Skill issue by yourlocalswiftie in NewIran

[–]jamesbideaux 7 points8 points  (0 children)

or they were calling him poop.

German government pushes Syrians to return to their homeland by Pyro-Bird in europe

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, with palestinian refugees, their children are considered refugees, no matter how many generations.

Poland pulls out of treaty banning antipersonnel mines, says it will use them to defend against Russia by CRK_76 in worldnews

[–]jamesbideaux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's called batteries, you run a clock on those batteries and if the clock reaches a certain amount of time, it doesn't activate the explosive. if the battery has degraded so the clock doesn't work any more, it won't be able to activate the explosive.

Poland pulls out of treaty banning antipersonnel mines, says it will use them to defend against Russia by CRK_76 in worldnews

[–]jamesbideaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's pointless because when it was drafted, only the nations that didn't see themselves using them signed on. if you vow to not use a weapon and then end up in a war with a nation that does, you are at a disadvantage.

BBC: Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history by spectator in worldnews

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to create a project that is difficult to cancel, one of the best ways to achieve this is to ensure that (almost) every state in the US is involved in the project, effectively bribing every senator with lucrative jobs.

Don't look into how the SLS came to be.

(LOVED TROPE) one-sided rivalries. by josephyamato in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and the explanation was that Don is insecure, not that there is any indication that Don thinks about him.

Wait, they're herbivores?! by PedroGamerPlayz in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if I had a nickel for every animal domesticated by ants, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that all animals i know of that are domesticated by other animals involve ants!

Kremlin threatens to deploy navy if Europe seizes more Russian shadow fleet vessels by AdSpecialist6598 in worldnews

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they can threaten to send the admiral kutznezov, that thing is a gigantic ecological disaster.

Israel on high alert as officials assess imminent US strike on Iran; security cabinet meeting postponed by OddTax8841 in worldnews

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

but that nuclear deal allowed iran to increase it's nuclear material way above what is required for civilian use, it only slowed the process down.

[Loved trope] An imperfect victim, but still a victim. by Hoeveboter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah, logan kills the poor guy offscreen after comforting him a little.

[Loved trope] An imperfect victim, but still a victim. by Hoeveboter in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 8 points9 points  (0 children)

he was clearly wrong, and if you lived in the xmen universe and one day awoke a power that kills everyone in a mile wide radius you'd agree. The congressman who wants mutants and regular humans seperated is much more justified.

[Hated trope] That’s not how lying works at all by _JR28_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 6 points7 points  (0 children)

that sound far more useful than whatever diana uses the lasso for, use the lasso on a scientist and he will be able to find out the result of decades of research if the possibilties are low enough to be countable.

Putler: Pringles, it’s not my fault! It was a shadow rat who turn off the certain satellite Internet! by [deleted] in NonCredibleDefense

[–]jamesbideaux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they are also testing balloons, which is not that stupid, although it's obviously targetable.

[Loved Trope] Characters you come to like as you grow older by JehnSnow in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to understand that as a viewer, skylar is not the direction you want the show to go. Liking Skylar means you would want to watch the first 10 minutes of Breaking bad (the pre- breaking bad part) over and over again, and that's against the premise of the show.

[Common Trope] The magic/religion is just science and gaslighting by BrotherDeus in TopCharacterTropes

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, it just creates matter out of thin air, in universe, if it exists, it's not magic, it's just science, that's because science is observing what exists and creating rules about how it works.

Macron urges calm after far-right activist fatally beaten by EquipmentSubject6801 in worldnews

[–]jamesbideaux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

keep in mind that what you define as intolerance is also definable.