what about health goth but with guns

@Smart Car Driveby Hams have been nothing but nice to me even when they know my only radio is a UV-82.

I mean same, but I also give a shit about learning and probably so do most people in to an obscure hobby like HAM

Guns are pervasive and literally cultural in the States, gear has also sorta become this way (because of airsoft, and IG SF reposters)

@glacial pace And I could throw a better side kick than almost any adult white belt when I was 12. I could probably throw one better than you could now, assuming you have no experience. It's almost like experience matters more than age.

shooting is fucking easy

Any mong can buy an M&P and a Condor armor kit and think he's "into gear" the point is when someone who knows better says "you're retarded that is garbage" the response should be "oh ok well what should I be buying for my use of X"

Not

"lol elitist"

This hobby is a bit of a money sink, that's just how it be sometimes

yeah well my AR500 plates are just as good if not better since they can take multiple hits and won't shatter like a shower tile like your recalled hesco garbage

😏

That doesn't mean spend a grand on a plate carrier and fucking nylon pouches, that means don't buy chink shit

Kicking is fucking easy. Your point?

Either way, your point of being able to lower standards and grow is still wrong

You either lower standards and let people in, or you maintain and continue with the handfuls of people every month or so

@Smart Car Driveby The responses I see in ham are not "You're retarded, Baofeng is garbage." It's "congrats on getting into the hobby! Your Baofeng will have X limitations, but it's a good starter radio. Here are some upgrade recomendations for down the road, here's how to bot be a dick with your radio, and here's some cool shit you can do with what you have now." I don't see how the former is superior.

just bring in third world immigrants to bolster our numbers and make the channel more popular

the thing about baofengs is theres very little middle ground for radios

Because there's an actual form of learning curve to radios.

Regardless of elitism, you're retarded, and there's no getting over that @Red Korvo

it's either 4 figure motorolas or sub $100 radios

You ahve to start somewhere for HAM autism

or

Is someone really supposed to say "glad you bought your PSA Israeli freedom gun and Condor MOPC, it will have limitations like: shit stitching and will fall apart rather quickly, also the platebag sags out of place. Here's some cool things you can do with it: put other misc nylon to it"

you have a big clout job that sidesteps all that gay shit

for gear, there is a very fine line that separates us from /k/

@CTL the approach I just described has worked just fine. People who aren't into it will get bored and leave.

Thats not our problem

Like, I just don't get how in practicality filtering unfettered newfags is a problem?

We give at least 1 person access every week at this rate

I rather bully out the weak willed in the first place

Its not our fault that you suck

And how it somehow doesn't produce a more palatable community

gq is the most active server I'm in

I'm in weightlifting servers with like 1k people

There's 1/10th the posts there is here, and all those posts are just 3 people posting videos asking for form checks.

It clearly works here.

>congrats on your baofeng
literally where are you seeing this

there is no possible usage of a baofeng that is legal

they cannot operate on US airwaves legally lmao