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Nessus posted:While you do not at any point have to hand it to the Russian military, I doubt they're happy about this either, and it suggests that if they did get attacked by NATO troops they would roll up the Russians in a blunt and smoke them. At which point they would escalate of course, but suddenly finding out your power projection is a lot weaker than you thought, and that your nuclear umbrella may be your primary means of protection now, can't feel good. I'm wondering how much of their nuclear triad is affected. The only one I could see that's still doing well would be the ballistic submarines and maybe the silos, because the mobile launchers of the Strategic Rocket Forces and the bombers of the Russian Air Force feel like they'd have the same issues plaguing the rest of the Russian military is having in Ukraine.
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Deteriorata posted:Another dawn is breaking in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. Hell ya.
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Fritz the Horse posted:D&D mods only have jurisdiction here. If you have objections about posting in other subforums or people mass-buying avatars, please take those to admins and/or QCS. i appreciate the efforts of d&d mods. if the qcs thread is unlocked, i’ll try and shout into the void there
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Deteriorata posted:Another dawn is breaking in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. At least there's that.
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Fritz the Horse posted:D&D mods only have jurisdiction here. If you have objections about posting in other subforums or people mass-buying avatars, please take those to admins and/or QCS. The admins do nothing and the QCS threads always get locked with nothing happening.
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Setting aside the av issue for a moment, if you have problems with the posting in the cspam ukraine thread, I extremely strongly recommend doing one or both of two things. - Go argue with them there. If you get probated for disagreeing, feel free to message me personally. -  Report the posts you think are over the line. "The tankies are terrible! I hate their posts!" "Which posts?" "dunno, just the general tenor of the thread" ain't gonna get you beans
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Lol come on mass buying avatars is a loving tradition and keeps this thing going. It sucks sometimes but it'll keep this thing going forever to have these micro transactions available to purchase en masse and project a message. I do lol at the idea of bourgeoisie tankies defending a literal fascist like doesn't this poo poo invalidate the tankie idea of papa Stalins communism. ..oh (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Young Freud posted:I'm wondering how much of their nuclear triad is affected. The only one I could see that's still doing well would be the ballistic submarines and maybe the silos, because the mobile launchers of the Strategic Rocket Forces and the bombers of the Russian Air Force feel like they'd have the same issues plaguing the rest of the Russian military is having in Ukraine. I'm not saying we should discount Russian ballistic subs, but there's very little reason to have confidence in their abilities or maintenance at this point.
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Michael Cohen IRL posted:ain't gonna get you beans God, so good. Sorry. As you were.
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Young Freud posted:I'm wondering how much of their nuclear triad is affected. The only one I could see that's still doing well would be the ballistic submarines and maybe the silos, because the mobile launchers of the Strategic Rocket Forces and the bombers of the Russian Air Force feel like they'd have the same issues plaguing the rest of the Russian military is having in Ukraine. AFAIK their nuclear forces receive the bulk of Russia's national military budget for the purposes of capability and maintenance. They're aware that there's some level of graft everywhere, and that fundamentally their nuclear capabilities are the most valuable security asset for the nation, hence. Also worth noting that even if large numbers don't function it doesn't matter; in the mid-70s, prior to the Satan and Saber, US Intel assessed that a third of Russian missiles would malfunction on launch/coursing and another third wouldn't detonate. The remaining third was considered still sufficient for MAD purposes.
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Who cares? Tankies gonna tank. Mass av purchases based on petty disagreements is part of the charm of this place.
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gay picnic defence posted:Who cares? Tankies gonna tank. Mass av purchases based on petty disagreements is part of the charm of this place. I only wish there was an option in the av purchase screen to select a previous one so I didn't have to scour for my old av and gang tags.
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KillHour posted:I only wish there was an option in the av purchase screen to select a previous one so I didn't have to scour for my old av and gang tags.  Gang tags...can't help you with that. e: To clarify, each extension increments separately, so if you had a jpg and your new one's a png, you could have gone from 0005.jpg to 0002.png or something. Elysiume fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Mar 10, 2022 |
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lifetime supply of Pocky posted:i appreciate the efforts of d&d mods. if the qcs thread is unlocked, i’ll try and shout into the void there Youth Decay posted:The admins do nothing and the QCS threads always get locked with nothing happening. You can always start a new QCS thread. Admins do actually read QCS, that doesn't guarantee an outcome in your favor but QCS threads aren't just dismissed outright. You may have some luck contacting admins directly, I recommend sebmojo, Hand Knit, or Pragmatica as those three are all quite active with the politics forums recently.
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Hey, remember when someone bought the CSPAM thread a Zwastika banner, and a bunch of people said that was evidence they were proudly supporting genocide? And your avatars go away if you ask nicely. Show a little dignity, you goddamn goons. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Ask genuine questions or post an opinion in this thread then go to the other thread and make fun of your question/opinion bing bong so simple
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Elysiume posted:Old av isn't too bad because you can just decrement the number in the url from your current avatar (as long as you knew the extension): Oh wow, this is good to know, thanks!
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Deteriorata posted:Another dawn is breaking in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. Given the gravity of everything, I suppose it’s odd and maybe fleeting, but I do find myself looking for someone to post this before I go to sleep each night. Anyways, I rarely post but have been reading the thread since it started. Thanks everyone for input and gathering information.
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Does anyone have a link to the VDV music video with the new lyrics/translation below it talking about their failed air drops? I need a laugh.
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Conspiratiorist posted:AFAIK their nuclear forces receive the bulk of Russia's national military budget for the purposes of capability and maintenance. They're aware that there's some level of graft everywhere, and that fundamentally their nuclear capabilities are the most valuable security asset for the nation, hence. At least there's that. We really don't need plutonium falling off the backs of trucks or any weird accidents.
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Lol come on mass buying avatars is a loving tradition and keeps this thing going. Remember that 15 years before "Tankie" was coined, there was no shortage of western communists who spent a couple years saying we should leave Hitler alone and if anything the Polish had it coming amirite? When cornered, the story then was also being anti-war and not falling for Western propaganda, etc. That changed as suddenly as the America First Committee saying the same did, even if it happened on a different day. History doesn't repeat itself, not really, but it sure likes to rhyme.
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the popes toes posted:Yay Poland! I know having two million people stream into your country can be unnerving and stressful, but I believe most Western European countries have issues with declining populations. I would think absorbing a bunch of well educated, culturally similar people is a boon long term.
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Deteriorata posted:Another dawn is breaking in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. 
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steinrokkan posted:I don't need to see the intelligence saying "Russia is trying to systematically exterminate its dissidents" when I can see Russia trying to exterminate its dissidents with my own two eyes. Are the arrests cover for people that will be killed soon? There have been a lot of dissidents being arrested for openly protesting the war.
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headspace posted:I know having two million people stream into your country can be unnerving and stressful, but I believe most Western European countries have issues with declining populations. I would think absorbing a bunch of well educated, culturally similar people is a boon long term. Others believe so. The vid is a good pitch. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1501711400095436803?cxt=HHwWhsC-3fujk9cpAAAA
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headspace posted:I know having two million people stream into your country can be unnerving and stressful, but I believe most Western European countries have issues with declining populations. I would think absorbing a bunch of well educated, culturally similar people is a boon long term. Yes, that's why this has been a big change in Poland's acceptance of refugees.
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headspace posted:I know having two million people stream into your country can be unnerving and stressful, but I believe most Western European countries have issues with declining populations. I would think absorbing a bunch of well educated, culturally similar people is a boon long term. In the long run, could defiantly if it's done well. Unfortunately often it's not. There shouldn't be much of a language barrier hopefully, and people should be able to find a good support network of other Ukraine's so that should hopefully make things easier. In the short term however, that's a hell of lot of people and I really hope they're getting all the aid and assistance to make sure this won't end up to a hell of lot of people sleeping and starving in freezing streets. It's just such a large number of people to feed and house. Like it's doable, but it's also extremely easy to gently caress up, particularly as a lot of it seems to being done pretty ad hoc which means it will can be easy for people to not be able to access essentials even if they are technically there for them.
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mustard_tiger posted:Does anyone have a link to the VDV music video with the new lyrics/translation below it talking about their failed air drops? I need a laugh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSzAnNU4u28 This one?
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Deteriorata posted:Another dawn is breaking in Kyiv, and it's still Ukrainian. And let it remain so 
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:Lol come on mass buying avatars is a loving tradition and keeps this thing going. Man, my current AV kicks rear end. It is the best tradition.
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1st_Panzer_Div. posted:Are the arrests cover for people that will be killed soon? There have been a lot of dissidents being arrested for openly protesting the war. No. They'll just get somewhere between a monetary fine and an arbitrarily long prison sentence, depending on the mood of the cops.
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https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/google-trends-peek-russians-might-be-thinking-about-1920126-2022-03-03 "'Emigration' and 'citizenship' among the top searches in Russia amid Ukraine war" Shocking.
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Small White Dragon posted:https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russia-ukraine-war/story/google-trends-peek-russians-might-be-thinking-about-1920126-2022-03-03 Some fellow arrived at a number of 200,000 Russians leaving Russia. Not sure it's that many but those ordinary and without resources are going to find it really hard. They shouldn't, but I suspect they will.
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Fritz the Horse posted:Is there a thread full of tankies in D&D? If so, I'd be happy to have a look and see if they're breaking any D&D rules. If it's elsewhere, take it up with the relevant mods/admins.  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Young Freud posted:I'm wondering how much of their nuclear triad is affected. The only one I could see that's still doing well would be the ballistic submarines and maybe the silos, because the mobile launchers of the Strategic Rocket Forces and the bombers of the Russian Air Force feel like they'd have the same issues plaguing the rest of the Russian military is having in Ukraine. I could see it being a case where they would certainly have enough functional warheads to do total thermonuclear war but where there is difficulty being absolutely sure that a limited strike would be possible. I am not sure how many weapons Russia actually has.
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The daily mail is a complete rag but they aren't wrong here. Temps are dropping and the tanks are going to become even more uncomfortable, I doubt russia packed the troops a whole bunch of cold weather gear. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10592463/Stranded-Russian-troops-face-dying-tanks-40-ton-iron-freezers-20C-cold-snap.html
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Anubis posted:The daily mail is a complete rag but they aren't wrong here. Temps are dropping and the tanks are going to become even more uncomfortable, I doubt russia packed the troops a whole bunch of cold weather gear. Wasn't part of why Putin did this in the winter so that the ground would be frozen and the tanks wouldn't sink? I assume they would have thought of that.
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KillHour posted:Wasn't part of why Putin did this in the winter so that the ground would be frozen and the tanks wouldn't sink? I assume they would have thought of that. They also thought that everything would be going much quicker and their supply chain would actually work.
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KillHour posted:Wasn't part of why Putin did this in the winter so that the ground would be frozen and the tanks wouldn't sink? I assume they would have thought of that. They also thought they'd be in the city a week and a half ago, so it's anyone's guess what the hell they actually planned for at this point. I'd guess the latest groups sent in are at least not likely to freeze to death.
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