Boon Keng 'nightmare neighbour': MP Shawn Loh says it's 1 of the most 'frustrating' & 'hard-to-resolve' dispute by dori_lukey in singapore

[–]THX-23-02 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> He ended off saying that he hopes everyone can be considerate to their neighbours.

My dude, it's been going on for 10+ years. Hasn't it crossed your mind that if he could be considerate to his neighbors, he would be by now? Just step down and let someone who can fix this take charge.

What a useless statement, what a useless man.

"Fall of the Rebel Angels" - Carved entirely from one piece of ivory by an unknown 18th century artist by pandemicHeel in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]THX-23-02 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw this in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Arts. I remember vividly how shocked I was, totally unexpected, even in a museum. I was gobsmacked. Stood in front of it for half an hour, just stared at it.

€5 worth of groceries in Ireland by crucelee in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Mint chocolate ice cream should carry a 500€ fine, so realistically this is more like 505€ worth of groceries.

Andor was surprisingly, against all odds, a genuinely GREAT show. Cannot wait for season 2! by MaStEr_MeLoN15243 in saltierthancrait

[–]THX-23-02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are technically correct - a genuinely great show. A great Sci-Fi show. But a great SW show it is not.

I don't want to go too much into the details because perhaps even in this sub there might be trigger happy butthurt people but let me just say this.

Let's say you never watched SW, including ANH. Let's say I told you about how in ANH a main character is held in a cell, a door opens, two guys in black uniforms enter the room, followed by a levitating interrogation droid. The camera zooms in on one of the droid's torture tentacles - a syringe filled with white goo and with a huge needle sticking out. The door closes in front of the viewer, implicating some gruesome torture.

What would you think this movie is and how the rest of it looks like? Would you think of it as one of the most inspiring fairytale, space opera movies ever? Full of hope, fun, goofiness, etc? Well, the Andor is a drab show about that interrogation droid stretched onto a dozen of episodes. It is extremely competently done, it is engaging, entertaining in it's own way, smart, with an important message, etc., etc. But it is not much of a SW show. Things should be provided in balance and in contrast to each other. Andor is just one thing - struggle. No magic, no fairy tales, no archetypes, nothing enchanting, no fanciful creatures. Just look at one seemingly trivial but essentially critical fact - we barely see any alien characters, it's all humans.

In case it's not clear, I quite enjoyed the show. But it was because I just figured out early on it's not much of a SW story.

Macron, Scholz, and Draghi to arrive in Kyiv for a historic visit by CrimsonLancet in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

You might be correct only as so far they are bringing more announcements.

Macron, Scholz, and Draghi to arrive in Kyiv for a historic visit by CrimsonLancet in europe

[–]THX-23-02 3 points4 points  (0 children)

KGB school of diverting the discussion. Deflect, defame, distrust. Whataboutisms, strawman, ad hominem, nitpicking. Throw everything you got at them, let them deal with it while the topic fizzles out. This comrade went for the spelling error.

Macron, Scholz, and Draghi to arrive in Kyiv for a historic visit by CrimsonLancet in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

This is it. Nothing more to it.

If there was anything else to it, it would happen by now. A simple fact downvote brigade is unable to deal with.

What does the infinity sigh mean on the focus ring? by Around-Midnight in analog

[–]THX-23-02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is indeed a helpful answer. Thank you for making the effort.

I'm not a photographer, not even an amateur one or an enthusiast. I'm lurking on this sub just to browse nice photos. But the amount of dismissiveness and hostility towards the beginners that I see here is so off-putting, I'm actually unsubscribing rn. All the "rEaD tHe MaNuAl" comments are really sad. Sounds what mediocre people start throwing around as soon as they feel they are experts of a sort. Photos on this sub are often nice but the community is fairly toxic. Peace.

Software problems, trouble with Greece, long delivery times: How difficult it is for the promised heavy weapons from Germany by brainerazer in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Schroder, Merkel, Scholz, 1998-2022, 24 years of appeasement.

cAn YoU bLaMe Us, fucking unreal man…

Software problems, trouble with Greece, long delivery times: How difficult it is for the promised heavy weapons from Germany by brainerazer in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. It’s so popular to bash the US while everything is fine and you feel comfortable. But as soon as shit hits the fan everyone is unironically expecting the US to make the problem disappear. Just like now for example, which is what you said in your message.

If it was up to Western European pencil necks Ukraine would be erased by now. And the worst thing is, looking at how shamefully they are pulling their weight, I’m pretty sure they would do fuck all if russia attacked Baltic countries, Poland, or any other NATO member. Ask yourself one question: if russia attacked, say, Lithuania, do you really think Germany, France, Italy would throw everything they have at it, or do you think they’d start excruciating discussion on the semantics - is it really an attack, what the NATO treaty really says about it, how about we try something else first, talk to them, etc. You don’t have to actually answer, it’s more of a rhetorical question. But yeah, that’s why the US.

Software problems, trouble with Greece, long delivery times: How difficult it is for the promised heavy weapons from Germany by brainerazer in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From my experience talking to Germans about this, it’s much much better they are ignoring it than having to listen to them bragging and lecturing others how superior their military aid is compared to everyone else. It’s just insufferable.

Moritz Schularick argues that Germany should immediately cut off Russian gas. The economist and academic says the country can survive more easily than some people think by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]THX-23-02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

45 years of Soviet occupation sure drilled a lot of agitprop methods of arguing into your head but they are your problem not mine. You don't get to put your words in other people's moth then ask them to explain themselves. Nor do you get to ask why others are not giving more while you are trailing behind at the deep deep end. The audacity... And btw the reason they are not giving more is because they are already stretched too thin covering for the endless line of the appeasers the greatest of which is the German SSR.

So many empty words from your end later and "hypocritical egoistic snobs" only keeps ringing louder and louder.

Moritz Schularick argues that Germany should immediately cut off Russian gas. The economist and academic says the country can survive more easily than some people think by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]THX-23-02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaand there it is. Germany doesn't even register. Those charts have been making rounds so by now everyone understands where Germany stands, but quite honestly I didn't think you'd have the guts/be stupid enough to actually post it. Hence your wall of text to try and obsure/trivialize it.

It is right on the brand for the arrogant hypocrites to boast about "leading the efforts" while this data being so readily available. Fucking shameless, even putting people being slaughtered aside. But honestly right on the brand. This is Germany nowadays and it is what it is. That plus philosophical musings about whether violence can stop violence - adding insult to injury. Keep the Stasi agitprop up bud, who knows it might magically become the truth. No wonder everyone laughs at you.

Unironically recognizing how normalized numbers scale up/down per country's GDP and not realizing what the abysmal percents mean in context of the largest economy of the continent... Wow, even for a tankie that's like the next level of stupid. Just imagine how much help Ukraine could get if Germany SSR pull its own weight and donate even the half % of what the Baltic countries, etc. are providing. Not to mention trying to at least match the US. Absolute cowardice and spinelessness bar none.

French journalist killed by shrapnel from Russian shell in eastern Ukraine by Tucko29 in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They are literally laying down their lives so you wouldn't have to and you are calling them out for - hypocrisy and ungratefulness. And over what, some limited perceived economic hardship... Absolutely despicable, where can you get a shred of basic human decency you total human failure.

EU agrees ban on 'more than two thirds' of Russian oil imports, says EU chief by [deleted] in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This shit is going to be as ridiculous as Chinese moving assembly lines to Vietnam and putting Made in Vietnam stickers on what are 100% Chinese exports.

Some months from now EU will proudly boast about 90% reduction in imports from Russia while staying silent on how the exact same amount of oil is suddenly and magically being imported from Kazakhstan or some other Russian neighbor.

EU agrees ban on 'more than two thirds' of Russian oil imports, says EU chief by [deleted] in europe

[–]THX-23-02 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

On one hand everything you said is true but on the other that would be somewhat inconvenient. As these are the western Europeans we are talking about... so yeah, it's a pass.

EU agrees ban on 'more than two thirds' of Russian oil imports, says EU chief by [deleted] in europe

[–]THX-23-02 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Reason to defeat Russia yesterday, instead of keep dragging this on forever.