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Taliban Militants Fed Up with Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit

33 points by tobijkl 2y ago

canistel 2y ago
I cannot help but see the similarities with developers ending up as managers...
alephnerd 2y ago
A major issue is the pay (or lack thereof) [0] [0] - https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-the-taliban-guard-afghanistans-border-and-what-it-says-about-their-regime/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-the-taliban-guard-afghan...
hindsightbias 2y ago
We could have won, if we’d just been dropping smartphones instead of smartbombs.
- xbmcuser 2y ago
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  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    >It's not shocking to me that as soon as US got out of that war Ukraine Russia war started and US military industrial complex found a new market. This sounds like a conspiracy theory. How exactly do you think US defense contractors somehow convinced Putin to launch an invasion?
    - abid786 2y ago
      Three buildup of troops by Russia along the Ukrainian border started in 2021, which is when the US left Afghanistan. I'm not the parent nor am I saying the two wars are related but it's not unfathomable to think that American intelligence could have predicted a war between Ukraine and Russia at the same time as they were exiting Afghanistan
      - shiroiushi 2y ago
        Sure, they could have predicted that. It does seem a little obvious in hindsight at least; they had already had conflicts, Russia had seized Crimea, etc. But the parent was implying that the US (or the defense industry in it) somehow had something to do with this situation, and that seems rather absurd. Sure, they may be profiting off it, but they didn't create the situation. Wars are caused by shitty political leaders who have the support of idiotic populaces; arms makers are just in the right position to profit.
        xbmcuser 2y ago
        I think US was involved in the tensions between Ukraine and Russia change into full scale war. Putin needed an excuse to go for all out war and take over parts of Ukraine. And US played a part in that happening.
    - decremental 2y ago
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  - juanani 2y ago
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klyrs 2y ago
RTO mandates: the common enemy?
genter 2y ago
I've read this twice. I'm still not sure if it was originally in The Onion.
Panzer04 2y ago
The same people that get you into power are rarely the same ones you want when you actually have it!
gabrielsroka 2y ago
2023
sadiekg 2y ago
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- ein0p 2y ago
  I was half expecting to find a real page there.

33 points by tobijkl 2y ago

I cannot help but see the similarities with developers ending up as managers...

A major issue is the pay (or lack thereof) [0] [0] - https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-the-taliban-guard-afghanistans-border-and-what-it-says-about-their-regime/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/how-the-taliban-guard-afghan...

hindsightbias 2y ago

We could have won, if we’d just been dropping smartphones instead of smartbombs.

xbmcuser 2y ago
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- shiroiushi 2y ago
  >It's not shocking to me that as soon as US got out of that war Ukraine Russia war started and US military industrial complex found a new market. This sounds like a conspiracy theory. How exactly do you think US defense contractors somehow convinced Putin to launch an invasion?
  - abid786 2y ago
    Three buildup of troops by Russia along the Ukrainian border started in 2021, which is when the US left Afghanistan. I'm not the parent nor am I saying the two wars are related but it's not unfathomable to think that American intelligence could have predicted a war between Ukraine and Russia at the same time as they were exiting Afghanistan
    - shiroiushi 2y ago
      Sure, they could have predicted that. It does seem a little obvious in hindsight at least; they had already had conflicts, Russia had seized Crimea, etc. But the parent was implying that the US (or the defense industry in it) somehow had something to do with this situation, and that seems rather absurd. Sure, they may be profiting off it, but they didn't create the situation. Wars are caused by shitty political leaders who have the support of idiotic populaces; arms makers are just in the right position to profit.
      - xbmcuser 2y ago
        I think US was involved in the tensions between Ukraine and Russia change into full scale war. Putin needed an excuse to go for all out war and take over parts of Ukraine. And US played a part in that happening.
  - decremental 2y ago
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- juanani 2y ago
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klyrs 2y ago

RTO mandates: the common enemy?

genter 2y ago

I've read this twice. I'm still not sure if it was originally in The Onion.

Panzer04 2y ago

The same people that get you into power are rarely the same ones you want when you actually have it!

gabrielsroka 2y ago

2023

sadiekg 2y ago

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ein0p 2y ago
I was half expecting to find a real page there.