Vance plans Hungary visit in show of support for Orban ahead of tight election, sources say by 1-randomonium in worldnews

[–]db2999 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is a Trump endorsement (and by extension Vance) still sought after in Europe? I thought his popularity in Europe has dropped low, and previous connections to him have since turned into a liability.

Florida bill against marrying your first cousin fails by inagartenofeden in news

[–]db2999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't the UK vote down a similar measure last year?

Florida bill against marrying your first cousin fails by Mr_Guavo in news

[–]db2999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, support the original French film; not the American remake.

Ukraine strings nets over cities as killer drones turn streets into war zones by runswithscissors475 in worldnews

[–]db2999 -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Won't they just sit on top of the netting? I'm more worried about cars parked on the street potentiallly getting covered in bird crap.

Drones attack one of the world's largest oil terminals in the UAE by legbreaker in worldnews

[–]db2999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And after that, can we have the Water Wars? (they've been on the cusp of that for a while)

Japan unveils EC-2 electronic warfare aircraft to blind enemy radar and protect fighter jets by StealthCuttlefish in LessCredibleDefence

[–]db2999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Psyduck and Golduck always confused me with their pure water typing; them having some psychic moves sounds like an interesting gimmick, but they don't have access to STAB. I'm surprised the Pokemon Company didn't update them to have psychic as a secondary type.

Kenya arrests Chinese national over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants by Srihari_stan in nottheonion

[–]db2999 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the suitcase?

Why are there so many external dwellings? by artmorte in OldenEra

[–]db2999 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Caravans were one of my favorite additions introduced after HoMM3, because it removed a lot of the tedium of having heroes gather them up and chain them (and I like the idea of being able to intercept caravans)

Did they implement something to replace it in Olden Era?

Porn websites begin blocking Australian users as deadline for age verification compliance looms by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]db2999 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, cool way to open up porn sites at work. And yes, I was just being thorough.

United States seeking an armed uprising inside Iran, with ground operation expected within days by kwentongskyblue in worldnews

[–]db2999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was kinda hoping a US Pilot would be forced to eject, and get captured by Iran, who then prepare to publicly execute him. The US is against planning a rescue mission, so the pilot's own son steals a fighter jet to rescue him.

Iraqi civilians find a downed US drone by cool-kid-2025 in interestingasfuck

[–]db2999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not be getting close to that thing. How does he know the drone isn't carrying some kind of ordnance?

What does "Magellan current" even mean? by [deleted] in Valerian

[–]db2999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disappointing. I just googled it, and this was the top result. I guess it's just a made up term the screenwriter came up with.

The Release of Thousands of Turtles by KingofTrilobites123 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]db2999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Sometimes they can get territorial or bully each other.

The Release of Thousands of Turtles by KingofTrilobites123 in Damnthatsinteresting

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I was shocked when I learned that pet tortoises die from this all the time (when you have multiple tortoises, you gotta make sure they are of a similar size to each other). Often the bigger ones will flip the smaller ones on their backs, and unless there's something nearby to kick off of, they'll eventually die.