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On April 08 2026 09:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:Now, we can send in Greta Thunberg to scold the Iranians for using 2 stroke go kart engines to power their drobnes. I'm a big advocate of the 2-stroke engine... it is light, power packed, and cheap. Clearly, the Iranians agree with my "fuck the environmentalists" stance on this issue. Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 08:47 KwarK wrote:
I bet that when Iran ends up in control of the strait and opens their toll booth for anyone who pays $2m Trump will sell that to Jimmy as the strait being open, after all ships are passing through. this is only the framework. not the final draft.
I just love how you squeezed three different fallacies into one completely pointless post. Bravo.
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On April 08 2026 17:46 oBlade wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 14:49 Geiko wrote:On April 08 2026 13:45 oBlade wrote:On April 08 2026 08:23 LightSpectra wrote:it was open before the fucking war started Also open before the war: Drone factories, the navy, at least half of their missile capabilities Not open before the war: The Supreme Leader's head So you're saying that the war started by Trump has resulted in literally everyone being worse off than 2 month ago ? (Except Trump and his friends/family who bet on oil prices and polymarket). Everyone except Iran, you mean, which is also much better off, having defeated several US Navy torpedoes with the hulls of its ships. I think Iran earning ~135 million a day or just shy of 50 billion dollars a year from taxing the strait of Hormuz will more then pay for the replacement of everything the US has destroyed.
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Let's destroy them by making them rich beyond their wildest dreams, that's what worked for us!
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On April 08 2026 17:46 oBlade wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 14:49 Geiko wrote:On April 08 2026 13:45 oBlade wrote:On April 08 2026 08:23 LightSpectra wrote:it was open before the fucking war started Also open before the war: Drone factories, the navy, at least half of their missile capabilities Not open before the war: The Supreme Leader's head So you're saying that the war started by Trump has resulted in literally everyone being worse off than 2 month ago ? (Except Trump and his friends/family who bet on oil prices and polymarket). Everyone except Iran, you mean, which is also much better off, having defeated several US Navy torpedoes with the hulls of its ships.
So you are going to gloat on some big boats? How about:
"US made succesfull operation, when after losing a plane, it retrieved both pilots on the cost of 2 more".
Or how about:
"US increased security in region by disarming Shahid drones with their radar domes".
Or maybe:
"US completely succeded with depleting iranian drone stockpiles by depleting their anti-air stockpiles"
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On April 08 2026 18:29 Godwrath wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 09:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:Now, we can send in Greta Thunberg to scold the Iranians for using 2 stroke go kart engines to power their drobnes. I'm a big advocate of the 2-stroke engine... it is light, power packed, and cheap. Clearly, the Iranians agree with my "fuck the environmentalists" stance on this issue. On April 08 2026 08:47 KwarK wrote:
I bet that when Iran ends up in control of the strait and opens their toll booth for anyone who pays $2m Trump will sell that to Jimmy as the strait being open, after all ships are passing through. this is only the framework. not the final draft. I just love how you squeezed three different fallacies into one completely pointless post. Bravo.
I am constantly confused by JJRs posts. They always feel like some weird referential joke that i just don't get. But it is never in response to anything that someone said, the posts are just there. It feels as if JJR just really wants to randomly talk about 2 stroke engines (for example), and then just pushes the context until he gets there, but basically no one else can follow.
I never know if JJR wants to make some actual point, or he wants to make some weird joke that i don't get.
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On April 08 2026 18:50 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 18:29 Godwrath wrote:On April 08 2026 09:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:Now, we can send in Greta Thunberg to scold the Iranians for using 2 stroke go kart engines to power their drobnes. I'm a big advocate of the 2-stroke engine... it is light, power packed, and cheap. Clearly, the Iranians agree with my "fuck the environmentalists" stance on this issue. On April 08 2026 08:47 KwarK wrote:
I bet that when Iran ends up in control of the strait and opens their toll booth for anyone who pays $2m Trump will sell that to Jimmy as the strait being open, after all ships are passing through. this is only the framework. not the final draft. I just love how you squeezed three different fallacies into one completely pointless post. Bravo. I am constantly confused by JJRs posts. They always feel like some weird referential joke that i just don't get. But it is never in response to anything that someone said, the posts are just there. It feels as if JJR just really wants to randomly talk about 2 stroke engines (for example), and then just pushes the context until he gets there, but basically no one else can follow. I never know if JJR wants to make some actual point, or he wants to make some weird joke that i don't get.
Just imagine there's a sinister global conspiracy to deny everybody the glorious feeling of living in the 1980s.
All his posts are about that.
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On April 08 2026 18:41 hitthat wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 17:46 oBlade wrote:On April 08 2026 14:49 Geiko wrote:On April 08 2026 13:45 oBlade wrote:On April 08 2026 08:23 LightSpectra wrote:it was open before the fucking war started Also open before the war: Drone factories, the navy, at least half of their missile capabilities Not open before the war: The Supreme Leader's head So you're saying that the war started by Trump has resulted in literally everyone being worse off than 2 month ago ? (Except Trump and his friends/family who bet on oil prices and polymarket). Everyone except Iran, you mean, which is also much better off, having defeated several US Navy torpedoes with the hulls of its ships. So you are going to gloat on some big boats? How about: "US made succesfull operation, when after losing a plane, it retrieved both pilots on the cost of 2 more".
Yes, that's right.
On April 08 2026 18:41 hitthat wrote:
Or how about:
"US increased security in region by disarming Shahid drones with their radar domes".
No, that's wrong.
On April 08 2026 18:41 hitthat wrote:
Or maybe:
"US completely succeded with depleting iranian drone stockpiles by depleting their anti-air stockpiles"
That's factually wrong but directionally close. Remember one sentence ago when you expressed through irony that a Shahid [sic] drone blowing something up was bad? Anti-air stops that from happening.
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Few points:
-- We can't be sure this will last. Trump is known to change his mind several times a day, and Israel loves the idea of the US doing their job for them.
-- Lets see how the Liban thing plays out.
-- The whole war was extremely inefficient for the US. There are even videos of them blowing up shades on runways with million-dollar missiles. They had to dig into some strategic missile stockpiles. Sure, they inflicted some heavy punishment, but it cost them A LOT.
-- Iran will replace their capabilities much faster than the US. They are cheaper and simpler.
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On April 08 2026 19:09 oBlade wrote:
No, that's wrong.
Yeah, claim that AWACS plane of yours with the entire section removed was "damaged". Or that THAAD in at Muwaffaq Salti Base was "still operational".
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Seeing oblade making intellectual contortions to keep believing that the fucking idiot he has elected is not actually fucking things up and that his administration is definitely not a dumpster fire is fascinating.
I have never seen someone deploying so much intellectual energy to remain stupid.
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On April 08 2026 18:50 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 18:29 Godwrath wrote:On April 08 2026 09:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:Now, we can send in Greta Thunberg to scold the Iranians for using 2 stroke go kart engines to power their drobnes. I'm a big advocate of the 2-stroke engine... it is light, power packed, and cheap. Clearly, the Iranians agree with my "fuck the environmentalists" stance on this issue. On April 08 2026 08:47 KwarK wrote:
I bet that when Iran ends up in control of the strait and opens their toll booth for anyone who pays $2m Trump will sell that to Jimmy as the strait being open, after all ships are passing through. this is only the framework. not the final draft. I just love how you squeezed three different fallacies into one completely pointless post. Bravo. I am constantly confused by JJRs posts. They always feel like some weird referential joke that i just don't get. But it is never in response to anything that someone said, the posts are just there. It feels as if JJR just really wants to randomly talk about 2 stroke engines (for example), and then just pushes the context until he gets there, but basically no one else can follow. I never know if JJR wants to make some actual point, or he wants to make some weird joke that i don't get.
i genuinely think the 2 stroke engine is a great piece of engineering. it is a cryin' shame the engine was sacrificed at the altar of environmentalism.
The engine was originally designed in 1987 and probably reverse engineered by the Iranians ~2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbach_L550E
The HESA Shahed 136 is a great piece of work by the Iranians. It has been a big factor in this war.
On April 08 2026 18:35 Uldridge wrote:
Let's destroy them by making them rich beyond their wildest dreams, that's what worked for us!
I hope Iran recovers quickly and becomes a top economy in the world. I'd like to see 90 million happy people as opposed to what those 90M are experiencing right now.
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On April 08 2026 19:48 hitthat wrote:Yeah, claim that AWACS plane of yours with the entire section removed was "damaged". Or that THAAD in at Muwaffaq Salti Base was "still operational".
It's not my plane and I didn't claim that. You're talking to yourself. You also need to add the word "only" or "just." Because it definitely wasn't undamaged.
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On April 08 2026 20:09 oBlade wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 19:48 hitthat wrote:On April 08 2026 19:09 oBlade wrote:
No, that's wrong.
Yeah, claim that AWACS plane of yours with the entire section removed was "damaged". Or that THAAD in at Muwaffaq Salti Base was "still operational". It's not my plane and I didn't claim that. You're talking to yourself. You also need to add the word "only" or "just." Because it definitely wasn't undamaged.
Sure, because other way understatements will become unclear to anyone, right?
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On April 08 2026 20:31 hitthat wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 20:09 oBlade wrote:On April 08 2026 19:48 hitthat wrote:On April 08 2026 19:09 oBlade wrote:
No, that's wrong.
Yeah, claim that AWACS plane of yours with the entire section removed was "damaged". Or that THAAD in at Muwaffaq Salti Base was "still operational". It's not my plane and I didn't claim that. You're talking to yourself. You also need to add the word "only" or "just." Because it definitely wasn't undamaged. Sure, because other way understatements will become unclear to anyone, right?
We already agreed the understatement was wrong.
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The less arguments oBlade has, the more he resorts to "Ackhyually ..." type posts. It's getting a bit sad 
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On April 08 2026 13:45 oBlade wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 08:23 LightSpectra wrote:it was open before the fucking war started Also open before the war: Drone factories, the navy, at least half of their missile capabilities Not open before the war: The Supreme Leader's head
This is like saying Japan won WWII because Roosevelt was dead and Pearl Harbor was a victory.
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On April 08 2026 19:57 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Seeing oblade making intellectual contortions to keep believing that the fucking idiot he has elected is not actually fucking things up and that his administration is definitely not a dumpster fire is fascinating.
I have never seen someone deploying so much intellectual energy to remain stupid.
I’m convinced it’s a performance art piece at this stage
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On April 08 2026 21:04 Geiko wrote:The less arguments oBlade has, the more he resorts to "Ackhyually ..." type posts. It's getting a bit sad
It doesn't take a significant amount of reasoning to explain that a plane blown up in the Middle East isn't mine.
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On April 08 2026 18:50 Simberto wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2026 18:29 Godwrath wrote:On April 08 2026 09:12 JimmyJRaynor wrote:Now, we can send in Greta Thunberg to scold the Iranians for using 2 stroke go kart engines to power their drobnes. I'm a big advocate of the 2-stroke engine... it is light, power packed, and cheap. Clearly, the Iranians agree with my "fuck the environmentalists" stance on this issue. On April 08 2026 08:47 KwarK wrote:
I bet that when Iran ends up in control of the strait and opens their toll booth for anyone who pays $2m Trump will sell that to Jimmy as the strait being open, after all ships are passing through. this is only the framework. not the final draft. I just love how you squeezed three different fallacies into one completely pointless post. Bravo. I am constantly confused by JJRs posts. They always feel like some weird referential joke that i just don't get. But it is never in response to anything that someone said, the posts are just there. It feels as if JJR just really wants to randomly talk about 2 stroke engines (for example), and then just pushes the context until he gets there, but basically no one else can follow. I never know if JJR wants to make some actual point, or he wants to make some weird joke that i don't get.
If one considers his posts as monologues rather than an invitation to genuine dialogue they tend to make more sense.
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Your only saying that because your in the pocket of big 4 stroke.
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