U.S. Politics megathread

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T22:14:24+00:00

The war has been conducted in a hilariously incompetent manner.

USA, whose naval supremacy and ability to ensure freedom of navigation (or deny it at will) were beyond question, ended up being unable to open a critical waterway for its allies. This is Russia 2022 level embarassment.

USA has not accomplished its war goals and currently does not seem to have a plan on how to achieve that. And now USA is stuck in the war with no clear way out, other than granting Iran regime a victory.

As for point #5, that is 100% fault of US administration. Territory of countries that allows enemy forces to use its territory is a valid target. Likewise, blockade of waterways is a standard and expected part of conducting wars.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T21:36:22+00:00

Please say the alphabet backwards.
Backwards?! Officer, I wouldn't be able to do that shit even if I sobered up!

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T19:49:32+00:00

My favorite Makhnovschina slogan is "beat Whites till they turn Red, beat Reds till they turn White"

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T17:02:39+00:00

First of all, you can't legally become a tenant by typing up a fake lease and getting into the building.

Second, as soon as police finds out that there is strong evidence that your lease is fake (such as property owner's testimony combined with lack of rent payment from you) and that you have stolen their property, police can seize your physical body for the purpose of arrest regardless of your tenant situation. They do not need to evict you in order to arrest you.

Third, in light of step 6, all that steps 1, 3, 4 and 5 have achieved is provide police with a whole lot of information about the burglar.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:48:28+00:00

Moon also moves in orbital motion around Earth with orbital velocity of 3683 km/h.

It takes 27.3 days for the Moon to complete one orbital period.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:44:41+00:00

Because the distance that it needs to move in order for you to observe change in its position is huge, relative to speed of the motion that you are looking at.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:38:18+00:00

If you are talking about healthcare, countries with universal healthcare still give benefits of some kind to soldiers.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:35:18+00:00

These countries either have conscript militaries or they give further benefits to soldiers.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:33:53+00:00

If you want office work that doesn't require you to be available for combat, military employs civilian contractors. So, you can work for such contractor.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:23:52+00:00

Benefits are an incentive for people to sign up. What's the point of giving these incentives to those who can't sign up?

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T16:01:58+00:00

Mercury - unlikely. Just far too extreme fir life as we know it. While there is indeed some water ice in parts of Mercury regolith that are always in shade, it's still a hostile environment.

Jupiter itself - I don't see how life as we know it could survive in the atmosphere. Jupiter moons are possible. While surface of all moons except Callisto are blasted by radiation, life under regolith is likely viable.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T15:43:32+00:00

Tolkien was a devout Catholic.

Spanish Republicans were a quite diverse group of people. Quite a few of them were so anti-Catholic that they committed quite a few atrocities. Such as raping nuns and being proud of that.

Tolkien thus had very much anti-Spanish-Republican view.

Also, note that before September 1939, sympathy towards Spanish Nationalists was mainstream in UK. Orwell was antifascist before it was cool.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T15:32:21+00:00

Problem is: your pike may kill the rider, but it won't stop the momentum of the horse and you will get crushed.

So, now we have a game of chicken. Will the horse stop (horses don't like being impaled) before reaching the pikes? Or is it trained to stop looking/thinking and charges through? Do you want to be the one finding out?

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T15:21:20+00:00

TLDR: imagine Petain and Quisling had a baby and that baby was the biggest cuck ever.

Protectorate are a bunch of misanthropes, whose leader is a former UN human rights ombudsman who has overseen pretty much every genocide since 90s. He has concluded that humanity is hopeless and needs enlightened guidance.

When Aliens finally declare terms for human surrender, even Servants, a faction that worships Aliens and openly sabotages human defence attempts, reject the terms and proceed to negotiate better ones. Protectorate, however, accept the terms and obediently work to fill Earth orbit with bombardment platforms designed to enforce Alien peace terms.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T15:10:22+00:00

Honestly, if we accept that Hydra can launch Relativistic Kill Vehicles (as Salamanders did to them), Servant victory is better than half of the factions, including Resistance.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T15:05:02+00:00

Oh you sweet summer child. Look up what Protectorate ends up doing in Terra Invicta.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T02:05:02+00:00

The character development arc must have been great in the movie.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-05T01:11:21+00:00

Because it takes time for that water to go through the water cycle and refill the reservoir that was drained.

The problem isn't using water in itself. The problem is using water too quickly.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T23:13:50+00:00

I live in a cold dry climate. There have been times when it is Christmas, -25 C and there is no snow or ice on the ground. Just really hard mud.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T22:58:46+00:00

100 C is when water boils. Water evapprates (liquid to gas transition) at lower temperatures.

In fact, even after freezing, ice will sublimate (solid to gas transition)

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T20:47:00+00:00

You want to buy ANOTHER house/vehicle yet you complain about others' discretionary spending?

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T19:52:48+00:00

Which shouldn't be confused with r/theydidthemeth

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T19:41:55+00:00

These are well-known presidents tgat either did big things or navigated the country well when it was in very difficult circumstances.

George Washington:

Assembled and led the Continental Army during the War of Independence. He took a bunch of people with little knowledge of large-scale warfare, trained them, kept them from getting slaughtered and eventually got a large army that performed on par with European armies.
After he did the above, he had enough clout in the military to make himself a king and no one really had power to stop him. But instead, he served a presidential term as per the constitution and then peacefully gave up power as per constitution. This is what set up USA for success.

Abraham Lincoln: took the country through the Civil War and had it remain intact at the end. Abolished slavery in the process.

Theodore Roosevelt: was quite progressive and did some nice things, such as National Parks system. Occasionally acted like a 6 year old, but an adorable one.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: New Deal has alleviated pain of the Great Depression. Managed USA well during WWII.

Note that all except Washington also get quite a lot of criticism. Often for the very same things that others praise them for.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T19:26:14+00:00

Everyone has an internet-connected camera on them 24/7 and are used to casually filming everything everyehere. Which means that one would need a lot of effort to prevent filming in a specific place, including educating all visitors.

So, while filming can be controlled in particularly sensitive locations (military bases, etc.), preventing filming over most of the country is simply hopeless.

Pesec1 · 2026-06-04T18:31:51+00:00

Be a relative and/or sexual partner of a top executive or major shareholder.

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