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Info on the bigot Nick Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_(commentator)

Relevant part:

Adams opposes education regarding LGBTQ topics in schools and said that only a "bad parent" would take their children to see a drag queen show.[18] LGBTQ Nation, an online news magazine, has alleged Adam's apparent hypocrisy on this topic as he has suggested taking children to Hooters.[18]

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[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 78 points 4 months ago

As someone who makes knives and swords as a hobby, I can verify that many things are capable of sharpening iron. Slightly less things are capable of sharpening steel.

Know what's great at refining a dull edge to be razor sharp? Ceramic. And I have legitimately heard someone refer to ceramic safety box cutters as "woke" at work. I don't get the (il)logic of that...

So uhhhh.... Yeah. Even "softer" things will sharpen stuff.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

I honestly don't even know what "iron sharpens iron" is supposed to mean.

[-] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I just assume it's code for "sword fighting."

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 33 points 4 months ago

You know, they rub their irons together to get each other all nice and pointy.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago

I've heard it as "steel sharpens steel" but in the context of male children needing a male role model. I think when boys don't have a male role model growing up they end up like Nick Adams thinking they need to be an alpha male all the time.

[-] msage@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

A colleague of mine says he sharpens his knives with... leather.

I have no idea whether to believe them.

[-] Cowbob12@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Perhaps he meant that he strops his knives? Incredibly important to do so in order to maintain their sharpness.

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 5 points 4 months ago

Tldr leather can be a component, but not the whole thing

So basically when sharpening, you have a few different things that all do slightly different jobs.

A sharpening stone will remove a little metal along the edge, very slowly, but that makes the edge roll over slightly along the opposing edge face. This makes the edge slightly jagged, you can usually see the reflection of light along the edge of a knife to see it. You don't want to see any shiny reflection on the edge.

To remove the rolled over edge, one method that is quite popular is to take a leather strip, rub some polishing compound into it, and you run the edge of the knife along it in a similar fashion to how you use a sharpening stone. The softer surface combined with a milder abrasive does a nice job, if you do it right.

The end result is a razor sharp knife.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, that sounds very much like it. Thank you for your explanation.

[-] moonburster@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I have seen this at our local Pakistan restaurant. Curious to see if it works

[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 59 points 4 months ago

Conservatives as always saying gayer things than actual gays do.

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

I think it's because when you're out and open, you get it out of your system all the time. But when you're trying to repress it. The pressure builds up like how if a hydraulic system gets a pinhole leak, It'll squirt out with enough force to go right through your hand. Speculating of course.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago

Iron doesn't sharpen iron. What a dummy. Only a harder substance will sharpen a softer substance.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

You underestimate what can be achieved by pounding and grinding.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Grinding, using a stone, which is harder than iron. They don't make sharpening stones from iron.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

[-] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I don't know if this was to point out that a file is iron and that can sharpen stuff, but I'd like to point out that files are generally made from a tool steel alloy that is formulated to be quite a bit harder than iron/standard steels after it gets properly heat treated. Files aren't just "iron" and there's a lot of different steels that do different things.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Exclusively iron files are a thing, they just didn't make for as good a screencap, cuz they look like pressed turds. The point was only that stone isn't the only option for grinding. An iron file used on some other iron surface would smooth out the scaling on the file pretty quick; but it'd also do a bit of actual grinding on that surface as well.

So, it'd take a lot of grinding, most likely with many file, but you could 100% sharpen an iron edge with an iron file. ...and tbh, lots of grinding with many tools fits the theme the thread perfectly!

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

T12 carbon tool steel is more than just iron

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[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

You can sharpen a knife with a chakmak, but I think it's made of a very hard steel.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 38 points 4 months ago

I’m pretty sure no one enjoys the company of anyone that calls themselves an alpha.

[-] telllos@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I always tell those people that they are the incomplete version.

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

They are also prone to infestation, since they are full of bugs.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 36 points 4 months ago

Artwork is most likely by Tom of Finland

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Most likely!

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[-] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

Nothing screams “wimpy crybaby energy” quite like putting (Alpha Male) in your social media handle.

[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

So true and none of them seem to realise that their alpha maleness look a lot like worshipping some grifting daddy-boss.

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Exactly what Geoffrey Asmus is making fun of all the time. Never thought I'd see it so pure in the wild.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 23 points 4 months ago

IDK, paying Musk for a blue checkmark is pretty beta.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Begging people to purchase your bargain brand of celebrity status isn't exactly a Chad move either.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Can confirm that my iron bar is sharp af. 😎🥵

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 months ago

Iron can't even be that sharp. Pretty bendable.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

They did used to use it in swords and other blades and cutting tools back in the iron age (hence the name), but steel is obviously the superior metal for such things.

Meanwhile, the Mesoamericans used obsidian, which take a very long time to get dull if you're using them to cut things like flesh and muscle, either as a weapon or for food. They're pretty good at cutting through bone too if you feel like sacrificing someone at the top of your pyramid. Obsidian does not, however, sharpen obsidian. Stone knaps obsidian into sharp pieces.

But I suppose "alpha males enjoy the company of alpha males because stone knaps obsidian into sharp pieces" would be less pithy.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They didn’t use pure iron in the Iron Age. Even back then knives and swords were made of steel. In the Iron Age they already knew that adding carbon during the smelting process would increase the hardness of the metal. They just didn’t understand why.

And even meteoritic iron is an alloy of nickel and iron.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And all these years, I thought Nick Adams was a parody account. Fucking hell

Edit: after reading his Wikipedia article, I've decided Nick Adams is himself a parody of your average American conservative, whether or not it's intentional.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I'd that what they call it these days? "Sharpening iron?"

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

Weak chinned and doughy. Straight out of central casting for republican alphas.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

But he alpha man.

[-] midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

I'm looking for an alpha male to sharpen my iron, if ya catch my meaning.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

And as we all know, it's always better with some lubricant, really helps the process along...

[-] Dampyr@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

"Word around the office is you have a sharp iron"

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

I don't think I'd mind sharpening some man's iron

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I'm still not convinced this dude is legit about all the bigotry stuff. He could be running some kind of long con. From reading his posts I eventually got the sense he was either not even a real person or at the very least he's a grifter grifting right wing rubes (which we all know is very easy)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

He's definitely a grifter, but that doesn't necessarily mean he isn't also a bigot.

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Oh no doubt, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just a run of the mill right wing idiot who thinks he's an "alpha male" (lmao) but I just get this inkling that hes doing it for the laughs.

[-] tinfoilhat@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Alpha males enjoy spending time with alpha males because it's hard to find non-alphas willing to wrestle naked with you.

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Alpha usually means the early version in software. If we're to go with that meaning that would mean his an inferior version of everyone else.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Dude isn't very sharp....

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