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No, it's using the style of the rectangular blocks below where the black shading looks sensible and applies it to rock surface where it looks like marbling in the mountain instead of ridges or shades. And it gets worse in the back, where the mountainbase has a fingerprint pattern thats completely different.

I find the black, thick webbing on the rocks really weird, yes.

A lot of shit happened in the past on 9/11, especially in German history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_9

Did you know that if you took every elephant on earth and stacked them up to the moon, they would all pretty much die?

This is a really bad drawing on second sight/first zoom. This model clearly wasn't trained on rock formations in this drawing style. Or hands.

Please don't overpay for a 6700xt, get a 7800xt if you want to spend 450

Why would you want that?

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Where is the counterweight? Why do you show your flacid trebuchet? Get ready for battle next time.

I interpret it differently. I have seen plenty of people putting up huge barriers of entry for themselfes before trying out a new hobby. They like the idea of a new hobby and try to hold themselves hostage with a huge investment, or in sad cases overspend because they go in badly informed. "Once I have spend so much money it's impossible I won't be able to motivate myself to keep going" oh no, it required more effort than buying stuff, I gave it away... I think persistance is indeed more important than the best gear. Get going and borrow/second hand what you need until you know you have the routine to make better equipment worthwhile. Get to know fellows who can help you make informed decisions after a few sessions. The climbing shoes in your basement don't help climbing halls to stay open. The table saw you never use doesn't help wood demand and availability in your area.

Schöffel has been pretty good for me so far. Last raincoat lasted 10 years, they repair broken zippers if needed. If you have a schöffellowa store nearby, they tend to go on sale late summer.

Because religious people needed a word for the unimaginable absence of their favourite hobby in other people. Non-believer was already used for people who believe differently relative to them, so a different word was made for those who are even worse and defy divinity. It is useful to sum up your stance towards religion for religious folks but indeed carries no meaning in non-religious contexts.