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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

"We could totally fuck you up if we wanted."

"Go ahead and do it then."

"..."

"I'm waiting."

"...I do not want to."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

That's hilarious bro this putin guy needs his own stand up special he's probably got a million of these

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The internet was literally created by the DoD to have a communication system that was resilient to foreign attacks. If one part of it goes down, it can still work with the parts that aren't down. This is built into the design.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. Usually this claim includes some reference to nuclear war, but the Internet was not designed to withstand attack. Arpanet was not designed with military applications primarily in mind.

https://www.internetmythen.de/en/index0258.html?mythen=myth-15-the-internet-was-invented-by-the-pentagon-and-designed-to-survive-a-nuclear-attack

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Til, thank you

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Russia continuing to signal why it's a good idea to take them out. Thanks, Russia!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'd say it's a funny way of admitting to the pipeline incident.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah?

And we'd retaliate. Which is why they haven't done it. They didn't shoot down the satellites in the cold war and they aren't going to do it now unless they've decided the world without satellites is just so much better.

How is this news? China could nuke the West Coast tomorrow and the Canadians might invade Maine to secure a maple syrup monopoly! Actually, that's more likely than anything else in this thread...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If Canada invades I'm fighting on their side. We suck so much and they're polite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

LMAO, we're a commin' for that syrup 🇨🇦

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I need to give you one more chance to retract, no questions asked. Before this conversation becomes a confrontation.

Edit: Just an American quoting a Canadian show to you. Nothing actually confrontational about it. In fact, everyone who responds with a quote from the same show gets an updoot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Maine should just be part of New Brunswick but your decorators could never match the right shade of pink

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

The same Russia that "indicated" the Ukraine special operation would take three days?

Lol

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

Russia said they'd take over Ukraine in three days.

Russia says a lot of shit.

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