So don’t quote me on this, but I think soviet T-80 also uses a turbine engine (for S P E E D). It also has some kinda angled exhaust, so it doesn’t quite deafen you when you see it frontally, but it roars something fierce when you’re to the side of it

hes got nukes and hes willing to use them; so theres nothing the world can do but let him.

I too am afraid of Joe Biden

“Coincidence” my ass

In other instances it was a misfire (engine failure), targeting failure and at least once a partial intercept

Oh hey, you’re still here. Quickest keyboard in the west

You must feel quite heroic

Am I drunk or is there literally just one (1) git arguing that “it’s totally not what it seems”? I guess the other downvooters don’t have anything to say. Truth hurts, I suppose.

nobody wants to give up anything today to address a potential problem at some indefinite point in the future

Thing is, whenever the topic of “giving up something” pops up in regards to climate issues, it’s near universally shit like “don’t use plastic straws” and “eat less meat”. It’s never “ban private jets”, it’s never “better public transport infrastructure”. Of course people aren’t willing to give up whatever measley comforts they can scrounge, when there are individuals more rich than entire cities or even states!

It’s not even economies that get me. It’s outright catastrophes. In 2010, forest fires in Russia had gotten so bad, entire cities were covered in thick smoke. I still remember being able to look directly at the sun, just a shiny red disk. And most of the fires were hundreds of kilometres away!

Floods, hurricanes. How disaster-proof are our towns and cities? And solving all that would very likely require a conscious and concerted worldwide effort. Something that I doubt could be achieved without a worldwide socialist revolution - something that doesn’t appear to be happening anytime soon. And by the time it happens - if it happens - it just might be too late.

Like I said, great filter.

We’re fucked, aren’t we. This is it. The great filter. We had a shot at progress and advancement, but it got squandered so a couple hundred people could see their imaginary numbers grow. And now it’s too late, the damage is just too great to be mitigated, much less reversed.

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