PurpleTree

I guess one of the hopes could be that they inflict such severe losses on Russian troops that people in Russia then are beginning to stand up against Putin and maybe want someone else or another direction.

i don't think they have the right weaponry how can they match one of the strongest armies in the world (who is battle tested) they need lots of jets, drones etc. and even then they don't have nukes

because in the west they're often looked at as the victim/underdog

K Ghouls also the best that's you on the right and me on the left and we'll summon demons for world peace

well then we can finally see if NATO and recently QUAD are worth something or if they're just a scam but then it's also lights out for all of us anyway ??

? i don't think i'm ready for that did get into a fight with a guy though because of a woman which was horrible

^^ of course i'm actually really disappointed by putin/russia and the invasion/attack i was defending russia a bit and understood russia's fears somewhat didn't have a problem with russian gas wanted them to integrate more with western europe wanted to visit russia actually and now i don't

why does it boggle your mind, aren't fights often between people with "shared histories"?

you basically started this ish when you told the Ukraine they can join the EU in 2014 or whatever also with NATO expansionism now you want to not pick a side?

totally agree

so what should the west now do in your opinion?

russia is afraid of losing sphere of influence if countries like ukraine, georgia, armenia etc. get closer to the west then russia becomes less important and loses sphere of influence then the resistance against putin in russia etc. might also become bigger and they might get toppled and in case of conflict then the west also has huge advantages

i think that's a terrible argument though how were things like the "Nazis" possible if it's so hard for people to agree and find common ground?

i'll listen to your opinion K, PurpleTree can handle it

Putin doesn't want to "lose" the Ukraine to the "west" imo So it is coming out of love in a twisted way Like a jealous guy who beats his gf who wants to leave him or whatever

since i saw how you reacted in the nahm thread and you said that you were kind of gullible and donated large sums of money i don't think you should get into conspiracy theories i don't think it's healthy it can really mess with your mind

i don't think that's necessary

unfortunately modafinil and piracetam are the most effective i've tried never tried noopept or sulbutiamine but read good stuff about it on reddit most stims are too stimulating for me

Besides having a fear of my own discomfort i guess there's a pretty big fear of making other people uncomfortable, especially women. Has anyone had the same fear and successfully dealt with it? Would an antidote be to make others uncomfortable on purpose?

well my take is we're being held hostage by megalomaniacal politicians and paranoid people with power (on all sides) since 1000s of yrs and i'm not fond of it ?

Some people just talk a lot and also a lot of "uninteresting" stuff imo, they can't stand silence I'll often try to meet them at their interests and talk nonsense with them but it's often boring Do you try to steer the convo in a direction you're more interested in? I don't mind silence sometimes Also how do you deal with people who make horrible jokes and expect you to laugh at them? i often feel guilty if i can't laugh at their stuff

yeah i'll also do the Mhm sometimes, or stare off into space Two of my work collegues for example are like that. One of them is really annoying she's also kind of my superior so i can't just walk away and have to fake smiles at her dumb jokes. The other one just can never shut up, probably can't stand silence, with him i'll just try to steer the convo into different directions. Another one also never shuts up but he often talks interesting stuff at least. A friend for example also likes to talk to me about nonsensical bs, he talks to me about brands and brags about stuff, which i really don't care about. But he's good peoples otherwise.

don't know if that's the case but maybe it is. but i'm mostly talking to the people who won't stop nagging. i think most people said their opinion and that's that. ok the guy is gone, maybe he'll come back as a member who knows but all this name calling, stuff demanding and finger pointing is a bit much