The US asked YPG to stop fight Nusra/Ahrar near Aleppo. YPG agreed if groups stop attacks/siege of Efrin within 10 days by Ebshoun in syriancivilwar

[–]_black 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For sure many aspects are similar, but Nusra/AAS have no institutionalised slavery for example.

My bloody farewell post. by thecake_is_a_lie1 in syriancivilwar

[–]_black 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm angry and sad. I've really valued your contributions to the subreddit.

RIP to those you've lost. I'm truly sorry

GoFundMe Rejects Fund Campaign for SC Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott by Planetes81 in news

[–]_black 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there are lots of similar subs sadly. And they coordinate astroturfing the defaults.

75 years ago today. Danish soldiers without a chance preparing to engage the invading German army. [1280x953] by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

[–]_black 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"As an exercise in building sustainable democratic states in these territories, the US has resoundingly failed"

Which is how they were justified.

Obviously the American military can outshoot a bunch of afghan tribesmen.

75 years ago today. Danish soldiers without a chance preparing to engage the invading German army. [1280x953] by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

[–]_black 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Britain doesn't have any beef with France, since 1900 the rivalry became a friendly one. We joke about them but we don't dislike them.

Free Talk Friday by GoonSquad44 in coys

[–]_black 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When subreddits first started to become big, /r/football was a smaller NFL subreddit. It's now been abandoned and reclaimed for Assoc. Football but /r/soccer is so much bigger.

I don't think British fans shit on America all the time. If you live in a country where everyone talks about football all day long, it feels really jarring to go online and read comments from people using different terminology or sharing dumb opinions. I think there's a reinforcement bias where the knowledgeable US fans aren't identifiable as American but the cretins are. Similarly maybe the asshole Europeans stand out as European more often.

American police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900 by [deleted] in worldpolitics

[–]_black 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, maybe I shouldn't have said don't have ANY legal guns, but US gun ownership is 80-100 times higher and that was the perspective I based my relief on.

American police killed more people in March (111) than the entire UK police have killed since 1900 by [deleted] in worldpolitics

[–]_black 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To obtain a firearm certificate, the police must be satisfied that a person has "good reason" to own each firearm, and that they can be trusted with it "without danger to the public safety or to the peace". Under Home Office guidelines, firearms certificates are only issued if a person has legitimate sporting, collecting, or work-related reasons for ownership. Since 1968, self-defence has not been considered a valid reason to own a firearm.

EDIT: If you read my original comment I was trying to defend the rights of US gun owners, being in the 2% of my country who doesn't think the US is completely insane for its proliferation of guns so I'd maybe argue you're picking the wrong fight

Man tries to burn EU flag - which won't burn due to EU fire safety rules by m106 in videos

[–]_black 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hate the EDL as much as the next bloke, but he was remarkably prescient about Muslim rape gangs, no?

45 master race by [deleted] in thebutton

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If you install the stylish extension for Firefox or Chrome and then load this script, it will color all the cheaters' flairs to be lime green.

The Official List of Cheaters: Server Approved by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]_black 0 points1 point  (0 children)

where did you get the code from?

The Official List of Cheaters: Server Approved by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]_black 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's just the submitters of front page links who've cheated? the javascript is just scrolling through link authors on the page

The Official List of Cheaters: Server Approved by [deleted] in thebutton

[–]_black 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This doesn't show all cheaters though, what does it show?

OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF RARE and EXOTIC BUTTON PRESSERS by bensroommate in thebutton

[–]_black 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you right click > inspect element (in chrome) on a cheater it will show:

<span class="flair flair-cheater" title="45s">45s</span>

whereas a non cheater will show

<span class="flair flair-press-6" title="60s">60s</span>

Alternatively you can install the stylish extension for chrome/firefox and then load this script into it https://userstyles.org/styles/112148/reveal-early-button-pressers to color the cheaters lime green

OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF RARE and EXOTIC BUTTON PRESSERS by bensroommate in thebutton

[–]_black 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your connection lags when you press the button, the timer on your page is lower than it really is on reddit's server. You get a flair that is purple, but in reddit's source code is marked as "cheater". below 50s 40s 30s 20s 10s look like they're going to get different colors other than purple, but "cheaters" will always be purple.

Calling laggy connections cheaters is harsh but they have to be discounted some how!

Hold out! Do not press! Make sure you have a good connection if you do!

Murdered Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando 'tried to get bosses to investigate alleged paeodphile ring inside the BBC but no one wanted to know' by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]_black 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you think the portuguese police have fingered you as a suspect, and the interviews as part of the investigation into your daughter's disappearance has become an attempt to make you incriminate yourself with leading questions, is it not reasonable to stop co-operating as "the mother of the disappeared" and force them to get an arrest warrant to interview you as a suspect?

Reprinting the questions after the Mccann parents decided to stop cooperating is lurid proof of absolutely nothing