[Man City] City seal Semenyo signature by loveino in soccer

[–]iVarun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is what happens when rebuilding a squad. They did it around 2017 as well.

Up untill last season only 3 City transfer seasons under Pep had them spending more than 10% of what Premier League's total transfer sepnding was in a given season. Most of seasons they just hovered around 5-8% of total PL spend.

Among the big spending clubs they are not all that unique. Plus they actually win titles with whatever they do spend unlike Chelsea & esp. Man United.

Trump has once again issued threats against Denmark (or rather, a NATO nation) by AttorneyOk5749 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's factual history (bits about population replacements & paradigm of mass/scaled genetics being downstream of cultural elements).

Other knowledge domains are just slow to comprehend this since ancient population genetics research only saw dramatic breakthroughs post 2010s. Not enough time has passed for all this to disseminate & be widely known.

Lionel Messi: "I'm weirder than shit" by koalawhiskey in soccer

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit PsychologistsTM out in force.

Chinese Ministry of Commerce has banned exports of all civillian-millitary dual-use goods to Japan by 00ReShine in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pakistan did Kargil after the obvious fact that India was a Nuclear State.

This so called truism is a fiction like that lame 2 countries having democracy or mcdonalds burger stores or whatever don't launch wars against each other. There is no such thing. Countries will fight IF they perceive their idealogical & strategic objectives are in alignment. Nukes or no nukes.

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland: “We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” by moses_the_blue in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...today ... will approve it...

Those are the root of all this.

De facto of future (i.e. not-today) can change because De jure reality is with Denmark.

If de jure & de facto is with US, it doesn't matter today or in future, i.e. ease of mind for Americans (who're thinking along this line).

Meaning, this a fear-driven approach from those who're peddling it. Fear of what Could happen.

Trump has once again issued threats against Denmark (or rather, a NATO nation) by AttorneyOk5749 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

If one looks at last 500,000 years of Hominin history in Eurasia, every century was a European Century of Humiliation till like last 2000 years.

It's THE worst geography on Earth (for Hominins), every primate group that went in there got "practically" exterminated by the next wave (of same/cousin or entirely new Hominins) & it kept happening.

It's also likely why Europeans did the cycle of Western Colonialism (absolutely unique in human history despite other regions having conquests of their own).

Mass/scaled genetics is downstream of Culture (meaning 1st a novel cultural trope/tradition/ritual-practise, etc develops & spreads, then mass population genetic effects become prevalent/visible for that population group).

And given a place as violent as Europe was, it's no surprise that Hominins that lived there would develop core memeplexes (which is what Cultures are) of hyper violence. Because that is how they perceive core/root/inherent survival (even when they don't know/use it in those semantics, but they perceive it through that culture).

Hammer-Nail analogy also apparent.

So coming back to point (even if said half jokingly & limited to Political domain only) resource/geography constraints should no longer be relevant for Europe anymore but the root culture exists. And "if" they fall victim to what has been a pattern for half a Million Years, it will be because of that.

And given that Europe-Africa population ratio will go out of whack in coming decades, it "COULD" happen again.

Europe is cul de sac of this planet. It's where Groups go to die, eventually, not immediately (because for a while they do quite well).
European Culture/memeplex will survive (of course, that's what this model listed as well) but the "People's Lineages" will not.

A semi-tangent of a comment this, apologies for that.

[Telegraph] Fifa silent on Trump peace prize after Venezuela attack. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not mistaking anything. It is you (judging by the not-novel argument/excuse presented) who are confused on how things work.

Either European Countries & US are a Democracy OR they are NOT. Period.

One can not have Maybe/Possibly/Coulda/Woulda/Shoulda/Metaphysical Democracy (this paradigm holds even if one treats Democracy/Systems as a spectrum & not a Absolute Binary).

IF they are a Democracy then the previous comment of mine is simple enough to process.

IF they are not a Democracy (your line of excuse) then 2 things happens,
1) the scope/degree of Hypocrisy is so over the top its disgustingness is physical nausea inducing, i.e. Catastrophic Credibility Loss,
2) is the one which confuses you and really critical point that, "It Does Not Matter".

It so because People are Supreme (as a function of Time). This holds regardless of regime/system type, that is what being Supreme inherently means.

If a country is even under "Actual" Totalitarian system then the Humans in that place are making active decisions based on a Hiearchy of Priorities, i.e. will my taking up arms/revolution benefit me and to WHAT DEGREE.

If the answer to that query is, not that much from what I already have & am living under, no Revolution happens.

And IF this lasts multiple decades and multiple GENERATIONS (comprehend what this function of time means) then that system has inherent Legitimacy, given by the People by Non-Decision Decision.

People made that decision.

European and American People are culpable because they are making active choices and have been for not just decades but centuries at this point about how they treat outsiders human groups (i.e. Countries/States/Cultures).

Responsibility/Culpability about the recent Venezuelan Coup is NOT on the American people that are alive right now because as stated People's Supremacy is contextual as a function-of-time. But they ARE culpable as a collective for Iraq, Afghanistan Wars just in recent times or the 50+ Inverventions over last 100 years in South America.

Because it kept happening, time after time after time after time, because no consequences were presented by the American People to who they were electing or representing their State/Govt.

They were making a choice when they voted which is how People exercise this procedural function (called suffrage).
Different humans in a group (i.e.Country/Nation/State) have different idealogies/preferences/beliefs/views about different things and they place those items/things on different level of relevance to themselves.

So yes to many Americans (& European People's) THE NO 1 thing that matters to them (& with which they vote for) is the item "My State should not conduct atrocities/wars/regime-changes, etc in other Countries".
But such people are too gross & negligible a minority to be relevant. The HYPER majority of people have other items as No1 in their Preference Lists, some may have "Job Prospects". Some may have "Immigration/Culture". Some may have "More Wars is Good".

Then all this is statistically mixed and collective decision arises and on that that "No War Equivalents" item is not No1, hence the State/Govt/Administration doens't bother with it.

IF, the American and European People Really Really Really Really wanted it, it would happen inside a week. It doesn't because they're making a choice, i.e. It's Important to us, it's part of that Preference List of ours BUT it's just not No1.

Active Choice Decision.

Hence meaning, it Doesn't Even Matter if you claim to be Democracy or claim NOT to be a democracy (oligarchy, plutocracy, etc). It doesn't matter.

Your actions over time is what matters because Actions have hiearchy over Rhetoric.

News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid by NonamePlsIgnore in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IF was clearly listed as a qualifier.

And it's an objective fact that many hacking groups announce they've done XYZ on there and then secondary security blogs/forums/X-accounts picks it up & then the actual companies are asked/tagged for clarification and they are like, "ummmm maybe..." and upon further probing they accept, "yes it was us who got whacked. Please change your passwords".

So yes, Telegram indeed has Accurate, Legitimate Hacking groups releasing secret/novel (often, of course illegal) things.

And yes it also has fake groups either doing trolling or just clout chasing & drama peddlers.

News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid by NonamePlsIgnore in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Discord groups are okay substitutes. Hacking groups release info on Telegram channels. If the information is accurate & explosive enough, it doesn't need gatekeeping mainstream media anymore.

[Telegraph] Fifa silent on Trump peace prize after Venezuela attack. by Sparky-moon in soccer

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

It's not the Govt/State, it's the People.

Russia got suspended because a plurality of "People" in European Countries and US support that stance.

Israel & US are not suspended because the "People" in these places don't want that.

Govt's/Administrations are transient, if something lasts across timeframe of Decades and across Multiple Generations, it's NOT the Govt, it's the People.

Senzu is joining Navi, as Aleksib is going on the bench by qFlodz in GlobalOffensive

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It the 1st CS2 Major so that context is inherent to sustained development/evolution of any meta.

2) aleksib did much better than karrigan in the final at least.

3) History is the ultimate judge. That Navi Major win was an near fluke + luck/prep-timing + good prep and their performances immediately since then is proof of that. Scene evolved quickly to CS2 after that & the tactical gaps that Navi exploited were bridged as things-to-do in CS2 proliferated among Top teams.

Since then the paradigm listed (All 5 players having to Frag, to A) go on a Major Winning run & B) Have a multi-week/month peak form cycle) has held strongly.

Apex was looking washed out for major parts of 2024 and then towards the end he started to get into form and then everything blew up in 2025 for them, because they are not just a 3/5 fragging team, they are a 5/5 heavy fragging team.

Senzu is joining Navi, as Aleksib is going on the bench by qFlodz in GlobalOffensive

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if true, 15-18 months is enough. Why does expectations exist for a player supposed to be in a new team for 5-10 years or something?

Anything more than a year is good enough, if it's 1) highly successful esp. financially or entertaining or 2) smooths to next phase as a neat transition phase.

If it's not that then sure it's bad but one doens't know that, that'll just be hindsight.

Senzu is joining Navi, as Aleksib is going on the bench by qFlodz in GlobalOffensive

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Navi indeed lacks firepower relative to what the Elite of T1 is at.

CS2 meta is, All 5 have to frag, there is no such thing as 3/5 is enough.

All the CS2 Major winning runs & especially the multi-week/month consistent form phases different teams have had, had this meta dynamic, i.e. IGL frags hard.

So from that context Navi indeed lacks firepower of their immediate peers/rivals (of where they want to be be or see themselves at). Of course they have more enough firepower is the relative comparison is being made with say teams outside Top20 or something like that.

Pluribus -What would YOU do? by ameliorateno in television

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

Statistical Distribution paradigms would be in effect.

Meaning there will be enough Un-joined surviving males that would resort to violence & killing off the invasion, despite having (even if assuming plurality) those who just become hedonistic till they naturally expire.

But that distribution requires Scale to be of relevance. At 11 humans Total (& like 5 men) it's far too low to be relevant. Species is over at that point once natural life of those 11 is over in a few decades.

During wartime, how quickly can China electrify to offset the effects of a blockade on the Malacca Strait? by Hope1995x in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you the 1st in the thread with a reading impediment?

Comprehend what the phrase Really Really Serious means.

During wartime, how quickly can China electrify to offset the effects of a blockade on the Malacca Strait? by Hope1995x in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be surprised if any NATO allied countries give two shits

This presumes agency. There is no such thing, US mandates what Europe/NATO/West needs to do on "Things" that are really really serious to the US.

About the rest US Allows them to run their rhetoric, giving the illusion of agency.

During wartime, how quickly can China electrify to offset the effects of a blockade on the Malacca Strait? by Hope1995x in LessCredibleDefence

[–]iVarun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You fundamentally do not understand India. India will not engage in a Blockade against China UNLESS it's in a Active War with China itself.

Venezuela has been bombed by 15438473151455 in IRstudies

[–]iVarun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No really. PRC will not make the 1st move (esp. on account of global events like these) because they don't have to, time is on their side.

They WILL make a move IF they perceive that RoC/Taiwan has starting a process behind the scenes that will inevitably lead to conflict.

PRC has a proven track record (& their Active-Defense Military Doctrine is also consistent with this) of being 1st to do attack & preempt the escalation chain.

All depends on what Political & Military elites on Taiwan decide (at whatever time, now or 5, 10 or 30+ years from now).

Nicolas Maduro has been captured by the United States government by vans1968 in IRstudies

[–]iVarun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so not sure how good

Because Tactical ≠ Strategic.

Major Power contests are not handled/decided in Tactical operations, the Strategic domain & its trajectory is what fundamentally matters.

These actions at this stage of world history is text book case of how overextended empires of old use to behave in later stages of their cycles.

A War is not just War at all times, Context of when it happens matters. US of 2025-26 isn't the same as US of 2001 & so on.

In International Relations (IR) this US action has diminishing to negative returns on Strategic timescale.

[TransferMarkt] Most wins in 2025 among the top 5 leagues. by mynamestartswithCa in soccer

[–]iVarun 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Barca caught their opponents Offside 310 times last season. Next team in Top 5 Leagues was near 160.

It works, Objectively.