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Filthy Hans posted:Afghanistan was actually a pretty modern place in the 60s and 70s, as I was surprised to learn when I was younger and read The Kite Runner it really sucks that the free world turned the country over to the worst reactionaries in the subcontinent and turned it into a horrifying dystopia.
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Filthy Hans posted:Afghanistan was actually a pretty modern place in the 60s and 70s, as I was surprised to learn when I was younger and read The Kite Runner It depends; what's going on in Kabul or the urban centers is not necessarily applicable anywhere else, this is a good rule of thumb for Afghanistan throughout its history to the modern day. Zahir Shah's rule had given them a peaceful period for a few decades which led to the development of an urban intelligentsia and socialist government, but this may as well have occurred on Mars to someone living in many of the rural areas - hence the left government was not able to fully stabilize against the other internal forces vying for power. The government called the Soviets in for help which polarised the population even further, Mr Wilson and the CIA of course took one look at the situation and applied the classic move of backing the most violent scumbags they could find, and the rest is history. Interesting to also note that by the time of the Soviet withdrawal the government was actually strong enough to hold out for another 3 years completely unsupported before the mujahideen finally captured Kabul. Cookie Cutter has issued a correction as of 15:52 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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Cookie Cutter posted:It depends; what's going on in Kabul or the urban centers is not necessarily applicable anywhere else, this is a good rule of thumb for Afghanistan throughout its history to the modern day. Zahir Shah's rule had given them a peaceful period for a few decades which led to the development of an urban intelligentsia and socialist government, but this may as well have occurred on Mars to someone living in many of the rural areas - hence the left government was not able to fully stabilize against the other internal forces vying for power. The government called the Soviets in for help which polarised the population even further, Mr Wilson and the CIA of course took one look at the situation and applied the classic move of backing the most violent scumbags they could find, and the rest is history.
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yeah and in those three years the other side was supported by american proxies liberally.
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bald and bankrupt went to Afghanistan last month and got some crazy footage, shame about his personality
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Tankbuster posted:its written by sorkin. Its based off a real book and a little knowledge of matters in afghanistan tells you that the baddies are doing land redistribution and educating women. The book ends with Charlie Wilson being woken up on 9/11 with the towers being struck and his entire rear end falling out. ya when Sorkin's credit came up I laughed i was like OHHHH that's why its full of men correcting women and treating them as objects also had to look up the production date when there was no mention of 9/11, other than Philip Seymour Hoffman warning about 'crazies flooding Kabul' post victory Durf has issued a correction as of 19:00 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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https://twitter.com/AustinMcCoy3/status/1587628816515665922?cxt=HHwWhMC4uef_sYgsAAAA This is a pretty interesting project.
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i love the imperial scenes in Andor so much. you can really feel the OT's influence combined with a 70s Datacenter from hell they do a better job communicating the banality, bureaucracy, and inertia of evil than anything else in the series tbh   Durf has issued a correction as of 19:15 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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Durf posted:ya when Sorkin's credit came up I laughed lmfao yeah ok Sorkin invented The White Male whole cloth.
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sorkin my dick
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Durf posted:ya when Sorkin's credit came up I laughed Tankbuster posted:its written by sorkin. Its based off a real book and a little knowledge of matters in afghanistan tells you that the baddies are doing land redistribution and educating women. The book ends with Charlie Wilson being woken up on 9/11 with the towers being struck and his entire rear end falling out. the soviets gun down women for fun too, while talking about their wives complaining about their infidelity
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mastershakeman posted:i just watched tetsuo the iron man. it's on kanopy my id and superego are locked in conflict about whether or not to endorse this
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Durf posted:i love the imperial scenes in Andor so much. you can really feel the OT's influence combined with a 70s Datacenter from hell I have not cared about anything starwars in forever, but started watching Andor out of boredom and it's pretty drat good. Dare I say it slaps even
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how did so many people in this thread get hired by the Andor PR team
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idc how many people say it's good: I'm not drinking that garbage
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indigi posted:how did so many people in this thread get hired by the Andor PR team we're all surprised and a little unsettled that a Star War is actually seriously good for the first time since 1980
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we love andor because andor is a self serving loser who gets no respect from anyone. finally i feel represented in star wars
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drat, i like andor because he's aspirational and has a way better life than me
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I just watch the star wars for the laser swords
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:idc how many people say it's good: I'm not drinking that garbage It's got everything you'd ever want from a starwar - imperial bureaucracy, cops getting killed and not a single lightsaber in sight
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:idc how many people say it's good: I'm not drinking that garbage fool me once with the Mandalorian — i watched s1 and it sucked rear end!!!
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grate deceiver posted:It's got everything you'd ever want from a starwar - imperial bureaucracy, cops getting killed and not a single lightsaber in sight No! No!!
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grate deceiver posted:It's got everything you'd ever want from a starwar - imperial bureaucracy, cops getting killed and not a single lightsaber in sight a middle manager demanding reports by 0700 is the best thing about the show
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i say swears online posted:drat, i like andor because he's aspirational and has a way better life than me I like him because the first thing he did on the show was shoot some corpocops
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Yeah, I'm refusing to call it until the full twenty four episode run is over. There's promising stuff, but the plotting is eccentric and I find the lead boring.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:not a single lightsaber.. yet The moment a deepfaked Luke appears twirling one i'm dropping this poo poo
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they named the sullen droid that everyone yells at "B2EMO" they named a planet that becomes uninhabitable because of a mining disaster "Kenari" (canary)
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Why does Young Rock exist? edit: and it was created by Nahnatchka Khan, who also made Don't Trust the B. how? edit edit: and of course, it includes him running for president in 2032 with Rosario Dawson as his military General VP choice. Nichael has issued a correction as of 23:06 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:fool me once with the Mandalorian — i watched s1 and it sucked rear end!!!  We have a saying in cspam. Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again
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Grey Fox posted:they named the sullen droid that everyone yells at "B2EMO" yes the names all suck now that Lucas isn’t naming everything
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I mean do you really think Disney is ever going to sign off on another “Evar Orbus and His Galactic Jizz-Wailers?” Of course not!
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Kool Keef Girgo was radicalized after being profiled by cops and beat up by a robot while going to the store to pick up some Peezos and Revnog (the greenie green ones) on vacation just like me tbh I found the first few eps really slow but liked it once Skarsgard and the empire showed up. i really like the way they portray the misery inflicted on millions just because some spineless bureaucrats are afraid of losing their jobs Durf has issued a correction as of 23:32 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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grate deceiver posted:Mon Mothma is a lib they said that Nancy Pelosi was the inspiration for that character, so yeah lol
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