>>40104
The problem is Americans are extremely dumb and histrionic. I'm worried about not having a gun because I'm surrounded by stupid as shit Americans. I do not want to be around all these bourgeois soccer moms, hoodrats, rednecks, and other assorted bydlo when SHTF. It's more a "I need guns because other people have guns" type of a thing"but why don't you have guns ernst" because I have typically been too poor to afford one which is like a month's rent to get an actually decent gun or one I'd genuinely want not just a shotgun and because the odds had always been that I am far far vastly far more likely to use it on myself than anyone else which is precisely why I have never bought one, and on top of that I was also an alcoholic and frankly the odds were not zero that I'd hurt someone on accident. "But why didn't you buy one and keep it in storage" because it was a ridiculous cost that I could not afford which is irrelevant because even if I did have one it'd still be in storage anyway just like my bb guns and pellet rifle none of which I have any access to right now in which case I'd still be completely fucked.
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>>40076
You are a moron

>strong you men

Lol if you mean all that fat neckbeards cosplaying as stormtroopers the answer is no, and furthermore in these conditions it is exactly those kinds of retards who are more likely to die. I have no ability to defend myself against National Guard even if I had the hardware. My apartment itself has zero defense against even the most basic military tactics. I have no innawoods to hide out in and the only place I could go would risk killing my father with a virus I didn't know I was tracking all over the place.

No the problem here is looting. Right now I'd want a shotgun like that sweet ass KelTec KS7 or someshit (because if I'm getting one I'd want a totally meme tacticool looking dumb shit, or something built of finely stained wood) or possibly high calibre armor piercing rifle though that has limited defense options. I'm still just too nervous about shooting myself if I keep it after happenings are over though. But yes, you try waving that thing around when military is deployed and see what happens. The real issue is the interim period and very end stage periods where the military either hasn't had time to deploy and people are starting to panic and riot or loot, and when the military is totally overstretched and can't help you.
In a country like Germany I legit would not be so concerned unless I had a massive enclave of Muslims right next to me. Then yeah I'd need something with a lot of ammo.

>-50%

Fucking lol itll kill 10% tops.

>>40994
Don't know about Oranges, I doubt there was ever much fruit stuff from USA since we kind of live near asia and it's obviously much easer to buy them from here than from other side of ocean.

> Is this part of why Russians associate us with Coca Cola and Pepsi?

No, I guess it was one of the loudest brands. And soviet people who don't clearly understand "brands and companies" more felt like this things as your "symbols". There still from older generations people who don't really understand what companies, products and ads mean, interpritating them as overall face of nation and goverment, since in USSR all was made was owned by state obviously.
From there mentality of "we have Marx and Lenin and ruled by Party, USA have Coca-cola and Cowboys and ruled by Capitalists". So USA viewed as something same as USSR, just with diferent names and products, in late USSR just as "same, but more sucsesfull".

>Was this like a Russian holiday treat during Christmas?

Not during Christmas, Christmas fled together with last white resistance in revolution :/
And not Oranges but Mandarin and they basicly was once of year because of very limited import, so they accesable only when there is iternal harvest of them inside SU. This why it was "fruit that apper during specific time".

Oh god fucking shit, fuck
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FUCK
Why in the fucking shit aren't they sending these out now? What did Indonesia just ban us from the fucking airports or anyone so much as trading with us now? I mean just because we have by far the most
Oh. Fuck, are we starting to just get flat out trade blocked by everyone not even letting postal flights to and from America onto their territories anymore? We don't even have a million confirmed cases yet

I watched the 1974 cult classic Phantom of the Paradise. It's a rock opera/horror/comedy which mixes story elements from Faust with The Phantom of the Opera. First of all, every character is played over the top, and I loved Paul Williams as the music producer Swan. Secondly, get ready to hear the word "cantata" a lot, because of course it's a rock opera about a rock opera. I'd say the best way to describe Phantom, is to imagine Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory crossed with an episode of The Monkees, and dipped in LSD. So if that sort of thing sounds appealing, then I'd recommend. I enjoyed it.
Oh, this also had some great music. Here are the opening and closing songs, which were my favorites:

The Juicy Fruits - Goodbye Eddie
https://vimeo.com/135842282

Phantom Of The Paradise - The Hell of It - Paul Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB4AFJHJWS8

>>40454

>A "Bullet In The Head" previously mentioned has a car persecution/scene which is really nice.

I found that scene on Youtube, it was excellent. Real cars crashing into each other, bullets, blood, and even a flaming barrel used as a weapon. I haven't seen the full movie yet, but I don't mind knowing the ending first. I even saw the end of Fight Club before the beginning, so the Tyler Durden twist didn't really come as a surprise :D.

Since nobody took dibs on the new OP image, I'm now in the preliminary stage of producing one. Stand by. saging because not sure if sage contributes to systemkontra, probably does.

>>40332
I still can't really get used to digital art after all this time. The biggest problem is my inability to make accurate ellipses and curves. Too big to draw with the wrist (not like it's even advisable to draw with the wrist), too small to draw with the shoulder. The smallest circle I can make on it with the shoulder takes up almost the whole screen, which means I can't see the rest of the drawing if zoomed in. I have developed a hacky habit of simply blocking shapes in, and then carving out the negative space to avoid having to draw precise lines. But since I'm trying to get better at drawing, it's been pretty challenging. A single drawing easily takes me several hours of trial and error. Another interesting thing is that the trick of hovering the pencil and making "ghost marks" to practice a stroke doesn't really work with a tablet (at least non screen tablets).

Also it's an old model, so the pen and pressure control aren't great either. I almost use it as a binary button a lot of the times and control opacity/size manually or through laying strokes on top of each other. I also miss the material properties and textures of oil paints, but I can't afford them.

But being able to do image manipulation stuff is pretty valuable for productivity. I've actually been avoiding doing than in digital art if I can, as to not turn it into a crutch. Maybe that is stupid, because my autistic insistence on repeating every stroke dozens of times to get it right could be replaced with the warp tool. But I enjoy the process of putting down marks with my hand, doing image manipulation stuff puts me in a different brain space, where I feel like I'm "crafting an image" rather than "expressing myself", if that makes sense.