The Greasy Pole
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Tories/LePen lost, Trump/Meloni won.
Score against fascism is 2-2 and it’s all to play for in the second half…
Score against fascism is 2-2 and it’s all to play for in the second half…
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Yes, 40k is “far future sci fi” warhammer …. And age of sigma/warhammer fantasy is “medieval fantasy” warhammer…. 2 different games. Generally same races in each game. The lore and fiction tends to be very 40k focussed, but the gaming community is more 40k/fantasy split.
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes, 40k is “far future sci fi” warhammer …. And age of sigma/warhammer fantasy is “medieval fantasy” warhammer…. 2 different games. Generally same races in each game. The lore and fiction tends to be very 40k focussed, but the gaming community is more 40k/fantasy split.
Someone needs to tell her "Fish and Chips" is Portuguese. Came in after the Napoleonic wars. She's going to have to cross that one off the list too.
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Someone needs to tell her "Fish and Chips" is Portuguese. Came in after the Napoleonic wars. She's going to have to cross that one off the list too.
Dude, he threw Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, cursed them with mortality and a life of drudgery (Adam) and the pain of childbirth (Eve) for eating from the tree of knowledge.
At least once he hit us with the big stick for trying not to be stupid.
At least once he hit us with the big stick for trying not to be stupid.
June 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Dude, he threw Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, cursed them with mortality and a life of drudgery (Adam) and the pain of childbirth (Eve) for eating from the tree of knowledge.
At least once he hit us with the big stick for trying not to be stupid.
At least once he hit us with the big stick for trying not to be stupid.
This is another 3 Tu-95s on top of your estimate from the other day, what caused the update?
Is this being driven by additional images/info? Happy if thats the case.
Is this being driven by additional images/info? Happy if thats the case.
June 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is another 3 Tu-95s on top of your estimate from the other day, what caused the update?
Is this being driven by additional images/info? Happy if thats the case.
Is this being driven by additional images/info? Happy if thats the case.
Yes, I was thinking the 1400-1600 period in particular is low for this reason. We've probably captured most of the major wars, but "Baron X raiding the villages of Baron Y and killing some peasants over a minor dispute" won't make the cut, let alone "African/Asian/Sth American Baron X/Y equivalents"
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yes, I was thinking the 1400-1600 period in particular is low for this reason. We've probably captured most of the major wars, but "Baron X raiding the villages of Baron Y and killing some peasants over a minor dispute" won't make the cut, let alone "African/Asian/Sth American Baron X/Y equivalents"
This chart is what you need.
1820 is in a dip between 1800-1850 but even so from 1820 it shows an 80% reduction in conflict deaths from 5 per 100k to 0.5 (from 1800 or 1850 as a start year it'd show a 98% reduction from 30 per 100k to 0.5).
Conflict deaths are lower today than any year after 1400.
1820 is in a dip between 1800-1850 but even so from 1820 it shows an 80% reduction in conflict deaths from 5 per 100k to 0.5 (from 1800 or 1850 as a start year it'd show a 98% reduction from 30 per 100k to 0.5).
Conflict deaths are lower today than any year after 1400.
May 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This chart is what you need.
1820 is in a dip between 1800-1850 but even so from 1820 it shows an 80% reduction in conflict deaths from 5 per 100k to 0.5 (from 1800 or 1850 as a start year it'd show a 98% reduction from 30 per 100k to 0.5).
Conflict deaths are lower today than any year after 1400.
1820 is in a dip between 1800-1850 but even so from 1820 it shows an 80% reduction in conflict deaths from 5 per 100k to 0.5 (from 1800 or 1850 as a start year it'd show a 98% reduction from 30 per 100k to 0.5).
Conflict deaths are lower today than any year after 1400.
We wern't pretending otherwise. We were saying thats a short term reversal in a long consistent trend of the opposite. Remember the people who pointed at the IPCC chart in 2015 and said "there has been no warming over 2000-2015 as peak temp was in 2000 so global warming stopped". Its the same thing.
May 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We wern't pretending otherwise. We were saying thats a short term reversal in a long consistent trend of the opposite. Remember the people who pointed at the IPCC chart in 2015 and said "there has been no warming over 2000-2015 as peak temp was in 2000 so global warming stopped". Its the same thing.
A short term drop over a 14 year period is still consistent with a long term trend over 50-100-150 years of improvement. This is identifying one of the "down wiggles" in that "wiggly line going up". The discussion here is about the logn wiggly line going up.
May 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A short term drop over a 14 year period is still consistent with a long term trend over 50-100-150 years of improvement. This is identifying one of the "down wiggles" in that "wiggly line going up". The discussion here is about the logn wiggly line going up.
So? We were comparing 40-50yrs ago to today, a timescale you said things had got worse over. They hadn't.
Now you want to look over the last 10 yrs. To do so you should first concede the orginal point. Liberalism has improved SoL not only over the anceint period, but the modern period as well.
Now you want to look over the last 10 yrs. To do so you should first concede the orginal point. Liberalism has improved SoL not only over the anceint period, but the modern period as well.
May 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So? We were comparing 40-50yrs ago to today, a timescale you said things had got worse over. They hadn't.
Now you want to look over the last 10 yrs. To do so you should first concede the orginal point. Liberalism has improved SoL not only over the anceint period, but the modern period as well.
Now you want to look over the last 10 yrs. To do so you should first concede the orginal point. Liberalism has improved SoL not only over the anceint period, but the modern period as well.
No, they still have it better than they did 40-50 years ago. Real Median Incomes are up 30%, and spending on essentials (food, clothing and *housing*) are down about 5-10% from 75-85, increasing disposable income.
Homeownership is also flat over that scale (0% change from 75 and 0.5% up since 85).
Homeownership is also flat over that scale (0% change from 75 and 0.5% up since 85).
May 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
No, they still have it better than they did 40-50 years ago. Real Median Incomes are up 30%, and spending on essentials (food, clothing and *housing*) are down about 5-10% from 75-85, increasing disposable income.
Homeownership is also flat over that scale (0% change from 75 and 0.5% up since 85).
Homeownership is also flat over that scale (0% change from 75 and 0.5% up since 85).
It’s not getting gobbled up by CoL increases. At least basics. Luxuries may be getting more expensive.
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It’s not getting gobbled up by CoL increases. At least basics. Luxuries may be getting more expensive.
Its not a crime for the exact reason a fine is not the crime of theft, nor prison the crime of kidnapping, nor community service even the crime of Slavery (!). Having laws means having punishments. All punishments are things that, were they not legal punishments, would be crimes.
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Its not a crime for the exact reason a fine is not the crime of theft, nor prison the crime of kidnapping, nor community service even the crime of Slavery (!). Having laws means having punishments. All punishments are things that, were they not legal punishments, would be crimes.
No, the prison system in the US is very bad. Thats reality. But you want to lazily skip that case, say "Its a synonym of evil, so were done here", paint disagreement as axionatically evil, throw victims of Slavery under the bus, and all without giving a single shit about the damage this causes.
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
No, the prison system in the US is very bad. Thats reality. But you want to lazily skip that case, say "Its a synonym of evil, so were done here", paint disagreement as axionatically evil, throw victims of Slavery under the bus, and all without giving a single shit about the damage this causes.
Its not a crime. Prisoners since we started "locking them up" instead of "hanging them at Tyburn" have been forced to work, everywhere. I agree we shouldn't. Its a bad idea for lots of reasons. But we shouldn't throw real victims of Slavery under the bus just to lazily make the case in easy mode.
May 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Its not a crime. Prisoners since we started "locking them up" instead of "hanging them at Tyburn" have been forced to work, everywhere. I agree we shouldn't. Its a bad idea for lots of reasons. But we shouldn't throw real victims of Slavery under the bus just to lazily make the case in easy mode.
No, now you're just being obtuse. You understand what I'm saying here, you're just pretending not to do so to try and save face. There is a cost to victims, and to our ability to prevent crimes, if you cheapen the word that describes a crime in order to lazily garner support for your personal views.
May 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No, now you're just being obtuse. You understand what I'm saying here, you're just pretending not to do so to try and save face. There is a cost to victims, and to our ability to prevent crimes, if you cheapen the word that describes a crime in order to lazily garner support for your personal views.
Yes, real genocides like the one in Israel. They get cheapened if you broaden the term Genocide beyond what it is supposed to mean. Victms of Slavery and our ability to prevent Slavery are impacted if you abuse it "to make your posts punchier". Words aren't your own personal rhectorical "easy mode".
May 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yes, real genocides like the one in Israel. They get cheapened if you broaden the term Genocide beyond what it is supposed to mean. Victms of Slavery and our ability to prevent Slavery are impacted if you abuse it "to make your posts punchier". Words aren't your own personal rhectorical "easy mode".
No, you can make them cheap.
If every murder is a "genocide", then real genocides are now "just" as morally abhorrent as murder. The word has been cheapened, to the detriment of people suffering real genocides and our ability to prevent them.
Words don't exist to make your rhetorical life easy.
If every murder is a "genocide", then real genocides are now "just" as morally abhorrent as murder. The word has been cheapened, to the detriment of people suffering real genocides and our ability to prevent them.
Words don't exist to make your rhetorical life easy.
May 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No, you can make them cheap.
If every murder is a "genocide", then real genocides are now "just" as morally abhorrent as murder. The word has been cheapened, to the detriment of people suffering real genocides and our ability to prevent them.
Words don't exist to make your rhetorical life easy.
If every murder is a "genocide", then real genocides are now "just" as morally abhorrent as murder. The word has been cheapened, to the detriment of people suffering real genocides and our ability to prevent them.
Words don't exist to make your rhetorical life easy.
I do have some morality. Thats why I'm opposed to making prisoners work.
But that does not make it Slavery. That word means something, and you are abusing it to try and make your point.... minimising the oppression of people who do suffer actual slavery in your haste to feel morally superior.
But that does not make it Slavery. That word means something, and you are abusing it to try and make your point.... minimising the oppression of people who do suffer actual slavery in your haste to feel morally superior.
May 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I do have some morality. Thats why I'm opposed to making prisoners work.
But that does not make it Slavery. That word means something, and you are abusing it to try and make your point.... minimising the oppression of people who do suffer actual slavery in your haste to feel morally superior.
But that does not make it Slavery. That word means something, and you are abusing it to try and make your point.... minimising the oppression of people who do suffer actual slavery in your haste to feel morally superior.
So, taking your money off you without your permission is theft. Are fines, theft?
Its not even as if they can't refuse to work, btw. They can. In all but 4 states its voluntary, and in the remaining 4 they simply lose prison privileges if they do not work as they can do for all sorts of reasons.
Its not even as if they can't refuse to work, btw. They can. In all but 4 states its voluntary, and in the remaining 4 they simply lose prison privileges if they do not work as they can do for all sorts of reasons.
May 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So, taking your money off you without your permission is theft. Are fines, theft?
Its not even as if they can't refuse to work, btw. They can. In all but 4 states its voluntary, and in the remaining 4 they simply lose prison privileges if they do not work as they can do for all sorts of reasons.
Its not even as if they can't refuse to work, btw. They can. In all but 4 states its voluntary, and in the remaining 4 they simply lose prison privileges if they do not work as they can do for all sorts of reasons.