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by kulahan 1y ago
C5s can also transport them easily. I... don't know if C17s can, but I assume not? Maybe though. If so, they're not a problem at all, if you really want 'em. But also remember tanks are tanks - they're meant to drive o
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by kulahan 1y ago
Eh, until we have drone-bots that can perform at nearly a human level, we'll still need to have a physical presence, and there's roughly nothing as dangerous or safe (for the users) as a brand-new tank. They're heavy because
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by kulahan 1y ago
There's nothing techy about cigarettes, and you can still vape inside in lots of places, so 100 years really is either too much or not enough anyways. Maybe we shouldn't regulate things that are so flimsy?
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by kulahan 1y ago
TIL! I guess I just haven't been following this stuff. Now I've got something to read about all night, thanks!
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by kulahan 1y ago
Because there is a difference in optics between a guy doing something and a company (with likely much larger resources) doing the same thing. A person speaking up is cool. A company speaking up is lobbying.
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by kulahan 1y ago
I hadn’t considered this - it must be a nightmare to try and find experienced aircraft carrier engineers. We have like 14 of em, right? Probably like 70% the same crew on each one, but I don’t remember the last time we built one. I wonder i
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by kulahan 1y ago
An interesting example, in my opinion: In the US, we keep on manufacturing Abrahams tanks. We're not at war. We have no use for these tanks. So to make things make sense, we give money to some countries with the explicit restriction th
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by kulahan 1y ago
You know, I can cut a lot of nonsense comments we'll need to work through by just asking this: Which nation are you referring to? Broke Greece? Unemployed Spain? Walled-off Britain? No-government France? Dictator-run Turkey? Dictator-r
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by kulahan 1y ago
You’re welcome to say you cannot use searches well and ask me for one, rather than pretending it’s a gotcha to never have been given something you never asked for. Again, brain rot. I’m outta here - people line you are ruining this site.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Asia and Europe are full of intolerant ethnostates that barely get along with themselves, let alone others. It’s pretty easy to have a modicum of success when everyone is basically identical in looks and attitude. Also, who gives a shit if
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by kulahan 1y ago
Literally nothing here gives even an inkling of the idea that I “can’t refute” these unbearably basic complaints; super weird assumption tbh
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by kulahan 1y ago
A century isn't very long. I guess things have changed somewhat since then, but age isn't a very convincing argument against these regulations imo. Having to update all of this every hundred years sounds exhausting to me.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Agreed, but change is very scary to many, many people. It's hard to convince them to try new things. It might be less frictional to simply explain how "actually new thing" is pretty much the same as "old broken thing&quo
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by kulahan 1y ago
No, studies have shown this. I'm obviously just not referring to my own personal opinion. When did YCom commenters lose all rational thought?
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by kulahan 1y ago
Because it's no different than me saying something completely useless like: europe: live in government row-houses, watch national economy implode, drink warm beer america: have some of the most affordable housing in the world (compared
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by kulahan 1y ago
I said they're boring because they're overused. The only complaints anyone ever comes up with is that America isn't European enough. I'd be fascinated by a discussion of how we can solve America's problems without m
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by kulahan 1y ago
Where do you think I said the US isn't behind on those things? Like just do me a favor and point that out specifically, with a quote.
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by kulahan 1y ago
The other stuff. Is this a serious question? You can't think of ONE good thing about the US? What is with this brainrot?
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by kulahan 1y ago
Very fair; I forgot about that weird dichotomy!
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by kulahan 1y ago
What does this have to do with what people believe at all? You're not arguing with me, because I don't have that point of view.
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by kulahan 1y ago
It's so easy to take this logic and apply it elsewhere. For the simplest example: Desire for every human to be viewed as equal is rooted in religious concerns (see: divine rites of succession). The first amendment guarantees separation
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by kulahan 1y ago
What is this weird Europe fetishization? I refuse to believe you honestly think life over there is all wine-sips-and-healthcare, unless you truly just know nothing about the continent?
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by kulahan 1y ago
These America bad comments are so lame. Pretty much every one of these is a boring example. Abortion access is a debatable topic, most people who want public transit want it so they can get OTHER people off the road, lots of major cities ha
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by kulahan 1y ago
I kept it pretty vague intentionally because I was simply complaining about how dangerous that one particular thing would be right now. I'm undecided on how the overall healthcare issue should be attacked.
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by kulahan 1y ago
For what it's worth, at least in cold weather, roominess isn't really desirable. You should have a pack that can handle inclement weather and a really tiny tent in a perfect world.
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by kulahan 1y ago
If you watch modern American politics, the President has vastly more power than he was ever meant to be, combined with a house and senate that follow his wishes to the T. Why would we allow the president to do that? Because at some point in
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by kulahan 1y ago
There isn’t that much of a difference in the number of comets in space across just 5 billion years.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Correct - that’s what SAVED us. What allowed us to thrive and dominate the planet was what I mentioned. It may be more correct to say that growing a larger brain (larger than a lizard’s, I mean) was only realistically possible because of th
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by kulahan 1y ago
I’ll just say thank GOD at this moment in time I’m not relying on Trump not to take away healthcare and housing from people he doesn’t like.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Don’t forget this can only happen once, really. You need it to be such a rare event that it doesn’t keep sanitizing the planet with repeated impacts, but one really perfect strike will bring what you need and allow life to form. The number

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