Yeah but if its that easy the rich people can’t have armies beneath them that game the system for them so they pay nothing. Do you see how this is better for society?

The how gets passed down to. The real issue is the propaganda is fed before the facts, and we all know what happens when you est sweets before dinner.

Usefulness and people’s willingness to use it are not correlated unfortunately

The knowledge is being handed down correctly. Thats our biggest advantage as a species, the passing of knowledge to the next generation, and its like something is making sure we dont learn this lesson.

Its looking like the Anatomy of the State was right

Plans within plans, oh yeah its all part of the plan

- Tzeentch

Theres a fish for every net, my friend

No, because nobody is actually about discussions anymore. They want to be right. I’ve sat down and talked to plenty of right wingers, after and before all this crazy shit pushed everyone into tribalism, and it was mostly that we agreed on what was good but disagreed how to get there. I miss those times. Now it doesnt seem theres any middle ground to build on.

The real danger is connecting with dangerous strangers when you’re a naive child. Its far too easy for bad actors to get into contact with unknowing children. Always talk with your kids about internet usage and how the web is not a safe space.

Thank you for all of your advice. The mechanism seems to be more or less the same with this unit. When I get home tonight I’ll take a look at the springs on the rollers. The design of this unit means I gotta take it completely apart to get to them but it will be worth it.

Little update, the seller is just sending me a new unit. I will still attempt the heat treating though. The unit I currently have is really cool and it would be a shame to leave it in this state.

That was the first thing I did :\ unfortunately it does this to all tapes I put in it. I opened a fresh cassette I just got yesterday to test it and the issue persists. As a slight update, I contacted the seller. I feel bad as they are sending me a new unit. I do not think this was their fault in any way. But I appreciate it nonetheless. Another user suggested heat treating the springs, that will be my next go-to. Thank you for your help though, I really do appreciate it.

Thank you, I’ll attempt this the next chance I get. Hopefully I can source a new spring from fixyouraudio or something but in the meantime I’ll employ your method. I really appreciate the advice and just talking about Walkmans. When I get to it I’ll be sure to post an update here.

You know what? Before I turned off autoreverse it was reversing at random and it would do so for a good couple of seconds before righting itself. Everything sounded fine, no assymetric speeds or anything. Maybe I should turn it back on and see what it does. Its set to no autoreverse right now. But I dont have the dongle so switching modes can be a guessing game. The WM-EX631 seems to have one capstan so its entirely possible the seller gave it to me and I wore it out already by being excited. At least, the service manual only points to the one. The pinch rollers are clear and clean too.

Thank you, most of these links are purple for me but I’ll keep looking.

I’ll check that out. The unit is in very good condition otherwise and I have the service manual. I probably will have to attempt to locate an expert. I’ve taken it apart since I got home and couldn’t identify the problem.

I appreciate it regardless. Thank you.

I did, even found a video of a teardown and asked questions. No responses. I have a service manual that I’m going through. I just thought I’d ask Lemmy, too. I’ll check the capstan when I’m off work and can take it apart. Thank you.

Unfortunately its all of them. I can get it to fast forward and rewind. It just won’t play, and if its in autoreverse mode it constantly switches sides.

Its all of them :\ even my test ones.