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Glazier posted:Maybe it's just my depression creeping but it honestly feels like, and I say this with complete sincerely, nothing matters. Why are we still bothering to get up in the morning and go to work? Why am I bothering to do things I don't want to do when American society is about to end? It just feels like everyday could be the last one. Every day you that you can wake up and avoid getting eaten alive (torn apart by little teeth and left to die) is a good day in terms of all of human and pre-human history. Spend your time being glad you don't live 1,000-100,000 years ago. Happy Thread fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Hollismason posted:Yes. Not if you're the winner
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BootStrap posted:The only thing that matters is good wine, good food, your significant other(s) and dogs.
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Glazier posted:Maybe it's just my depression creeping but it honestly feels like, and I say this with complete sincerely, nothing matters. Why are we still bothering to get up in the morning and go to work? Why am I bothering to do things I don't want to do when American society is about to end? It just feels like everyday could be the last one. It's not going to end, at least not soon. The USA survived Nixon, didn't it? The fall of the Roman Empire took a thousand years. You will probably die of old age in a country only slightly different from how it was when you were born.
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Hollismason posted:A War would hurt profits. And yet they keep happening!
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The Glumslinger posted:Half of the middle east cuts off relations with Qatar Mind you I do think it's possible this may still turn out to be something but we're not quite there yet, and unless I missed something, Iran did not blame Saudi Arabia, a single faction of Iran known for their bluster and sabre-rattling did. RoboChrist 9000 fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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Glazier posted:Fortunately I live in a first strike city so I should never know something went wrong. I just hate to be wasting time at work when I could be doing something I want to do when the bombs drop. You need to update your doomsday scenario, this isn't the Cold War and Qatar isn't Able Archer 83.
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Glazier posted:Maybe it's just my depression creeping but it honestly feels like, and I say this with complete sincerely, nothing matters. Why are we still bothering to get up in the morning and go to work? Why am I bothering to do things I don't want to do when American society is about to end? It just feels like everyday could be the last one. lol. go the gently caress outside, mate. each day could be your last, but that has literally always been the case. that should be a hugely motivating concept to stop you from being a goony wasteman everyday
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I wonder how US military personnel based in Qatar feel about being put at risk due to Trump's criminally incompetent handling of this diplomatic mess.
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Crows Turn Off posted:It's hard to afford good food and good wine when the economy collapses (if half of what Trump and his Republicans want to do goes into effect, that's what will happen). I have spent the last few decades perfecting the art of drinking good wine on the cheap. Maybe I will start a thread.
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Dumb Lowtax posted:Every day you that you can wake up and avoid getting eaten alive is a good day in terms of all of human and pre-human history. Spend your time being glad you don't live 1,000-100,000 years ago. Affluent Coastal Hunter-Gatherers enjoyed 5 hours of work a week, no STDs, no acne, no tooth decay and no social mores about group sex.
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Glazier posted:Fortunately I live in a first strike city so I should never know something went wrong. I just hate to be wasting time at work when I could be doing something I want to do when the bombs drop. That's the spirit! Way to look on the bright side. Why not take a week's vacation soon and go ahead and do the things you want to? Camp or play video games or watch an entire TV series or go to the pet store and cuddle the baby guinea pigs. It's totally possible to do enjoyable things in the short term without sacrificing the long term.
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The Glumslinger posted:Not if you're the winner The KSA was probably counting on no one helping Qatar and leaving them with no choice but to become their vassal. If there is actually a credible military deterrent to an invasion, then we'll be moving on to figuring out how everyone can save face. Qatar will admit to a few mistakes in the past and work on correcting them, maybe an apology will be broadcast on Al Jazeera, and then KSA could grimly say they are satisfied for now.
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androo posted:
We'll probably get some leaks about what exactly Trump asked Coats and Rogers since those conversations aren't actually classified.
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Hollismason posted:Nothing is going to happen. No, but it does further complicate things on the infinitesimal chance something did happen, Turkey being a NATO member and such. Though of course Trump has been very iffy on Article 5. But Turkey also has a pretty competent military for the region (or has historically at least) and their presence would likely further deter any move by SA, even if the US had given a pass on something. But anyway, yeah nothing is going to happen and this is just academic.
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Just the scary parts of the Qatar bungle: - Qatar got all their food imports from the Saudis and others who just cut them off. This might end up like Yemen with children starving to death - CENTCOM HQ'ed is at Al Udeid AFB and handles major operations for Afghanistan and Iraq among others
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BootStrap posted:I have spent the last few decades perfecting the art of drinking good wine on the cheap. Please do, this is a dope topic that I would love to learn more about!
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Glazier posted:Maybe it's just my depression creeping but it honestly feels like, and I say this with complete sincerely, nothing matters. Why are we still bothering to get up in the morning and go to work? Why am I bothering to do things I don't want to do when American society is about to end? It just feels like everyday could be the last one. You should read a few books on Stoicism and Zen. I say that with all sincerity. It's basically the "nothing matters" worldview, but framed in a healthy way to help you cope with that.
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TildeATH posted:Affluent Coastal Hunter-Gatherers enjoyed 5 hours of work a week, no STDs, no acne, no tooth decay and no social mores about group sex. Group sex is pretty gross, though getting to lay around eating fish all day with no zits or cavities would outweigh that so long as I could still shitpost on the reg.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I wonder how US military personnel based in Qatar feel about being put at risk due to Trump's criminally incompetent handling of this diplomatic mess. Considering it's mainly air force enlisted, they would cheer Trump on up until the very moment they are killed.
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CommieGIR posted:Just the scary parts of the Qatar bungle: Yeah, I know a few people who are in Qatar this year, and a lot of my old unit is probably making GBS threads their collective pants right now.
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ReidRansom posted:No, but it does further complicate things on the infinitesimal chance something did happen, Turkey being a NATO member and such. Though of course Trump has been very iffy on Article 5. But Turkey also has a pretty competent military for the region (or has historically at least) and their presence would likely further deter any move by SA, even if the US had given a pass on something. I don't think article 5 comes into play here unless they actually attack Turkey. If you send your troops out to defend some other nation not in the alliance and they got shot, thats really none of our business.
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TildeATH posted:Affluent Coastal Hunter-Gatherers enjoyed 5 hours of work a week, no STDs, no acne, no tooth decay and no social mores about group sex. Yeah, living as a hunter gatherer was probably pretty OK. Living any time between the start of the agricultural revolution and say, right now, would be pretty miserable. Much rather be a hunter gatherer than a middle ages peasant.
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CommieGIR posted:Just the scary parts of the Qatar bungle: Iran and Turkey have already offered to do "Berlin airlift" style food deliveries if needed.
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I know we are all talking about Middle East 2.0, but what are the serious chances that AHCA passes considering McConnell has just fast-tracked the vote?
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Hollismason posted:Yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_cjaVFIiI&t=126s
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Covok posted:I know we are all talking about Middle East 2.0, but what are the serious chances that AHCA passes considering McConnell has just fast-tracked the vote? Evil Weasel explained earlier how this was expected procedure.
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CommieGIR posted:Just the scary parts of the Qatar bungle: Qatar is much, much richer than Yemen. It's never going to get to the point of kids starving. They can import all their food by plane if they have to.
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It's kind of funny that Benjamin Wittes is effectively acting as James Comey's Anger Interpreter.
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Good god, this is interesting as gently caress Wow, this doc does not copy and paste well at all
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Unzip and Attack posted:Considering it's mainly air force enlisted, they would cheer Trump on up until the very moment they are killed. Isn't the Air Force have a lot of fundies in it? They're probably fine with the concept of dying for a white christian, up to the last few seconds where they think,"mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe he is wors-"
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Why on earth is a future-dated document available on public facing government servers?
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Well there it is. quote:A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.”
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ekeog posted:https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf For clarity, this is Comey's prepared remarks. It consists entirely of descriptions of interactions he had with Trump.
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PISS TAPES ARE REAL
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Rigel posted:The KSA was probably counting on no one helping Qatar and leaving them with no choice but to become their vassal. If there is actually a credible military deterrent to an invasion, then we'll be moving on to figuring out how everyone can save face. Qatar will admit to a few mistakes in the past and work on correcting them, maybe an apology will be broadcast on Al Jazeera, and then KSA could grimly say they are satisfied for now.
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