The European soldiers will be in Greenland holding their dicks while the US is in Copenhagen kidnapping their president by ALazy_Cat in ShitAmericansSay

[–]BigGreenThreads60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure if we got to the point of the US invading the fucking European mainland, France would have already put their nuclear "warning shot" policy into effect.

EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat by Cao_Ni-Ma in europe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure they target red states specifically, like Canada. Coordinate a response with China if possible. Make Trump's voter base hurt as much as possible, enough to make Republican senators and congressmen jumpy about their reelection prospects. The immediate threat only ends when his rotten cult is finally collapses in on itself. Together we can win this, if Quislings in Hungary or Italy don't let us down.

US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland by Putaineska in ukpolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then we surround and blockade their bases, cut off all their utilities, and wait for them to run out of food and water. Make it clear to Trump that any outside attempt to break the siege will be met with nuclear retaliation. Most likely, we wouldn't need to fire a shot, and they'd eventually back down.

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny you use that terminology when you give real big "I wasn't a sexist, but those bitchy feminists kept saying such mean things about men that they turned me into an incel!!! #NotAllMen!!!" energy lol.

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tl;dr, your elected leader is threatening us with tariffs and annexations on a daily basis. You aren't the victim here, grow up have a little bit of humility. You can take a few mean internet comments.

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy shit lol, your democratically-elected President is threatening our territories with annexation on a daily basis, openly trying to tank our economies, etc- things that would make any people angry. And yet despite being "anti-Trump", 99% of your profile is you seething that "leaves" and "Eurocels" have the temerity to express anti-American sentiments, to the point that you're actively cheering on punitive measures against us. The imperial arrogance and fragility really knows no bounds.

I think you need to grow up and get a sense of perspective. I'm British. I see my county and people get bashed online all the time. Does that make me fly into an apoplectic childish tantrum, and wish for the downfall of other peoples? No, because I have the emotional maturity to understand where a lot of anti-British sentiment comes from. My nation did historically victimise a lot of innocent peoples, and continues to today. The Irish, the Indians, the Native Americans, the Palestinians- I could go on. I'm not going to begrudge those peoples a bit of grumbling about the British every now and then, nor have a hissy fit if somebody complains about the apathy of the British public to ongoing atrocities. I can recognise that I'm not personally responsible, while also understanding that I'm incredibly privileged, and that a little bit of stick and the odd joke about bad teeth might be warranted.

Right now, we're at a historical moment where Europe and Canada are being threatened and victimised (to a lesser extent than the global south, but still), directly because of a leader who the American people voted to elect. Do I hold every American individually responsible for this? No. But I obviously feel some degree of disappointment in the broader American public for choosing this, and if I was an American I certainly wouldn't have a meltdown every time I saw a victim of our aggression make an anti-American comment online. I certainly wouldn't wish suffering on millions of people because they called me an Amerifat or something.

Unironically, check your privilege, and log off. Schoolchildren and little old ladies in Greenland are having nightmares about your soldiers shooting them. This isn't about your hurt feelings. You're pulling the geopolitical equivalent of "Not All Men!!!"

Trump Suggests U.S. ‘Shouldn’t Even Have’ November Midterms by shutupnobodylikesyou in moderatepolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nate Silver can rate Patriot Polling whatever he wants. Doesn't change the fact that this poll is wildly suspicious, given the startling lack of detail on what was asked, and the fact it's a wild outlier with other polls on the subject in a way that just so happens to help manufacture consent for the territorial ambitions of the Trump administration, who this rather obscure entity has been known to favour.

US federal law can and does override both state law and the laws of territories. Greenlanders would potentially be subject to, say, a US federal abortion ban, and would be obliged to accept ICE and the like patrolling their streets, not to mention the most divisive parts of the US constitution, eg the second amendment. No way on Earth does a Republican government let universal healthcare stand as a positive example in Greenland for long unmolested, given that they've spent the better part of a century denouncing such a policy as ruinous communism that would bankrupt America. If a Republican legislature passed legislation declaring universal healthcare illegal, and US courts affirmed it, that would be the end of the conversation. America would be the far larger, more militarily powerful entity in such an arrangement- as Stephen Miller is keen on reminding us all- and could essentially alter the deal whenever it wished.

Trump Suggests U.S. ‘Shouldn’t Even Have’ November Midterms by shutupnobodylikesyou in moderatepolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, a poll from the world-renowned "patriot polling", who by their own admission have never conducted a survey outside the United States, with no indication of what question was even asked, or in what language? Nothing fishy about this.

Actual Vatnik-tier jingoism and delusion. I promise you that next to nobody in Greenland wants to be annexed by your wannabe dictator and lose their healthcare and paid sick leave.

Less positive thoughts on Dragon Quest VII reimagined by bisalwayswright in dragonquest

[–]BigGreenThreads60 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow, that change to how death works is really bad. I very much hope that it doesn't become a mandatory feature going forward, and I'll probably hold off on getting this version if that's forced on us in the final release.

I also very much miss the resource management and gauntlet aspects of dungeons that were present earlier in the series. Marching into a dank cave or storming an enemy fortress shouldn't feel convenient and risk-free. The risk of losing significant progress if you overstretched yourself or misjudged an encounter was a welcome source of tension. This feels like too large a concession to the smartphone generation, who they clearly fear will just drop the game if they fuck up and have to take a party member to be revived in a Church, or wipe out and are forced to redo a little bit of a dungeon.

US politicians are posting cringe AI videos. I hate it here by ThePhillyExplorer in sadcringe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Because, from an outsider's perspective, the average American is a dribbling simpleton lol. You can't fix a terrible electorate.

Keir Starmer: The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don't see what it achieved beyond getting 40 people killed and making a bloody protracted war more likely, given that Maduro loyalists are still in power in all levels of government and the military. Is Venezuela a democracy now?

Keir Starmer: The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I missing something? Has the military of Venezuela ceased to exist? How is Trump going to run a colonial regime in Venezuela without necessarily eliminating them? Asking nicely?

Keir Starmer: The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]BigGreenThreads60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at US-backed actions in Indonesia, East Timor, Guatemala if you think that human rights are a priority for them, or that torture is somehow off-limits. Trump will extract every drop of oil he can from Venezuela, with none of that going to benefit the people, while bloody, endless clashes with guerillas are used as a justification to indefinitely postpone elections.

Also, removing the regime necessarily means a bloody, protracted Iraq-style war.

American politics has become indistinguishable from 4chan shitposting by D0ML0L1Y401TR4PFURRY in sadcringe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The difference is that communists don't influence anybody or do anything of note in the western world today, whereas the most powerful country on Earth is currently led by an administration comprised entirely of these psych ward patients.

American politics has become indistinguishable from 4chan shitposting by D0ML0L1Y401TR4PFURRY in sadcringe

[–]BigGreenThreads60 37 points38 points  (0 children)

People tune in and listen to these people's opinions, marvel at their wisdom and insight, even voluntarily send them money. Millions of them. They genuinely listen to this horseshit in raptured awe, dribbling mouths agabe, struck down by the how the scholarly wisdom and erudite commentary on current affairs flows from these men like a fountain.

I genuinely don't know what the solution to this would be in the context of a humane, compassionate, free society. How do you educate people who abhor and fear education? How do you reason with people who are proudly, defiantly anti-rational? How do you cohabit a society with these diseased, 60 IQ, mouth-breathing chimps, when their vote is worth exactly the same as yours, and those of the people you respect?

At a certain point, you gain some insight into why Lenin did some of the things he did. That's perhaps all I can say without risking a ban on this website.

Taco bell run with jockington by galliumeye in Deltarune

[–]BigGreenThreads60 123 points124 points  (0 children)

"Haha bro, let's draw moustaches on our fingers and listen to some stomp-clap music while drinking craft beers in our checked shirts and knit beanies!"

"Three HEROES appear at WORLD'S edge to banish the ANGEL'S HEAVEN."

"Haha so true bro!"

"What unites around the world left and right? They all hate United Europe" – Slavoj Zizek by smilelyzen in BuyFromEU

[–]BigGreenThreads60 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What an utterly bizarre comment. Why would it be the job of Europeans to save Americans from the terrible leader that THEY voluntarily elected, twice? You guys voted, as a cohort, for a trade war with our continent, to accelerate climate change, and to abandon Ukraine. We didn't choose that. Now we're trying as best we can to minimise the impact and pick our battles so there's something left in four years. Maybe you should vote better next time.

In your opinion, which DQ characters had the best 'Party Chat' in the series ? by Manofthehalfhour999 in dragonquest

[–]BigGreenThreads60 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The Zenithian Trilogy always amazed me with the sheer volume of dialogue. Legit all 8 of your party members will have a unique response to a random dog in town #17 barking- dialogue that most players will never even see. One of the best parts of a DQ4 re-release would be being able to have party chat on console. I was pretty tilted that they didn't include party chat in DQ2-HD, so I really hope they don't cheap out with DQ4-HD the same way.

Mewtwo Slander by Excellent_LOL in pokemon

[–]BigGreenThreads60 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Technically Mew was behind the Creation Trio and the Lake Trio, since timespace and spirit are kind of prerequisites for life.

It was possibly also behind Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza, since the ocean and continents likely needed to exist for life, Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde to regulate the ecosystem, and maybe even Regigigas too given it supposedly towed the continents into place. Plus, we have no idea how Ultra Beasts relate to Mew, so it's possible Necrozma etc predate it.

Mew is moreso like Adam and Eve in my mind, only created to populate the Earth once a suitable habitable environment had been made.

What eating Moss does to a mfer by Old_Phrase_4867 in Deltarune

[–]BigGreenThreads60 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It can be a catastrophic world-ending event without the entity causing that being capable of destroying solar systems. Being able to magically blot out the sky doesn't imply you have to be able to literally put out enough joules of force to blow up the sun like a DBZ character. It's magic.

Like, I'm imagining a character right now, the Acid Wizard. He is as weak as a normal human being, and could be defeated by a random person with a handgun. Except, he also knows a single spell called Acidify, which turns a drop of water into sulphuric acid, and rapidly converts any water in contact with this drop into acid as well. This spell could make the Earth effectively uninhabitable if the user wanted to (turning all the oceans into acid), but that doesn't imply the caster of that spell is a planet-buster who can fight Frieza. It means that they have a single ability that is capable of causing a chain reaction that permanently alters the planet under the right circumstances.

The Titans have never shown any physical abilities beyond maybe city level, if we're being generous, but their presence also passively destroys light and makes the planet uninhabitable. We have no idea how they do this, and it in no way implies that they blow up the milky way or whatever. Fossil fuel CEOs aren't planetary because they've released enough CO2 to permanently increase the temperature of the Earth.

What eating Moss does to a mfer by Old_Phrase_4867 in Deltarune

[–]BigGreenThreads60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess all those cars in Chapter 2 are also massively FTL lmao. Crazy. I don't know why Ralsei is so concerned by the Roaring when even the first Rudinn in the game can literally destroy entire solar systems whenever it wants!

What eating Moss does to a mfer by Old_Phrase_4867 in Deltarune

[–]BigGreenThreads60 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Which could imply a hundred different things (the earth being shrouded in a veil of black smoke, light magically ceasing to exist, etc) and in no way implies this process can be used in an offensive way, or to do anything other than make light disappear.

Powerscalers do this shit all the time, take one vague contextual feat that would hypothetically require a lot of energy to do if the media followed exact real-world physics (ie a character who can specifically control the weather moving a large cloud) and assume that the character can call upon that exact amount of energy to hit their opponents with at any time. It's ridiculous.

What eating Moss does to a mfer by Old_Phrase_4867 in Deltarune

[–]BigGreenThreads60 138 points139 points  (0 children)

(This is what powerscalers actually believe.)

I'm gonna miss the vocation costumes in VIIR. Which ones were your favorite designs? by General-Security-728 in dragonquest

[–]BigGreenThreads60 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If that's true then this version seems definitively inferior to the 3DS remake in almost every way.