You can have the shiniest toys in the universe. But if all those toys suddenly stop working... a sharp stick or a lump of rock work just as well on squishy flesh.
Even with exoskeletons, rocks can crack open the shell, and a good stick will make short work of the joints. The worst nightmare for knights in plate armor was getting bogged down so some random, unarmored peasant could get at the joints in his armour. And a Smith with a good shield or parying weapon and a hammer could trap the wearer in a painful, claustrophobic prison by denting the plate in the right spots. So imagine what such tools could do to an Insectoid species. Being killed by an armor-piercing bullet would be so much preferable over sticks and stones.
In the analog words of Thatcher: "GPS satellites, unmanned drones, fucking laser sights. The more crutches you have, the more it hurts when they're kicked out from under you. If there's one thing I know for sure, it's that a six inch blade never loses reception."
The knife.. one of the oldest, most versatile, easy to use, and prevalent tools man has ever made. No human goes anywhere there is potential danger without one in some form or another, because when it comes to shite going sideways, it's the simplest solution.
The deadliest melee weapon ever invented was the quarterstaff. An average sized, well trained warrior can swing a quarterstaff so hard that the tip comes close to breaking the sound barrier. There is not a single piece of practical armor that we know of that can withstand it's blunt force. But knives are much more versatile as a tool as well as a weapon. Utility is often worth giving up a bit of lethality.
I assume your someone that thinks that repo armor like you find on the internet is genuine armor and not anything more than poorly formed butter knife steel even the stud they advertise as hard is only as hard as soft steel gets real armor is high rockwell and generally made to the same standard as a properly made sword hardened aneled and finally tempered padded and balanced . I’m yet to see even a single repo that gets it right.
Datamagnet and Bob the Dragon deserve to have their own episode, perhaps they each submit a story to be read? Definitely something after all this time.
Protip from a gun nut, the capitalized "R" after the mm means it is a rimmed cartridge. That means that there is a small lip on the back of the case that is used for headspacing (the position of the cartridge in relation to the chamber/barrel/throat) or as an extraction aid in the cycling of the gun. It is a very, very old way of doing both of these things. Currently, only revolvers (and special snowflake autoloaders), lever actions and some Russian machine guns/precision rifles are still made for rimmed cartridges. Shotguns are exempt from this because non rimmed shotgun shells are a rarity.
That first story reminds me of something I heard about from the Battle for the Chosin Reservoir. A single Marine Private held his squad's position while firing the machinegun and throwing grenades. The rest of his squad was injured or dead. At one point his commanding officer called over the radio and asked him if he was surrounded his answer was, "I prefer to think of it as a target rich environment, sir!"
I thought each of the soldiers he saved in the first story were going to drop in a brass casing to represent the bullet they didn't take because of his actions. But that was a nice touch in the story, as it was.
Holy crap! Now THERE'S a closing scene if ever there was one. A movie ending on a scene like that, with the line it's referencing in an earlier scene would be epic. Even if the war part is just a couple of scenes embedded in a larger life story.
"The enemy cannot push 'the button' if they cannot reach 'the button'." - Training Sgt. Zim As for a pile of brass, the are MoH recipients from places like the Chosin Reservoir, Guadalcanal, assorted places in Europe that would agree - read about the exploits of Sgt. John Basilone on Guadalcanal, or of Sgt. York and Sgt. Louis Cukela in WW1.
Keep It Simple, Stupid An axiom of some renoun. Basically, function before fancy. If a simple knife will work, don't fuck around with something fancier.
First one has a punch. Second one,,, considering that a .44 mag can sit you on your a$$ even wearing ceramic armor,,,. Imagine getting hit with a 20 pound sledgehammer swung by the jolly green giant in a REALLY bad mood. And the worth of a good knife is no easy thing to explain. K.I.S.S indeed.
What's more, that's a performed voice, that's not what he actually sounds like in regular discourse. It's the Carnegie hall answer, practice, practice, practice. Check the back catalog of his channel, my man Agro's one productive sumbitch. He is *criminally* under-subscribed, with the body of work he's put out - he should have a 100k-150k subscriber count. 2,504 videos, an astonishing number of which are close to or over an hour long - not simply 2,500 little tiktok style 2 and a half minute vids. Agro puts - in - the - effort.
Knifes may be the most versatile tools ever developed, but I think the most beautiful creation of humanity is the sword. Where all other tools pride themselves on utility, the sword has but one singular purpose: To kill humans. Not like the bow, which is used in hunting too, not like the axe, which also fells trees, and not like the knife, which we use for crafting, food preparation and many other purposes. I think the purpose and focus that is the nature of the sword is beautiful.
@@joseph1150 I suppose it's worth considering. A sword was used in the same way pistols are now. As a back up weapon intended to be used against other humans. One easy to carry, and socially acceptable to do so. HELL! You duel with both swords and pistols! Not spears. Not assault rifles.
The spear was also used for hunting, and a Warhammer is still, well a hammer, which was used for hammering stuff. And before anyone starts, I am referring generally to old tools and weapons, not the special 1 inch screwdriver that is used to fasten the 3rd to last top left bolt in am Audi Ferrari 420 Blaze It. (I do not know cars, if that much wasn't obvious)
Hey I really like your channel and I wanted to recommend a story for you to read it’s called “The Deathworlders Nightmare” I think people would like it
@Continental Tuber I'm sending you a portable EMP rifle to defend yourself from the nanite swarm, it'll be there as soon as I've perfected the matter transmitter so just do your best until then.
1:15……Beau Thibodeaux…..that’s the same name as a character in a book series I’ve read. Well, listened to, anyway. Audiobook. Jericho Quinn series. Not too bad a book series so far….ah the first name of that character wasn’t Beau….I remember now….something equally pretentious sounding tho…….Jacques! That was the name! I think Jacques was a Marine in that series as well….I wonder if it’s a coincidence, or if the author was inspired….cuz I’ve never heard that last name before the Quinn books….
@@AgroSquerril Eh, who knows? Might be a good idea if I actually listened to the video all the way through, though. Yep might actually have my answer, lol
ok I must be dense... what does kiss have to do with anything in that story... enlighten me fellow squerril fallowers ... thanxz Agro S. you're awesome
Its the acronym. Keep it simple. Radiation weapons, sure. They are quite fancy, quite deadly. But not against something hardened against radiation, like the beast that came for him was. Nor would a radiation weapon even work that quickly. Whereas. While a radiation gun might have a lot of ammo. It won't always work. But a .44 magnum? Sure it's not a perfect weapon. But you can be damn sure when you pull the trigger, something at the far end of it is going to have a bad day.
You can have the shiniest toys in the universe.
But if all those toys suddenly stop working... a sharp stick or a lump of rock work just as well on squishy flesh.
yarp
Even with exoskeletons, rocks can crack open the shell, and a good stick will make short work of the joints. The worst nightmare for knights in plate armor was getting bogged down so some random, unarmored peasant could get at the joints in his armour. And a Smith with a good shield or parying weapon and a hammer could trap the wearer in a painful, claustrophobic prison by denting the plate in the right spots.
So imagine what such tools could do to an Insectoid species. Being killed by an armor-piercing bullet would be so much preferable over sticks and stones.
In the analog words of Thatcher:
"GPS satellites, unmanned drones, fucking laser sights. The more crutches you have, the more it hurts when they're kicked out from under you. If there's one thing I know for sure, it's that a six inch blade never loses reception."
* Happy ewok noises
@@erushi5503 and a little bola made of liana and rocks can drop a fuckin' AT-ST if thrown by a Hobbit's deranged hairy stepcousins^^
The knife.. one of the oldest, most versatile, easy to use, and prevalent tools man has ever made. No human goes anywhere there is potential danger without one in some form or another, because when it comes to shite going sideways, it's the simplest solution.
The deadliest melee weapon ever invented was the quarterstaff. An average sized, well trained warrior can swing a quarterstaff so hard that the tip comes close to breaking the sound barrier. There is not a single piece of practical armor that we know of that can withstand it's blunt force.
But knives are much more versatile as a tool as well as a weapon. Utility is often worth giving up a bit of lethality.
and if you put the knife on the revolver you get The Clipper.
Don't drop it, you might loose a toe.
@@H3xx99 "speak softly and carry a big stick" may get you places, but a trusty blade will keep you going far longer.
You goddam right!
I assume your someone that thinks that repo armor like you find on the internet is genuine armor and not anything more than poorly formed butter knife steel even the stud they advertise as hard is only as hard as soft steel gets real armor is high rockwell and generally made to the same standard as a properly made sword hardened aneled and finally tempered padded and balanced . I’m yet to see even a single repo that gets it right.
Pile of Brass.....fitting. K.I.S.S.- term I learned 4 decades ago and it still holds true
i dont think it will ever be irrelevant
@@AgroSquerril yup the moment we throw it away is probably the time we fallback 🤣
Datamagnet and Bob the Dragon deserve to have their own episode, perhaps they each submit a story to be read? Definitely something after all this time.
a possibility
Yeah I believe they need something special I mean I just bought a shirt but these people paid to keep the good reads rolling.
@@adamdrawdy7436 what im remembering is duckmachine and bob the dragon xD
who knows a batle of the patrons begins
Protip from a gun nut, the capitalized "R" after the mm means it is a rimmed cartridge. That means that there is a small lip on the back of the case that is used for headspacing (the position of the cartridge in relation to the chamber/barrel/throat) or as an extraction aid in the cycling of the gun. It is a very, very old way of doing both of these things. Currently, only revolvers (and special snowflake autoloaders), lever actions and some Russian machine guns/precision rifles are still made for rimmed cartridges. Shotguns are exempt from this because non rimmed shotgun shells are a rarity.
That first story reminds me of something I heard about from the Battle for the Chosin Reservoir. A single Marine Private held his squad's position while firing the machinegun and throwing grenades. The rest of his squad was injured or dead. At one point his commanding officer called over the radio and asked him if he was surrounded his answer was, "I prefer to think of it as a target rich environment, sir!"
I thought each of the soldiers he saved in the first story were going to drop in a brass casing to represent the bullet they didn't take because of his actions.
But that was a nice touch in the story, as it was.
That would have been emotional for sure.
Holy crap! Now THERE'S a closing scene if ever there was one. A movie ending on a scene like that, with the line it's referencing in an earlier scene would be epic. Even if the war part is just a couple of scenes embedded in a larger life story.
I'm the author and I'm now mad I didn't think of this.
Maybe they did, hell there’s a lot of brass casings and he’s had a long life so wouldn’t be too far off
"The enemy cannot push 'the button' if they cannot reach 'the button'." - Training Sgt. Zim As for a pile of brass, the are MoH recipients from places like the Chosin Reservoir, Guadalcanal, assorted places in Europe that would agree - read about the exploits of Sgt. John Basilone on Guadalcanal, or of Sgt. York and Sgt. Louis Cukela in WW1.
WHAT SARGEN YORK ACHIEVED THAT DAY WAS CARRIED BACK TO THE USA…
Reminds me of the training scene in Starship Troopers.
"Your enemy can't press a button, if you disable his hand."
Ah yes, the oldest rule in the book, KISS
Keep
It
Simple,
Stupid
An axiom of some renoun.
Basically, function before fancy. If a simple knife will work, don't fuck around with something fancier.
@Amber Wolf stands for Keep It Simple Stupid
Backup weapons need to be reliable. And as simple in operation, as express in intent, as possible. KISS.
Damn, I knew I should've worn my KISS shirt today
"the most useful piece of advise that i ever received; it hurts every time."
KISS -- When higher tech becomes a liability.
First one has a punch.
Second one,,, considering that a .44 mag can sit you on your a$$ even wearing ceramic armor,,,. Imagine getting hit with a 20 pound sledgehammer swung by the jolly green giant in a REALLY bad mood.
And the worth of a good knife is no easy thing to explain. K.I.S.S indeed.
Blood for the blood God. Skulls for the skull throne. Tribute to the algorithm!
KILL MAME BURN!
milk for the khorn flakes
Heh, nice to know the concept of Keep It Simple Stupid will live on ( and yes the last S needs to be included )
Sargeant-Major, rest in peace (and brass!)
Damned onion ninjas!
greetings Mentlegent!
For the Rhythm that is Algo
Story 1: Buried in a warrior's weapons
Story 2: Burying others with a warrior's tools
For the algorithm
How in god's name do you have such a buttery smooth voice
Butter stick
q20
What's more, that's a performed voice, that's not what he actually sounds like in regular discourse. It's the Carnegie hall answer, practice, practice, practice. Check the back catalog of his channel, my man Agro's one productive sumbitch. He is *criminally* under-subscribed, with the body of work he's put out - he should have a 100k-150k subscriber count. 2,504 videos, an astonishing number of which are close to or over an hour long - not simply 2,500 little tiktok style 2 and a half minute vids. Agro puts - in - the - effort.
^^^THIS^^^ The Squirrel hustles his a** off. Respect is due!
To Agro Squerril and the Algorithm!!! Thanks for the stories! ❤
a pleasure
For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!
Knifes may be the most versatile tools ever developed, but I think the most beautiful creation of humanity is the sword. Where all other tools pride themselves on utility, the sword has but one singular purpose: To kill humans. Not like the bow, which is used in hunting too, not like the axe, which also fells trees, and not like the knife, which we use for crafting, food preparation and many other purposes.
I think the purpose and focus that is the nature of the sword is beautiful.
yet the spear was the main weapon of the battlefield.
*Insert the warhammer*
@@joseph1150 I suppose it's worth considering. A sword was used in the same way pistols are now. As a back up weapon intended to be used against other humans. One easy to carry, and socially acceptable to do so.
HELL! You duel with both swords and pistols! Not spears. Not assault rifles.
The spear was also used for hunting, and a Warhammer is still, well a hammer, which was used for hammering stuff.
And before anyone starts, I am referring generally to old tools and weapons, not the special 1 inch screwdriver that is used to fasten the 3rd to last top left bolt in am Audi Ferrari 420 Blaze It. (I do not know cars, if that much wasn't obvious)
Great job. Just a minor pronunciation correction: the "h" in Thibodeaux is silent. Tib-o-doe
Will keep that in mind
@@AgroSquerril Bow-re-guard Tib-e-dough.
Bed of brass. Ya’know, I liked that one, it’s fitting, it’s good.
glad you enjoyed
Story 2: Danger! Danger! Measures of pleasure and pain. Boiling the blood in my veins.
not my other sock, i only have 17 left....
i cannot find a single right sock
For AgroSquerril: best SF stories on UA-cam, well read.
For the algorithm
Nanite swarms RETURN MY SOCK!!!!
Hey I really like your channel and I wanted to recommend a story for you to read it’s called “The Deathworlders Nightmare” I think people would like it
i shall check it out and try get in touch with the author
I have barricaded myself in my room, the nantite swarms are trying to break in, they want my socks, please send re-enforcements !
I think they're also behind the 10mm wrenches disappearing.
no reinforcements , they cant put their boots on , no socks
@Continental Tuber I'm sending you a portable EMP rifle to defend yourself from the nanite swarm, it'll be there as soon as I've perfected the matter transmitter so just do your best until then.
These were awesome! :D
For the algorithm!
For the algorithm
Tread softly and carry a.44 magnum.
um 10:50 the K.I.S.S. it says "keep it stupid simple" instead of "keep it simple stupid"
it was an unedited direct submission , mistakes are bound to happen
@@AgroSquerril true
For the algorithm and the narrator.
For the algorithm
Next time call it a foot glove instead of a sock
fair enough
Bless the Squerril
For the algorithm
1:15……Beau Thibodeaux…..that’s the same name as a character in a book series I’ve read. Well, listened to, anyway. Audiobook. Jericho Quinn series. Not too bad a book series so far….ah the first name of that character wasn’t Beau….I remember now….something equally pretentious sounding tho…….Jacques! That was the name! I think Jacques was a Marine in that series as well….I wonder if it’s a coincidence, or if the author was inspired….cuz I’ve never heard that last name before the Quinn books….
not sure
@@AgroSquerril Eh, who knows? Might be a good idea if I actually listened to the video all the way through, though. Yep might actually have my answer, lol
I'm the author. I made it up.
@@jackjohnstone2426 Oh? Huh. Okay! Thanks!
Radiation based weapons,aka lasers don't work?
Solution: full auto railgun
K.I.S.👍
4tA
4t🐿️
Why are always my socks gone?
no clue.... none.... zero....
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The print says
"Keep It Stupid Simple"
You meant
Keep It Simple Stupid, right ?
ok I must be dense... what does kiss have to do with anything in that story... enlighten me fellow squerril fallowers ... thanxz Agro S. you're awesome
Having a simple but reliable backup saves lives.
Its the acronym. Keep it simple. Radiation weapons, sure. They are quite fancy, quite deadly. But not against something hardened against radiation, like the beast that came for him was. Nor would a radiation weapon even work that quickly.
Whereas. While a radiation gun might have a lot of ammo. It won't always work. But a .44 magnum? Sure it's not a perfect weapon. But you can be damn sure when you pull the trigger, something at the far end of it is going to have a bad day.
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F.T.A !
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F.A.S.
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