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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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sure I'm well read, look at my watch history
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May 12, 2024 18:37
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I recently finished Command and Control on Audible while at work and doing the less cognitive tasks, and it just made me wonder how we got from 1945 to here without being all vaped accidentally.
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May 12, 2024 18:38
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Like Pliny, I read as I bathequote:He always began to study at midnight at the time of the feast of Vulcan, not for the sake of good luck, but for learning's sake; in winter generally at one in the morning, but never later than two, and often at twelve.[49] quote:Who amongst those whose whole lives are devoted to literary pursuits would not blush and feel himself the most confirmed of sluggards by the side of him? Karach has issued a correction as of 18:51 on May 12, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 18:48
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Karach posted:Like Pliny, I read as I bathe Getting pissed off that some "ackshully" nerd is wasting your time with one mispronounced word is relatable.
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May 12, 2024 18:54
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get a better memory and attention span, readingailuresquote:But when they came to letters, This, said Theuth, will make the Egyptians wiser and give them better memories; it is a specific both for the memory and for the wit. Thamus replied: O most ingenious Theuth, the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them. And in this instance, you who are the father of letters, from a paternal love of your own children have been led to attribute to them a quality which they cannot have; for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and you give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.
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May 12, 2024 19:06
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no, my brain is swisscheese. I have made my peace with it.
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May 12, 2024 19:10
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Reading real books on your own is great, but doing it with others is better. Join or start a book club, folks. Get you some learnin
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May 12, 2024 19:16
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Reading real books on your own is great, but doing it with others is better. I legitimately can't find anybody who reads anything other than YA novels and gee-whiz pop sci in my area
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May 12, 2024 19:18
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Karach posted:I legitimately can't find anybody who reads anything other than YA novels and gee-whiz pop sci in my area jfc
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May 12, 2024 19:21
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Muscle Tracer posted:get a better memory and attention span, readingailures Hmmm....have a good memory but die of the reality of dysentery in your 30's or read books and die in your 80's of posting sickness....
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May 12, 2024 19:22
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Cheatum the Evil Midget posted:Things must be going well This is kinda like that DnD poster who had the meltdown about people saying "The Democrat Party" . They started saying "The Republic Party" hoping to own any Republicans who may be posting.
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May 12, 2024 19:23
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1stGear posted:hosed up that people have settled on Turtle Tanks as opposed to the far superior Battle Barns. Im still calling them tank2s. Im saying it 'tank 2s' but it could also be tank squared
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May 12, 2024 19:24
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Some channels are saying that Shoigu is out.
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May 12, 2024 19:26
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Confirmed: https://tass.ru/politika/20775703
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May 12, 2024 19:28
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tazjin posted:Some channels are saying that Shoigu is out. That was one of the rumored potential changes with the old cabinet resigning. Lavrov was the other one.. Supposedly both of them were wanting to retire since from before the special military operation and they were talked into hanging around by Putin.
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May 12, 2024 19:29
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slave to my cravings posted:https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-shelling-kills-least-three-russian-apartment-block-2024-05-12/ Surely attacking Russian cities will turn around the losing ground war, just like sinking more ships will turn around the losing ground war, just like blowing up the Kerch bridge will turn around the losing ground war
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May 12, 2024 19:30
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Starsfan posted:That was one of the rumored potential changes with the old cabinet resigning. Lavrov was the other one.. Supposedly both of them were wanting to retire since from before the special military operation and they were talked into hanging around by Putin. Lavrov is staying
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May 12, 2024 19:32
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tazjin posted:Confirmed: https://tass.ru/politika/20775703 Hopefully Strelkov gets to read the news in prison.
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May 12, 2024 20:11
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slave to my cravings posted:https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-shelling-kills-least-three-russian-apartment-block-2024-05-12/ quote:Footage from the scene showed at least 10 storeys of the building collapsing. Sound like some huge fragments if it knocked down a 10 story building.
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May 12, 2024 20:18
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Shoigu is to become secretary of the security council, replacing Patrushev
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May 12, 2024 20:29
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It's funny how they're using their advanced missile weapons to commit terror bombings far in the rear of any actual fighting, whilst steadily getting worn down in the east. i can't really think of any historical parallels....haha
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May 12, 2024 20:31
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missile sized fragment
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May 12, 2024 20:35
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tazjin posted:Confirmed: https://tass.ru/politika/20775703 Russia is collapsing
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May 12, 2024 20:52
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OhFunny posted:Russian population decline had halted in 2009. The population was slowly rising for a period of about ten years before COVID. Thanks to rising birth rates, falling death rates, and more immigration. theres just one thing i dont understand why do people from central asia want to back up putins war machine surely they must understand that once putin has conquered ukraine of course hes going to want to conquer their countries next
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May 12, 2024 21:02
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/paulimeth/status/1788978291443134465?t=mOYMDiDdGMY576z0nS01AQ&s=19 whoa now lets not jump to any crazy conclusions here just because the guy was in the ss doesnt mean he was a nazi
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May 12, 2024 21:08
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Karach posted:I legitimately can't find anybody who reads anything other than YA novels and gee-whiz pop sci in my area Join one of the groups and start them on like Ursula le Guin and Gene Wolfe and poo poo. Slide Borges in there if you can get away with it
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May 12, 2024 21:10
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Dokapon Findom posted:I read a really good article that said that gold fell on Spain like rain, collected in the gutter of the Netherlands, and then flowed off to Genoa may i see this article i want to post it in another- uh read it i mean definitely read it i want to read the article
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May 12, 2024 21:15
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Ardennes posted:Anyway, far as the Kharkov front goes, it seems a couple villages a day are falling, it isn't a massive breakthrough but it seems like the idea is very much to apply constant pressure to force the Ukrainians to react. It seems like it is working as well since the Ukrainians are pulling elements of brigades pretty much across the frontline, especially the Kherson direction, to throw them against the Russian advance. Yeah I don't think Russia is deluded enough to try for Kharkiv city, which is the only place in NE Ukraine that might be worth taking for its own sake. I do believe they're trying for all of Donbas, at least, before slowing down this offensive, and the Kharkiv diversion will help make that go a lot faster.
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May 12, 2024 22:21
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Nix Panicus posted:Surely attacking Russian cities will turn around the losing ground war, just like sinking more ships will turn around the losing ground war, just like blowing up the Kerch bridge will turn around the losing ground war Ukraine taking another cue from the Germans and going all in on V-weapon strikes
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May 12, 2024 22:43
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Yeah I don't think Russia is deluded enough to try for Kharkiv city, which is the only place in NE Ukraine that might be worth taking for its own sake. I do believe they're trying for all of Donbas, at least, before slowing down this offensive, and the Kharkiv diversion will help make that go a lot faster. I would say the main target is the Ukrainian army itself, and trying to get them out in the open and is the best way to handle them. It is clear that the fortifications in the north are at best fragmentary and there isn’t a stable front line which always the Russians plenty of leeway in choice of targets. Eventually this will change but until that point it is a relative shooting gallery. If the Russians were seriously about Kharkov, I think there would be a lot more general activity than the current forces at place. That said, they are still applying pressure on the Donbas and the forces being moved out including general attrition is going to take its total, the question still is when Ukraine’s manpower issue goes from critical to actually catastrophic. Otherwise, the Russians may keep on applying the same strategy elsewhere because it is already paying dividends. ———- Also, that Perun video is the worst one yet, he pretty much writes off any type of cage armor almost completely including other field modifications. All of this stuff is aimed at heat munitions, having slat armor and spaced armor is apart of that. It isn’t pretty even something controversial at this point beyond the Russians are using it more than other militaries. Also, if the biggest threat to a fuel truck is a light FPV drone, why wouldn’t at least try to put something on it? At least Lazerpig sounds like he is having some fun, Perun sounds like he is about to pop a facial blood vessel. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 23:10 on May 12, 2024 |
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May 12, 2024 22:53
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Some Guy TT posted:may i see this article i want to post it in another- uh read it i mean definitely read it i want to read the article I was trying to find it earlier but Google is naturally failing me- it was written by a university professor and the overall topic was about the extraction of gold in the New World, from the chemical processes involved to the social impacts on the Indigenous peoples enslaved in its mining. Really comprehensive, brilliant stuff and I'd be sad if it's lost to the sands of time
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May 12, 2024 23:03
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I am reminded of an article I read last summer that talked about how the most dangerous time for Ukrainian casualties is when the soldiers are traveling to and from the front line.. once they are at the front they are actually pretty safe comparatively as long as they don't go wandering around the place above ground during the daytime (although apparently the night is no longer as safe as it used to be with the proliferation of Russian drones equipped with night vision cameras). So yeah even back then the military observers were talking about how the Russian goal was to get Ukraine having to shift their forces around from one place to another because of all the opportunities that created for the Russians to inflict disproportionate casualties on the Ukrainian army.
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May 12, 2024 23:05
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CODChimera posted:someone go back and watch peruns earlier videos and see if they were accurate The two things I remember off the top of my head is when sanctions were coming in he was very confident Russia was finished because the price Russian crude had now fallen to a level higher than it was a few years before then, and about $5 less than US prices And a different video from the time of the counter-offensive, when his reaction to videos of Russian helicopters blowing up Bradleys was, and I poo poo you not, "why do we believe Russia even has helicopters?"
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May 12, 2024 23:46
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Ardennes posted:Also, if the biggest threat to a fuel truck is a light FPV drone, why wouldn’t at least try to put something on it? i've stopped trying to find their angle, i think they're just very stupid people providing a service for other even more stupid viewers
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May 12, 2024 23:48
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Regarde Aduck posted:i've stopped trying to find their angle, i think they're just very stupid people providing a service for other even more stupid viewers It's like evolution. There's no plan. You just throw enough idiots at the issue until one of them stumbles into the correct angle.
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May 13, 2024 00:27
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:The two things I remember off the top of my head is when sanctions were coming in he was very confident Russia was finished because the price Russian crude had now fallen to a level higher than it was a few years before then, and about $5 less than US prices look im totally shocked capitalists chose some of the easiest profits ever over phoney lib values
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May 13, 2024 00:37
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ContinuityNewTimes posted:Ukraine taking another cue from the Germans and going all in on V-weapon strikes I mean, Russia also bombs backline cities with long range missiles, but that's generally part of a larger coordinated plan to pin back AA or damage energy or recruiting infrastructure. Ukraine doesn't appear to have a plan beyond just dropping missiles in populated areas and hoping that does something.
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May 13, 2024 00:39
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Regarde Aduck posted:i've stopped trying to find their angle, i think they're just very stupid people providing a service for other even more stupid viewers But I used to wat- 
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May 13, 2024 00:39
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I guess it is the same as the V2s though, because its at the point in the war where Ukraine really should be negotiating an end to the war to save lives and preserve whatever they can of their own territory and not throwing more troops into the grinder and tossing random missiles around to delay the end
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May 13, 2024 00:55
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Starsfan posted:I am reminded of an article I read last summer that talked about how the most dangerous time for Ukrainian casualties is when the soldiers are traveling to and from the front line.. once they are at the front they are actually pretty safe comparatively as long as they don't go wandering around the place above ground during the daytime (although apparently the night is no longer as safe as it used to be with the proliferation of Russian drones equipped with night vision cameras). So yeah even back then the military observers were talking about how the Russian goal was to get Ukraine having to shift their forces around from one place to another because of all the opportunities that created for the Russians to inflict disproportionate casualties on the Ukrainian army. This was true in the world wars as well, it has to do with exposure to shellfire.
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May 13, 2024 01:02
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