WTF

One Street

Chill WTF

I killed my sister and ruined my life.

This is a horrible story and all the people saying he is negligent: I am not so sure.

One time driving in Jacksonville, Florida, I realized I was heading the wrong way on a one-way street. After about a half mile as traffic was screaming towards me head-on. There were no signs. There were cars parked in both directions. The road markings were non-existent or unclear.

After I managed to get off the one-way without dying or killing my passengers, I drove back around to where I’d entered that street to see what I had missed. And there was nothing. I’d missed nothing. There were no signs indicating it was a one-way street. Perhaps they had been taken down for construction or something, but whatever the case, they were simply not there.

This was long before Google Maps, by the way, and if things had been slightly different that day I might’ve died.

Streets like that need a lot of goddamn signs and don’t always have them.

Unhoused

Chill Annoying, WTF

Conservatives are indeed the worst about this, but it’s a very American thing to willingly hurt yourself as long as it harms someone else just as badly. I will never understand this way of thinking, but it is in fact an integral part of the American ethos.

Debase

Chill WTF

TIFU by losing my entire life savings of over $600,000 to a rapidly developed gambling addiction and not being able to afford the taxes I now owe.

What a disturbing tale. How easy it is for so many people to descend into self-destruction is remarkable. I watched my own mother do it and I think she actually preferred living debased and desperate — it came with fewer responsibilities and effort.

Wonder how true that is of others?

TM Footage

Chill War, WTF

Dual POV footage of a Ukrainian FPV failing to detonate outside a Russian bunker, and a RU soldier who films the same unexploded FPV from inside. A Ukrainian heavy bomber drone is then sent in to drop an anti tank mine on the same bunker and unexploded FPV.

No gore or death in this one, but this war has just provided some insane footage.

FYI the Russians almost certainly evacced that bunker before the anti-tank mine hit it — that’s why the footage exists. There was probably a 20-45 minute delay before that TM-62 got dumped on it.

Not See You There

Chill Clowns, WTF

I had more than one person explain to me that Scott Alexander was actually a Nazi because…reasons. And they believed this, too. I’m not the biggest fan of his writing because it’s pretentious and overwrought, but claiming he is a Nazi is fucking ludicrous.

He’s mostly just a regular ol’ liberal in a sort of neo-Rooseveltian mold. Ain’t no swastikas there.

Wood You Believe

Chill War, WTF

For those not in the know, wooden armor does nearly nothing against any kind of munition that would threaten something like a tank. It’d be very slightly effective against the weakest drones (though posing a fire risk), do nearly nothing against anything greater than 7.62mm, and would be like air to anything beyond that. (There are some nuances here regarding HEAT rounds and shaped charges I’m not discussing.)

This is pointless and mostly dumb.

It’d take approximately 12 feet of wood (depending on type) to stop what three inches of modern alloy armor can keep from penetrating.

Dore

Chill War, WTF

Ian Welsh: This is what winning looks like! Total victory for my most-adored Putin!

Everyone else: What the actual goddamn fuck?

(Warning: people definitely do die in the above video. Which somehow fucktard Welsh will also see as a victory.)

Scholzing

Chill Clowns, War, WTF

I guess that clown is fine with fighting Russia in Germany in 3-5 years. Well, he’s gonna get his wish. It’s interesting how when given a clear and obvious choice, Germany and much of the rest of Europe of their own free will just shoots themselves in the foot repeatedly. I guess they are really into self-harm.