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Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 12:39:22 PM

Did you look at your troop stats? 

Prussia spawns von Moltke who has great leader stats.  They have a few military focused companies which give military bonuses on their own, plus the prestige goods they generate give more. It's possible for them to stack military bonuses pretty high with the right tech choices and mobilization options

#2

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:14:29 PM

Let's face it, we think Raz is over-Razzing the Gaza thing because of his mental health issues because we know he has mental health issues.

If Raz was some random new poster, Sophie wouldn't suggesting he changes his medication. So it IS a personal attack.

I didn't see it as attack as much as concern, one which I am sharing.

It's an attack expressed as a "concern", in order to delegitimize someone's viewpoint.  Unless you're completely lacking in social skills, you don't express such concern publicly that sounds very much like a denunciation.

Yeah, we wouldn't want to sound like we were denounce somebody who strongly advocates the killing of civilians. Nope we live in a world where anti-woke forces don't allow that sort of thing in the name of freedom of expression. Or they're just a fucking Russian troll.

So what you're saying is that Sophie's "concern" really was a denunciation? 

No, I'm saying that Sophie's comment was based on the fact that obviously something is going wrong in his life for him to take the position that killing civilians is really a good thing.

But hey, play along with him all you want and encourage him that that is a really good thing to do. I'm sure that that's really gonna help him.

#3

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:05:16 PM

They clearly chose 1337 to demonstrate the dev team is entirely composed of l33t hax0rz. 

 

Only 2000s kids will get this

Yes. Explain to us old folk

 

#4

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:04:47 PM

Interesting little fact I learned today, crownland makes up 89% of Canadian land. I always knew there was a lot of crown land, but I never really thought about how much it actually was. Wonder how that compares to other government controlled land in other countries. I'd guess Australia has a similar situation.

The legal rights attaching to crown lands in Canada are quite different from any other country. You are correct that Australia comes closest in concept but there are also significant differences.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by DGuller - Today at 11:50:43 AM

Dguller, pizza is inarguably great, right? Now do me a small favour and imagine yourself in a room with someone who insists on extolling the virtues of pizza nonstop and to the exclusion of all other topics. Worse still there are other people in the room too and anytime you try to have a conversation with them said person interrupts to talk about how great pizza is. How long before you find the situation annoying? A day, a month, the two years that have passed here on languish? And when you find it annoying is it because of your cognitive dissonance or because they won't shut the fuck up about pizza.

I don't get why you two are trying to find some subtextual layer to the blindingly obvious. For someone who purports to  endeavour to fact based discussion above all else your reasoning seems very emotional to me.

*edit* anyway, this is starting to become my own personal obsession it seems . I've said my peace, I tried to say something because I miss old Raz, but going in circles helps no one and I'm verging (already passed? ) on annoying others.

I just don't think it's as simple as that.  CC tries to belittle or patronize someone in every conversation as well, often with little connection to topic being discussed, but while that can create a hostile environment, it rarely derails things. 

Why is it different with Raz?  Because he's actually striking a nerve.  You can't just swat away what he says, even though many people are looking for justifications to do exactly that.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by HVC - Today at 11:42:07 AM

Interesting little fact I learned today, crownland makes up 89% of Canadian land. I always knew there was a lot of crown land, but I never really thought about how much it actually was. Wonder how that compares to other government controlled land in other countries. I'd guess Australia has a similar situation.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - Today at 11:23:31 AM

Dguller, pizza is inarguably great, right? Now do me a small favour and imagine yourself in a room with someone who insists on extolling the virtues of pizza nonstop and to the exclusion of all other topics. Worse still there are other people in the room too and anytime you try to have a conversation with them said person interrupts to talk about how great pizza is. How long before you find the situation annoying? A day, a month, the two years that have passed here on languish? And when you find it annoying is it because of your cognitive dissonance or because they won't shut the fuck up about pizza.

I don't get why you two are trying to find some subtextual layer to the blindingly obvious. For someone who purports to  endeavour to fact based discussion above all else your reasoning seems very emotional to me.

*edit* anyway, this is starting to become my own personal obsession it seems . I've said my peace, I tried to say something because I miss old Raz, but going in circles helps no one and I'm verging (already passed? ) on annoying others.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 11:23:26 AM

they're still in the denial/bargaining stage.

Ok, I agree with that

#9

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 11:09:56 AM

But people who do not follow politics will not put even 10% of effort into analysing things like that. It IS a matter of story.

Sure no-one follows politics or does that. That's not my point - this isn't about voters.

Political parties or politicians need to do the analysis and have a diagnosis in order to have policy offers and narratives that tie together and are coherent/make sense to voters. It's not just that the radicals on both sides have got better comms - they've got an analysis and theory. The mainstream don't yet - as I say I think they're still in the denial/bargaining stage.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 11:01:40 AM

But people who do not follow politics will not put even 10% of effort into analysing things like that. It IS a matter of story.