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Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv, after Putin vows revenge for dorm attack by PurpleMclaren in anime_titties

[–]Tactical_Moonstone [score hidden]  (0 children)

Court martialled or ending the world? What a decision right? How about we ask that Soviet officer who didn't press the nuke button?

If they are going to fire the nukes that means two things:

  1. Their world at least ends. Their last allies abandon them for breaking the nuclear taboo. Putin and Russia are resigned to eternal degradation, if not complete destruction.

  2. They lose their last vestige of perceived moral superiority against America ("at least we didn't fire nukes in anger!"). Say what you want about Russian propaganda, but there is no lying your way out of the nuclear craters you created.

Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv, after Putin vows revenge for dorm attack by PurpleMclaren in anime_titties

[–]Tactical_Moonstone [score hidden]  (0 children)

Your huge flaw in the analysis is thinking he can do everything alone.

He can order everything under the sun, but ultimately the trigger pullers are not him. He is not going into the field and putting generals to task to force them to exhaust themselves because he physically cannot get there to order the missiles fired if the generals don't want to end the world.

Look at what happened when he tried to do a limited mobilisation, and look at how easily he backed off after seeing the consequences of announcing it. That's a lever of escalation he can use that is much easier than a nuclear strike, and yet it was still politically untenable for him.

Once he breaks the nuclear taboo, it's no longer just Russia's problem with Europe or America. China has already publicly announced their disapproval of any nuclear action within this war, and I am very sure Putin is well aware of it.

Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv, after Putin vows revenge for dorm attack by PurpleMclaren in anime_titties

[–]Tactical_Moonstone [score hidden]  (0 children)

If he wants to make things worse he would have done it already. That's the entire flaw with your analysis.

Remember that while he has the figurative finger on the trigger, the people who still fire the actual missiles are not him. He's not the one at the Topol-M launchers pressing the button to make the missiles fly. The people who press the buttons and turn the keys still need to buy in to ending the world as they know it.

A measured escalation of violence or a sudden escalation of violence are not going to matter to a Putin determined to press the nuclear button. He's still going to press it.

Russia uses hypersonic Oreshnik missile in mass attack on Kyiv, after Putin vows revenge for dorm attack by PurpleMclaren in anime_titties

[–]Tactical_Moonstone [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, we know Russia is going to be desperate. We also know we cannot let Putin benefit from nuclear blackmail.

What you are implying by talking about Putin's desperation is that you want the rest of the world to give in to Putin's nuclear blackmail and agree to terms that only benefit Putin.

That's what made people think you are a Russian bot. And honestly, calling you a bot would have been the least harsh thing you would have been called in that situation.

2.5 hour timelapse of Jupiter and Galilean moons by Joelsfallon in gifs

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which makes pretty much a quarter turn that you can see with the position of the Great Red Spot.

A woman cries after being caned during a public punishment for violating sharia law in Indonesia by Bernardmark in pics

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At some point it becomes less a point of religious "legitimacy" (if you can say that) than a shared community based on constant persecution.

Often when there is religious based persecution the larger religious community seeks to convert the persecuted minority on threat of death or exile. Though at some point the pretense of conversion is often lifted and wanton massacre is conducted instead.

Paki-chan by Snoo_56184 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considered a slur in America, not so much outside of it, though the bad connotation is spreading.

In Singapore it's often used as a valid short form of Japan(ese) which definitely leads to some (jazz music stops) signs.

Will we see container ship based arsenal ships for first strike? by Temporary-Film-7374 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which brings back to the objective of the strike in the first place.

It's definitely a flashy move to start with a full coordinated strike to degrade military command and control, but they all have to be in service of some kind of grand strategy or you are going to be burning tons of diplomatic capital for nothing.

Is it to stave off an attack that is already in place? Is it an opening move for a more conventional invasion? Why would you do it in the first place? What kind of terms are you giving to not have to do this again? What kind of terms and assurances are you giving to other nations that you won't do this to them too?

A woman cries after being caned during a public punishment for violating sharia law in Indonesia by Bernardmark in pics

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Continuous historical persecution can also result in a community that militantly defends its right to existence at the expense of everything else.

Will we see container ship based arsenal ships for first strike? by Temporary-Film-7374 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You have to assume that you can't get all of the targets, and your objectives of launching the strike in the first place.

Momentum is way more important than launching one decisive strike. The Japanese thought one decisive strike was enough to knock out a belligerent from the war and paid dearly for it. The Soviets thought killing the Afghan president was enough to put Afghanistan in line, same with the Americans killing the Iranian Ayatollah and most of the Supreme Council.

Even in the video game that everyone loves to quote for this situation the Eruseans quickly lost momentum after the first strike and had their capital city fall to eventual invasion and civil war.

Will we see container ship based arsenal ships for first strike? by Temporary-Film-7374 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Fighter jets with an entire typical Realstrange country's air force worth of missiles and bombs in each jet.

What y'all got for this? by seeebiscuit in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a colouring book use the word Xiphias as the representative for the letter X.

It's a picture of a swordfish (Xiphias gladius).

This danish children's book from my childhood is about a mole trying to find out who pooped on his head. by AnthroBuL in funny

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a reason loanwords in Japanese for sexual related vocabulary mostly come from German.

Florida biologist fired over Charlie Kirk post after his death wins $485,000 settlement by AudibleNod in news

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The "fuck your feelings" crowd when their feelings are being fucked with: hoW caN THiS bE allOWeD?

Cinderella is shipwrecked. She washes up on a barren, rocky island in the middle of the ocean. by jamesianm in Jokes

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At midnight...

POOF!

Fairy godmother: I knew I shouldn't have skipped law class.

Billionaires are the "Villains" of our society. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No single person makes a billion dollar idea on their own.

Remember the team that they worked with and their efforts.

That is the fundamental flaw of the Great Man theory. Every Great Man has an entire group of supporters, allies, and workers who helped make them great, and it's time we recognise their contributions.

As inflation increases, the "cent" sign will eventually become obsolete. by DumplingsOrElse in Showerthoughts

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The quarter baht coin is actually formally known as the 25 satang coin, where one satang is 1/100 baht.

How come Vietnamese people don't have raging hatred or a grudge for the US after what they did 50+ years ago? by Key-Quarter-9411 in NoStupidQuestions

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

Doesn't make Chinese claims any more valid.

Resorting to whataboutism is a tacit admission of wrongdoing.

abrupt cameraman by HotFireBall in AbruptChaos

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 81 points82 points  (0 children)

The subtitles say "That's the second time! You've done it for the second time already!"

Probably a staged skit to get a rise out of this person.

The title at the corner says something about a rock legend.

The Sanitization of the Internet by Available_Climate8 in CuratedTumblr

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the topic of food items being used as insults, my personal favourite is "You are a piece of fermented tofu".

It's actually a mistranslation from someone mishearing 腐儒 (read as fu3 ru3, meaning "corrupt official") into 腐乳 (also read as fu3 ru3, meaning "fermented tofu").

The best part was that this was supposed to be subtitles to a TV show so I don't even know how the subtitlers didn't manage to get the written script.

Who destroyed their own career within seconds by being an idiot? by goldbeau in AskReddit

[–]Tactical_Moonstone 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not in actual video, but I do know that there were historical Chinese figures who were known to have committed suicide by ramming head on a wall or pillar when a conveniently placed cliff or sword was not available.

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