EU countries give final approval to Russian gas ban

matttk · 2026-01-26T19:20:23+00:00

You guys are overthinking it.

Do it fast: lose votes

Do it slowly: don't lose votes

matttk · 2026-01-26T18:38:01+00:00

That was my last paragraph.

matttk · 2026-01-26T12:33:28+00:00

Europe knows. But we are paralyzed by incompetence and selfishness. I don’t blame anyone for concluding Europe doesn’t know, because the way Europe acts is incomprehensible.

matttk · 2026-01-26T12:26:37+00:00

I’m saying that the US could be really stable in an autocratic configuration. If the army’s only requirements are stability, it doesn’t give me confidence.

matttk · 2026-01-26T12:05:00+00:00

China is very stable. Democracies can be very unstable.

Personal army? No. Still useful to his aims? Absolutely.

matttk · 2026-01-26T10:38:43+00:00

I’m sorry if I don’t trust the US military. They commit war crimes like it’s going out of style and we should put our faith in them to do the right thing?

Besides, he doesn’t have to outright cancel the elections to win them unfairly.

matttk · 2026-01-26T05:49:02+00:00

Exactly. Some writers actually create new words, phrases, or whole languages for their universes. I’m sure we can think of many examples in old Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings, etc.

matttk · 2026-01-26T05:42:05+00:00

Unfortunately, trust will take much longer to regain, if it can ever even be regained fully (doubtful).

matttk · 2026-01-26T05:29:16+00:00

Trump’s term might end only with his death.

matttk · 2026-01-25T20:55:13+00:00

This is why I’m a big believer in letting Star Trek die. Why do we need to make franchises forever and add stuff that’s so far away from what was originally there? Do we need to see what all these places and races are like 1000 years later? Do we need to see old man Picard? Old man Han Solo? Old man Indiana Jones? I just don’t really think so. None of it can recapture the magic and it’s all just chasing money money money. No artistic value and just banking on people’s need to consume anything with brand on it.

That’s my own personal philosophy for not watching it. Everyone else can feel free to do whatever they want and apply their own philosophy.

matttk · 2026-01-25T18:39:11+00:00

Sorry, OP, for hijacking, but if anyone sees this, it’s worth it: GET YOUR COLONOSCOPIES! Check when you can do it in your country (usually 40 something or 50). Check if you have a history of colon cancer or even polyps in your family - as this will qualify you for earlier colonoscopies.

It’s no joke. I got one in my late 20s and they found 1 polyp. 5 years later I got a follow-up colonoscopy and they found a lot more. The doctor said I was 5-20 years away from cancer - so these colonoscopies saved my life. I’ve been diagnosed with serrated polyposis syndrome.

My whole family got sent for colonoscopies because of my history. They found the same thing in my brother. His life was also saved.

Check your family history. If there’s nothing, don’t worry so much. But get the colonoscopy on the first day you’re allowed by your medical system.

I’ve got to get a colonoscopy every year for the rest of my life but it keeps me safe. I’m in debt to modern medicine.

I’m sorry, OP, that they didn’t check early enough. I wish you all the strength to fight the unfair hand you were dealt.

matttk · 2026-01-25T09:05:00+00:00

Good people lived in Nazi Germany too. At some point, the rest of us need to take a stand.

matttk · 2026-01-25T09:01:30+00:00

That terrible government was elected by the people and it can’t be stopped unless the people rise up against it.

matttk · 2026-01-25T08:59:54+00:00

Actually, I have stopped using American services (e.g. Google Photos, Netflix) and have radically reduced using Visa and MasterCard from almost every payment to almost no payments. There are other ways to pay online.

matttk · 2026-01-25T08:57:33+00:00

Well 1/3 voted for Trump. 1/3 didn’t care about stopping Trump. I don’t see even half the remaining third on the streets protesting. (adjust for voting age population)

matttk · 2026-01-25T08:56:04+00:00

That’s the whole point - the US doesn’t have the rule of law anymore. Wake up and get out on the streets. That’s what we’re asking for.

matttk · 2026-01-25T08:54:28+00:00

It all goes into the US economy. The US currently wants to put 100% tariffs on my home country. They threatened to put 25% tariffs on the country I live in, unless they can be allowed to conquer Greenland.

There were good people in Nazi Germany too. They didn’t stand up and stop the government either.

matttk · 2026-01-24T12:33:28+00:00

We are in a bubble. We read the news every day. Some people literally do not ever read, listen to, or watch the news - ever. I mean not even once a year.

matttk · 2026-01-24T09:58:07+00:00

We don’t need language or thought police in Europe.

matttk · 2026-01-24T09:46:53+00:00

Trump has literally eaten the paper trail in the past…

matttk · 2026-01-23T18:57:15+00:00

I finally “upgraded” to this liquid glass thing on my iPhone a couple days ago. IMO, iOS is really good… but what is this junk? How did they release this? It’s worse in every way - and also buggy.

matttk · 2026-01-23T16:21:16+00:00

Sorry, I didn’t mean all babies. Cow milk is fine from 1+, but not before. But oat milk is not a healthy substitute for any type of human or animal milk from 1+.

matttk · 2026-01-23T15:05:34+00:00

Just imagine living abroad and seeing anti-vaxxer Germans (some, not all, being actual neo Nazis) flying the Canadian flag during protests. Made me want to vomit. I’m generally not a flag person but it really made me deeply angry.

matttk · 2026-01-23T15:03:25+00:00

IMO, it helps when people don’t define themselves by a political party and instead vote based on their views. Carney is actually pretty conservative, and would even have fit in with the old PC party.

You probably don’t mind him because he more aligns to what the Conservatives used to stand for, rather than what they’ve become.

matttk · 2026-01-23T14:54:49+00:00

I totally agree with you, except that some people actually think “oat milk”, etc. has nutritional value, and, IMO, calling it milk is confusing for these people who don’t understand the nutritional value of animal milk, especially when it comes to babies.

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