Aqarius

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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Once again, I'm not sure what conversation you think you're having, but it's not this one.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'd wager (heh) Tooze is familiar with armament production. Germany still built something like 4k Leo 2s. Add to that about 1k of Leclercs, half that of Challengers, some Ariettes, and a bunch of other crap, there's room for an economy of scale, it's just not being used. And frankly, EU armies buying M1s isn't helping. In addition, you can put the proposition backwards, and say high unit costs are a sign of too few of them being built.

I'm wondering if he's maybe comparing older models. An M1A2 can come from anywhere between early nineties and today - L2A8s are brand spanking new. But even then, the PzH 2000 being six times more expensive then the K9 is just insane.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Misinfo? I'm talking about opinion pieces. "Israel has a right to defend itself" isn't strictly misinfo, but it is, arguably, an opinion. And you're correct. They're not only used for opinion laundering - they also appear to be a sort of make-work program.

And I don't know what conversation your tangent on what you're reminded of comes from, but it's not the one we're having.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

You should. Arguably, you should nail the to the cross for opinion pieces more, because opinion pieces exist to launder articles that the paper can't reasonably justify publishing... but still really wants to publish.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, earth-pear, for some reason.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

But still above par, considering the competition...

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Which, ironically, native speakers oftrn struggle with.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

On the contrary, the best part about it is that it's not a compilation of references the audience is supposed to already know about. It's just a fun adventure movie. The reason the RPG crowd sing it praises is that in addition, if you know how to read it, the actual plot is "girlfriend is curious about what we're all doing every Tuesday evening"

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Well, now that you bring it up...

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you want that, just light up the first and last LED always.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I mean, technically, illegal occupation is in and of itself a warcrime, so there's that?

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Prigozhin joke.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1300027

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