10hobo10
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Ah, so the revenge of pork barreling (oh dear god)
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ah, so the revenge of pork barreling (oh dear god)
Can you elaborate on this please? (I’m genuinely interested)
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Can you elaborate on this please? (I’m genuinely interested)
The United States’s armed forces will be conscripting you as their professional augur when another war pops off, you made yourself a target
You’re gonna be reading up on divination techniques while travelling with a carrier group
You’re gonna be reading up on divination techniques while travelling with a carrier group
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The United States’s armed forces will be conscripting you as their professional augur when another war pops off, you made yourself a target
You’re gonna be reading up on divination techniques while travelling with a carrier group
You’re gonna be reading up on divination techniques while travelling with a carrier group
presumably, it would be unwise to tell a marauding soldier “you’re dishonorable, you’re practicing a defiled trade“ in Early Modern Europe
really hard to place taboos on soldiers if they have ample opportunity to inflict violence on you
really hard to place taboos on soldiers if they have ample opportunity to inflict violence on you
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
presumably, it would be unwise to tell a marauding soldier “you’re dishonorable, you’re practicing a defiled trade“ in Early Modern Europe
really hard to place taboos on soldiers if they have ample opportunity to inflict violence on you
really hard to place taboos on soldiers if they have ample opportunity to inflict violence on you
As well as the totally-functional Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, where said poor armed nobles would hitch themselves to magnates — no this would‘t be disastrous for stability, that's crazy
One can use a change in a pre-modern society to drive some interesting worldbuilding consequences
One can use a change in a pre-modern society to drive some interesting worldbuilding consequences
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As well as the totally-functional Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, where said poor armed nobles would hitch themselves to magnates — no this would‘t be disastrous for stability, that's crazy
One can use a change in a pre-modern society to drive some interesting worldbuilding consequences
One can use a change in a pre-modern society to drive some interesting worldbuilding consequences
but in all seriousness, good luck with your new campaign
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
but in all seriousness, good luck with your new campaign
If you’re actually running a ttrpg set sometime in 20th century China, uh
LET ME IN YOU BASTARD
LET ME IN YOU BASTARD
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you’re actually running a ttrpg set sometime in 20th century China, uh
LET ME IN YOU BASTARD
LET ME IN YOU BASTARD
I need context for each one except 3. You can’t leave people hanging like this
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I need context for each one except 3. You can’t leave people hanging like this
I think the way he’s remodeled the party is interesting to note. He’s effectively used his influence with his supporters to be a de facto party boss — GOP legislator doesn’t bend the knee? He’ll call for them to be primaried, because they’re a “RINO”
And he’s had like, what, a decade to do this?
And he’s had like, what, a decade to do this?
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I think the way he’s remodeled the party is interesting to note. He’s effectively used his influence with his supporters to be a de facto party boss — GOP legislator doesn’t bend the knee? He’ll call for them to be primaried, because they’re a “RINO”
And he’s had like, what, a decade to do this?
And he’s had like, what, a decade to do this?
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yep! I should dig up the article by Robert C. Allen that elaborated on this and punned that as one of the big reasons why manufacturing in the US employs less people now, one sec
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yep! I should dig up the article by Robert C. Allen that elaborated on this and punned that as one of the big reasons why manufacturing in the US employs less people now, one sec
But it turns out you can only make so many new manufacturing goods to sell after a certain point, and developed economies have changed because of that
For better or for worse, the past is dead — let it rest, instead of puppeteering its corpse!
For better or for worse, the past is dead — let it rest, instead of puppeteering its corpse!
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
But it turns out you can only make so many new manufacturing goods to sell after a certain point, and developed economies have changed because of that
For better or for worse, the past is dead — let it rest, instead of puppeteering its corpse!
For better or for worse, the past is dead — let it rest, instead of puppeteering its corpse!
Another big reason (other than global integration) why this compact is NEVER coming back is because…there’s only so much demand for manufacturing, and said demand has been slower than that for services for decades
If manuf. productivity improved and demand increased in tandem, things would be fine
If manuf. productivity improved and demand increased in tandem, things would be fine
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Another big reason (other than global integration) why this compact is NEVER coming back is because…there’s only so much demand for manufacturing, and said demand has been slower than that for services for decades
If manuf. productivity improved and demand increased in tandem, things would be fine
If manuf. productivity improved and demand increased in tandem, things would be fine
Amongst other examples
I am a romanticized light cavalry dead-ender 😤
I am a romanticized light cavalry dead-ender 😤
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Amongst other examples
I am a romanticized light cavalry dead-ender 😤
I am a romanticized light cavalry dead-ender 😤
I don’t know what you’re talking about; the Lisowczycy did NOTHING WRONG during the Time of Troubles (and if they did, the Russian peasants who were totally not robbed and murdered deserved it)
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I don’t know what you’re talking about; the Lisowczycy did NOTHING WRONG during the Time of Troubles (and if they did, the Russian peasants who were totally not robbed and murdered deserved it)
How could you not find “they sucked his brains out” funny? Crazy
(Granted, I agree that the movie isn’t particularly amazing, its just an okay watch)
(Granted, I agree that the movie isn’t particularly amazing, its just an okay watch)
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
How could you not find “they sucked his brains out” funny? Crazy
(Granted, I agree that the movie isn’t particularly amazing, its just an okay watch)
(Granted, I agree that the movie isn’t particularly amazing, its just an okay watch)
the Montagards wanting to extend the franchise was good, but they also purged the Girondins for going “maybe the National Convention shouldn’t be periodically threatened by street mobs” and then purged themselves into irrelevance
And that led to the mess that was the Directory
And that led to the mess that was the Directory
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
the Montagards wanting to extend the franchise was good, but they also purged the Girondins for going “maybe the National Convention shouldn’t be periodically threatened by street mobs” and then purged themselves into irrelevance
And that led to the mess that was the Directory
And that led to the mess that was the Directory
The Reign of Terror was absolutely a paranoid own goal by the Jacobins, but also Louis Capet was a traitor who got himself killed feeding into fears that he’d backstab his own country
“Yeah let me keep up correspondence with reactionary monarchs and try to run away”, deranged
“Yeah let me keep up correspondence with reactionary monarchs and try to run away”, deranged
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The Reign of Terror was absolutely a paranoid own goal by the Jacobins, but also Louis Capet was a traitor who got himself killed feeding into fears that he’d backstab his own country
“Yeah let me keep up correspondence with reactionary monarchs and try to run away”, deranged
“Yeah let me keep up correspondence with reactionary monarchs and try to run away”, deranged
It’ll hopefully have a good run before it gets to that point!
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’ll hopefully have a good run before it gets to that point!
*few, apparently I can’t type
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
*few, apparently I can’t type
You’re monkey’s pawing it, calling it here
You’re gonna get what you want in a fee decades, and it will eventually be a moribund straightjacket people in the future will be screaming about
“How did this become a thing? This is terrible!”
You’re gonna get what you want in a fee decades, and it will eventually be a moribund straightjacket people in the future will be screaming about
“How did this become a thing? This is terrible!”
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You’re monkey’s pawing it, calling it here
You’re gonna get what you want in a fee decades, and it will eventually be a moribund straightjacket people in the future will be screaming about
“How did this become a thing? This is terrible!”
You’re gonna get what you want in a fee decades, and it will eventually be a moribund straightjacket people in the future will be screaming about
“How did this become a thing? This is terrible!”
I have more confidence in broader society and less confidence in the state than when I was younger, and I don’t know if that’s a good thing
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have more confidence in broader society and less confidence in the state than when I was younger, and I don’t know if that’s a good thing
I’m already at the stage of being extremely reticent when it comes to parties fucking around unless they show concrete proof they know what they’re doing, just because of the Trump admin incompetently doing so
And I know its a bad reflex but, y’know…
And I know its a bad reflex but, y’know…
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’m already at the stage of being extremely reticent when it comes to parties fucking around unless they show concrete proof they know what they’re doing, just because of the Trump admin incompetently doing so
And I know its a bad reflex but, y’know…
And I know its a bad reflex but, y’know…
And that thought never entered my mind when I was a kid
Didn’t know how bad things could get! Hahahahaaaaaaa
Didn’t know how bad things could get! Hahahahaaaaaaa
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And that thought never entered my mind when I was a kid
Didn’t know how bad things could get! Hahahahaaaaaaa
Didn’t know how bad things could get! Hahahahaaaaaaa
Hell a thought that lurks in the back of my mind nowadays is “oh dear god please bring the pre-Trump GOP back”
I’d take chipping away at the US’s fiscal health and state capacity by doling tax breaks and being buddy-buddy with corporations in exchange for loyalty to liberalism now, please God
I’d take chipping away at the US’s fiscal health and state capacity by doling tax breaks and being buddy-buddy with corporations in exchange for loyalty to liberalism now, please God
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hell a thought that lurks in the back of my mind nowadays is “oh dear god please bring the pre-Trump GOP back”
I’d take chipping away at the US’s fiscal health and state capacity by doling tax breaks and being buddy-buddy with corporations in exchange for loyalty to liberalism now, please God
I’d take chipping away at the US’s fiscal health and state capacity by doling tax breaks and being buddy-buddy with corporations in exchange for loyalty to liberalism now, please God