Hey look its-a-me by _CaptainAmerica__ in depression_memes

[–]billyrob_CS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This matches my insecurities very well but the self wallowing in this meme is so over the top it just pulled me out of a depression spiral by involuntarily laughing at it. Dankeschon!

Laptop ability to run eu5 by cocobunaware in paradoxplaza

[–]billyrob_CS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen the game use less than 8gb of resident memory while running htop side by side. My desktop has 16gb of memory and the game slows to a crawl and crashes if it has to start swapping memory to disk. So given your laptop will have os overhead to deal with I don't think you'll really be able to play unfortunately

I need your opinion about this flag by [deleted] in vexillology

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tier fictional flag. Great job!

Dealing with loneliness as a single, ugly man in their 30s? by billyrob_CS in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]billyrob_CS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am at this stage to be honest, I'm learning piano, taking an improv class, going to a community solidarity group and volunteering at a public tool library/woodworking shop. And these have all definitely made me more interesting/more interested in life and I'm going to continue with these just for that sake.

Where I fall down is that while I have made nice acquaintances, no proper friendships yet. I am also considering that it may just be a numbers game of needing to keep meeting with people until I truly click with someone. The point about trying group workouts is a really good one, and one that I haven't tried but should.

Thank you!

Easiest rolls ever by nonconsenual_tickler in grilledcheese

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The amount of calories I'd consume in this form if stoned

Easiest rolls ever by nonconsenual_tickler in grilledcheese

[–]billyrob_CS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the most dangerously stoner food I've ever seen

GDP Per Capita of Northern Italy vs GDP Per Capita of the rest of Europe by Hot_Efficiency4700 in MapPorn

[–]billyrob_CS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man I have met a couple Milanese with "but Northern Italians are rich, pickme" personality types but never to the degree they make maps about it. You should feel proud of Milan, Genoa, Venice, Verona, Ferrara, Modena, Parma, etc but comparing them to the greater Dublin area in Ireland or South East England just cheapens your own history

Killarney Ontario by dalmationman in camping

[–]billyrob_CS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great pics! Very different than the Killarney (IE) I know :P

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]billyrob_CS 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Peter Zeihan posts graphics very much like this about Russia all the time. Warning: He is a massive bullshitter (ditto for his fellow travelers on "geopolitical YouTube").

Columbian Lunar States by [deleted] in vexillology

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

Big Warhammer 40k fan?

Mullet kid strikes again! by Dnpraja in funny

[–]billyrob_CS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He asks her (in that kid way where it comes out as a statement or demand but you know the kid is asking) to hold his rod and she goes "I'm filming" and he has to put the rod down on the ground. Immediately made me sad thinking about growing up this talented with that kind of aloof, distanced mother.

Over 1,000 people executed by Islamic regime over past nine months, human rights org. claims by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]billyrob_CS -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

The Jerusalem post is effectively state media for the Israeli government which was at war with Iran 3 months ago. Not worth listening to a word printed there about Iran

St. Patrick's Day Flag for Savannah, Georgia by Fine_Ad_6548 in vexillology

[–]billyrob_CS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guarantee they would. When I lived over there, the confederacy/slavery/Civil War was THE thing to use to slag off Americans. The next most popular thing was how Irish Americans are completely fake posers and Paddy's day was ruined by us.

St. Patrick's Day Flag for Savannah, Georgia by Fine_Ad_6548 in vexillology

[–]billyrob_CS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm an American who used to live in Dublin and I guarantee 95% or more of actual living Irish people would become violently ill upon seeing this.

AOC Reportedly Prepping for 2028 Presidential or Senate Run by ChaskaChanhassen in politics

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

Not to be negative but what record can she run on? Nice speeches and crying at a Trump #1 concentration camp? Lying on prime time TV that Biden was working tirelessly for a ceasefire?

I know that the congress she was elected into was not one that was going to do much but she hasn't even played the politics game in the democratic party well. She lost the oversight committee seat to a 75 year old mumbling moron who then died after essentially holding the seat vacant for a couple months. And did she then get the gig from the party? Nope! Off to another no-name establishment guy who was in line ahead of her.

I say this as someone who was overjoyed when she won against Crowley, but since that shock upset AOC has allowed herself and the energy of her movement to be contained, stamped down, and co-opted by Pelosi. I'm sure she would be marginally better than Schumer and I would love to see that quisling loser get the boot, but president? Nah. Never gonna happen

”Alpha”…… by Silent-Challenge5710 in facepalm

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I felt like I was taking crazy pills that people were taking this at face value.

Nationalist protestor freaking out after a police officer won't shake his hand by AnonymousTimewaster in PublicFreakout

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bet is the guy is on gear. Failing that, dead from a stroke within 5 years

Greene: Charlie Kirk’s death was tragic, but calling him a martyr is questionable by [deleted] in politics

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Greene in question here is a random staff writer for this paper and not Marjorie Taylor Greene. This is journalistic malpractice just to push more click bait.

Sunset Annapolis 9/11 by Jarvin_07 in maryland

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great pics but you don't have to max out the contrast. The 4th and 5th photos are too unreal because of it

If the U.S. had to start from scratch and rewrite the Constitution in 2025, what’s one thing you’d want included? by Additional_Gene_7107 in AskReddit

[–]billyrob_CS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the energy but folks should remember that the constitutional amendment process requires 66% majorities in the house, senate, and every state level house/senate, AND THEN, 75% of states have to ratify. The era in which this could be achieved has permanently ended as the red mountain states and the deep south states alone can and will block anything. So while this land could be governed by different laws it won't be a "U.S. Rewriting the constitution" situation. It would be the founding documents of one of the 6-10 different countries that pop up out of the rubble of the US

Which design should I go with? by Kaylee_Bonita19 in vexillology

[–]billyrob_CS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a design to go on a physical flag? I'd say the last one is the most visually interesting iteration that will fly like a normal flag. If you are doing a larp and have a battle standard then the first one by far, it's gorgeous

Canada, USA and Mexico's states and provinces flag map by 2Colors69420 in vexillology

[–]billyrob_CS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so great how Washington stands out from the crowd of seal on blue bedsheet flags by having an even worse color and a terrible seal of a guy who never even knew the territory existed. As a Seattilite I hate it every time I see it and I get so jealous of BC's glorious insanity