Clbull

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[–] Clbull 27 points 5 days ago

If Putin had any desire to conquer Switzerland, all I'll say is good luck. They're:

  • Heavily fortified, with hundreds of bunkers dotting the countryside
  • Highly mountainous, which would heavily slow down a ground invasion.
  • One of the few states to still practice mandatory military service.
  • Pretty lax with gun ownership, to the point where citizens have a statutory duty to bear arms in the event of an invasion.
  • A substantial player in the banking sector with many oligarchs using their service. Any freeze they'd put on Russian assets would likely go above and beyond what NATO and the EU managed, just because of how synonymous their banks are with the wealthy. They would probably send the Russian economy into freefall long before they could even get anywhere near Zurich.
  • Surrounded from all sides by NATO and EU member states, and would likely have plenty of time to prepare their own forces in the unlikely event that Russia mounts a full-scale invasion and takes over the rest of Europe.
[–] Clbull 14 points 5 days ago

Because Spez is Elon Musk's little bitch.

[–] Clbull 3 points 5 days ago

Look at it this way, I paid £3,290 per year in tuition fees to attend university back when I went. The price of tuition has since nearly trebled to over £9k.

If I paid £9k per year for online courses and was denied the student experience of actually attending a university campus (as many teenagers who went to uni during COVID had to), I'd be fucking livid!

[–] Clbull 2 points 5 days ago

Again, depends on why. If there's documented evidence that you were fired for say... refusing to ignore safety laws.

[–] Clbull 25 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Novelty/troll accounts. I've seen a lot of them pop up on Reddit over the years. The most infamous one I remember was one called Gradual_****** (yes, the n-word) that would type out ordinary replies that would gradually switch to ebonics.

[–] Clbull 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Reasons that are fine to mention: Last job was temporary, I was made redundant.

Reasons that aren't fine to mention: I quit due to overwhelming stress, I was fired for capability/gross misconduct reasons (unless it was an unfair dismissal which you successfully challenged in court and have the documentation to back it up.)

 
[–] Clbull 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't his daughter the VP?

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[–] Clbull 5 points 1 week ago

Qwant is actually pretty decent compared to the competition.

[–] Clbull 11 points 1 week ago

Does Trump want to fuck with the impenetrable banking fortress nation that is Switzerland?

[–] Clbull 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weight is one of those things that most people can largely change about themselves. I agree it's a lot harder to regulate your weight when you have conditions that reduce your mobility and make you burn far fewer calories like ME/CFS or fibromyalgia, but the basic principles of thermodynamics still apply.

Trump isn't one of those people with a debilitating condition other than his age. He's genuinely an unpleasant glutton who lives on a diet of Big Macs and Diet Coke.

[–] Clbull 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

MRW I get a suspicious message from Nicole, the Fediverse Chick

[–] Clbull 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ever since Spez took over, Reddit have been incredibly heavy-handed when it comes to enforcing their rules against inciting or glorifying violence, even if such a comment is directed towards people that are objectively hated, like nazis, pedophiles and child murderers. To that I'm not even remotely surprised that you got banned.

Even posting that Nazis deserve to be punched in the face can get you a permanent ban from Reddit... You know... the people who over 80 years ago were responsible for gassing 6 million Jews, 6 million Russian POWs and thousands of homosexuals and political dissidents.

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