• Breezy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Damnit… now i remember something i miss from reddit. Srgrafo comics were always a delight.

  • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Now remember kids, Canada is responsible for half the Geneva convention. Do not trust Canada.

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      7 months ago

      Weren’t these subs supposed to be made for the French but we fucked them over and sent the bid to Australia? Still kinda bummed about that, especially if the French deploy in Ukraine. They’re great allies.

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        A little mixed up, there. The French were meant to have the contract to build nuclear powered subs for Australia, but the UK fucked the French by taking the contract, with some US help.

        The creation of the partnership spelled the end of a French–Australian submarine deal. On 17 September 2021, France recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the US; French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the partnership a “stab in the back”[10] following Australia’s cancellation of the deal worth €56 billion (A$90 billion) without notice,[11][12][13] ending recent efforts to develop a deeper strategic partnership between France and Australia.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUKUS

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    7 months ago

    Who’s the one we like? Looks like they’ve got some kinda weird Alaska and Hawaii flag. Are they Hawaska? /s

  • Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    We almost made it to 2%. Why is it so hard for the liberal government to tax the rich more to get there and properly support our soldiers and Ukraine.

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      I just spent two and a half weeks in Alberta and I don’t know how many times people just randomly brought up Canada wasting money in Ukraine, and when asked about it they had nothing to say past ‘we should spend money on people that need it!’.

      Fuck I hate that province.

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      To be fair, given what happens when Canadians get violent it’s probably better for the rest of the world if we don’t spend more on our military. They’re dangerous enough already.

      And I say this as someone who’s married to one of them.

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    How standardized is the accounting anyway? Does the US Army Corps of engineers count as military spending? Because in most countries that budget would be categorized as civil infrastructure work and not be affiliated with the military in any way.

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      7 months ago

      Are Germany and Italy and Japan former intervention therapy clients then?

      And France is an aunt?

      Nationalism’s weird.

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        Russia is that uncle that used to be cool, started a cult, went kinda normal after his cult fell apart, but is now neck deep in a plot to destroy you and trying to get the cult going again.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          IDK if you could call it dating. I moved out of the house, but she followed me so I had to get a restraining order. She didn’t like that, and it came to blows. We finalized things with a formal separation, but she kept getting involved in my business so I had to sue her, and then she seems to have finally gotten the message.

          We’re on good terms now though, but it took some time for the wounds to heal.