Gary Bowser

…Ah, copy protection circumvention and apparent IP infringement by the parents. Heinous. /s

Uh. Uhhh…

His… legal name was Bowser?

Seriously speaking: Why is anybody still using any of their sites?

Huh. I believe I have a number of those lying around. And numerous Vortex cards, not to mention a single Gravis Ultrasound red-board (but you’ll have to pry that one from my cold dead hands).

If I was the one on the other end of the equation, that you would be willing to make the attempt would invite immediate respect, and I wouldn’t hold it against you if you never got it right. Like I said, ‘hey you’, or - failing that - ‘oi cunt’ will do. Mind you, I’ve worked abroad in… fairly special places, namely the games development industry.

We don’t stand on ceremony much.

Who knows? I haven’t met anybody like that yet, but maybe it’s only a matter of time before I encounter… The Accountant.

That’s why I only go out at night. That way I only meet other freaks like me. And muggers, but you can’t have everything.

Personally, I would attempt to pronounce their name to the best of my ability. On the other hand, my own name is particularly difficult for native English speakers to a point where I readily accepted ‘hey you’ as a mode of address.

Once a nation built on slavery, always a nation built on slavery.

“Are you Jedi?”

“Nah, those stuck-up assholes called us ‘evil’ or something. I wasn’t paying attention.”

“Sith?”

“No, those dickheads called us incompetent and just… laughed. Like, a lot.”

No, in fact at this point, I struggle to imagine what value he could possibly provide his employer that could match or exceed the damage he’s doing. Certainly, everywhere I’ve worked in the games industry he’d have been out on his ass… some time ago. I clearly must be missing something. Who knows?

I mean, he’s the CEO, but there must be a board and a group of investors he’s answering to.

I can’t say I have any experience with Walther’s PDWs, but their sporting pistols are - while expensive - beautifully machined and crafted devices. Completely impractical for anything else obviously, but then, .22LR wouldn’t exactly be the caliber of choice for self-defense anyway - nor would pistols with very inconvenient shapes, no safety, deliberately added weight for recoil compensation and very, very sensitive triggers, e.g. 1000g or 1360g. I certainly wouldn’t want to walk around with one strapped to me in a holster.

Most people here tend to shoot only unjacketed .22 for sports in any case - much less barrel wear, less cost and it’s not like anything more is needed to penetrate a paper target anyway.

There’s a number of stringent requirements for secure storage that makes most people just lease room for storing privately owned weapons at the range, and would, even if they did bother obtaining a certified gun safe, make it completely impractical to actually use the weapon for self-defense. I believe privately held weapons are supposed to be stored with the firing pin removed and stored separately, if possible. The same goes for transport.

Frankly, even if a person owns a gun, they’re much better off just getting a metal baseball bat if they’re concerned about home invaders.

Frankly, had I been a parent and living in the US, I would have done the same. One can debate whether the circumstances that necessitate it are ideal, but as the matter stands it’s only sensible.

Denmark is, as you might expect, very different. Here, people can - and in the vast majority of cases, will - live their entire lives without ever encountering a real weapon. Certainly, it’s possible to own a gun, but obtaining a license / required insurance and meeting mandatory storage requirements is non-trivial, so only hunters, collectors and sports shooters ever bother. Collectors aside, the type of weapons favored here are also distinctly different. Shotguns used for hunting or skeet shooting are typically break-action side-by-side or over/under respectively, and hunting rifles are, well, hunting rifles - scoped bolt action. People don’t hunt with AR-15’s around here. As for sports shooters owning their own pistols, most use high quality .22LR Walther GSP’s and similar. I’ve seen a few people shoot the occasional 9mm/.45 ACP something or other and an infrequent revolver, but that’s very rare.

Practical personal defense weapons are pretty much non-existent.

That is incredibly high praise indeed. Thank you.

I honestly don’t know, but does it really matter? You like what you like, and when you like it. There’s no need to pigeon-hole everything.

This is the US we’re talking about, so there’s no shortage of guns or people willing to teach other people to use guns. Sure, I doubt an eight year old could rock up to the local range and lease a weapon, but… there’s always a crazy uncle. Besides that, there’s no shortage of instructional material to be found online and elsewhere. Guns are not particularly complicated devices. Fill magazine with ammunition, insert magazine, pull and release charging handle (or slide), disengage safety (if any), point and pull the trigger. It’s not particularly difficult. Hitting something is a different matter though.

I mean, I’m Danish, and guns are not exactly commonplace here, but I used to shoot pistols for sport in the indoor range beneath a local school starting when I was eleven.

“That’s not part of my work-related responsibilities as defined by my contract.”

Uh, Jesus Christ…

“…Is there a spell that can transfigure everything into Dioxygen difluoride?”