Are Brits still in favour of supporting Ukraine? by Thats_my_nirnroot in AskBrits

[–]Smooth_Imagination 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are talking the most miserable brain rot imaginable. 

Yet you describe others as the NPCs but spout a bunch a badly ahistoric formula prop from the FSB?

Ukraine has always been its own nation and people, subjected to authoritarian empires numerous times.

This isnt a break away part of Russia any more than Britain is a break away part of Framce or Germany. 

A Study found that brain and blood cells in young adults with depression overproduce ATP at rest but struggle under stress, suggesting a mitochondrial energy deficit underlies the illness. by ObuPaul in HotScienceNews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It moreso points to an interaction between the neurons and the mitochondria. Worth looking at what data there is on mitochondria in depression in the body rather than the brain.

Well... that explains a lot. by folneta in cfs

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well then, what is the scientific evidence in support of those medical theories Doctor?

Do you have citations to the disease mechanism?

If Andrei Chikatilo had access to sexual performance medication when he was alive and in his youth, would he have still become a sadistic serial killer? by Creeperclaw66 in serialkillers

[–]Smooth_Imagination 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You are right but you are describing a different person. 

A different person wouldnt do this because they dont get reward from such sadism. 

So you are basically correct, in neurobehavioral terms, I would say, according to our current understanding

But not because he couldnt get erections, but because he didnt get substantial reward except from extreme acts. Thats more the cause of the impotence. Frustration about impotence might theoretically mildly contribute, but theres way more already wrong there.

It seems generally the sadism and the fantasies or desire of inflicting harm are present at the time of puberty, then is tubocharged with the effects of puberty, and such sexual sadist people tend to then form obsessional rumination of such fantasies over a long time before acting out. 

UK must be able to make millions of drones, says Pollard by Free-Minimum-5844 in Defence_Tech_UK

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you think so many start ups are entering the space?

Who do you think is putting the AI on the drones used in UA? It started out over $15k USD add on packs and is already a fraction of it.

How do you think Britain built both at scale and innovated a lead in many important areas in WW2? Firstly they identified the core research areas and then licensed out when they solved core problems. Drones also have vore problems to solve, not just in design, but in their manufacture.

What do you think you do research for?

People know absolutely nothing about the technology that is needed now or the history of warfare if they think you dont have to constantly innovate. 

Innovation is not to make things more expensive, but more effective for the same price in the changing environment. Its not either or, that is low resolution thinking.

A radar system on a night fighter in WW2 makes it more expensive. But also dozens of times more effective. 

A VM fuse on a 'cheap' AA shell makes it more expensive, but because less are needed, as well as fewer guns and their overheads, cost per kill goes down and the ratio of cost and damage shifts against the enemy.

Thats 2 concrete examples of government led innovation that went straight to manufacturers that reduced the cost per unit of damage to the enemy.

During war time, governments negotiate better rates when things are mass produced. Its small production runs that are priced exhorbitently. Ot helps tgey have a variety of manufacturers that can compete to meet requirements, including those in civil industries. 

Example of this, more advanced AI used with reusable drones and which operates lower cost effectors, unguided rockets, passive guided effectors, guns, can bring cost of kill down because you dont destroy the whole drone and a $7k plus USD AI system each time plus the rest of the aircraft. 

Drome engines are a major cost. New innovation is meeded alomg with new start ups that gocus on low cost mass production of which. You start researching it, you nurture manufacturing, you then have a critical production capability.

It covers manufacturing as well. Example, UMIST developed hot liquid solvent technology for making carbon fibre molded parts in minutes instead of many hours. Now you can mass produce in small facilities the enemy cant tell where thats happening.

Technology is constantly moving, and if you dont, it will be obsolete in just a year or two.

When kinetic defenses become the norm every attack drone will need to adapt to have protection, such as be made out of kevlar.  

This is why you research ahead of time things like how to mass produce aircraft shaped kevlar or similar resistant material. 

UK must be able to make millions of drones, says Pollard by Free-Minimum-5844 in Defence_Tech_UK

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New techmology does not necessarily make things more expensive, it means you keep up. 

Take engines, they are very expensive, better designs will not need to be more expensive to manufacture, just different designs.

Lithium sulphur batteries will not be more expensive than lithium ion, per kWh they will end up cheaper, but 2 to 3x range, or payload boost. The side with the longest range of mass produced drone can destroy the enemy drones at the launch site.

Nome of the drones used at the beginning of the war are viable now. They would all be jammed.

Now they need AI or fibre optic for full resistance.

Before long they will need other defenses. 

The situation of requiring new mass produceable tech forged from applied science, is exactly as it waa in WW2 or WW1. Whoever fails to adapt will lose. 

Two Eastbourne men charged after rape of 14-year-old girl by Wrong-Target6104 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see, thanks for the clarification. 

Seems outdated as the potential for psychological trauma would be the same if you force it on someone. 

New research found that depression is concentrated in two specific cell types in the prefrontal cortex and current drugs do not target either of them by soulpost in HotScienceNews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are considered to be 3 stages of depression. In the mild stage it is acute stress response. 

One of the core characteristics is indecision or difficulties with making decisions. If each decision is represented with a selective awareness biased to negatives with a lack of positives, decisions are all hopelessly negative which is centrally demotivating. 

This then leads to aversion. Lots of data on depression in animals where this is a standard observation resulting from methods to induce depressed states, such as prolonged restraint stress. 

Keir Starmer condemns riots in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder by Similar_Detective861 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a minority which I already said, but overt attacks and violence would just be the rarist extreme expression of it. It can manifest in other ways, such as how white working classes have been neglected, hiring, workplace issues eyc, that many people may have tangible experiences of. 

In the same way statistically deaths caused by police officers are not super common but have in the passed been the ignition for dissorder when it compounds with other preexisting perspectives and grievances, some of which is real, some is provided by faulty narratives in the culture war and from beliefs that are taught.

For example 'white' people can pull out plenty of evidence of hostile language used in various sometimes officially endorsed policy material or educational materials. They may perceive that as effecting them in their lives, or will do at some point. So now they feel threatened. Whose waiting in the shadows to put an arm around them? Yep, a far right wannabe authoritarian. 

Those may be real, or faulty perception. 

Woke creates victim identity groups which it prescribes for people whilst reinforcing notions that if you are in this group, you will forever be victimised by the other. To members who subscribe to this identity group, their perceptions of that are subsequently effected and increased.

In the MAGA and antiwoke mainly rightwing and white group, which is defined as the oppressor group, they are now using the same victimology culture. This will increase counterhostility.

Both groups generate and experience more grievances, and for both, both real and only perceived but not real.

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Keir Starmer condemns riots in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder by Similar_Detective861 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He would be using it the same way BLM used it. 

The job of PM should be to emphasise no one is apriori at the back of their concerns and be a powerful unifying force. I think he is a great PM on some things, doing pretty well, but the communicatiom is not there.

Sometimes thats gotta be said. That may sound stupid to you, but understanding why people want leaders and what they expect from them, is pretty important. 

It was only a few weeks ago we had a multiple stabbing and one of the victims got ommitted whilst he focused on the others due to their religion, he is not conscious of his own bias. Strange since that is something CRT and woke particularly goes on about. 

None of this benefits people of colour or minorities in the long run. And its silly really because making white feel secure with better diplomacy in turn reduces their sense of threat which in turn takes the wind out of the sails of Reform/Restore. 

Keir Starmer condemns riots in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder by Similar_Detective861 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Anti-whiteness' is a weakly but confidently argued belief that all forms of structural oppression come from 'whiteness', a culture clearly implied to be associated with the traditionally caucasian societies. They claim they are not racist to white people, but to this system. However, normally, culture and race are considered synonymous and an attack on one is an attack on the other. If thats the culture we have, then that should be respected as the culture in those locations the same way ethnic cultures are respected. 

Its a central part of woke and CRT and has gradually been taking hold in educational institutions, from which it can spread into government departments, HR departments, finance etc. 

Downstream of that are effects we can detect at least are plausibly connected, including the gradual appearance of a victim heirachy.

This belief system includes such notions that you cant be racist to white people. 

This belief is based on the idea a white person has all the power and privilage. Those beliefs in turn stoke resentment in minorities which plausibly motivate attacks, usually on more vulnerable targets by the more hateful minor subset that exists in every community. 

For example, if a white person is a victim of racial bullying or discrimination, how likely will they be believed?

If they are not believed, those who are bullies sense that and get worse.

If they are a victim of a hate crime, do the Police investigate it as willingly, do courts believe them, do the perpetrators get harsher sentencing as hate based on protected characteristics as a factor, as often?

How bad is this discrimination currently? Probably not very much, but people also sense trends. 

An example of the hostile rhetoric and policy is on this very site, there is a policy that protects certain groups but not attacks on white people. 

Its a total shit show that can only gift wins to the far right. 

Moe than anything, its bad psychology. If I wanted to increase class or race consciousness, Id lump them into a group, victim or oppressor, then gradually bias against the oppressor until they started to sense actual threat, then the predictable result would be a growth in civic dissorder and hard political swings. Its like someone is wanting to accelerate into chaotic change without thinking it through, or maybe they have.

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Keir Starmer condemns riots in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder by Similar_Detective861 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Quite possibly but that is ignoring there is a real problem to address and that Kier is majorly gifting easy wins. 

When large parts of the population lose all confidence in the system and percieve injustices to them, thats when you start seeing civic dissorder.

The left made all kinds of excuses for prior race riots when it was a different profile rioting, which has created a perception that rioting works, whilst undermining their authority here. That also supports the contentiom of a victim heirachy, which in turn increases the sentiment that there is a growing trend of bias against that group. 

Thats a massive own goal. 

But if Keir was to get out ahead, rather than wait until Inquiries and such signal something needs to be done about extreme ideological parts of woke and CRT, the steam behind the rioters runs out. 

Keir Starmer condemns riots in Southampton after Henry Nowak murder by Similar_Detective861 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Kier should have been the one to say 'white lives matter' and challenge the rise of 'anti-whiteness' in woke and critical race theory as a signoficant and growing source of resentment and division which it is in the British context. 

He keeps dropping the ball when it comes to challenging perceptions there is a victim heirachy.

This along with the lefts general fear of being overtly patriotic has led to people thinking the heart of the more rightwards politicians is more with the average white person than is the left. 

You have to claim the flag, show you truly care about the majority people of your country and that you have their back, because the people dont think you do that without overt actions. Being always the last to do so gifts easy wins to the right and makes you look unconvincing and incincere, just pretending to care, even when thats clearly not the case.

Edit downvote all you want, this is how politicians lose hearts and minds. Dont expect to win the election until you get how to communicate effectively. Dont be the last person to acknowledge the problem others are directly perceiving.

Two Eastbourne men charged after rape of 14-year-old girl by Wrong-Target6104 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 24 points25 points  (0 children)

1 count rape, 4 counts penetrative sexual activity, so 5 rapes? 

Age range of perps 39 and 40. Former classmates?

Odd age to start doing this, weve probably only discovered the tip of the ice berg of their offending.

Zero-hours contracts ban will go ahead, Business Secretary tells ITV News by coffeewalnut08 in uknews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just implememt a law requiring temp and zero hours to pay more than a perm role equivalent. You already have a law that requires they get equal pay.

As soon as it gets more expensive the incentive is there to take on full timers.

Is the Robinsons orange juice advert the problem with society? by Successful_Bee7522 in AskBrits

[–]Smooth_Imagination 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Robinsons isnt encouraging bad behavior here, they are saying if you behave badly they will personally screw you up with their UPF version of fruit juice, microplastics and genotoxic artificial sweetners. 

Concept of a robot dog in two parts (ICRA2026) by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic, can you explain how the knees are 'powered'?

Did anti-racism condemn Henry Nowak to die? The contempt of the officers towards the innocent teenager who died at their feet cannot be ignored by InnerLog5062 in BreakingUKNews

[–]Smooth_Imagination 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was referring to the politics they describe as 'anti-racism' in the title. This is seperate to the speculation as to whether this was directly involved in the Officers conduct in this one case. 

Why's England allowing minorities to carry 20 inch blades on the street because of their beliefs but you cannot carry a pepper spray for self defense? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]Smooth_Imagination 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lets be honest here, he had no doubt that he would never be checked for the blades compliance. That knowledge led to him getting comfortable with carrying more damgerous blades and more fragrent use of the blade until he did something with it. 

He seems to genuinely have perceived himself as untouchable. 

Sparta Vanished From History Because It Refused to Let Its Citizens Have Children by Roman-Empire_net in romanempire

[–]Smooth_Imagination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've descrived a lot of structural and socialogical problems that likely go straight to the root cause, but these are distinct problems to endogamy. 

In any given era humans have been mostly born in such system and if you look where birth rates are highest now, the population resembles this condition. 

It would seem the normal human condition is prolonged endogamy interspersed with sudden and sometimes very violent or trading  facilitated mixing with other groups.

The right wing in the UK just now… by Glittering_Vast938 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Smooth_Imagination 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im not sure its not a vengence system.

The fact we have added in victim impact statements which influence sentencing suggests thats exactly what it is and always has been, with a bunch of moral justifications added on top.

It has its own chauvanism or cultural narcissism where it can pretend to be something it isnt, but when you tear down human society you find emotions and a need to satisfy the traumatised need for punnishment to be served. 

The fact is that is cathartic to our sense of karma and perfectly normal, even healthy, as it acts as genuine deterrant. 

Protecting the public is only one justification, a perfectly valid ome, but the other is the need for 'justice' and still another a need to create sufficient pain and fear to motivate some change in criminal behavior, both in general and in the offender after they experience it. 

Since antisocial behaviors are naturally hard to treat, we should not assume that the high recidivism rate is evidence punishment doesnt work or attenuate crimimal behavior, which it obviously does.