I find this hard to believe, that base is pretty big

I’m currently working in Qatar, and the first couple of days of those barrages we were hearing interceptors working almost as often as there were hours in the day; now take that, and know that Bahrain got it worse, MUCH worse. Unless it’s primarily built as a well protected underground system, I’d be genuinely surprised if it was still viable.

Honestly I think that’s a genius idea; I remember native Americans also had hundreds of treaties with us and I imagine Gulf countries will get to enjoy the same benefits

What a coincidence, the worthless thugs they housed were also useless

I usually skim them (usually) to just see if they say anything about third party content, otherwise yeah I ain’t reading all that

There’s a lot about the souls games I like, but eventually I reach a boss I can’t beat and the rest of the game gets locked behind that one boss; in dark souls 3 that would be the sword dancer boss, a literal gate behind which the rest of the content exists. Her moveset is extremely confusing because it looks very samey and it gets hard to learn what to dodge through.

Also you say ‘dodge and block’, but really it’s just dodge; one thing that’s really awful about these games (maybe just the later ones in the series? I can’t remember how the older ones were in this regard) is that there’s primarily only one way to play it and that’s dodging and maybe parrying; you rarely are able to build your character to be super tanky (so heavy armor + high health); it may be an RPG, but you can’t truly play it the way you want.

I recall back in demons’ souls and dark souls 1, heavy armor and armoring up was entirely viable. In dark souls 1 they even added a steel (iron? stone?) skin pyromancy to add on top of the heavy armor you already had on. I can’t recall if dark souls 2 allowed for that style, and dark souls 3 definitely didn’t. The Havel set USED to be great for boss fights.

Maybe I’m nitpicking over nothing but:

“In America WE HAVE the stereotype”

vs

“Over here THEY ARE TEACHING them”

Every country the UK decided to pretend are its enemies:

The UK: THAT’S IT! THIS MEANS WAR!

A part of me wonders if the US government is behind this to see what China would do if poked; they get Israel to do the poking and see how China reacts

If the American government was behind it, I’m sure China would know, but any reaction against America itself without evidence would just make China look irrational which would only harm their warming relationship with Europe

Windows 10 of course! The most human friendly OS there is!

Bringing people together since (Googles when the first windows came out) 1985!

With no gravity though you’ll have higher blood pressure to your head (and less to the legs)

So what you’re saying is they should alternate between upside down and right side up

Linux has always drawn the most depraved, antisocial losers on the internet; when someone tells you they use Linux, scour their posting history

Never be alone at night with a Linux user

This is a shameful moment for every Israeli

This is not our will

There’s no ceasefire between Israel and Iran; you’re free to keep getting flattened if that’s your wish

I hate this; I was nearly cheering but then I read the comments here and you know what? You’re all right, there’s no way our government’s going to suddenly become honest overnight

Those points are fantastic IF we could honor our word, but 1. The government hasn’t been deceptive for decades only to start being honest now, 2. Israel won’t play ball and we will absolutely give Israel whatever they want

I don’t believe Iran is going to simply be suckered in, I’m sure they must have some kind of expectations and safeguards but I can’t fathom what they are honestly; I don’t believe they’re going into this expecting good faith on our part (a wise move on their part)

Hegseth would probably be begging him to use a nuke

America provided security guarantees

As in America promised not to invade Saudi Arabia or overthrow their government?

Iran killed way more than just tens of thousands, it was more like five gajillions

Bruh, can you imagine if even one news station in the states talked like this? This guy’s spitting fire

But…states DO exist, and some states are shockingly violent while others are required to exist to repel the violence of those states. When you have a war between a majorly powerful state or a superpower (America) and a much weaker global South country (Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Korea, etc), sure, you can take the stance of not supporting any state, but the weaker state are the ones in the role of defending the people of their state. Taking a neutral stance in a situation like this isn’t neutral at all, it’s of benefit to the stronger power.

I can say I don’t support any state, but then you have France for example assassinating leaders in Africa and we can see the tangible results. Neo-colonial countries also claim to support the people of the nations they invade, and yet the results they produce always look like horror shows for those people.

the presence of a large Russian-speaking population

Ah, viewing an ethnic group within your borders as a fifth column, except in Germany they also view several other groups in this light so Russians may be relegated to a sixth or seventh column at this point

If the country of Germany had a stand power it would literally just be a giant Adolf Hitler

Also with an imagination this wild, Germans must be great at DnD