for they are just playthings of a single super-plotter who walks around with evil tattooed on his face.
Erebus and the Anathame being the prime cause weakened the entire Horus Heresy because it instantly made readers ask why couldn't someone have just realized he was a fricking sus mofo and knifed him before he did anything with the magic McGuffin. It was so damaging that they had to damage control and go "nononono, Horus was already turning on the Emperor and his brothers before this! It's not because some mook with a knife tainted him!" when, of course, that's literally how they portrayed it. And Erebus just conveniently shows up everywhere to serve as the prime motivator
Erebus and the Anathame basically read like the authors thought the audience would be too stupid to understand resentment, jealousy, ambition, and pride driving the most powerful of warlords to rise up against their father, so BL decided that they needed a real antagonist and a magic item to make plot happen at the start of the series.
Speak your truth King 
In the original (real) 40k background, Horus is an obvious Lucifer figure who takes half the angels with him instead of a third because it's a grimmer, darker, edgier setting. He was the best of the Emperor's Primarchs but comes to believe he can run things better than the Emperor himself and so turns on him. This fits with him continuing the crusade, doing all the work as far as he can see, yet being told to just turn over everything he has conquered to his father. Why? Having seen all he has seen, met the corruption of chaos on the fringes beyond mankind, being the best warlord he knows of, trusted by his men, why not conquer the Imperium for himself?
All the headcannonn the authors madeup about the Emperor making a webway is meant to explain the question the original story begged
but it replaces one problem with another
"perpetuals" one of the worst concepts introduced by the bad writers. There are multiple earlier explanations of the Emperor's origin which are better. Rick Priestly's unofficial headcanon (as it was supposed to be a mystery allowing the player to create his own story) was the Emperor was an AI from the Dark Age of Tech who needed psychic souls to run. The reason it seemed so callous was because it did completely lack sympathy. It led for mankind to survive at all costs with no consideration given the suffering of an individual imperial serf. Like Caesar's ideal for the Legion in FNV.
Another superior origin for the Emperor from earlier was a bunch of shaman, noticing how daemons born of human emotions were getting more powerful, and starting to eat them thereby empowering themselves and preventing psykers from reincarnating, performed a ritual of group-suicide, whereby they all merged in the warp to make 1 super-psyer, more powerful than any of the daemons, and reincarnate as this ubermensch.
Also, here's some gay redditors talking about the book: https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/1ad2xca/just_finished_end_and_the_death_vol_iii_and_now?sort=controversial
People spoiling it: https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/1ac2nzm/the_end_and_the_death_vol_iii_spoilers_summary?sort=controversial
People complaining they can't buy the book: https://old.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/1ac2nzm/the_end_and_the_death_vol_iii_spoilers_summary?sort=controversial
@jannys please do the sneedful and pin this effortpost
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