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What is the most powerful flying bug?
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🦋 15 3.71%
🦇 115 28.47%
🪰 12 2.97%
🐦 67 16.58%
dragonfly 94 23.27%
🦟 14 3.47%
🐝 87 21.53%
Total: 404 votes
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DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Ytlaya posted:

They should make an Ace Combat series, but with tanks instead of planes and the protagonist is a Ukrainian.

Just imagine a tank zooming around, doing barrel rolls as it guns down all the orc invaders.

edit: You and your brothers in arms driving in formation, when suddenly *BOOM*

The tank to your left, pilot codename "HIMMLER", explodes.

HEYDRICH: Got one on your six!
Me (BANDERA): I can't shake him!
*an explosion from behind, followed by a friendly tank doing a barrel roll ahead of you*
HITLER: Bogy down! The one who takes out the fewest orcs buys the drinks tonight!

I'm excited about the potential unlockable emblems for proudly wearing on uniform patches, or tattoos.

Get a good score and the base tattooist will give you another Waffen eagle on your other arm too.

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OctaMurk
Jun 21, 2013

Ytlaya posted:

They should make an Ace Combat series, but with tanks instead of planes and the protagonist is a Ukrainian.

Just imagine a tank zooming around, doing barrel rolls as it guns down all the orc invaders.

edit: You and your brothers in arms driving in formation, when suddenly *BOOM*

The tank to your left, pilot codename "HIMMLER", explodes.

HEYDRICH: Got one on your six!
Me (BANDERA): I can't shake him!
*an explosion from behind, followed by a friendly tank doing a barrel roll ahead of you*
HITLER: Bogy down! The one who takes out the fewest orcs buys the drinks tonight!

best idea to come out of this thread tbh. it would have some fictional Super Tanks and the final mission involves driving the tank through a tunnel to destroy the superweapon

Yinlock
Oct 22, 2008

DancingShade posted:

Tomorrow morning at 10am we make our surprise attack, on foot, charging over the dense 5km long minefield directly at their 20m high fortress wall of concrete, machine guns and flame throwers. All in broad daylight with clear skies, no cover and while everyone is at maximum alert.

You see it's the last thing they would ever expect so we'll have the element of surprise and take them unawares.

Onwards men, to victory!

my loud battle cry will cover the sound of my footsteps perfectly

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Ytlaya posted:

They should make an Ace Combat series, but with tanks instead of planes and the protagonist is a Ukrainian.

Just imagine a tank zooming around, doing barrel rolls as it guns down all the orc invaders.

edit: You and your brothers in arms driving in formation, when suddenly *BOOM*

The tank to your left, pilot codename "HIMMLER", explodes.

HEYDRICH: Got one on your six!
Me (BANDERA): I can't shake him!
*an explosion from behind, followed by a friendly tank doing a barrel roll ahead of you*
HITLER: Bogy down! The one who takes out the fewest orcs buys the drinks tonight!

https://twitter.com/thomas_comrade/status/1612654988312064002

Danann
Aug 4, 2013

https://twitter.com/tom_username_/status/1613624706233667585
https://twitter.com/tom_username_/status/1613625690884083714

trouble in telegram town

Starsfan
Sep 29, 2007

This is what happens when you disrespect Cam Neely
The word was out there for a few days that Ukraine was going to try some symbolic counter offensive to re-take Soledar, you would think that the fact that the Russians were expecting it would dissuade the Ukrainian leadership but that's never really stopped Ukraine before.. I think it's part buying into their own myth of absolute Ukrainian superiority and part the people they are sending are untrained territorial defense soldiers and the clown western mercenaries who are completely disposable to Ukraine.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Yinlock posted:

my loud battle cry will cover the sound of my footsteps perfectly

I'm going to conceal my battle fatigues under a high visibility road safety vest with reflective strips.

Those things are so common the enemy will simply ignore me.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1613510307187691521

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Democracy incoming.

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008


lol, that's such a click bait post and image crop.

Girkin points out how he did a three hour stream years ago with another Ukrainian hypeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6K6pjK_Yw

And saying that it's a waste of time to debate your enemy in a war is about as nice as he gets.

Danann
Aug 4, 2013

https://tass.com/world/1561733

quote:

Trade turnover between Russia, China up 29.3% in 2022 to record $190 bln, says customs
Russia’s surplus amounted to $38 bln in 2022, up more than three-fold compared with 2021

BEIJING, January 13. /TASS/. Trade turnover between Russia and China rose by 29.3% in 2022 compared with the previous year to $190.27 bln, hitting a fresh all-time high, the General Administration of Customs of China reported on Friday.

China’s exports to Russia rose by 12.8% in the reporting period to $76.12 bln, while imports from Russia climbed by 43.4% to $114.15 bln.

Russia’s surplus amounted to $38 bln in 2022, up more than three-fold compared with 2021. Trade turnover between the two countries equaled $17.8 bln last December, roughly 3% less than in November.

In 2021, trade turnover between Russia and China gained 35.8% to $146.88 bln.

Trade statistics between China and Russia for 2022 with Russia running a positive trade balance there.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Danann posted:

https://tass.com/world/1561733

Trade statistics between China and Russia for 2022 with Russia running a positive trade balance there.

(puts on business shirt, turns on webcam, spins on the spot like a child's dreidel)

Clearly this means Russia is going to drag down China with it as both economies collapse. USA! USA!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

DancingShade posted:

(puts on business shirt, turns on webcam, spins on the spot like a child's dreidel)

Clearly this means Russia is going to drag down China with it as both economies collapse. USA! USA!

Wrong. It means china is going to drag Russia down with it as it collapses, which it definitely will, imminently, for the past fifteen years

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

Lostconfused posted:

When did they start talking about it? Because it seems like they're doing it again lol.

https://twitter.com/maria_avdv/status/1613203320524443657

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1613466909772595200

gently caress yeah, abrams should generate some content

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

Turtle Watch posted:

Biesty loving owns, I used to have an interactive cd-rom with

edutainment rules.

Can you imagine

but for this


That’s what the world needs, not more war!

that booked own. there was a castle one as well iirc

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
lots of copium posting coming out of ukraine twitter which confirms to me that theyve lost soledar and bakhmut

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Abrams crew survivability is excellent so we should see some nice complaining Nazi videos if they get sent

Grognan
Jan 23, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Biesty taught me class stuff because you have think where the loving poop goes in a castle. Being the gong farmer loving sucks and is unsanitary.

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

DancingShade posted:

Democracy incoming.

lol

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

CODChimera posted:

gently caress yeah, abrams should generate some content

abrams submerged in mud dot gif

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*
https://twitter.com/heimbergecon/status/1613524808196853765?s=20

lmfao it's not even half of what they were importing?

crepeface
Nov 5, 2004

r*p*f*c*

DancingShade posted:

Democracy incoming.

they should just include it in the headlines now like:

"BREAKING: Sweden's state-owned mining company says it has discovered Europe's biggest rare earth mineral and democracy deposit.

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

crepeface posted:

https://twitter.com/heimbergecon/status/1613524808196853765?s=20

lmfao it's not even half of what they were importing?

Tbf the hope is to generate way more energy domestically so they don't have to import nearly as much from anyone. But we'll see if that happens, and if so, how long it takes!:haw:

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

DancingShade posted:

abrams submerged in mud dot gif

covered in mud and swastikas. its going to be amazing

The Oldest Man
Jul 28, 2003

Ytlaya posted:

They should make an Ace Combat series, but with tanks instead of planes and the protagonist is a Ukrainian.

Just imagine a tank zooming around, doing barrel rolls as it guns down all the orc invaders.

edit: You and your brothers in arms driving in formation, when suddenly *BOOM*

The tank to your left, pilot codename "HIMMLER", explodes.

HEYDRICH: Got one on your six!
Me (BANDERA): I can't shake him!
*an explosion from behind, followed by a friendly tank doing a barrel roll ahead of you*
HITLER: Bogy down! The one who takes out the fewest orcs buys the drinks tonight!

isnt this just battletanx global assault

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

crepeface posted:

https://twitter.com/heimbergecon/status/1613524808196853765?s=20

lmfao it's not even half of what they were importing?

Or at what price. We know its not enough for people's power bills to stop going up by multiples. Or for heavy industries to remain competitive and not shut down.

Ultimately though whatever the EU gets out of it is irrelevant. It's about what the USA gets out of the EU, mostly in terms of sweet revenue.

a god damn idiot
Sep 7, 2006


euphronius posted:

I think we should all agree nato is bad and should be stopped

I agree that NATO is bad and should be stopped. US out of everywhere!

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler

Slavvy posted:

Wrong. It means china is going to drag Russia down with it as it collapses, which it definitely will, imminently, for the past fifteen years

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Jeeez he went grey waiting for the collapse to happen.

Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

Frosted Flake posted:

Improving shell holes is part of field fortifications and a lot of work. Iirc, mostly because of drainage, but also because the shape of a crater may not be ideal, they don't provide protection from shell bursts the way a trench does, something to do with the angle of the walls, also some stuff about the soil being unrevetted. There's a risk of loose soil burying you or you getting soaked or drowned, so you actually have to do a fair bit to make them habitable for any period of time. I believe this was covered in the recent experimental archeology book on WW1 trenches.

To loop back to the woods, I don't actually know what characteristics of Douglas fir-larch, Hemlock-fir, Spruce-pine-fir and Coast Sitka spruce make them suitable for this work. I would say "springiness" but that's not really a technical term. Anyone in the trades?

Maybe they splinter less when near explosions?

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
I would probably also say just weight and cost, you want to stabilize a trench and provide drainage, but at the same time, that trench (especially in this case) may simply be bypassed or given up in a few months.

I don’t know if a full WW1 German style trench would make sense in the current environment compared to something between a British and French trench, enough to provide cover and drainage.

In the case of the north, most of estimates I have seen have put the number of forces in reserve there as fairly low (10-15k) range. That said, we don’t have the latest data but it makes sense that if the Ukrainians can’t really push a full counter-attack in the Donbass that they probably would only have so many reserves on hand.

It also seems like the West is donating odds and ends for an eventual Ukrainian counter-offensive but it may not happen any time soon and it may again be until the Spring until something happens.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/BBCBweaking/status/1613850591599419395

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
If humanity makes it, I hope something is learned from all this psycho poo poo.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://mobile.twitter.com/N3weis/status/1613232261297762304

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Ardennes posted:

If humanity makes it, I hope something is learned from all this psycho poo poo.

Don't worry we'll make it just fine.

Well maybe not everyone will make it but that's just how it goes.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



CNN before going for a jog - Ukrainian troops say they are cut off, starving and abandoned as Russia claims control of Soledar

CNN after finishing jog - Russia claims control of Soledar, Ukrainian says fighting is ungoing.

Love controlling the narrative

Cao Ni Ma has issued a correction as of 13:41 on Jan 13, 2023

Frosted Flake
Sep 13, 2011

Semper Shitpost Ubique

Al-Saqr posted:

lots of copium posting coming out of ukraine twitter which confirms to me that theyve lost soledar and bakhmut

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
I just got a text from the Kremlin, it says the breakup was final :(

Hedenius
Aug 23, 2007

The Coming Collapse of China was published in 2001.

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SplitSoul
Dec 31, 2000

Danish banks and ministries are being hit with DDoS attacks by alleged Russian hackers. They decided to contact the public broadcaster to claim responsibility.

https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/ny...&_x_tr_pto=wapp

quote:

Here the group declares that it is Denmark's support for Ukraine that is the reason:

- Denmark supports Ukrainian neo-Nazis and the Bandera junta that took power in Ukraine, the group replies.

They refer to Stepan Bandera, a late Ukrainian far-right politician who is often used by Russian media to support the claim that Ukraine is run by fascists.

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