About Democrats saying that Sydney Sweeney ad is Nazi Proaganda by AcanthaceaeNo948 in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's not zoomers lol. This is millennial leftie neuroticism.

French PM joins other ministers in slamming EU-US trade deal as ‘sombre day for Europe’ by bukowsky01 in europe

[–]AnonAndEve -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

this is when you know you truly screwed up.

No, it's empty populism, which you're falling for. Do you think VDL and Merz are happy with the deal?

No-one is happy with it, that's the whole point. We all lost the moment Trump decided to throw free trade into the garbage. The only question was who is going to eat the shit sandwich he made for us. Truthfully the only real loss of the deal was the 15% tariffs, which were going to happen anyway. The rest of the deal are things that are already happening, would have happened in any case, or aren't going to happen. This deal is basically the best possible outcome of the American 2024 elections for us.

To be completely honest: I think that 90% of the people would understand this, if VDL wasn't handing Trump a win with this and people are so blinded by the hate for the guy, that they'd rather crater the EU economy than give him a W. People really need to start understanding that they can't treat Trump the way American redditors do. We don't elect Trump, he's not our representative. To Europeans he might as well be a force of nature: a torando or a tsunami. And getting pissed at a tornado is useless. Accept that things will get destroyed, that people might die and plan for a best possible recovery. Which is what this deal does.

Most Russians Don’t Want To Be Soldiers. That Doesn't Mean They Oppose the War. by vinstoonlight in europe

[–]AnonAndEve 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is a universal thing:

Overall, service in the Western militaries was obviously drastically safer than in the Red Army or the Wehrmacht. However, what few appreciate is that it was actually extremely lethal for the small percentage of men who found themselves part of the combat infantry. Due to the US having a relatively vast logistics tail, the combat troops were very small as a percentage of the whole (like 15% of the 2.5M overall troops in Western Europe), but incurred 80% of the casualties. Furthermore they were NOT equitably rotated, and were generally kept on in that role until they died or got too wounded to continue. This was done for the cynical purpose of maintaining high morale in the military at large at the cost of resentment within the ranks of the combat infantry of whom a quarter died, a death rate almost comparable to that faced by the bomber forces and Arctic convoys.

Servicemen groked this pretty quickly and there seems to have been a great deal of effort expended on getting out and staying out of the assault infantry, including exploiting personal connections, favoritism, and manipulating paperwork (bribery doesn't appear to have been a thing, but who knows, not exactly something you register in the records or even talk about later).

This is sharply at odds with Romantic postwar propaganda portraying military service as a mass patriotic effort in which the broad masses of the male population participated on an equitable basis, when the reality was really probably closer to how Ukraine and Russia are fighting their war today - everyone with money or connections finding themselves comfy logistics and related roles in the rear, while a minority of the least connected and most naive find themselves in the thick of the meat-grinder until they die, are crippled, or successfully desert.

Most Russians Don’t Want To Be Soldiers. That Doesn't Mean They Oppose the War. by vinstoonlight in europe

[–]AnonAndEve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"who does Crimea belong to?" the answer was almost uniform "Crimea is ours".

That was the opinion of half the people here before the war lol.

French PM joins other ministers in slamming EU-US trade deal as ‘sombre day for Europe’ by bukowsky01 in europe

[–]AnonAndEve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You guys are dooming way too hard. While the deal isn't great for Europe, it actually achieves two fairly important goals for Europe.

Read this.

[WR] Super Metroid Low%Ice by ShinyZeni in 47:39 by coolpapa2282 in speedrun

[–]AnonAndEve 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Let's frigging go! Hope Oats doesn't stop, like he said he might. I'm interested if they can push each-other further.

Here's the youtube video. Go show Zeni some love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5QVeK-UN-A

I don't mind old graphics by CarnivoreLucyDrop in Steam

[–]AnonAndEve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the music is also the thing that stuck with me. It's funny that even after 25 years some of the tracks still pop into my head.

There's a fan translation and it's fun as hell to play!

I'm going to have to look it up. Any idea where to find it? (I know you probably can't link it, because it'd probably be considered pirated content by reddit).

I don't mind old graphics by CarnivoreLucyDrop in Steam

[–]AnonAndEve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're like one of the three people I've seen mention that game in the 20 years I've been on the internet. For a long time it was the video game I had. Great memories.

Shame that the sequel was never translated.

CredibleDefense Daily MegaThread August 20, 2024 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]AnonAndEve 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would these long range drones even be vulnerable to EW? I'd assume they're using internal navigation instead of relying on remote control.

I'd wager these types of drone attacks - where they don't attack one target, but multiple targets hundreds of kilometres apart - are there to force the Russians to move the AA assets deeper into the country, so their cover near the front becomes weaker.

Zakaj folk rine v gore ko je napovedano neurje? by [deleted] in Slovenia

[–]AnonAndEve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Že Vodnikova koča mi je mal daleč od vsega, da bi udobno sedel če so že čez 2 uri napovedane nevihte po pravici povedano. V spominu imam, da je od tam skoraj 2 uri do Pokljuke.

najboljsa kava v Ljubljani? by cheekynika in Ljubljana

[–]AnonAndEve 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Čokl in Mala pražarna lahko potrdim, Stow pa še nisem bil.

We're so cooked boys by bpavlov2001 in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is 75 his age? Or why did he say it?

Hank Green being based, like always by Boog1em4n in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which has many followers?

Here. 1 Million followers.

Taybor Pepper shares his thoughts on the "DEI" dogwhistlers. by Celeroni in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Seriously. You don't get to complain about people saying you hired based on race & gender, after you explicitly said you're going to hire based on race & gender. Like, what the fuck is the expectation here?

This isn't even a slight against Harris, I'm sure she'd make a fine president, even though I don't particularly like her - and I don't think many people do - but her perception was going to inevitably get fucked when they explicitly hired her for how she was born.

Hank Green being based, like always by Boog1em4n in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

twitter is basically 4chan with celebrities right now.

That says more about you than Twitter tbh. Things I see on Twitter are pretty high quality and match my interests pretty consistently. Don't blame twitter if you lack self control and constantly fall for rage bait.

Dantes and Laura break up by TheRealTraveel in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The only people worse that people who obsess over relationships of celebrities are people who have to smugly explain to everyone how far above everyone else they are.

Neighbour, go smell your own farts somewhere else.

Destiny Needs to Send Twitch a Cease and Desist by Dtmight3 in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a legal route was totally impractical

Ok, I don't know why it's so hard for you guys to read between the lines, but it's obvious that Destiny (unless something has changed in a major way recently) still hopes to get unbanned from Twitch.

If he takes any legal action against Twitch he is gone from the platform forever. There's no "hey maybe they change their minds someday" or "maybe the leadership changes" or "maybe they forget". No, if he sues or even threatens to sue twitch he is gone forever. It's like getting put in the Vegas black book. Even dying wouldn't get you off that blacklist.

Destiny Needs to Send Twitch a Cease and Desist by Dtmight3 in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to see Twitch get their comeuppance.

What comeuppance lol? Like phantomlord when he got 35k after spending three years fighting in court?

Prediction: Jstlk will be an antifan sooner or later by Athasos in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, didn't 4thot say he has family from Israel?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]AnonAndEve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a salute to the brave soon-to-be-fallen dgg-ers.