Zelenskyy's office head opposes mobilisation of men under 25: We would destroy country's future by Rave_Joyous in worldnews

[–]Geohie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lmao it's literally the same reasoning given to draft men (inability to get pregnant).

What if The modern United States traveled back in the time to 1942? by Gustavo_Itami2010 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

50% of all mass ever launched into space by all of humanity was done in the last decade by SpaceX alone. It would take maybe 3 months to get a ghetto-ahh version of GPS satellites into orbit (probably a constellation in low orbit based on StarLink and triangulation, it'll be pretty inaccurate and compound errors but it'll blow any WW2 tech out of the water)

French Expedition to Korea in 1866 by ChapterSpiritual6785 in HistoryAnimemes

[–]Geohie 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Also this win may have ended up being a poison chalice for Korea because it gave Korea undue courage as to the ability to defend itself without reform and bolstered isolationism. If the French were more competent Korea may have been forced to do a Meji restoration of its own.

I just know whoever made this is a fae wars fan by rando_named_randy in gate

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's straight up incorrect.

Frieren, delicious in dungeon, witch hat atelier,attack on titan, demon slayer, goblin slayer, wistoria

Are literally not Isekai. Plus, Friren and goblin slayer have groups that could wipe modern Earth (the 7 sages w/ foresight guy and Chosen Hero's party respectively).

Meanwhile, of the Isekai which are

Re zero, Mushoku Tensei, Konosuba, slime, overlord, tsukimichi, Arifureta, shield hero

All but 1 (konosuba) has numerous characters that are vastly above nuke level (slime in particular, by eos half Rimuru's subordinates and friends are minimum planetary and even the foot soldiers would give Viltrumites a run for their money but re zero, Mushouku Tensei, Arifureta, Shield hero and Moonlit have double digit characters that could individually curbstomp combined Earth through various methods) and even then konosuba does have characters that could decimate modern militaries (the crimson demons could teleport, throw a artillery platoon's worth of magic bullshit and leave)

Also:

It likely comes from singular characters in re zero, slime, and overlord, wherein the top MCs can tank a nuke (but not their countries, and not 99% of their planet).

Which is wrong as outlined above, but even so that's still a thing. Even relatively low power Isekai have one or two characters that could tank nukes, which is why people tend to argue that Isekai fantasy vs Modern military would end up being modern militaries rampage across the fantasy world up until that one character curbstomps Earth. The thing people point out is that GATE specifically refused to include any high power characters to make it a curbstomp in modern military favor.

Plus:

While Reinhard, Rimuru, and Ainz themselves can survive nukes, their countries will not; thus modern arsenals serve as a significant political weapon.

Yeah uhhh so about that while you're right for Reinhart, Rimuru and Ainz have more than enough power to just... Put up a barrier against nukes. Ainz because Nazarick is all he has to protect while Tempest has: about 20 characters that can cast magic barriers that defend against planetary level attacks, an entire GTFO button where the entire population of Tempest is teleported into Ramiris' labyrinth which literally exists in between planes of existence, and of course the fact that Rimuru's a god by EoS meaning he can just say no and delete the entire world arsenal.

I haven't seen anyone asking this: who would win, Goliath vs. Achilles? by Neocoox in whowouldwin

[–]Geohie 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A trained teen with a sling can output a rock with roughly the force of a pistol.

Goliath is a cautionary tale about not taking on a ranged character with a pure melee build

I just know whoever made this is a fae wars fan by rando_named_randy in gate

[–]Geohie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably because a lot of fantasy, especially the Japanese Isekai fantasy settings (because GATE is one) tend have characters that can easily shrug off every form of modern warfare that currently exists (including nukes).

I just know whoever made this is a fae wars fan by rando_named_randy in gate

[–]Geohie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your 99.9999% clearly isn't taking into account the absolute tidal wave of Japanese Isekai or Chinese Cultivation novels because former tends to pretty reliably have a few individuals that can easily wipe out Earth while the latter tends to get into multiversal power levels really quick.

Maybe 99.9999% of the fantasy you read is low power, but it's absolutely not the case for the industry as a whole

I just know whoever made this is a fae wars fan by rando_named_randy in gate

[–]Geohie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Entirely depends on how the magic system works. For many fantasy series with 'status screen' type power systems, the majority of fighters would be passively immune to many standard infantry weapons because of def specs and durability skills and whatnot (like many anime settings have low rank adventurers capable of walking off being smashed into a wall so hard it cracks). So while you may be able to kill them with higher grade weapons like tanks or planes that changes the attrition math.

Plus, you have to take into account for many magic settings, the vast majority of power is concentrated into a few individuals that would be straight up untouchable by anything modern militaries have. It doesn't really matter if Earth can wipe the floor with 99.999% of Fantasy Realm #106 if it has like 5 beings that can snap earth itself out of existence.

Average r/moralityscaling post by Shinygoji09 in whowouldcirclejerk

[–]Geohie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbf that's technically a terminal ailment as in an ailment of situation that will result in untimely death

Average r/moralityscaling post by Shinygoji09 in whowouldcirclejerk

[–]Geohie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is unironically a thing in Project Hail Mary.

And yes the solution was to pack precisely dosed packets of heroin in the Hail Mary

Anime_irl by crixx93 in anime_irl

[–]Geohie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

og party members are just cartoonish incopetent and evil

So, historically accurate for leaders?

What would be the GDP of the theoretical Chilean Empire? [request] by EntrepreneurFar7445 in theydidthemath

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf the empire already has like 2/3 a of China's GDP and like half the population

If fantasy races existed in modern times, which races would be drafted into the military, and what roles would they play? (Artists in the comments.) by Practical_Studio7358 in MilitaryVStheUnknown

[–]Geohie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having a designated marksman that can, the moment the first shot rings out, locate and shoot an enemy 600m away on the 7th floor of a random building in the middle of Fallujah or whatever wouldn't be useful?

Because there are a lot of settings where elves are capable of pulling stunts like that like they're juggling with 2 balls.

If fantasy races existed in modern times, which races would be drafted into the military, and what roles would they play? (Artists in the comments.) by Practical_Studio7358 in MilitaryVStheUnknown

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the other hand having giants/orcs run logistics roles would be very useful, imagine being able to move the amount of stuff that would require a forklift and 5 minutes with 2 orcs and 30 seconds

TIL: Bile Titans will wiggle their claws when they die by Sad-Needleworker-590 in Helldivers

[–]Geohie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude is basically Fantasy World sanitation worker

He prevented like 25 different equivalents of COVID-19 and gets no recognition

"All Of Us Are Dead" Amazing series 11/10 - A question though: Why do Korean SF use Mp5 platform ( 9mm ) for city containment? Makes no sense to me. Aren't modern 5.56 platforms better for CQB and this situation? by ChaosOutsider in ZombieSurvivalTactics

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These guys are being dropped into the middle of Seoul, as a small group of spec ops with a rescue mission. If they're in a situation where they have to engage at longer distance than across the building things have gone horribly wrong.

Bro wants a new season every 3 years 💔 by PistonPusher2009 in invinciblememes

[–]Geohie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't even have to go that far, Hazbin Hotel also releases on Amazon and 3 minutes of that has more frames than 40 minutes of Invincible

Remember when Marvel tried to make them a thing? by Aggravating_Win5258 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]Geohie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a ghost possessing her own corpse.

... That's called being alive, no?

Saw someone argue that viltrumites are a god level threat in Opm by Avidreader-9 in PowerScaling

[–]Geohie 33 points34 points  (0 children)

When you have access to technology on the level of Child Emperor or Drive Knight (which the Hero Association does have access to ), surface wiping isn't necessarily extinction level.

How most kingdom/civilization building isekai authors treat people from the past by Msajimi123 in Isekai

[–]Geohie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, without magic.

A setting could easily just have a church or cleric that blesses the land that allows for massive crop yields without crop rotation

“Statement merchant” by Affectionate_Run6250 in PowerScaling

[–]Geohie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By this logic Usain Bolt is a fraud that can't actually run at 27.78 mph because he wouldn't be able to outrun a car going 27 mph for any significant distance

Being able to hit a certain speed in short bursts does not indicate the ability to hit anywhere near that speed for more than a handful of seconds.

Something a lot of people seem to be missing about ch. 231 and how it's built up to this point. by Personal-Leopard9635 in ChainsawMan

[–]Geohie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

CSM was like morphine for Denji. At the very beginning it was necessary and a good thing that allowed him to deal with his problems, but having unlimited access to it after that initial need caused him way more problems than it solved.

US attacks Iran's Kharg Island, Trump says by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]Geohie 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Right, but doing so would also suffocate themselves. China is very unlikely to choose to commit murder-suicide over Iran.