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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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TIl the swedish no-turret tank also had a gas turbine engine, the world's first in fact.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:46
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Frosted Flake posted:Are there not M60s sitting around in a warehouse somewhere? oh my god they almost started trying to sell M60 frankensteined up with M1A1 turrets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60-2000 shockingly nobody bought them and the prototype was disassembled
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Jan 14, 2023 17:47
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Endman posted:this reminds me of when they turned geo-tags on on 4chan’s /pol/ board and every ultranationalist slapfight between nations in the Balkans, Baltic or any part of Eastern Europe was just Finns fighting each other Lmao wut anyone got link
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Jan 14, 2023 17:48
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Homeless Friend posted:lol fondly remembering when i was a big enough dope to post epic lines like this 
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Jan 14, 2023 17:48
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Frosted Flake posted:Realistically, Ukraine needs to replace the 2 destroyed tank brigades, plus whatever else, so unless they get the entire Challenger park, it seems to me NATO is content to watch them die a slow death, without reclaiming territory, which Ukraine is slowly becoming aware of, and will try to draw NATO into the conflict as a result. I don't think that we’re currently building any of the export versions of the Abrams so if they could be sourced a modernized M-60 would be a pretty good bet. How many Challengers does England even produce these days?
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Jan 14, 2023 17:49
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Mediocre gbs meltdown btw totally unoriginal 4/10
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Jan 14, 2023 17:49
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doverhog posted:Actually, I'm a defender of democracy and human rights, in the face of fascism and lies. thread title please
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Jan 14, 2023 17:49
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Part of the problem with the assumption that the US can just ship hundreds of Abrams to Ukraine like it's easy is that while hundreds of Abrams and other vehicles are sitting in the desert, the heavy equipment is mostly in an open-air desert storage facility. To get them operational would require a major government work order and months+ to return them to service. They're more of a spare parts yard and "in case of major US war, activate this" kind of storage area, not just turn-key ready tanks. Sure, it's very dry and doesn't have a real problem with grass and brush growing up into the vehicles, but still. If you look at that, you can practically hear dry metal on metal scraping. 40.19424064166906, -120.14051476533764 Or you can watch this US government approved video about the Sierra Army Depot complete with canned music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHRMpaupIHk When US operational units request items which may come from Sierra, sometimes it's a direct shipment. Other times the answer is "we have the part, and it will take us x number of days to refurbish and test it before shipping." Which can range from quick and reasonable, like a day or two to check out a crate engine to weeks as they have to basically rebuild a transmission for some legacy truck that almost no one uses anymore. Or they might just tell you it would be faster and more affordable to order some bespoke part from a civilian truck repair yard...
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Jan 14, 2023 17:51
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Cuttlefush posted:oh my god they almost started trying to sell M60 frankensteined up with M1A1 turrets The super m60 was not a bad deal in wargame red dragon imo, but it was no t-55m matti
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Jan 14, 2023 17:52
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mlmp08 posted:Part of the problem with the assumption that the US can just ship hundreds of Abrams to Ukraine like it's easy is that while hundreds of Abrams and other vehicles are sitting in the desert, the heavy equipment is mostly in an open-air desert storage facility. To get them operational would require a major government work order and months+ to return them to service. They're more of a spare parts yard and "in case of major US war, activate this" kind of storage area, not just turn-key ready tanks. Sure, it's very dry and doesn't have a real problem with grass and brush growing up into the vehicles, but still. Fun fact: Sierra actually makes the government about $17 for each dollar spent because of the cash they make scrapping old equipment and selling parts to overseas customers.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:54
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It’s not like Ukraine can maintain any of this, so sure, send S-Tanks, Chieftains, Conquerors, Challengers. France apparently had Panthers in storage into the 60’s so rustle one of those up. If they’re just making political gestures and emptying forgotten warehouses, you may as well have fun.
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Jan 14, 2023 17:55
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Maintenance seems like the part where the US government keeps trying to spell it out (they don't want to be responsible for fixing every Ukrainian tank, even if Ukraine ships them back over the border to Poland or Germany or whatever), but doesn't quite want to say bluntly "I don't want to have to fix all of Ukraine's materiel with my personnel for an indeterminate amount of time."
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Jan 14, 2023 17:57
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Frosted Flake posted:It’s not like Ukraine can maintain any of this, so sure, send S-Tanks, Chieftains, Conquerors, Challengers. France apparently had Panthers in storage into the 60’s so rustle one of those up. I assumed that parts, training, and support came as part of the package. Otherwise, yeah, why bother?
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Jan 14, 2023 17:58
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Tankbuster posted:nah, finns are asexual. After inventing spurdo they achieved immortality. tell that to the sami, whose reindeer herds finns raped to death. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 14, 2023 18:34
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Cuttlefush posted:some people get anxiety in the form of their weedbrain trying to tell them they are having a cardiac emergency. not like feeling the vibes are off One of the few things scientists know for sure about marijuana and cardiovascular health is that people with established heart disease who are under stress develop chest pain more quickly if they have been smoking marijuana than they would have otherwise. This is because of complex effects cannabinoids have on the cardiovascular system, including raising resting heart rate, dilating blood vessels, and making the heart pump harder. Research suggests that the risk of heart attack is several times higher in the hour after smoking marijuana than it would be normally. While this does not pose a significant threat to people who have minimal cardiovascular risk, it should be a red flag for anyone with a history of heart disease. Although the evidence is weaker, there are also links to a higher risk of atrial fibrillation or ischemic stroke immediately following marijuana use. Consistent with these links, studies also suggest that marijuana smoking may increase the long-term death rate among heart attack survivors.
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Jan 14, 2023 18:34
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Endman posted:this reminds me of when they turned geo-tags on on 4chan’s /pol/ board and every ultranationalist slapfight between nations in the Balkans, Baltic or any part of Eastern Europe was just Finns fighting each other what’s going on up there? sauna brain?
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Jan 14, 2023 18:35
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mawarannahr posted:what’s going on up there? sauna brain? they lack culture of their own and seek to steal it from their neighbors
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Jan 14, 2023 18:36
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mawarannahr posted:what’s going on up there? sauna brain? I'd guess boredom.
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Jan 14, 2023 18:43
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https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10014.html I found out that the RAND corporation wrote one of the most bloodthristy pieces i've seen about Russia. Look at this, lol: quote:Providing lethal aid to Ukraine would exploit Russia’s greatest point of external vulnerability. But any increase in U.S. military arms and advice to Ukraine would need to be carefully calibrated to increase the costs to Russia of sustaining its existing commitment without provoking a much wider conflict in which Russia, by reason of proximity, would have significant advantages.
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Jan 14, 2023 18:55
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Buffer posted:Didn't canada disband some SF unit for war crimes and the result was they seeded units far and wide with bad apples? its what closing down cspam would do
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Jan 14, 2023 19:06
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why's it always eastern europe that draws takes out of cspammers that are indistinguishable from 4chan posts gently caress off with the ironic racism that's been on the last few pages imo, it sucks, it's lazy on a level where it would suck even if you were making fun of the british which is impressively bad
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Jan 14, 2023 19:11
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Jazerus posted:why's it always eastern europe that draws takes out of cspammers that are indistinguishable from 4chan posts Is this about the ironic anti-Finnish racism? Because I'm Finnish and pretty sure most people here would be more offended by (apparently non-ironically) calling us eastern european than most of the ironic racism. Actually I think you managed to offend some nationalist part of my lizard brain, unlike all the no-effort ironic racism which was just boring, which is pretty funny whether you did that on purpose or not
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Jan 14, 2023 19:23
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the Turk rears its head to rattle Christendom https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-russia-ukraine-local-cease-fires/32223446.html quote:Turkey on January 14 said it was ready to push for local cease-fires in Ukraine and warned that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had the military means to "win the war." President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin conceded it seemed unlikely the warring sides were ready to strike an "overarching peace deal" in the coming months. But he said that the brutal cost of fighting might soon see them reconsider and accept localized truces in specific parts of the war zone. NATO member Turkey hosted two early rounds of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
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Jan 14, 2023 19:24
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Jazerus posted:why's it always eastern europe that draws takes out of cspammers that are indistinguishable from 4chan posts finally someone takes a stand against anti white racism, hopefully we can institute paper bag tests before someone makes a post (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 14, 2023 19:25
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Jazerus posted:would suck even if you were making fun of the british what are you talking about dude
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Jan 14, 2023 19:25
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Staltran posted:Is this about the ironic anti-Finnish racism? Because I'm Finnish and pretty sure most people here would be more offended by (apparently non-ironically) calling us eastern european than most of the ironic racism. Actually I think you managed to offend some nationalist part of my lizard brain, unlike all the no-effort ironic racism which was just boring, which is pretty funny whether you did that on purpose or not i think hes talking about that dixon post? that was 100% weird
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Jan 14, 2023 19:25
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sum posted:Apparently "western intelligence" thinks a huge mobilization wave is imminent in Russia I mean, seems like a reasonable thing to do if they can. There would have been a shitload less death and destruction if the Russians hadn't tried to run their dumb war on the cheap.
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Jan 14, 2023 19:30
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Staltran posted:Is this about the ironic anti-Finnish racism? Because I'm Finnish and pretty sure most people here would be more offended by (apparently non-ironically) calling us eastern european than most of the ironic racism. Actually I think you managed to offend some nationalist part of my lizard brain, unlike all the no-effort ironic racism which was just boring, which is pretty funny whether you did that on purpose or not the subject of the thread is in eastern europe, i'm aware finns aren't in that cultural sphere it's not really about whether a finn would be offended, it's just exactly what you said - boring. it's indistinguishable from a Gamer discord or whatever unflattering comparison you want to make to the rest of the internet. it sucks.
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Jan 14, 2023 19:30
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repeating my petition to make this the genuine racism megathread
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Jan 14, 2023 19:30
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the mod is right, people come in here with plenty of takes stupid enough to own themselves without getting insanely weird about stuff otoh, if it were possible to be racist against the british that would still be objectively correct, hosed up to imply otherwise
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Jan 14, 2023 19:33
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The mods are here to protect the real victims of racism, white nations who sided with the Nazis.
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Jan 14, 2023 19:34
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OctaMurk posted:The super m60 was not a bad deal in wargame red dragon imo, but it was no t-55m matti M1IP or (lol) the loving Starships if i played US. i think they were kinda point inefficient in wargame but just look at it  it had a 152mm gun/launcher that could load HE/HEAT or an early secondish generation ATGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn6YH_4nYEA. it was kind of a piece of poo poo in a lot of ways in real life so naturally they built another (airborne) tank around using it and then developed another one that was eventually cancelled. i couldn't actually find if the shillelagh actually killed anything. the soviet equivalent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M14_Malyutka) did though and it's still in use/reserve arsenals all over the place. mawarannahr posted:One of the few things scientists know for sure about marijuana and cardiovascular health is that people with established heart disease who are under stress develop chest pain more quickly if they have been smoking marijuana than they would have otherwise. This is because of complex effects cannabinoids have on the cardiovascular system, including raising resting heart rate, dilating blood vessels, and making the heart pump harder. Research suggests that the risk of heart attack is several times higher in the hour after smoking marijuana than it would be normally. cite your sources dangit https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/medical-marijuana-2018011513085. that's from an article written by https://twitter.com/peter_grinspoon who... huh actually he seems to be level headed. did not expect that given the bio. anyway yeah the human endocannabinoid system regulates a hell of a lot. there are cannabinoid receptors in heart tissue, vascular tissue, all throughout the nervous system and activating them increase heart rate/blood pressure/sympathetic nervous system activation, which is kind of a short circuit of the classic fight or flight response chain and then the scromiting begins. it's not like weed is bad but more like you actually can smoke too much weed sometimes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355963/ is a recentish review didn't actually know the thc -> cannibinoid receptor -> sympthetic activation chain was that direct. that does explain why weed just straight up triggers panic attacks in some people sometimes though. neat
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Jan 14, 2023 19:40
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Wouldn't catch me poking my head out of the driver's hatch. Someone traverses that turret and it'll snip your head clean off.
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Jan 14, 2023 19:44
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Staltran posted:I'm Finnish...nationalist... 
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Jan 14, 2023 19:44
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doverhog posted:What situation is that? The war Putin started, and is losing, by every imaginable metric? I saw this and immediately clicked the "?" 
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Jan 14, 2023 19:45
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just tell your men not to kill you. simple
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Jan 14, 2023 19:45
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Cuttlefush posted:M1IP or (lol) the loving Starships if i played US. i think they were kinda point inefficient in wargame but just look at it I quit last week. i wish I knew more about how fuckin long it stays in your body and i think the strength of concentrates are an unresearched issue, especially with CHS. the physical withdrawal is no joke too. Russia does well to disallow carts
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Jan 14, 2023 19:46
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what the hell is a finn anyways? a type of dog?
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Jan 14, 2023 19:51
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mawarannahr posted:I quit last week. i wish I knew more about how fuckin long it stays in your body and i think the strength of concentrates are an unresearched issue, especially with CHS. the physical withdrawal is no joke too. Russia does well to disallow carts I knocked off the booze and switched to edibles a while back and it's been really good.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:what the hell is a finn anyways? a type of dog? they’re a people, rather keep to their own kind. quote:A study on the Finnish genome found that Finns are not only more homogenous compared to other Europeans, but also that they are genetically distinct from their neighboring populations and form outliers in the genetic variation within Europe.[72]
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