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What is the most powerful flying bug? This poll is closed. |
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| 🦋 |
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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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12 | 2.97% |
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67 | 16.58% |
| dragonfly |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
| 🐝 |
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87 | 21.53% |
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https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/status/1598761469033709587
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Dec 4, 2022 04:43
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looks like some combine poo poo from hl2
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Dec 4, 2022 04:44
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https://twitter.com/Taurevanime/status/1598585185116758016 dropping rubble on a drone sounds even cheaper than a converted grenade
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Dec 4, 2022 04:54
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speng31b posted:looks like some combine poo poo from hl2 City 17 always did have somewhat of an Eastern European ambience...
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Dec 4, 2022 05:02
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ploughshares into swords
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Dec 4, 2022 05:13
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Lol
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Dec 4, 2022 05:17
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/Taurevanime/status/1598585185116758016 Please don't post gore
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Dec 4, 2022 05:34
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not gonna lie this thing looks badass
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Dec 4, 2022 05:35
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gradenko_2000 posted:Please don't post gore the dog is out of frame
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Dec 4, 2022 05:35
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Atrocious Joe posted:ploughshares into swords This disagreement in translation is why they had to break with, then suppress, the Russian Orthodox Church. In Latin it's "..et conflabunt gladios suos in vomeres et lanceas suas in falces...", which came out in Ukrainian is as you said, while somehow the Russians got the idea that swords would be turned into ploughshares. It seems like a small thing to disagree over, but like "... tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam..." it has wide ranging implications.
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Dec 4, 2022 05:38
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Frosted Flake posted:They were complaining about paying money to train doctors who leave after their first hitch but doesn’t Canada have a shortage of doctors? Creating new doctors is so evidently a good thing the state should do for its own sake that I don’t get the complaint. Cost? What better thing could the military spend money on than creating new doctors? If they go into the provincial healthcare systems after their first stint, so much the better, because the military is benefiting society not just itself. Isn’t that national service? The dominant mode of thought is that "There is no such thing as a society". Highly trained people leaving the military for new jobs has always been one of the many ways we supply a diverse labour force. There really aren't any other institutions, that say produce someone who has both medical expertise and can fly a helicopter. Thats kinda niche. It costs a lot of money to have those skills. I guess what I'd be getting at is that the on paper return on investment is not sufficient - social concerns are irrelevant because theres no such thing as a society.
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Dec 4, 2022 05:44
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I wish they believed there was no such thing as debt too
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Dec 4, 2022 05:46
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Well I suppose what other people here were able to drill down to is that there's no such thing as a military without a society, and beyond that even a state. I don't know if there was a transition between a generation that espoused bullshit to extract wealth and true believers that grew up hearing the bullshit, but they're sowing the seeds of their own (and unfortunately many other people's too) undoing here. People talk about them not knowing how the machine of empire works and pressing buttons they've disconnected from anything, and I think that's true. At first it may have been to strip the wires out for profit, but now it feels like the disconnection has taken on a life of its own that they haven't fully grasped the implications of. I realize this is more evident probably in areas like covid, climate, the economy, but neoliberalism is really ... it's something. I don't think I fully understand what, but jfc.
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Dec 4, 2022 05:55
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Frosted Flake posted:They were complaining about paying money to train doctors who leave after their first hitch but doesn’t Canada have a shortage of doctors? Creating new doctors is so evidently a good thing the state should do for its own sake that I don’t get the complaint. Cost? What better thing could the military spend money on than creating new doctors? If they go into the provincial healthcare systems after their first stint, so much the better, because the military is benefiting society not just itself. Isn’t that national service? You have to think long term for such a plan to work and I don't think that's un the cards for the CAF right now. My guess is they don't know how to preset this to the govt to authorize fundings while also facing the issue of training those doctors being a large drain on their funding with little return when they leave after just a few years. "Free med school in exchange for 5 years of service" also isn't as good of a deal as it would be in the US for example, at least in some provinces where the costs are way lower. Quebec already has some issue with docs leaving the province after taking the relatively cheap education at university level.
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Dec 4, 2022 06:13
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I get that all of this is very personal but, Canada doesn't need a real army. Mainly because it can't have an army big enough to get what it needs. We're not getting a more equitable economic and political relationship with the United States by force of arms. Not to mention it would be just as stupid and ugly as this war with Ukraine and Russia. I am going to say you won't even achieve something without socialism. There's no reason for US to stop using the existing leverage to extract more surplus labour value from the people of Canada other than it would be the right thing to do. I'm not old stock Canadian, so I can't relate to that. But I assume most people can see how much the US is part of our society. The ruling class has financial and other ties to England, sure. But what does the lower and middle class have? A dead queen on money if you're still using paper bills and coins? Remembrance Day, which going by the UK thread they are way more insane over? The more defining traits of Canada are purely Canadian, at least for an anglophone. Maybe the people of Quebec have a different take on it?
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Dec 4, 2022 06:50
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/Taurevanime/status/1598585185116758016 Please don't tell anyone else that rock beats technology or else who knows what will happen. Meanwhile the USA MIC is scrambling to find a way to justify charging the USA government $500k per cinder block.
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Dec 4, 2022 07:25
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The article identifies the problem ("CAF no longer reflect the principles and values of the Canadian populace, or of a modern Canadian work force") but doesn't offer any evidence? Surely there are heaps of statistics on recruitment and retention, disqualifying factors, demographics..
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Dec 4, 2022 07:33
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Frosted Flake posted:People still joke about “the 3 reasons why women join the army”. Well what’s the joke?
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Dec 4, 2022 08:17
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I hate you all so much words can't express it so I inflict upon you political cartoonery
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Dec 4, 2022 08:28
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Frosted Flake posted:People still joke about “the 3 reasons why women join the army”. I don’t want FF to think I’m trying to bait him into a probe by answering my question about what this joke is so I just looked it up myself: 
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Dec 4, 2022 10:04
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Turtle Watch posted:I don’t want FF to think I’m trying to bait him into a probe by answering my question about what this joke is so I just looked it up myself: 
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Dec 4, 2022 10:41
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Frosted Flake posted:People talk about them not knowing how the machine of empire works and pressing buttons they've disconnected from anything, and I think that's true. At first it may have been to strip the wires out for profit, but now it feels like the disconnection has taken on a life of its own that they haven't fully grasped the implications of. I realize this is more evident probably in areas like covid, climate, the economy, but neoliberalism is really ... it's something. I don't think I fully understand what, but jfc. 
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Dec 4, 2022 10:48
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Lostconfused posted:I get that all of this is very personal but, Canada doesn't need a real army. Mainly because it can't have an army big enough to get what it needs. We're not getting a more equitable economic and political relationship with the United States by force of arms. Not to mention it would be just as stupid and ugly as this war with Ukraine and Russia. Canada could very easily make enough nuclear weapons to keep the US jackals at bay, if they had the will
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Dec 4, 2022 10:53
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The Voice of Labor posted:I hate you all so much words can't express it so I inflict upon you political cartoonery ms paint political cartoonists are the real heroes of this war, no matter what those photoshop usin' nafo freaks claim
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Dec 4, 2022 11:08
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https://twitter.com/rob_merrick/status/1599322515490340866?s=46&t=jWqk0iiGKCEqf-DzUhX9iQ
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Dec 4, 2022 12:30
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Frosted Flake posted:Other than people who feel a sense of duty, and are willing to sacrifice civilian employment, who are they hoping to attract to these high skilled and sought after positions? They’re so clearly sabotaging themselves I don’t understand it other than idk they want to means test the positions? But that doesn’t really make sense either. Business logic is to never train your personnel if you can get someone else foot the bill for the training instead, including said personnel. The idea is "why spend money training people who will then walk out and benefit someone else off of my dime?". The counter to it is "what if you don't train your people and they stay in your organization for decades after?". The former only makes sense if you know people are going to bail on your organization first chance they'll get because you are planning on treating them like poo poo anyways. If you guaranteed good primary and perhaps even more importantly secondary labour conditions such that your personnel isn't likely to leave in the first place, properly training them to maximize their potential is a no-brainer. But you know, all that costs in very direct, measurable and short-term ways, whereas the benefits are more nebulous and long-term, and thus completely incompatible with neoliberalism. Gotta maximize for this quarterly report, you know? Plus it's not like current management is going to still be in charge in that long-term when the benefits of the investment start kicking in. They want to run the military as a business, but they don't even want to run it as a family-owned business. They'd take the military public and sell shares if they could.
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Dec 4, 2022 13:11
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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1599111452329013248?t=cefu8u800zx_t4UBX0Q0vw&s=19
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Dec 4, 2022 13:22
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Atrocious Joe posted:is she dumb. the US politicians want Europe to buy more US weapons, not make their own yes. you don't get to be PM at thirty-something without being dumb. she's also basically an ideological vacuum who appears to see the world for the first time every time she lays eyes on it.
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Dec 4, 2022 14:27
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DancingShade posted:
$500k guided precision munition cinder block.
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Dec 4, 2022 14:32
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V. Illych L. posted:yes. you don't get to be PM at thirty-something without being dumb. she's also basically an ideological vacuum who appears to see the world for the first time every time she lays eyes on it. Ah, a perfect liberal.
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Dec 4, 2022 14:39
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Canada has a fake military (as I understand) because there is way larger of a command structure than is technically required for so small a force, basically to help preserve a semblance of national autonomy as opposed to openly acknowledging it is a client state of the US/UK in matters of defense (defence?  )Just for the record I'm still tired of this, and I'm still not having it! You ban me but not this sick filth?? 
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Dec 4, 2022 14:48
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Futanari Damacy posted:Canada has a fake military (as I understand) because there is way larger of a command structure than is technically required for so small a force, basically to help preserve a semblance of national autonomy as opposed to openly acknowledging it is a client state of the US/UK.
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Dec 4, 2022 14:49
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1599111452329013248?t=cefu8u800zx_t4UBX0Q0vw&s=19 Maybe being openly and blatantly betrayed by the US will make some EU countries rethink their position.
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Dec 4, 2022 14:54
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Futanari Damacy posted:Canada has a fake military (as I understand) because there is way larger of a command structure than is technically required for so small a force, basically to help preserve a semblance of national autonomy as opposed to openly acknowledging it is a client state of the US/UK in matters of defense (defence? 
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Dec 4, 2022 14:57
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Lostconfused posted:I get that all of this is very personal but, Canada doesn't need a real army. Mainly because it can't have an army big enough to get what it needs. We're not getting a more equitable economic and political relationship with the United States by force of arms. Not to mention it would be just as stupid and ugly as this war with Ukraine and Russia. Canada's military functions like any western military, to serve as a blood tithe whenever the US needs it and in return the US supports them in their neo colonial efforts. Its working fine as intended right now
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Dec 4, 2022 14:59
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Frosted Flake posted:Well I suppose what other people here were able to drill down to is that there's no such thing as a military without a society, and beyond that even a state. I don't know if there was a transition between a generation that espoused bullshit to extract wealth and true believers that grew up hearing the bullshit, but they're sowing the seeds of their own (and unfortunately many other people's too) undoing here. Neoliberalism is indistinguishable from institutionalized incompetence.
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Dec 4, 2022 15:13
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Vulin posted:Maybe being openly and blatantly betrayed by the US will make some EU countries rethink their position. no
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Dec 4, 2022 15:22
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Frosted Flake posted:
I used to tell this story to describe the military. So there were these scientists testing a group of apes and have them in a decent environment. But on a table away from everything is a big red button. If the button gets pushed each of the apes receives a shock through a collar they are all wearing. Soon the apes learn to not touch the red button. But then they swap out a collar ape for a new ape, with no collar. When the new ape tries to go near the table with the button the collared apes attack the new ape. Soon the new ape learns to avoid the table and button. Then another collared ape is replaced with a new uncollared ape and the cycle repeats. Only this time the first uncollared ape joins in on the attack. So on and so on the exchange continues until the final exchange where the last collared ape is removed and now all the apes defend the button without knowing why. Anyway thats the military and the military is the government.
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Dec 4, 2022 15:28
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don't recruit apes into your military, imo
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FF, when you are too depressed about this please don't go to the VA. https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1599003056103952386 They are gonna kill you.
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