A good critique on a coffee company and other institutions

[Whiskey_Bravo]

BRCC jackedup their first response to Kyle and I dropped them. I saw a video where they said that they kind of jacked it up and it kind of made sense, so I restarted buying from them. I don't know what to make of this. I can't and won't pay for The New Yorker subscription, but what does it actually say?

I stopped my sub after their Kyle reaction. Never started it back up.


The article in question is trash. But Hafer should never have given the interview. Then he shared the the story. Now is backtracking saying it was all out of context. Well wtf did you expect that shit of a rag to do? Stop trying to pander to people that don't like you and never will. The only thing I can think is they are wanting to go public or at secure more investments to expand and need to seem more "mainstream".

Let's not mention some of the higher level employees at BRCC that seem to be ultra lefties donating to act blue and the like.


I wanted to support them , especially now that they are in Texas but I can't.

[Diamondback]

For the price and politics, I might as well just stick to MJB or Folgers from the can, or head down to the nearest mom-n-pop diner for classic Farmer Brothers like Grandpa drank. May not stack up to the snobs, but... call it the "smell of childhood memories" factor.

[SteyrAUG]

For the price and politics, I might as well just stick to MJB or Folgers from the can, or head down to the nearest mom-n-pop diner for classic Farmer Brothers like Grandpa drank. May not stack up to the snobs, but... call it the "smell of childhood memories" factor.

I make better coffee at home with Jamaica blue than anyone can sell me. No politics needed.

[jsbhike]

I make better coffee at home with Jamaica blue than anyone can sell me. No politics needed.

Pretty good coffee.

https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffe...gaAjwREALw_wcB

Saw some at the now closed only Cuban restaurant I have ever heard of in South Kentucky.

I have found a Cuban sandwich recipe that is pretty close to what I got there, but the tiny cup of coffee(steamed milk and other stuff...no clue on ratio) I always got that was so good is likely just going to be a memory.

[SteyrAUG]

I really hope he does go on to hire a good amount of veterans, but I just think that there has been a culture of idolizing people in our community. I have taken a class where I have learned a very valuable lesson from former LEO only for another classmate to tell me that he learned something different from a class with Navy Seal Delta Recon Ranger 6, and that same guy had his $2.5 AR fail in a class. I think we do have a subculture in and around the military and firearms (M4Carbine.net...) and that can be a good thing to educate people to a different perspective, but the idolization and looking for people to lead this movement is something that I would caution against.

So I've taken lots of seminars and a few classes from sorta famous people. I trained with some guys before they got really famous. I've learned some cool tricks and tactics and I feel I've always gotten my money's worth, but I've learned more from people that nobody ever heard of before and 90% of it was immediately useful.

It's either correct or it's not correct, it either works, doesn't work or it also works. The big trick is making it work for you. The really good instructors / trainers aren't selling "one size fits all" instruction programs. They can look at YOU and make YOU better sometimes even with just some minor corrections that probably would have never occurred to you in 20 years.

Really good instructors are more "try this" rather than "do this." Famous names are neat, they have a solid knowledge base and of course they have the stories, anecdotes and real world experience that are always worth the price of admission. In my opinion mindset is more important than shaving .008 of a second off of your IDPA score.

Even with unlimited ammo and range time, I'm never going to beat Jerry on the line. My goal is to be a RKI and as a result have a reasonably effective skill set and performance on and off the range.

[SteyrAUG]

Pretty good coffee.

https://www.cafebustelo.com/en/coffe...gaAjwREALw_wcB

Saw some at the now closed only Cuban restaurant I have ever heard of in South Kentucky.

I have found a Cuban sandwich recipe that is pretty close to what I got there, but the tiny cup of coffee(steamed milk and other stuff...no clue on ratio) I always got that was so good is likely just going to be a memory.

Also try Pilon if you are doing cafe con leche. Steam your coffee, microwave your milk, 60/40 to 70/30 milk to coffee ration and as much sugar as your teeth can stand. Good stuff but stop at 4 unless you want to be awake for the next 24 hours.

[Diamondback]

So I've taken lots of seminars and a few classes from sorta famous people. I trained with some guys before they got really famous. I've learned some cool tricks and tactics and I feel I've always gotten my money's worth, but I've learned more from people that nobody ever heard of before and 90% of it was immediately useful.

It's either correct or it's not correct, it either works, doesn't work or it also works. The big trick is making it work for you. The really good instructors / trainers aren't selling "one size fits all" instruction programs. They can look at YOU and make YOU better sometimes even with just some minor corrections that probably would have never occurred to you in 20 years.

Really good instructors are more "try this" rather than "do this." Famous names are neat, they have a solid knowledge base and of course they have the stories, anecdotes and real world experience that are always worth the price of admission. In my opinion mindset is more important than shaving .008 of a second off of your IDPA score.

Even with unlimited ammo and range time, I'm never going to beat Jerry on the line. My goal is to be a RKI and as a result have a reasonably effective skill set and performance on and off the range.

This sounds a lot like what "Range Mom" and the others from her department I shot with back in college did with me, and I in turn did with classmates who'd occasionally join me on the range during lunch breaks, not so much teach a Book Way as "the book can be wrong, experiment with different ideas and figure out what best fits YOU." Similarly, their teaching philosophy that I adopted could be described thus: "*I'm* not gonna teach you anything, *you're* gonna teach yourself with me helping. I'll hold the torch to light the way and walk the path with you, but YOU're going to have to make decisions at the forks in the road."

[Boy Scout]

Said it before (and got flack for it) Hafer et al are Second Amendment Poseurs.

I don't give a shit what they did in the military etc (Which is kinda funny- really, this is our "best?"-- Guy was a CIA Spooky Contractor etc...Well, his tradecraft is SHIT because he got "ambushed" by a Newspaper that my F'ing dog knows is a Communist shit wiping rag)...just because you have guns as a logo doesn't make you "right" on the Second Amendment. F those guys.

Bro-vets gonna bro-vet. They rode the Trump/red wave, but they didn’t change tactics when the the theatre changed. Whether they got had by the NYT or not, they aren’t very slick.

The age of the bro-vet and “thank me for my service” is over, 5th Gen warfare and whatnot.

[SteyrAUG]

This sounds a lot like what "Range Mom" and the others from her department I shot with back in college did with me, and I in turn did with classmates who'd occasionally join me on the range during lunch breaks, not so much teach a Book Way as "the book can be wrong, experiment with different ideas and figure out what best fits YOU." Similarly, their teaching philosophy that I adopted could be described thus: "*I'm* not gonna teach you anything, *you're* gonna teach yourself with me helping. I'll hold the torch to light the way and walk the path with you, but YOU're going to have to make decisions at the forks in the road."

So a very effective teacher once expressed it as simply as "Absorb what is useful..."

[SteyrAUG]

Said it before (and got flack for it) Hafer et al are Second Amendment Poseurs.

I don't give a shit what they did in the military etc (Which is kinda funny- really, this is our "best?"-- Guy was a CIA Spooky Contractor etc...Well, his tradecraft is SHIT because he got "ambushed" by a Newspaper that my F'ing dog knows is a Communist shit wiping rag)...just because you have guns as a logo doesn't make you "right" on the Second Amendment. F those guys.

So I always kind of dug the guy if for no other reason than "Pew Pew Tactical" and the Halloween videos, but yeah dead center with that assessment.

In fairness, not all combat vets effectively translate or transfer that wartime experience back to the real world. Lots of guys I know are locked into Iraq - Not Safe / US Safe, I can't begin to explain the excessive numbers of combat vets I know who would NEVER conceal carry back home because it needs to be their mental "safety zone" and they always ask me some variation of "Why the hell are you carrying a gun...we aren't in Iraq or anything."

I guess "maybe" this guy forgot that they are doing psyops back at home and it's called the NY Times. But just the same, should have seen it coming. Should have KNOWN he was a target, should have KNOWN he'd get played.

Can't walk into Compton and think everything is gonna be fine simply because you own a NWA album at home.