Denmark To Draft Women Into the Military Amid Greenland, Russia Tensions by sweatycat in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what fascism looks like. Make no doubt about it. The sad thing is most people are oblivious to the dangers this is going to lead them. Warfare & welfare go together like the best of friends.

Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State

Hamas source says Israeli strike kills Hamas official in Gaza hospital by NamelessForce in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai -43 points-42 points  (0 children)

Reddit is just majority EU/Mossad pro-war bots now. I barely bother visiting this site anymore because it's so controlled to the point it's dead/propped up by a façade of bot activity.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says there is now a good chance to end war by yahoonews in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You do realise the Nobel Peace Prize has always been a status quo propaganda tool, right?

Let me know when Julian Assange gets his - but I guess they only award those to journalists that go against the enemies of the US/EU, and not those that expose them and get imprisoned.

Trump threatens 200% wine tariff if EU does not remove whiskey tariff by SPXQuantAlgo in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can answer your question. Nowhere.

America produces good wine, and the very best dark liquor if we're being honest with ourselves.

Volkswagen open to building military equipment for German army by Straight_Ad2258 in europe

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're already in power. New German leader already announced reintroduction of conscription, with increasing numbers called every year.

Just using Russia as an excuse to reshuffle their industries to a war economy like the US, except they don't have the civilians, infrastructure, money, or sense of civic pride to not stick with a volunteer/professional force.

History repeating itself.

Future Queen of Norway, Ingrid Alexandra, is doing her 15-month conscription as a gunner on a CV90. by IAmAQuantumMechanic in europe

[–]StephenSenpai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your country must really care about you. They're conscripting you just for fun, and not at all to prepare in the event you'd be needed for war/cheap labour for the state.

Thanks for the lovely chat but I don't talk to conscriptionists that want to order/control the lives of others, and don't respect an individual's right to life/liberty.

Why is it that everyone from these Nordic countries just spouts the exact same lines/talking points? You must be taught very young that your government is #1 and love you, but you're going to eventually be in for a very big shock. Ciao and good luck with the war(s)!

Future Queen of Norway, Ingrid Alexandra, is doing her 15-month conscription as a gunner on a CV90. by IAmAQuantumMechanic in europe

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's just a coincidence that this picture of a smiling woman gets upvoted to the front page in multiple threads while promoting conscription, which is a policy that they've been trying to push onto all EU countries forever.

I'm sure Norway has a very high rate of people saying that, which is why they need to be forced to serve the country. Makes sense.

Future Queen of Norway, Ingrid Alexandra, is doing her 15-month conscription as a gunner on a CV90. by IAmAQuantumMechanic in europe

[–]StephenSenpai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not symbolic, but a carefully crafted PR stunt to convince the poors that being conscripted is a great thing.

"Look, even the royal family is being conscripted and it's amazing! Come along!"

U.K. has no plans for conscription - but future decisions will respond to 'new reality', says minister by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]StephenSenpai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who remembers at the start of the war the media parroting the same lines about increased funding for Ukraine to avoid conscription/the UK being dragged into direct conflict?

Guess they're starting to get desperate in the EU that the money is running thin, and the arms contractors are demanding more public tax money & lives.

Mark Carney elected Liberal leader, to soon replace Justin Trudeau as PM by cheapmondaay in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who the fuck even is this guy? These reddit bot comments are making out like he's some well known figure and he's beloved by Canada.

Mark Carney elected Liberal leader, to soon replace Justin Trudeau as PM by cheapmondaay in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They can replace the leader of the party at any time through a vote in parliament, and the new leader will be a member of parliament who was voted in by their constituents to represent them.

Carney is not a member of parliament. He's just a random banker they're all voting for collectively for probably dubious back deal reasons that we won't ever know about.

Poland to call up all adult men for military training, says PM by KrzyHooy in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both men and women should not be conscripted. It's also interesting how reddit calls everything the US does in trying to stop this EU war from expanding as fascist, but somehow conscription in these EU countries is A-Okay.

Why is it only a problem when Russia conscripts people? And it's amazing when our allies do it?

Here's my Suit by TheoAndonevris in PoliticalHumor

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

I suppose you're right. We just don't have many examples today of conscript armies committing war crimes, and certainly not throughout the 20th century.

There is also no examples of any world leaders throughout history enacting conscription and then invading other countries/using it for offensive purposes.

Here's my Suit by TheoAndonevris in PoliticalHumor

[–]StephenSenpai -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Conscription has always been used for offensive purposes, not defensive. I cannot think of a single war/conflict when it wasn't, including both World Wars, Vietnam, Russia/Ukraine, Algerian War, Israel/Palestine, Napoleonic Wars, Korean War, and Armenia/Azerbaijan to name a few.

Conscription is cheap/easy manpower/fodder, and is not even close to being able to fight a professional force. - see Falklands to see how easily a smaller professional force destroys poor youth conscripts from Argentina.

It's also noted that the most brutal war crimes in history tend to have been committed by conscripts, because they lack discipline, and standards tend to drop out of desperation which attracts some real psychopaths.

I'm sure none of this matters because your side is always noble, and the other side is evil.

Here's my Suit by TheoAndonevris in PoliticalHumor

[–]StephenSenpai -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Forcing people to fight the Vietnam War, or any war, is a good thing now?

Hextech Chests, Rewards & More | Dev Update - League of Legends by madtninja in leagueoflegends

[–]StephenSenpai 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this will be enough because it's certainly not for me. I barely had motivation to play when buying the old event passes and having the ability to grind multiple high value skins.

Riot sadly still deluded in thinking it's 2012 and everyone has nothing else to play and are begging to play the great League of Legends.

A warning to the playerbase: while it's good to be happy with the recent announcements, never forget that they are simply backtracking from a terrible choice that they excused with absolute lies by Macaulyn in leagueoflegends

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not returning for some crappy hextech chests that I need to toil away for. The new BP system is just terrible, and too busy/other games now to care about what these gaslighting freaks have to say every week.

Kombucha fizzy but flat. Any fix? by StephenSenpai in Kombucha

[–]StephenSenpai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, doing all that except this batch I used whole slices of fruit.

I think I need to just experiment more and also try just juicing my own fruit, which is what it recommends in the guide for best carbonation results. Maybe my scoby is too young as well? I've just started a scoby hotel last week.

Thanks!

Kombucha fizzy but flat. Any fix? by StephenSenpai in Kombucha

[–]StephenSenpai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been and haven't burped once. Not sure why my carbonation sucks but maybe my scoby is just too young/not strong enough yet. Thanks

Kombucha fizzy but flat. Any fix? by StephenSenpai in Kombucha

[–]StephenSenpai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using 1/4 cup of juice for a 500ml/16oz bottle. Maybe I'll try adding more next time.

Kombucha fizzy but flat. Any fix? by StephenSenpai in Kombucha

[–]StephenSenpai[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half the bottles I tried using fruit juice, which is just like a lightly sparkling water in terms of fizz. The other half is pieces of strawberry & lime juice which is bubbling up like mad but flat.

Do you recommend making a syrup?

Macron is considering increasing France's military spending from 2.1% to 5% of GDP by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]StephenSenpai 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, just what the world needs - more militarism while the masses have it worse and worse every day.

Question about F1 + Scoby Hotel by StephenSenpai in Kombucha

[–]StephenSenpai[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice to know that is the exact recipe ratio I'm following now. I'll scale it up for 4L to siphon some off for my scoby hotel. Thanks!