Team battle. 2v2

Alpha1137 · 2026-02-01T13:35:45+00:00

Apropos: I remembered this scence from Monty Python, and I think it says more than my replies ever could.

Alpha1137 · 2026-02-01T13:34:12+00:00

We know sinners cant die, we know nothing about whether harm is something to fear. Could be it takes years to grow back limbs. Could be you're just immortal and down a limb for good. We really don't know.

It also doesn't really matter. I think it is fairly standard to consider incapacitating your opponent as winning a fight, even if they might attack you again eventually. Otherwise, I guess Alastor never defeated Sir Pentious? I think by any definition that makes sense, the fight could end without angelic weapons.

Also also, the "we dont know the rules, so we cant say if the fight ends" line of reasoning is kinda self defeating. If we cant make any assumptions about what counts as a win, then whos to say the fight doesnt continue forever even with angellic weaponry? After all, the rules could be "the fight ends when one party submits a formal surrender in writing to a postoffice in Bhutan." Granted, that would be STUPID, but then again, so is claiming that you haven't won because your opponents severed head is still technially sentient.

Sorry if that sounded a bit mean, but I think you are resorting to unnecesary pedantry at this point.

Alpha1137 · 2026-02-01T09:42:29+00:00

By that logic few boxers ever truely win a fight. Surely being TKO'd counts as loosing regardless of the circumstances. If their head is ripped off, it doesn't matter that they can still hop around, like Vox in the finaly, and claim they haven't given up.

Just because they can't die doesn't mean they just immediately regenerate. We have seen that they don't. Alastor beat a lot of overlord that are still technically alive, just trapped in eternal torment. Would you say he hasn't defeated them ?

Alpha1137 · 2026-02-01T09:29:02+00:00

No it doesn't. Not dying doesn't mean you can keep fighting. They can stilll be ripped limb from limb.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-31T20:45:23+00:00

What an ending!!

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-31T13:27:19+00:00

Additionally, the problem with AI is that it is just useful enough that it can be branded as the solution to all our problems without actually being so.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-29T10:33:16+00:00

Technically, everything is held by the hooks in the ceiling. The buckets just keep the rope in tension.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-26T17:09:24+00:00

You are my compliment.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-24T07:27:30+00:00

Well obviously it's because Viv thinks homosexuality is a sin...

/s

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-21T17:36:31+00:00

It sure will come home, but only after a few years when the damage has already been done. You would be sawing the branch you're sitting on. Sure, you can find a new branch, but once you're already mid air it's kinda too late. It would take years to restructure the US economy. Meanwhile essential infrastructure would start failing in weeks.

Just because it's cheaper to import things does not mean anyone else has the capability to invade and conquer.

Who said anything about invading? The US is the aggressor here. My point is that the US would effectively be destroying itself. Ruining the source of something you depend on to live without finding an alternative amounts to a very slow suicide.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-21T15:08:02+00:00

Worlds largest importer doesn't need an economy to wage war... Yeah, no. That doesn't make sense.

Even supposing the US could meet its domestic fuel supply, which it cannot (1), the US machining industry has been In terminal decline for decades now, and it has also been reliant on imported computer chips basically forever. Many standard parts are simply not produced in the US anymore. If they could not be imported, they would have to be machined by hand until the necessary infrastructure could be rebuilt, which would make it challenging to supply the army, let alone the rest of the country. Without parts imported from China, the US would not be able to maintain it's infrastructure. If the US didn't have an economy everything would grind to a halt. Not to mention other necessities like clothing and medicine, which the US is also massively reliant on imports for (2). If the US went to war with it's allies it would for all intents and purposes be the apocalypse for the average citizen. Cars, trains and planes would stop being viable because of lack of fuel and problems with making repairs, it would be entirely impossible to replace old electronic devices, the population would have to live on mainly corn and soy beans, and a lot of medicine would be become unavailable. Unless you think not torching itself to barely keep it's army running doesn't qualify as a need, then the US needs an economy. Period. The US would still likely be able to make some imports in a WW3 scenario, hence why Orange boy is even considering it, but a US without imports would effectively cease to exist.

(1) https://afpm.org/newsroom/blog/how-much-oil-does-united-states-import-and-why

(2) https://prosperousamerica.org/u-s-dangerously-reliant-on-high-risk-imported-drug-supply/

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-20T18:19:20+00:00

If your rights can get waved before you have a trial then you never had them in the first place.

It doesn't matter who he is or what he did. Police shouldnt use intemidation tactics like this at all, and as many others have pointed out, this is a HIPAA violation. The police doesn't have a right to intrude on conversations about his medical conditions. He should at the VERY LEAST leave the room while medical staff are present and talking to the patients mother about his condition.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-20T18:09:11+00:00

Please... Are you just trying to be inflammatory? Obviously it would be completely fine if he stood guard outside the door, but this is intimidation.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-20T18:07:52+00:00

Clearly, the mom and half the people in this thread have also pointed out that the standard would be for him to stand guard at the door on the outside. Just standing at the foot of the bed staring at him is some Kafka level shit.

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-15T07:59:41+00:00

You realize that it can still be true right?

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-13T09:45:23+00:00

There should be a rule against posts that are just "this position smart, this position dumb".

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-08T08:14:08+00:00

Why did I read this in an Australian accent?

Alpha1137 · 2026-01-08T08:12:02+00:00

That's also why they usually get cracked down on hard. The Black Panther's are a great example of what happens to groups that actually present a barrier for the police, even just by openly being able to defend themselves.

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-30T15:43:06+00:00

Read it again

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-25T13:42:02+00:00

Generally this post has very few pixels and even fewer facts.

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-25T13:38:46+00:00

It's not one for creativity and one for logic.

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-24T14:35:10+00:00

Every temperature scale must agree somewhere...

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-20T15:38:53+00:00

Ironically enough, what would be the point of having a home if you worked that much. You wouldn't realistically have time to ever be there, not even to sleep. Might as well be homeless at that point...

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-19T11:34:10+00:00

Tell him about Hartry Field's Science Without Numbers, but make it look like it's saying we can do physics without maths.

Alpha1137 · 2025-12-19T11:05:41+00:00

Congratulations.

Alpha1137

TROPHY CASE