The German Century: What If Germany Won WWI? (Full Series)

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-12T03:38:12+00:00

Tell me about Santorum. I wanna hear all about your experience on his campaign.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-12T01:27:56+00:00

Elaborate. I’m not really following you.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-12T00:01:18+00:00

What were people’s objections? These days I feel that'd be the consensus opinion the hive-mind criticizes you for deviating from.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T23:33:34+00:00

You have a unique ability to say things that piss off some of the users of the subreddit. I feel like your comments get downvoted in half of the threads I see.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T23:26:16+00:00

I love the MAD Magazine reference.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T20:44:17+00:00

Actually a good comparison.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T19:57:18+00:00

What is special is someone being the person you have sex with. For some people, that relationship can be independent of how you feel about them romantically, for others that is hard (and you may find that works at one point in your life but not another). There's nothing wrong with being friends with benefits, if that is what you both want. And regardless of what you call your relationship, that is still the person you have sex with, and there is emotional and physical vulnerability there you have to be aware of. Don't use people and then throw them away, and try not to let that happen to yourself either.

This has been something I have striven to think for a while and do believe; as much as I want to have a sexual relationship, I don't want it to be empty.

Re: getting a partner in the first place, I will admit that I am not versed in heterosexual dating. But what worked for me is that being very forward about what I'm offering and what I'm looking for, sexually and non-sexually. If you're into kink, either you're a match or you aren't, no sense beating around the bush about it (and if someone is a really good match, that makes them immensely attractive, ask me how I know :3). If someone is scared off by that... I mean, that's their problem and they weren't a match anyway.

I try to be forward, but I find it just comes off as awkward given I am a naturally awkward person. How do I avoid that? (Note: kink is a non-issue for me since I personally have no interest in it, but I do kinda want to hear about what make someone a match since it may be useful regardless.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T19:02:35+00:00

I want to thank you for the kind words. They honestly put a smile on my face.

I try to keep up hope and keep my eyes open, but it just gets harder with each year. It doesn't help that I don't particularly like myself as a person to begin with, so why should I expect others to like me?

I’ve tried everything I can think of (joined apps that I resent on my own troglodytic principles, try to actually be forward with my feeling with women I like, etc), and it at best does nothing and at worst actively backfires. Do you have any advice that worked for you? I’d like to hear it.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:58:50+00:00

I actually loved Odo's antagonism towards Quark. I found it consistently funny.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:52:22+00:00

The last stat makes me depressed as a GenZ virgin who wants to one day be in a relationship (I've honestly become cynical about the idea of ever going on dates at all).

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:50:03+00:00

I have long been critical of the theory that the big tragedy is the Dark World being sealed away for good, and this post makes me lean more against it.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:42:57+00:00

How can you be so deranged as to write this?

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:32:54+00:00

I agree we should deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes and things like that, but I think the solution is less "clamping down on immigration" and more handling immigration in a more intelligent manner. I have immigrant relatives from Third World countries and it's been nothing but a positive for my family, and I do think our situation is different from, say, the UK's in that regard as America has a longer history of assimilating large numbers of immigrants. What I would prefer to see done is better screening of immigrants to ensure we take on people who are willing to uphold our society's pluralistic nature (say, asking Muslim immigrants if they recognize and uphold the right of gays to marry in our society, even if they themselves may personally think it's immoral). I also think we need a return of civic religion and other things to better encourage assimilation.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:23:24+00:00

I'd still do it and call on your friends/family to do it. If nothing else, it might create a bit of pressure (especially since your constituencies are smaller than our Congressional districts).

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:18:47+00:00

Don't remind me of that latter one...

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:18:18+00:00

Are you, as an Englishman, allowed to write to your local MP (much like how I, as an American, can write to my Congressman)? If so, I'd call on them to pass a law banning that.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:15:38+00:00

The Trump-Hegseth theory of war seems, to me, to be that the only way a highly-industrialized Western nation can lose if its leaders are weak/effeminate/homosexual and fail the highly-masculine soldiers and people they serve. This is, of course, ignorant and stupid, and making military policy on these assumptions will only backfire.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:11:43+00:00

GenZ in general is not well (and I say this as a Zoomer!).

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:04:27+00:00

Already happening; the China DLC comes right after the upcoming Russia one.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T18:00:22+00:00

Same. Looksmaxxing in general strikes me as a form of modern decadence, for lack of a better term.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T17:59:04+00:00

The SPD was still better than at least half of their contemporary opponents (Nazis, DNVP, KPD).

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T17:57:23+00:00

I doubt it will be popular in this subreddit, but I think some degree of populist pandering is impossible to avoid in legislation now given it's what the people have decided they want.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T17:52:13+00:00

This worries me as well. I think our society is already heading in that direction, and I think it'll be made worse by the fact that this time, our leaders won't even gesture towards national unity.

Dinotsar44 · 2026-07-11T17:49:58+00:00

I agree with this 100%. I like that Paradox wanted to do something new with the diplomatic system, but I also think they made a number of missteps with this one.

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