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(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:08, Reply)
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Oh dear. We're doing this now are we? Back on the list you go.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:29, Reply)
This is a normal post I love Al Moyet

(, Fri 4 Mar 2022, 6:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Is this helping?

(, Fri 4 Mar 2022, 8:29, Reply)
This is a link post Help?
Hello, I am SockCooker. Yep, a sock puppet ;-)

I've been here for 16 years, 9 months and 4 days; "has posted 2316 messages on the links board"...

A few months ago, I posted a link to a video of a car crash, which was a bit...vivid. Oops.

My account was blocked. If I try to post, it says,
You are on the Naughty Step, Reason: ""

It says, "You'll be allowed back in 0 seconds. Take this time to read the FAQ. When you return, please don't misbehave again as repeated ignoring of our rules can result in a banning. "

It has a button, "I am very sorry", but clicking it doesn't work.

Maybe 'coz they set it to zero seconds? IDK.

Halp?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:12, Reply)
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How long has there been a "share" button there?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:16, Reply)
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I don't see a share button anywhere, mate?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Few days, maybe a week.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus Christ. Now I can see it too. Surely, the only person on here with Facebook is birb?

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:18, Reply)
This is a normal post I have never been on Facebook.
I joined and made one post on Twitter in ...2008(?) to have a go at some cunt who screwed me out of about £70. Never felt inclined to use it again.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:19, Reply)
This is a normal post But anyway, fuck this share button and the horse it rode in on.

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Seems to be new but first thought I had never noticed it before
Due to being a complete Muppet.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:57, Reply)
This is a normal post That’s easy to fix mate. Simply delete system 32.
YW.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:17, Reply)
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Instructions unclear, dick stuck in /dev
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:18, Reply)
This is a normal post You aren't Sockcooker. You're zzz. It says so right there.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:19, Reply)
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Can't really prove it, if I can't post as sock, but meh,
I hope a mod will have sense.
Erm.
IDK if I can do anything as sock to prove it, erm... lemme see
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Nah
Can't do anything.
I thought maybe I could do something in the profile, but no...
Just says, "You are on the naughty step", with the button that doesn't work.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:25, Reply)
This is a normal post So there's no way for you to prove that you aren't some creepy perv called zzz, sockfishing as somebody else?
How convenient.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:28, Reply)
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What form of proof would convince you?
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 2:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Can you really not put two and two together you dozy cunt?

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:28, Reply)
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Bampersand?
For one single post that was a little bit over the line?
After 16 years?

Just asking. If that's the case... sure, I'll fuck off. Let me know.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Come back once you've sobered up and re-evaluate.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post It was a couple of months ago,
Even I can't stay pissed for that long.

I think the mod maybe set the timer wrong, at "0", so there's no way back.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Or, set the timer correctly.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:42, Reply)
This is a normal post My guess is,
that the system assumes you give a reason and a time,
They put no reason or time,
Therefore the timer is zero,
Therefore it's forever.

IDK. Maybe they did really intend to ban me forever?

If that's the case, I'll shut up, but...

I think it was just a mistake. Probably.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha you stupid cunt

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:27, Reply)
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;)
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:28, Reply)
This is a normal post This is the broken bit of code
If the mod puts zero, the button will never work...


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banfinishes = currdate.getTime() + 0 * 1000;

countdowndiv = document.getElementById('countdown');
sorrydiv = document.getElementById('sorry');
sorrydiv.style.display = 'none';

function counter() {
currdate = new Date();
banseconds = parseInt((banfinishes - currdate.getTime()) / 1000 + 0.5);
if (banseconds 0) {
setTimeout('counter()', 1000);
} else {
// countdowndiv.style.display = 'none';
sorrydiv.style.display = '';
}
}
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:58, Reply)
This is a normal post zzz indeed.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Is it a bug or a feature?
I mean, there might well be reasons for having a permanent facility for particularly egregious acts.

Such as, say, posting a video of six people being killed, INCLUDING AN EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILD.

Did you EVER apologise for that? Do you feel any remorse AT ALL? Do you seriously not understand why that might be reason enough for you to not be welcome anymore?

“ A few months ago, I posted a link to a video of a car crash, which was a bit...vivid. Oops.”

No. Clearly not.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:21, Reply)
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"Did you EVER apologise for that?"

Where could I? I couldn't post anything.

Also, maybe get a spell-checker.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha, Steve Irwin was killed by the Queen Mother using a whale in the Thames.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:46, Reply)
This is a normal post So long
and thanks for the fish. Just joking, get fucked.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:51, Reply)
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Cheers
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:30, Reply)
This is a normal post I can help.

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:01, Reply)
This is a normal post lol I'm not going to though.

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:02, Reply)
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gz
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:31, Reply)
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(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 2:34, Reply)
This is a normal post "Moaning about it on the board ...
... will result in a new stepping. Or worse."

There's your answer right there.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 8:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not moaning about it
The ban was fine. No problem.
I'm saying there's a bug in the software that means it's not possible to "accept" my ban and clear it.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 22:38, Reply)
This is a normal post You don’t change, do you?
Deleting theads again? Your cognitive function is fucked.
Here’s some of what you deleted:

You:

Hello
When you posted that, there was a bit of text in red, saying this:

If you don't like it, don't say anything

I think that's nice.

Me:

Seriously, you’re gonna read me the rules when you’re the one who got banned?
Your cognitive function is completely fucked.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 2:43, Reply)
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What?
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 3:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Did you write this too?
You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear
threat can now reflect upon your woke sky.
You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from
intercontinental ballistic tweets.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 9:37, Reply)
This is a normal post cancel culture has gone too far

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 9:46, Reply)
This is a normal post this account isn't a day old and already you're thread deleting
if it was just you being mentalist, that would be tolerable. We all have our crosses. But you're not just a mentalist. you hounded that bloke off the board who just wanted to post game reviews . You repeatedly accused him of being a paedophile every time he posted his own work in your long mentalist posts over the course of more than a year, because he once reviewed a game that had a lame nonce joke in it. You're not just a mentalist, you're a nasty bullying mentalist of undeserving b3tans..
Under normal circumstance this alone would be enough for me to dislike you, but after you admitted you spent 4 years whoring with thai prostitutes, most of them kidnapped from thai and burmese villages and forced into prostitution, and made comments that they can't have been underage because "thai women are older than they look" it exposed you as the deluded massive hypocrite that you are. I'm glad you were banned and they should ban this account, too. Your empty virtue signalling doesn't make up for the snuff videos and sick shit you've done with your life. I've got no time for you, sockcooker. fuck off
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 3:06, Reply)
This is a normal post the word you are looking for is "cunt"
hope that helps x
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 9:30, Reply)
This is a normal post pithier

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 12:18, Reply)
This is a normal post no u

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 12:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Nobody missed you.
Nobody wants you here.
Go away.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 6:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I love you too, honey bunny

(, Fri 4 Mar 2022, 3:08, Reply)
This is a normal post You have a new account, from which you can post things
So what's the problem here?
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 11:44, Reply)
This is a normal post That he has a new account, from which he can post things
maybe
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 12:43, Reply)
This is a normal post This definitely seems like a problem to me.

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 14:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Welcome to the internet

(, Fri 4 Mar 2022, 2:01, Reply)
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I suppose this means his TV deal fell through.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 21:51, Reply)
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Useful. Someone save this. We might need it next week.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:32, Reply)
This is a link post Almost pong
It takes a couple of goes to work out what the hell you're supposed to do
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Nice
Got as far as 16, then decided i was unwilling to spend any more time on it.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:56, Reply)
This is a link post SEEN HIM
A short skateboarding film
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Every video of his that I've seen has been inspiring.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:20, Reply)
This is a normal post that part where I thought he was gonna rage throw away his skateboard
but didn't was sick!

@9:52-ish
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 17:17, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd like to say this is inspiring, but the last time I tried skateboarding to impress my nephews, I broke 3 ribs.
They were impressed.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 18:57, Reply)
This is a normal post 25 mins is short?

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 4:04, Reply)
This is a normal post no cranberry juice
not watching
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 5:20, Reply)
This is a normal post He's such a good boy.
Just a font of chill doing absurd tricks.
(, Sat 5 Mar 2022, 14:12, Reply)
This is a link post Gourmet Recipes
From our favourite "wreck the hoos juice"

Highlights include
www.buckfast.com/recipes/mains/coq-au-buckie
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 12:50, Reply)
This is a link post Possibly GC but at this point мені байдуже
Do your bit to help the struggle - if anybody has the skills to change the carpet into something more interesting I'll see it gets circulated.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 11:26, Reply)
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Ha! Dick.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:08, Reply)
This is a link post The Ghost Of Kiev

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Nothing like a good story to boost morale.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:45, Reply)
This is a normal post ^TGGI
The other Swagatha_Christie is a proper numpty.
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 16:30, Reply)
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Bullshit. One pilot credited with the same number of kills as Ukraine claimed for the entire country that day? Not a chance.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Battle of Britain springs to mind.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:27, Reply)
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I don't think anyone claimed Douglas Bader had single-handedly fought off the entire Luftwaffe.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:50, Reply)
This is a normal post No, but the overwhelming number of Russian planes provides more targets to be shot down.
That's the Battle of Britain principle I was alluding to.

I can believe that there's one Ukranian kid who spent their entire life playing dogfight sims and training to be a fighter pilot.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 0:16, Reply)
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More targets, but also more opportunities to be shot down. A target-rich environment might seem a good thing until they start targeting you back.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:24, Reply)
This is a normal post It doesn't look very credible
dw.com/en/fact-check-ukraines-ghost-of-kyiv-fighter-pilot/a-60951825
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Interesting.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 1:11, Reply)
This is a normal post that's ok, don't fear the loss of an uplifting war story
the shark of kyiv will surely come to the rescue


(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 5:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Now this one has been validated by Snopes and BBC Reality Check
unlike RT's story about the Chicken of Kiev
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 7:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Armed with a jet of lava hot butter?

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 9:19, Reply)
This is a normal post KYiv jelly?

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 19:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Kyiv
It's Kyiv
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post True, but that's not how RT spells it

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 13:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Kiev is acceptable in English, unless you're some sort of Proper Noun Nazi.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 13:47, Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair though
if Putin had said he was going to sort out the way they spell things and get rid of metric in Ukraine the UK would have supported him.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:55, Reply)
This is a normal post You won't find 'Kiev' on a modern English language map, though.
- of course, now you're going go find one and go all nyur nyur nyur
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 18:30, Reply)
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Tell Bernard Matthews
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Russia has air superiority...
...so there's far more Russian aircraft, and far less Ukrainians sneaking around picking off what they can.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 9:33, Reply)
This is a normal post It was video game footage
kotaku.com/ghost-kyiv-russia-ukraine-invasion-viral-video-fake-pc-1848598266
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 9:26, Reply)
This is a normal post That was explained in the interesting DW link.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Intresting Fact about Soviets and Ukranina Rsistance
according to Wikipedia by the late 1940s, the mortality rate for Soviet troops fighting Ukrainian insurgents in Western Ukraine was higher than the mortality rate for Soviet troops during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. They fought without foreign support until the mid 50s

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 11:21, Reply)
This is a normal post the nazi einsatzgruppen had a lot of ukrainian help in the east
quite willing to assist their mass murder of undesirables, the ukrainians. Still, I reckon Stalin probably got rid of all the german aligned ukrainians during the 50s
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 21:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently, Ukraine has/had quite the problem with white supremacy/neo-nazi groups.
See: Azov Battalion. It seems that the Ukrainian government and law enforcement are largely in support of it all.
I'm sure birb will come steamrolling along at any moment to furiously berate me for spreading pro-Russian propaganda and school me on how Ukraine is actually a perfect East-European Nordic oasis of tolerance and acceptance. But let's be honest, it's not exactly the picture we've been getting at the border.

That's not to say that having a higher than average incidence of hate crime is justification for invasion by another nation with equally low (if not, lower) tolerance of people that look, speak, fuck or pray differently. But still, it's maybe important to realise that being bombed doesn't make you any less of a cunt. They *absolutely* don't deserve the bollocking they've been on the receiving end of. But it seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:15, Reply)
This is a normal post This is why no-one wants to speak to you in real life you realise

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 11:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm sure the Proud Boys would love to have him at one of their early morning black-clad beach boxing and racism sessions.

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 16:29, Reply)
This is a normal post There you are!
Couldn't help yourself, could you?
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 17:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Where did you find the link to Agent OXO?

(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 22:33, Reply)
This is a normal post BREAKING NEWS
Ghost of Kiev's identity confirmed.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 21:30, Reply)
This is a link post Little music video I made I made this!
It’s “retro”. People like that I hear.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 19:30, Reply)
This is a link post We've all been there

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 17:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Is that the same naked man from two posts below?

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 18:31, Reply)
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Does this make it -7?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 20:18, Reply)
This is a normal post oh
FFS!!
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 21:54, Reply)
This is a normal post This one's better, no age restriction.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:44, Reply)
This is a normal post thank you

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 2:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Dramatic streaker!

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:55, Reply)
This is a link post Teletubbies Joy Division Edit
gc from 7yo
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 16:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Much less cheesy than the original

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 18:59, Reply)
This is a link post Don't make me run, I'm full of chocolate
Car crash in Hespeler, Ontario
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 16:42, Reply)
This is a normal post That really does keep going way longer than I expected
A quite staggering lack of intervention with someone who quite clearly needs help, until of course they enter someone's house at which point it turns into a pile-on.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 17:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Canadians, unreasonably reasonable.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 19:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Not sure if the hand is for modesty, politeness or a vain attempt to prevent frostbite

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 20:25, Reply)
This is a normal post poutine is a hellava drug

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 20:39, Reply)
This is a normal post He runs like Simon Callow did when he was bollocko in Room With A View.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 0:15, Reply)
This is a normal post would rather have a room without that particular view

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 5:48, Reply)
This is a normal post chance in a million

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 13:28, Reply)
This is a link post Ronseal...

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 15:22, Reply)
This is a normal post God, look at his face
The vacuous dolt desperately wants to be Churchill, but hasn't a clue.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 17:42, Reply)
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Perhaps he modelled himself on the dog from the advert?
He is plausibly bad at that
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 19:48, Reply)
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More like the Andrex puppy, making a mess, then running away.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 21:15, Reply)
This is a normal post I guarantee that the cunt
did a little jig when the invasion began, as he couldn't have engineered a better distraction...
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 20:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Aside from the annoying ambush tactics and delivery, i disagree with her
She says there's no alternative to starting ww3 as women and children are currently at risk. A shit ton more would be at risk with ww3, which could easily result from direct nato-russian conflict. She doesnt care about them?
I think so far the world has gone above and beyond what i had expected (tho boris' buddies arent on that sanction list...).
I'm a little worried the world-wide condeming, and in his eyes humiliation, of putin pushes him further away and makes him more likely to go all in and do even worse things to win and not lose face. What has he got to lose?
Ukraine is not part of nato but what do you do? China will be watching closely to see if a Taiwan invasion is a doer. if we intervene militarily here the same could be expected to save taiwan. If we intervene militarily when does boris get poisoned? When is the catastrophic russian cyber attack?
Will putin stop if he can split ukraine into a buffer zone? Is it acceptable to let that happen as a sacrifice for the greater peace?
I can only hope the Russian people rise up and overthrow him (far more likely him than in China). Doing as Germany has and sending stingers and tank busting missles would be a good plan (we already sell arms to some dreadful people).
I don't know how this is going to end but one outcome is ww3 and I'd prefer to avoid that.

I'm also not a fan of the I'm-upset-and-crying-therefore-immune-from-debate routine.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 20:20, Reply)
This is a normal post The only reason we're ('we' being the media and the general public) are making such a big deal about the current Ukraine situation
Is because Ukrainians are majority white, culturally/sociologically similar to Western Europeans and because Putin is the archetypal Bond villain baddy.
It fucking sucks for them, but let's not forget that Russia and Ukraine have been in a state of armed conflict since 2014. They've been killing each other for eight fucking years, and the conflict had been arguably unavoidable since they declared their independence 30 fucking years ago. Recent events are a pretty major escalation, but it's not as if it wasn't ever going to happen at some point. Wars cost a shitload of money, and it's frankly surprising that it's taken as long as it has for Putin to make a definitive push for a capture.
Anyway, my point is that our Governments couldn't really give a fuck about Ukraine as far as Ukraine as an independent nation goes. They're not a NATO member, they're not part of the European Union, and they don't have anything particularly valuable buried under the ground. The only reason that the Western powers are getting involved is because its a great way to flex their Diplomatic 'look how benevolent we are' muscles and make life difficult for Putin while reminding each other how much of a fucking dickhead he is.
At the end of the day, the whole thing is just pathetic, political posturing with poor little Ukraine stuck in the middle. Putin knows fine well that he'd have his arse well and truly handed to him if he gave NATO an excuse to summon the Super Best Friends. Especially since China are somewhat distancing themselves from the whole shitshow.
Likewise, the West knows that despite Putin being a nasty, ruthless cunt - he's not a complete fucking moron and almost certainmy has a clear understanding of the nature of mutually assured destruction. Nobody outside of Facebook and Reddit really expect this to turn into WW3, because, at the end of the day, Ukraine isn't valuable enough to either side to even flirt with the idea. We'll back off long before we sufficiently provoke Putin to the point he declares all-out fuckwar with NATO, and Putin will very carefully make sure he doesn't do quite enough to warrant NATO action.

We'll just continue to stand from the sidelines, tutting loudly and exclaiming how awful the whole situation is, whilst idly throwing the odd hand grenade and rocket launcher into the ring until we get bored of the whole circus and move on to the next pressing moral outrage.

It really fucking sucks for all the Ukrainians stuck in the middle of this shitshow, but let's not pretend that they have it any worse than the Kurds or the Afghans do. Unless their lives have inherently more value due to them looking more like us and having similar social lives.

China's inevitable annexing and invasion of Taiwan has far, far more potential to end up in global fisticuffs than Russia trying to claim back some land they lost during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Happy pancake day, dickheads!
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 21:18, Reply)
This is a normal post You seem very upset and wrong on several levels.
Here's one
www.azomining.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=47
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 21:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Okay, fair point on the mineral reserves.
But my point still stands that our Government's disgust at the invasion of Ukraine is purely Diplomatic. As far as the UK and US in particular are concerned, it's just a good PR exercise.
The situation would be VASTLY different if Ukraine was NATO. But if Ukraine was NATO, they'd never have been in this situation, which is the most likely reason Putin is taking the opportunity to step things up now before their membership status changes (however unlikely that would have been).
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post The wars in the Middle East weren't as likely to go nuclear.
Nuclear war isn't an all or nothing thing anymore, lots of tactical nukes about, so it could start slowly. They are in our backyard. To an old man who feels humiliated and whoever is supporting him, it could be tempting.
Would we really launch missiles if he nuked a small city?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes. Because it shows his willingness to use them as an offensive weapon rather than a deterrent.
How else would you expect the other global superpowers to react to that?
But that's the entire reason he won't. Too much to lose for zero net gain.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I think you're wrong.
We'd all get together in the UN to strongly deplore Putin's actions if he nuked a small town in Ukraine.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I suspect it will come down to those around him to refuse to launch.
We collectively have more to lose than a 70something, possibly ill, sociopathic and legitimately paranoid guy who is watching his dream slipping away.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:53, Reply)
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Not a chance. Putin could nuke Kiev itself and that still wouldn't draw a nuclear response from NATO, because NATO wouldn't have been attacked.

They don't need to drop nukes. Look at what they did to Grozny for what the plan for Kiev probably is.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Plus the US is still two cities up on the rest of the world
when it comes to nuking them.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 2:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, hmm, maybe
it's a point of view I guess.

I agree with the "only give a fuck because they aren't brown" thing with an embarrassing number of reporters giving the "it's such a shock to see this happen in a civilised, Christian country so close to home" line. I've also heard a couple of hardened war correspondents shoot that down (I'm looking at you Lise Duoucet - champion reporter that one, proper Kate Adie balls on 'er).

I think there's quite a bit of worry about the amount of food that Ukraine grows.

But yes, it's easier for a Russian oligarch to get into the House of Lords than a Ukrainian refugee to get into the UK.

But then I never thought it'd get to this. I didn't think Putin would want to waste all those missiles and have all those Russian bodies coming home but I'm starting to think he didn't expect that either. What do I know?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 21:58, Reply)
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I wonder if having a conscript army versus highly motivated locals will have spoiled Putin's calculations.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:13, Reply)
This is a normal post So wrong about so much.
I would like to point out that each inhabited continent's news agencies report on their local news with more interest than the news occurring on other continents. I would like to point this out to you especially, since I was under the impression that you despised identity politics and populist demagoguery, yet here you are, spewing it out like a demented Corbynite or Trumpanzee, in front of everyone.

"..They don't have anything particularly valuable buried under the ground" is very oddly wrong. There's a strong consensus that this war is as much about fossil fuels as it is about re-establishing Russia as a superpower. Ukrainian gas has long been touted as an alternative to Russian gas.

Wikifuckingpedia says: "Significant natural resources in Ukraine include iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulphur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber and an abundance of arable land."

"Nobody outside of Facebook and Reddit really expect this to turn into WW3, because, at the end of the day, Ukraine isn't valuable enough to either side to even flirt with the idea." This is pure ignorance. Ukranian people are calling this WWIII, begging us for air support and a no fly zone, analysts across the world are saying the risk of nuclear war is as high now as it's been since the 70s. It's evidently valuable enough for Putin to spend thousands of Russian lives on it. I don't know how you can hold your opinion in the face of reality, unless you have fully disengaged from it.

Calling this a passing fad of moral outrage and then whataboutery, whatever. You really have been quite well indoctrinated by some scummy cunts.

Watch the BBC, Sky News, ITN, & C4 News. Dip into DW News from Germany, they're very good. Avoid whatever shit led you to Agent OXO. Avoid GBeebies. Avoid any news provider trying to sell you a water filter, a gold investment scheme, NORD VPN, or a ball shaving kit.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Or perhaps I'm just not reacting to the situation with the kinds of blind panic some other folk are.
I'd wager that the vast majority of folk this side of Poland weren't/aren't aware that this conflict began in 2014, not the end of last week.
Like I said, it's fucking awful for those caught up in it, but anybody worrying about the situation ending in a nuclear holocaust needs to seriously stay away from social media for the next 6 to 8 weeks until something new pops up to keep us occupied.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:25, Reply)
This is a normal post You'd probably lose that wager. The annexation of Crimea was world news at the time. I don't know what evidence would sway you.
I think you are becoming dangerously detached and deranged. This isn't trolling, this is genuine concern.

I am not on social media. I'm on, like, 3 forums including b3ta, and I've not posted to either of the others in ages. I'm a strictly passive consumer of youtube. I talk to about 8 people using whatsapp. I'm strongly anti-social media. I recognise this situation as being fucking dangerous.

All it takes is one overzealous or incompetent tank commander, ship captain or fighter pilot to stray into NATO territory, and one overzealous or incompetent politician to overreact for WWIII to start by fucking default.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Yet you posted that 'Ghost of Kyiv' video?
Perhaps I am detached. That's a bad thing now? What's the point of worrying about an unlikely nuclear holocaust of which have absolutely zero influence on? Worrying about that kind of shit is what gives you cancer (or ulcers, at the very least).
Would it suck? Undoubtedly. But worrying about it until it eventually happens isn't healthy, and neither is worrying about it indefinitely. Just get on with your life, if something awful happens tomorrow, at least you haven't wasted today panicking about it.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 22:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Yet? As if the only way I can come across a video is by being in a facebook bubble? I'm trying to follow your logic, which seems quite distorted from my POV.
You're promoting political apathy. How has this happened to you?

You have power as part of the collective. You can influence things through engaging with the institutions and systems of society. You can learn real things from real media and education institutions.

You absolutely need to quit Alex Jones or C2C or Rense or Fox or Bannon or whatever slimy pus riddled rectovaginal fistula of the internet you're getting brainwashed by.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 23:26, Reply)
This is a normal post "You absolutely need to quit Alex Jones or C2C or Rense or Fox or Bannon or whatever slimy pus riddled rectovaginal fistula of the internet you're getting brainwashed by."
Says the bloke blindly posting links to fake news/propaganda. U OK hun?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 12:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Could you point out the fake news or propaganda I posted?
I'm fully prepared to laugh at you if you say the Ghost of Kiev.

Are you willing to tell us from what right wing nut news source you're getting your links to Agent OXO?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Ghost of Kiev wasn't fake news/propaganda?
What would you describe it as?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 15:43, Reply)
This is a normal post An interesting tale, a remarkable bit of gossip.
The factual news element is that Ukranians are citing aircraft kills to 'The Ghost of Kiev.'

I don't think it was produced by Ukraine, but let me just double check that.

Apparently it was made by a young bloke called Joe from Portsmouth UK, whose favourite airport is Washington Dulles IAD.

www.youtube.com/c/Aviation18/about

Where did you learn about the wisdom of Agent OXO?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 17:39, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, you're still hanging onto that old nugget?
That armoured vehicle was confirmed as being Russian then, was it? I must have missed that. Could you do me a favour and provide me with the link that conclusively identified it, please? Perhaps you've become a bit distracted what with all the panicking, but my entire point about that armoured vehicle is that we shouldn't believe everything we read on Social Media. Rather apt that you'd bring it up in this particular thread, eh?

So you didn't post fake news? You posted "an interesting tale, a remarkable bit of gossip"? Come on now, birb. Behave. That's a reach, even for you.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 18:10, Reply)
This is a normal post I didn't think Joe from Portsmouth's youtube channel about airplanes was in danger of being mistaken for a news channel.
Where did you find your link to Agent OXO?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 19:29, Reply)
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You're going to hang on to the ghost story as being real, despite all the evidence to the contrary? Reading further into it the sources can't even seem to agree on what they supposedly shot down.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 16:23, Reply)
This is a normal post I posted the story because it was interesting
And I said I could believe a Ukranian kid spent his life in a flight sim, and that it is not impossible.

I think you're projecting.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 17:32, Reply)
This is a normal post You posted the story because you thought it was real.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 18:13, Reply)
This is a normal post It is a real story. Ukranians are citing aircraft kills to 'The Ghost Of Kiev.'
DW reported on it too. You can read their actual news report in the same thread.

The video of the old man being run over by the armoured vehicle is a real story too.

Of course all the details are sketchy. The first casualty of war and all that.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 19:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Of course it's a real story. The claims of it being a Russian vehicle have never been verified.
It's safe to say that that any claims of it being Russian or Ukrainian are unverified. It could even be a French AV. Nobody has gone public with a positive identification (suspiciously). Mind you, there was that bloke who wound the windows down, peeked his head in and confirmed it was being driven by Russians in Ukrainian costumes. So who knows.
The 'Ghost of Kyiv' story, on the other hand, is patently bollocks. Soz.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 22:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh right, well thanks for clearing that up. I guess a lot of people just fell through a cascading Mandela effect Might want to tell DW and the other news agencies reporting on it
and get on to all the traders now selling Ghost of Kiev merch that the universe those concepts belong to no longer exists.

Now that's sorted, where DID you find the link to Agent OXO?
(, Thu 3 Mar 2022, 0:08, Reply)
This is a normal post you have very little to lose though so your lack of concern is understandable

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 10:06, Reply)
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Purely out of interest, which site has the ball shaving kit?
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 0:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Podcasts in general. ;)

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 0:23, Reply)
This is a normal post That make sense
If you're going to cast your pods, best to shave first.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 0:32, Reply)
This is a link post Leave bad reviews on Russian restaurants.
Small gesture, but it means something.

Perhaps it will sway a few restaurant owners minds.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 10:07, Reply)
This is a normal post They're very much not suggesting people leave bad reviews
They're suggesting people leave anti war messages
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 10:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah they even suggest leaving 5 stars for the restaurant.
So the exact opposite of what Weasel suggests.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post nope
wrong
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 10:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Americans really are a bit simple-minded, aren't they?

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 11:09, Reply)
This is a normal post This is laughably stupid.
Who the hell pays any attention to online reviews anyway?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 12:34, Reply)
This is a normal post 7/10 would read wheresthefish posts again

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 13:22, Reply)
This is a normal post 4/10
the gefilte with bacon was fusion cooking at its best but when I asked for my steak rare I didn't expect to have to follow it around the restaurant stabbing it.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 13:53, Reply)
This is a normal post In Soviet Russia, steak stabs you.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Armed with steak knives.

(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 9:58, Reply)
This is a normal post I heard Putin does...
... and had that Kiev restaurant not got five stars this would all be different.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 15:21, Reply)
This is a normal post It would make more sense to find Putin's favourite restaurant
And send their chef a copy of Cooking with Polonium-210
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 15:07, Reply)
This is a normal post It'll make no sense if he hasn't read the first 209 in the cooking with polonium series

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 15:33, Reply)
This is a normal post He might be an avid reader of isotope chef mags

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 16:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Well it’s not classified now is it you muppet.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 17:49, Reply)
This is a normal post The Russian people don't need telling. They hate it too.
www.euronews.com/2022/03/01/more-than-6-000-arrests-in-russia-during-protests-over-ukraine-war-says-human-rights-group
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 9:44, Reply)
This is a link post Delurks

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 7:25, Reply)
This is a normal post ^ Actually a tradition.

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 7:49, Reply)
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Where's our Mulligan and O'Hare?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 9:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Was hoping to see this here this morning

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 8:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Just came to check this had
been posted.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 9:28, Reply)
This is a normal post You beat me to it

Glad to see that despite the threat of nuclear war, everything else is in order.
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 9:44, Reply)
This is a normal post I see everything is in order here

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 19:00, Reply)
This is a normal post What a terrible edit!

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Hull came up quickly in the comments.
{:-D
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 1:43, Reply)
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(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 9:23, Reply)
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Ok, what's the plan? "I'll just put it over here with the rest of the mines"?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 10:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Kind gesture, thought it had fallen off someone's lorry and he's taking it back

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 10:54, Reply)
This is a normal post It's like he started
but then had no idea when to stop and put it down.

He's probably still walking.
(, Wed 2 Mar 2022, 23:15, Reply)
This is a link post Samson - A quick word
Mullet sporting working class white guy spitting rhymes at America's Doctor
(, Mon 28 Feb 2022, 23:51, Reply)
This is a link post One song to the tune of another
Glorious
(, Mon 28 Feb 2022, 23:15, Reply)
This is a normal post It really is odd how many videos I watch that end up on /links a day or two later

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 0:51, Reply)
This is a normal post not really
Every time you watch a video it affects what your recommendations are, if a group of people (/links) regularly share videos we will all begin to synchronise like we are a bunch of girlies with noonooz
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 5:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I have advanced this theory before.
I was pooh-poohed.

What's the , , business?
(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 7:50, Reply)
This is a normal post the pooh poohs

(, Tue 1 Mar 2022, 8:55, Reply)

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