I can’t wait for Texas to leave. They say the want to, fuckin’ do it pussies.

Edit: yes, I know there are many innocent people there, but it’s not like the federal government is protecting them now anyway.

Anybody who associates with organized religion is one bad leader away from doing this shit.

I was just happy to act as a downvote lightning rod while adding to your excellent list :)

Correct, I could have been more specific.

Do you actually believe the ship wouldn’t be intercepted with implied violence?

Let me guess, you also believe Republicans when they say abortion will be “left up to the states” right?

You left out Afghanistan to be irrefutable, but…gestures at $3TRILLION bill with nothing to show for it.

If I were to start a business out of Miami, Florida that sent an oil tanker to Cuba, what would happen to that oil tanker?

There are two tiers of UN. There’s the “I’m not a colonizer that’s willing to nuke people” tier, where the strongest outcome is “sternly worded email”; and then there’s the UN Permanent Security Council tier where you get an absolute veto power that cannot be questioned. The wiki is a very educating read

Edit: please tell me what part I am incorrect about if you disagree so hard that you downvote me out of the discussion.

It depends on how they are representing the numbers. If they are stored as an “integer” they will overflow and wrap around after about 2 trillion. I’m not saying computers can’t handle larger numbers, I’m saying that in my extensive experience there’s always some part of older systems that generate some long-forgotten but essential report that never thought about handling huge numbers and breaks in unexpected ways.

I just feel bad for the IT guy that has to desperately make a computer system that hasn’t been funded since the invention of computers handle this bullshit math and giant numbers.

there aren’t any good standup comics in Russia

I literally don’t believe this. I do believe that you won’t read about them on the open internet though. The human condition is universal, and includes humor. It’s dangerous to “other” the entire population of a country.

Also, as you point out, Ivan Standupkov doesn’t even have to be particularly good because the material that surrounds him practically writes itself.

This fucking guy (and yes, these ratings are just one guy) is really gonna call the UN press office leftist???

Sorry, best we can do is a bunch of articles about how committing mass genocide makes the perpetrators feel super duper sad and stuff :(

No, they’ve repeatedly demonstrated to not be “better than this”. It’s Unidan all over again.

“It doesn’t affect me personally.”

Yea that’s how invasions work.

How can you make your own determination if you steadfastly refuse to even consider all the facts?

Please be aware that the ratings are literally just based on the feelings of one dude. He wraps it up in pseudo-scientific rigor to try to give himself more authority but it’s still just one dude’s opinion, and he tends to be pretty conservative/MAGA-y.

Mods, I know you’re in this thread, why haven’t you banned this paid advertisement spam bot that nobody wants?

You are the problem. I very much look forward to 5 years from now when you will bolt up in bed in the middle of the night with a crushing realization of how unacceptable your past behavior was.