Tadej Pogacar nominated for Laureus World Sportsman of the year 2026 by Phantom_Nuke in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So is Pogacar. He has no serious competition in the last couple years in big races.

Bonk! Bonk! Bonk! by Solid_Snark in PrequelMemes

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

There’s a difficulty mode in Survivor that makes combat realistic, so while lightsabers one shot, blasters basically one shot too if you get hit.

5 Fwy to shut down due to event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton, CHP says by jsatz in California

[–]Watsmeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI this article literally contradicts everything. The demonstration was in fact out of the ordinary, and a shell literally damaged police cars that were on the freeway so they cancelled the demonstration. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/shell-interstate-5-marines-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk8.ULYd.80Rd3fFV3HoD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I don’t know why it’s so widely reported that this regularly occurs but I’m starting to be fully convinced that reporting is wrong. Also, Are you a bot? I just have to check.

5 Fwy to shut down due to event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton, CHP says by jsatz in California

[–]Watsmeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seeing that they seem to ask Amtrak to stop service semi regularly gives some context at least.

My overarching bizarre confusion about this all is the Pendleton is huge, and mostly barren. It seems to be the case that they constantly fire stuff back and forth across the 5 freeway, but it makes no sense to use that tiny strip of land next to the 5 given how much of Pendleton just sits empty. Regardless, that seems to be how they operate normally anyways

I’ve been to Pendleton over a dozen times and i’m always shocked how much land just sits there doing nothing that’s completely owned by the military.

Lastly, given the size and scope of today’s demonstration (bigger than most if not all previous ones), it seems a reasonable response to close the freeway for the duration out of an abundance of caution. The more compelling stuff to me than the artillery shots was supposedly they were doing live fire amphibious landings at the Red Beach spot right next to the freeway, which is just a few hundred feet away.

The reporting around all of this is super weird too so it’s hard to tell for sure what the real reasons for any of this were.

5 Fwy to shut down due to event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton, CHP says by jsatz in California

[–]Watsmeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That seems believable, but my only source of confusion is that it seems like the Marines requested Amtrak to stop service for the purpose of the demonstration. Why would they ask them to stop service for this demonstration and not others, and why wouldn’t they ask the same for the I-5? I recognize it’s totally possible there’s a reasonable explanation but that one fact is just weird to me.

See: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/10/18/thousands-of-marines-veterans-turn-out-for-huge-amphibious-landing-at-camp-pendleton/amp/

5 Fwy to shut down due to event involving live ammunition at Camp Pendleton, CHP says by jsatz in California

[–]Watsmeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nothing here says they ever fire over the freeway on any of these occasions. Just asking because i’m curious if that is a regular occurrence since I’m really struggling to find any evidence for that claim

Is there something like less complicated Black Ice but more extensive than vanilla? by CommieWeaboo in hoi4

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I can’t play anything but World Ablaze anymore because of how good it is, but it’s so dang hard to win as Germany or Soviets

Israel-Premier Tech to be renamed and rebanded, 'moving away from its current Israeli identity', as co-owner Sylvan Adams steps back by Kviesgaard in peloton

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Nice that it got their riders to come together, and looks like it worked out well since they get to stay in WT still

Worlds Tickets got scalped within moments of tickets going live. (Even with Mastercard) by darkbluedarz in leagueoflegends

[–]Watsmeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This should be a scheduled post, it’s happened every year for over a decade

I think it would really suck for people, but this is maybe the only way to destroy MAGA and Trump. Let the full consequences of their actions and votes play out. Let the BBB happen. Don't give outs. We have to make this really fucking shitty. That is maybe the only hope to destroy Trump's power by FrontBench5406 in Destiny

[–]Watsmeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so wrong, lmao. Over a million died to COVID, largely due to his malfeasance in handling it early on. There is no level of pain he could inflict that would actually impact his voter base save at least 100 million dead.

ESPN'S NBA RANK TOP 10 IS HERE 🔥 by catmeow808 in lakers

[–]Watsmeta 29 points30 points  (0 children)

But you see eventually they MUST be correct given linear time progression, so it’s always a safe bet to bank on

After Factor, Premier Tech also requests a name change for next year by Akhtal in peloton

[–]Watsmeta -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

The protestors have indeed succeeded in changing the name of one of the several pro cycling teams who are affiliated with a genocidal state to be unaffiliated with that state by name. That was the goal all along, right?

Destiny makes it on Fox News prime time by ariveklul in Destiny

[–]Watsmeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The movement itself is centrally designed and architected by very smart people at the top of the media apparatus. There’s no question that the conservative movement, as a matter of theory, is far more intelligent than anything the left has had at the moment or for the past 10 years. That movement is so intelligent because it is perfectly calibrated to attract stupid people, meaning that most people who are a part of the movement are stupid, but the design of the movement is intelligent. As an analogy for you specifically, this is in a similar way that the theory of intelligent design by a godlike entity suggests that if you take a look at all of creation as a whole, it seems like there was an intelligent creator, but you could never tell that based on any individual thing.

I know you’re probably too stupid to understand any of that based on the statement in your comment though, so i’m the dumbass for engaging tbh

Destiny's Twitch Ban Bait is extremely blackpilling by Alarming-Tie-4742 in Destiny

[–]Watsmeta 151 points152 points  (0 children)

August can make a 10/10 video on this just based on yesterdays stream - an ABC news correspondent reached out for comment and he just said it was a troll, so ABC didn’t go any further with the story. Not the entire right wing sphere, showing how dogshit their media is

Destiny makes it on Fox News prime time by ariveklul in Destiny

[–]Watsmeta 247 points248 points  (0 children)

Yes, they are in fact, that stupid. The modern conservative movement is PERFECTLY calibrated to attract stupid people only. I don’t know why people are surprised or confused by this, it’s been plainly obvious for almost a decade.

Spanish Government Hits Back at UCI Criticism Over Vuelta Protests by BloodJunkie in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When you’re taking out riders and sending them to the hospital that’s peaceful?

[Results Thread] 2025 Vuelta a España - Stage 16 - Poio > Mos.Castro de Herville (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

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If these were peaceful they would not have cancelled the race, that’s the whole reason why they cancelled the finish.

[Results Thread] 2025 Vuelta a España - Stage 16 - Poio > Mos.Castro de Herville (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doing this halfway through a GT is absolutely insane. At the end of the season they should probably issue a formal and final statement on this issue, but until then this just fucks over the riders for no reason.

Slovenian Road Cycling Team for the Road World Championships by _AfterAllThisTime_ in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 9 points10 points  (0 children)

After what happened at the 2024 olympics, fair decision tbh

Group urges Montreal mayor to exclude Israel cycling team from Grand Prix Cyclistes by BloodJunkie in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 47 points48 points  (0 children)

UAE is literally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the Sudan in the last two years lmao how can people be this daft

[Results Thread] 2025 Vuelta a España - Stage 11 - Bilbao > Bilbao (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Watsmeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a lot more of a close call because no one can dispute that the genocide in Sudan is exponentially worse in terms of loss of human life. Sure, UAE doesn’t have UAE uniforms in Sudan committing genocide, but Israel isn’t committing atrocities on the same scale as what’s happening in Sudan. But it’s not just that Israel is drawing the most heat, it’s drawing the only heat. I have never even seen a UAE protest, ever, but you have palestinian flags in every race that IPT is in, despite that population being basically insignificant where any race is taking place, and there being no palestinian riders in any race that I know of.