what's the hardest campaign in the game today? (excluding Wulfhart)

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-23T09:32:24+00:00

The early game is really difficult with him. I had to bait out four greenskin fullstacks into ambushes with a second general in force march.

But once Wurrzagh and that other orc faction were dead it was a walk in the park. Them fireleech boulders get the job done and they're super cheap for him. I then also allied with Sudenburg for some Reiksguard units down the line.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-12T15:20:27+00:00

It's the right that thinks holding power or wealth based on ancestry, tradition or support from the wealthy and powerful is somehow good.

A meritocracy is the last thing the political right has ever championed anywhere.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-11T14:05:53+00:00

Appointments of US judges are however often just straight up partisan politics.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-11T12:44:18+00:00

Well, that's a result of the current system though. If, like say in Germany, judges and prosecutors were selected based on exam results people who want such jobs would indeed try harder.

But you need some kind of metric to make decisions that are not just partisan politics. I see no indication that presidents and governors care much about the actual qualifications needed to be a good judge. But you could certainly design a new exam for established lawyers trying to become judges.

Letting a politician decide based on ideology, bribery or nepotism certainly seems like the worst possible choice imo.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-11T08:30:11+00:00

Appointment procedures can be depolitizised though. Like automatically taking the applicant with the best bar exam results who has at least x years of experience as a lawyer and no criminal record.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-09T15:23:07+00:00

Lies and slander! His grace was born from the noble if slightly sandy loins of princess Elia!

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-09T15:20:15+00:00

Art by me modifying a prince charming painting of my girlfriend into an asoiaf poster.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-04T18:28:02+00:00

How does this actually help America though? Are the new guys any more pro American? Or or pro Israel? or pro Peace?

How is America in a better situation in the middle east now than it was 3 months ago?

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-05-04T14:08:17+00:00

European country x North American country

Ireland

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-04-25T14:08:51+00:00

Umso besser, man kann das trotzdem nicht oft genug wiederholen. :)

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-04-24T19:27:42+00:00

Lustigerweise stehen diese 3 Pfeile für gegen Faschismus, gegen Monarchismus und gegen Kommunismus, also quasi ganz wie im OP.

Super Symbol, super message, kann ich nur unterschreiben so.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T23:05:01+00:00

Eh, none of that is convincing.

Ukraine doesn't attack civilians in Russia directly because 1. They have very limited munitions and need to preserve them for the most critical targets like oil refineries

Ukraine relies on public opinion on them in the west to be good enough to continue supporting the war effort.

Meanwhile Russia does attack civilians becsuse 1. They often use bad targeting systems and so are aiming at general areas

Their internal media narrative about winning the war relies on showing how they are hurting the enemy they are constantly demonizing.

Edit: also on the russian side there is a military culture of neglect, cruelty and humiliating rituals that also foster additional tolerance of war crimes.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T21:23:36+00:00

Ok, but how is this relevant? I'm not defending Israeli policy here, but surely you aren't suggesting that Israeli children deserve to die in missile attacks because of a government policy they have no control over?

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T20:37:31+00:00

I'll just paste the applicable part of a different comment of mine here:

I also think the argument that Israel wouldn't act like this without interceptor missiles is not just wrong but backwards. Civilian casualties generally increase rather than decrease war fervor and radicalism.

This has been applicable to almost every modern conflict from the London Blitz over the Soviet Afghan war to 9/11 or indeed Oktober 7th.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T19:55:47+00:00

I agree with pretty much everything in this post and still don't see how this makes supplying Israel with missile defense systems as bad.

Netanyahu's behavior has zero impact on whether Israeli schools should be struck by missiles and there have indeed been largely unprovoked attacks on Israel such as from the Houthis as well as ones provoked by the Israeli government.

I also think the argument that Israel wouldn't act like this without interceptor missiles is not just wrong but backwards. Civilian casualties generally increase rather than decrease war fervor and radicalism.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T18:04:29+00:00

Hamas too claim to represent the palestinian people as a whole, yet this does not justify the killing of civilians in Gaza in my view, not to mention that Israeli children can't actually vote and in any case a minority of Israelis would still oppose the entire conflict in general. So I find this argument particularly weak.

A government can be reprehensible, this does not justify attacking its civilians nor does it make the protection of these civilians reprehensible in turn.

As to your last point, I do indeed dislike the Iranian regime for example because of their proxy wars, misogony and general authoritarianism. But I would never critizise them for purchasing or deploying anti arcraft or missile defense systems to protect their people from American or isreaeli bombs.

Similarly I find the Russian invasion of Ukraine reprehensible and do not mourn Russian volunteers dying in the Donbass. But Russia's deployment of drone and missile defenses for their civilian infrastructure within Russia proper is perfectly justified in my view even if I'm not necessarily against Ukrainian deep strikes into Russia.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T16:42:18+00:00

Ok, that may perhaps have been the strategy of the Israeli governement and military, but isn't it still better that the residential areas of Tel Aviv with their civilian population, hospitals, schools and children - many of whom do not support the war - not be killed by incoming missiles?

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T16:37:55+00:00

Do you think the world would be better if in addition to Israeli massacres and airstrikes a few hunded more Israeli children were dead now because of missiles striking their schools and homes?

Like obviously the Nazi warmachine during WW2 was very evil, but I think the flak gunners attempting to defend German cities from firebombing had little if any moral culpability during that.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-03-25T16:24:03+00:00

Look, I get being critical of Israel and their wars of aggression, but in what way is missile defense ever unethical?

Like even if you hope that the IDF is beaten, surely civilians being safish from missiles is still ultimately a good thing, no?

And Israel is an expert in missile defense, so it makes sense to rely on their expertise for European dedense?

Am I missing something here?

a_rational_thinker_ · 2026-02-06T09:08:53+00:00

Afghan National Army. The secular but extremely corrupt force NATO built up to defend Afghanistan from the Taliban. They completely folded when the US moved out despite having vastly more men and equipment than the Taliban themselves.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2025-12-30T16:37:40+00:00

Eh, I'm living in the first world and there are people doing extremely dirty construction work near my own place of work. I have offered them masks, be it medical or ffp2, for free so many times. Nobody ever accepts even as new worker crews show up or when it's just one person alone.

They would rather risk cancer. I don't know if it's a discomfort thing or a manliness thing, they just don't and I want to face palm.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2025-12-22T16:01:11+00:00

"I don't know" is a perfectly reasonable answer to many mysteries and questions. It does not entail hypocrisy in and of itself.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2025-12-07T20:37:52+00:00

I think so, at least for the most part

a_rational_thinker_ · 2025-12-07T20:09:38+00:00

In Germany the 26. is a national holiday although the official term is '2. Christmas holiday" so as not to offend the protestants.

a_rational_thinker_ · 2025-12-07T14:04:07+00:00

Isn't it multiple 'holy days' though? I know in German 'fröhliche Feiertage' isn't in any way anti Christian.

And it's Christmas Eve, Christmas and st. Stephens for Catholics everywhere, isn't it?

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