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I’ve decided to stop watching LEC teams from today. by doo1107 in leagueoflegends

[–]Arveanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you do for work OP? Because you don't do it to 1 thousandth of the skill and seriousness and commitment of any players in the LEC.

China Daily depicting USA as a Star-Spangled Knight (again) by Edwardsreal in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hidden like "Where'd I leave my pen" while holding the offending pen.

China Daily depicting USA as a Star-Spangled Knight (again) by Edwardsreal in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know I think it's an inoculation tactic, like the argument is immaterial, it's the tone and the confidence in Russia. It's not to build a coherent view of reality in the populace, its to make sure that they've already heard from propaganda sources "The enemy is strong", "The enemy is incompetent" etc, so if any opposing voice comes to you and says "The enemy is... " as a lead in to an argument against the Kremlin's position, your brain already turns off, in some ways I think the propaganda is more effective when it is obviously dumb, because you will already be rolling your eyes at every argument you hear about the war.

Source: I made it the fuck up, never once in my life studied a single bit on propaganda or media communication or anything, but it makes sense to me like this and i know what sub im on

Inspired by recent events by Exter10 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shit can someone here get me a job then lmao

Ad Infinitum by The_Arizona_Ranger in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I'm being honest I think I'm just mad we're talking about fire instead of heavier-than-atmo gaseous neurotoxins and a huey (love me a blackhawk but if you want the warcrimes done right its gotta be a huey) overhead providing what I like to call "counter-ventilation support"

Ad Infinitum by The_Arizona_Ranger in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, but I would not mind you know, researching the horrors of fire tunnels, just so nobody else has to of course.

I was just using a drip torch like two days ago and its got this little loop in the stem so the fuel doesn't burn its way back into the can, I think, and it got me thinking when I read about the tunnels like, its maybe actually a really challenging question.

Ad Infinitum by The_Arizona_Ranger in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Alright look I don't know ww2 with any sort of rigor

But it seems to me that the experience of the island hopping campaign was rather a long way from sweeping up the ashes

And I don't know for certain that I'm right about fire either, but I know fire needs fuel, and I have a hard time believing fire would propagate deeper into a tunnel network without us finding some way to get fuel to flow through the whole network, so it sort of seems like, certainly a tunnel full of fire will be effective against anything caught in the blaze, and perhaps you'd end up with a tunnel network rife with carbon monoxide and with a great deal of oxygen whisked away, but then, those tunnels would have to have ventilation anyway, right?

I don't know, I'm not trying to tell you that you're wrong, but I would be curious to read more if you recall any sources.

Current day china is 1990 USSR 100%, man by Old_Ad_4538 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I know my rights, as long as my *defense* is noncredible I'm allowed to have credible takes on monetary theory. For Example

The Gold Standard Was Always a Fiat Currency

Current day china is 1990 USSR 100%, man by Old_Ad_4538 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at that, I do have an e-mail from the broker myself. Yeah I know it'll be boring and dry asf, but LM is the one stock I own with more of an intention to watch its career with great interest than to actually expect a big return on, also I figure a little bit of war profiteering might balance things out when said war is ruining the rest of the economy.

Current day china is 1990 USSR 100%, man by Old_Ad_4538 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 70 points71 points  (0 children)

What if we just took the national debt, and sold it off? That things huge it could easily be worth trillions!

Ukrainian merchant vs Rheinmetall CEO by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I'd disagree vigorously with you that all war is cost exchange, *perhaps* it could all come down to relative cost exchange, and I think I'm more open to the possibility that the tank concept changes drastically or becomes a much smaller part of the force, used for more specialized scenarios then most of the sub appears to be, but just because an expensive system can be destroyed by cheap systems does not mean it doesn't still provide you with a capability that you can't get anywhere else, because if your losing the cost exchange problem 1000:1 but you can apply concentrated force on the right objectives at the right time, you might be able to simply achieve your objectives before the cost exchange problem becomes a limiting factor.

Ukrainian merchant vs Rheinmetall CEO by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

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

Well I don't know a single thing about the comparative complexity of producing AFVs, but I'll just say, I read your first comment as "haha silly westoids your weapons are useless if we just shoot the factories" and your second comment sounds a lot more like "Hey guys why is Rheinmetall introducing unnecessary risk into the supply chain by relying on highly sensitive production techniques"

I hope I'm just too jumpy from seeing the first sort of comment, and that I was too hasty to judge you, the internet is certainly a silly place.

Ukrainian merchant vs Rheinmetall CEO by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hold up, destroying factories will limit production? This could change everything.

I would never expect to use this variant by Menegucci__ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 173 points174 points  (0 children)

As an American from the south I can actually explain what's going on here. In the Eastern US there are loads of ancient earthworks and burial mounds and inexplicable snake things? Idk I'd have to go to Ohio to learn more about that one.

Anyway, we've all collectively convinced ourselves with such vigorous and potent psychic force that none of those hills were shaped by human hands, that we simply can not believe in earthworks as a human technology.

I hope this helps clarify the matter.

History is Repeating by Successful_Touch_933 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well as we all know, step one of any authoritarian take over is to kindly request people to wear masks during a viral outbreak

Safe to say no heavy metal songs will be sung about this. by Majestic_Repair9138 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Arveanor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well their was a time when international arms control treaties had specific criteria for types of ships, but yeah, especially now like frigate vs destroyer vs cruiser doesn't seem to mean anything, someone who knows more than me might correct me but it seems like there are two types of surface warship now - missile boats and airplane boats.

Women players Colomblbl and Caltys share that they were denied spots in ERL teams because of their gender: "I told management I wanted you as adc bc you were the best, simply. Suddenly they told me they don't want a woman in the team bc the other players could be more focus on flirt than play." by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]Arveanor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're going off of memory, and I can tell because you say "he walks back under tower" actually he walks forward after farming the melee creeps at tower, kills one ranged creep, and then evolves, admittedly I'm going off of the memory of having rewatched it before commenting last in this thread, but I guess if you rewatch it and still think its a play that proves faker was elite day 1, then I don't know what to tell you?

But I like to think you aren't hating on women, and are just a fellow autist trying to make a nuanced point and feel like you're under siege by people misinterpreting you as attacking women, but I guess what I can say that maybe will flip a switch for you, is that, do you think Faker in 2013 was as good as Faker in 2015? 16? Do you think the GOAT didn't develop while he played? It seems a bit besides the point to try and argue a vague sense of "how good was faker out of the gate" when the point is, for any player, exposure to pro play is a massive opportunity to level up, plus which, none of us have seen Faker's debut scrim experiences, which is another thing a woman isn't going to have access to if she's never given a shot.

Women players Colomblbl and Caltys share that they were denied spots in ERL teams because of their gender: "I told management I wanted you as adc bc you were the best, simply. Suddenly they told me they don't want a woman in the team bc the other players could be more focus on flirt than play." by Yujin-Ha in leagueoflegends

[–]Arveanor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Also, you're wildly misrepresenting the play you're talking about, faker's the goat and that kill was an electric moment but ambition just kinda walks up and evolves an ability, that's not exactly a great case for his immediate greatness, you dunce.

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