The Myth of the Russian Superpower
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    16h ago 100%

    There is too much to cover here.

    As I said earlier, you clearly have minimal alignment of the primary understandings most others have. For starters, it's clear you don't even understand the premise of NATO.

    This is like me projecting opinions about cars when I think they're made of wood and drawn by horses.

    You're either a troll or you're peaking on the Dunning-Kruger graph based on some obscure and narrow-scoped details you may have garnered. It's so small picture and fundamentally flawed or entirely untrue.

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    The middle-aged man knows that's exactly what every other middle-aged man and those older than them are thinking.

    The snake eating its tail in preparation. Or, preparing for the snake eating its tail.

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    The Myth of the Russian Superpower
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    2d ago 100%

    Your mindset is based on the shallowness of an acute modern opinion that disregards history as much as it does immediate reality and humanism.

    Or, to put it simply; you have as much growing up to do as you do learning the basics—at least to contribute in this forum.

    You're new to this. Your opinion matters, but isn't valuable. It seems valuable to you now, but isn't to others. That's your first step forward to knowledge.

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    2d ago 100%

    When you live in a camp, every other camp is extremist and a threat. It's algorithm tribalism and everyone's echo chamber is the right one.

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    2d ago 75%

    I had that in WoW PvP. A buddy and I were in the top 50 of the second largest server and it was work. Even solo, we'd often wait for each other to come online before hitting ranked PvP so there was at least someone to talk to. It made losing not seem so bad, and if you started flunking, the other would say to stop and pick it up later.

    Otherwise, pressure as hell. And for no reason other than trying to be the top rank of my class which was some pointless goal I put on myself.

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  • The Myth of the Russian Superpower
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    2d ago 98%

    They may have had the potential to be a superpower, but it's apparent that they never had the leadership to conduct as one. Those inside the Kremlin bought into their own bullshit and thought of themselves as a superpower, not realising the machine within is operating on unlubricated, old, broken, and missing parts.

    This seems to be a common theme with countries that feed a superiority narrative to their people and other nations.

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  • I was thinking about it. I donate to quite a few charities, but they specifically mean something to me. Others I don't really think about, though they're good. I guess we all have a threshold or we'd be broke and for many that could be no donations at all or just a fiver the the street guy.

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    It's an interesting diet this breed needs. Basically small frozen scraps, but very rich in content. Their digestive systems evolved as nomads north of the Arctic Circle and know nothing else, so a bit of care needs to be taken. His body will do a lot with the vital scraps of tundra animals, and doesn't know how to handle big foreign diets which make him unenergetic and unwell after a few meals. Tonight's menu is sheep and beef tripe—their organs go well, but their meat and fat doesn't. Frozen salmon cuts—these dogs know fish as well as reindeer and love frozen meet. They extract all the goods from them. And a rabbit foot—Fur and bone is common in their diet and helps clean. They can start to poop bad without fur fibre. One of the more tame dishes considering the other weird off cuts of bits and pieces he gets. Thought some may find it interesting for a bit of an unusual breed outside of Finland. Edit: And yeah, the photo makes the meal look big and him small. But he's 20kg and that dish is about 3/4 a banana in diameter.

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    Because some genius in Japan wanted to know what would happen if you put a 4×4 drivetrain into a van.

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    And no, you cannot find the original post anymore. At least it's missing for me, the OP, unless I locate it through inbox history. Coincidentally, the meme was about mods on shitposts lol. I'll be banned soon 🫡

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    Seeing him wave to the Lance Stroll Grandstand, I got wondering on his popularity with F1 fans from his home country.

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    Golf saltesc 1y ago 85%
    Getting beginner clubs

    Hello. I do the golf and am about a 3/10 at it. I sold my old set when I moved but am looking to get a new set again but immediately hit a conundrum... Do I get a cheap new set? Do I get a second-hand set? Do I take time to build a secondhand set? The other problem is; I have no clue when it comes to what makes a good club. My previous driver was brutal, but highly rewarding when hit just right. Whereas I'd use friend's drivers and found them much more forgiving. I have no idea why that was except I noted my club head was smaller, maybe that? I also don't really know what clubs I should have in the bag. I figure I'd go with what I've used most, or maybe just go Driver, 3, 5, 7, 9... and then we go with the speciality clubs. Never had a hybrid, never had a wedge apart from PW and SW. I used a friend's loft wedge no idea what it was, but I loved it. Does anyone have good advice on all these queries? Or have a good source that isn't a crappy algorithm article?

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    Lemmy Shitpost saltesc 1y ago 75%
    Okay
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