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Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by tracker1 » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 6:02 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #110

constantly wrote: post #102

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This is extremely unsafe and seems like grounds for a lawsuit, if it were reasonably possible to do this. For reference only 7.5 minutes per day at 120db will cause permanent hearing loss. Disgusting that they made you do this. https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/19...

Is it not typical for the military to have hearing protection? My highschool gun club had earmuffs with active noise suppression that would dampen sound above a certain DB level.

Depends... apparently doesn't help much if you're in a tank with a cannon a few inches from your head for 18 months.

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by toast0 » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 6:18 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #140

toast0 wrote: post #127

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Hearing damage should be on the easier to show side; I'm sure they screened your hearing during enlistment, so if your hearing tests as damaged when you're discharged, there you go. Confirming a connection to service if you don't test near discharge might be harder.

You might be surprised... a friend of mine spent 18 months in a tank with a cannon next to his head and has almost total loss in one ear and much lower function in the other... he's had trouble getting VA to pay for hearing aids.

I'm sorry to hear that; I would have expected it to be much easier than some of the stories I've heard about getting coverage for Agent Orange exposure from family and others.

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by yamazakiwi » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 8:01 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #141

dymk wrote: post #110

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Is it not typical for the military to have hearing protection? My highschool gun club had earmuffs with active noise suppression that would dampen sound above a certain DB level.

Depends... apparently doesn't help much if you're in a tank with a cannon a few inches from your head for 18 months.

Or using pneumatic tools for 12+ hours daily for weeks, or spending time underwater with the worlds most powerful sonar

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by synotna2 » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 8:59 PM UTC

hnbad wrote: post #138

throwawaylinux wrote: post #124

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I'd imagine America would be the last place China would invade, so I would be surprised if they'd bother. The closest (western) scenario I could see them training for is Australia.

I thought Australia would surely be in NATO and that would deter China from doing that but after looking it up, it looks like NATO and Australia merely have "deepened relationships" (according to an article from last year), whatever that means. Today I learned!

Because Australia is not in the north Atlantic

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by bregma » Fri, Sep 01, 2023, 6:47 PM UTC

bell-cot wrote: post #28

Reaction: But building anything resembling a real town, where real people could actually live, is still de facto illegal in Canada.

Only if it's in the greenbelt. Of course all you need is a few rounds of golf and some Raptors tickets to make it legal for you and your friends.

Re: Fake town built exclusively for filming TV and movies

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Post by Eduard » Sat, Sep 02, 2023, 12:38 AM UTC

shepherdjerred wrote: post #97

Eduard wrote: post #87

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this is so grotesque to read. Imagine a fake all-American town constructed in China, and someone commenting "This is not only good for reducing infantry casualties but also reducing civilian casualties."

What's the alternative?

eg, staying out of other countries.