Garand Thumb seems to be actively trying to incorporate the maximum possible amount of cringey chud fodder in his videos. When he does something on topics where he actually has expertise (i.e survival techniques) he actually gets serious and informative, but the rest of what he makes now is just him licking boots to get views.
it's because it works. at the risk of inviting discourse, it's not entirely dissimilar from InRange being open about their own values and beliefs. disregarding any consideration of merit / morality / authenticity, people tend to favor spending their time with media that aligns with their personally held values.
I feel there's a considerable difference between this being done in a way that promotes actual thought, and just making bigoted jokes and appealing to peoples' insecurities and violent fantasies. Most of what I'm criticizing from Garand Thumb is the latter. It's not an expression of values and beliefs so much as lazy pandering.
Well, Conservatism tends to carry a good deal of bigotry and violence with it, hence the jokes and larp fantasies.
I already said I was speaking without regard for the merit, morality, or authenticity of the behavior, you won't trick me into engaging in discourse!
Those are kind of the things we're looking to regard, here.
Whilst I understand your point and your "considerations", it really has to be called out that GT is actively calling for trans people to be killed and IRTV isn't.
What are InRanges values and beliefs?
Get views or get kids into the enlistment office?
I'm not sure he cares about the latter.
“...and both audiences are on HRT.”
I gigglesnorted.
I didn't really get that bit. Is the implication that Garand Thumb fans are roided up cis guys?
Lots of guntubers are shilling for Marek Health & other companies that prescribe TRT like it's chewing gum, so I assumed it's referencing that.
I'm low T, and lost my urologist and endocrinologist because insurance changes, after we (fortunately) ruled out testicular cancer as the cause.
There are no endos in town taking new patients who don't exclusively do diabetes maintenance -- literally, their entire business is just calling in refills to pharmacies -- so I'd actually like to hear more about this, please.
Oh, and deSantis made it illegal for anybody but an MD to prescribe HRT, so my normal practice doesn't have anybody that can.
I'm sick of feeling like a eunuch… 😕
Ah, an actual legit use for their service!
The company they all shill for is https://marekhealth.com and to be fair they DO appear to be a legitimate competent practice (though I have no experience with them personally, so obviously do the usual "new doctor" vetting & compare their recommendations to your previous endo if you were happy with where they had you).
IDK how their stuff works vis-a-vis insurance either, but if it helps you stick your thumb in Governor DeShitbag's eye I'm all for it!
I could be wrong, but I think the relevant bill (SB 254) preventing NPs from prescribing HRT in Florida got struck down by a federal district court in the past month?
Hoping things get better for you soon!!
It did, but I haven't had the opportunity to go see my regular practice since then. I need a prescription refill next week, so I'll ask them about it when I see them. :)
Have you checked to see if your insurance offers or supports telehealth solutions?
It's kind of a shitty solution as we trickle further into a comically dystopian future, but if you just need a script, many insurers are happy to underpay some mediocre MD to hop on a zoom call for 5 minutes so they can send you a script (preferably to their own mail order pharmacy!)
That or they’re using hair loss pills or dick pills or some such gender affirming care.
Amusingly, most hair-loss drugs are aza-steroid class androgen-antagonists (anything ending in -asteride). They're literally a type of T-blocker, as high-testosterone is the leading cause of male pattern baldness.
Oh yeah! I should have remembered as a victim of T poisoning. That is very amusing
Oh that's much better, I thought the joke was they were trans women who couldn't pass.
That's what I was worried about too, initially
GarandThumb fans are also actively being scammed by him lol
so many right wing guntubers promoting SDI. I mean even the not so political channels. I honestly think its some leviathan group promoting scheme.
Hickock45 here…
I want to believe that gun grandpa is an alright guy, but I can't help but get a bad vibe from guntubers in general nowadays
I feel like he's probably fine outside of his pot budget, he's gotta reign that in a bit
Well hes an old white guy from Tennessee…. so….
I can't believe people buy into that Sonoran Desert Institute crap. It's probably the people who assemble an AR for the first time and call themselves a Gunsmith.
Gunsmithing is a lot like radio broadcasting or locksmithing. These are all fields where the VAST majority of practitioners never went to a specific trade school to learn it and often consider such schools an unnecessary waste of time & money. Even most of the top experts in these fields share this sentiment and will usually suggest seeking out an apprenticeship or intern position as better alternatives to attending any teaching programs. That being said, the absolute worst choice for any of these trades is online/correspondence courses.
SDI is not a properly accredited institution and exists primarily to eat the GI Bill. Their courses can often run up to 5 figures, for a diploma no one will respect or recognize. To put it quite bluntly, a "certificate" or "Diploma" from one of these internet or mail order gunsmithing schools is totally worthless in the trade. They have just as much value as a certificate you print up on your printer. Take that certificate and just try to find a job on that piece of paper. You would be laughed out of whatever establishment you are in if not thrown out on your ass.
Honestly, it's a hard and unforgiving trade. There is no "Easy Button" to it. You need to have hands on experience, either as an apprentice or at a brick and mortar school to have any credibility. Anyone planning to get a job for someone else, is going to need a lot better credentials then an internet or video degree. I feel bad for those that intend to start there own business after attending such a program, that's about as risky as it gets.
Do not send money to SDI. They are one of the typical shell schools that primarily prey on former/retired service members with a nice fat tuition assistance account. Their accreditation is a complete joke.
Just look at their homepage for the gunsmithing program. Look at all the "mays" on that page; those are "qualifiers" (aka: weasel words) and they ought to be raising red flags all over for any reader. Heavily consider why you need to send your money to buy their supplies, when Brownell's is just an email away. I'll bet that SDI will not discuss the cost today of the tools in their list, or their source. Not to mention the wholesale Gunsmithing catalogs; think about that a little, maybe do some research, and then decide whether you need to buy a Brownell's catalog from them, or get one for nothing from Brownell's? Or simply use their web site.
Call SDI. Ask for the number of graduates in the last 5 years. Ask for the number that are working as gunsmiths in any capacity.
Anyone interested in that "school" would be significantly better served by just taking some machining classes at their local community college. A full machining program at a community college would provide actual real-world experience, metal working knowledge, and hands-on training with mills, lathes, and other industry related equipment. Something which an online correspondence course just can't possibly offer or hope to match.
Same as Art, a lot of professional digital artists you find on artstation never went to art school or went to some official academy to get the skills they have now. In reality it took years and years of self studies, practice, and peer evaluations rather than dropping thousands of dollars at some Art school
What did it take to kill ITT Tech? When is SDI gonna get that treatment?
Mike and most people in that environment only exist to push consumerism onto others.
It's an endless circlejerk of nylon, velcro, racism, and extreme and rampant sexism.
Shout out to Karl for being himself, even though their team is consistently harassed by "insert generic mustache white guy".
After seeing a lot of the people on TacticalGear Subs, GT fans are less like the fat wojak and more like Vector from despicable me
Fat wojak, I thought that was Armed Scholar?!
My day feels a little more worst knowing this person exists
If you look like the one on the right please dm me
It's certainly telling that the catgirl is supposed to be an insult.
I think that’s a catboy.
To be fair, I'm picturing a particular person I know, but you have a point.
Based Karl doing based Karl things
Sinistralrifleman posted the original edit before Karl shared it.
I love to see it lmao
Cat girls actually doing the work and competing in USPSA, or getting proper run and gun training, while the neckbeards just focusing on acquiring Gucci gear.
GT is the epitome of guntuber cringe. I'm pretty sure all of you on this sub could shoot better than him.
love Karl
What a chad.
True am on right
Based as hell
true, righty neckbeards
lowk all the guntube i watch now is forgottenweapons, karl, brassfacts, hop, tfb
why does this sub keep flipflopping between getting mad at Hop and Brassfacts for using the f slur and then talking about how much better they are than GT
mannn i didnt even know about that. regardless good info is good info, they seem much more practical and knowledgable that most other guntubers
What the f*** does this have to do with socialism??? Or protecting people???
Karl is like one of like four leftist guntubers so this is really the main place to discuss him.
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