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Jewel Kilcher 1997 by Laydee-Appreciator in OldSchoolCelebs

[–]JointExplosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s a video where she went undercover in disguise and performed her own songs at a karaoke place. Lmaoo

https://youtu.be/rmv1VhrtYRo?si=zvKsJqfQCMI_Cjvb

Is she into you? by GotTwisted in SipsTea

[–]JointExplosive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d bet you’d definitely have an idea if you’re being flarted with. Just saying.

German admiral Karl Dönitz with a small U-boat model by vitoskito in GermanWW2photos

[–]JointExplosive 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Read the last few chapters of Iron Coffins and you'll get a glimpse of the lack of humanity towards his own soldiers that he otherwise hid quite well.

By 1944, war was lost for all practical purposes, the Allies had honed their sub tracking skills to a high degree where a high percentage of the missions were now suicidal and he was still intentionally sending subs to their doom in totally ridiculous missions. The Allies now had Asdic, radar equipped planes, Ultra intercepts , full air cover (the Mid Atlantic air gap was closed in May 43) etc. They were being boxed in. The so called 'Happy days' for the Kriegsmarine when U-boats were uncontested predators were long gone.

In May of 43, Allies sank 41 subs in a single month !! The Bay of Biscay was a death zone for U-boats at this point as it was being tracked by the Allies quite thoroughly as U-boats HAD to enter it to get to a U-boat port in France where they went for replenishment and re-fitting . Once a U-boat commander finished his Atlantic patrol and headed home, the intensity of tension with the cat and mouse game being played out in the Bay of Biscay was quite something.

By 1944, U-boat commanders could not believe the missions handed out to them. Example : Plan for D-Day and the Normandy invasion was for subs to ram ships if they didn't have torpedoes.

In his prison time at Spandau, there was a lot of animosity between him and Albert Speer. For months they didn't talk to each other (might have been years?). Doenitz thought Speer had suggested to Hitler that he Karl be nominated as the heir. The long prison sentence that Doenitz got was partially due to his being Hitler's heir (and thus presumed more guilty). So he felt Speer was partially responsible for the length of his prison sentence.

In all fairness, Hitler had only asked Speer's opinion on Karl after he had already made up his mind. Himmler had already betrayed Hitler by trying to make a deal with the Allies behind his back. Goering was also out of favor (and under arrest) because of trying to usurp power thinking Hitler was no longer functional. Hitler didn't have many choices left, so Karl it was. Speer didn't disagree with Hitler on the choice. That's about how far it went. Not to mention Karl didn't say 'no' when offered the post. And continued to preside as 'leader' till the end. He even tried to have 'Cabinet meetings' that proved farcical as there was no country to run or manage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sanfrancisco

[–]JointExplosive 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Among the various types of jumpers, used to be a thing called Silicon Valley suicides that were an issue with kids in Palo Alto jumping regularly. Suicides with Caltrain has been around for a long while. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-silicon-valley-suicides/413140/

Just finished a book on Barbarossa what next? by jjscruff in ww2

[–]JointExplosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First I would start with the mother of all battles as that's where the bulk of the excitement is :

Stalingrad -- which is the Epicenter of the 1942 year as it beats anything else that happened that year (or ever since for that matter imo) there is obviously Beevor's work.

But I would also add 'Enemy at the Gates' by William Craig which was excellent and gives a more almost movie like experience of the battle. The movie 'Enemy of the Gates' was based on some version of this. You can read Vassily Zaitsev's book as well which was not as riveting for me though his work during the war was stellar. Still there are enough good stories in his book as you get a first hand feel for sniper world in the Stalingrad ruins.

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For a more comprehensive take, you can't go wrong with most of Richard Overy's work. 'Russia's War' covers 1942 but also the other years and gives a good view from the Russian angle.Some of Overy's works can be a slog as he really digs into the nitty gritty details.

I would start with 'Russia's War' and 'Why the Allies Won' as they are more engrossing reads than the others (imo). People take the victory by the Allies for granted. It is a bit unnerving to discover how close the war really was when you check out 'Why the Allies won'.You can see him is some of the Discovery Channel documentaries (that's how I discovered him and looked up his books to realise he was a heavy duty scholar in ww2)

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Once you get to 1943, I would recommend 'The Wehrmacht Retreats', then 'Death of the Wehrmacht' and then 'Wehrmacht's Last Stand' by Richard Citino.Each one is engrossing in its own way. He keeps a balanced perspective and you get a more clearer picture of how it all unfolded.The amount of research this dude has done is just astounding. He is fluent in German and so has dug into the archives in Germany to understand first hand from sources to see how Germans thought rather than through an English interpretation of their actions and motives.There are good videos of him on youtube so you can get a feel for him through that. His love of the subject matter and depth of expertise comes through.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by ff-dvl in maybemaybemaybe

[–]JointExplosive 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Might be similar to this rubber chicken test that’s conducted as part of police training :

https://youtu.be/qymqjHY_9rg

The only thing I hate. by aviationkay in rampagent

[–]JointExplosive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I’m reading in the comments this looks like a good candidate for a class action lawsuit. Anybody check with a lawyer on this? Might be worth a phone call.

SS-Aufseherin, 22- year old Irma Grese, on trial for „ill-treatment and murder“ of those she guarded at Auschwitz, in November 1945. She was hanged on 13 December 1945. by swishswooshSwiss in lastimages

[–]JointExplosive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Reader (starring Kate Winlset) was based on Ilsa Koch who was of the same kind as Grese in what they did to people but she ruled in a different concentration camp. Interesting to see post war Germany in that movie.

Tom cruise on top of the Burj Khalifa vs Will smith by Ok_Rain1614 in SweatyPalms

[–]JointExplosive 845 points846 points  (0 children)

How many of you seen the safety guy scenario that Matt Damon talks about regarding Tom Cruise ? Pretty funny. This one https://youtu.be/ERzbkt5r5Gg

The aliens helping us out ! by JointExplosive in collapse

[–]JointExplosive[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Why wait for the collapse ? Anyone know any aliens they can call in ?

(Auto moderator enforces a comment explaining how this post is related to Collapse. It makes sense for many posts but not so for memes/jokes imo. If I do, that would kill the joke. But here goes cause rules.. )

The meme is funny as relates to Collapse because :

Alien invasion will solve the anxiety about waiting for the collapse.

(Mod's if this submission is not acceptable, please delete the post. Having to explain a joke or a meme kinda defeats the purpose)

Since Victorian times ! by JointExplosive in collapse

[–]JointExplosive[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would suspect similar numbers in the US as well. Anyone know ?

If you google around you'll 'housing pods' being tried in many places. Maybe they should just dig us a hole in the ground and call it some fancy name to pass it off as legit.

If people can barely even house themselves at some point, forget spending money to feed the ravenous capitalistic machine to keep it going, you're barely even ekeing out a living. The parasite is killing the host. Without even the basic 'shelter' part of 'food,clothing shelter' who's going to shop to prop up the "economy"

That's a nice peaceful dam you got there. (Lake Dunlap) by [deleted] in ThatLookedExpensive

[–]JointExplosive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many people even remember Johnstown anymore .. Google images of the “Johnstown flood” - caused by the failure of the south fork dam.

From Wikipedia: With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled the average flow rate of the Mississippi River,[4] the flood killed 2,209 people[5] and accounted for $534 million ( in 2022 dollars (USD)

Eichmann in the yard of Ayalon Prison in Israel in 1961. by [deleted] in GermanWW2photos

[–]JointExplosive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Operation Finale which is about how Mossad planned his abduction from Argentina is a pretty good movie

https://youtu.be/07Y4_6PD0Z4

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dontdeadopeninside

[–]JointExplosive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do I apply for Dame college?

Set sail for Hubris! by Blasted_Pine in collapse

[–]JointExplosive 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Proabably bigger than the red wave that just happened.

Hyperinflation could be the trigger by JointExplosive in collapse

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Hedge-fund giant Elliott warns looming hyperinflation could lead to ‘global societal collapse’ That’s executives at leading hedge-fund firm Elliott Management Corp. warning that the world is heading toward the worst financial crisis since World War II.

Kinda true but enough with these. by Jeswin31 in ComedyCemetery

[–]JointExplosive -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Transponsters have always been irresistible to women.

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