OT: 91st Obsequious Banter Thread: Where Silent Lucidity takes on new meaning

[Lord Defect]

In this specific context, yes. Even if one of the poll workers was either intentionally doing something wrong or unknowingly doing something wrong it is so unlikely that no one else in there (voters, poll workers, poll watchers, challengers, etc.) stood by and did nothing. Perhaps if this was a more secretive exchange it would be more believable, but going to a polling place, announcing you are not registered to vote and being told that you can vote anyway without more is just so unbelievable unless the room was cleared of everyone but the Project Veritas guy, the poll worker, and the voter...which again is so unlikely that it is not worth considering over the much more likely explanation of the video being staged or without context (like the poll worker was making a joke, or an explanation to the guy that "Yes you can fill out a provisional ballot but it will not be counted") or something like that.

Again, I’m not a fan of PV and I’m not saying what they are showing actually happened. I feel like I’m arguing for no reason lol

 

[Hurricane28]

One thing I've read about this country is that poll workers are very undertrained in some locations. Not surprising at all to see mistakes.

 

[Lord Defect]

They did lose a defamation suit for 150k.

Their record is so bad now that like Infowars or Zerohedge, the default position to anything they publish should be to assume falsehood.

I stand corrected there then. Ty.

 

[ajgoal]

Are we losing because @Beef Invictus misspelled foetid and folks are confused? Or are people really this soff?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Are we losing because @Beef Invictus misspelled foetid and folks are confused? Or are people really this soff?

Are you in the UK?

 

[Lord Defect]

@Beef Invictus

 

[landsbergfan]

@Beef Invictus

Wait this whole time the Hood was bigger than the Bismark?

 

[Beef Invictus]

@Beef Invictus

Gonna get mega nitpicky here and point out that Hood was a battlecruiser.

Battlecruisers were definitely an idea. Not heavily protected enough for a slugging match with another battlecruiser of battleship. But that's how they were used, and there's a reason why a whole ton of them exploded in spectacular and sudden fashion.

 

[Appleyard]

Wait this whole time the Hood was bigger than the Bismark?

Longer but smaller.

Off that only Yamamoto was "bigger" than the Bismarck.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Wait this whole time the Hood was bigger than the Bismark?

I don't think this is 100% accurate. Bismarck was longer, but not by a lot at all. He had a shitload more armor too. You couldn't eyeball them and tell which was bigger. Iowa was longer than Yamato, but Yamato had the greater displacement.

 

[Lord Defect]

I don’t know why but I never realized Italy had a battleship, let alone a navy, and I often forget they were involved at all. All you ever really hear about is Germany and Japan.

 

[landsbergfan]

I don't think this is 100% accurate. Bismarck was longer, but not by a lot at all. He had a shitload more armor too. You couldn't eyeball them and tell which was bigger. Iowa was longer than Yamato, but Yamato had the greater displacement.

speaking of displacement...!!!!! (ironically less displacement than the last one tho)

 

[Beef Invictus]

I don’t know why but I never realized Italy had a battleship, let alone a navy, and I often forget they were involved at all. All you ever really hear about is Germany and Japan.

France too.

Italy had some really interesting ships, actually. Also the most aesthetically pleasing. Italy has long been kind of underrated in the battleship race. Fincantieri getting the FFG(X) contract shouldn't be too much a surprise, they have a tradition of good design.

Part of why Italy is forgotten is that they got kind of roflstomped by the Royal Navy, but that was chiefly due to vastly superior intelligence on the RN's part, rather than quality.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Here's an in-depth video that eventually talks about Italian armor theory. They were running with interesting ideas that might have been able to achieve protection at lower weight, and thus allow higher speed.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Again, I’m not a fan of PV and I’m not saying what they are showing actually happened. I feel like I’m arguing for no reason lol

It certainly seems like you're defending them here haha. If not then ok. The most likely scenario is that this is a highly edited and out of context video or is completely staged and faked. It is certainly possible, as anything is, that this is legitimate and may be either intentional wrongdoing or inadvertent wrongdoing, but it is also possible that that the Flyers can go undefeated the rest of the season including the Playoffs and win the Stanley Cup. While both of those things are technically possible, the odds are so heavily against it that it doesn't warrant consideration.

 

[DancingPanther]

@DancingPanther if it makes you feel better I ordered new tires and a few days before they were installed I got a screw in one of them. I didnt care since it was going to be replaced, but now 3 days after the new tires are on my tire is low again

No bb that doesn't make me feel better

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

@Beef Invictus

It’s hard to really appreciate the size of these things this unless you’re standing next to them.

 

[TB87]

 

[landsbergfan]

It’s hard to really appreciate the size of these things this unless you’re standing next to them.

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I dont see you anywhere

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I dont see you anywhere

 

[Beef Invictus]

It’s hard to really appreciate the size of these things this unless you’re standing next to them.

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lol that thing could go 32mph

 

[DancingPanther]

@Beef Invictus

f***ing love bread

 

[ajgoal]

@Beef Invictus

I am disappointed. Of these, only the Yamato has spaceflight capability.

 

[ajgoal]

Are you in the UK?

No, but @Appleyard is, and he voted incorrectly.

 

[Asnito]

I don’t know why but I never realized Italy had a battleship, let alone a navy, and I often forget they were involved at all. All you ever really hear about is Germany and Japan.

Their Navy was probably their biggest contribution to the Axis. They had some decent planes and supplied many troops to both the N African and Eastern front. The problem was they mobilized for war in the 30's and didn't have the resources to upgrade so by 1943 their equipment was badly outdated.