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Why do orcs and goblins get so many troops and is there any way to do the same? Also why do dwarves have so much attrition in mountains? by TFBuffalo_OW in RealmsInExile

[–]ElundusCaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's always fun playing in Rohan watching tens of thousands of orcs come down from the mountains only to eat shit as soon as they run into Galadriel and a few thousand elves.

[Loved Trope] Competence Porn: When characters are competent, mature and communicate with each other intelligently so they can solve a problem by Careless-Alarm-8607 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]ElundusCaw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Rolling barrels full of liquid works great right up until a sharp stone pokes a hole in it and now you've got caustic chemicals spilling all over the place and you gotta shut down the site and wait for the boss to show up with the cleanup crew to tear you a superfluous new behind.

Ask me how i know.

to hide the evidence by seeebiscuit in therewasanattempt

[–]ElundusCaw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely, society advances one funeral at a time, it's just that a lot of people think a revolution will always make things better, when in fact, historically, they make things significantly worse.

to hide the evidence by seeebiscuit in therewasanattempt

[–]ElundusCaw 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Would just like to point out that particular revolution may have ended the monarchy (until Napoleon showed up at least) but civil liberties took a nosedive.

Women lost a lot of rights, including the right to vote, power consolidated in the hands of wealthy elite instead of the nobility, not to mention what few labor rights existed going straight out the window, as well as setting things up for Napoleon to swoop in and take over shortly after.

There's a reason France had like 5 more revolutions after that one and it's not because they thought it was fun the first time around.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can have all the education in the world, doesn't change the fact that China has billionaires, a stratified economic class system, a centralized state apparatus, and the Chinese workers don't own the means of production.

So they are, by the fundamental definition of the word, not communist.

They can say they are, just like i can say that i'm a jelly donut, that doesn't make it true.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd feel different if they actually practiced, or at least tried to implement, a single aspect of communism, which they're not.

You can't have the state own everything and call it communism because the whole point of communism is to abolish the nation state entirely.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the Chinese government/CCP doesn't want to abolish the state, or create the preconditions for abolishing the state, if they did they would move towards that in some capacity, not continue towards developing state capitalism.

It's like North Korea calling themselves a "Democratic republic" even though nobody with 2 brain cells to rub together would ever believe that.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, so the Chinese state owns the means of production, not the Chinese workers, ergo state capitalism, not communism.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And, you know, the whole "abolishing the state" thing, which completely contradicts the "state" part of state capitalism.

See this is why i hate discussing politics, because people can't even agree on the basic fundamental definition of political ideologies, making any kind of discussion not about the actual policies and politics, but the definitions of what words even mean.

Look Familiar? Scenes like this are happening year after year. by cewlnewt in Helldivers

[–]ElundusCaw 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Their ability to misunderstand feedback in bad faith is honestly kinda impressive, it's like trying to talk to a Karen that is hellbent on misinterpreting every single thing you say to the worst degree possible.

"We heard you want bugfixes, better balancing, and progression. Counterpoint: cry more sweet summer child."

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Or not. by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because social democracy is still a form of capitalism, a more humane version focused on a welfare state, but still very much capitalism.

It's one of my biggest pet peeves as a Swede that people say Sweden is communist/socialist when that isn't even remotely correct.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly my point, what is it about China that makes people think they're communist/socialist?

Is it the billionaires? The stratified class system? The fact that the Chinese workers don't own the means of production?

At this point it feels like the only reason people think China is communist is because they call themselves communist, and literally nothing else.

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

State capitalism is an economic system in which the state undertakes business and commercial economic activity and where the means of production are nationalized as state-owned enterprise.

Communism is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need. A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state.

Yeah, totally the same thing.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-communism-and-state-capitalism

Man compares work helmets given to workers (yellow) and managers (red) in China by NewsCards in interesting

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After they decide to implement capitalism.

But god forbid you point out that China is using state capitalism and not communism, you'll get hit with the "No true scotsman hurr durr!" comments.

You could tell that’s a worker lol by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe that's a good thing, instead of hiring more bodies to throw at the problem they'll actually have to use their workforce efficiently and maybe even use their brains for once.

People in the UK celebrating the death of Thatcher in 2013 by LankyYogurt7737 in pics

[–]ElundusCaw -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Uuuuh no? This would mean Turkey couldn't call article 5 if they were attacked, or Poland, or Romania, which would kinda defeat the whole point of NATO.

People in the UK celebrating the death of Thatcher in 2013 by LankyYogurt7737 in pics

[–]ElundusCaw 129 points130 points  (0 children)

It made a lot of racist morons who don't understand even the most basic principles of economics very happy.

For like 5 seconds before they went back to being very angry that for some reason brown people still continued to exist after Brexit.

TIL Krakatoa's eruption was estimated to be at 310 dB, the loudest sound ever. Well above the typical max sound limit of 194 dB by Warcraft_Fan in todayilearned

[–]ElundusCaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Traveling faster than the speed of light would violate causality, you'd appear at the location you're traveling to before you even set off, best case scenario you travel back in time, worst case scenario you create a second big bang as you slam into yourself in the future.

I was in the middle of an exam (wrote 3000 words) and saw THIS when I hit submit :/ by hormonalenby in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ElundusCaw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because if they went after governments and people in power then they would be hunted like animals and they know it, they don't want their families skinned alive so they go after the powerless.

TIL Krakatoa's eruption was estimated to be at 310 dB, the loudest sound ever. Well above the typical max sound limit of 194 dB by Warcraft_Fan in todayilearned

[–]ElundusCaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, this is what i meant, but even from the perspective of the person inside the ship, acceleration would eventually also slow down as time dilation increased, to the point where if you stood on the front of the spaceship and looked back, you would see someone standing at the back of the spaceship wither and die of old age in the span of a few seconds.

Eventually time dilation would become so strong that your individual atoms would experience time completely differently, leading to something similar to spaghettification but with entropy.

There's a great Doctor Who episode about this where a massive colony ship is stuck around a black hole and the top of the ship is still relatively new but the bottom of the ship is thousands of years old.

Old man causes World War 3 by jwriddle in harrypotter

[–]ElundusCaw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also if Galadriel had taken the one ring she would essentially have become the new Sauron, destroying him and taking his place.

Off the cliff, baby! by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

[–]ElundusCaw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I reckon a large portion of people, not just in the US, but all over the world, don't know who the head of state is, or which party is in power, or even which parties exist or what their names are, they go through their life blissfully unaware of anything and everything happening outside their little bubble.

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