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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hitting London with a ballistic missile would bring the rents down. Maybe this is a good thing.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well it would likely put them up, seeing as it would remove supply but, if you know Londoners you'll know it won't do a damn thing about demand.

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a bonus, London is no more

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

Please do it Putin. WE want the excuse, NATO wants the excuse, Poland's ~~chomping~~ champing at the bit for the excuse and we really want to see how long it takes them to rush Moscow.

Edit: damn it Lemmy, I'm an engineer not a dictionary.

[–] fan0m@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Pushes glasses in It’s actually “champing.”

Didn't know this, thanks!

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do horses "champ" at their bit?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Exuberantly, with a shade of impetuousness

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Champ is the older spelling of chomp. They mean the same thing. At some point a shift in pronunciation occurred and spelling has reflected that, but the older version has been preserved in the phrase "champ at the bit"

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[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lukashenko: why are there troops with wings sprayed on their vehicles massing near my border?

[–] LouSlash@szmer.info 17 points 1 year ago

Poland: Just a regular training, nothing to worry about

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which is exactly why he's not going to, and everyone knows it. This is to look strong for his own domestic audience.

The threat that's actually for us is the one about arming it's own anti-Western proxies, and it did indeed make us think twice for a few months.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Reminder that World War 2 had a gradual unfolding of declarations of war across several months or longer, depending on how you want to fuck that pig. I think we're already in the onset of WWIII, in some sense.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The thing is, if NATO is worth anything at all. Hitting a NATO country would bring a lot of declarations in a very short order. It would get very WW3, very quickly.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Same way you go bankrupt; slowly, and then all at once.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's assuming Europe wasn't economically stretched already, and America didn't have an incoming president who wasn't more interested in fellating Putin.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if there's financial concerns in Europe. We DO have reasonably strong airforces, modern weaponry and several nuclear enabled countries. I think it would be a big risk to take in their current position.

My main concern is Trump tries to coerce Europe to leave Ukraine to fight alone. It all depends on how much in Putin's pocket he is.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

He's so far in Putin's pocket that he's snuggling up to his nutsack.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Europe isn't nearly so financially stretched as Russia, and its economy is an order of magnitude bigger.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

Europe hasn't even started stretching. The fact it refuses to is the reason it looks stretched.

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's terrifying because WW3 risks the use of nuclear weapons and every model of nuclear exchange that has been run always escalates to mutual assured destruction with billions dead and the end of civilization.

I just finished listening to the audiobook of Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen. Highly recommend it.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The real slippery slopes are graded much less steeply than you'd expect

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Civilization's kinda shit anyway. We had a ~~good~~ run.

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm not sure we're on a path to WWIII if it's Russia vs everyone else. If China decides to get involved then maybe but I don't see any evidence they're willing to throw in with Putin, same with Iran.

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Are we in the Spanish Civil War type pre-phase of WWII?

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Russia started the Ukraine war in 2014 by attacking Crimea. Then they escalated the war in 2022 by attacking all of Ukraine.

No other escalations have happened. Claiming that it has is typical russotroll bullshit.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just keep rattlin' that sabre, buddy.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I cannot wait for the old fart to fart his last fart.

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fun fact, gut bacteria continue living for a while after the host is dead. So the last fart will be posthumous.

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Dear Mr Putin,

Please don't TARGET BLACKPOOL. It would be a huge waste of a missile as there isn't any SECRET GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN BLACKPOOL. Let me be clear, we'll respond with a strongly worded letter if you AIM FOR BLACKPOOL. It will cost us tens of pounds to repair the damage, and we simply haven't got enough money left after giving billions to various government contractors.

Kind regards, Someone that has been to Blackpool

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, it was Tuesday yesterday.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Come on then if you think you’re hard enough

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