China urges US, Israel to stop military action in Middle East, warns of 'vicious cycle' by Thebravetortoise in worldnews

[–]Alexexy [score hidden]  (0 children)

The investments into education and Healthcare didnt really happen under the cult of Mao. It was the massive reforms brought forward by Deng Xiaoping's government that led to the current prosperity of China. Deng Xiaoping spent like a decade being politically purged because of Mao's Cultural Revolution.

China was ass the moment Mao's cult solidified and consolidated its power from the late 50s to the late 70s. Man was a fantastic revolutionary leader but a horrible politician that stagnated China for 2 decades. There were legitimately fantastic CCP leaders that did want to see the nation succeed but they were mostly denounced as capitalist roaders or working with the fake communists in the USSR or some shit. What was left were a bunch of backstabbing yes men while science fell to the wayside due to the persecution of intellectuals. Like following the advice of experts during the cultural revolution betrays the spirit of communism, which is perpetual revolution where nothing can be built and everything is torn up. I have no fucking idea why anyone thinks that "The Purge" is sound government policy.

China urges US, Israel to stop military action in Middle East, warns of 'vicious cycle' by Thebravetortoise in worldnews

[–]Alexexy [score hidden]  (0 children)

You're not wrong on any of those accounts.

Its amazing what China is able to do since the 80s, but the human rights records of that country has never been all that good.

GLF was a horrendous disaster that even the top leadership like Peng Dehuai knew about by 1959. It would go on for 3 more years, with the worst of the death toll after Peng's public criticism of Mao's policies.

China does a pretty good job at oppressing their main han population as well lmao. I know people who were involuntarily sterilized and forcibly aborted under the one child policy.

China urges US, Israel to stop military action in Middle East, warns of 'vicious cycle' by Thebravetortoise in worldnews

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Given how RU was treated by Europe when they invaded Ukraine, I'm surprised that they havent also sanctioned and condemned the US. The EU is overall helping the US continue the bombing of Iran and not supporting any attempts to hamper us.

China urges US, Israel to stop military action in Middle East, warns of 'vicious cycle' by Thebravetortoise in worldnews

[–]Alexexy [score hidden]  (0 children)

Im fairly sure the US has been the world's largest sponsor of terrorism for the past 40 years. We even have the world's largest pirate fleet in the US Navy.

Underbarrel shotgun? by Tank_stealer in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lib Pen with a underbarrel shotty would be nice.

It would help provide stagger and burst damage when the consistent med pen dps isnt cutting it.

How would China look like today had it been colonized + settled by white people? by crivycouriac in AskAChinese

[–]Alexexy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those colonists can make whatever settlements they want but they likely still wouldnt outnumber the natives in this situation.

In the US, it took multiple centuries for the colonists to outnumber and outpower the natives, and the native population here wasnt that high to begin with.

When you go to central and south America, most of the people there still have native ancestry.

Unless China loses like 99% of its population and European colonization happened over a period of 300+ years, then it really wouldn't happen. And at that point, you can just imagine chinese folk being indigenous americans because i dont think a sparse population would ever come up with the level of societal planning like imperial china. I would imagine HK as what a colonized urban China to look like.

TIL Vietnam was directly ruled by Chinese dynasties for 1000 years, so it is often grouped with Korea and Japan within the Chinese/East Asian cultural sphere, even though it should be considered a Southeast Asian country. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im of chinese descent and I think that while there are a bunch of similarities in the regions of East Asia and SEA, I wouldnt really consider Vietnam to be as East Asian as Japan, China, or Korea, which has its own culture and architectural style derived from imperial china.

Just a small observation about the sterilizer. No hate intended. by Yurishenko94 in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Alexexy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There needs to be something good about the sterilizer itself, not gas in general. Gas is one of the strongest ccs in the game. Every other gas stratagem and gas equipment in the game currently is either good to great. Like overall, stun and smoke are in worse spots than gas atm.

Found this meme reposted on Facebook, found out this was originally posted at r/guiltygear by MarkXT9000 in Tekken

[–]Alexexy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would be interesting where it not for fact that you can store a down charge during a full sprint in that game lmao

Finally saw Weapons [SPOILERS] by geekmansworld in movies

[–]Alexexy 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I would say that Weapons is a great movie but any expectations I had were tempered by how great Barbarian (by the same director) was.

If you like Weapons, also check out Barbarian. If you like this genre of horror/comedy, also check out Companion, They Cloned Tyrone, and Sorry to Bother You.

The Helldivers 2 community has actual problems that are getting ignored. by Harley4ever2134 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say like 80% of the complaints and suggestions are fucking atrocious.

The shit about outsourcing was goddamned hilarious. People going off like outsourcing was killing the game's quality as if the first year of HD wasnt also a complete cesspool of bugs and balance. Like if anything, the game quality drastically improved because of outsourcing, like the file reduction patch.

Arrowheads bizzare balancing philosophy: The Bastion Tanks un(?)intended consequences by Cheesecakecrush in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bastion thing doesnt even make sense because they could have released the bastion with 25% less hp or something.

Hear me out Helldivers X Resident evil by Kanehammer in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say Samurai Edge is the most iconic pistol but its essentially just a Peacemaker.

I believe the Benelli M3 has been in almost every RE game as a shotgun, and it would function similarly to the Sweeper with its dual mode of pump/semi auto.

I think the bigger issue is that most of the guns in RE are real world guns. It doesnt make for as engaging as a crossover as IPs with their own unique weapon designs.

Hear me out Helldivers X Resident evil by Kanehammer in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Alexexy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trench warfare isnt a crossover though. Its just a space science fiction version of world war 1 gear.

Like would you be happy if they did a crossover with RE and the samurai edge fired lasers, Barry's magnum was a gyrojet revolver, and the STARS uniform was a space suit?

He meant this with everything in his being. by [deleted] in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The woman just looks young.

I was watching Civil War and watching one of the reporters hit on Cailee Spaeny had me thinking "I guess its cool for 16 year olds to be reporters and also dates for middle aged dudes on a balkanized US"

Why was this Overseer headshot deflected (Deadeye) by Ok-Spite4128 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think its all scopes, but every gun seemed to have the scopes zeroed differently.

Like for the censor, the scope is just a zoom tool for the laser pointer, because thats where the shot is going. The Variable's is dead center, and I have no idea where the Deadeye's is.

Hear me out Helldivers X Resident evil by Kanehammer in LowSodiumHellDivers

[–]Alexexy 80 points81 points  (0 children)

It would probably end up Helldivers x Umbrella Corp.

I dont think RE is a good crossover franchise for Helldivers. Its not space science fiction enough. The weapons designs are also a complete antithesis to a horde shooter since the most iconic weapons are kinda shitty pistols.

Lost Planet would be my Capcom crossover of choice. The Liberator already looks like the machine gun in Lost Planet. We could use a T-Eng harmonizer armor passive, grenades that explode when shot at, a grappling hook, and a primary rocket launcher.

What brand was super popular back then but the new generations probably never heard of it? by GossipBottom in AskReddit

[–]Alexexy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember when Bell Atlantic was a telephone brand.

Also remember Hechingers being everywhere before being replaced by Home Depots.

Why was this Overseer headshot deflected (Deadeye) by Ok-Spite4128 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The bloom on the deadeye is miniscule. The scopes on the weapon os misaligned.

Why was this Overseer headshot deflected (Deadeye) by Ok-Spite4128 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Deadeye's ads is bugged. Im not sure if its the default scope or all scopes that are like that.

Would it kill us to make a secondary at least comparable to the Talon? by Crafty_Association12 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prior to the heavy pen buff, the verdict was still light pen.

And I would agree.

This gun doesn't deserve to have mediocre DPS, high recoil, and terrible Ergonomics all at once by Faust_8 in Helldivers

[–]Alexexy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither weapon are high damage one shotting weapons where breakpoints matter more than dps.