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2020-07-28 at 9:19 PM UTC in There sure are a lot of Negative Nancies on this site
Originally posted by HTS I like to think of myself as more of a lackadaisical lucy, but that's just me. Do you think I'm overly negative?
Nah. You like to argue but at least you don't argue to death. Sometimes I'll argue here, but after about 2-3 posts I've said what I wanted to say. Then everyone else like "OH YOU'RE TOO SCARED TO DEBATE NAO IS IT BECAUSE UR DUMB". Like how many weeks of my life do they expect out of me? Super clingy!
Anyway know you're fine. So is scron, but he chose to reply in a negative nancy way. Therefore candyrein received the personalized message. THEM'S THE BREAKS. -
2020-07-28 at 9:17 PM UTC in There sure are a lot of Negative Nancies on this site
Originally posted by CandyRein I came in because I heard fluffy bunnies and unicorns…
Op yes I agree!
Not enough positive Pete’s round here lol
Thank you Candyrein for your positive post.
You are an example to all of us to not be so fucking bitchy all the time and move ahead with life into a better place.
Signed,
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2020-07-28 at 6:01 AM UTC in Technologist: let's have a 'constructive conversation about systemic racism'This is a gay thread, what faggot even started it?
Mods shut it down.
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2020-07-28 at 6 AM UTC in China sides with Palestine
Originally posted by aldra In the case of the South China Sea, conflict would likely be decided by attrition - both parties have the capability to inflict serious casualties on the other, and 'victory' would depend on which side is able to take more. The US has a powerful navy and superior logistics, but China is fully capable of fielding hypersonic ASBMs and their DF-21b in the region.
A war of attrition? You're nuts. Nuclear powered countries with huge armies are terrified of each other. There's a reason India and China are both manning their borders with firearmless troops. And why both immediately took steps to de-escalate.
Changes in status quo will happen through fait-accomplis, what happened with the artificial islands in the SCS, or US Green Berets now training openly in Taiwan.
Originally posted by aldra The 'freedom of navigation' exercises are especially reckless because while the goal appears to be normalising transit through regions that China claims as their EEZ, but if China responds directly escalation will be completely unpredictable and US standoff weapons and air power will not be able to comfortably attack and expect not to take losses, like every other 'war' they've participated in in the last 20 years.
FONOPs are not at all reckless and you don't need the scare quotes - the USN is sailing through international waters, despite what the PRC may claim. China would be insane to cause an incident over it. If you think PLN control over those waters wouldn't be a disaster, you're naive. They would absolutely impose blockades when other nations upset them (there'd be a cover of course, in the usual chinese passive aggressive way - "we need to quarantine these ships due to irregularities" etc etc).
Anyway the fact the US sends one or two ships to sail right off Chinas coast shows how absurdly confident the US is about prevailing in a western pacific naval conflict - or rather how confident they are that China would never provoke one.
(Christ. Is this what it was like talking to people who thought Japan would take over the world in the 80s?) -
2020-07-28 at 5:52 AM UTC in China sides with Palestine
Originally posted by aldra I don't see how you could rate US diplomacy as 'better' considering it is literally nothing but threats anymore. Further they keep breaking agreements they themselves have negotiated; if it weren't for their dominant bargaining position they'd be considered completely untrustworthy. The Russians have a word for the US that translates roughly to 'non-agreement-capable' which pretty much outlines their understanding of US diplomacy.
You're putting a microscope on US diplomacy while glossing over Chinese diplomacy completely.
Look at the basics - China has un-resolved territorial disputes with all its neighbours. The United States does not. The USA isn't involved in deadly border skirmishes with Canada or Mexico.
Originally posted by aldra The EU has slowly been growing closer to Russia, which is the counterpart to China.
The Russia/China relationship is one of convenience. It's also not nearly as close as its made out to be - it's not a military alliance. You'll note that the Russian federation always makes sure it has a military hardware edge over the Chinese and does not sell its freshest stuff.
Originally posted by aldra Yeah, nobody else has the capacity though. The takeaway here is that if the US loses economic dominance to China, the entire west declines and Eurasia ascends. We're all integrated into this system that appears to be failing at multiple points.
The trade war has hurt China far more than the west. Let's face it, most of the capacity in China came from Taiwanese and Japanese business men setting up shop there when they opened up. While no one country can replace China, all countries can rely less on China, and manufacturing is moving not only back to more expensive countries (like Taiwan) but is flowing rapidly to cheaper countries (India and Vietnam). It won't happen overnight, but the trend is clear.
Originally posted by aldra Well, yeah, Germany's literally under military occupation. Even they are rejecting US demands to buy US instead of Russian gas though. Who do you think they need to defend themselves from, presently?
Poland and the Baltic states feel they need to defend themselves from Russia. The EU is unable or willing to provide the deterrence they want. Completely reliant on the US. -
2020-07-28 at 5:46 AM UTC in China sides with PalestineMedian ho
Originally posted by vindicktive vinny
they wont until the learnt how to stop shitting in the street. india will never amount to anything and the premise for this is simple.
race.
5000 years of modern history and they have yet to produce, mass or otherwise, anything significant by themselves natively. 5000 years of modern history and they still enjoy their meals by sitting on the floors and transporting their foods on banana leaves to their mouth via their hands, just like their ape ancesstord did 50k years ago.
to say india will be the future is like saying mexhico will be future automotive superpower based on the numbers of foreign car factories in that country. no, they wont because their race prevented them from achieving just that.
race uber all.
Median household income of Indian Americans: $119,858
Median household income of Chinese Americans: $81,487
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2020-07-28 at 2:59 AM UTC in Where would you prefer to live big city or small town
Originally posted by Japan-Is-Eternal I hate how people confuse small towns and cities for suburbs
Yeah suburbs suck but small towns are great, my hometown was a small town that became a city.
Next to Asian metropolises, small 00s era Midwestern towns are the best.
I've lived in the country side, in a small town, in the suburbs of a western city, downtown in a western city and downtown in an Asian metropolis.
I'd put small towns a bit ahead of suburbs of big towns or cities. They're nice. You can usually just walk to shops. But you've still gotta deal with annoying neighbours. -
2020-07-28 at 1:12 AM UTC in China sides with PalestineThe diplomacy of the United States is leagues ahead of Chinese diplomacy, even with a Trump administration. The EU has not grown closer to China - in fact just the opposite. Even Australia is growing more distant with China. "Diversifying supply chains" (read: getting our shit the fuck out of China) has been a standard topic in international business for years, and the Wuhan virus has only added fuel to this fire.
Also be realistic - the EU still cannot defend itself, and relies on the US military.
People are desperate to see the US supplanted as the global power. But power and influence doesn't follow perfectly sinusoidal arcs. There simply are no viable alternatives. -
2020-07-28 at 1:01 AM UTC in Hiki is an ugly gay faggotI don't approve of all this negative nancyism.
Doesn't anyone have any constructive to say?
PS: Don't take drugs kids. -
2020-07-28 at 1 AM UTC in Where would you prefer to live big city or small townLiving in an inner city apartment, or on a rural property are both nice in their own way.
Suburbs are the worst of both worlds though, not a fan. -
2020-07-28 at 12:58 AM UTC in China sides with PalestineIn 50 years, I'd put India ahead of China.
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2020-07-28 at 12:57 AM UTC in China sides with PalestineChina ascending?
You really don't follow China closely anymore, do you? It's not 2010. They're already clearly peaking, if they haven't already. They can bully their neighbours with their previous-generation Russian hardware, absolutely. But China as the dominant super power sounds laughable in 2020. -
2020-07-28 at 12:49 AM UTC in Argentina sides with Angola...I think I read this headline in Sim City 2000
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2020-07-28 at 12:47 AM UTC in China sides with Palestine
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting I don't believe the US and China are anywhere close to war. The US doesn't have any quarrel with China.
I think there could absolutely be an 'altercation' with China, but both sides would rapidly scramble to de-escalate. It's really in no ones interest to have a war.
China is smart enough to respect its position is the distant number 2 world power and the no. 2 military power in the Western pacific. It may not like it, but them's the breaks. It really should worry less about the United States and more about India - people are totally sleeping on India, but their economic growth has been remarkable, they have a lot of english speakers, they form the wealthiest immigrant group in the US, and they are 10 times better at diplomacy than China is. -
2020-07-28 at 12:36 AM UTC in China sides with Palestine
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting Two states is just an illusion.
And they killed Ariel Sharon.
We want a one state solution, with majority rule, along the same model as South Africa. And we want it 30 years ago - reparations are in order.
Another example of the entranced jedi Supremacy of the systemically racist united states. -
2020-07-27 at 11:49 PM UTC in They're now murdering people for saying "All lives matter"People complaining about racism is a common pedophile dog whistle. All I'm saying is look into it.
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2020-07-27 at 11:09 PM UTC in Tavistock InstituteFalse flags and black ops
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2020-07-27 at 11:02 PM UTC in There sure are a lot of Negative Nancies on this siteThe first non-negative-nancy to respond gets a 'thank' and a personalized message from rabbitweed.
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2020-07-27 at 10:51 PM UTC in There sure are a lot of Negative Nancies on this siteI feel like some of you don't have anything positive to say at all!
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2020-07-27 at 11:22 AM UTC in fuys guys, this just in: super nintendo server hacked
