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[Arkancide Pact]

Serious question, can Hindus in India admit that their sacred cows fart? I ask because apparently, the media can’t say the same for their sacred cows.

They've released a clarification:
"Swalwell did pass gas, but it was so pleasant smelling we thought it was an air freshener. Also his fart particles removed all that extra co2 from the atmosphere, thus climate change is averted. We certainly would never call such a dignified emission a 'fart', that's what gross republicans do"

 

[JohnDoe]

Mexico would be a huge liability. You'd be better off just putting automated turrets on the border than trying to integrate them. US planners have known this since the 1840s, I don't expect a reverse course.

Better option might be to march to the Panama canal and just kill everyone between the previous border and the new one which is conveniently located at the important canal and a choke point for ground forces.

In the 90s, Canada being the 51st state in the event of global crisis was nearly a no-brainer. CURRENT YEAR, less so. Canada's current regieme has beholden themselves to non-native interests in ways Obama has wet dreams over, and would likely get dragged down trying to prevent the collapse, which could create an interesting situation on the northern border.

Swift action is key. You have to sweep North and force the annexation, which will be pretty easy once the Chinese bought bureaucrats have been ventilated. Without the post modernists around to convince the population to self genocide, they'll immediately offer their reserves of maple syrup if we'd be willing to share some wheat.

Of course this could only happen if you had enough patriots in key positions willing to do what is required to preserve the nation and it's people.

 

[Jarolleon]

There is a difference between "Survive" and "Thrive". Of all the civilizations that got sack-tapped by the late bronze age collapse, Egypt weathered it best because while bronze made life better, you can't eat it. As they were the top grain producer, everyone could still eat, but their economy crashed, hard.

The US is IIRC one of the top food exporters. The US will survive, but it'll be a rough sort of survival, and sometimes collapse has better long term outcomes for peoples/regions; the Mycenae collapsed, but from that collapse the greek city-states arose who prospered while Egypt survived but struggled for relevancy, with the Greeks eventually taking over for a time and putting thier own Pharoh on the throne.

Mexico would be a huge liability. You'd be better off just putting automated turrets on the border than trying to integrate them. US planners have known this since the 1840s, I don't expect a reverse course.

In the 90s, Canada being the 51st state in the event of global crisis was nearly a no-brainer. CURRENT YEAR, less so. Canada's current regieme has beholden themselves to non-native interests in ways Obama has wet dreams over, and would likely get dragged down trying to prevent the collapse, which could create an interesting situation on the northern border.

Then again middle eastern civilization before the bronze age collapse may have been about as fragile as those old computers that would get wiped if you accidentally put a fridge magnet near them. Did they even have multiple levels of governance or was it just a bunch of despots with pet scribes and guards holding everything together?

 

[SmileyTimeDayCare]

Alright, that was 200% Eric Swalwell trumpeting ass. This excuse is so weak that I've immediately dropped any possible ability to believe alternative answers. That was a straight-up fart. I'll bet Eric's happy for all the attention though, his fart garnered more publicity than his Presidential campaign ever did.

Honestly if he had just owned up to it I would have been like Yeah man everyone farts and sometimes you luck out while you see someone else go down in flames.

Denial...it is a bad look.

 

[heyitsmike]

God I love this timeline Trump has given us.

 

[Hux]

Proves once again the left can't meme. My first reaction would have been laughter and stating 'damn these proceedings are giving me gas' or 'hope that clears the air'.

That's the big problem with these folks, they are elitist to the bone and they detest being laughed at or made fun of. They fancy themselves as erudite, stoic, Romanesque paragons of intelligence and civility that must take it upon themselves to save the vulgar, common peasantry from their own stupidity. This is why lots of people are gravitating more and more towards more (comparatively) relatable figures like Trump because who wants be talked down to by a bunch of entirely disconnected pricks that deny they even fart, let alone insist that even if they do, they don't stink

 

[Freddy Freaker]

They fancy themselves as erudite, stoic, Sargonesque paragons of intelligence and civility

FTFY

 

[Flexo]

News from the hospital.

 

[AprilRains]

Honestly if he had just owned up to it I would have been like Yeah man everyone farts and sometimes you luck out while you see someone else go down in flames.

Denial...it is a bad look.

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.

 

[It's HK-47]

Well, that's a big fuckin' correction, isn't it? Here's your archive anyways, though. Wouldn't want to lose that.

Spoiler

 

[Judge Holden]

Well, that's a big fuckin' correction, isn't it?

"We realise our story does not implicate the Orange Man but infact implicates Black Jesus. We are therefore removing all trace of this story from our archives"

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

I also like to use it as a example of what happens if Magic collapses, or a God denies favor, for just a single kingdom.
You can also flip the script and give the players an incentive to try to re-establish the trade network.

The game I'm running has the characters in the middle of the collapse and it's fun watching them "GODDAMN IT! CAN'T THEY FUCKING DO ONE THING RIGHT?"

Back on topic:

The whole bit over the fart reminds me of when the popular girl busts ass in math class and everyone pretends she didn't just rip one off while her flunkies all shit themselves to cover for her.

You could derail his entire presidental campaign by just replaying that clip.

"I plan on banning all guns and giving free college and food stamps to anyone brown who wanders by!"
<Fart Noises>
Audience busts up laughing.

 

[AprilRains]

You don't need to derail his campaign. He did that himself, months before.

Note: Threatening your voters with nuclear weapons is a bad move when you want them to trust you with the button.

 

[SmileyTimeDayCare]

You don't need to derail his campaign. He did that himself, months before.

Note: Threatening your voters with nuclear weapons is a bad move when you want them to trust you with the button.

He also looks like a mannequin with down syndrome.

 

[JambledUpWords]

This is such a low effort joke. If you’re going to make fun of Trump, at least make it funny.

 

[The Pink Panther]

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This is such a low effort joke. If you’re going to make fun of Trump, at least make it funny.

Would he even know what Kidz Bop is?

 

[SmileyTimeDayCare]

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This is such a low effort joke. If you’re going to make fun of Trump, at least make it funny.

COPPA violation right there.

 

[XYZpdq]

Do they even make Kidz Bop anymore? That makes Trump's Alfred E. reference seem hip and up to date.

 

[Lodoss Warrior]

God I love this timeline Trump has given us.
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Lowkey, Kennedy is one of the few senators I have marginal respect for.

He's one of the few who called out Mark Zuckerberg when he testified. Then, he quickly pointed out how ridiculous the Kavangaugh hearings were. Now he's pointing out the rotting elephant in the room.

 

[Tactical Wizard]

Then again middle eastern civilization before the bronze age collapse may have been about as fragile as those old computers that would get wiped if you accidentally put a fridge magnet near them. Did they even have multiple levels of governance or was it just a bunch of despots with pet scribes and guards holding everything together?

Their economies were extremely advanced and as intricate as anything in pre-modern times. The great kingdoms and empires of the bronze age existed broadly in a system known as granary socialism wherein entire multi-level bureaucracies parceled out land and determined how much of what would be grown where and by whom. This required a level of sophistication and record keeping that most pre-modern peoples would struggle with until the Hellenistic/Roman period. Different polities also engaged in trade widely and their economies were inter-meshed to a degree that has only recently been equaled.

Let's take the reason that we call the bronze age what we do: Bronze. Bronze is an alloy of Tin and Copper, it was nearly omnipresent across Eurasia yet tin, at the time, is only known to have been mined in Wales and Anatolia. This bespeaks a massive smelting industry and trading network stretching around the eastern Mediterranean. That Tin needs to be mined, smelted, transported and alloyed after all.

In light of this, the Bronze Age Collapse is thought to be one of cascading failure; a heavily inter-meshed series of economies relying upon careful agricultural management. As you start pulling cards out of the stack, the entire thing will pass a point where it can no longer support itself.

Take it from someone much smarter than I am.