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I really did some extremely dumb things in my twenties that I'm extremely lucky didn't kill me.

I once tried to rappel off the side of an apartment building using a garden hose I stole from the building so I could get into my apartment that I was locked out of because my roommate had gone away for the weekend, this was not to impress a girl, it was to get changed to go to the club to meet a girl. I'm also afraid of heights.

Luckily the apartment manager came driving up at the right time, probably saving my life.


> struggling against Iran

Idk what to tell you, but any target that seems to get marked in Iran blows the fuck up.

> couldn't outproduce Russia on the battlefield

??? What does this even mean?

It's not like the US is in a wartime economy.


> Idk what to tell you, but any target that seems to get marked in Iran blows the fuck up.

I’m sure that is true. And yet, the oil is not flowing. We keep “winning” like this for a few more weeks/months and we lose. Not because we sudenly stop “blowing targets the fuck up”, but because we cripple our economies.


The flowing of oil is not of primary importance to the US in this conflict. The oil was already flowing. So I think we can reasonably rule that out as an objective.

> The flowing of oil is not of primary importance to the US in this conflict.

You think so? Then why did the US make it the condition of cease fire? Why did the US even agree to a cease fire? It is not like Iran is hurting the US mainland kinetically.

> The oil was already flowing. So I think we can reasonably rule that out as an objective.

Sometimes you have a thing and you don’t appreciate how important it is for you until you don’t have it anymore.


Because having air frames constantly cycling in the air for six weeks straight is hard on both soldiers and air frames, so having a breather for maintenance and recovery is crucial.

And Oil is not crucial for the US at all, it is hitting Europe and poor countries the most by far.

(I'm from Europe)


Oil prices are global. So are related goods like fertilizer.

> I’m sure that is true. And yet, the oil is not flowing.

The comment was alluding to impotent tactical prowess, which is... silly, to say the least.

> Not because we sudenly stop “blowing targets the fuck up”, but because we cripple our economies.

This whole thing is extremely stupid, yes.


The Russians have been blowing up what ever they want in Ukraine for like 4 years now. Yet Ukrainians are still holding on.

Its well reported in the western press that the US and Europe haven't been able to outproduce the Russian side regarding shells, drones and missiles etc.


The government of Israel can fight its own wars, it sure as hell doesn't need US help.

Then it should stop getting $3 billion/ year from the US. Maybe also give back the $14 billion gift from a couple of years ago.

When are you giving back the land to natives?

@esseph I meant US vs Israel, not USA/Israel vs anyone else

Why in 2006?

Israel bombed an apartment building in Beirut and killed a kid from a message board I posted on at the time. Haven't liked Israel since. I was young and didn't really have an opinion on Israel until then.

Killed isn't a strong enough word. I should have said, "2006 was when I learned that IDF indiscriminately murders humans who are just trying to live their lives, and many of those humans are children."

> The idea that so many US citizens are qualified and sitting on the sidelines while an H1B takes a higher paying job than they currently have is a fiction.

I have worked with a lot of H1B in general enterprise and it makes 0 sense to me why the vast majority were ever allowed in under the program. There absolutely have been exceptions to this, but in general it's been awful.


Proficiency scores are HUGE and extremely important, especially for classes like rogue, bard, etc who rely on them so much - especially for non-combat roleplaying ability or reflex actions.

Watch a few different popular gaming sessions on YouTube. Tons to choose from.

It's probably way different than you expect (and will be different between DMs).


> Only a small minority of users know about settings and how to change them.

I couldn't believe this so went to look up some data on this.

Holy FUCK that is bleak. There needs to be way more computer education, not just "how2type" classes.


Unfortunately, users don’t want to learn. They want the app to do what they want. Anything involving learning is likely to get an instant “screw this” reaction. Seen it firsthand many times, and always found it mystifying.

Maybe if you consider the idea, that other people might have different interests than you, you'll find it a bit less mystifying.

Mind reading the rules and leaving more substantive comments? Ideally ones with less “you”s.

Obviously the cause is different interests. Different interests can explain everything from a bad decision to going to sleep early. It says nothing useful.


If you don't know something is even possible, how do you know the application is working in the way you intend?

> There are quite a few tin foil hat comments on this submission

Everybody says this until they get fucking pwned at work or have their own data or children's data taken and used.

Then it's "not so tin-foily" and maybe it changed your entire life.

You're either paranoid, or a fool at this point.


Uh, anywhere around me in the US.

Well that's kind of sad.

Next you'll be telling me that male US farmers roll up several thousand yards of fencing by hand to move it rather than have female jillaroos spool it up on a hydraulic spindle.


I have a very nice knife that is absolutely art, and is extremely useful.

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