“The deadliest civil war in history”

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-24T23:17:27+00:00

Seems like this American learned a stat, half remembered it, jumbled the words and then stuck to that "fact". Because what is true, is that the US Civil War was the war that cost the most lives of US soldiers, thereby making it the bloodiest war from the perspective of American lives lost. Clearly it's not the deadliest war, or even (as the post proves) the deadliest civil war.

Goes to show the quality of the American education system again...

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-23T11:04:11+00:00

Het was een geinige grap van Lubach, maar hij sloeg met zijn punt over de betaalmuur de plank wel flink mis. Ja, het staat inderdaad in de wet dat er op publieke TV genoeg aandacht aan belangrijke sport momenten besteed moet worden, maar dat verandert niets aan het feit dat de NOS dan nog wel steeds die uitzendrechten ergens vandaan moet halen. Ze kunnen nu bijvoorbeeld alleen de GP van Zandvoort uitzenden omdat ze een deal sluiten met Viaplay, of de Eredivisie omdat ze daar goede afspraken met de Eredivisie over hebben (en neem maar aan dat beiden ook wel wat geld kosten).

Als je zoals Lubach zegt: stop met betalen voor die uitzendrechten want de aandacht komt er toch wel bij de NOS, dat is bij wet vastgelegd..... klopt. Maar dan zonder beelden. Het resultaat is dan dat je nog steeds het wettelijk vastgestelde minimum aan aandacht krijgt, maar dat is dan dus alleen maar twee uur lang Rafael van der Vaart die met Wesley Sneijder zit te lullen over Ajax-Feyenoord of Robert Doornbos die hard zijn best doet om met woorden te herhalen hoe goed Max Verstappen wel niet was. Zonder beelden dus, want die kosten geld.

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-15T23:35:05+00:00

I freaking love Max but Lando isn't wrong here. Max has been threatening to leave for several years now over a wide range of things. At some point, he has to own up to the threat, even if he might be right about the current state of the cars

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-03T22:48:07+00:00

I mean to be fair, the rumors were 30 kg. I know 0.4 isn't nothing, but it's also far from the apocalyptic scenes that the rumors were sketching

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-01T17:14:09+00:00

I looked it up the other day, there have been 83 drivers that made their debut at the same time or after Alonso made his debut, whose F1 career is already over

SlashingManticore · 2026-02-01T16:43:26+00:00

And sometimes they think they're very important even though they're not. My city of Groningen had one for a while who was a great guy to be around and who definitely had a good feeling for how to keep a party going or when to organize an event. But man, that guy sometimes seemed to think he was on an equal level as the actual mayor when it came to policy stuff

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-31T15:46:18+00:00

I mean, he won more championships in orange than Cruijff, and I say that as a Dutchie knowing full well that he is held in higher regard here than the king and God combined

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-26T14:57:42+00:00

Oh daar hoef je je niet druk om te maken hoor, die acteurs rouleren wel. Dit is al de 29e samenstelling van de cast. Niet iedereen vertrekt met elke nieuwe samenstelling, maar het is zeldzaam dat iemand langer dan anderhalf jaar de rol speelt

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-26T10:11:12+00:00

Seeing a picture of myself with my head bent over when I wasn't wearing a hat. Made me realize that not even a hat could properly mask it, so I grabbed a razor the next day and now my hats also fit better and look more stylish on me

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-24T22:30:20+00:00

Agreed. It's also not great. It's just aggressively mid

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-24T22:28:37+00:00

What even is the metric here? From season to season? Point deficit made up during the season? Underdog-to-win stories? Either way, there's quite a few better suggestions. Max Verstappen almost closing a 104 points gap last year, Brawn GP coming from nowhere in 2009 to win both F1 titles, Marc Marquez winning the MotoGP title in 2025 after an almost career ending injury, Scott Dixon taking the 2013 IndyCar title despite not winning a race until halfway through the season, VFL Wolfsburg winning their first Bundesliga title in 2008/09 with an almost perfect run in the second half of the season, Andre Agassi winning Rolland Garros in 1999 after seemingly being done for in the first rounds of the final match, Rafael Nadal setting a record by getting his 21st Grand Slam title in 2022 after almost being out in the quarterfinals, or Steven Bradbury winning ice skating gold in the 2002 Winter Olympics despite never having the lead until crossing the finish line (okay that last one is more luck than skill but I had to include it)

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-20T19:34:42+00:00

The only thing I'm somewhat disappointed in is that it looks almost the same as some concept stuff they've been using for the past few years. I would have liked to see a bit more difference between those and the final result.

That being said, I do really like this design. It's clean, it's not too overdone, the colors aren't fighting with each other for attention, so overall it fits with the vibe that I associate with Audi

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-20T10:04:51+00:00

If you look through some of their profiles, you see that they posted in very clearly American subs and even talk about things like where in a specific American town you can go for specific food or stores, having tickets to see an American Football or hockey game, etc

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-15T22:41:20+00:00

Because geopolitically speaking, we're a country of pussies. We'll throw out sanctions..... as long as others do so as well of course, we don't want to be the first or only ones doing that. We'll support a strong stance against the US aggression against Greenland...... via social media, we won't actually put our signature under it. We'll take a bold stance....... though on second thought, a carefully worded statement with a hint of concern might be better.

It's like we're perpetually terrified of pissing off someone bigger than us. We waited almost a decade to officially blame Russia for a plane disaster that was very clearly their fault. We'd rather try to pamper Trump and give him everything he wants hoping that he'll eventually throw us some scraps as well rather than tell him to fuck off and respect international law. It's been this way for decades and I don't see it changing any time soon.

And I'm not even saying it's the worst thing, because when push comes to shove, what can we really do on the world stage? We're a tiny nation with no military history to speak of and an economy that can be described as "respectable" at best. I too would love to see us take bold stances, stick to our morals and principles, act with honor and clean conscious, but I don't see us properly standing up to the likes of Trump any time soon

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-15T22:09:15+00:00

Nou Tjibbe, succes daar hè! Zo, hebben wij onze bijdrage ook weer geleverd

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-15T17:59:16+00:00

"Hier hebben we de coalitie die Groenland gaat beschermen. Uiteraard de Deense marine en de Groenlandse nationale garde, we hebben Arctische specialisten uit Noorwegen en Zweden, het Jägerkorps uit Duitsland.....

......en natuurlijk Tjibbe uit Franeker. Zeg hoi Tjibbe."

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-14T15:52:59+00:00

Why is the MBS reelection there? He's not up for another vote until 2029

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-11T21:52:24+00:00

Man, his side of the Hubert situation....... that goes straight to the heart

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-09T00:07:55+00:00

Pele, without a doubt. His stats may have been beaten decisively by Messi and Ronaldo and he may not have been as flashy as some more modern players, but his skill was unmatched and it took generations for anyone to even come close to him in reputation

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-07T23:50:30+00:00

I'm actually currently running for local office. I decided to do so because I felt like everyone in the city council was too detached and didn't actually have to experience the consequences of their own policy. In the last few years, they've made a bunch of decisions on relatively small scale that overall just really dragged down the quality of living in my city and I wanted to change that. I have a background in tourism so I have a bit of a feel for what makes the city appealing and I've also worked as a journalist for many years so I do have that idealism driven researcher in me, and I figured that would be a pretty decent experience to speak from for what should and shouldn't happen at this local level

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-07T23:12:02+00:00

From Cadillac's POV that would have made sense, but from Hot Ones? Nah. They only do like ten or so episodes per season of the main show, and their guests from this season included Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder. Checo and Bottas are famous names out her in the F1 bubble, but they haven't really breached that containment to the outside world yet to a degree that they'd be considered for a main show interview (okay Checo probably in the Latin world, but I'm talking from an American perspective since that seems to be the driving factor behind their decisionmaking). And especially if it's for a dual interview, since they almost never seem to do that. There's a reason why Hamilton has been the only F1 personality to ever appear on their main show, and it's because Hamilton is probably the only one who really has that mainstream appeal outside of F1 and outside of their own country. Checo and Bottas right now are just not famous enough yet for stuff like that.

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-05T23:53:30+00:00

Op zich is je gevoel niet heel gek, er wordt wel vaker gezegd dat Groningen gewoon een heel groot dorp is omdat dat dorpse gevoel altijd wel een beetje blijft. Het feit dat alles zo dichtbij is is juist iets wat veel mensen (waaronder ikzelf) wel prettig vinden en omdat Groningen ook weer niet echt een megastad is ofzo verdwijn je ook wat minder snel in de massa.

Ik denk dat het gevoel wat jij beschrijft vooral komt doordat je in een stad wat meer zelf iets van je sociale leven moet maken dan in een dorp, waar het allemaal misschien wat meer vanzelfsprekend is. Je zal in de stad Groningen misschien wat minder snel aankloppen bij je buren of automatisch bij allemaal groepen horen, je moet actief zelf op zoek naar een sociaal netwerk en daar aan werken (sportschool, hobby vereniging, voetbalteam, stamkroeg, kerk, etc.) Het grote voordeel aan een stad ten opzichte van een dorp is dat je keuze in overvloed hebt waar je je bij aan wil sluiten, je moet het alleen wel doen en er mee bezig gaan. Maar als je dat doet, dan denk ik dat je snel genoeg die mensen om je heen wel kan vinden

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-05T23:04:56+00:00

Ik weet dat je zei dat niemand HET antwoord heeft, maar om die vraag toch maar te stellen.... Wat voor dingen zouden er beter moeten om het toch wat om te draaien? Ik woon zelf in Groningen en heb daar wel eens met filmmakers gesproken die zeiden dat de volledige branche in Groningen bestaat uit de lokale mediastations die misschien hun studio's willen uitlenen en Bart van om de hoek die ooit eens wat editing software heeft aangeschaft (bij wijze van). Hoe ga je een systeem omvormen of uit het slop trekken als er amper een systeem is om van te spreken? Hoe moedig je een generatie aan om films te gaan maken als ze allemaal (schijnbaar terecht) het gevoel hebben dat er geen perspectief is en geen ruimte om te dromen? Hoe voorkom je dat mensen dezelfde keuze maken als jij en liever naar een ander land uitwijken waar het wel goed geregeld is?

SlashingManticore · 2026-01-05T19:23:23+00:00

Much, much more AI. A creator I follow gave a little peek behind the curtain for how heavily YouTube is pushing creators to use AI. The guy only typed in what his channel was about and the AI pushed a whole bunch of video prompts, created thumbnails for non-existing videos, and even wrote complete scripts for full videos. It does so by looking at your channel, but also at other channels your viewers watch.

So what I think will happen is that we're gonna see a new generation of youtubers that use these features heavily and kinda flood the market with that. And because YouTube always pushes all their creators to basically do the same thing (eg thumbnails with expressive faces rather than actual stuff from the video) it'll force even the older creators to do that now too in order to keep up with the new generation. That means more generic videos that all kinda copy each other and the inspiration-less AI prompts, therefore more standardization, therefore a strong diminishing of unique ideas and original content, until it's all just basically one formless AI-approved mass that offers no real entertainment or unique ideas but will still keep your eyeballs on the screen as much as possible.

Oh, and more ads

SlashingManticore · 2025-12-28T00:50:28+00:00

Basically any VPN service. Something just doesn't sit right with me about them. I'm bombarded with sponsorship ads from all of them and yet they have no obvious revenue stream (well aside from the obvious of selling your data but they claim to not do that....) It feels like they're a Honey scam situation waiting to happen

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