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This sort of a anxious hyper-vigilance is exactly the sort of main character bs you should let go of though. Spend some time with your kids or whatever. You act

by robomc 1mo ago

This sort of a anxious hyper-vigilance is exactly the sort of main character bs you should let go of though. Spend some time with your kids or whatever. You actually can't plan and prepare for a hypothetical war with russia.

lotsofpulp 1mo ago
Not even with a weekly boardgame night of Axis and Allies, or at least Risk?
bluGill 1mo ago
If it's me against Russia, no, I can't plan and prepare. - ALONE. Ukraine spent several years after 2014 planning for another war with Russia and there had reasonable success despite being in a apparently much worse situation. Ukraine is a large enough collection of people that they could usefully plan and prepare. Which is part of my point. Don't live alone. You live in a community of people. You need to engage with your community to prepare for that dragon. That doesn't mean don't go play with your kids or whatever. Do that too. But also prepare for life in ways that you can prepare because you live with other people
- 2legit2quit 1mo ago
  > Don't live alone For some people, the reality is that this has simply not been possible; and people have died and not been discovered for years precisely because of this[0]. The most extreme example was not being discovered for 42 years[1]. > You need to engage with your community to prepare for that dragon. The delineating aspect of this is the "it takes a village" moniker. In Ireland, for example, someone can have lived in the same community for 10+ years and still be a blow-in[2]. The reality is: Sometimes, you cannot force the community to engage back with you. 0 - https://www.awesomeinventions.com/people-died-bodies-not-discovered-for-years/ https://www.awesomeinventions.com/people-died-bodies-not-dis... 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Hedviga_Golik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Hedviga_Golik 2 - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rosita-boland-the-very-irish-term-blow-in-stigmatises-newcomers-1.4695107 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rosita-bola...
done_lurking 1mo ago
>You actually can't plan and prepare for a hypothetical war with russia. You can, in fact, do this. Just because you prefer to be helpless doesn't mean that's the only option.

by robomc 1mo ago

lotsofpulp 1mo ago

Not even with a weekly boardgame night of Axis and Allies, or at least Risk?

bluGill 1mo ago

If it's me against Russia, no, I can't plan and prepare. - ALONE. Ukraine spent several years after 2014 planning for another war with Russia and there had reasonable success despite being in a apparently much worse situation. Ukraine is a large enough collection of people that they could usefully plan and prepare. Which is part of my point. Don't live alone. You live in a community of people. You need to engage with your community to prepare for that dragon. That doesn't mean don't go play with your kids or whatever. Do that too. But also prepare for life in ways that you can prepare because you live with other people

2legit2quit 1mo ago
> Don't live alone For some people, the reality is that this has simply not been possible; and people have died and not been discovered for years precisely because of this[0]. The most extreme example was not being discovered for 42 years[1]. > You need to engage with your community to prepare for that dragon. The delineating aspect of this is the "it takes a village" moniker. In Ireland, for example, someone can have lived in the same community for 10+ years and still be a blow-in[2]. The reality is: Sometimes, you cannot force the community to engage back with you. 0 - https://www.awesomeinventions.com/people-died-bodies-not-discovered-for-years/ https://www.awesomeinventions.com/people-died-bodies-not-dis... 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Hedviga_Golik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Hedviga_Golik 2 - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rosita-boland-the-very-irish-term-blow-in-stigmatises-newcomers-1.4695107 https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/rosita-bola...

done_lurking 1mo ago

>You actually can't plan and prepare for a hypothetical war with russia. You can, in fact, do this. Just because you prefer to be helpless doesn't mean that's the only option.