@disheveledsnake @Noahpinion I'm talking about a ground based war where the objective is to take land. The Iran war was basically just a series of strikes. Do you think Iran could just roll up and start seizing territory held by the US?
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Dupree Diamond
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You have to understand: All NATO militaries, including the United States military, are obsolete as of 2026. They cannot manufacture drones in volume, they do not know how to use drones in combat.
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Ukraine is so militarily strong at this point that Putin is contemplating attacking NATO instead because it's a softer target.
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@dude100500 @realsaadasad The US relies pretty heavily on lumber for lowrise buildings. It's why they make a big deal about concrete enclosed stairwells.
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@idolthought @realsaadasad I am not from US and never seen that. Our stairs in large buildings are usually within concrete core and have special fire-resistant doors, but it is very rare to have more than 1. And besides, what is supposed to burn in a concrete/metal/glass building?
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@realsaadasad @dude100500 Technically they do, but it's all in the same enclosure so you still have all of the fire safety issues you have with a single staircase. You might as well just use a single staircase if you're going to do that.
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@idolthought @dude100500 scissor stairs still provide two egresse
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@dude100500 @realsaadasad It's very well documented that having multiple egresses greatly reduces fatalities in a fire.
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@BrandonFalco121 @WarMonitor3 So they’re choosing to lose the war instead?
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@WarMonitor3 No offense, but Russia could win this war today if they chose too.
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Russia is starting to massively struggle in the Ukraine war:
-Offensives have stalled with assaults taking huge losses, Ukraine counter attacking in places.
-Russia is losing the drone war in technology and frontline application.
-Economy being hit hard from drone raids.
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@MarioRossi4201 @Noahpinion Seeing as how Italy had to have the Germans defend their own country in WW2 this wouldn’t surprise me. Doesn’t mean you wouldn’t see places like Finland, Hungary or even Germany put up a fight against Russia.
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@idolthought @Noahpinion That's why Poland or Baltics would be willing to sustain great losses. Russia is right next to them and a war would be existential for them as much as for Ukrainians. But I'm Italian and I can tell you that here NOBODY would be willing to fight against Russia, because...👇
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@sturmovikdragon @Noahpinion No air defense and you're not going to be able to deploy drones in enough concentration to make a big difference on the battlefield.
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@Noahpinion Ukraine would have been defeated if they had lacked a robust integrated air defense system.
No air defense and your country loses all power, water and road infrastructure.
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@MarioRossi4201 @Noahpinion If the alternative is being ruled by Russia or China you'd be surprised how quickly any society could become tolerant of more losses.
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@Noahpinion Most importantly: I don't think most of Nato countries' populations can sustain the same losses Ukraine is suffering. Maybe only Poland and Baltic States, but certainly not Germany, Italy, France or Spain.
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@MinamtheD @avidseries Higher IQ, higher testosterone levels, rated by women as more attractive, hell even their penises are bigger than straight men's. There is a reason why the Spartans wanted them in their armies. The stereotype of a submissive faggot couldn't be farther from the truth.
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@idolthought @avidseries Hmmm, and that doesnt include the probable higher IQ of gay men as a group. I'm with I/O - surprised at how big the difference is, but there are a lot of compounding factors pointing in the right direction.
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The fact that they earn more isn't surprising, but the amount of the household income difference between married gay couples and married heterosexual couples is considerably more than what I would have guessed.
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban
Married gay men have absurdly high incomes.
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@MinamtheD @avidseries That’s a big part of it, but also you do need to have some balls to live openly gay and that plays into it. Also, being gay opens you up to a network of some very rich and powerful men who like helping out their own, so you probably get more opportunities as well.
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@avidseries How much of this is just gay men couples not having kids lowering the income of one partner?
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@Otter26and @avidseries Probably more of a class issue. Presumably lesbians from higher SOS backgrounds are going to have more open minded families and more likely to live openly with another woman. How many poor white trash or street urchin lesbian or even gay couples do you think are out there?
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@avidseries What is surprising to me is that two women make more than men+women. Since women are the lowest denominator, I would expect they would make less. Perhaps they both realize they need to work as they cannot rely on the male alone?
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@minimeadow @mattyglesias Yeah it was one of those pre-fracking things when people were reality freaked out about dependence on foreign oil. The war on terror boosted it further. Of course now in 2026 it really doesn’t make any sense at all.
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@mattyglesias When this started back in the 90s, wasn’t it about reducing dependence on foreign oil? I agree that environmental benefits are dubious, but I don’t remember that being a major selling point at the time.
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Forcing refiners to blend liquified corn into their gasoline is one of the dumbest policies on the books, raising the cost of food and fuel for nonexistent environmental benefits.
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In 2010 34% of adults 18-29 lacked health insurance. By 2024 this is 14.5%. What do you think happened to the death rate of young adults over this span?
The logic of the study from Yale is that the mortality rate should decrease by 40%. This is their explicit calculation.
Instead, young adult mortality increased, even before covid. In 2019 adult mortality had increased 35% relative to 2010.
Mike from PA@Mike_from_PA
According to a recent study from Yale, there are 68,000 excess deaths per year that can be attributed to people who delay or avoid care because they lack health insurance. What do you attribute their deaths to? Magic? No it is the structure of our healthcare system.
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@JeremiahDJohns @thingsshldwrk A big difference between now and 2008 is we have nearly full employment, and given the ongoing demographic collapse that probably isn’t changing anytime soon.
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@thingsshldwrk There are a few specific things that aren't great right now - job market for entry level positions doesn't seem very good, real wage growth is anemic, gas prices rising. But U3 is still low, job numbers remain decent, markets are strong, stability is strong.
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I don't want to blame someone for being young and asking questions, but holy shit the idea that this is even a question.
* Unemployment hit 10%. Stayed above 7% for four straight years
* 10M people lost their homes
* The banking system came close to total, catastrophic failure
* We didn't gain back all the lost jobs for six years
* Stock market declined by 57%
* Global trade declined 10%
Comparing right now to then is just...
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Was the 08 recession worse than now ? I was a kid then so I’m asking adults
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@NbN_8321 @TheLegalMindset Nah he’s just a sociopath and the only reason why people watch his streams is because his life is a train wreck. The funniest part is how he claims to have overcome his demons with looksmaxxing when in reality he’s just a drug addict who’s been consumed by them.
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@TheLegalMindset Clav is a response to how every part of society keeps kicking men down, especially young guys.
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I enjoy the irony of Claivicular, the supposed number one “looksmaxxer” being absolutely mogged by the Judge in his Miami case.
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@PrawnFlyer @avidseries With all due respect you don’t even fucking know me lol. I never said they were scared of me, just that I’m not an easy mark. And get myself killed? Lmao it’s not like I wander around the hood or try to put myself in dangerous situations. I’m just talking about walking downtown.
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@idolthought @avidseries You boomers are so out of touch. No black guy is scared of you. You haven’t been able to threaten even a mid black in a decade.
You kind of thinking and attitude has a high likelihood of getting you killed
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This is from a long post, much of which is hyperbolic, but that one highlighted sentence will ring true for any white person who has lived in an inner city environment:
"Whites must remain... silent and careful — always treating blacks like a potential bomb about to go off."
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@avidseries I’m much more worried about drugged out homeless people than I am black kids. At least with black guys they are still largely rational and understand that messing with random white guys has little upside and lots of downside. For crazy homeless that might not be the case.
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@avidseries I’m a white guy who works in the downtown of a big city and I find that black people really don’t mess with me, they understand that fucking with a 40 year old white man has the potential to go very wrong for them. I might shoot them or kick their ass and cops will side with me.
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@Good_Morning49 @cremieuxrecueil Double muscled cattle are basically worthless for farm work because they have no stamina. If there was some big advantage to being that jacked then everything would have evolved to be like that instead of it being a freak genetic anomaly.
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@cremieuxrecueil Those muscles are very impressive, but are they as functional as they seemingly look? I may have read in the past that having muscles that big and dense inhibit movement and flexibility.
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