Posts by Joshua Myers432

3, 2, 1 ... let's go, sandwich eaters.

You want to help Ukraine? Then how about a full mobilization of everyone under 40 across all NATO countries and sending them straight to the Eastern Front. It's not our first rodeo—the last time we stepped up, we ended up at Stalingrad!

swiftjackal11 said:It’s funny. People who genuinely despise tyrants expect sanctions to work overnight. It’s easy to say, but if you lose your job, you aren't suddenly fine for three months without needing food or water. That's not how it works for a massive country like Russia.

It might actually make sense if these sanctions weren't essentially us shooting ourselves in the foot. And we're doing it quite efficiently, too.

Besides, Ukraine doesn't need help projected a century into the future; they need it right now. Because by year 100, we'll just be celebrating the 99th anniversary of Russian occupation.

It’s just your classic move from the bureaucrats in D.C.—lazy, entitled types who pretend to be busy while having no clue what they're actually doing. Honestly, the only thing more pathetic than those incompetent officials is the army of internet trolls and armchair experts defending their every blunder.

swiftjackal11 said:Sanctions definitely work. As soon as Russia starts crying about it, you know something is actually happening. We aren't looking at the immediate fallout here; we're looking at the next century. A hundred years from now, when Russia takes stock of everything, they'll see exactly how much oil and gas they pumped out since this war with Ukraine started, and realize just how much more they could have moved if things hadn't gone south.

🤦

And what happens when they take stock in 500 years?

Melissa Rivera5 said:I mean, that’s probably just because you've clearly never seen one of those Chinese cars sitting at an American mechanic shop. It’s not "just" a flaw that they’re cheap; the real issue is that they’re basically junk heaps compared to anything else—like, a Dacia would look like a spaceship next to them. The welding is terrible, they rust way faster than an old Chevy, and I bet the safety ratings for the driver and passengers are pretty sketchy.

Of course, people assume you can just flip a switch and start mass-producing something as complex as a modern vehicle—and I'm not talking about some boutique Tesla operation making two cars a year. This Chinese scrap metal only looks modern because they shamelessly ripped off the styling. Copying a silhouette is easy; try copying what's actually under the hood.

Then there are the ones who genuinely believe China is going to churn out ten aircraft carriers tomorrow and kick Americans out of the Pacific Ocean. 🤦 They might build ten ships and slap an "aircraft carrier" label on them, but the US has a century of expertise and institutional knowledge on this. We're looking at a gap that won't be closed for at least another twenty years.

We went through our own weapons import embargo back in the nineties. We spent about three or four years arming ourselves to the teeth because, much like how Russia was struggling back then, we basically needed to be ready to march on Stalingrad all over again.

So, you can take those sanctions and shove them. Sure, it’ll get harder to source certain parts, but if those sanctions were actually enforced strictly, at least half the cars in Russia would be dead in the water within a year or two due to the part shortages. It's not that simple...

Nathan Thomas12 said:Look, during WWII, the Russians got 13,000 planes and over 300,000 trucks from the Americans—not to mention everything else. But sure, let's pretend they just sat on all that gear and marched into Berlin using only their own stuff, just so they could snatch the credit away from the Americans.

If the Soviets hadn't turned the tide on the Eastern Front—and they were damn close to folding—Americans would NEVER have landed in Europe. Instead, they spent months grinding through Normandy and Italy against German reserves. They would have ended up just like the British, beaten years earlier.

Bryan Booth82 said:When you're dealing with pure myth-making, what's the point in trying to counter it with references? Facts don't mean anything to someone living in a fantasy world.
Best,

Never bother trying to use logic or evidence if you already know you're going to lose the argument. Just go ad hominem. It works every single time. ☕

William Anderson5 said:World War I.

The issue isn't just that entering a war of attrition against Russia might be unwise; it’s that Russia consistently loses these types of conflicts with disastrous consequences. Historically speaking, the most massive geopolitical shifts in civilization have almost always been triggered by Russia suffering a catastrophic defeat through exhaustion...

It seems that, contrary to popular belief, it might actually be a viable recipe for success...

I don't recall any side in that conflict successfully wearing down Russia and then walking away with a victory at the end. 🤔

Au contraire. In the end, the exhausted party surrendered, even though their troops were positioned deep within enemy territory.

The only takeaway from these conflicts is that Americans arm everyone and everything, wait until the very last second to jump in, and then swoop in to claim all the credit. Historia est magistra vitae.

goldenowl73 said:It honestly feels like Russia is making massive strides in every single direction lately, while the European Union and the United States just seem to be sliding backward.

People over in Russia can't even download Windows 10 or 11 anymore.
It looks like Microsoft might have quietly expanded their sanctions against Russia behind the scenes, because ever since this past weekend, trying to grab those Windows ISO files from their official sites has become basically impossible over there.

They can't do it legally, and they weren't doing it legally before either. 😁

William Anderson5 said:Maybe try picking up a book about the Cold War once in a while.

But I guess actual literature is a foreign concept to you YouTube conspiracy theorists...

Got any other references regarding the depletion of Russia, or are we just stuck with this one?
Can you even begin to grasp how much ground you're going to lose? Go find some group on Netflix under Documentaries!

William Anderson5 said:There’s no inflation in Russia, and despite that terrible initial push toward Kyiv, they've staged a heroic comeback on the battlefield and are now sitting just 500 kilometers from Kyiv.

Putin is playing six-dimensional chess with the West, and over on Russian Netflix, Russia is outpacing the West in every single category. We'll probably see mass migrations of Europeans to Russia soon; Lithuania has already started building fences just to stop Lithuanians from fleeing to Russia...

Entering a war of attrition against the Russians is an idiotic move—it always has been, and it always will be. ☕

You think you can win like this? If someone pulled the plug on your Netflix, you'd be running to your mother crying. 🤣

William Anderson5 said:It honestly feels like that’s exactly how you all see it. Russia cuts ties with the West, pivots toward China, and suddenly everything is fine. It doesn't work that way for Netflix subscribers. Replacing an entire energy supply is going to be a lot more complicated than just switching gas stations...

Yeah, looking at what’s being presented here, it's clear how well your little Netflix plan is working out. Prices are skyrocketing, inflation is out of control, and Russia is making moves on the battlefield. Everything is going according to plan, except for the fact that your plan was total garbage to begin with.

Nathan Evans78 said:That was actually the vibe even before LD; people would just stay home, binge Netflix, collect their government checks, and take it easy—as long as they weren't dying off in massive numbers. Now, everyone is acting shocked that inflation is spiraling, even though they pivoted the narrative so quickly to suit their own interests.

If you don't have any solid alternatives ready to go, simply swapping out the fuel station could trigger a much bigger mess than anyone anticipated. Just look at what happened in France—you see how those extremist parties have started crowding into Parliament. ☕

Of course. This brainless Netflix generation thinks switching out a gas station is like a video game. "Oh, we won't buy from Russia, we'll just buy from someone else, voila! Problem solved." 🤦

dustyowl29 said:People living in Moscow have everything they could possibly need—but then again, Russia is absolutely massive...
Out in the sticks, though? It’s basically like living in the middle of nowhere in rural Alabama...

It’s the same logic. Just because someone on Manhattan in New York City has everything they need doesn't mean the whole country is doing fine—America is massive. Out in the provinces, down in the swamps of Louisiana, people are living worse than they do in Canada.

analogbear5 said:Exactly. Russia is actually coming out on top from this whole war. Their problematic neighbor is totally sidelined, energy prices have gone through the roof, and export revenue is higher than ever.

The whole point of sanctions is to stop Russia from profiting off the aggression. As it stands, they're failing because they don't cut deep enough. And they won't cut deep because Europe is way too dependent on Russian energy.

Sanctioning Russian gas and oil is pure idiocy because, from day one, it’s been hurting us more than them. Of course, when I pointed this out two months ago, I was met with some colorful insults from financially illiterate and uneducated forum users who substitute a lack of logic and intelligence with sheer rudeness.

I don't even feel like gloating; it would be like trying to explain basic addition to a toddler. At this point, I'm just supposed to be satisfied that I was right. 🤦

Gerald Torres84 said:Ehh... if things really kick off over there, we are all going to be even more screwed.
It is a struggle between the first and second superpowers of the world... I don't really associate Russia with being a major power anymore... they only stay relevant because of their nukes.

I’d say it was inevitable, just like what happened in Ukraine. It’s like a pitcher throwing a ball toward a glass vase—eventually, it's going to hit and shatter. That's just how it works.

Gerald Torres84 said:Just some information. These daily price hikes on all goods, commodities, and services—not just oil and gas—actually started two years ago when the pandemic hit. First, they used the pandemic as an excuse, now it is the war in Ukraine. I wonder what the third excuse will be.

Taiwan.
Honestly, whenever I look at what I'm paying for fuel and gas, I have to wonder who is actually imposing sanctions on whom. 😁

Paul Kern12 said:I don't feel embarrassed—because I’m not trolling; I am simply stating the facts as they are.

In the US, there are roughly 568,769 retirees living on less than $754 per month. Once you subtract the cost of utilities and other basic necessities, I wonder—just how much do you think is actually left for them to live on??
https://www.ssa.gov/examples/social-security-data-sample.pdf

It seems you all prefer to troll rather than care about your fellow citizens—it's quite clear you aren't paying attention to where this is all heading.

They'll be left with nothing. Honestly, prices could double tomorrow and it wouldn't change their situation—they'd still have zero left over.

crimsoncyclist71 said:So, what? We support Russian aggression just to get cheaper flour?
What’s the price of your soul? How much would the Russians have to pay us for us to pretend everything is fine?

What kind of sanctions are these if they hurt us more than them? Honestly, how dense do you have to be to implement policies like this?!

The whole point of sanctions was to tank the Russian economy and force them to stop the war. I don't see that happening—not even close. We basically shot ourselves in the foot, just like I said, much to the horror of the typical American sandwich-eaters on this forum.

wiredseal7 said:The Americans are sweating over how to move Ukrainian grain.

With the bridge near Zatoka trashed and the maritime blockade of Odessa still holding firm—especially after that failed offensive on Snake Island—things are messy. Now they’re entertaining this idea of hauling it by rail through Belarus to reach the port of Klaipeda. The catch? They might lift sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizer to make the deal work.

Honestly, the Americans are kind of a joke. They always act like they can just wipe the slate clean and pretend everything is fine the moment they extend an olive branch... How convenient, right? And apparently, they need the fertilizer just as much as the grain. 🙂

Can I ask a stupid question here: why not just ship the grain toward Poland? Maybe they don't want to tie up the rail lines needed for moving weapons, and returning empty freight cars would be too much of a hassle? Guess they have to pick their priorities.

Knowing that typical cowboy American style, I’d say they’ll probably just equip the Ukrainians with the latest anti-ship missiles instead. Missiles for the grain. 🙂