CongoJack posted:

if you have a gun range in your house there is nothing stopping you from getting drunk and heading to the range (in your house).

Bar Ran Dun posted:

alcohol is a depressant. it was banned in rifle as a performance enhancing drug for the same reason beta blockers were. obviously dosage matters immensely.

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Hearts pounding, sweat running, nerves running. Any slight movement could trigger a misfire.

Rifle is a sport where accuracy and steadiness are essential. Competitors have to fire single rifle shots in a set period of time and are scored purely on accuracy.

It is crucial for competitors to have strong mental concentration, hand-eye coordination and steadiness.

Because shooters must be calm enough to steady their rifles and perform under pressure, competitors must try to release any anxiety and calm their nerves before competition.

Some college students may try to relieve everyday stress and anxiety with alcohol, and it's easy to see why. Its effects are so significant that alcohol is considered a performance-enhancing drug in rifle competition.

Although alcohol travels to all parts of the body after consumption, the drug affects the brain the most.

Obviously, if competitors consume too much alcohol their balance, steadiness, reaction time and motor skills become impaired.

But if a smaller amount of alcohol is consumed, the drug can potentially relax and slow competitors' heart rates.

Since alcohol is seen as a performance-enhancing drug in rifle, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and World Anti-Doping Agency have banned the drug specifically for the sport.

The NCAA states that it bans the use of alcohol "in competition for rifle." Along with alcohol, both organizations have banned beta-blockers, which are drugs that slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and are commonly used to treat cardiovascular conditions.

Husker junior Christine Costello, a junior rifle competitor, said she has known the dangers of using alcohol and shooting since she was a young girl.

"That's one of the first rules they tell you," she said. "I remember going to a class at my junior club. Alcohol was like rule number three: Don't mix alcohol and firearms. It's kind of a common sense thing."

Nebraska rifle coach Morgan Hicks said she hasn't heard of any cases in which competitors on the local or national level were caught with substances. However, she said she doesn't doubt alcohol's effects in the sport since athletes need to be as mellow and calm as possible while performing the same action over and over for two hours.

"Obviously, if the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency thinks alcohol is going to be a depressant or a performance-enhancing drug, it will help in some way," she said.

Hicks said the team is under constant watch, so the shooters know not to even think about using a substance such as alcohol. The team is tested randomly at least twice a semester under university policy. The team is also tested at championships and larger meets. A lot of the athletes also compete internationally, so they are tested by U.S. Olympic committees and international organizations.

"We're under constant watch, so we don't try to mess up," Hicks said.

Costello said she believes using alcohol and shooting is not a good combination. Also, she said she believes it's something that shouldn't be taken lightly.

"I think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages," Costello said. "Balance, hand-eye coordination and concentration are so much more important than nerves. You can always control those in other ways."

Nothus posted:

Are those bullet spatters on the target holder? Someone's aim loving sucks for having their own private range.

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shrike82 posted:

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1676020786451083264?s=20

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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

some family moved on to my street about six years ago and then they recently listed their house for sale and sent all of us an email with their farewells as they "sell [their] starter house".

internally, I reacted like Dennis Reynolds when he was told his car was a starter car.

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

some family moved on to my street about six years ago and then they recently listed their house for sale and sent all of us an email with their farewells as they "sell [their] starter house".

internally, I reacted like Dennis Reynolds when he was told his car was a starter car.

Chakan posted:

We bought a house last month because our rent is relatively cheap and we spent almost ten years saving up. The number of family members who say “oh it’s such a nice starter home, perfect for now and you can sell it in a few years” is astounding. Where the gently caress do they think the money will come from? Why are they such assholes about it? It’s car brain, but worse!

Chakan posted:

We bought a house last month because our rent is relatively cheap and we spent almost ten years saving up. The number of family members who say “oh it’s such a nice starter home, perfect for now and you can sell it in a few years” is astounding. Where the gently caress do they think the money will come from? Why are they such assholes about it? It’s car brain, but worse!

Sweeper posted:

as far as I can tell you are expected to save up for a new down payment while paying your mortgage and then swing proceeds from the sale of your home + extra down payment money into a new home, keeping your monthly low by having more to put down? I’m not entirely sure how it is supposed to work though, do you just recast your new mortgage immediately? sell before moving? contingent sales? it’s all very house of cards-ish, market would dry up any time rates increase enough to make saving to keep the same rate untenable. obviously lenders are happy to give you obscene amounts of money for sky high monthlies and many people seem to do that which makes it even more expensive to buy

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

some family moved on to my street about six years ago and then they recently listed their house for sale and sent all of us an email with their farewells as they "sell [their] starter house".

internally, I reacted like Dennis Reynolds when he was told his car was a starter car.

Chakan posted:

We bought a house last month because our rent is relatively cheap and we spent almost ten years saving up. The number of family members who say “oh it’s such a nice starter home, perfect for now and you can sell it in a few years” is astounding. Where the gently caress do they think the money will come from? Why are they such assholes about it? It’s car brain, but worse!

Paradoxish posted:

The concept of the starter home is brain poison, but Americans can't really fathom anything except a constant upward trajectory. Like your income is statistically probably going to stagnate once you're in your 40s, but people still act like they've got this huge runway out in front of them.

"Starter homes" make a very, very small amount of sense when housing is so cheap that you can buy in your 20s, save as your income increases (lmao), and then sell to someone else in a similar situation for around the same price or a little more. It's an absolutely ridiculous concept when you're talking about people in their 30s and 40s who have been saving for a decade just to make their first home happen.

Crusty Nutsack posted:

my mom is like this too. "there's nice starter homes for cheap just buy one of those and in a few years you can move." I'm pushing 40 mom, I'm going to die in whatever house I buy

MickeyFinn posted:

The most grating thing about the housing crisis for me personally is the people who have been totally insulated from it, if not beneficiaries, acting like the people getting screwed just can't figure out how to push the giant free money button that is right there flashing in front of their face.

Crusty Nutsack posted:

the dumbest part is that my mom bought a $250k house at the end of last year, and that's all she could afford. there's plenty of people who aren't insulated from it, but they just have super boomer brain.