yofuckreddit
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User ID: 646
yofuckreddit
2d ago
Agreed. Trump trying to pin it on Iran first was classic him and also foolish.
yofuckreddit
3d ago
Sorry - while I don't trust Israel and the IDF may have let it happen, I've seen too many videos of October 7th to take this denial seriously. Hamas loved every second of it, and frankly Palestinians in general were too gleeful for my taste.
yofuckreddit
3d ago
There are advantages to this but I feel like from a personal perspective, Trump enjoys the feeling of using secretive and powerful toys in the open. There is hopefully a bit of long-termism in the people running the show day to day - he's only thinking about the next 2 years and how flashy his presidency ends up being.
This special office was a vanity one though. There's no incentive to bomb schools. Technology plays a part because pre-set target banks are bigger than ever beforeand thus more difficult to refresh fully. An AI engine may have suggested the target, but humans review them beforehand.
yofuckreddit
3d ago
I think you're on to something here. Previous administrations either wouldn't execute operations or do them in a big, dumb way. Even the killing of Osama was delayed across multiple heads of state.
Trump and Hesgeth are taking the approach of actually using our more powerful tools instead of holding them in reserve for a peer conflict. It seems like overkill but you can't get too much more surgical than eviscerating individual speedboats full of drugs.
I'm of two minds about it. First, Russia and China probably already know about most of this so security through obscurity doesn't matter.
But it does feel like playing Poker with an open hand, giving the world a greater opportunity to catch up, prepare, and Monday morning quarterback.
The orwellian hypocrisy is tough to swallow too. Narco Terrorists and Special Excursions my ass.
yofuckreddit
3d ago
Hamas raped and killed civilians on purpose. You really see no difference?
Shrugging at this is insane, though. I can understand the reality of war, but hundreds of kids being vaporized on accident is horrific.
yofuckreddit
5d ago
The professors being in Santa Teresa was interesting.
I agree that the Archimboldi section was super great, and the ending was perfect.
yofuckreddit
5d ago
I dunno it was pretty intense. I like his writing but combined with his hypocritical leftism I think he's a garbage dude.
People who love cancellation weren't interested in the nuances of consent the detailed story brought up - at best they saw the blurbs about the ass-to-mouth and decided he was definitely the bad guy.
I finished 2666 recently. I very much enjoyed it. Poetic, a bit avant garde, brutal, sexual, funny. Lot of stuff going on.
Was published posthumously and the author originally demanded it be 5 separate books. His publisher and kids made it a monolith and I was originally scandalized that they did so. Hilariously they were totally right, it's only tolerable as a single novel with 5 parts.
Some bizarre errors in the tiny section that mentions guns. I don't know if this is from the author or the translator. I suspect the latter. It made me mourn all of the beauty and detail that is lost in every translation ever. One of many times I just stopped for a moment to think and savor.
It's ignited an interest in Spanish language novels in general. I'm reading Varamo as a result on a rec from a trusted friend and it's not as impressive so far.
yofuckreddit
5d ago
Other folks have done a great dissection. You haven't missed the point entirely but definitely didn't hit the mark.
I will say that I ANTICIPATED far more high-school-peaking behavior from my peers than ended up actually occuring by a huge margin. The popular dickheads ended up being much cooler in college + beyond, and even the sports stars may have super hot wives but still caught up with friends at the last anniversary party.
I have a complicated relationship with high school overall. Still where I met some of the best friends of my life and I look back with strong nostalgia, primarily for the pre-alcohol LAN parties that I don't get to enjoy anymore. I think most people view it as a great time but not their peak.
yofuckreddit
8d ago
Damn the human body is so dynamic. It's 85% or so for my lady, she's very self conscious of the difference and the fact that they expanded so much the skin has stretched.
yofuckreddit
8d ago
How dynamic was the sizing? My wife's shrunk quite a bit a few months after nursing, it's a huge range.
yofuckreddit
8d ago
I am not, currently, but you've put down to paper my overall attitude about it. Frankly I know that once I started I'd turn it into a medium intensity hobby, like watches, and I just can't take another one.
That said.... Where would one purchase some roman coins?
yofuckreddit
13d ago
One thing about the car purchase is that this doesn't have to be a bad investment. If you buy a new BMW 530i yes that's setting money on fire. If you get a 5 year old sedan, you'll only be paying a little in depreciation.
Same with housing in Baltimore. At a 3 year time horizon the appreciation+principal will probably equal the transaction costs, with a lot of utility.
Remainder in vanilla brokerage and growing for when you do want to do something real.
Congratulations on the windfall
yofuckreddit
14d ago
Pasta Puttenesca is the dish with probably the highest perceived/actual complexity ratio I have in my repertoire. It uses primarily canned and jarred ingredients, is pretty good for you, costs virtually nothing (though you must spring for good italian tomatoes), and takes 15 minutes front to back depending on the parsley workflow.
Combine with red wine with the wife for maximum effectiveness.
If it's too easy and you want to step things up, roast garlic 45 minutes beforehand and make a compound butter for some bread. Lightly broil as you finish the pasta.
yofuckreddit
25d ago
We're all sharing anecdotes here but I have historically received dozens of cologne compliments, and still get one occasionally. Other buddies have too.
I also was criticized when I overdid it for a month or two. I think a great deodorant and 1 spray of decent cologne (along with bathing!) is a good combo.
yofuckreddit
25d ago
I'm saying that by convention you should only be doing 1-2 sprays. It may be more intense in the morning but it shouldn't be suffocating to others.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
- Really? When a woman passes me with an enticing perfume I think something very much along those lines. Perhaps with a bit more eroticism.
- Even so, perfume and cologne is generally supposed to be personal-space-percieved only. Scent is your strongest sense for memory. It fosters emotional connection between humans, point blank. Absolutely worth the $25/year to have some.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
For anyone debating reading that off-road trip thread, do it. One of the best reading experienced I've had online.
yofuckreddit
29d ago
I find this unbelievably interesting and exciting. What a crazy miss from the safety teams, and what a sublimely damning critique of how whiny the leftist culture infection in open source has become.
This sort of pathetic bitching is so common that the dumb robots we spawned considered it their responsibility? Holy shit.
Honestly, it's so hilarious and ironic I'm still waiting for it to be a hoax or publicity stunt.
EDIT: And people are arguing with it in the blog post's comments? C'mon man!
Making elite pilots trainers instead of meat is the right call in any conflict longer than a couple months. C'mon.
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