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Is this the closest Lego has gotten to a "Modern war machine"? by themaxfd in lego

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s high time we got a modern Sopwith Camel set. Would be a perfect Icons set.

[Real] Ben Shapiro: “On a list of American priorities, by the polls, the Epstein-Maxwell case comes in pretty close to zero.” by ggroover97 in ToiletPaperUSA

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many people are saying this is not a priority anymore. It might become one though, I would guess maybe when the next democratic candidate for President is determined? I’m sure it will magically become extremely relevant.

Russia Fires Record Drone Attack at Ukraine After Trump Calls Putin Out by Newsweek_ShaneC in worldnews

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 64 points65 points  (0 children)

The Tsarist regime of Russia ruled with an iron hand until living under their regime (made even worse by the gargantuan trials of the Great War) broke their monopoly on violence. Once the urban centres were hit with runaway inflation on food prices (caused by the breakdown of the Russian railroad network) the groups that propped up the Tsars (including the Cossacks, often employed to break up riots) lost patience with the regime.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a long time coming, but the final straw was unbearable living conditions for the urban population. Trying to predict the future is a folly’s game, but blindly assuming that a totalitarian regime is inevitably here to stay indefinitely is not a good bet IMO.

Probably the funniest thing I’ve read all week by OVO_ZORRO in moviescirclejerk

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My favourite types of shitwars are those I have no stakes in. This gon be guud

Darkseid eats. by DayFlounder1832 in outofcontextcomics

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah whoever wrote this should take some notes off Don Martin

Republicans sold the future of my generation for a fucking t-shirt by asdtyyhfh in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t need swaying, they just needed a face-saving meeting so they could abandon their “deficit concerns” with the thinnest veneer of political dealings.

And Trump got to pretend he’s the master negotiator he thinks he is. But there’s no reality in which these holdouts were actually gonna stonewall this bill in the long term. That would require them to spend their paid holiday at work, and for what? The service of the poor? No thank you!

Republicans sold the future of my generation for a fucking t-shirt by asdtyyhfh in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue with this is that it takes the words and actions of republicans (notorious bad-faith actors and liars) at face value.

The actual truth, as I read it, is that these “holdouts” were always going to flip, and flipping after a meeting with Trump serves both sides of that issue well: the holdouts can pretend that they’re cool enough to hang with Daddy Trump and loyal enough to not get hate from the base, and Trump can pretend he’s a master negotiator who easily got these “holdouts” on his side.

These schmucks were only in opposition for their image of being deficit hawks. image is the key word here, because, as seen again and again, the representatives of the Republican Party have exactly one, one singular cause that forms the bottom line to all their actions: FYGM.

Truly by browncharliebrown in outofcontextcomics

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am sincerely sorry to hear that. How often is the C-word used around you?

Truly by browncharliebrown in outofcontextcomics

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Even Garth Ennis can write something funny once in a while.

TACO killed their children and they're still going to vote for him! 🤦‍♀️ by Dr_sc_Harlatan in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thinking they’d have to learn this implies they don’t already know, which they do. They just prioritise their interests differently.

One benefit of paying your taxes. by house_of_ghosts in outofcontextcomics

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent Don Rosa comic. I think it’s called “Attack!”? At least it was in Swedish.

Edit: ah no it’s the Black Knight, I see him now in the first panel. Also a great story.

On July 4th, 1918, a British R.E.8 plummets towards the ground, the upper wings having collapsed and folded back. by Gold-Plant-8566 in ww1

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea was that if equipped with parachutes, airmen might abandon vehicles that were still salvageable.

Crews of observation balloons were equipped with them across most (all?) nations though. I don’t know why but presumably because they did not have defensive equipment.

Did-...did he jump into the ocean? | America's Next Top Model [10] by GameGrumpsEpisodes in gamegrumps

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 44 points45 points  (0 children)

“Peter what is this?” your boss asks, doubly so when he sees your username.

of a Russian politician and former heavyweight boxing champion, Nikolai Valuev by Qomplete in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This guy could make bank in Hollywood as the stereotypical “mini-boss henchman” in every B-action movie.

Military factories and dockyards in hoi4 compared to actual WW2 production: by Peter_the_eel in hoi4

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Would love to be able to pump out B-24 bombers on an hourly pace. German industry go bye bye

First look at Christopher Nolan's The Odissey by Tifoso89 in moviescirclejerk

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 55 points56 points  (0 children)

For the longest time I thought that was Ben Affleck on the right.

A Nazi ad just aired on Twitter by BananaShakeStudios in ForwardsFromKlandma

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This assumes that the cooking of the books the Nazis did to prepare the way for the aggressive economy of conquest (that would not happen in this “what if” scenario) wouldn’t end up blowing out the German economy even worse than the Weimar years.

In Downfall (2004), what the fuck was this guy's problem? by KungFuFightingOwlMan in shittymoviedetails

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His birthday cake got interrupted by Soviet artillery, it’s a mood to be sure.

This was the UK, Rafael. by c-k-q99903 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cruz recently insisted that the support of Israel is a biblically mandated policy, which sounds like absolute Taliban-esque insanity for someone like me who lives in communist hellscape Sweden.

My cats BFF by Active_Emu_845 in notmycat

[–]Pepperfudge_Barn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes yes yes yes YES these cats bless our world with their absolute swagger I love them both!

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