• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    This being the Glorious 25th of May, I give you Terry Pratchett’s Box, which contains a furious Greebo the Cat. Death says CATS ARE NICE. But not Greebo, who’s hungry enough to eat a vampire.

    And his Gonne, which may or may not be safely stored at the Assassin’s Guild.

    And his razor wit, which always cuts straight to the Truth.

    🪻🗡️❤️🥚

  • vale@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    While “Schrodinger’s gun” seems like it would make sense, it often leads to negligence or complacence. ALWAYS treat a firearm as if it were loaded, no exceptions, even if you have double and triple checked to see that there is no ammunition in it.

    This applies to firearms, not parts of firearms. A pistol slide assembly separated from its frame is in 2 parts ans not a whole gun

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        1 month ago

        Not OP, buuut …

        If the cylinder is out, or the slide / bolt is back, with no magazine, and a view of the chamber that clearly shows that it’s not loaded then you’re ok to treat it like a normal object - otherwise you could never clean or inspect a gun properly

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        1 month ago

        I’m not a gun person (from the UK so only time I have seen one is at the airport) but I assume when it is assembled enough to launch a bullet, even if it has to be manually placed?

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    1 month ago

    In film, Schrodinger’s gun usually works in reverse. People who act like they’re holding a loaded weapon tend to be out of ammo.

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      1 month ago

      Or the safety is on … or in my favourite gag related to this, in My Spy where all the bullets fall out of the bottom of the magazine when the trigger is pressed

    • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Literally the only thing I remember from monk is the one scene where an old guy coughs to death and monk is just like “can you please stop” and the old guy’s wife(?) tells monk “you should be ashamed of yourself” and monk was just like “I usually am”