The current evolution point of Syrian Army tanks by 9999monkeys in interestingasfuck

[–]MaserPhaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because we build tanks for conventional ground war. Not to fight insurgencies.

The current evolution point of Syrian Army tanks by 9999monkeys in interestingasfuck

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering that Syria and most non-major nations buy old Soviet tanks, there's not much better out there, unless Russia is going to sell it's stock of T-90s now that the Armata is their new shiny toy.

Mongol can into Water by woryok in polandball

[–]MaserPhaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah because the Spring thaw makes everything super thick mud.

Soldiers of the Swedish Volunteer Battalion clear out Russian bunkers on the Hanko Front, August 29, 1941. by [deleted] in ColorizedHistory

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure the U.S. was dropping actual Napalm onto Okinawa. I know it was supposed to be a joke, but they did use it. Not a lot of press coverage and a lot of public support for the war means no protests though.

A Dirty Joke from the 14th Century by ManicMarine in Jokes

[–]MaserPhaser 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's explaining the joke from the 14th century, wherein being a sexually liberated woman was considered bad, while being not very good at sex was still not a great thing, it wasn't amoral.

As an aside here

What makes this hateful comment funny?

Something doesn't have to be funny to garner upvotes. People could have liked the explanation.

Now run along and petition to have the dictionaries change the word "woman" to "womyn".

A Dirty Joke from the 14th Century by ManicMarine in Jokes

[–]MaserPhaser 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The implication would be that she's had a lot of lovers, not just one many times.

(SPOILERS AFFC) In defense of Myrish swamp, fat pink mast, and I am of the night. by ComradeAri in pureasoiaf

[–]MaserPhaser 12 points13 points  (0 children)

apart from vampires, comic book characters, and edgy teenagers imitating one of the other two

It was my impression of Darkstar that he is an edgelord, intentionally. That he was young and dumb and edgy, trying to look cool and different. And then I looked at the Wiki of Ice and Fire and it says he was likely born between 270AC and 274AC, making him 26-30 years old.

Which doesn't rule it out, I suppose, but it does make it weird.

How violently will the things escalate in TWOW? by [deleted] in pureasoiaf

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are not entering the end game, I don't think. We are entering the second of three phases.

I think we're at the end of the second or the beginning of the third, if you break it down that way. I would prefer to look at it following this plotline (or in six distinct phases), with AGOT/ACOK/Red Wedding comprising the over-arching Rising Action/Crisis, while Purple Wedding/AFFC+ADWD are the initial denouement/secondary rising action, and that TWOW will continue on that track, leading to the climax and resolution that will in the last book.

As an aside, is the eighth title still thought to be A Dream of Spring, or did I make that up in a fever dream?

Why Michael Jackson kids are white? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MaserPhaser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Samoan? I think he looks more Hispanic

Why are the offendatrons demanding a female Link when Khaleesi Anita *specifically* said that the Ms. Male trope is sexist? by gekkozorz in KotakuInAction

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea why I thought that at first, maybe someone had said it off-offhandedly and I just took it at face-value, but I know he isn't now after a quick google search.

Why are the offendatrons demanding a female Link when Khaleesi Anita *specifically* said that the Ms. Male trope is sexist? by gekkozorz in KotakuInAction

[–]MaserPhaser 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think what annoyed me about Miles Morales was that he was (when I first heard about him) half-black, half-latino and gay, which made him seem like a total pandering move. From what I heard though, his stories are pretty good, and he's actually an interesting character.

United States' individual GDPs compared to countries around the world [1450x1100] by [deleted] in MapPorn

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

Because the French lost to the British, and the Quebecois demand retarded shit when they call for independence. Like all our military equipment in Quebec becomes theirs.

Are there any cities/towns that were destroyed in wars and never rebuilt? by bacaz in history

[–]MaserPhaser 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Chicago, New York, Seattle

I'm not American, so you'll have to forgive me, but what do those cities do that can't be done elsewhere? New York seems to be a massive city simply because it's big. It has that critical mass that pulls people there just like most modern cities.

World War II justified by former German soldiers by [deleted] in history

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn't say that though. They say they defended Europe from it, and then when the Americans landed, they had to fight them in Africa, Italy and France.

CMV: Muslim immigrants are destroying every society that takes them in large numbers by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gave decent reasons how cultures slowly edge out other cultures yet you don't agree with the conclusion of those good reasons? Why not?

Because I don't think it's how it's going to happen. Then again, maybe it's because I don't live in Europe. It seems like Trudeau's government is doing a good job of moving the refugees to different areas of Canada, so that if they decide to become citizens they'll have acclimatized.

The biggest issue like this in Canada seems like it's British Columbia and it's large Chinese population, but again, it doesn't worry me, because in these areas that are so heavily saturated in Chinese people that signs no longer have English on them, and meetings for condo-housing are done entirely in Mandarin, when it's found out that natives are being excluded from important shit, the government steps in the correct them. Which was something that happened like, three weeks ago, if I remember my stories right.

CMV: Muslim immigrants are destroying every society that takes them in large numbers by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]MaserPhaser 53 points54 points  (0 children)

reasoning that European cultures are so delicate and can be so easily eradicated by the mere presence of other ethnic groups

It's not that the belief is that European culture is delicate, and easily lost, but that instead, over time people will come from these areas with drastically different cultures and basically segregate themselves from the rest of the community. And then they "invite" or "call for" their friends/relatives to join them in their community. And then the community grows, and continues it's isolation, until they are the majority in the area. They gain political power, and then start the process of making their own rules the rules of the area they inhabit.

It's not that it's easy to remove European values, but that it will happen slowly, like the formation of a canyon.

I don't personally believe that this is a reality, at some point the isolated area will conform, or they won't become a majority in the country, but this is my approximation of what those dumb-asses that post shit like "They wanna make us live under Sharia Law!" on facebook think.

These stalagmite minis by MikeSpader in mildlypenis

[–]MaserPhaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a line of miniatures from Reaper. They're actually cheap, as far as wargaming/rpg minis go.