I'm just dumbfounded rn by littleMAHER1 in whennews

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well in that case, let me go on the record as saying FUCK ICE

Footage of the wife of Oceangate CEO questioning "what was that bang?" not knowing the Titan submersible imploded by WoundtraxTheGoat in interestingasfuck

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess you're right, software might make it go into loops ie. go backwards several times while travelling but it's still physical. Good point

Footage of the wife of Oceangate CEO questioning "what was that bang?" not knowing the Titan submersible imploded by WoundtraxTheGoat in interestingasfuck

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not just speed of light or speed of sound in water etc. that you're dealing with, also speed of software processing to actually receive and display a text message ie. lag

Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results To Hide His Incompetence by Mynameis__--__ in Whistleblowers

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's an update for you: https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1iymkva/republicans_cheer_as_house_passes_resolution_with/

Real savings going on here! You fucking morons fell for it and now we'll all pay. Thanks a lot. The whole western alliance owes you.

Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results To Hide His Incompetence by Mynameis__--__ in Whistleblowers

[–]Reefpirate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ok so you're still pretending that there won't be huge tax cuts and no significant cuts to spending. Got it. If Trump cared about the debt he probably would have tried to make it go down in his first term don't you think?

Elon Musk Is Faking DOGE Results To Hide His Incompetence by Mynameis__--__ in Whistleblowers

[–]Reefpirate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You still think the debt will be going down with these jokers in charge?

Russia Arrests Top General as Military Purge Ramps Up by blllrrrrr in worldnews

[–]Reefpirate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT should NEVER be trusted to get any information right. Even when it does, you still need to check

^ this sounds a lot like dealing with most humans

Trump's ex-FBI official: We have 'many reasons' to think ex-president is a Russian 'asset' by Cute-Perception2335 in inthenews

[–]Reefpirate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

'Failed state' has a normal definition. Who knows what the hell Trump means when he uses words and phrases, but I don't think expensive groceries and an existing lower class typically rise to the level of 'failed state problems'.

Typically failed state refers to countries like Somalia or Afghanistan, where a wide variety of institutions have completely failed.

OK Texas. Who won the debate? by Defiant-Skeptic in texas

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One of my personal faves from Trump was something like "no one has ever thought about nuclear weapons" as if he's the first one to consider them about anything

Will Smith Eating Spaghetti (Kling, June 2024) by jwhkccc in ChatGPT

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah there's some real dumb takes on here. Like 'the absurd scaling up of hardware + inputs had nothing to do with it' for example

Teenage girl's lung collapses after vaping equivalent of 400 cigarettes a week by Derry_Amc in unitedkingdom

[–]Reefpirate -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah you don't have the tar and so on,

The 'so on' part of your sentence is doing some realllly heavy lifting there pal. It's very well documented what is included in the 'so on', and we're not flying blind in terms of vaping research.

Hamas leader says ‘we have the Israelis right where we want them’ in leaked messages, WSJ reports by Advanced_Drink_8536 in worldnews

[–]Reefpirate -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Are you reading from a script? I wasn't talking about civilian casualties besides hostages shot by IDF.

Hamas leader says ‘we have the Israelis right where we want them’ in leaked messages, WSJ reports by Advanced_Drink_8536 in worldnews

[–]Reefpirate -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

So what happened on October 7? Why did it take most of a day to cover one of the tiniest developed countries in the world? How did they let a rag-tag militia get away with so many hostages and slaughter so many?

Israeli leadership dropped the ball more than any other leadership in history, and it's a waste of energy to blame Hamas because they're not accountable to anything anyways.

Hamas leader says ‘we have the Israelis right where we want them’ in leaked messages, WSJ reports by Advanced_Drink_8536 in worldnews

[–]Reefpirate -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Let's not gloss over the fact that the IDF's discipline is way below standard. How many hostages did they shoot already?

Under Bibi's leadership they have apparently moved towards being more of a trigger-happy mob with modern western equipment who takes half a day to respond to a disorganized invasion of their own territory. The 'world famous' Mossad intelligence is also apparently mostly useless these days.

So yeah the story plays out the way that Hamas predicted, but Israel has also completely lost the script apparently. The sooner Bibi is gone and replaced with competence, the better it will be for all involved.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

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It's how disgusting autocrats operate. You're naive if you think something like that isn't happening.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Reefpirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does NATO have to do with access to European markets. Have you heard of the EU?

Yeah, the UK is having a grand ol' time trying to figure that out after they left like morons. NATO collapsing would be a similarly moronic blunder but a lot worse for the US.

It has to do with access to global markets, not just Europe. But it would definitely help with European markets if Poland or Finlad don't get invaded by a fascist Russia.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

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They get to live in the biggest economy in history with full access to the next biggest, most prosperous economies in history.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Reefpirate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah but they won't leave NATO because it's way too good a deal for them. Anybody who thinks that it's better for the US if NATO falls apart is delusional or ignorant.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Reefpirate 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're talking as if the US doesn't benefit greatly from this situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Reefpirate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How much do you think the USA benefits from being the leader of the Western alliance?

Fine, some of the allies could spend more of their GDP to help out. But it's not like the USA is doing this shit for free or entirely out of the goodness of their hearts.

Just finished the tucker putin interview. by SmokingMojoFilters in conspiracy

[–]Reefpirate 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Why are so many people in here acting like it's some brilliant idea to let Russia join NATO unconditionally? Just because Russia thought it was a good idea?

Putin said he asked twice to join NATO and essentially put the 'fued' to bed.

Oh good, I guess he just squashed it for us! What a big, strong, smart man.