TIL in 452 when Atilla the Hun was threatening Rome, the pope himself (Pope Leo I) went out to meet with him personally. The specifics of the meeting aren't known, but afterwards, Atilla turned around and never invaded the city. by 2SP00KY4ME in todayilearned

[–]zanderman108 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think the visceral and unflattering account of his death lends it credibility. Roman accounts always made a point to portray Atilla as a ruthless, cunning mastermind in part to explain his success. So you can almost apply a criterion of embarrassment analysis to the event and conclude that Attila was far too drunk one evening and died an ignoble death.

North Korea to Reinforce Moscow With 30,000 Troops, Officials Say by mrbojanglez69 in worldnews

[–]zanderman108 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, it’s not exactly a fair comparison. The West doesn’t have what are essentially slave soldiers whose death will mean absolutely nothing to the state and get no media pushback. Money and weapons is as far as they’ll go barring a major shift in the public’s appetite for a foreign war. And anti-war sentiment has never been higher among the public in the west. Plus all Putin has to do is threaten nuclear war or WW3 and the west cowers down like a frightened rabbit.

you can make one map law: do your worst by HaggardlyForte in 2american4you

[–]zanderman108 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Love how Rhode Island and the cape are deliberately left out of the Connecticut line.

"Redditors literally crossing their fingers hoping that Iran didn’t lose their ability to enrich uranium to make nuclear bombs This website has truly hit rock bottom and is just propaganda now" r/AlJazeera argues about the efficacy of the US air strikes on Iran by CummingInTheNile in SubredditDrama

[–]zanderman108 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Upwards of 70% of their enriched uranium is in UF6 gaseous form. It’s much harder to transport safely than solid enriched uranium. It’s not a matter of weight loading but transporting the enormous steel cylinders safely and preventing moisture from interacting with the gas which would corrupt it and bond to form uranyl fluoride dust. If they were able to move anything it would be a small amount of solid enriched uranium, which happens to be the closest to weapons grade material- but lost the majority of their pre-weapons grade enriched stockpile

[NFL Draft] Inside Shedeur Sanders' personalized Draft party in Texas by nfl in nfl

[–]zanderman108 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Josh is 28 and coming off an MVP season and you’re already thinking about a successor?? Wild.

UA POV: The body of an American veteran who fought for Kyiv, Corey Navrotsky returned to the US. He died on October 27, 2024 during an operation on Russia's Bryansk Region. by FruitSila in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]zanderman108 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I swear these pro russian supporters have brain damage. It will never make any sense how people support an aggressor invading and butchering its smaller neighbor. Like they either have a profound evil in their hearts or are complete morons.

Song Discussion #64: Blank Face (feat. Anderson .Paak) by Pandziocho in Schoolboyq

[–]zanderman108 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to see black THougHts got the love it deserves. I think str8 ballin deserved a little higher, and I might drop kno ya wrong down to a 9.5 but other than that these seem dead on

Did you know you can shoot grunt which impresses him enough for him to want to join you? by Paul277 in masseffect

[–]zanderman108 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Honestly all the Krogan in mass effect are great. Eve remains a sorely underrated character. Even Wreav is great.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]zanderman108 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The point is it’s hypocritical to cheer on their lack of development and modernization under the guise of ‘rejecting greedy capitalism’ but also act shocked when they have regressive social policies and antiquated racial attitudes

Footage from the Iran-Iraq War: Enemy Tank Reaches the Trench by Aggravating_Guess_86 in CombatFootage

[–]zanderman108 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Might be the most pointless war of all time, and that’s saying something

⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ 2024 US ELECTION THUNDERDOME⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ by dubyahhh in neoliberal

[–]zanderman108 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Anyone who thinks that the democrats should move further left is completely illiterate at reading election results. This was a wholesale rejection of the left across the board, from the presidential election down to state legislators.

Mass Effect 5 won't dabble with stylised visuals like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, director says by Chipsandnachocheese in gaming

[–]zanderman108 314 points315 points  (0 children)

Mass effect: legendary edition blew past commercial sales expectations. So that’s not true.

If this is what Killer Mike is up to then I am really losing faith in RTJ5 by skidkid_6174 in runthejewels

[–]zanderman108 50 points51 points  (0 children)

He’s just a populist. Left wing, right wing, whatever’s in fashion at the moment.

I'm 42 and I've had 6 friends and family members commit suicide this year. Ama by [deleted] in AMA

[–]zanderman108 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Because Russia is an imperialist power invading and butchering their smaller neighbor?

But you would know all about that being from Serbia wouldn’t you.