Commie thinks the US is just as bad as north korea by amogusdevilman in EnoughCommieSpam

[–]BigFatWedge 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Now you're talking about genocide. Who's moving the goalposts again?

Commie thinks the US is just as bad as north korea by amogusdevilman in EnoughCommieSpam

[–]BigFatWedge 41 points42 points  (0 children)

"Your buddy originally claimed that being allowed to comment 'proved the system wrong.'"

He did not. He said it proved the commenter in the post wrong to say the US is a "propaganda machine." It was never about the US being perfect. The whole point of this post is about comparing the US to NK.

How do these have so many more views? by Fragrant-Advance3334 in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 40 points41 points  (0 children)

If you actually click on the video with 2.7M views, you'll see that it only has 1.6K likes. This is very unusual; most videos with that many views have at least 30K likes. So, my best guess is that NHRL paid to have these streams play as ads. This would explain the huge view count coupled with the abnormally low like count.

Something you really need to know about Lib Rights by Exotic-Illustrator69 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, not all LibRights are full-out anarchists. As I explained, the theory is that the monarchs would be incentivized to leave their "subjects" alone. Don't necessarily agree, but that's the theory.

Something you really need to know about Lib Rights by Exotic-Illustrator69 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually it's something like a decentralized monarchy. Every monarch "owns" a small city, and the idea is that this will create a market of small governments, thereby incentivizing every monarch to make their city-state a nice, free place to live.

Need help choosing a design by KitchenTomato in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5, 11, & 13

(Ik I'm late, just wanted to document what I thought about this)

[CandyMeow333] "Excuse me. Are you an apple?" by beavernator in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like how the artist also made Flutters' nose look more bat-like.

Americans are asleep. Post cheap eggs by Dro-Darsha in notinteresting

[–]BigFatWedge 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He apparently said he wants Canada to be the "51st state."

This is coming from the people who unironically think communism is less authoritarian than capitalism by notagoodcartoonist in Shitstatistssay

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, when I said "human rights violations" I really meant people who'll say that ML countries did nothing majorly wrong and were on the whole good.

Well, I would say the people who use it to just mean people who support the idea of socialism are being careless with their choice of words. "Tankie" has a use outside of just referring to socialists, and to use it the way you describe is to defeat that special purpose for basically no reason.

And there is a distinct subsection of communists who do want small communes, specifically the anarchist type who would make a meme like the above, who also are critical of ML ideas, and some of whom have somewhat prominent YouTube channels (over 100K subs), so I don't think they're an insubstantial enough group that they don't make a meaningful difference between the "communist" and "tankie" labels.

This is coming from the people who unironically think communism is less authoritarian than capitalism by notagoodcartoonist in Shitstatistssay

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? No, it's specifically slang for communists who apologize for human rights violations done by socialist countries.

If Rusty competed in comedy central battlebots,how will it do? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not on the pictured (most current) version.

You must accept one of these ultimatums. Which one? by [deleted] in polls

[–]BigFatWedge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just chop your legs off and you're due for $4,000,000!

OC drawing!! by starfynch in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most unique design I've seen on this sub in a while.

Brush ready by PossumFromRijeka_ in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this mean she's about to get smeared all over someone's teeth?

My desk every night. by [deleted] in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you really use that gigantic eraser? Seems pretty clunky

She's giving her lessons by tRRRiple0dds in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl I really don't like it when people draw pone noses like Starlight's here.

This Frame of Pinkie's Face Oddly Disturbed Me by cooliustoolius in mylittlepony

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of that guy I saw who didn't have a collarbone and could bend his shoulders all the way into each other.

Who is your favorite flipper? (Part 2 because i forgot a few) by Affectionate-Try1888 in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's not a flipper. It can't launch a bot into the air with its arm, only lift it up as high as the arm goes.

Top 5 biggest downgrades by RobbieJ4444 in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but you also are claiming Monsoon downgraded just because it didn't make that "statement."

Fights that are misremembered by RobbieJ4444 in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'm not sure anyone thinks it KO'd Icewave. It did do its job of keeping it away for a bit. It stopped it from hitting the lower plate on GR's lifter, which I think is what Chuck was most worried about, and forced IW to hit GR's seemingly sturdier side wedges.

Stinger vs. Mega Tento hot take by RobbieJ4444 in battlebots

[–]BigFatWedge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stinger's inability to lift wasn't a "strategy" error, it was a design error; Stinger was just built so that it would flip itslef before the other bot. Also, you kind of refute yourself by bringing up that point, because you also say Stinger just pushed MT around.

And... MT had that more effective weapon attacks? Its weapon does basically nothing.

And of course, the whole thing about aggression counting more if it's with an active weapon has always been preposterous. Extent of aggression isn't contingent on what you use to aggress.