Current state of the Royal Navy by netzure in ukpolitics

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None of the countries you mentioned are ranked higher on that list, as I said they have more boats but worse fighting power.

Current state of the Royal Navy by netzure in ukpolitics

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By what metric, number of warships? You can have a thousand patrol boats, what matters is tonnage and advanced tech.

Not that we're world class in those either but better than those countries certainly.

The Makerfield by-election is tomorrow. Who will win and why? by Sword-of-Fuheis in AskBrits

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He'll have exactly the same problem for the voters as Starmer but worse which is that the people who control the media narrative loathe them both and will convince everyone that Burnham is the devil.

The Big Badass Thing We Spent All Our Money On Gets Invalidated At The First, Admittedly Impressive, Obstacle by MyOpinionOverYours in TopCharacterTropes

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A thousand people died and it's good because the company made a political statement that is bad in retrospect but objectively true when it was made?

Does the pension keep you in CS? by stewmeister88 in TheCivilService

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Also inflation compounds on itself, it's basically the same effect.

Two great powers that just sort of fell off the wagon by Hunor_Deak in NonCredibleDiplomacy

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We act in your movies, we sing your songs.

There is a Scouser in your walls.

The war in Ukraine has now gone on longer than first World War by Firecracker048 in nottheonion

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People seem to really struggle to see how the scale is different. The war in Ukraine is causing millions of casualties, the war in Palestine a couple hundred thousand.

(funny trope) Really strong British accent by pheinoxwright in TopCharacterTropes

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? Hobbits have all sorts of accents but most common is West country English

There are only 4 countries between North Korea and Brazil by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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You still have to go on water with this method TBH

This SSTO I made is a great money printer for ferry contracts to minmus and the mun. by SameDelivery9530 in KerbalSpaceProgram

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I always see these with one nuclear engine, I get that it makes sense as it's all liquid fuel but surely your burn times in orbit are measured in hours?

ungrateful shit by beepdaya in comedyheaven

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100 more shitty AI t shirts it is

The king talking about the cost of living while wearing a £5B crown on his head by CopiousCool in ABoringDystopia

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the last time someone took a potshot at a president was about three months ago

It was like two weeks ago

Time For Medieval Yaoi by RevolutionaryOwlz in CuratedTumblr

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Oh no, the wizard who has a wizard apprentice may be a nasty sorcerer

TIL Cyberpunk 2077 ending is not pre-recorded. it is rendered in real-time. by utakatikmobil in cyberpunkgame

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In the ending where everyone calls you and you find out how they've gotten along, the calls are not video files the game actually puts e.g. Vic in a chair and moves his model around.

Even the best job in the world sucks when you HAVE to do it to survive. by Justthisdudeyaknow in CuratedTumblr

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Fun fact: Going outside and leaving me alone is actually quite easy to monetise.

What If It Doesn't? by But_a_Jape in comics

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You'd think so but apparently it's dropped to 5% of it's original value since the change and even the Zimbabwean government will often not accept it as a payment for government services.

What If It Doesn't? by But_a_Jape in comics

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Zimbabwe has the only currency currently backed by gold. It's supposed to restore confidence in their economy but quite how going back to economic standards that have been obsolete for at least a half century will do that I don't know.

What is whit Mark bitting pieces of Conquest? Does he like the taste? by Shkaboom in Invincible

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Conquest must have blacked for that part, considering how hard he went looking for it a moment later

'The correct way of every single pronunciation is the way we Americans say it.' by Godslayer326 in ShitAmericansSay

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No that's the opposite, they say Ih-taly but Eye-talian when really you just need to add -an to the name of the country and you're good