Magholes
This must be the dumbest war ever fought.
Just wait until the curved of Hormuz finds out.
And the gay of Hormuz too
One Nation, Under KGB Agent Krasnov
You guys really are winning. :)
Make sure to be grateful every day and say thank you.
I think this Trump guy is playing for the wrong team.
Depends on what team you’re on. But he’s definitely never played for team America.
i think his understanding of team america comes from the movie team america and no one bothered to tell him that’s not an educational video.
“raised oil for Americans” no bro, the rest of the world don’t exist, only USA, Trump and the Democrats.
raised nitrogen fertilizer prices too
how can he bomb something legally?
By declaring war.
No no, by declaring war legally.
Step 1: Remove EV Tax Credit Step 2: Spike Oil Prices Step 3: Put extra tax on EVs
Now you make people get EVs AND pay you for the pleasure. Extra points if you invest your stocks right to capitalize on both the spike in oil and the raised demand of EVs! So much winning! (But not for the Average American)
What a play.
Also I have a question. Maybe somebody can answer.
How the fuck is it that any country can impose all these rules on other countries?
So I knew a guy from Iran.
From Instagram. He made 3d printable models (really unique and interesting ones with the theme of dead head moths, tigers, other moths. Skulls. here is a link to a few pictures of ones I printed. https://imgur.com/a/uI3CnA1 )
Anyway. I chatted with him a bit. I suggested some filaments. And he disclosed he was from Iran.
That’s when I learned of some crazy shit.
He told me he couldn’t get the filament because it’s no one will ship filament to Iran except some sellers in China.
1 roll of filament ($25) is almost equivalent to a Full months income there for most people.
He said he had some off brand Chinese printer because no one else would ship him one.
And that the U.S bans other countries from doing business with Iran.
I asked him about how he learned his 3d skills. Said he was a medical device engineer as his day job. Said he often worked 12 hr shifts.
He made way more designing his 3d art models and selling the model files. He has a patreon like a lot of designers. So he makes like $700 USD a month through that, which is way more than he could make as a medical engineer in Iran.
He also told me no one in Iran is allowed to use PayPal. So it’s been hard to sell his art internationally.
He was married and had a kid.
A few months ago his Instagram was deleted. I don’t know what happened.
I don’t know if he and his family are okay.I don’t know anything else.
I worry about him all the time. He’s just some artist. You know? Just like anyone else. Just trying to survive and give the world his art. And idk. I just think about how fucked all this is.
While the US is certainly to blame for that to a large extent, a lot of them problems are also home made.
Thanks for sharing this story. The care you feel for him comes through strongly in your comment. I appreciate being able to have a small insight into the life of one Iranian person; it’s not much, but I’ve found this kind of thing to be a helpful way to anchor my concern around the current conflict in compassion for my fellow humans, rather than disconnected geopolitics.
I think this story will stick with me. I wonder whether the weight of your worry will feel a little lighter now that you’re not the only person carrying it. I hope he and his family are doing okay. I hope he is able to someday see a world where his art can reach more people like you.
This is due to a bunch of big, powerful countries teaming up and bullying everybody else.
Why do you think it’s such a big deal if Iran has nuclear weapons? After all, the US has nuclear weapons. Russia has nuclear weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons. So why can’t Iran have nuclear weapons?
Because if Iran had nuclear weapons, then those big and powerful nations might have to give Iran a seat at the table. It wouldn’t be so easy pushing Iran around anymore, because if you pointed nuclear missiles at Iran, you’d have nuclear missiles pointing right back at you.
Personally, I don’t think that any country should have nukes. They’re too dangerous. I think that all countries should be working towards mutual nuclear disarmament. This can be done through treaties and so on. But if any country is allowed to have them, then every country should be allowed to have them.
Yeah I agree with you.
Every country should have nukes, humans are too dangerous
I tracked down his patreon and showed activity about a month ago. So maybe he just doesn’t have Instagram anymore. I will try to reach out to him on patreon.
He wasn’t “just some artist,” he was your friend.
You know the fucked up secondary thing about this was I was telling my mom about him and how I was worried if something happened to him. And she was more concerned I was probably talking to a terrorist.
Right.
So he spends all this time designing models and building a following just to …I guess talk to random Americans about filament But is covertly trying to do a terrorism ?
I’m still angry about that.
My mother once asked me how I knew the people I was playing CS:Source with weren’t all pedophiles. I was 18 at the time.
Moms can be dumb.
Well, he’s Iranian. Aren’t they all terrorists? That’s what we’ve been hearing for the last half century.
I hope you find your friend safe.
Just wait til you find out about sanctions on food and medical supplies haha
I guess the “pro sanctions” argument would be that countries have very few ways to influence each other: political pressure (asking nicely), economic pressure (sanctions to make the country poor), and military pressure (bombs). And that hey at least it’s not bombs (until it is).
But just like with bombs, sanctions will always hurt a ton of people who were just trying to live their lives and did not want to be part of the conflict.
I hope your friend gets by OK.
This is nothing new https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran
Oh no…it gets better.
He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.
But then Ukraine went and blew up a bunch of Russian oil processing and storage facilities, effectively stopping russia from being able to sell
So…now there’s less oil overall and Iran can charge even more.
almost like the only real objective was to help russia and its allies
we know trump is a traitor this is no surprise. don’t forget to vote Dem in november
If only he could be as sympathetic and intelligent as The Gang.
Or as, you know, powerless
At this point I am not even sure whether Trump wants Ukraine to win.
He wants profit and power. I dont think he cares what happens in order for him to get it. The world is just like one of his companies. You fire people, you treat them badly, anything to get what you want from the entire thing.
He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.
whatever the reasons are.
The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn’t a necessity.
My tax dollars at work.
Also somehow my tax dollars at work.
Trump does not care who wins beyond how it affects him.
He wants distractions to keep himself and his loyal family out of prison.
US policy in regards to Ukraine is to bog Russia down. Same thing as when they were fighting in Afghanistan. The longer this conflict goes on, the better for US foreign policy objectives (and weapons manufacturers).
He never did want Ukraine to win. Either he gets the rare minerals from Ukraine, or he does things in a way to make his BFF Putin owe him one.
Wdym at this point? He’s been in office for over a year now
Litterally 1984
It could only be more 1984 if there were no war but the government made up lies, took lives, and wrote articles about it anyway.
Anyone been to Iran lately to check? 🤨🤯
Is America Great already?
No.
Is Trump & Friends richer?
Yes.
One has to wonder how much money they made just of the crypto grift. Everything Trump has done from day one has been to funnel money from regular people’s pockets into billionaires’ pockets, including him self and every tech oligarch that bent the knee.
I just found out that Barron has a net worth of $150 million, primarily because of crypto scams.
My go-to response when my more conservative relatives complain about the cost of anything is “are we great again yet?”
They don’t complain around me anymore, which means they’ve internalized my response by now
hEs pLaYiNg 4d ChEsS
I just assumed Americans actually spelled it as ‘straight’
If this war has any silver lining, it’s teaching a couple people how to spell “strait”
Are the Straits okay?
No, they’re pretty dire.
Not like they’re gonna get money for nothing and chicks for free.
I’d ask them myself but they’re so far away from me.
Well Harry doesn’t mind, if he doesn’t make the scene
let me ask Knopfler
He wouldn’t know, he came out as gay in 1994. Dire Gays?
Puts Sailing to Philadelphia in a different light. TIL.
I hear the Strait of Hormuz is getting a long needed vacation. Trump is making the Arabian peninsula great again!
Also no
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“Strait” meaning “narrow, confining”: it’s a narrow passage through a body of water. See also “straitjacket”, a narrow and confining jacket.
