Maalus

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Good thing Biden wasn't doing that, huh

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

This note is a parody of an actual note that was about drinking in a bar.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

A colleague lost his brother with this convoy. The path / location of the convoy was shared with the israelis too. They were executed and the vehicles completely destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

It's funny you guys think these are actual fans and not bots bought through a marketing campaign

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

It's not a simple request, the same request was denied to the most influential elf in existence, three times. When Gimli asked for it while being humble, she gave him three at the same time. There was also huge stigma and conflict between the races, and the fact that he even tried / dared to ask was huge, and her giving it to him means dwarves and elves can work out their differences after all

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago

Learn what strawmanning is, read up on how longbow archery worked. I'm done here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Why would you think there'd be a command at all, other than "when they are in range, kill them"? Why would you wait till people are closer when you start shooting them when you can shoot them when they are further away just fine. It's not like someone would say "oh fuck these dudes in the front got taken out by archers, time to take out my shield". They'd just walk with their shield out already. They'd use siege engines to hide from the arrows. They'd have barricades to hide behind. You wouldn't simply go for the Futurama killbot limit, why would you give your opponent more time to walk towards you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Look at how actual warbow archers fire their bows. This isn't the modern block bow that gets easier when you pull it back because of the pulleys. Some longbows had 240 pound draw weights. If your arms were to tire, you would be useless as an archer, so why the heck would they even try to do it. You let the arrow go immediately. And you would do that immediately when enemies got in range to prevent them from comming closer. Again, don't apply musket logic to bows. You can shoot a bow much faster than a musket, but you had to train people all their lives, so when they were lost, you lost a lot. Crossbows changed all that, with basically anyone being able to draw them and aim them. Muskets then slowly replaced the bow and crossbow because they were able to go through armor better. So they beefed up the armor too. So to prove the armor stops bullets, a smith would use a pistol and shoot it. You'd look for the dent and see it works. Some bad smiths would then hit it with a hammer and punch to simulate it, and then people got hurt.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (11 children)

You wouldn't do that because why would you need it to be all at the same time? This is musket logic being applied to bows. Pulling a warbow isn't something anyone can do. People who did that trained all their lives for it. They literally had a different bone structure and musculature because of it. You don't get people to wait with a shitload of pounds of force trying to wriggle out and launch an extremely heavy arrow. Hollywood bows are shitty props with loose strings that resemble a child's toy more than an actual bow.

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

Spain was neutral.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah I'm sick of people forgetting about Poland too

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

Orrrrrr, hear me out, just click once and get an online account because you don't care.

And yes, the command line is an issue to most regular users. My parents don't grasp the concept of keyboard shortcuts for copying and pasting. I get a phone call every time they try to attach a file to an email, where they say the steps when they are doing it so they don't fuck it up. If you use the computer to access a single webpage that's bookmarked, youtube and ebay, maybe an hour every week at most, expecting them to have to learn a new system and a command line isn't feasible. People like icons and clicking. If you managed to get rid of a keyboard and maintain functionality, they'd switch in a heartbeat. That's why smartphones are so popular. That's why kids preffer touchscreen over controller, and are basically unable to play keyboard and mouse anymore.

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