1/ one thing I hate about gun culture is the same thing I hate about cop culture: the cargo cult habit of adding superfluous words to sound "technical". 0:36 "optical target acquisition systems" you mean ... "sights" ? 11 syllables instead of 1 to sound smarthttps://twitter.com/corbinspencer1/status/1334989065431773184 …
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@LibertyFarmNH and I watched some "CQB" (that phrase itself an example of the problem) where the instructor describes the cubic foot of air in front of his hands, where the pistol goes, as "his combat operation system space", or something Wife and I still mock this yrs later2 replies 1 retweet 20 likesShow this thread -
3/ e.g. me: cooking, looking around for a thing wife: "what are you looking for?" me: "uh ... you know, my combat operational stirring system package system"
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4/ and, as cringe as this shibboleth of gun culture is, it's not nearly as bad as what happens at any gathering of 6+ gun nerds: sooner or later some says "let's show our EDC!" [ EDC = "every day carry", i.e. "the crap in your pockets" ]
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5/ so then all the gun nerds empty their pockets, ankle holsters, EMT bags, their OTHER ankle holsters, etc. and start piling guns, knives, tactical operations window breaking tools, EMT shears, six season tactical firestarting systems, etc etc etc on the table, freaking normies
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Replying to @MorlockP @LibertyFarmNH
as long as they don't reveal the knives in their flyswatters
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