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A book I read about a Russia defector in the mid-70’s talked a lot about alcoholism in the Soviet Union. To the extent that the lack of it in the US (in comparison) was as shocking as the fully stocked grocery stores. Russia keeps flirting with increasing the retirement age. I think the life expectancy is 62 and they want to increase the retirement age from 60 to 65. And that’s with an infant mortality rate not too much worse than other Western nations. So huge numbers of men really are dying in their early 60’s.
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Bizarrely, I think Putin's recent 'compromise' was to increase it for men but not for women. So your chances of reaching retirement as a man are not great. I guess that's one way of balancing the budget.
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Feb 11, 2019 12:00
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Krispy Wafer posted:A book I read about a Russia defector in the mid-70’s talked a lot about alcoholism in the Soviet Union. To the extent that the lack of it in the US (in comparison) was as shocking as the fully stocked grocery stores. In one of the STALKER games, might have been a mod or the regular game, can't remember, there was a story you could follow to a "stalker's retirement fund". It apparently had enough value in gear and money to last you the rest of your life. A bottle of vodka, a pistol, and a single bullet
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Feb 11, 2019 12:04
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Krispy Wafer posted:A book I read about a Russia defector in the mid-70’s talked a lot about alcoholism in the Soviet Union. To the extent that the lack of it in the US (in comparison) was as shocking as the fully stocked grocery stores. A compounding factor was an almost total lack of consumer goods. It's not like saving your money to buy a big-screen TV or a nice stereo system or an NES was an option for most people. Vodka it is, then, gotta do something with your weekends.
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Phanatic posted:A compounding factor was an almost total lack of consumer goods. It's not like saving your money to buy a big-screen TV or a nice stereo system or an NES was an option for most people. Vodka it is, then, gotta do something with your weekends. Weekends? Russians drink on the job. But yes, you had a situation where you could wait years for a lovely apartment or car. Drinking was cheap and it was communal so that's what men did. In the Russian air force, they'd drink the pure alcohol that was meant to deice or cool advanced jet components.
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Feb 11, 2019 15:22
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Samuringa posted:This has to be fake They're all about that whole "thin blue line" thing lately. It is behind the letters rather than actually "crossing them out" (as you can tell by the part with the glare) but the letters are, of course, black, not some light girly color! The idea could look decent on paper, but under actual lighting conditions... Nope.
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Feb 11, 2019 15:22
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Krispy Wafer posted:Weekends? When life sucks people also pretty readily sink into addictions. Life in Russia has often sucked.
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Samuringa posted:This has to be fake This is real and 100% Texas as gently caress.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Alcohol in Russia is dirt cheap which means people consume a lot of it which means people are more likely to develop chemical dependencies on it. Like 90% of alcohol regulations in America have no point beyond making it more expensive and inconveneint to produce alcohol, so that its more expensive and inconvenient to become an alcoholic. See also: Soju
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Feb 12, 2019 05:35
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The whole blue line craze grew out of #bluelivesmatter which was supposed to go against #blacklivesmatter, a movement that started on calling out police for shooting too many minorities. Coincidentally, the only people I see promoting this stuff are white, and have very cool opinions of everyone who isn't.
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Nitrox posted:The whole blue line craze grew out of #bluelivesmatter which was supposed to go against #blacklivesmatter, a movement that started on calling out police for shooting too many minorities. Coincidentally, the only people I see promoting this stuff are white, and have very cool opinions of everyone who isn't. are these the same pigs who desecrate the us flag by removing and altering its colors?
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Nitrox posted:The whole blue line craze grew out of #bluelivesmatter which was supposed to go against #blacklivesmatter, a movement that started on calling out police for shooting too many minorities. Coincidentally, the only people I see promoting this stuff are white, and have very cool opinions of everyone who isn't. The blue line thing was way before #bluelivesmatter, it stems from the phrase "The thin blue line" which has been in use since the 50's or so. Cops have used those black flags with a single horizontal blue line as a "Hey I'm a cop too" (aka don't pull me over) sticker for a while. However, not to come off as a completely contrary dick, you are correct that the usage of the blue line for non family members to support cops as well as the american flag with the blue line definitely coincides with the #blacklivesmatter issues. Sources: My brother is a cop and has had one of those black and blue license plates for at least 10 years or so.
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you wanna know some insanely insecure tacticool poo poo? there's a "thin yellow line" variant of those flags and Punisher skulls for rent-a-cops and "loss prevention officers" you spend all day watching monitors to make sure teenagers don't steal Pokemon cards and Pringles, you're not fuckin' Robocop
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Feb 12, 2019 15:08
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Which colonies got kicked out?
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Pastry of the Year posted:you wanna know some insanely insecure tacticool poo poo? there's a "thin yellow line" variant of those flags and Punisher skulls for rent-a-cops and "loss prevention officers" lmao "hold myself and others accountable" ACAB
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Cerepol posted:lmao "hold myself and others accountable" ACAB mall cops are bastards
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Krispy Wafer posted:Weekends? Oh no, having to wait years for an affordable apartment in the city where I live? That's unthinkable. an affordable apartment!
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Pick posted:Oh no, having to wait years for an affordable apartment in the city where I live? That's unthinkable. an affordable apartment! I don't know if you can compare the housing situation in Soviet Russia with apartment scarcity in a modern American city.
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Casu Marzu posted:See also: Soju Yeah but I'd bet at least 50% of Soju consumption is stupid Americans over there. Ask me how I know Also, while soju is bad, at least it's nominally intended for human consumption.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I don't know if you can compare the housing situation in Soviet Russia with apartment scarcity in a modern American city. I was actually thinking about Stockholm
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Feb 12, 2019 16:40
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Pick posted:I was actually thinking about Stockholm Fine. Modern Western city. Although yeah, Stockholm is pretty bad.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Fine. Modern Western city. But once you're there you never want to leave, right?
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This is not dumb marketing but people being dumb about marketing: Fox News banned an ad for a documentary about the 1939 American Nazi rally for being inappropriate. https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/fox-news-bans-ad-for-documentary-about-american-nazi-ra-1832616819 Here is said ad: https://vimeo.com/316176375
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The MSJ posted:This is not dumb marketing but people being dumb about marketing: Fox News banned an ad for a documentary about the 1939 American Nazi rally for being inappropriate. Fox News knows that they're the channel for Nazis, they don't want to alienate the three viewers who haven't accepted that yet.
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https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/02/13/stephen-martin-prime-time-sports/quote:A sporting goods store owner in Colorado Springs decided to close up shop months after he started boycotting Nike products. In September, Stephen Martin, owner of Prime Time Sports, took issue with a Nike advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick.
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Has Nike gone out of business yet? All those people destroying their own clothes should have destroyed Nike by now, somehow.
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A milk store? Literally, earlier this week in another thread someone accidentally said "burger shop". Now I'm imagining a strip mall where all the stores are single product shops where you go from the milk store to the tomato shop and so on to get your breakfast. jojoinnit has a new favorite as of 17:20 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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I like the idea of a burger shop as some kind of garage that you take burgers to be repaired.
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"Yes hello this is Rusty from the Burger shop. I know you brought your burger in to get re sesamed but we also noticed your pickle chips are worn out. If you like, we can can replace them and get you a full condiment flush for only 200 dollars more."
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A&W is my favorite burger shop. UNCLE BURGER
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Sunswipe posted:Has Nike gone out of business yet? All those people destroying their own clothes should have destroyed Nike by now, somehow. Apparently ever since their last ad campaign they've been breaking sales records like crazy.
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Pastry of the Year posted:you wanna know some insanely insecure tacticool poo poo? there's a "thin yellow line" variant of those flags and Punisher skulls for rent-a-cops and "loss prevention officers" hello friends, Last year I made the decision to trust my life on the street to Second Chance body armor. I got the level IIa because it stops the most rounds. plus I got the Trauma Plate for the front. What scares me is that, although I can fit an extra trauma plate in the front, I cannot fit a second one in back. As of late I have taken to duct-taping a second trauma plate to the area of my back where the heart and vital organs are located. Then I put my vest on. Here is the questions. The ducttape solution, although tactically sound, is hot and painful to remove. I would like to go to the single-plate solution in back. What I am worried about is repeated hits to that area with .308 ammunition. I have a high-risk security job and I fear that I would be the target for repeated long-distance shots to my back. Are any of you aware of a thicker plate that could stop, say, .338 Lapua or something like that? Is there a better way to do the second plate? BTW, I am, of course, usually carrying a pair of ceramic plates in my briefcase so that I can shield my head. My SO (we work as a team when necessary) has a similar accessory containing a breakdown NEF single-shot 300 WinMag with an 18" bbl. The plan is that I shield us with my body and “catch the rounds” while she assembles the NEF. I lay down covering fire with my 23 (Bar-Sto .357 Sig barrel) and she makes the long shots. I will then throw smoke grenades to obscure the area while continuing to lay covering fire. The problem, of course, is when I have to turn my back to run, and then the problem crops up. Thanks!
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Tunicate posted:hello friends, I never noticed the "painful to remove" part before and it just clicked for me.
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chitoryu12 posted:I never noticed the "painful to remove" part before and it just clicked for me. idgi
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There's a security guard at the local Home Depot/Panda Express/Starbucks strip mall that does have a bunch of body armor on. He looks like some uparmored mob in the Division.
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bunnyofdoom posted:idgi Straight up taping it to his back.
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I thought you had to work in law enforcement to buy body armor.
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