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EleventhHour

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Refugee from another, less-friendly instance. Please forgive the youth of my account— I’ve actually been around here for a while. Still, glad to be here!

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Veruca Salt sends her regards

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ITT: the worst users on lemmy debate getting a modicum of attention…

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Repost

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Trump lied, while Biden got his facts straight. Clearly, an old man with our best interests at heart is better than a cheap imitation of Hitler.

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Until you can back up your statements with verifiable evidence, you should probably just stop

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“Fuck your feelings”

— MAGA

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It’s all good,
he just drove off,
Sometimes life‘s OK

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It’s all good,
You just laughed it off,
It was all ok

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I’m gonna tell the owners
just how nice
that was of me

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❤️ hope you feel better!

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Wonderful! 🏳️‍🌈

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I also have seven monies. What do I win?

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I’ll take it!

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Ew

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Like most people, they really really really like money

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You joke, but i bet that it would be at least somewhat effective.

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I believe this is a possibility, esp. considering how openly Ukraine will accept surrenders/defectors. Russia may be a shithole for a lot of people, but Ukraine doesn’t have a huge amount of benefit to offer most Russians (to surrender/defect) compared to North Koreans. Ya, know, aside from the freedom from chattel military slavery… but most in NK have it much worse than Russians, so the appeal would be greater.

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I thought about that for a long time, and, honestly, it seems that Russia may have stolen China’s thunder there by invading Ukraine. As a result, the whole world (mostly) super-hates and has united against Russia with untold billions of weapons and aid to Ukraine.

What’s China to think of their Taiwan plan, now? Well, I think it’s obvious by watching what they’re doing, what they’ve been doing.

Although they’ve become more aggressive in the South China Sea, what with building all their fake islands and atolls in order to claim some sovereignty to the waters. But most of what they’re doing merely amounts to harassment and bullying of surrounding nations. And while there’s been a good amount of somewhat-incendiary talk re: China’s intentions towards Taiwan, they’ve actually done very little to accomplish that goal, as of late. They’re being careful, weighing their options, and proceeding slowly but surely.

Will Taiwan become the next place invaded? A new flashpoint? I don’t think so, or, at least, not for a while. The Ukraine War, Russia’s almost-collapsed economy, and their need for aid of all kinds has put China into an uncomfortable position, and they seem to be reprioritizing. Also, Taiwan has had a defense buildup for several years, and they’re far more capable of defending themselves than before.

If China makes any serious move against Taiwan, IMO, it will be a while from now.

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Borscht is fucking amazing, and I would defect to Ukraine for regular servings of it.

Not really, but I do love well-made borscht.

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Only when crashing into the ocean, thousands of miles short of its target

Edit: seriously, though, it’s pretty clear that they can build nuclear warheads (how many and what size is unclear), but their problem is getting the bomb to its target.

Rocketry is hard. It’s uber-expensive, and it requires a great deal of trial-and-error. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had gotten data, etc, from Russia and China like some guidance (or even rocket plans), but NK’s best physicists and aerospace engineers are both: not that great, and working entirely alone with a budget that is a minuscule fraction of anyone else who has tried this.

They’ve been trying to launch an ICBM successfully for almost 2 decades. They haven’t had much success yet.

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All of China’s actions that you have described, I see as a dissipation of the united effort against Taiwan. Like I said, I’m not saying it won’t happen, I’m just saying it won’t happen really soon. China actually gives a huge shit about their international reputation. And they don’t want to that damaged fighting a war they can’t win. They will wait to move on Taiwan until they can be reasonably assured of a victory. And that won’t happen anytime soon.

China is also quite adept at fighting economic wars (like the US), and that’s what they’re going to do with AI. Just with money and sanctions and diplomatic bullshittery.

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2031? Maybe. If the Ukraine war ends soon, it would give them a couple of years before they started up their bullshit. So, yeah, maybe. (Edit 2) I’d say it’s much more likely of Russia walks away with favorable terms, even less likely should Russia end up with an embarrassing loss…

But the stuff with AI it’s not some thing they could win with their military. Not even by taking over Taiwan (which I’m not convinced they can). Economic pressure that they can weild certainly would be more likely to help them achieve their goals. It just takes a lot longer.

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They don’t make clear threats empty.

Oh, yes they do. All the time. China is a lot more talk than they are action, and they always have been. That’s why I am skeptical about them invading Taiwan anytime soon.

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You’re not wrong in your reasoning, I’m just more reserved in my speculation.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see

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It’s nice to be able to have a discussion where both people disagree politely.

Thanks for the pleasure!

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Good stuff, David Cross

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How is it not?

It’s certainly more nuanced, but it is what it is, nuanced or not.

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This is what “specialty interest” magazines and newsletters used to address. Whatever the hobby or interest, there were likely a dozen magazines specifically targeted to that audience.

Then the internet happened. Also, media conglomeration.

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Sure, but the internet increased this interconnectivity by orders of magnitude.

The LGBTQ community is one which massively grew in outreach and connections due to the internet. Without it, I have no doubt that LGBTQ rights and visibility worldwide would be nowhere nearly as advanced as they are now. Of course, it also gives the opposition the same megaphone and organizing capability.

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Chelsea Manning has least tried to leak their information with some sort of honor.

Only Chelsea Manning can claim thi

Julian Assange has been a fugitive for nearly 3 decades. These things are not the same same.

I’m sure someone will come along and claim that these two things are the same. Do not believe them.

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Explain how anyone has a choice, especially in the United States

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I’m looking for a job now, and this is very useful to me. Thank you.

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I have a MfA from Parsons and 25 years of experience, and I’m having an incredible amount of difficulty finding a job in my field.

You’re not alone.

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“We are letting the data drive our decision."

oh, yeah? and what drove your decision to launch the thing in the first place when there were already several unresolved leaks?

Starliner shouldn’t have launched in the first place, and now they’re stuck.

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Smarter than the teams that got the Starliner stuck up there because it wasn’t ready to fly?

Maybe

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“Counterpoint: noms!”

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We need a c/ATBGE community here

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Monk fringe, lol

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deep cut

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Marvelous

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Yes, but rainbow capitalism has always been bullshit.

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Any company that would trade the dignity of a group of people for their own profits doesn’t deserve my patronage.

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I do fine, thanks.

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Lol

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that should end in a question mark, not a period…

best not to make simple gramattical mistakes when rubbing someone’s face in your having been right

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Hooray. Finally, someone got the joke.

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without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name

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i don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious

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i’m not “trying to make it out” to be anything. i was just curious.

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