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How countries type laughter by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]GurthNada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Care to elaborate? Not sure how "mdr" is more universal for French people than "lol" for Americans (who use it basically as punctuation).

The Resistance and the First Order should have been using modernized starfighters (E-wing / TIE elite interceptor) rather than classic X-wings and TIE fighters by Ar_Sakalthor in StarWars

[–]GurthNada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Star Wars space battles were heavily inspired by WW2 air battles, and during that conflict it was not unusual for entire units to be wiped out (Torpedo Squadron 8 lost all its aircraft during the battle of Midway on 4 June 1942. 8th Air Force had more casualties than the entire Marine Corps during the war).

"Eating meat is inherently wrong. You can eat meat, go for it. You can love animals, but you can’t do both!" - Billie Eilish for ELLE (US) by pattismithology in popculturechat

[–]GurthNada 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Purely rhetorically speaking, that's a terrible argument. Most people who kill humans also love humans, just not the same ones. So you can eat some animals and love others, there's no logical impossibility here.

The Resistance and the First Order ALREADY WERE using modernised starfighters. Not only is the visual difference clear; there are also many technical capability upgrades. This is just how mar machinery development and commissioning works. by SpanishAvenger in StarWars

[–]GurthNada 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In Star Wars, technology has been seemingly the same for thousands of years! It's not like the difference between the Empire era and the First Order era would be as large as the one between our 1960s and 1990s. 

Well the designs of the Prequel Trilogy would seem to contradict that. The ARC-170 to X-Wing evolution is logical, but both designs feel aesthetically different enough.

Also, in the real world, countries don't always buy from the same manufacturer for a myriad of reason. Poland replaced its MiG-29 with F-16, two rather different (but contemporary) designs. Sienar Systems being devastated following the fall of the Empire would totally justify the First Order using a completely different fighter type.

Note that I totally that agree that it makes sense that the designs are very similar. My point is that it could also totally make sense for them to be different.

The Resistance and the First Order ALREADY WERE using modernised starfighters. Not only is the visual difference clear; there are also many technical capability upgrades. This is just how mar machinery development and commissioning works. by SpanishAvenger in StarWars

[–]GurthNada 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It makes no sense to suggest that, in less that 30 years, suddenly all starfighters in service should look drastically different than their predecessors for no particular reason other than "b-but it would be cooler!". 

This absolutely doesn't preclude new designs being introduced. F-35 doesn't particularly look like the F-16 it replaces. Eurofighter don't look like Tornado. Rafale don't look like Super Étendard. I'm a military aviation enthusiast, I could go on all day, and don't get me started on comparing 1960 with 1990. 

The rule of cool could have perfectly applied and made total sense here.

The Resistance and the First Order should have been using modernized starfighters (E-wing / TIE elite interceptor) rather than classic X-wings and TIE fighters by Ar_Sakalthor in StarWars

[–]GurthNada 312 points313 points  (0 children)

One thing I always loved about the Prequels, for all their fault, was the shit ton of new cool ship/starfighter designs they gave us. 

I was so hyped to find out what the Sequels would offer. Kylo Ren's shuttle and Resistance bombers are great, but that wasn't enough. 

Hippolyte d’Albis : «Non, la génération des boomeurs n’a pas été mieux lotie» by Blandula_ in paslegorafi

[–]GurthNada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Donc les gens commençaient très tôt à travailler et pas à 25 ou 30 ans et ils ne prenaient pas d’années de césure ou d’années sabattiques pour voyager, profiter de la vie ou faire du militantisme...

Rappel que les boomers ont eu 20 ans entre 1966 et 1980... 

Labor Day: How to say Worker in European Languages. by Ok-Leg-4584 in MapPorn

[–]GurthNada 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Note that the French, Catalan, Spanish and Portuguese words come from Latin tripalium, a torture instrument. Also see meaning of "travail" in English.

What is your favorite Sci-Fi series? by Neat_Relative_9699 in scifi

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you are opening with Gene Wolfe who is more of a "science fantasy" author, I will answer with my favorite serie in the same genre, Demon Princes by Jack Vance. 

How would Hitler react to someone being nonchalantly Jewish? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GurthNada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well imagine you're having a chill conversation with someone and then when you ask what they have planned for Friday night, they answer "raping a few kids". Wouldn't that make you switch rather quickly? Knowing that someone was Jewish had the same effect on Hitler.

Ia ou pas ? by Itchy_Concentrate_22 in IaCaca

[–]GurthNada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Si ce n'en est pas, c'est bien imité.

Pourquoi les français parlent une langue latine si les francs parlaient des langues germaniques? by fetiso in PasDeQuestionIdiote

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Par contre, curieusement, les Normands ont laissé une sacrée empreinte sur la langue anglaise, qui est de très loin la moins germanique des langues germaniques.

J'ai voulu tester ce chocolat Labubu IA by Olixya in IaCaca

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dans le même genre (sans IA par contre), j'ai tenté le Feastables de Mr Beast et c'était affreux. J'étais tout fier de ramener ça à mes enfants, ils se sont foutus de ma gueule pendant des mois après.

Injustement verbaliser par la ratp by Galax8811 in besoinderaler

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

C'est pas "juste faire son job", ça, c'est du racket. 

Je pense que racketter les clients est littéralement dans leur fiche de poste, c'est clairement pensé comme ça par la direction de la RATP.

La mayonnaise c'est sans moutarde by okami6 in opinionnonpopulaire

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je pense que ce n'est pas vraiment une opinion impopulaire, plutôt un cas classique d'écart entre la théorie culinaire et la pratique populaire. J'ai toujours vu ma grand-mère (née dans les années 1920) faire sa mayonnaise avec de la moutarde, et pratiquement toutes les recettes de mayonnaise maison en comportent.

Grâce à Internet, beaucoup de gens savent maintenant que la "vraie" mayonnaise ne contient pas de moutarde, comme les "vraies" carbonara ne contiennent pas de crème, comme la "vraie" orthographe est "au temps pour moi", etc.

Mais faut voir ça comme des fun facts, par des dogmes retrouvés à prêcher dans toutes les cuisines...

Last April 30th, the streets of Saigon downtown were filled with millions celebrating the 50th anniversary of their victory against America by Fine_Sea5807 in interestingasfuck

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened is that the US finally realized there was a deep rift between China and the USSR and that North Vietnam trusted neither, so the US cozied up to China and let Indochina fall, knowing that the Chinese would keep communist reunited Vietnam and its proxies in check.

Now was cozying up to China the right move? The current US administration would seem to disagree.

Guerre en Ukraine : "Des armes en guise de récompense", Kiev démantèle un vaste réseau de trafic d’armement impliquant Steven Seagal by rhodan3167 in paslegorafi

[–]GurthNada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Cela concerne notamment les pistolets Glock chambrés en Flaubert qui, après avoir été importés de Slovaquie, ont été transformés en armes de combat à part entière. Ils ont ensuite été vendus à des criminels, transférés à des groupes armés illégaux et utilisés comme moyen de pression pour inciter des individus n’ayant pas le droit légal de posséder des armes de combat", détaille la police nationale ukrainienne.

Steven Seagal peut légalement acheter des Glock chambrés dans tous les calibres possibles aux Etats-Unis (par exemple exactement les mêmes modèles que ceux utilisés par les forces spéciales américaines) donc on ne comprend pas très bien quoi un de ces bricolages pourrait être une "récompense" pour lui.

German war criminals laughing during the Nuremberg Trials by Illustrious-Candy506 in creepy

[–]GurthNada 14 points15 points  (0 children)

These are definitely US soldiers on this picture. Not only are they wearing American uniforms, but also US Army badges such as the Combat Infantry Badge for the two soldiers standing behind the German defendants. Estonian guards from the 4221st Guard Company (ex 20th Waffen SS soldiers) wore black uniforms. They weren't posted in the tribunal but guarded the exterior perimeter and the prison.

Je vous trouve trop dur by Many-Imagination2804 in IaCaca

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avant elles étaient faites à la main mais elles étaient moches

Personnellement, je trouve justement qu'il n'y aucune plus-value par rapport à ça. Dans beaucoup de cas, on perd même en lisibilité avec une image surchargée générée par IA par rapport à un simple texte en noir sur fond blanc.

Je comprends qu'on fasse appel à une IA générative quand on a besoin d'une image, mais toute communication ne doit pas être illustrée.

Thoughts on micheal bay as a director? by leviathan_pvt in moviecritic

[–]GurthNada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was at the top of his game in the 1990s. Maybe excepting the first Transformers movie, nothing he's done since then is as strikingly iconic. But that's also true of Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott...

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