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LingcodKilla posted:That car got shredded. I’d be hard pressed not to go choke out the dude with his seatbelt if he wasn’t already dead. He's not dead. The driver of the first car he hit is dead. And the driver of another car that got launched off the freeway wall into the side of a parking deck is critically injured. The scumfuck in the pickup truck got arrested for DUI, and you know, murder. He also was recently released from jail after leading Washington police on a chase after running from them when they tried to pull him over for doing 92 in a 60. https://twitter.com/Visitsaltonsea/status/1136027374192025600?s=19 This is the guy who got launched. Riot Carol Danvers fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Hegel Exercises posted:gently caress all drunk drivers but gently caress this one in particular. https://twitter.com/RamLover69/status/1136431068955832320
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Jun 6, 2019 18:11
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MA-Horus posted:Yeah, the Nazis are also the guys who famously laughed at OKW when they came up with War production numbers for the USA after Pearl Harbor. They laughed because the numbers were so unbelievably high that they figured the analysts must have misplaced a decimal point. There is a quote, and I wish I could find it, of Hitler being told the Americans were already producing several thousand aircraft a month, and Hitler responding "That's insane, if the Americans were building that many planes we may as well surrender now, this report is nonsense, get out of my office." And of course, in reality it was an underestimate of what the US was already producing. On a related note, here's a fun analysis of US production in the war against Japan: [url-http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm]Why Japan Really lost the War[/url]
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Jun 6, 2019 18:13
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:He's not dead. The driver of the first car he hit is dead. And the driver of another car that got launched off the freeway wall into the side of a parking deck is critically injured. Yeah this is like 5 minutes from my house. I take this road to work everyday and was on this stretch of highway just a couple of minutes before this happened. I hope that motherfucker rots in jail. If I had my way I'd put the unembalmed corpse of the woman he killed in a glass coffin and keep it in his jail cell with him so he had to look at what he did for the rest of his life.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:17
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Because their rams would constantly be in the shop.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:17
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BigDave posted:Hot take: the Nazis lost because they really sucked at running a government and military. Good thing we don't restrict science based on ideology or spend God knows how much time and resources on pointless weapons systems, starve government divisions for resources, or invade countries just because we hate the sort of people who live there! 
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Jun 6, 2019 18:22
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There's basically an entire list of items that if the Nazis did just one of them different, they probably win. Not even considering putting their economy on war-footing until it was entirely too late was one of them.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:44
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Proud Christian Mom posted:There's basically an entire list of items that if the Nazis did just one of them different, they probably win. Not even considering putting their economy on war-footing until it was entirely too late was one of them. no not really. The Nazis could have literally doubled their production of everything and they still would have lost, eventually.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:48
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BigDave posted:Hot take: the Nazis lost because they really sucked at running a government and military. At one point around the time they signed the nonagression pact Hitler invited the Soviets to join the anticomintern pact (I'm guessing a name change would have been necessary) but Stalin refused because he really wanted Finland and Hitler didn't want the Soviets that close to the Nazi sphere of influence.
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Jun 6, 2019 18:56
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A reminder that the Normandy landings allowed Finland to remain independent. The soviet troops fighting finns were badly needed in the race to the Berlin , so Stalin gave Finland its second and last peace offer during the Continuation War. So , in a sense , America did save Finlands rear end during WW2. Please share this peace of information with all the finns you meet.
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Jun 6, 2019 19:14
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Hajotus Maximus posted:A reminder that the Normandy landings allowed Finland to remain independent. The soviet troops fighting finns were badly needed in the race to the Berlin , so Stalin gave Finland its second and last peace offer during the Continuation War. So , in a sense , America did save Finlands rear end during WW2. My existence as an American veteran who fought for this country’s freedoms in Afghanistan is all of the “you’re welcome” I’ll ever need. If not for me, none of us would have freedom right now.
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Jun 6, 2019 19:20
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colachute posted:My existence as an American veteran who fought for this country’s freedoms in Afghanistan is all of the “you’re welcome” I’ll ever need.
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Jun 6, 2019 19:22
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Hajotus Maximus posted:A reminder that the Normandy landings allowed Finland to remain independent. The soviet troops fighting finns were badly needed in the race to the Berlin , so Stalin gave Finland its second and last peace offer during the Continuation War. So , in a sense , America did save Finlands rear end during WW2.
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Jun 6, 2019 19:23
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At the Air Force Museum for their D-Day commemoration this morning, one of the WW2 veterans in attendance was a B-17 ball turret gunner. When I stood up slowly I couldn't help but think it was because of his enormous brass cojones, because that is one hell of a job to survive. Also the emcee all but called the wars in the middle East "the forever war"
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Jun 6, 2019 19:29
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Acebuckeye13 posted:There is a quote, and I wish I could find it, of Hitler being told the Americans were already producing several thousand aircraft a month, and Hitler responding "That's insane, if the Americans were building that many planes we may as well surrender now, this report is nonsense, get out of my office." And of course, in reality it was an underestimate of what the US was already producing. This video is particularly enlightening. Its about the japanese but it just as easily shows the difference in production that can be applied to nazi germany. https://youtu.be/l9ag2x3CS9M The guy also removed any lendlease ships he could find from the production stats so its only the ships built with the purpose of reinforcing the US fleet from destroyer up. Stravag fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Jun 6, 2019 19:45
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Hitler/Japan could have extended the war out to be sure, and possibly even closed out a front, and they likely still would have lost. Hell, Stalingrad was almost entirely preventable, and the Germans could have blunted a Soviet attack had they withdrawn and regrouped like was suggested by the General Staff, but in the long run their production and logistics issues still would've cooked them. Albert Speer actually recognized a lot of the logistical and production issues, even recommended trimming number of tank models down to 2-3 select models to simplify supply and quantity, and he still got pushback from the Army. Hell, Albert Speer's time at the Industrial Helm was actually marked by a sharp increase in production (unfortunately, mostly through the use of slave labor and other horrible methods).
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Jun 6, 2019 20:21
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Hegel Exercises posted:gently caress all drunk drivers but gently caress this one in particular. I had a pickup weave by me/cut me off at about this speed and it shook me for a week. If the gap between me and that car next to me had been a little smaller he probably would have killed us both.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:24
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Basically every day I'm passed by some moron in a brodozer driving like that, and they aren't drunk. Thanks, Texas.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:38
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I would’ve just drove on probably but if I saw a crowd of people stomping that fucker out I’d be inclined to join them.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:40
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It took me a few viewings to notice that gently caress head walks over into the median and collapses
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Jun 6, 2019 20:44
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Guy at my work just got rear ended on his motorcycle about half an hour ago. Wasn't wearing a helmet. Awake and talking but doesn't remember what happened. Scraped up and probably at least a broken rib and some sprains. Probably also a concussion. :/ I'm a first responder at work and feeling kinda like I should be as freaked out as a lot of other people seem to be, but... I've seen a lot worse? Engh.
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Jun 6, 2019 20:55
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He 100% has at the very least a mild traumatic brain injury. That's alteration of consciousness.
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Jun 6, 2019 21:05
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Vasudus posted:He 100% has at the very least a mild traumatic brain injury. That's alteration of consciousness. Yeah. I wasn't first on scene so I couldn't tell if he actually didn't remember the accident or if someone just came up behind him so fast that he never saw it coming. But he definitely came off a bike with no helmet going 45 or so. So.
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Jun 6, 2019 21:10
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:It took me a few viewings to notice that gently caress head walks over into the median and collapses I saw that and couldn't tell if it was him or not. gently caress that guy.
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Jun 6, 2019 21:50
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Handsome Ralph posted:https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1136456314740232192 So, the Italian campaign wasn't nearly as large as the Normandy landings, but it was still a hell of a project. Cutting off the Afrika Corp had to have helped too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9izsVZPDlk
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Jun 6, 2019 22:38
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We had a guy literally do a " Four Loko Motherfuckers!" And try to run the barriers the other day. He was peeled off the windshield and airlifted outta there
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Jun 6, 2019 22:40
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Crakkerjakk posted:Guy at my work just got rear ended on his motorcycle about half an hour ago. Wasn't wearing a helmet. Awake and talking but doesn't remember what happened. Scraped up and probably at least a broken rib and some sprains. Probably also a concussion. Here's hoping he lives and wears a loving helmet next time. Also that he gets a good lawyer.
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Jun 6, 2019 22:56
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Here's hoping he lives and wears a loving helmet next time. Also that he gets a good lawyer. Definitely gonna yell at him about helmets when he's back at work.
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Jun 6, 2019 23:31
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SimonCat posted:So, the Italian campaign wasn't nearly as large as the Normandy landings, but it was still a hell of a project. Cutting off the Afrika Corp had to have helped too. Oh for sure. I mean you read about how much of a loving slog Italy was at times and you want to smack some people in the head for spouting "hurf durf, the Western allies barely contributed!  " nonsenseSure, the Soviet Union could have and likely would have beaten Nazi Germany on their own, but it would have taken a hell of a lot longer and cost a ton more lives. And that's still assuming they continued to receive some kind of material aid from the west.
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Jun 6, 2019 23:32
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Like I get that the attitude of riding a motorcycle encourages the least amount of protective gear possible, but the very mechanics involved in riding one demand the most. If you don't wear a helmet a minor accident that might leave you concussed could end up with you not being able to count past ten without taking off your shoes for the rest of your life. Or being incredibly unstable.
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Jun 6, 2019 23:36
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I never use to wear a helmet when I rode bicycles but after bringing my bike to this poo poo hole city up north I'm almost hit by cars at least 5 times every time I go for a ride so I decided I should probably just get one before I end up dead/brain damaged
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Jun 6, 2019 23:36
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I worked in a traumatic brain injury research center for four years for the DoD. Wear your loving helmets.
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Jun 6, 2019 23:38
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Vasudus posted:Like I get that the attitude of riding a motorcycle encourages the least amount of protective gear possible, but the very mechanics involved in riding one demand the most. I'm not an ATGATT guy by any stretch of the imagination and my attitude is generally "riding a motorcycle is already a big risk so exactly how much of a risk you're willing to take is your own business" but jesus loving Christ I can't get over how loving stupid not wearing a helmet is. Edit: I mean you can get DOT-rated beanie style helmets that are like wearing a baseball hat, at least wear that poo poo. Jarmak fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Jun 6, 2019 23:45
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Is this the part of the thread where that one guy comes in and argues against wearing helmets
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Jarmak posted:I'm not an ATGATT guy by any stretch of the imagination and my attitude is generally "riding a motorcycle is already a big risk so exactly how much of a risk you're willing to take is your own business" but jesus loving Christ I can't get over how loving stupid not wearing a helmet is. Bike rider groups have been arguing for ages that being forced to use them drives down ridership. It may do that, but its still better than brain death or a TBI.
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sharknado slashfic posted:Is this the part of the thread where that one guy comes in and argues against wearing helmets Yes but only because my wife needs a transplant
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Fallom posted:Yes but only because my wife needs a transplant
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Jun 7, 2019 00:06
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I got just about zero sympathy for the inevitable happening and you deciding to do away with virtually every single safety advancement in the last century because of a lifestyle choice
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Jun 7, 2019 00:07
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Vasudus posted:I worked in a traumatic brain injury research center for four years for the DoD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Drho1XFDMo
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Whenever the health surveillance nerds I was managing would do a safety pull you could always tell which accident was a motorcycle beyond the fact that ICD-10 has a motorcycle-specific injury prefix. Because it was nine or ten linked codes, at least, and they were always serious ones. I'm not a medical coder so I can't just recreate it out of thin air but the codes basically told a story, except the story at the end was 'and then the servicemember was hosed for life as a hollow shell, the end'
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