Taking a pie to the face and smelling a hydraulic flower to own the lips. While wearing oversized shoes, obviously

Thank you for this. I still have many questions but at least they’re fewer now.

Also, “smuggling raisins around” is a new favorite term of mine

I remember seeing here on Lemmy a while back that a good boyfriend/girlfriend is a best friend where there is also an erotic angle.

This too sounds like “gender affirming self care”

The cartel? Anything they can get their hands on really, with a strong preference for the top shelf gear of their opposing army. You can see this in videos of people accidentally encountering cartel members: There’s a lot of similarities with normal militaries, but with a few more grenade launchers and heavy machine guns than what one would normally expect.

As an example: I’m an OK machine gunner (or, at least, I used to be decades ago), and while my preferred machine gun (Rheinmetall MG3) is probably not top shelf anymore, I’ve trained more in tactics with that gun than some cartel member has with whatever fully decked out kit they were given. My job wasn’t intimidation. My job wasn’t cartel security. My job wasn’t keeping track of people straying into our territory. My job was to be the best machine gunner I could be with the hardware that was standardized for my role. And I spent almost all day every day training with that as a premise.

I am of course not saying that I’m better than cartel members but they have other responsibilities too, whereas my focus was on one thing only, and the reast of the squad practiced our roles together extensively.

To approach the subject from a different angle: Let’s say you have someone under you, employed to ha dle territorial security- You supply them with the best that your contacts can provide for whatever money you can spare. And in Mexico (which I assume is a reasonable location for your story), this would probably mean an HMG akin to what the US army would use; M249

Glad it works for you. Remote tele health is an actual doctor, right? As in, all the credentials, just not in-person appointment? That makes it immediately more legit than the banner ads I saw on shad6 websites eons ago…

Yeah, I think wishy washy “too careful” language is annoying to everyone involved in the conversation. Overly vague language instead of just using the correct syntax serves nobody.

I don’t remember the context or the exact question, but I do remember saying at some point, on the topic of gender and sexuality, something along the lines of “I was born with a penis, I like it that way, and I enjoy inserting it into opposite genitalia”. I found that to be the easiest way of clarification. To my defense, this was before I learned what “cisgendered” meant and I just wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity. This was in 2010 or thereabouts.

I have some many questions… feel free to answer as many as you want, if any at all:

• Where does the breast tissue come from?
• How does one sculpt a nipple?
• Are they as sensitive as before? I mean, on the receiving end of stimuli, does it feel like an organically grown whole grain breast, or is it more like… uh… elbow skin? I have no idea how the neuroplastics would work…
• Does having breast cancer on one side automatically increase the chances of cancer on the other side? I would think symmetry isn’t a given?
• Were you allowed to choose size and shape? (If so, did you go for the tried and true original, or somethingelse entirely?)
• Hope you’re doing well today. Not a question, I just wanted to say (write) it. Live long and prosper.

Sorry for the stupid questions, but of all places I feel this is a safe space for them…

Broad strokes: Coincidentally having read up on both, it’s kind of like pirates vs navy in the 1700s: They’re both capable forces, but one side is superior in material while the other is superior in training.

Doctrines on the cartel side will be pseudo-militaristic in that some may have had military training at some point. But the cartel haven’t had the chance to drill the fundamentals on a daily basis.

And going back to the pirate analogy: A pirate ship is specifically tailored towards piracy, and will easily outgun any naval vessel of the same size. But while pirates can fire a huge fucking salmon salvo (ducking autocorrect), the navy is able to unleash a (slightly) smaller salvo at a higher rate of fire.

What I’m gett8ng at is that an army, due to the nature of how armies operate, may have trouble equipping Private First Class Gonzales with the latest and greatest hardware. But Gonzales’ vocational is to use his pewpew shooter all day every day to the best of his ability, and will therefore be better trained.

Cobain money can buy you bling, but it won’t buy you man-hours dedicated to army drills and squad tactics.

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Possibly, my impression is 100% based on internet advertising and what I’ve seen for sale at US gas stations. I’m thankful I don’t need it, I just wasn’t aware that non-scam versions of creams like that existed.

That sounds more like gender affirming self care

I thought those gels were a scam. Do you apply it where you want (more) hair growth?

Considering the amount of sugar in US bread, I’d say they already are.

Does this mean that the older term term “sex change” is more appropriate?

electrolysis

Autocorrect with skynet aspirations, or is this a medical procedure I’ve never heard of?

Note to self: Get around to wiring my UPS onto my management network for monitoring and graceful shutdown of non-essential stuff.

I was pleasantly surprised at Mobile, AL, of all places. Probably wouldn’t want to live there, but it seemed better than the other US cities I’ve been to

In no particular order:

• Half Life
• Factorio
• Kerbal Space Program
• Quake
• Minecraft
• Rollercoaster Tycoon

Yes, that’s 6. Sue me.

Honorable mention: Baldur 3, Dwarf Fortress, Mario 3, Deus Ex, Day of the Tentacle

Noodling on one of my guitars