alcoholicorn

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[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would you evaluate the contents of the wikileaks leaks if they had released an equal amount of dirt on Trump?

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We tried no zoning except parking minimums. The result was Houston.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think vast majority of the population understands this

IDK about europe, but in the US, they won't extrapolate "everything is made in china" to "If we go to war with China, we will have nothing". Even after it starts, if they blame capital, it will not be systemic, just "some bad individuals didn't do capitalism correctly".

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

Yup, people forget "Deporter In Chief" was Obama's nickname.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

D3, no milk.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Maybe? I could imagine a divided Ukraine where Western Ukraine gets the Marshall Plan treatment and Russia supports development of Eastern Ukraine. Then again, maybe capital is so advanced it's no longer capable of even that.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Meanwhile, Dev of company C driving off a bridge, getting laid off after modernizing the 90s era codebase.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago (17 children)

So what happens in the perfect scenario? Russia gets another Yeltsin in charge who sells off their industries for scrap, like what happened in Ukraine? Navalny or some other fascist gets in charge?

What's Russia look like in 10 years?

What's Ukraine look like after it's been immiserated by the fire-sale of it's state-run industry, schools, ports, and powerplants, predatory loans, war, and is politically locked into the right, having banned all leftwing parties?

What's Ukraine look like in 10 years?

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It was a war crime though? And it wasn't even effective at shortening the war; the brits were able to field more fighters while the nazis were occupied with London instead of airfields and factories, bombing canals or oil depots in europe could immediately stop deliveries for weeks, while blowing up some factory worker his home doesn't affect production as the factory just hires someone else.

I'd agree if the plaque said "The nazis were just defending themselves from the big bad (((allies)))" instead of something to the effect of "This is blowback"

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Which is a shame, because if I could create tangible loss for Ubisoft by downloading their games, I would do nothing else until they went under.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

Eh, I can't fault it too much considering tires usually last over a thousand miles and most people buying a walmart bike aren't riding thousands of miles.

I don't agree with the general sentiment though, riding a well-maintained aluminum frame bike after thousands of miles on a slow ass walmart bike is such a different experience.

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

My walmart bike's downtube failed as I was riding it up a small incline. Not even at a weld, just right in the middle.

Didn't even know that was a part that could fail.

Had to replace the tires because the treads wore through once so it probably got more use than walmart bikes are built for.

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