Indeed, they made plenty of mistakes, otherwise they would have won the war.
But it's less about whether they could have sustained their empire afterward and more people trying to say that portraying them as such is "glorifying" them or propping them up in some sort of idealistic way.
The Abrams can run on just about anything liquid and flammable. It's not gonna be happy about it, but it'll go.
I think it was designed by pakleds...
Honestly if MILITARY applications are what kicks renewable energy and mass storage into high gear, I won't be surprised, but I will be disappointed.
But hey, improvement is still improvement and if a military organization sees renewable as the future, they're gonna try to make sure they get there first. As long as whoever gets there shares the progress with the rest of the world, I'm okay with it.
But who am I kidding, it's gonna be China or the US and the rest of the world won't see shit for decades due to suppression of research and technology that would allow for similar specs to be achieved privately...
... How credible is my aluminum foil hat guy?
I must admit though, it'd be cool to see an armored combat battery sliding across a field to quick charge a tank that died mid-battle. 10 seconds of charging to get it up and running, and the battery moves to the next low power thing. I'm imagining a semi-autonomous hot-swap of a battery compartment and eventually recharging like modern airplane mid-air refueling. Insert Rod A into Slot A and wait a little bit. The faster they want it to charge, the more they'll dump into R&D.
Murder is a crime. And it’s bad. (crime doesn’t necessarily mean bad, see Robin Hood for more details)
Nazis don’t count, all you’re doing is cleaning up the trash.
I've heard plenty of people try to say WOLFENSTEIN glorifies nazis
I've had one idiot tell me ANY media that paints them as competent or successful is glorifying them. And setting anything in a world where they succeeded and progressed technologically instead of collapsing is basically saying Hitler's world view is valid.
I still don't know how to respond to that beyond "if you think the nazis were incompetent you don't know history, and if you think showing a future where fascism took hold is unrealistic I have some bad news for you"
It's fantasy, and specifically a fantasy in which you get to go on a massive killing spree against some of the worst people in history, how you can somehow pull "this game is making these guys look good" from that, I'm not sure.
Murder?
I think not. Murder is a crime. And it's bad. (crime doesn't necessarily mean bad, see Robin Hood for more details)
Nazis don't count, all you're doing is cleaning up the trash.
You can't murder a nazi. You can certainly kill them though.
It's an important distinction, in my opinion.
In highschool I was challenged, BY MY CRUSH, to play "the Awkward Game"
What does this game entail? Well it's simple. All you have to do is do or say something that makes the other person feel awkward. Once they bail, you win. If you know the other person is very uncomfortable with people in their personal space, simply sitting next to them could be enough to make them feel awkward enough to move or call time.
Her first move? To take off her bra under her shirt, pull it out through the neck of her shirt and throw it at me.
Move two was sitting on my lap
Move three was to shover her arm through my sleeve and around the back, essentially hugging me closely with no bra on, sitting on my lap, in a very form-fitting outfit.
I STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT ELSE DID I MISS OUT ON??
Perception is a solid 8/10. Wisdom is clearly a healthy 2.
This just gave me an idea for a brownie/cookie "brick wall" with peanut butter "mortar" and now I want to try and make it...
I wouldn't be able to cut anything on that, because I wouldn't want to blemish the face. It's perfect.
He's right about one thing, the CIA (probably) isn't "as bad as tankies say"
It's (probably) MUCH worse.
My parents sure do love voting away all social welfare from existence.
My family would not have survived without the food, medical, and schooling assistance we recieved. Without their church helping out, we wouldn't have had the rent several times.
They don't see any problem here.
On the one hand:
SHOOT THEM THE FUCK DOWN IF THEY VIOLATE YOUR AIRSPACE (assuming you detect them at the time and have the capability)
On the other hand:
I bet Israel is counting on that so they can let everyone know they have evidence that IRAQ is actually HAMAS while they start bombing hospitals and schools.
I don't blame them for NOT shooting the fucks down. Rock and an explosive place backed by a global superpower...
Wasn't trying to call you out for being wrong or only partially correct, just think it's neat all the stuff they considered when designing and testing it.