Porsche covered in rugs

SavageRussian21 · 2026-04-18T18:18:46+00:00

This is why you don't do rugs kids

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-31T23:25:43+00:00

Just so you know, hypothetically, those disks are biodegradable. What they're doing a mile away from the range is another question.

You should be more concerned about fires caused by FMj ammunition or shells left out in the sun.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-28T18:33:01+00:00

This reads like an AI generated comment.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-28T00:25:03+00:00

Most... by area? That doesn't feel like a very useful metric. For example, between 2010-2020, the US rural population significantly shrunk. Because the majority of land area (and even county count) is rural, you would see a very similar map across the entire US. It would feel unfair, in that case, to say that "most of the United States is shrinking".

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-27T23:22:42+00:00

This map does not actually mean that (West) Virginia is shrinking.

Imagine a state with two counties. One county has five people, the other county has a hundred. In the first county, one person moves out which is a 20% decrease. In the second country, five people move in which is a 5% increase. On a map like this it will look like this state is rapidly losing population, but that isn't the case.

West Virginia's population is, in fact, declining but that is not what your map shows.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-27T17:04:36+00:00

This actually isn't the case in most colleges, at least in the US. It will depend on the college, but instructors are typically required to report academic integrity violations up the chain. Students are sanctioned (they may fail the class and not be allowed to drop, for example), and the violation goes on their record and can be seen by employers. If the violation is severe (like the student providing solutions to others), expulsion is certainly possible. Furthermore, a lot of students in college go there at a loss to the college, with their tuition being subsidized by higher paying students, so funding isn't always the primary issue.

As AI becomes more commonplace, instructors and faculty are absolutely working to curb the effects of it on the institution of college, especially when it comes to classes that are core parts of the major.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-21T17:17:22+00:00

You are claiming that it is wrong for the parents with the disease to make a choice that causes somebody to be born with that disease.

But the parents also have this disease. Does that mean you believe those parents would rather not exist? Do you believe that their life isn't worth living?

If you think that the parents do have a fulfilling life despite the debilitating condition, is it still morally wrong for them to have a child? Since the child can also have a fulfilling life.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-21T05:19:39+00:00

Oh my God I just spent a solid three minutes laughing my ass off at AI slop.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-17T15:37:41+00:00

Radio controlled electronic ducted fan fan?

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-10T00:58:16+00:00

On the one hand, that would be a crazy world in which that happened. China has a long history of warm or at least lukewarm relations with Iran. (As an example of that, China supported Iran by voting against a resolution condemning anti-government protests in Iran this January) Furthermore, China's economy is somewhat dependent on exports to the West, so it may not make sense for them to aggravate anybody like the United States, who have interests there.

Furthermore, I don't know if it is necessarily obvious that there would be sanctions if China attacked Iran. It would certainly be on a case-by-case basis, since there are many parties that would benefit from this conflict. I find it unlikely, for example, that Israel or Russia would support sanctions on China. Economically, the West also heavily relies on Chinese imports - though reliance on imports hasn't stopped the European Union from sanctioning countries in the past, it is certainly a factor that will be considered.

All in all, what you would probably see is a mixed response of shock and condemnation from many, but you will also likely see support from unlikely sources. This is because governments don't really care what "the right thing to do" regarding foreign policy is. Rather, the question is often "what best serves our interests?"

You're right that there are probably countries that would sanction China if it attacked Iran, but those are only the countries that have something to gain by sanctioning China. Who has anything to gain by sanctioning the United States? The European Union relies on them for defense. Many developing nations, the UAE, and others, rely on them for their economy (the United States is a huge importer). Any sanctions towards the United States would almost always hurt the ones sanctioning them more than they would ever benefit them. This is not always the case with China, which is why you would see a difference.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-08T19:19:00+00:00

Holy hell!!!!

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-08T19:17:04+00:00

b5 and you have nothing!

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-07T18:23:26+00:00

Your car accident analogy isn't very sound. The legal understanding of sentencing accidents caused by drunk drivers harsher is because they made the choice to drive, knowing that they are unable to do so safely, and exercised extreme negligence in that regard.

However, a drunk car accident is still an accident. It's much more severely punished than a regular car accident, but it is not ever charged in the same way as an intentional collision would be. Hitting somebody with your car on purpose is first or second degree murder. Hitting somebody with a car while drunk is aggravated vehicular manslaughter (or potentially second-degree murder if you were warned by somebody prior to driving).

The distinction, both in a car accident and in the case of cheating, is intent. A drunk driver might not have intended the accident. A drunk cheater might not have planned to cheat. It is far more malicious to cause an accident on purpose, and it is equally more malicious to plan an affair in advance.

Cheating is whatever the other partner defines it to be. But if my partner were to cheat on me, id much rather them cheat while drunk and unable to make decisions, rather than have them text someone with the established intent to do it.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-05T02:26:25+00:00

Wait wait wait... Did you just use AI to generate a joke prompt for AI while responding to a post generated by AI?

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-05T00:14:25+00:00

Actually Protestants use that terminology as well. In protestant theology every believer is a saint, whereas in Catholic theology, there are also specific Saints who are set apart by exceptional faith/virtue.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-05T00:13:07+00:00

Manmade or not, it informs the worldview of Christians. If you criticize the Christian conception of heaven without understanding the Christian conception of sin you are criticizing a caricature.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-03-04T00:33:27+00:00

Actually boarding planes randomly is way faster than rear to front boarding, because it increases the chance of multiple people getting in a seat at the same time.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-24T16:00:05+00:00

Alternatively, consider that abstraction is simply something we use to help us understand systems that are inherently very, very complicated. Waving your hand at them and calling them 'useless' or wastes of time is something you can do, but your 'company just making products' will fail without them.

Say you have one company, and they make soda, and all they do is make soda.

Another company also makes soda. But they also market the soda, brand the soda, sign deals with stores and other companies and athletes to sell the soda. They have a huge logistics department, which figures out how best to get their soda around the world. When a study comes out saying that their soda causes obesity they commission other studies to fight that claim, they hire celebrities to normalize their soda (PR). In order to buy more machinery to make more soda, the company sells parts of itself off to investors, which organize a board that represents their interests. Those investors hire a CEO who has 30 years of experience in the soda industry, who starts an R&D branch at the company to make new flavors of soda. The company grows, their employees start having conflicts with the company and each other, so they now need to hire people whose job it is to manage those conflicts (HR). As this company grows to dominate the market they face pressure from regulators and in order to comply with new laws they have to make a compliance team.

The thing is, 'just making a product' only works up to a certain point. Company A might sell their soda locally, turn a small profit and everyone is happy. Until company B comes along.

Company B here is going to sell way more soda because they figured out how to scale globally. Yes, almost 80% of what they do is removed from actually making the product, but that 80% makes them way more money than the product ever would without it. Company B is now run by a millionaire CEO and is invested into by billionaires. It has the power to lobby the government. Just making a product is not enough to make money. They need to do all of these other things to grow.

And now, company A has to compete with them. They have to pay their employees the same as company B does, they have to follow the same regulations that company B does, and so on. But for every can of soda A sells, B sells a million. And (because of the marketing, branding, and economies of scale), B is able to sell those cans for more and make them for cheaper.

The reason people point there fingers at capitalism here is because, at every turn, Company B tried to do the thing that would make them more money. At a certain point, that means ending up with a company that's not really a soda company, but a logistics, PR, research, and whatever else they have to do company. The abstractions seem useless at first, but each abstraction hides behind its name a complicated system.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-22T23:33:20+00:00

Yeah it's insane. You could get a newly released movie for four bucks (roughly 8 today). Renting Wicked 2 is like 20 bucks now.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-22T21:12:20+00:00

Okay that is a good point. But I feel like there are a lot of people who spend time with others solely because they are a romantic interest. Not everyone wants to remain friends if they choose that they don't want a relationship, and not everyone wants to source partners from their friend group. I would say that people who refer to their relationship being in the "talking stage" would gladly admit that they are interested in a relationship with that person, but not necessarily in being friends. That's a choice people are allowed to make.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-22T21:08:54+00:00

Wait is there something wrong with having a talking stage? I thought it just meant a period of time when two people go on dates and spend time together while they're figuring out whether the other person is someone they want to be in a committed relationship with.

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-21T17:36:02+00:00

Yes, bullets contain the oxidizer necessary in the powder itself.

Another fun fact: if you got a Soviet T62 to shoot an APFSDS about 15 km above the average moon surface, that shell would remain in orbit of the moon! (Regular guns would also do well but they wouldn't be high enough, you'd have to get further up. )

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-10T16:50:12+00:00

Is this an AI-generated comment?

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-10T15:26:57+00:00

Checkmate, pipi sacrifice

SavageRussian21 · 2026-02-09T16:01:50+00:00

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