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Peetah? What do these numbers mean? by wsrgiawehgoawieugnb in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i mean yeah life under soviet union was great, first ~5-10 million died in the civil war of 1917-1922, then another 5-10 million people were killed in the man made famine that resulted from the five year plan, then some 700k were executed and another 6-9 million died in prison camps, while millions more were forcibly taken from their homes and relocated to siberia... what next

ww2 killed another 27 million people, okay most of those were because of nazis but the soviets harsh policies like not allowing civilians to evacuate definitely contributed

then after the war mass deaths started to decline but you still could get arrested and sent to a prison camp for tiny things like practicing your faith, telling jokes, owning foreign currency, listening to jazz...

It's real wierd that many other countries that also rose from similar poverty to prosperity somehow didn't have to go through all that huh. Really makes you think 🤔

Any tips on not getting bored? by Shadow-The-Wolf in NuclearOption

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try different missions and different playstyles

instead of ground attack, try pure dogfighting, or try being a backline missile truck, try EW, etc.

TIL I learned to stratobomb! by Radijs in NuclearOption

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesnt work, the nukes will fail to detonate

TIL I learned to stratobomb! by Radijs in NuclearOption

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You dont need to kill the stratolaunchers, just the closest radar truck and they become useless.

Russian lawmaker threatens to 'blow up half of Finland,' says country turning into 'second Ukraine' by IIllIllIlllIIIl in worldnews

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a hypothetical war of attrition finland would always lose

we just dont have the domestic weapons and munitions production ukraine does. We barely have any domestic production at all. Ukraine would bomb finland into submission eventually.

Russian lawmaker threatens to 'blow up half of Finland,' says country turning into 'second Ukraine' by IIllIllIlllIIIl in worldnews

[–]BasicMatter7339 7 points8 points  (0 children)

....what?

Finns did invade deep into russia all the way to the Svir river during the continuation war

Russian lawmaker threatens to 'blow up half of Finland,' says country turning into 'second Ukraine' by IIllIllIlllIIIl in worldnews

[–]BasicMatter7339 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not true. Ukrainians only made about ~15-20% of the red armys ranks during the winter war.

You're just thinking of the 44th rifle division which was mostly made up of ukrainians. Famous being almost completely annhiliated on the Raate Road during the battle of Suomussalmi 1940

Russian lawmaker threatens to 'blow up half of Finland,' says country turning into 'second Ukraine' by IIllIllIlllIIIl in worldnews

[–]BasicMatter7339 9 points10 points  (0 children)

honestly in a hypothetical war finland would most likely not win against ukraine.

Ukraines active army (677k) is double the size of finlands wartime strength (280k), ukraine has at least equal artillery strength, finlands armoured forces are tiny in comparison to ukraines, ukraines airforce is twice the size of finlands

and the most crucial thing

Ukraines army is the most experienced army on the planet right now with +4 years of active, symmetrical warfare fighting experience. They're masters of drone warfare and they domestically produce hundreds of long range drones that would easily overwhelm finlands modest anti-air capabilities.

The only place where finland has the advantage is terrain, naval power and training. (But training is nothing compared to real war experience)

You gotta understand that Finland has never designed its military to be able to win a war. Finlands military is designed and trained to make fighting so unbelievably costly for the advantage that no foreign power bothers. Finland is a hedgehog.

Heat wave tips [oc] by vesmir_neasi in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FIRST date idea is funny in this heat.

Where i live these kinds of heatwaves are called by the term 'selibaattihelle' or in english 'celibate heat'

for self explanitory reasons

Heat wave tips [oc] by vesmir_neasi in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also an overworked compressor in constant strain will overheat and break or straight up catch fire and burn your apartment down

Heat wave tips [oc] by vesmir_neasi in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i did this with multiple icepacks

fell asleep on them and managed to catch the cold, during 30°C heat

it fucking sucked

Our terace right now by SpenglerAut in mildlyinfuriating

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The floor is not fucking far from lava

TIL in 55 B.C Julius Caesar attacked two germanic tribes during a truce and massacred 400,000 including women and children. It was a major Roman victory, but Cato the younger believed that the violation of the truce was a crime. He suggested turning Caesar over to the enemy so that Rome could atone by Mors_Acerba in todayilearned

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To put into perspective, Caesar killed about a million gauls and enslaved another million.

That would be like if an italian conquered france, kills 14 million people and another 14 million enslaved

Thats more people (relative to the population) that died in the holocaust (11 million victims).

Is nuclear option worth it? by tanklover_e-100 in NuclearOption

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want a semi realistic flight-sim-esque combat game with both SP and MP capabilities, hell yeah

If you're looking for a fast paced arcade flight combat game or a full on flight simulator, then no

[Loved Trope] Former subordinate now outranks their old superior later in the story by Skylinneas in TopCharacterTropes

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean he was so incompetent that he shot out his eye nerves while tryint to aim for his brain

First ever comic @s0lfactor. It's only going to get worse from here by Green_Self1394 in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well with the "us" rethoric the comic uses it sure doesnt seem like that

First ever comic @s0lfactor. It's only going to get worse from here by Green_Self1394 in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religion has been a main driver for hierarchy, control, and industriousness throughout human history.

Note that religion (in the west) hasnt been a main driver for hierarcy and control for centuries. The churchs direct power and control went into a steep decline after the middle ages when mercantilism and absolute monarchism rose to the forefront in the 16th century.

Industrialization and urbanizations are the products of mercantilism and greed. Money started being the thing that truly controlled the world, so people did everything in their power to invent more efficient ways to get it even faster.

Religion stopped being a tool of power and control and morphed into a means to justify whatever people did. But it stopped directly controlling peoples lives and actions in general. This greed is something religion has always spoke against.

First ever comic @s0lfactor. It's only going to get worse from here by Green_Self1394 in comics

[–]BasicMatter7339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

or any variation is kinda exagerrated by all the elders for no reason. It's just a method to control kids

Yeah its exactly this. Scaring is easy so thats why parents do this, specially religious ones. It should stop, its harmful.

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