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Post by ant-mac on Mar 7, 2022 15:55:01 GMT
Quite sound reasoning, but try not to be too logical or sensible... After all, we're talking about Humans and how they think. And you know what that species is like.  If I can figure it out, I assume that people with far more experience (and who get paid to think about it) can figure it out. ![[giveup]](//storage2.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif) You'd think so, but never underestimate the stupidity of otherwise "intelligent" people. Discovering this, again and again, throughout my life has been one of its major disappointments. It's also one of the reasons I'm now putting my faith in the cockroaches.  |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 7, 2022 16:05:26 GMT
If I can figure it out, I assume that people with far more experience (and who get paid to think about it) can figure it out. You'd think so, but never underestimate the stupidity of otherwise "intelligent" people. Discovering this, again and again, throughout my life has been one of its major disappointments. It's also one of the reasons I'm now putting my faith in the cockroaches.  Even a blind squirrel get a nut once in a while.... |
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 7, 2022 16:10:47 GMT
You'd think so, but never underestimate the stupidity of otherwise "intelligent" people. Discovering this, again and again, throughout my life has been one of its major disappointments. It's also one of the reasons I'm now putting my faith in the cockroaches. Even a blind squirrel get a nut once in a while.... Well, I'm sure Putin is the last word on being nuts... Or at least that's what he'd like the rest of us to think. That way everyone will be too afraid to stand up to him. |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 8, 2022 4:05:41 GMT
Even a blind squirrel get a nut once in a while.... Well, I'm sure Putin is the last word on being nuts... Or at least that's what he'd like the rest of us to think. That way everyone will be too afraid to stand up to him. "Strong man" mentality.
Bully mentality
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 8, 2022 13:17:55 GMT
Well, I'm sure Putin is the last word on being nuts... Or at least that's what he'd like the rest of us to think. That way everyone will be too afraid to stand up to him. "Strong man" mentality.
Bully mentality
I dislike bullies. Over on V2, I suggested giving Putin some of his own treatment back... and didn't go down very well. But if you don't stand up to bullies, they have no reason to change their behaviour. |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 8, 2022 13:29:18 GMT
"Strong man" mentality.
Bully mentality
I dislike bullies. Over on V2, I suggested giving Putin some of his own treatment back... and didn't go down very well. But if you don't stand up to bullies, they have no reason to change their behaviour. How would we give him his own treatment back? |
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 8, 2022 13:55:18 GMT
I dislike bullies. Over on V2, I suggested giving Putin some of his own treatment back... and didn't go down very well. But if you don't stand up to bullies, they have no reason to change their behaviour. How would we give him his own treatment back? Get NATO to start holding some large scale wargames manoeuvres next to the Russian border, get some allied naval fleets to station themselves just outside territorial waters, make some public announcements about just how many nuclear weapons are targeted at strategic Russian locations... and name those locations. Abuse and harass Putin, his family, friends and supporters. Hurt them financially, name and shame them individually, target their businesses and properties and turn them into infamous worldwide pariahs who can't leave their own country. If Putin wants to rattle his sabre... rattle multiple bigger ones back. If he wants to intimidate others, intimidate him back. PS - Although I do realize that much of what I've mentioned is slowly starting to take place. PPS - Of course, you could always put a billion dollar bounty on Putin's head... and then see just how loyal his supporters truly are. |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 8, 2022 13:59:22 GMT
How would we give him his own treatment back? Get NATO to start holding some large scale wargames manoeuvres next to the Russian border, get some allied naval fleets to station themselves just outside territorial waters, make some public announcements about just how many nuclear weapons are targeted at strategic Russian locations... and name those locations. Abuse and harass Putin, his family, friends and supporters. Hurt them financially, name and shame them individually, target their businesses and properties and turn them into infamous worldwide pariahs who can't leave their own country. If Putin wants to rattle his sabre... rattle multiple bigger ones back. If he wants to intimidate others, intimidate him back. PS - Although I do realize that much of what I've mentioned is slowly starting to take place. PPS - Of course, you could always put a billion dollar bounty on Putin's head... and then see just how loyal his supporters truly are. I'll jump straight to the postscripts...
1. Yup
2. hehehehehe ![[cheers]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/engyBVslEdpmpmdnBwZQ.gif) |
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 30, 2022 23:04:08 GMT
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 31, 2022 0:15:36 GMT
I'm a huge fan of going nuclear and always have been. If Chernobyl weighs on anyone's mind then I recommend the HBO mini-series of the same name so that they can see that it was caused by poor design and human malfeasance.
Also, I figured this is the perfect followup video:
This one is good too:
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 31, 2022 0:31:22 GMT
I'm a huge fan of going nuclear and always have been. If Chernobyl weighs on anyone's mind then I recommend the HBO mini-series of the same name so that they can see that it was caused by poor design and human malfeasance.
Also, I figured this is the perfect followup video:
This one is good too:
Whilst I can appreciate some of the advantages and benefits of "going nuclear", I cannot yet count myself among the converted. In fact, when it comes to the nuclear question, my entire philosophy can be summed up with one acronym: NIMBY. However, if anyone were to be capable of changing my mind on the subject, it'd be someone like Kyle Hill... or Carl Sagan. |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 31, 2022 0:57:43 GMT
I'm a huge fan of going nuclear and always have been. If Chernobyl weighs on anyone's mind then I recommend the HBO mini-series of the same name so that they can see that it was caused by poor design and human malfeasance.
Also, I figured this is the perfect followup video:
This one is good too:
Whilst I can appreciate some of the advantages and benefits of "going nuclear", I cannot yet count myself among the converted. In fact, when it comes to the nuclear question, my entire philosophy can be summed up with one acronym: NIMBY. However, if anyone were to be capable of changing my mind on the subject, it'd be someone like Kyle Hill... or Carl Sagan. Hopefully Kyle's two videos help sway you. I don't think Sagan is going to be posting anything anytime soon.... |
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 31, 2022 1:28:07 GMT
Whilst I can appreciate some of the advantages and benefits of "going nuclear", I cannot yet count myself among the converted. In fact, when it comes to the nuclear question, my entire philosophy can be summed up with one acronym: NIMBY. However, if anyone were to be capable of changing my mind on the subject, it'd be someone like Kyle Hill... or Carl Sagan. Hopefully Kyle's two videos help sway you. I don't think Sagan is going to be posting anything anytime soon.... No, but perhaps at some point during his superlative but too short career, he said something that was relevant to our present conversation. ![[giveup]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/FSYefibmKqtatIXMgHZg.gif) |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 31, 2022 1:58:05 GMT
Hopefully Kyle's two videos help sway you. I don't think Sagan is going to be posting anything anytime soon.... No, but perhaps at some point during his superlative but too short career, he said something that was relevant to our present conversation. Sagan spoke often about using nuclear energy for good rather than bombs. |
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Post by ant-mac on Mar 31, 2022 2:19:20 GMT
No, but perhaps at some point during his superlative but too short career, he said something that was relevant to our present conversation. Sagan spoke often about using nuclear energy for good rather than bombs. Yes, if memory serves, I believe he thought it would be very useful for use in various space-orientated fields. |
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Post by Prometheus on Mar 31, 2022 3:52:59 GMT
Sagan spoke often about using nuclear energy for good rather than bombs. Yes, if memory serves, I believe he thought it would be very useful for use in various space-orientated fields. Yes. He was also big on cold fusion research but I think he was OK with nuclear energy plants. I can't recall him speaking against that at least.
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Post by Prometheus on Apr 5, 2022 4:28:06 GMT
OK.
This popped up in my feed. It's hilarious... and gives a whole new dimension to Kyle
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Post by Prometheus on Apr 15, 2022 1:39:38 GMT
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Post by ant-mac on May 1, 2022 3:58:58 GMT
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Post by Prometheus on May 2, 2022 1:23:24 GMT
That's been in my feed for a couple days now and I actually had it cued up in another tab just now.
Part of me wants to say, "C'mon Kyle. People know it's just a cartoon..." but then reality sets in and I'm lie, "Yeah. There's probably a lot of people who think they are 'nuke-yoo-lar' experts because they watch 'The Simpsons.'"
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