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I believe you’ve just made up an argument you thought I was making. This is quite annoying, please stop.

wait_a_minute 5y ago
I did not make up anything. I asked you kindly to provide your incredible findings on US military oil expenditures, and the relevant comparisons with other nations like Russia and China, ideally for peer review in a qualified journal or a public blog.
- jdmoreira 5y ago
  are you asking an HN commenter to publish a peer review paper on the basis of his back of the envelope calculations just because you got somehow offended with the possibility of his calculations being true? That’s really sad.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > I did not make up anything. I asked you kindly to provide your incredible findings This is called 'sealioning'. It’s a documented harassment technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    Sealioning and gas lighting. They’re demanding I debate them over a claim that they imagined me making.
- ahelwer 5y ago
  Ah yes Russia, a state with an economy half the size of California, would dominate the world were it not for the US military incinerating a significant chunk of the world's fossil fuels. The USSR split up 30 years ago, time to update your villains!
  - zdragnar 5y ago
    Setting aside that you ignored the "and China", I believe Crimea would like a word. Edit: it is worth noting that the joint chiefs chairman just testified to congress that Russia and China are the greatest physical threats to the US.
    - ahelwer 5y ago
      The military brass is never going to argue that the world is a safer place and they have no need of their obscene budget, come on. They happily manufacture whatever villains are necessary to get the goods.
      - wait_a_minute 5y ago
        Do you believe that Chinese aggression in Hong Kong and Taiwan, or Russia’s towards Ukraine, are manufactured villains/risks?
        ahelwer 5y ago
        Convince me why I should want to contribute 10% of the money I earn every year to keep these countries I've never visited from being controlled by a different (in Ukraine, very slightly different) set of people. Also, as a bonus, for my money I get bombs dropped semi-randomly throughout the middle east. Two for one!

I did not make up anything. I asked you kindly to provide your incredible findings on US military oil expenditures, and the relevant comparisons with other nations like Russia and China, ideally for peer review in a qualified journal or a public blog.

jdmoreira 5y ago
are you asking an HN commenter to publish a peer review paper on the basis of his back of the envelope calculations just because you got somehow offended with the possibility of his calculations being true? That’s really sad.
chrisseaton 5y ago
> I did not make up anything. I asked you kindly to provide your incredible findings This is called 'sealioning'. It’s a documented harassment technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  Sealioning and gas lighting. They’re demanding I debate them over a claim that they imagined me making.
ahelwer 5y ago
Ah yes Russia, a state with an economy half the size of California, would dominate the world were it not for the US military incinerating a significant chunk of the world's fossil fuels. The USSR split up 30 years ago, time to update your villains!
- zdragnar 5y ago
  Setting aside that you ignored the "and China", I believe Crimea would like a word. Edit: it is worth noting that the joint chiefs chairman just testified to congress that Russia and China are the greatest physical threats to the US.
  - ahelwer 5y ago
    The military brass is never going to argue that the world is a safer place and they have no need of their obscene budget, come on. They happily manufacture whatever villains are necessary to get the goods.
    - wait_a_minute 5y ago
      Do you believe that Chinese aggression in Hong Kong and Taiwan, or Russia’s towards Ukraine, are manufactured villains/risks?
      - ahelwer 5y ago
        Convince me why I should want to contribute 10% of the money I earn every year to keep these countries I've never visited from being controlled by a different (in Ukraine, very slightly different) set of people. Also, as a bonus, for my money I get bombs dropped semi-randomly throughout the middle east. Two for one!