I think you underestimate the amount of alcohol consumed in the 70s and 80s.

Brits being brits

Shit. Chiba?

I’m in the mountains so the rain always has somewhere to go.

The alternative is that the few sunny days we’ve had have topped out at 39 degrees.

That’s way hotter than it’s ever been in the past, and hot enough to kill all my vegetables without the rain.

I’ll take the rain.

Come, my lady.
Come come, my lady.
Be my butterfly, sugar, baby.

Interesting, thanks for the source.

Do they? Defenders traditionally only need 1/3rd the manpower of the attacker.

Don’t they puff up when they’re stressed?

So this person is just abusing a wild animal on camera?

Japanese people can be just as sarcastic as English speakers. It flies over your head unless you’re actually good at the language. Same as English.

I’d argue that your view is the simplistic one.

Nobody is responsible except Putin. He’s like Santa Claus, delivering every bullet on the frontline himself in a single night.

This is completely false though.

Out of the three of us, the Russian rando is the only one that can realistically influence the Russian state unless you and I are willing to put our boots on and plan an invasion. He is part of the Russian polity.

Now Putin may rule through fear, but he still only rules with the consent of the average Russian rando. If enough of them decide that they’re no longer “non-political”, Putin will no longer rule and the war can end. Frankly, that’s the only way this war is going to end. So this is entirely their responsibility.

With that in mind, the question I raised above still stands, how many Ukrainians need to die to avoid hurting or inconveniencing the average Russian rando? Can you answer that?

To continue on your train of thought, how many Ukrainian children should die to save the life of a Russian child?

Russian parents can decide to end the war today. Ukrainian parents cannot.

Are Japanese men just … problematic

The President of the United States raped children, everyone knew it, and he was still elected with the consent of the majority of Americans.

I don’t think it’s specifically Japanese.

Ah my bad! Thanks for correcting me.

The impartiality of justice is important but only when it’s actually “just”. In this case the system is protecting an immorality (supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine). This means the system needs to be corrected, until then the courts will continue to work against good.

The CDU is completely owned by Russian money. Schröder laid the foundations for North Stream when he was Chancellor and then immediately joined the board of Gazprom after retiring.

Can’t even make up corruption that blatant.