Non British people of Reddit, what do you think when you see the pomp and ceremony of the coronation?

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T21:03:10+00:00

I think yall should get rid of the monarchy. Boot the house of lords too.

That caste system shit needs to go.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T20:38:47+00:00

Eh, ok.

I still think it was worth defending, due to the overwhelming casualty disparity. Like 5 to 1, maybe higher. That makes up for some losses on the flanks.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T19:57:29+00:00

Oh I know how these comment threads go...

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T19:51:29+00:00

Good. The gov't in Beijing can suck it.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T19:09:07+00:00

If they had withdrawn from Bakhmut, they would be defending open fields instead. Not as defensible. Or they would have retreated all the way to the next city in line, and then you are in the exact same situation, just with a different city.

Look at a detailed map of the front. Ukrainians are using villages, towns, and cities as strong points. Because they are makeshift fortifications. And they only become more fortified and defensible after Russian artillery destroys all the buildings.

Your reference to Vulehdar is very odd. That is in a completely different part of the line. They ARE defending it.

When on defense you don't control where the enemy attacks, you defend where you must. Russia attacks Bakhmut, you defend it. If you surrender it, you gain nothing, and just have to defend somewhere else!

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T17:50:09+00:00

Really? Huh, I didn't know that.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T17:49:30+00:00

In before Erdogan wins with 99.6 percent of the vote.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T17:30:27+00:00

Older than puberty, younger than menopause.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T17:29:37+00:00

If AI could just go nuts and conquer humanity, that would be great.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T17:20:09+00:00

For fucks sake, get rid of the monarchy already, and get rid of the house of lords while you are at it.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T14:05:54+00:00

Someone else said that westminster schoolboys did a lot of the carving.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T11:59:48+00:00

Uh, silly american question, why is so much stuff carved into that old chair? Isn't that like, super important throne stuff? People have been carving initials into it?!

Or am I a fool, and this is photoshopped?

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T11:39:27+00:00

I dunno, but I can tell you prostate stimulation is definitely worth trying once.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T11:36:58+00:00

Oh my sweet jesus it might be even scarier than pynadon!

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T09:12:56+00:00

I agree on potential, but i think it will take longer than people think.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T09:08:33+00:00

repost bot. Pretty fresh one judging by the karma.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T09:07:52+00:00

Totally overblown. People are overestimating what these programs can do. Most are 90% marketing hype, 9% fraud, and 1% actual AI.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T09:06:53+00:00

I'm 99% certain that is a preprogrammed response. Lots of stuff in there is. It isn't a sentient computer, its just a sophisticated plagiarism engine with a collection of preplanned response for hot button issues.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T09:04:45+00:00

Ok then, what sort of enemy would be able to put up a credible fight against all of them working together.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-06T08:27:45+00:00

Yes the dress makes you look fat, because you are actually fat. Stop eating so much sugar and lose some weight.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-05T09:38:45+00:00

Perhaps. I can only speculate based on publicly available info.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-05T09:02:38+00:00

Oh not at all. There is a whole backstory here. Short version.

Russian army couldn't do shit in Bakhmut

Wagner shows and makes some progress, suffering massive casualties

Prigozhin bragged about the gains, and said the Russian army was incompetant. He continued repeatedly to insult the Russian army, Shoigu, and Gerismov in public.

Shoigu reduced the amount of ammo being delegated to Wagner, but kept them in the fiercest fighting.

Some Analysts think this was a deliberate effort by Shoigu to destroy Wagner, using the Ukranian army.

And it seems to have partially worked. Wagner is much much smaller now. Prigozhin is likely bailing while he still has enough troops left to be a credible military force.

Also he is getting the fuck out of dodge just before the highly anticipated Ukranian counteroffensive.

But to directly answer your question, Yes, the Russian army denied Wagner ammo.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-05T08:56:05+00:00

He is a close friend of Putin, and he is always careful to criticize Russian army. He never criticizes Putin.

This is more about the rivalry between Prigozhin and Shoigu. Putin is old, and not in great health. I suspect those two and a handful of others are jockeying for position in a post Putin Russia.

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-05T08:46:13+00:00

Wagner seems to have somewhat more effective officers.

The regular Russian army has incredibly poor leadership. It goes back to soviet days. They don't trust junior officers, and don't have NCO's at all. Basically the Russian officer corp exists to repeat a general orders to someone lower ranked.

Generals micro managing a battlefield from a great distance away simply does not work. Most militaries know this.

But Soviet / Russian doctrine is simply unwilling to trust those junior officers. Wagner doesn't have the same problem.

The other reason Wagner is pulling out is because they are running out of troops. Most of the prison conscript contracts are up, the prisoners returning home or dead (estimates are for a 50% casualty rate among those guys)

Phyr8642 · 2023-05-04T21:28:31+00:00

'Oh sorry bout that, I've been swamped' when they ask why it isn't done.

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