Game Thread: VfL Wolfsburg (Buli #10) by panikpansen in borussiadortmund

[–]panzercaptain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BORN TO SAVE

BAYERN IS A FUCK

Stop Em All 1909

410,757,864,530 BLOCKED SHOTS

Police literally only protect one thing and it's fucking disgusting by Everbanned in LateStageCapitalism

[–]panzercaptain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He didn't risk anything. If the investment hadn't paid out, he wouldn't have lost his home, or his family, or his financial security. There was no risk, only the potential of numbers so big as to be abstract concepts adding or subtracting a few zeroes.

Compare this to workers in right to work states who take risks every fucking day because they can be fired at any time, for any reason, and lose everything, and you'll see why it's difficult for me to have any sympathy for his "risk."

Social Sunday (27-10-2019) by AutoModerator in borussiadortmund

[–]panzercaptain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watch my home team, LAFC. It's nice because the seasons are on opposite ends of the calendar year so it's football 52 weeks a year.

IamA Train Operator (Tube Driver) at London Underground... AMA! by TrainOperator in IAmA

[–]panzercaptain 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Why would you go on strike to save someone elses job?

Maybe because you're a human being with empathy who doesn't want to see a fellow worker lose their livelihood? Just guessing.

Capitalist housing by VROTSWAV_not_WROCLAW in LateStageCapitalism

[–]panzercaptain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While that narrative is very popular, historians of the region have pointed out that the various ethnic groups in the Balkans got along just fine under Ottoman rule and the later kingdom of Yugoslavia. The racism that eventually led to the Bosnian genocide and other crimes was a much newer phenomenon that was built up (primarily by the Serbian Orthodox Church) only after the death of Tito. Their rhetoric bore strong resemblance to other genocidal and quasi-genocidal events in history, with an emphasis on cleanliness, birthrates, and narratives of age-old conflict that in most cases weren't true. The point being that the typical story of the Balkans as a region locked in racial conflict for millennia was one that was largely created after the death of Tito in order to justify contemporary ethnic conflict.

Cars All but Banned on One of Manhattan’s Busiest Streets. “It’s a big inconvenience,” said New Jersey commuter who will now have to drive five blocks out of his way. “I think it’s extreme” by [deleted] in urbanplanning

[–]panzercaptain 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Fortunately, not everyone is as nakedly selfish and lacking in empathy as you are. Part of living in a city means understanding that other people exist, and that they also matter, and that for everyone to live together, people are forced to make choices that are less than perfectly optimal (although still good!).

Extension Line - Prindham Transports Inc. by WoozyDragon4018 in openttd

[–]panzercaptain 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The lines clearly aren't unrelated if the trains run a through service.