Topic: Trump just officially became my all-time favourite comedian.
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc started this discussion 1 month ago #131,852
.Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) double-posted this 1 month ago, 2 hours later[^] [v] #1,409,331
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,332
Donald Trump over here making Vladimir Putin look like Albert Einstein.
Anonymous B double-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,333
As a black guy, I am more and more confused every day how Trump supporters say Trump is smart and they say my entire race is dumb.
Anonymous B triple-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,334
Maybe I am stupid, because this makes zero sense.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c7732j0jvnnt
Had to double check he really said it. He did.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c7732j0jvnnt
Had to double check he really said it. He did.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,335
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) replied with this 1 month ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,336
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,363
Russia sold Ukraine highly subsidized, near-free gas for many years and only stopped and attacked their energy infrastructure when NATO held a coup against their democratically elected government.
Why would Putin have a track record of giving them nearly free energy before the war if he didn't like Ukraine? They weren't part of Russia, they held no obligation to provide for them.
Why would Putin have a track record of giving them nearly free energy before the war if he didn't like Ukraine? They weren't part of Russia, they held no obligation to provide for them.
TheBlackDeath joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 6 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,369
@previous (G)
Gazprom is a state owned enterprise. It would be weird if their funding didn’t come from the state.
Gazprom is a state owned enterprise. It would be weird if their funding didn’t come from the state.
Anonymous G replied with this 1 month ago, 46 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,372
@previous (TheBlackDeath)
Irrelevant to what I actually said.
Want to try again? Why was Putin directing the Russian state to give heavily subsidized gas to a different country if he hated that country?
Irrelevant to what I actually said.
Want to try again? Why was Putin directing the Russian state to give heavily subsidized gas to a different country if he hated that country?
TheBlackDeath joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,373
@previous (G)
Because Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe and Russia wanted to sell gas to Germany and some of the pipelines that go from Russia to Germany go through Ukraine first because Ukraine and Russia used to be one country but Russia didn’t want Ukraine to shut the gas off.
Because Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe and Russia wanted to sell gas to Germany and some of the pipelines that go from Russia to Germany go through Ukraine first because Ukraine and Russia used to be one country but Russia didn’t want Ukraine to shut the gas off.
TheBlackDeath double-posted this 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,375
Also Russia has a terrible economy that’s mostly dependent on oil, so just because they sold gas to Germany, doesn’t mean they liked Germany. They have the same GDP as Italy.
TheBlackDeath triple-posted this 1 month ago, 7 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,376
People have this idea that Europe is rich. It’s not true. Only Western Europe and Northern Europe is rich. But Nordic European countries have small populations, so most of the power is France and Germany, but mostly Germany. Then the UK isn’t part of the EU anymore so they don’t count.
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TheBlackDeath joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 12 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,377
All I’m saying is, people get their opinions from little vloggers on the internet "oh look at this country isn’t it so great." Go literally anywhere east of Germany. The farther east you go the more you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Anonymous G replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,384
@1,409,373 (TheBlackDeath)
Belarus was already a Russian puppet, how would Ukraine help them get to Germany?
Belarus was already a Russian puppet, how would Ukraine help them get to Germany?
TheBlackDeath joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 7 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,385
@previous (G)
Look at a map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes#/media/File%3AMajor_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png
This should be obvious, but if you have two pipelines you can pump twice as much oil as you can through one pipeline. Russia doesn’t send all their oil through literally one pipe. And if you’re wondering why on Earth Russia built a pipeline going from Russia, through Ukraine, through Slovakia, through the Czech Republic, into Germany, it’s because when all of that land was either the Soviet Union or puppet states of the Soviet Union, the Russians intentionally built all of Eastern Europe’s infrastructure to be dependent on Russia in case the Soviet Union ever collapsed, Russia would still have power over them.
Look at a map
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes#/media/File%3AMajor_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png
This should be obvious, but if you have two pipelines you can pump twice as much oil as you can through one pipeline. Russia doesn’t send all their oil through literally one pipe. And if you’re wondering why on Earth Russia built a pipeline going from Russia, through Ukraine, through Slovakia, through the Czech Republic, into Germany, it’s because when all of that land was either the Soviet Union or puppet states of the Soviet Union, the Russians intentionally built all of Eastern Europe’s infrastructure to be dependent on Russia in case the Soviet Union ever collapsed, Russia would still have power over them.
TheBlackDeath double-posted this 1 month ago, 6 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,386
And if you’re wondering why those countries didn’t stop buying gas from Russia, it’s because their infrastructure was dependent on Russian gas and if they did anything to offend Russia, Russia could just turn it off. And everybody deluded themselves into thinking Russia is just a normal country and this is okay.
TheBlackDeath triple-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,387
Not going to explain this one: just think about it a little bit.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/maps-and-charts/elevation-map-of-europe
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/maps-and-charts/elevation-map-of-europe
Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 4 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,413
Pipelines are so old fashioned anyway, a very primitive solution to the issue. It's the future, why are we still pushing liquid through literal giant pipes?
Anonymous G replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,424
@1,409,385 (TheBlackDeath)
> Look at a map
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes#/media/File%3AMajor_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png
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> This should be obvious, but if you have two pipelines you can pump twice as much oil as you can through one pipeline.
Irrelevant to what we were talking about, do you think they can only put one pipeline through per country?
> Look at a map
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_gas_disputes#/media/File%3AMajor_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png
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> This should be obvious, but if you have two pipelines you can pump twice as much oil as you can through one pipeline.
Irrelevant to what we were talking about, do you think they can only put one pipeline through per country?
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 5 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,473
@1,409,363 (G)
> Russia sold Ukraine highly subsidized, near-free gas for many years and only stopped and attacked their energy infrastructure when NATO held a coup against their democratically elected government.
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> Why would Putin have a track record of giving them nearly free energy before the war if he didn't like Ukraine? They weren't part of Russia, they held no obligation to provide for them.
Make believe. Ukraine got rid of pro-Russian stooges who benefited from Russian cash and interference.
> Russia sold Ukraine highly subsidized, near-free gas for many years and only stopped and attacked their energy infrastructure when NATO held a coup against their democratically elected government.
>
> Why would Putin have a track record of giving them nearly free energy before the war if he didn't like Ukraine? They weren't part of Russia, they held no obligation to provide for them.
Make believe. Ukraine got rid of pro-Russian stooges who benefited from Russian cash and interference.
Anonymous G replied with this 1 month ago, 10 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,409,513
@previous (L)
Everyone benefited from low gas rates, you didn't need to be an oligarch. Prices were publicly listed.
Everyone benefited from low gas rates, you didn't need to be an oligarch. Prices were publicly listed.