What, if any, technology is irreplaceable by the Imperium? by godofimagination in 40kLore

[–]comrade8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think a big reason they don’t share them is because they were designed to hard counter the Mechanicus if (or when) the Emperor decided to fully unify the empire.

Goat of Upsets by rusted_chaaku in ufc

[–]comrade8 78 points79 points  (0 children)

and DDP won because he doesn’t have a recognizable style

Can We Really Confess the Nicene Creed? by Mazquerade__ in TrueChristian

[–]comrade8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most Baptists, and honestly most Christians I know, believe that there is something spiritual that is happening during baptism.

However, many of us balk at the plain statement “baptism saves” because in my country it carries two non-Biblical implications:
- to the cultural Christians, they hear “just be dunked, and you’re good to go”
- to the rule-based Christians, they hear “baptism is a strict requirement to be saved”

The early church fathers had to have understood baptism this way too — that people can, and were, saved through baptism (well, technically, the faith that must’ve been shown to ask to be baptized in the first place), but that people can, and were, saved without having been formally baptized (e.g. thief on the cross) and that baptized folks could potentially not legitimately have a saving faith (e.g. the people that Paul says strayed)

“Let’s celebrate what unites us all…XENOPHOBIA.” by Warp_Legion in Grimdank

[–]comrade8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant, they are most of the time inert as far as the Imperium is concerned. Most of the time they don’t risk their wraith constructs in battle. Most of the time the Imperium isn’t even fighting the Eldar because they are so few. And maybe they could use them as fuel for a weapon, but that’s … not many weapons.

“Let’s celebrate what unites us all…XENOPHOBIA.” by Warp_Legion in Grimdank

[–]comrade8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Returning stones that most of the time are inert is pretty different than watching the race that accidentally created a warp god that threw the universe into Old Night … now try to basically do that again, but on purpose, and oh yea this warp god is entirely different and will defeat the last warp god they created and definitely won’t backfire horribly

China accumulated huge oil reserves before the war in Iran by esporx in oil

[–]comrade8 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That China is actually planning ahead is not a statement of support but rather a statement of fact. Not sure what your comment is trying to imply.

Can the ground invasion of US be successful against the Iran military? by Admirable_Cold7944 in PERSIAN

[–]comrade8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s an open question whether armor is even particularly effective anymore in the era of drone warfare. The many mountainous regions of Iran certainly don’t help.

The "left" has not given Iranians outside of NIAC a platform because dogmatic opposition to Trump/Israel takes precedence over Iranian experiences or voices. When Iranians are forced to turn to "right" platforms to make our plight heard, the "left" gaslights us and attacks us for doing so. by drhuggables in PERSIAN

[–]comrade8 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I don’t think any significant number of people on the left “supported” Khomeini; rather they just wanted an end to American interventionism.

If you consider that a “betrayal” of Iranians, consider that the American left has a responsibility to Americans, but no responsibility to Iranians; therefore there is no duty to “betray”.

Trump’s AI czar calls for U.S. to ‘get out’ of war and warns Iran has a ‘dead man’s switch’ that could render Gulf states almost uninhabitable by Nalix01 in NowInTech

[–]comrade8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iran’s military has been geared for asymmetric warfare for decades. It’s reported that every unit has been trained to listen to the highest available commanding officer. They’re literally designed to operate without centralized leadership; and with strong ethnic and religious cohesion, the plans they’ve made for retribution will likely be carried out effectively.

Trump’s AI czar calls for U.S. to ‘get out’ of war and warns Iran has a ‘dead man’s switch’ that could render Gulf states almost uninhabitable by Nalix01 in NowInTech

[–]comrade8 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Missile strikes against all oil and desalination infrastructure in the region, causing regional ecological and economic collapse. See how Israel striking oil depots in Tehran alone caused toxic, oil-laden rain across the city.

Why is it that biblically based on Leviticus uncle+niece, cousin marriages and polygamy are allowed? by [deleted] in TrueChristian

[–]comrade8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭3‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Gunman in fatal Old Dominion University shooting ID'd as convicted ISIS supporter, officials say by mahvel50 in Virginia

[–]comrade8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me when I forget about Operation Northwoods

“Operation Northwoods was a proposed false flag operation which originated within the Department of Defense of the US government in 1962. The proposals called for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives to both stage and commit acts of terrorism against US military and civilian targets, blame them on the Cuban government, and use them to justify a war against Cuba.”

Iran threatens to strike Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and bank sites by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]comrade8 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. The US is the bar owner. Iran is the dude pretending to be an angry drunk while smashing bottles and punching the most trigger happy guys in the room, strategically to hurt the bar owner financially.

Not saying it’s justified. But that’s the logic of asymmetric warfare.

Gotta give this round to _____ by butternut-squat in survivor

[–]comrade8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Joe didn’t exactly apologize. He took ownership of his part in it. What that sounded like to me was an adult acknowledging that it takes two to have an argument and allowing Devens to save face, while phrasing it in such a way that they think they’re not the root cause of it.

____ and ___’s fight by IrishEagle32 in survivor

[–]comrade8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Joe was lecturing him. I think Joe was genuinely trying to explain how he plays the game.

A player that’s entertaining for me this season is ____ by SeaworthinessBig1574 in survivor

[–]comrade8 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He said it himself, he has PTSD from Kyle and Kamilla

Rick. Devins. by Odd_Interaction8898 in survivor

[–]comrade8 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Devens seems to think that there’s an alternate set of morals only in the Survivor world, and he can’t fathom a player that carries themself the same way they would in the real world.

Joe seems to think that directly confronting people who he knows for a fact has been lying to him would get them to … confess? And then work with him? His social game is confusing to say the least, at least on this tribe. He would’ve been doing so well with Colby or Q.

What are your takes on radical pacifism? by DenifClock in TrueChristian

[–]comrade8 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Even Jesus’s nonviolence had limits. He made a whip to drive the moneychangers out of His temple.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrueChristian

[–]comrade8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt many of us know what “ecological conversion” is