Thanks for the submarine lesson, that was an interesting read.

I didn't say Russia did it. I should not have assumed

rationality I try to assume that actions are taken because the person doing it views it as rational. I don't see the point in trying to understand the world only to write-off as irrational the actions taken under different material realities.

Unlike the US Germany actually has the stealth subs to pull it off undetected unrelated tangent, but I would be very interested in hearing more about German stealth subs and what makes them better. I don't know much about the German navy.

Fair enough on the rest, it seems like a weak motive given that Russia could simply not send the gas or disable it on their end, but that's my opinion not a fact.

Out of curiosity, where did you pick up "seppo"? I've only heard Australians use it before, maybe the occasional brit.

Agreed on Dugin being full of nationalist BS.

What no Clausewitz does to a motherfucker.

no advantage

What possible gain is there for Russia to blow up the off-ramp to the gas sanctions? Best case scenario for Russia in regards to the pipeline would have been it being reopened when Europe decided higher energy costs are no longer worth it.

Furthermore, here is a direct quote from Biden:

Speaking to reporters on February 7, Biden said: "If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2." "We will bring an end to it," the president said. A journalist asked Biden how he could do that since Germany was in control of the project, the president replied: "I promise you: We will be able to do it."

The discussion started with a disagreement over the claims of subservience, right? Taking away the option to assert sovereignty over which sanctions are worth it is something that benefits the USA, hurts Europe, and takes away a potential advantage for Russia when the war inevitably ends someday and the practicality of buying from them instead of America (who charges more in addition to being less practical).

There would be no need to blow it up if Europe (Germany at bare minimum) was seen as completely subservient.

The NFT was a lie.

The original Olympic truce required everyone to lay down their arms. It would go against the spirit to selectively enforce this. Not that the IOC actually cares about the legacy of the games, they tried to remove wrestling at one point.

I’ll be sad if you block me, but I found a handy guide. I had to go to Reddit so I hope you appreciate the psychic damage I endured to find this for you.

Go film a

cop

The drawn version of ppb is massive apparently and takes up like half the screen on other instances (which is really funny).

Demonstration:

ppb

Liberals are Illithids.

I agree, they’re speedrunning every bad decision that allows Reddit to be such a festering reactionary shithole.

The Reddit refugee wave is mad about Apollo not the fact Reddit sucks lol.

I think the draw is that it’s trying really hard to basically be Reddit on the fediverse. For the people who use the fediverse as a Reddit alternative that is probably seen as good.