Jason LefkowitzMar 5
Nobody tells you "resistance is futile" unless they are desperately trying to talk you out of resisting
Show threadJason LefkowitzMar 5

Long ago, as a kid, I read a book written by a defector from the Soviet Army. It's still an interesting book, I recommend it.

There's a chapter in it about leadership lessons he learned. One is that threats are a sign of weakness, not strength. Threats are what people resort to when they don't have the power to just act. Human beings don't threaten bugs; they just step on them.

So when someone comes at you with threats, keep that in mind. Often the threat is a tell, a sign that the person making it needs to scare you into complying because they can't just force you to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Soviet_Army

Inside the Soviet Army - Wikipedia

Show threadIrenes (many)Mar 6

@jalefkowit we heard a story once from a friend, which, you know, may or may not have been true

about being mugged by someone whose gun turned out to have no bullets in it

Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonMar 6
@ireneista @jalefkowit How does one figure that out, other than counting the shots they fired.,?
Show threadIrenes (many)

@meltedcheese @jalefkowit the story goes that the assailant cocked the gun twice in a row

which, we're told, would eject the bullet or cause a jam, if there were one in the chamber. so that meant it was empty.

we're not gun people, we're going entirely on what our friend reported here, we've never used these devices

Mar 6 at 8:44amWeb
Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonMar 6
@ireneista @jalefkowit Me either. I have no way to evaluate that.
Show threadIrenes (many)Mar 6
@meltedcheese @jalefkowit we told it to somebody who does know that stuff once, and either it checks out or they were unnecessarily polite. but yeah