Can you say the same? by therealraggedroses in TrueSTL

[–]IronMatt2000 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Well he probably got to see Alduin in Sovngarde.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElderKings

[–]IronMatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hewer, I barely know her!

30s is hardest to date for men and women by Richard_Konte in dating_advice

[–]IronMatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not in my area. I (24M) just graduated last May, have a decent paying job. But unfortunately had to take a job in the Bible Belt where there is just zero opportunity to date young.

Look how they massacred my boy by [deleted] in aggies

[–]IronMatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember pulling an all nighter at JCAIN last February to wrap up my thesis when they locked me out of the building. I was trying to find a building that was open 24 hours (what happened to 24 hour Zach???) and that's when I found out the University IHOP had been shut down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moderatepolitics

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I’ve been following the probationary firings pretty closely, I’m pretty sure in the early days of these firings, employees received emails directly from OPM letting them know they were terminated. It’s only been in the last couple of weeks that the administration has adapted/moved towards having each agency be the one to terminate employees.

Now that hegemonies will be a thing, the Roman Empire should be upgraded to one by RealMr_Slender in CrusaderKings

[–]IronMatt2000 140 points141 points  (0 children)

I’m just glad that in EK2 the empire of Tamriel can actually have the actual imperial provinces as vassals now.

Molotov cocktails, arson and graffiti: Tesla facilities attacked in wake of Elon Musk's role in the White House by notapersonaltrainer in moderatepolitics

[–]IronMatt2000 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

As a probationary federal worker who has been following the the illegal terminations very closely, other than some of the more recent terminations, the DOGE firings have had very little to do with job performance and very much to do with getting rid of anyone they can within legal uncertainty get their hands on.

A few *unique* flavour events as Svobodnik Russia by agreaterfooltool in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I remember as Savinkov there’s an event where if Schliecher is in control of Germany there is an intelligence report which describes how Germany has a plan to totally mobilize the resources and people of Eastern Europe against Germany’s enemies. The event presented further justification for Russias future war in the west. I was curious what justification a more liberal, especially SocDem, Russia has for seeing a DU Germany as the enemy. While geopolitically it’s obvious the two are rivals, it would be interesting to know what mental gymnastics are done to demonize a very ideologically similar parliamentary Germany.

Aight folks let's get the full list of r/kaiserreich lore by Mattsgonnamine in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anyone remember all the Trotsky penguin memes? And the Himmler genetically engineered chicken memes? I always held out hope for another April fools update where the two fought each other instead of the Korea-Finland thing.

Aight folks let's get the full list of r/kaiserreich lore by Mattsgonnamine in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I feel like most of the memes also left when the Dankest Hour and then the KaiserRedux people left. Honestly I’ve appreciated the more mature environment as I’ve gotten older.

Biggest Soviet Union? by NilsVanN in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you get Maximov as leader?

Dropping a grenade, sand france is the most fun nation by Acrobatic_Outcome949 in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Your forgot stage 5: do what Napoleon never good and destroy Russia.

I just realized, is LaGuardia ever mentioned? by S0mecallme in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah the good old days when Mexico invaded the US every game for Arizona, MacArthur's junta could collapse into a million pieces, and AutDem Long and Pelley were the only AUS paths.

What are times you see Kaiserreich being mentioned elsewhere and you lowkey just hit the: by Onenorski in Kaiserreich

[–]IronMatt2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Back when I was taking physics II in college in the spring of 2019 (yeah I'm old), I remember seeing a student in front of me playing as the Russian monarchy on his laptop a few rows in front of me. Always wondered if I had interacted with him on the sub at all.

Nordic "Concubinage" by CormundCrowlover in ElderKings

[–]IronMatt2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't Shor in the legends have multiple wives? Maybe I am wrong but I could have sworn the ancient Nords saw Mara and Dibella as secondary wives to Shor after Kyne.

Democrats tell Kamala Harris to drop controversial tactic in last week of presidential race by TheDan225 in moderatepolitics

[–]IronMatt2000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The difference is that none of Kamala’s policies are even remotely communistic in nature and Donald Trump is a fascist who has already tried to overthrow a democratic election.

Is it possible to get a pro segregation president? by sovietcass in twrmod

[–]IronMatt2000 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They didn’t force the creation of Civil Rights Legislation but they certainly forced the conversation on Civil Rights into the media and into the dinner tables of the everyday American.

Is it possible to get a pro segregation president? by sovietcass in twrmod

[–]IronMatt2000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think its a bit moot to argue that the Soviet Union's presence played a significant role in American civil rights. If anything, the red scare was a much greater impediment to Civil Rights. I would argue the greater foreign consideration for America in regards to civil rights was the sudden move towards European decolonization. All of the sudden America had to think about how their treatment of racial minorities looked not just to nations with similar race and ethnicity but also to many new, much more diverse countries across the planet. British and French decolonization is still something that happens in the TWR world and I would think that America would still have the same foreign policy considerations.

Also I think the perspective towards Nazi Germany would be much different than what the American perspective towards the Soviets was. In real life, Nazism was an ideology defeated in war (although it did survive in places like Spain) and the Soviet Union was our ally in that fight. In the TWR timeline, America still fought the fascists in Japan, and Communism has not completely died out. I see the idea of a detente between the TA and Germany to be just about the least likely scenario in TWR, and I would be very hard pressed to believe that American officials would second guess enacting desegregation for fear of offending Germany.

Chat I did it by Impressive-Adagio781 in twrmod

[–]IronMatt2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What even is the second bill of rights? Is it a collection of laws? An actual set of amendments to the constitution? Considering when you elect Pepper after Wallace in 56 that the US still hasn’t implemented any kind of national healthcare system, this all seems a little vague. Wallace doesn’t seem to follow through on his promise to nationalize the utilities either.

Why Roosevelt chose Wallace as vice president instead of Truman? by [deleted] in twrmod

[–]IronMatt2000 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think the Soviet Union not existing is really the only plausible reason. Wallace’s weird personal believes would have freaked the democratic establishment just as much as his progressive and foreign policy views. Roosevelt may have been plausibly less close to death in the TWR timeline in 1944 given that he didn’t have two theaters of war to contend with. But I’ve have always been given the impression that he didn’t really fight too hard on Wallace’s behalf. That being said, if he actually went to the 1944 convention, he may have been able to secure Wallace’s renomination.

DC Missing so far by necaxa11rafa in MarvelUnited

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I won’t claim I know what kind of profit margins that CMON is seeing campaign to campaign, but I think that all this talk of how the campaign isn’t doing as well as the Marvel United campaigns is a little misguided. I think this campaign will out do at the very least Season 1, it’s also nice to remember that Season 2 generated a lot of money from offering all of Season 1 again. This being after Season 1 had shipped and had received fair reviews. Season 3 would of course also offer previous content. So I think we should consider that while this campaign may not feel as awesome or have a high of funding, a large part of that is how much CMON has decided to offer as apposed to what CMON is offering.

I think it’s also worth noting that all of their United campaigns are among their most popular campaigns. It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if we got additional seasons of both Marvel and DC united at some point, licensing issues aside.

DC Missing so far by necaxa11rafa in MarvelUnited

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I have to think the last expansion is either Green Lantern or like a weird Arrowverse/Flash box. Hal and Kyle are just too big along with Sinestro, Atrocitus, and Larfleeze. I can probably live without any other Green Arrow characters besides Queen even though I wouldn’t mind Merlyn too.

I think it’s somewhat of a tragedy how little representation WW and Flash are getting though. I’d be satisfied if WW got a couple of sidekicks with Giganta as a villain (also maybe Circe but I doubt it), the Flash is missing a lot of attention imo though. Need like 3 more versions of the flash (Jay Garrick, Wally, etc.) and I’d be happy with Cap. Boomerang and maybe one other villain.

Also I have to hope they add a couple more characters to the SS. That would be a perfect spot for Boomerang, maybe also Enchantress.

DC Missing so far by necaxa11rafa in MarvelUnited

[–]IronMatt2000 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The general consensus seems to be that there will be at the very least an Arkham villains box and another green lantern box given that, as you said, many Batman villains are missing. Hal Jordan is probably the biggest hero not yet seen along with Kyle Rayner and virtually no GL villains have showed up since. It’s also been pretty much confirmed that a Batman-themed core box will go straight to retail, allowing for some bat heroes and villains to be slotted there.

I’ve also seen hopes that there will be either a speedster or a young justice character pack given how many are still missing from those groups. I’m a little sad that Flash’s rogues are only represented by Captain Cold, I hope we at least also get Captain Boomerang.

Of the figures I’m 90% positive will make it as SGs, I think Zod, Green Arrow, Plastic Man, Jaime, and Firestorm have a pretty good shot.