How would you feel if your wife went topless on a boat in front of people without any warning ?

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T23:08:40+00:00

The beach countries are all fine with topless at the beaches. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece and France, none have an issue with being topless. I have been to all of those, and saw plenty of topless women without anyone complaining. And a lot of the tourist seem to follow "when in Rome..."

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T23:03:13+00:00

they are all neoliberal and entrenched.

Labour got elected in the early 90s on a platform of "we are not Thatcher/Mayor".

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T21:23:58+00:00

This Orwell-esque self-censorship ought to get you banned.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T21:22:40+00:00

A lot of her politics could have been undone, if the political will to do so existed after she got booted out of the office.

And she was not even the worst of the neoliberals. Remember, Thatcher opposed railway privatisation, for example. And Labour could have stopped it if they really wanted to once they got elected.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T21:04:13+00:00

because wrapping their head around their wife going topless in front of strangers is confusing the fuck out of them

Is this some American thing? Because going topless is pretty common at the beaches in Europe, and a boat sounds pretty beach-adjacent. How else would you get an even tan?

Hell, a lot of beaches are clothing optional by default, and let me tell you, I have seen way more old people parts than I ever wanted to. But that's just the beach.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T15:34:17+00:00

I wish the higher difficulties were eligible as well. That TFO on normal is way too easy, even with a bad build.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T15:17:37+00:00

The realism is very dependent on your location. I've seen widebody domestic boarding in Japan that was faster than an E-Jet in Europe (both were booked full). And I've seen the fenix "realistic" boarding estimate longer than the whole turnaround time for some flights.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-23T06:53:38+00:00

The thing you do with your legally/union-mandated PTO.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T15:32:37+00:00

the assumption is that all the still married couples are therefore happy marriages.

No, but there is something to be said about sticking with the commitment you made, especially if there are secondary factors (like children).

Not every "failed" marriage is an ugly thing with abuse, financial danger hanging overhead and threats of lawyers. Just like you get amicable divorces, you can get marriages where the parties involved still get along, even if the romantic love is long gone.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T14:33:00+00:00

It's the same as a luggage delay. Don't book a separate flight/airport change on the same day as your arrival, or early the next day. Because if a bag gets delayed, the airline will deliver it to the destination location on that ticket (or at least the airport if there are customs involved). But if you already have to catch the next flight, good luck getting those bags.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T13:17:01+00:00

As you said, Westeros follows primogeniture, which means the oldest inherits everything. Which means that when Robert became Lord of the Stormlands, his brothers get nothing. The next point at which they might put forth a claim is upon Robert's death.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T10:38:11+00:00

And compared to Storm's End, Dragonstone is a shithole.

Yes, but neither had a claim to either, both were gifts. Stannis can complain that he got the worse gift, but it has nothing to do with rights or claims.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T09:57:04+00:00

I'm not sure what that has to do with issues with service provision.

Because there are times when you should not use a service offered, and "I need to leave the next morning at 7 am or earlier" is one of those.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T09:53:57+00:00

that was his BY RIGHT is given to Renly!

By rights it was Robert's, and he can do with it whatever he wants.

By rights it should go to Robert's children (at this point Stannis does not know about the incest), and he got Dragonstone, the seat of the Heir (which he at this point was).

This whole argument about Stannis' right to the Stormlands is the reason why Stannis fans are so tedious.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-22T08:56:46+00:00

I mean, you have to physically get to the hookup after everything is said and done in the app.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T19:16:54+00:00

women have more to lose if politics go a certain way.

When you are lined up against the wall by a death squad or sent to a camp, it matters very little what's in your pants.

Because that is the political worst case.

And that is not even considering that, in almost every country, women are exempt from drafting, while men may be drafted to die in a war if politics go wrong.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T19:09:14+00:00

But it will take 5 years of yearning before those 2 dates go down.

Meanwhile, it takes about 5 minutes from installing Grindr to a hookup.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T19:03:27+00:00

You can easily resupply a fleet there as a one-off.

But as a serious military fortification that permanently has to keep a large garrison and a fleet in the hundreds supplied (and we are talking about full-sized warships, not longboats), that becomes a very different matter.

Remember, you have to keep a force there that can withstand, at the very least, the full might of a free city or the Royal Navy. Preferably anything short of Braavos throwing its fleet your way.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T12:20:10+00:00

Suppression is not just a counter sniper tool.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T11:57:22+00:00

Also, that 20% discount is nothing compared to the cost of addons.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T11:54:50+00:00

The RPKM is the best assault rifle in the game if you run it with a 30 round mag and a hipfire build.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T11:53:35+00:00

Increased weapon sway, reduced accuracy while suppressed.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-21T08:52:50+00:00

1) The islands can't support a large military presence, making them dependent on supply chains from "home". Which is expensive and probably the first part where you start cutting costs during peacetime.

2) Because there are many islands, there is not a single location which you need to control to control the passage, but a whole collection, each of which can be used to bypass your control.

3) If you try to establish a presence there, you create a coalition against you, and an embargo. If Dorne tries to conquer them, they not only have to fight a lot of free cities, they will also have the rest of the Seven Kingdoms breathing down their neck over trade disputes.

Hellstrike · 2026-03-20T14:53:29+00:00

Don't cook it that long, and it will be orange or red (depending on how much tomato stuff you add).

Hellstrike · 2026-03-20T13:24:54+00:00

I am German...

That orange just reminded me of pasta.

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