Comments by "Darnit" (@darnit1944) on "Business Insider" channel.

  1. They did threaten the family. The only deterrent to the defectors is their love for their families. Some ran away, the family is willing to sacrifice themselves for the son or daughter's freedom.
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  2. In traditional way, yes. But modern steel is actually better. You can make a better sword with modern steel. But if you want to keep the tradition...
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  3.  @hayek218  Quality as in strength? Durability? If it is unbeatable, then modern steel should have the quality or at least manufacturing technique.
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  4.  @JasmineRiceField  Americans dont hate refugees. Americans hates people who hates them. It's as simple as that
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  5.  @hayek218  Yeah i highly doubt that. This is exactly the same argument that made Katana overrated. Japanese swordsmiths took a long time to manipulate carbon content, shape, and every other aspects i dont know, of each blade, while modern forgery techniques can do the same in minutes. That's also the reason why Japan sought out Western forgings in the 1700-1800s to modernize. But if you want historical, tradition, and beauty, you can seek traditionally crafted Japanese blades.
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  6. What's wrong with that?
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  7.  @socialreject2156  https://youtu.be/uL2bpuyTHto Here you go. In short, we can recreate Japanese blades with modern methods with cheaper production cost, significantly more durable, and better at retaining its edge. Japanese iron is not the best in the world. But they do have amazing methods to create an excellent blade in that era.
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  8.  @hayek218  Just read your comment, and several others about Katana, implying that Japanese steel is the best and definitely better modern steel. Go to katana videos, and you will find bunch of them. Go to longsword vs katana videos and you'll also find some. That's the basis of my argument about how Japanese steel is overrated. Let me say this again. Japan does not have the best steel, the swordsmiths developed the folding technique so they can make a good blade out of the available material.
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  9.  @sarahh2072  Yes they are. The company owner says his employees are all certified American citizens
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  10. When it is unaffordable, people will talk about it.
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  11. Remember last time engineers made tractors, many laborers were fired. When the sewing machine was invented, manual taylors cursed it, saying they stole their jobs. The same goes to robots. It's hard to accept new technology, but with new technology, people have more time thinking and creating, and less time doing manual labor.
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  12. I don't consider cooking as a men's job or women's job. Cooking is a necessary life skill that everyone should be able to do. At least the basics. Cooking also helps with depression. If you enjoy the process and eat a good meal, you will feel much better.
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  13.  @hayek218  Again, properly made katana today is made for decoration more than its practical use, since modern steel technically outperforms it. But in theory, modern steel is engineered to have greater quality than Japanese steel. As you know, Japan is a volcanic island with bad steel.
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  14.  @hayek218  Alright whatever you say, i hope you make a good Samurai with your Bullshitto code.
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  15.  @JohnT2088  You're right. But i'm talking about modern steel specifically made for sword making. The bloomery technique that the Japanese do is to make a good steel out of crappy Japanese iron. If the Japanese can make a good steel out of better material, there is absolutely no need of that folding with thousands of layers. That folding part is to remove imperfection. With modern forging and smelting, we can remove the imperfection better than the old Japanese technique.
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  16.  @hayek218  Are you asking me what kind of modern steel? On technical name, i cant say since it is not my speciality. Go and watch the videos i gave you the link. For proof, unfortunately i cant find any test, and again since traditional katana is too expensive to be tested Or maybe, this https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/5729/how-do-tamahagane-damascus-and-toledo-steel-compare http://www.thesamuraiworkshop.com/university/content/7/74/en/are-there-any-advantages-to-folded-laminated-or-so-called-clay-tempered-blades.html "With access to the metallurgical techniques that were common by the 1850’s (when Japan opened its borders after centuries of isolation), there’s little benefit to this backbreaking, time-consuming method. Modern Japanese swordsmiths are actually required, by law, to follow the old ways, but the only advantage this confers is to produce a beautiful grain on a sword that is a unique work of art." https://newtonsapple.club/engineering/samurai-swords/ Today's modern steels do not require folding as they did in feudal Japan. Our steel refining methods are much better from foundries with hundreds of years more experience creating quality billets of steel. https://www.reliks.com/forged-katana/ Say, i have many presented many videos and proves. You only question me, but did not provide counter argument. You only said that Kamakura period swords are strong and durable without any prove.
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  17.  @zaydenb423  That is if the production is located in low safety standard factory, below minimum wage, questionable low cost mineral supplier, and where population is booming. China for example.
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  18.  @nelsonricardo3729  Wet market means markets that sell fresh fish or meat or other produces. Its very common in Asian nations, including Japan Taiwan, South Korea and other rich Asian nations.
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  19. Why does the founder of Wikipedia so important to talk about these? It's like listening to an advanced economic lecture with your garbage man as the speaker.
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  20. The farmers are already having loss from 0 potato sales, and they are expected to pay to ship the potatoes?
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  21.  @hayek218  Do you know how Tamahagane is formed? By stacking steel together and fold it to remove imperfection. This technique is required since, for the last time, Japan has very low quality steel. The folding technique creates the pattern you see on Katanas. This however is not required on a modern steel since they already removed imperfection with modern technique. Better, faster, and much cheaper than the traditional Tamahagane forging technique. The katana is curved because of differential hardening, that means the backbone of the blade is painted with clay to slow down the cooling when quenching, this process also creates the curve on the blade. Now, do you have any arguments against this? Or maybe disprove what i have above?
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  22.  @socialreject2156  My suggestion is either research more to further prove his thick head, or just leave. This dude clearly doesnt know shit about metallurgy. I dont know much, but at least i can provide evidence, scientific (look at my comments).
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  23. He really wants the border wall to be build. He will allocate the government funds like from the military into the border wall.
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  24.  @GuyIdiot  Dont try to argue with him dude. He's unable to be reasoned with. Remember, it's hard to win arguments against geniuses, but it's impossible to win against an idiot.
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  25.  @socialreject2156  It's called the Bullshitto code. I made that up.
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  26.  @NationChosenByGod  I'm Asian. I took pride in my culture. However i'm more of a practical man. I'm not afraid to admit that my culture's traditional blade like Keris or Rencong is inferior to modern steel. I did not say Japanese blades are bad, i'm saying the traditional way of crafting the blade is clearly inferior to modern steel. Modern Japanese blades are excellent since the production have been modernized. Refining the steel with modern furnace with traditional style forging makes Japanese blades excellent.
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  27. Yeah, i'd love to make it harder to find stuff i want to buy!
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  28. Gun owners are sympathetic with Juul smokers.
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  29. You're talking about one of the wealthiest man and the president of United States. They have alot of achievements. What about you? What did you do?
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  30.  @player764  I have had an Islamist bombing attack around a mile from my home, and i was still playing my game like it doesnt matter. The only problem is that the road is closed the next day because of police investigation, and some people mourning over the deaths. Point is, some people are affected by the problems that you may not consider as a problem. In this case, people in the southern states that have problem with illegals, ICE agents, and many others.
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  31.  @hayek218  If only someone is rich enough to provide a traditional crafted katana to be destroyed. If i show you similar practical repro katana destruction video, you would dismiss me since it is "modern repro". You may have handled "real" katana, but i dont think you have destroyed one or maybe at least do a little research on metallurgy.
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  32. I asked my parents for a Samsung galaxy because turns out i can download BBM without a blackberry phone. This was back in 2014
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  33.  Daksh Jhamb  I kinda disagree. Frozen food is kinda expensive. The cheap ones are in the wet market.
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  34.  @hayek218  Here, go watch this https://youtu.be/uL2bpuyTHto
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  35. Nothing wrong with that
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  36.  @GuyIdiot  mind him, he's practicing the code of Bullshitto. I made that.
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  37. Asian here, I dont think it is racist. Asian foods are Asian, no more questions.
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  38.  @NationChosenByGod  Again, i have commented several times here. Traditional katana is inferior in practical use to modern steel repro. Inferior in keeping its edge, inferior in strength. The reason why modern steel repro is folded is so it can make similar pattern to replicate the beauty of traditional patterns.
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  39. Si vis pacem, para bellum If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
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  40. How many kidneys?
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  41. Wunpini Legend White people only?
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  42.  @hayek218  Another one to make you understand more about https://youtu.be/LLqZdfcVoV8
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  43.  @zeroace4746  Katana is good at keeping its edge, however their sharp edge are brittle, prone to breaking under high stress, because it is not flexible. Flexibility in swords made it resist breaking better. Better bend and sprung back than breaking, right? Edit: grammar correction
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  44.  @hayek218  You're clearly missing every of my point of view. And dont mind replying, im not arguing anymore. I gave up.
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  45.  happydurians  No, if they are legal immigrants, then they are American with latino origin. Mexican is a nationality.
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  46. @Alexander Thomas Trump earned his money from real estate business, and other 500 businesses he owns. So what do you mean he doesnt deserve the money? Dont make me defend Trump. I have had enough of him backstabbing gun owners.
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  47. I don't understand. Bailouts are asked if you are bankrupt.
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  48.  @moisesmunoz415  But she looks like she is 50+
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  49.  Daksh Jhamb  Well not in my place. Usually the market vendors butcher the animal somewhere else in big chunks, and when we want to buy it they cut the big chunks in front of us into our sizes. But usually wet market meats are not that good of quality. So i bought mine in supermarkets. No weight scams, always fresh. Im not exactly "poor".
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  50. 6 bankruptcy out of 500+ successes? That's a very poor comparison
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