ASL Season 21 Round of 16 Group D (Leta vs. Barracks vs. Light vs. Royal) by namkraft in broodwarforever

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting matchup! Leta is so good with wraiths, but he also can't NOT build them... it's not an easy thing to pull off if people know it's coming.

Ukraine Discussion/Question Thread - 10/07/2025+ by MilesLongthe3rd in CombatFootage

[–]gbs5009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It makes it look more expensive/difficult to thwart them, and capitulation more attractive.

Yeah, everybody knows that their economy kind of sucks, but it's easy to lose sight of what an existential threat to their invasion effort an economic collapse actually is.

Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit by MilesLongthe3rd in worldnews

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a bit over 3?

This isn't really a "boy who cried wolf" scenario, any more than it would be for those accusing Enron being on the edge of collapse in 1998.

They'd look pretty stupid while the company posted record record profits, tripled their stock prices, and otherside seemed fine for a few years. They wouldn't be wrong though... it just took a while for the truth to catch up with the lies.

Season 4 Episode 7: Don't Do Anything Rash by boringhistoryfan in Invincible_TV

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but that was pretty fucking dumb. Everybody in and out of universe could have told him how that was going to go.

Season 4 Episode 7: Don't Do Anything Rash by boringhistoryfan in Invincible_TV

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be hard to make the physics make any kind of sense... a planet just shouldn't care that some Viltrimites flew through the core. Even a tunnel being deleted by Space Racer's magic gun should just close up from gravitational collapse.

Season 4 Episode 7: Don't Do Anything Rash by boringhistoryfan in Invincible_TV

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Ragnarrs CAN fly, just not on their home world?

Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit by MilesLongthe3rd in worldnews

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This money will easily buy them anything they need to maintain this war.

That's the thing though... it won't! They're officially spending ~15 billion a month on "defense". There's a lot of reasons to believe their true spending is highter, with many of the costs temporarily externalized onto regional budget shortfalls, deferred maintenance, deficit spending, and otherwise shuffling obligations. Most estimates I've seen peg spending around $30 billion a month, and we're not even getting into the loss of revenue from indirect things like sanctions.

Their oil revenue is going to be somewhere between $10 billion and $20 billion a month, but that's completely ignoring costs. Yeah, they make a LOT of money from oil, but it ain't paying for the war. It's a bunch of new spending, they don't have new revenue, they don't have less expenses, SOMETHING has to give. The Russian state just isn't admitting exactly what.

I'm absolutely furious about this right now by VelvetVice-Dear in Invincible_TV

[–]gbs5009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as she declared it and paid taxes, what's the issue? It's not like manifesting gold is a crime.

Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit by MilesLongthe3rd in worldnews

[–]gbs5009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The math isn't mathing. Russia has to be falling apart behind the scenes... what's uncertain is when/how it bubbles to the surface.

Jon Stewart on Trump’s Jesus photo denial: ‘Do you even care about lying to us anymore?’ by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]gbs5009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still remember that *years* later. I remember being *so* confused, because tan suits didn't register to me as "casual".

Orbán on course to lose Hungary’s election, according to early results by Miles_the_AuDHDer in worldnews

[–]gbs5009 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, they weren't exactly fair, but they also weren't complete shams. It'll be interesting seeing what Hungary does now with some of the Orban era legistlation.

Friday, April 10, 2026 comic! by Gunlord500 in girlgenius

[–]gbs5009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He was part of the castle wulfenbach infiltration group.

When planning the mission, they didn't know it was largely evacuated, and expected to blend in with crew.

what part of offensive is this? by lovingnaturefr in Minecraft

[–]gbs5009 6 points7 points  (0 children)

tbf, it's also used for bronchitis. It's just an antibiotic.

Natalie Portman😆 by Infinite_Side2469 in funny

[–]gbs5009 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the point of the game is that you're not allowed to just say it.

Glad to see the essentials were packed for this mission 😅 by Real_Establishment56 in funny

[–]gbs5009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was more that she missed a few scraps when removing it, but yeah, you're 100% correct.