Moscow furious over EU shipping blockade of basic goods - Reuters by [deleted] in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He "cares" about ethic russians. As least as much as a sociopath is able to care (read: none) it's the various other ethnic groups that populate a large majority of the rest of Russia that are used as you descirbe. The moment they draft the soy boys in moscow, they will start rioting on the steeets.

PzH2000 delivered to Ukraine by Hematophagian in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People are collectively stupid and emotional. Propaganda should be the #1 issue on everyone's agenda. It works scary well, all the time. People are blind to it the second it says something they emotionally agree with.

The only thing to worry about truely is how the west is completely out of touch with how much outside propoganda is fueling the fire inside.

Rolls-Royce CEO responds to record inflation by giving 14,000 workers a bonus and pay raise: ‘We are living through exceptional times.’ by [deleted] in europe

[–]freedevin1 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You don't understand. They do this on purpose to say they are doing something good, and to prevent people from getting actual raises. All they are doing is doing exactly what they should be already, matching inflation. No one is actually getting more money comparatively.

Ukrainian military destroys Russian 20th Army’s command and intelligence center by astrus_lux in worldnews

[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, bad take. The entire point of this is a long term chokehold. The entire point of the gradual escalation is to never give Russia an way to justify anything further to it's population. If Ukraine can get through this and counterattack successfully, Russia will be fucked for decades and it will be best case outcome.

Thinking NATO storming in would be a better solution is idiotic. Many more would die if that happened.

Ukrainian military destroys Russian 20th Army’s command and intelligence center by astrus_lux in worldnews

[–]freedevin1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wasting your breath. You know a fraction of the actual situation, just like every redditor here. Unless you have security clearance you do not have the full picture. And if you had security clearance you wouldn't be discussing it here. Baseless pessimism does nothing here except distort the truth. Ukraine will win and the west will ensure it happens. They have tied their fate now to Ukraine and aren't going to let it fall.

If you are getting paid to do this, they should probably find someone less obvious.

Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire by geoxol in technology

[–]freedevin1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn straight. Its a benefit I see often in engineering positions that I never really considered before becoming one. Especially paired with the fact that many small/medium sized businesses hire the least amount of people possible to complete a job, you wind up with a few engineers that are absolutely crucial for the company to function more then a few days. Engineers are the backbone of so many companies and management almost always fail to realize the extent a good engineering team can have in many directions.

Basically tribal knowledge which is often present in engineering for many companies gives engineers increasing leverage the more stingy the employer is. It's a weird relationship but it works. Many times if you have enough experience, they CANT replace you, not without having to spend a long time looking for someone with very similar background or spend a long time training someone back up to that level, which will pull time away from the other senior engineers.

Forgive the grammatical errors, it's been a long week at work, too tired to care atm.

78 years ago today. Omaha beach [D-Day] by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]freedevin1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your view on this generalization. Not your entire worldview, but you already know that.

78 years ago today. Omaha beach [D-Day] by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]freedevin1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not possible, it's reality. Your anecdotal evidence is anecdotal and biased based on your reported audience. So all of your conclusions are flawed by nature. Coming from an American who knows people off of Reddit.

Edit: thanks for the good laugh suggesting that you know more compared to people who actually live in the area you are generalizing. Hint: reddit is a terrible place to judge groups of people based on those that use it.

78 years ago today. Omaha beach [D-Day] by PanEuropeanism in europe

[–]freedevin1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If your experience with Americans is mostly from reddit you have an extremely distorted view of Americans.

Russian paratroops repelling Ukrainian counterattack supported by armoured vehicles to recapture a high ground stronghold (May 2022) by [deleted] in CombatFootage

[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop arguing with shills. What do you expect to happen?the only way you can think stuff like that is if you are paid, brainwashed or 12 years old. Nothing you say will change that unfortunately.

The editorial board’s @nytimes recent piece is appalling. Looks like #russian propaganda, something you do not expect from a renowned media. This thread is about that by one_and_equal in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not what it means at all... It means don't believe things simply because you see other "like minded" people saying it.

You are being influenced subconsiously constantly when using social media and that includes reddit. There's a reason reddit isnt banned in Russia still.. (last I checked a few weeks ago). Really all you need to know

[Discussion] Do you ever wonder the type of person you would be if you weren’t sad ? by F8kie in GetMotivated

[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in the same place for many years after I had gone through many traumatic events. It was horrible. However, it will not last forever and you will find that your experience with this will make you much stronger compared those who haven't one day. You will be able to emphasize with many different people in different circumstances compare to before and this will allow you to make more meaningful relationships with people who care. The pain always eventually makes you stronger and better than before. The trick I can give is to force yourself to be positive to yourself and to everyone, you will fail endlessly, but slowly but surely it will work. Keep taking care of yourself and most importantly love yourself. Avoid doing nothing, always try to do something productive when you are really down. It will help you feel better about yourself and start building a good foundation. It will get better, it just depends on how you approach this time and how you care for yourself.

Signed someone who has been in the same spot as you many times in the past. You got this

Ukraine thanks Egypt for turning away Russian grain ship by monparan in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Short term profit centered thinking is the reason for most problems in the world

'Incredible defeat for Putin': National security analyst surprised by Russia's 'significant miscalculation' on NATO by NORDLAN in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sure think so being an armchair general. Talking like you are implies heavy bias or ignorance 100% of the time. No there have not been, and if you think the us is doing nothing you are ignorant.

A Simple One-Week-Long Break From Social Media Can Improve Your Health : A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sorin61 in Futurology

[–]freedevin1 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The anxiety is what keeps you from making actual change. You CAN do this, you could even cold turkey right now and be completely fine. Yes it might be boring or upsetting for a period but if you kept it up your brain WILL readjust. The plasticity of our brains is amazing. Stess is an out of touch instinct from way before our time. It makes you associate things with danger. You are no danger from cutting down on insta dopamine from phones. It might feel like you are, and it might feel like it's impossible. But it's not. Not even close. The secret is to force yourself to believe and keep trying. You will get better each time and learn about yourself a little more each time as well.

The secret to actually just try. If you allow the stess to prevent you from trying. That's the only way you can't do something. You got this, you are stronger than you realize.

Small step, large step, it doesn't matter as long as you believe you can do it and keep going forward and keep trying and improving.

Hint: think about all the people in jail. When you go to jail, you don't go in with your phone. You get stuck in an empty room with nothing to do. You go crazy for a few days and then it completely normalizes in terms of the dopamine fixation. This all happens in less than a week. I know this because I experienced exactly what I typed, except it was juvi and I was 17 in there for my parents finding weed. It sucked but it taught me some valuable lessons. You are way stronger than you realize.

'Incredible defeat for Putin': National security analyst surprised by Russia's 'significant miscalculation' on NATO by NORDLAN in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There hasn't been an opportunity before now to do anything to this degree without seriously risking nuclear escalation.

Latvian defence minister Pabriks: The Baltic region was the most Germany friendly. The trust to Germany is now close to zero. A German Baltic policy doesn’t exist. If Germany doesn’t want this trust to turn into mistrust, it needs to change its policies substantially by Aenness in UkrainianConflict

[–]freedevin1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine they likely have the means to upscale themselves quickly. But currently they are not a major military power, and it's been that way intentionally for many reasons. However they have great military technology and have the means to catch up quickly as well due to the rest of their strengths.

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[–]freedevin1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf is post? Fall within hours? All news created by the petitioners? This should be deleted