The Japanese attempt to win the war against the USA failed on day one. They gambled everything on sinking the bulk of the U.S. carrier fleet which, to the Japanese’s great dismay, was not even in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. When Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku heard of this, he said “we have awoken a sleeping giant.”

If they had taken out the U.S. carriers that day, the Kido Butai would have been the dominant naval force in the Asia-Pacific region. With their powerful carriers, nobody could have stood up to them. And maybe the IJN’s super battleships would have had their day in the sun, after all.

Better yet, there were two ships in the class. Yamato’s sister ship, Musashi suffered a very similar fate, though.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again:

Isten veletek! Or shall I say do svidaniya?

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If you insist on shitting where you eat and can’t see how great you’ve got it as part of a European commonwealth of nations, good riddance to you. And good luck with your Russian “friends”.

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Yeah, I was just gonna say it’s a kind of magic they call Being Up Early in the Morning. A mysterious skill to many including myself. 😅

Almost correct, except that the patterns it works with are on the byte level. Not all files contain text, after all.

You mean because people think the rich earned their wealth?

Like Jeff Bezos slaving day and night, as he does, to get all those parcels sent out.

Or Elon coming up with, like, cool ideas. And shit. After smoking another blunt and thinking about how great Adolf Hitler really was.

Good post, nothing to add.

Yes, frosted glass and no, not douche. Shower.

Correct.

Not here in Germany. 50 is when you’re supposed to get your first one. Just read a pamphlet from my health insurance about what kind of screening checks they pay for.

Right, and Santa will be coming down the chimney at 25:25 P. M.

Many hands were wrung Much condemnation was uttered Nothing changed.

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… a.k.a. The United States of America, see below. This was not a Dutch decision.

Unfortunately, the “people” benefiting most from less state “oppression” are corporations.

The rest of the people are still being plenty oppressed e.g. by masked goons claiming to work for the government. Shutdown or no shutdown.

Meanwhile, the government is literally letting people starve for political reasons.

As for the planes, I agree.

The husband’s delay in calling in might also have been caused by Verizon’s telephone network being temporarily overloaded. I remember trying to call my family that morning and only getting a message saying “all circuits are busy now”.

Oh, right the protests against nuclear rearmament in Europe. I was actually part of the “human chain” demo, somewhere between Ulm and Neu-Ulm. Together with my teddy, which got us photographed for the regional newspaper.

That’s what I was thinking as well but I looked it up and the Challenger explosion was shortly before that.

1986 was a strong news year for sure. I was 9 years old at the time.

edit: actually, it was the Pershing II protests of 1983, which my family joined.

O-kay. I can think of a myriad of other reasons than sheer cost why I might not want to buy a home straight away. But I see how the graphic kind of makes sense in the way you describe.

I’m not a big fan of landlords, by the way, and the instant downvoting for asking a simple question is extremely rude. Doesn’t exactly foster community engagement, guys! 😑