Oh, it’s Popular Mechanics, so I can safely ignore the article and assume it’s nonsense.

Thanks for the reply! I hope something similar gets developed. As much as I like multi-toolhead solutions, the nozzle-changer seems so much more compact.

Thank God the progress understander has logged on to explain why it was good, actually, that the Democrats banned gay marriage

You clearly need to work on your reading comprehension if that’s what you think I was saying.

No, it was fucking horrible that Democrats banned gay marriage. It was fucking horrible that our society was okay with that. The entire point I’m making is that thirty years later we are living in a completely different WORLD on that front.

Microsoft saw people paying for PS+ anyway and copied Sony’s homework. Game Pass is shit too, now.

SteamOS on PS5 when?

I would argue that Vorons are more capable than say a Baubu, but I digress.

Depends on the Bambu and what capability you’re after, doesn’t it?

I know Bambu is evil, but I have to admit the H2C with its nozzle-changer is sexy. Give it a couple of AMSs and you get 7 materials with no purging. That’s a capability I don’t think a Voron has (though please, correct me if I’m wrong).

And you can only believe that if you ignore every bit of progress that has stuck around in the last thirty years.

Progress isn’t a straight line up. Like anything else it dips and wobbles. But it consistently moves upward.

Yeah there are always going to be things to make progress on. But to pretend that we are not in a better place on some of those issues now than we were thirty years ago is bafflingly silly.

As an example: In 1996, support for same-sex marriage was so low that congress passed and Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, allowing states to ignore same-sex marriage licenses from other states in direct violation of the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, and this was widely supported by the American people. In 2023, over 70% of Americans supported gay marriage while only 22% opposed. That number has dipped since, but not by much. In 2025, it was 68% support (88% of Democrats, 76% of Independents, and 41% of Republicans) while 29% opposed it.

That is an issue on which the American people have made significant progress. That progress hasn’t evaporated with alternating administrations. It ebbs and flows like literally everything, but over time it has improved.

Most are like this. Not all! Certainly some things consistently get worse, like wealth inequality. But to act like everything simply flip-flops between parties and that the Democrats are simply a ratchet that maintains the status quo and doesn’t let anything change just to let the next Republican make it worse is flat-out wrong.

Are Democrats largely spineless corporate shills? Yeah. But are they just as bad as Republicans? Fuck no. Go vote in primaries. Support candidates who will actually push for change. Giving up is pathetic.

Does Dispatch count? Because if so, I’m a dispatcher/Mecha Man.

If not…I don’t really have a job, I’ve lost all my money and am stuck in a town I bought for my son for his birthday as a joke. (I just started this one, so I’m sure the situation changes somewhat as the show goes on.)

Testicular torsion is one of my greatest fears.

Sounds delicious though.