Posts by kingbeauregard@c.im
(DIR) Post #AY1OMyhuOpEX2WD9oe by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-07-24T13:39:32Z
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@Teri_Kanefield Seconds ago, I typed almost identically these same sentiments over on the former Bird app:"Musk saw it, figured he could use it for his own purposes, sort of succeeded to the extent that it's a user-friendlier place for white supremacists. But I don't think he intended to lose money; he just didn't consider the possibility that he might be too stupid to run the place."
(DIR) Post #AY9pLUy78kXM00C45Q by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-07-28T15:41:49Z
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@lowqualityfacts The right game is rock / dynamite / scissors. Dynamite is 1 finger; dynamite blows up rock but scissors cut its wick.
(DIR) Post #AYA7FJCllKlkx6FLsG by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-07-28T19:02:27Z
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@lowqualityfacts Don't worry little giraffe, the other kids won't pick on you because you know math. They'll pick on you because you have no neck.
(DIR) Post #AYJ1AlERHTGP7s7CDY by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-08-02T02:06:48Z
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@lowqualityfacts Malicious violation of the laws of grammar
(DIR) Post #AYhZdF5wgCACsCIday by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-08-13T22:25:58Z
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@lowqualityfacts High Quality Fact
(DIR) Post #AYsH8pD1Oz3kbedCD2 by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-08-19T02:20:38Z
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@lowqualityfacts Did you ever read the thing? The first quarter of the book is all trains schedules and booking carriages as Jonathan tries to make his way to Dracula's castle. It's like Sheldon Cooper wrote it just to irritate Penny.
(DIR) Post #AYzMcwHxVJpB80q4YK by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-08-22T12:25:04Z
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@lowqualityfacts Somehow I read that as Schimmer begging them to kill off Ross, and that seemed pretty classic Ross too.
(DIR) Post #Aacrz1DODAA5HLmYEa by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-10-10T11:42:14Z
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@lowqualityfacts I wonder if lions are anything like me. First thing in the morning I'll be all grumbling, "Jesus, feels like I'm passing the Chrysler Building". I could understand if that's what roaring was about.
(DIR) Post #AcbO2Q3nceex340hmK by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-08T13:09:08Z
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@ArneBab @serge I will tell you my recollection of things at the time, but since I can't back it up with facts, we should treat it as no more reliable than, say, a Loch Ness Monster sighting.As Obama's drone program went on, he got increasingly good at keeping civilians out of harm's way. There were intelligence failures early on that caused strikes against innocent targets (for example that wedding), but by the end of it, 90% of those killed were either Taliban leaders or Taliban underlings. This was not Obama's self-assessment, but the assessment of international reporters. So the breakdown was along the lines of: 10% were named Taliban leaders who were specifically targeted, 80% were Taliban but not in leadership positions, and the remaining 10% were civilians who were innocent and just happened to be caught within a Hellfire missile's wounding radius (20m).Note that Obama didn't start the drone program; it started under George W Bush, who was a LOT less concerned about civilian casualties. For example, one target of a Bush drone was a madrasa and about 60 children were killed.Even so, the Peshawar School Massacre of 2014 killed more children than the entirety of the US drone program starting with Bush. That was more children killed in one afternoon, deliberately, to send a message to the Pakistani government, than the US killed in eight years.Again, these are my recollections, and you should not simply trust what I'm saying. But it may give you a starting place to look for more information.
(DIR) Post #AcpotQXcznC4OmeeyO by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-15T13:23:04Z
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@lowqualityfacts Honestly, tardigrades are kind of useless. They're good at surviving (what are for us) extinction-level events, but they really are terrible against ordinary threats.https://youtu.be/aMUvNWuSq6I
(DIR) Post #Ad3WpCtXfhI1Zyj1FY by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-18T07:36:38Z
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@halfwitamerican @jikPerhaps you should accept that your friend is in a war for survival - one instigated by Hamas - and if you think their survival should be contingent upon Israel using only those tactics that Hamas approves with clear written consent, you aren't much of a friend.
(DIR) Post #Ad3WpEQBzn08JX0bmS by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-21T02:06:54Z
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@HeavenlyPossum @halfwitamericanIf only you were equally critical of Hamas's DELIBERATE attempts to murder civilians, I might detect genuine humanitarian intentions in the lot of you.You people can't even bring yourselves to denounce Hamas's rape campaign. And don't try to deny it, the bunch of you were bragging about it when it happened. Cheering for rapists, that's what it means to be pro-Hamas.
(DIR) Post #Ad3WpG9xX7CjhlQfku by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-21T09:11:54Z
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@HeavenlyPossum @halfwitamericanI accuse you of supporting Hamas because you do.I just went back a week on your feed; not a single criticism of Hamas. Plenty of anti-Israel material though. How far back do I have to go to hear this full-throated denunciation of your rapist heroes?
(DIR) Post #Ad3WpJKLkwIZWrJVrs by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-21T12:51:30Z
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@HeavenlyPossum @halfwitamerican @KarunaX It's your one-sided criticisms that make it Hamas support: if you rated them on the same scale as you do Israel, you would find precious little time to criticize Israel.Every single target that Hamas goes after - EVERY SINGLE TARGET - is a civilian target with no military justification. Israel goes after Hamas strongholds, and even then, they try to reduce civilian casualties by using tactics such as ground troops and flooding tunnels.
(DIR) Post #Ad3WpKoWEG1c8iR7Wy by kingbeauregard@c.im
2023-12-21T12:54:56Z
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@HeavenlyPossum @KarunaX @halfwitamerican Israel has killed a lot of people who don't deserve to die. I admit that. The difference is, Israel isn't setting out to murder civilians, while that is Hamas's entire goal.It's a distinction you don't seem to care about.
(DIR) Post #AdQb1tsbsKA4IiGyjg by kingbeauregard@c.im
2024-01-02T07:12:00Z
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@lowqualityfacts I'm going to offer some high quality facts (as I understand them) about ninjas because they're cool.Ninjas were originally just hunters from the Iga mountains. They were trained from childhood in the skills necessary to hunt: stalking, waiting, striking when unexpected. At such point as they became involved with armies and military affairs, they were able to translate their hunter skills directly to assassination.The mystique that developed later - secret rituals, martial arts expertise, etc - that's all embellishment. Ninjas were guerilla fighters, and as with everywhere, guerilla fighters are devastatingly successful assassins when pitted against armies trained to fight like armies.The ninja costume, as we know it, is actually a stagehand's outfit in Japanese theatre. When there were dramas that involved ninjas, the deal was that there was no hiding from them, and death could strike from anywhere. So it would sometimes be handled on stage by one of the stagehands (whom theatre-goers were used to ignoring) would pull out a knife and kill a character.