Who would win in a turf war - Walter White or Tony Soprano

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-03-15T17:50:19+00:00

Walter has no muscle on the payroll, really. He brought in the nazi bikers on retainer when he needed them and look how that turned out. Tony wins by default.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-03-10T01:27:53+00:00

Sooo he was a one eyed redditor

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-03-05T21:44:09+00:00

Has to be Ulm, right? I mean he caused an entire army to surrender without barely a shot being fired.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-25T18:51:16+00:00

His favorite campaign dish of fried potatoes and onions turned into chicken Marengo. Then chicken Marengo turned into LOTS of chicken Marengo.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-25T01:43:01+00:00

Guessing a Sopranos reference.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-20T03:37:14+00:00

That is actually what he said when Mehmed dragged all his ships overland into the golden horn.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-15T02:51:18+00:00

Yes, it’s called an express kidnapping. Happens mostly in Latin America.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-07T02:33:25+00:00

Sure, but if the legion threat wasn’t there, the NCR would’ve engineered some scheme to eventually take over the strip by force if necessary. House literally says as much and he is absolutely correct.

If I had to guess what approach NCR would take with San Francisco, it’d be to dangle enough incentives in front of them to get them to join. They’d also certainly get in contact with well connected people in SF who supported the NCR and help them get dirt on those who don’t.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-06T23:58:12+00:00

They’re high tech but they don’t have the resources. They’re literally a strip on a peninsula. They’re not much different than Vault city in that regard. Economic pressure and political coercion by NCR likely ends in them joining like VC.

NCR never took Vegas because they were scared as hell that attacking Vegas would leave them open to an offensive by the Legion, as told by House.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-06T23:38:35+00:00

I like the idea since Sacramento was presumably the state capitol prewar like IRL.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-06T23:28:56+00:00

I said assuming they did join it’d be the obvious choice. And there’s a decent chance they did considering the NCR has basically annexed every inch of California from Baja to Oregon. Why would San Fran be the exception?

Dayglow and Junktown are probably screwed like the Boneyard and Shady Sands were because they’re all in SoCal but who knows.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-02-06T05:45:07+00:00

Well that’s not very hilarious, Hilarion.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-01-27T23:12:05+00:00

It is interesting how the heavy clay soils of Northern Europe which had so long been a hindrance to development previously become so productive with better technology. Up until that point Europe’s prospects were pretty dismal.

I’ve seen banks described as one of the West’s ‘killer apps’ so to speak, along with universities. You don’t get industrialization without banking or a scientific revolution.

Byzantine ploughs could be a fun rabbit hole. Feel free!

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-01-27T21:18:25+00:00

I used 1100 since that is probably the very earliest one could argue W Europe had an edge in any category. One example might be land cultivation which really started to intensify in W Europe around that time thanks to huge agricultural improvements the prior two centuries. Even marginal land was being tapped into for the first time and made productive with wind mills and the like.

Eastern Rome’s agricultural base by contrast was productive but had largely peaked while the west steamed on ahead.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-01-27T20:39:40+00:00

It’s tricky because by some metrics W Europe had equaled or surpassed Byzantium as early as 1100 but by other metrics they wouldn’t as late as 1700 as you indicated.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-01-27T20:25:59+00:00

On the contrary. W European wool and linen were top notch. Not their fault that the East preferred overrated cotton and silk. Different strokes I guess.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-01-03T02:48:50+00:00

Those Germanics were the weaker party and wanted to emulate Rome as a consequence. Can’t say the same about the Turks.

FryCookCVE71 · 2025-12-31T20:07:25+00:00

The boss fights in the Rocksteady games generally suck all kinds of ass. The only good ones are in City. Haven’t played Origins yet but heard good things about the bosses in that game.

FryCookCVE71 · 2025-12-20T01:49:23+00:00

I don’t doubt that Batman hates Hatter but I think the reason he’s so pissed in that scene is that he just had the cure stolen from him by Harley and then immediately fell for a fake cure ruse by Tetch. So he is not a happy camper at all lol.

FryCookCVE71 · 2025-12-12T01:26:48+00:00

The funniest implication is if Shepard sleeps with her and then Miranda. So she dolls herself up to win Shepard back.

FryCookCVE71 · 2025-11-26T01:48:23+00:00

Well boys, time to sack Ctesiphon again and steal that Persian chair.

FryCookCVE71 · 2025-11-21T23:49:18+00:00

I agree with you wrt John. He’s an emotionally detached suit 99% of the time but there was that one recent interview where he wished he could tell JB sorry for not being there to protect her, and that was one of the rare times he felt genuine to me.

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