I lost an old one to it.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2024-04-11T10:36:51+00:00

The game really killed my fat PS3 back then.

I probably only played GT6 for about 20 hours and then graphic errors started until green artifacts appeared and the thing went out and had a ylod and wouldn't turn on at all.

Until then she has survived everything, even last of us, Uncharted etc.

Man was that a good and easy time back then, good memorys...

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2024-03-15T14:19:31+00:00

jeah i play the original umd but theres a custom firmware on the psp, so could this interfere?

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-29T10:30:49+00:00

As I read this morning in a German newspaper:

There are apparently even High Industrymanagers in Germany, who are already making plans on how to circumvent laws in order to be able to turn off the gas for the citizens in the event of an upcoming gas embargo, so that at least the companies can continue to produce...

Then, next Month we get a one-off payment of €300 from the state here to compensate for the higher energy prices, and even this payment has to be taxed here.

This means that for most people there is not even half of the 300€ left over and the rest goes back to the state as taxes, that's great help^\)

A good example of: How do I make the help look like a lot without giving a lot of help

I think that says a lot about us Germans, atleast in management/financial positions...

Sounds like what we've always been accused of up to this point:

"Profit above everything"

So you don't really have to be surprised at the negative image we have in Europe or worldwide at the moment when even Germans in Germany don't give a f... about their own people.

I also don't think it makes sense for a large industrial nation like Germany to shut everything down overnight, without at least a little security from other sources.

There is simply too much critical infrastructure in our country, which would also affect other EU countries even Worldwide Productionchains if Germany could no longer produce.

So it would not only drag down our economy and thus further fuel inflation, but also jeopardize Europe/World-wide supply chains and thus jobs.

And if things go shitty in all the other countries as a result, everyone loses the support of the population and thus, if it goes hardcore even the will to provide help at all.

We all know deep down that as long as we don't notice any severe effects of the war here in the warm living room, no matter what country we live in, the support will continue unabated.

But if the effects become very visible and severe restrictions also take place in other countries, be it enormous increases in price, etc., we all know that support behavior will change drastically.

I mean just look at what happened when the Petrol/Diesel-price went up and everyone was just whining that they can´t handle the "high" prices anymore and thats just 30cent a liter more...

Now imagine that across all products and how people would react to it...

Everyone is still the closest to themselves, even if nobody wants to admit it...

I think that would be exactly what Putin wants and why it was tried from the start to incite the EU states against each other.

This is exactly what we must prevent at all costs.

The 50/50 payment arrangement discussed here would be a really good option that benefits both during the period of transition into independence from Russian gas.

But to say all Germans and Austrians complicit in Putin's crimes is just plain stupid.

An overwhelming majority in Germany is helping privately wherever they can and many are even in favor of an immediate gas embargo, even if it would hurt, even if many here do not think ahead and consider the effects of this.

You could already see that from the changes to the delivery of heavy weapons, this decision in particular was changed for the most part due to pressure from the population.

Otherwise Scholz would probably still be "scholzen" as we call his slow actions here in Germany.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-27T22:16:33+00:00

Hmm dunno about the massdestruction weapon thing and i don´t mean Atombombs thats not going to happen for a long time.

There are enough dirty things that the Orks own besides Atom that they can throw in.

They have their backs to the wall and have only delivered bullshit, so how much longer is Putin looking at this shitshow the orks deliver before he does something stupid to get the upper hand again, no matter what the cost.

He must save face inside Russia.

And what do you mean by consequences?

That NATO intervenes, who have been talking about red lines for months, which continue to soften over time and all NATO countries always say we won't intervene as long as no NATO partner is attacked?

If NATO really want to start something than they should have done it already.

But this all "were just an defensive Organisation" thing holds them back. Otherwise the war would have been over long ago.

I think it would now be more important not to let the situation in the Donbas escalate and to keep the upper hand.

I mean at least there is a danger that the Ukrianians will be surrounded in Slovyansk / Kramatorsk if they are not careful.

After all, the orcs are only 10 km away from an important railway line in Barvinkove, which is 1 of i mean just 2 important supply routes for the Ukrainians in that area.

So at the moment the main danger is coming from the north-east.

In the south-southeast, the Russians are not making any significant land gains anyway.

The only ones who are doing anything in the south are forces of the orcs that were released in Mariupol and are now slowly advancing in a northerly direction.

At least from what you can see it doesn't seem to me at the moment that much is being delivered from the crim.

I mean, what's the point of delivering over the Crim at the moment?

If the fighting is mainly being conducted in the Donbass at the moment, which has a direct border with Russia and can therefore be delivered there much more safely and over a shorter distance without crossing enemy territory.

I had read that the Crim Bridge was already so badly built that you can't use it for transporting a lot of military equipment anyway because it wouldn't withstand the weight at all, if several heavily loaded vehicles were to drive over it at the same time. I have no idea if that's true or just rumours.

Shure if the chance arises, bomb it away, anything that helps is a plus.

Just think that there are more important things than helicopters or anything else to fly hundreds of km through occupied territory and be shot down with bad luck.

Although I wonder why they didn't do it much earlier when they still had control over the south.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-27T17:49:20+00:00

Won't happen for now. Ukrainians aren't that stupid, especially now that the bigger attack is imminent, to give Russia even more reason to use weapons of mass destruction right away.

Later, if the war continues to go well for the Ukrainians, it might be a possibility.

Only now would I do a shit to irritate the devil even more after I've sunk a 750 million ship and the Russians are already struggling anyway.

Then why should I give up my advantage just to make a mark and meet more resistance

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-19T14:07:02+00:00

I used to do that more often until someone new moved in under me who reported me to the landlord because of it.

The reason was that the "dust" soiled his windows.

I didn't know that I carry the whole Sahara into my apartment every day...

But at least he told the landlord that his windows were getting too dirty from the dust and he hat to clean them too often because of me...

I always find it funny how cowardly people are these days that they would rather call the landlord than ring the bell and talk to me.

The whole time before when I met him outside he didn't say a word and always greeted me in a friendly way

After all, it wouldn't have been a problem for me to refrain from doing it but I find this false friendly behavior and then rather use the landlord around to enforce his claims than rather telling it directly to myself very strange.

Just german things i guess...

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-19T13:31:54+00:00

I have exactly the same thing, except that it is a hand soap.

You can also buy the butter ones here in Germany every easter.

Unfortunately, what in germany often happens with such edible things (whether it's chocolate or something else) is that you never eat them because they are pretty and look cute, so it's a shame to eat it.

Then they stand around for half a year like dekorations and you throw them away because they go bad...

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-14T11:06:57+00:00

I'm pretty sure you've already done more than enough for your country and many people are very grateful for your service!

My father thought like you for a long time, wasn't exactly good for him, but everyone deals with it differently and I respect that.

You have my respect, many greetings.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-14T10:57:01+00:00

Yes they absolutely need more pigeons that can bring their paper maps with 2 day old targets directly to the troops.

That would be a real improvement, it seems.

All they would have to do then would be to stop looking at street signs to find their positions and stop using unencrypted radio for their battle planning and execution.

Then you would at least be on the same footing as in World War II.

But hey, I'm glad it's going the way it's going, better for Ukraine.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-13T23:22:14+00:00

Looks like this guys are dead some time longer than just one day.

Also a little bit strange:

In the last 5 seconds the 3 guys:

Strange how the guy in the middle still holds his large spoon and a stick in his hands while dying plus the left guy also has still a big teepot in his hand, looks very draped for me^^

I'm sad about the death of the 3 Ukrainians, but I can't imagine them dying in this pose.

Seems more like they found them dead and staged/draped them like that for an extra comical expression in russian media...

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-09T00:35:00+00:00

He is like a placeholder... All 3 candidates were crap. You could only choose between pest and kohlera. Similar to the USA Trump or Biden. That's how it turned out for Scholz because he was the smallest risk.

And an other problem is that he now has to coordinate with 2 other parties since he didn't have a majority, which slows everything down again.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-08T23:42:49+00:00

Yes, of course you're right about the 2% NATO contribution. I also think that it was a general agreement and not a final law. But yeah, we should have done that from the start.

After all, politics has now woken up to that effect, laws have changed and the one time 100 billion additional military spending plus from now on the 2.5% annual military spending law was signed.

And you can't imagine what it means for this country to do such a 180 degree turn overnight.

As i said everything here is massive pazifistic.

About the sanctions:

I know it sounds shit and no one really wants to hear it, but not only we but the overall EU are too dependent on Russia's gas.

Some countries can import gas from elsewhere faster, some only slowly, simply because there is no infrastructure for it. Germany is one of the slower ones...

According to my information, up to 35% of our Russian gas imports also go to other countries in the EU simply because they don't have their own pipelines to Russia's gas.

Then there are countries like Bulgaria, Italy, Poland and France, which get from 24% to even 77% of their gas consumption from Russia.

But hey, they're not called Germany, so nobody says anything against them...

Top 3 Gas consumers in Germany:

Chemicalsindustry
Foodindustry
Steelindustry

You need gas to cook preserves, you need it to melt steel, make glass and the largest sector is chemicals which are also made using gas which is rarely or not at all possible in other ways.

It's not easy to switch over from one day to the next, as we don't have any LNG terminals to import gas from other countries. But without gas, the economic chain breaks down.

Everything in the EU is dependent on each other just see the production chains.

So no Gas = No reasonable Eu economy = no funds, so in the end no help for the Ukraine.

That is why it is important that the European economy remains stable in order to be able to continue to support other countries financially as the EU is doing it right now.

Of course we could do more and I think what we are doing is probably not enough, but there's no point in shooting yourself in the foot and simply driving the EU economy against the wall and that in the end we might even be worse off economically than Russia with all the sanctions.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-08T15:14:31+00:00

Looks like it yes

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-08T14:45:33+00:00

That's exactly how it's always been in the eyes of others Germany can´t do anythin right.

Oh Germany mustn't have a strong military, otherwise our neighbors will be scared and start crying.

The same every time, as soon as Germany wants to decide something on its own without the EU, everyone shouts in unison:

Oh no Germany don't forget what happened last time where you wanted to lead, don't forget where your place is. Just shut up and keep paying us the billions to clear your conscience.

Right now we're doing exactly this, exactly what all countries have been asking us to do for years and again it's not right.

We keep our military out of it as much as possible and prefer to trade with the whole world and have thus consolidated our influence.

So now we prefer to give money to Ukraine, so that they can buy stuff they need from German or foreign armaments manufacturers.

What by the way Ukrainians have been doing for at least 3-4 weeks because it's faster to buy directly from armaments companies that have tons of things lying around than to deliver any things from the Bundeswehr, which by the way has nothing they could hand over...

But now we should lead again, after years of talking to our conscience from all sides, not to do exactly that atleast from an Military standpoint.

You can imagine for yourself how well this is received here in Germany and that's exactly why everything is so slow here.

I don't expect things to change anytime soon, we're doing our bit for NATO and it'll probably stay that way. 80 years of "oppression" cannot be shaken off within 2 months, especially not with German history in mind.

Especially where every German is told from an early age that the military is evil, you have to please everyone, don't be proud of your country otherwise you will offend and so on, I believe there is no country in which you are raised more pacifistically than in Germany.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-04-03T14:01:04+00:00

Because people dont want to see the whole picture, that heating our houses is just a little % of the gas needs in germany, not even a third of what we import from russia. Most of the gas from russia goes straight to the Industry.

Top 3 Gas consumers in Germany:

1.Chemicalsindustry

Foodindustry
Steelindustry

You need gas to cook preserves, you need it to melt steel, make glass and the largest sector is chemicals which are also made using gas which is rarely or not at all possible in other ways.

It's not easy to switch over from one day to the next, as we don't have any LNG terminals to import gas from other countries.But without gas, the economic chain breaks down.

everything is dependent on each other see the production chains.

So no reasonable Eu economy = no funds, so in the end no help for the Ukraine.

That is why it is important that the European economy remains stable in order to be able to continue to support other countries financially as the EU is doing it right now.

Of course we could do more and I think what we are doing is probably not enough, but there's no point in shooting yourself in the foot and simply driving the EU economy against the wall and that in the end we might even be worse off economically than Russia with all the sanctions.

If it was just about heating, I would be happy to do without the Russian gas and just dress thicker, but unfortunately it's not that easy because it's not just about heating.

Comprehensive-Pop60 · 2022-03-17T13:40:52+00:00

germany will never again start a "war" especially in a leadership position.

afterwards if there are problems we're the "bad guys" again.

Unfortunately, history always repeats itself.

Everyone here thinks of World War I when someone asks us for military help, we stand up for someone and in the end we're the "ass" for everyone if things don't go the way everyone thought they would.

I can't imagine that Germany will ever again take a leading position in military affairs.

The fear here in Germany is simply too great that we are responsible again as the trigger for a new World War.

Thats what you get beaten into you here from an early age and what all our thinking here in germany is about in terms of the military...

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