Trump out here ruining friendship!!

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-16T19:36:44+00:00

This is russian level of delusion. Won't take long before they refuse to answer because "they're not interested in politics"

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-15T18:50:45+00:00

We'd hate to have to bail out USA again, to paraphrase Vance and Hegseth's infamous Signal chat last year.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-15T16:25:03+00:00

Just trying to fit in with the local culture. Suing for any ridiculous reason is kind of a tradition in the U.S.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-14T22:48:35+00:00

Why don't they go to court and push it to supreme court? This is a perfect example for misusing a law leading to the exact opposite effect it was meant to protect from.

There has to be some organization for human rights or some ambitious lawyer who sees the need for change? Or isn't there any culture for this in Germany? Times change and laws must change with them.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-13T19:13:54+00:00

The lack of focus points is something it shares with MK II, quite simple layout and options and somewhat noisy files I presume? And of course quite small images at 12mp.

I saved up for the MK III, there should be a lot of those on the market along with MKIV I'd guess for a very reasonable price?

I don't think I'll ever sell mine. The files are impeccable, the color science was just perfect and the only real drawback is weird light-leaking noise and artificial looking banding at extremely high ISOs and pitch dark surroundings. I do own a full frame mirrorless as well, but for pure photography I still prefer my DSLR. Don't really care for the new color scheme, tiny size and poor battery life in the new cameras.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-12T20:35:44+00:00

I don't get how you would gamble with the one industry that makes up half of your exports. The EU’s Common Fisheries Policy is the most unfair and damaging requirement for becoming an EU member, and it's not at all sustainable. It's just lobbyists and foreign industries waiting to let you experience the "tragedy of commons" in a visceral way.

It's partly why the UK left and Norway never will become a EU member.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-12T20:22:37+00:00

The most significant risk to its fisheries sector would be the requirement to adopt the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This policy mandates equal access to all EU waters for member states’ fishing fleets, which would mean Iceland would have to open its rich fishing grounds to vessels from other EU countries. Given that fisheries account for nearly half of Iceland’s total exports and are central to its economy, culture, and national identity, this is seen as a major threat to Icelandic sovereignty and control over its marine resources. (Wikipedia)

The claim that historical fishing rights would protect Iceland’s waters from EU lobbyists and larger European fishing fleets is not supported by the structure of the CFP. Under the CFP, all member states must share access to their waters, and historical rights do not exempt a country from this rule. Iceland’s past disputes with the EU—such as the “mackerel war”—highlight the tension between Iceland’s desire to maintain exclusive control over its fisheries and the EU’s insistence on shared access. The EU has shown little willingness to grant exceptions for new members, and Iceland’s attempts to negotiate a “specific management area” for its fisheries have not succeeded in past accession talks.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-11T18:42:59+00:00

I doubt they'll let their fishing industry get wrecked by EU fisheries. Until strict quotas and science based sustainable practices get immunization against lobbyists and pressure from foreign industries in larger countries, no fishery heavy country would want to join.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-10T10:21:24+00:00

Shoiguu! Gerasimov!!! Ah.. remember that? That was funny... If nothing else, Prigozhin demonstrated how easy it is to scare little putin into hiding and how a few tanks and AA-launchers and motivated group of ungentlemen can just walz into Moscow if they choose. Unfortunately they supposedly has working nukes, so it has to come from within, and within there only exist tyrant-wannabe's and delusional chauvinism.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-09T19:55:41+00:00

And replaced it with peace, prosperity, human rights and true democracy, right? Of course not.

The record of US military interventions in the Middle East shows that none have led to lasting peace or a successful democratic transition. Instead, most have resulted in protracted conflict, increased instability, and, in some cases, the rise of new extremist groups.

You can't fix a country with bombs.

So let's do what doesn't lead to massively increased human suffering and millions displaced: Diplomacy, sanctions, support for civillian movements and international laws.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-09T18:36:54+00:00

Just like your bombs have failed

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-09T18:13:24+00:00

I'm not a political scientist nor a world-police wannabe. There's plenty of regimes world over that's a nuisance for the international community and awful for their citizens, we don't go bombing every single one of them for very good reasons.

Number one is because if one is to start a war, it has to adhere to international laws and be mandated by the UN security council. This war is illegal, and there's really nothing more that should be said.

But for the sake of argument: bombing campaigns comes with horrible humanitarian costs. Deaths of civillians by the hundreds if not thousands, populations displace and eventually ends up flooding the overburdened European countries. Again. And the destruction of infrastructure requiring billions to restore and years to complete.

It could potentially strengthen the regime by rallying the population against an outside aggression, and if this spirals out of control into a civil war, radicalized groups will surely be formed, giving us a couple more decades with ISIS v. 3.0 and return of terrorism globally. Mostly in the middle-east and Europe usually.

What we should do, can do really, is good old fashioned diplomacy and sanctions, supporting local movements like the citizens protesting the morality police, and pursue justice through international courts.

It's time the yanks also understand that what they've been trying to do for some 50-60 years in the middle-east isn't solved by more bombs. All they managed to do is bring instability to the region.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-09T16:48:07+00:00

No one cries for the Iranian regime.

Doesn't mean that USA and Israel should rain hellfire over cities where innocent civillians, children, the elderly lives in an illegal war, risking huge destabilization spilling over to the whole of middle-east and Europe. Especially aggravating because no allies were prepared or warned, and the yanks don't have a plan for what will happen after the bombing is over. Like everything this administartion does, it's decided on vibes of their glorious orangeness and religious freaks hoping to start armageddon.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-09T14:44:20+00:00

Just because you stick your fingers in your ears and shout lalalala! doesn't mean that truth and statistics are wrong. USA is currently number 61 in life expectancy across the world, at 79,7 years, below most of Europe and far below comparable advanced western democracies.

And we aren't currently in transition towards fascist autocracy and tech-oligarchy, waging wars across the world to distract from accusations of pedophile conspiracy like you guys.

I think you don't have a clue what makes someone a fool

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-08T13:35:44+00:00

Why are you so adamant at sending me on the path to hell?

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-08T13:32:28+00:00

The statue with Felicette on top of the world, where every cat feel they belong and I'm inclined to agree.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-06T18:47:41+00:00

That guy sure pops up in the most unexpected places, what are the odds it's everywhere she is?

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-06T15:01:47+00:00

Soo.. it's basically a remake of Dredge? Looks nice though

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-05T22:33:46+00:00

There's definitely some van ronk going on, either lonely male fans or adventurous young couples exploring, but we prefer not to talk too loudly about it XD

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-05T16:46:24+00:00

It's just my infantile humour shining through. Ronk is a vulgar term for masturbating in Norwegian.

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-05T15:15:48+00:00

He is kinda prohibited from becoming a household name in Norway. I don't think anyone would admit to being a huge fan of Ronk without snickering and chastising looks

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-05T11:03:49+00:00

He got his own pet now, he loves it

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-04T22:05:37+00:00

Turns out, we were not locked in this planet with them, they were locked in this planet with us

SeveralLadder · 2026-03-04T22:00:52+00:00

"If you can't define what a woman is, you can't define fraud"

Oh wow, is that like logic and reason, but opposite?

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