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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:How do you phrase something like that in a real estate listing? "Yes, I'm interested in an X bedroom, X bath home with a security system and tactical Russian assassin proofing throughout." Mostly asking for places with high walls and a gate, or the possibility of building that, with security systems being a bonus. My other problem is explaining my job to mortgage providers without it sounding like I have some form of mental illness. That more a general person when explaining my work to anyone who doesn't already know about it, especially if they don't work in a relevant sector of employment.
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Brown Moses posted:Mostly asking for places with high walls and a gate, or the possibility of building that, with security systems being a bonus. My other problem is explaining my job to mortgage providers without it sounding like I have some form of mental illness. That more a general person when explaining my work to anyone who doesn't already know about it, especially if they don't work in a relevant sector of employment. Didn't you end up lecturing at universities on occasion? Maybe start with that?
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Putin's new ICBM is primarily for dickwaving I take it?
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Tevery Best posted:Didn't you end up lecturing at universities on occasion? Maybe start with that? Then they ask me what I lecture on. Usually I just go with journalist and hope that puts them off.
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Grouchio posted:Putin's new ICBM is primarily for dickwaving I take it? Hi MbS, how's Saudi Arabia doing?
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Xerxes17 posted:Hi MbS, how's Saudi Arabia doing?
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I read something about Novichok leaving gnarly permanent damage so this is a bit of a pleasant surprise unless they're vastly overselling the state of affairs with "improving rapidly"
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Grouchio posted:Putin's new ICBM is primarily for dickwaving I take it? I think it's both dickwaving and a response to worries about US missile defense, which seems currently considered with small-scale threats like NK, but they haven't really made it clear that they would restrict it to this and there's no guarantee they won't expand it. This will force other nuclear powers to improve and expand their arsenal, or develop defenses of their own, or they risk a situation in the future where their opponent can win a nuclear war. Weapons are also a sort of safe way to rattle some sabers since weapons (unlike defenses) don't actually change the status quo or force any sort of reponse from others, since the status quo is MAD, and you don't get bonus points for destroying your enemy 110% while they destroy you 100%. Weapons still sound scarier though so they're superior for dickwaving purposes.
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Grouchio posted:Putin's new ICBM is primarily for dickwaving I take it? It's so loving stupid is what it is. My god, an ICBM that can dodge ABMs with computers. The Americans have never thought about this! It's the classic Russian strategy of making something stupid and then telling everybody. In the US they make something stupid and don't tell anybody. That's the main difference.
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HorrificExistence posted:It's so loving stupid is what it is. My god, an ICBM that can dodge ABMs with computers. The Americans have never thought about this! It's the classic Russian strategy of making something stupid and then telling everybody. In the US they make something stupid and don't tell anybody. That's the main difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjKfs7MjYE
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HorrificExistence posted:It's so loving stupid is what it is. My god, an ICBM that can dodge ABMs with computers. The Americans have never thought about this! It's the classic Russian strategy of making something stupid and then telling everybody. In the US they make something stupid and don't tell anybody. That's the main difference. lol yes they do, the entire arms race is who can market their useless overpriced military tech better.
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Truga posted:lol yes they do, the entire arms race is who can market their useless overpriced military tech better. yeah, but when america makes rail guns and poo poo they release 1 slow motion video, not an cg cutscene of the railgun punching holes in the admiral Kusnetsov
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Grouchio posted:Putin's new ICBM is primarily for dickwaving I take it? I figured it was to increase turnout in the election he was about to win. I am the jacket that robot is wearing.
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HorrificExistence posted:yeah, but when america makes rail guns and poo poo they release 1 slow motion video, not an cg cutscene of the railgun punching holes in the admiral Kusnetsov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oyCzT6sB_4 
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Brown Moses posted:Mostly asking for places with high walls and a gate, or the possibility of building that, with security systems being a bonus. My other problem is explaining my job to mortgage providers without it sounding like I have some form of mental illness. That more a general person when explaining my work to anyone who doesn't already know about it, especially if they don't work in a relevant sector of employment. The US has plenty of real estate that relatively cheap and no one bats an eye if tell em you want to move into a bunker. 
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Back Hack posted:The US has plenty of real estate that relatively cheap and no one bats an eye if tell em you want to move into a bunker. 
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mobby_6kl posted:You can also literally buy a decomissioned missile silo specifically hardened against nuclear attack: Yeah the problem for him is the internet access is usually real bad out at them, unless you have a lot to spend on cajoling a fiber line installation from dozens of miles away.
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Good news everyone. Skripal poisoning has been solved. According to Sergei Lavrov, it was done by British intelligence services. Why did the British government execute Sergei Skripal, you ask? Obviously it was done in order to drive away attention from the Brexit negotiations. 
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Paladinus posted:Wait. Americans are making fake news for Russians now? Don't they know the market is already saturated?
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the heat goes wrong posted:Good news everyone. Wouldn't put it past May to do so but the idea she wouldn't get caught on mic is preposterous.
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Yeah, Americans put up new sanctions, and Russia stocks took the worst dive since 2014. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-09/russian-stocks-sink-most-in-2-years-on-sanctions-syria-tensions
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cinci zoo sniper posted:https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/apr/11/eu-moves-ban-sale-lower-quality-branded-food-eastern-europe Holy poo poo, it's actually happening. huh I had this vague suspicion when I was in Poland but just assumed that the general grim humor of the locals had rubbed off
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Of course Jew-berg, but of course. I am oddly disappointed and irritated by this.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:huh Nah, the contrast is absolutely absurd if you grow up here and then move elsewhere. Even in blatant details, like the consistency of sausage with 80% meat content.
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My wife is off to visit her family in Ukraine and their top demands for presents are: Decent quality olive oil Decent quality honey Decent quality chocolate Apparently these things are nearly impossible to find in Ukraine, which seems crazy. It might be linked to the above because almost all the "high end" products in Ukraine are imported from Poland. I just can't believe in a country that's such an agriculturally rich land like Ukraine, and has been famous for its honey production for centuries, they can't even get good honey. It's never been great, but they say in the last few years quality of everything has dropped. Even the small upper middle class can't get quality stuff locally, there's just no products to buy. The wealthy all go abroad and buy their non-garbage quality items to bring home.
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Baronjutter posted:I just can't believe in a country that's such an agriculturally rich land like Ukraine, and has been famous for its honey production for centuries, they can't even get good honey. It's never been great, but they say in the last few years quality of everything has dropped. Even the small upper middle class can't get quality stuff locally, there's just no products to buy. The wealthy all go abroad and buy their non-garbage quality items to bring home.
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Gobbeldygook posted:That's really weird; honey bees require very little labor or capital to raise. I'd have expecteed local production to ramp up. I gather the local producers have been selling their best out of country and possibly diluting or otherwise stretching the rest.
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Baronjutter posted:My wife is off to visit her family in Ukraine and their top demands for presents are: Isn't the president of Ukraine a billionaire because of his chocolate business?
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Isn't the president of Ukraine a billionaire because of his chocolate business? Yes, and Roshen chocolate is actually good. Plus you can buy pretty much any European brand if you live in a bigger city.
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Paladinus posted:Yes, and Roshen chocolate is actually good. Plus you can buy pretty much any European brand if you live in a bigger city. They're like a few blocks away from Maidan square so I have no idea why they can't find honey, chocolate, or olive oil.
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Baronjutter posted:They're like a few blocks away from Maidan square so I have no idea why they can't find honey, chocolate, or olive oil. I guess it's something inherited from the Soviet past, and people still think that good thing only exist West of border. At airport duty frees you can see plenty of Russia speaking tourists buying copious amounts of alcohol, even though the same stuff is available in the supermarket five minutes from their house, but maybe costs a dollar a bottle more. It's ridiculous.
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