Who said it was strategic? He went to camp David and totally flipped his position
Someone sat him down, and drilled this plan into him. Then he lost his shit when it didn’t go like they promised
What he wants hasn’t changed, but it seems like they convinced him a quick bombing campaign and a “mission accomplished” banner could stop this war
I think it’s more than just the peace prize
Think of how long making peace in the middle east has been this near impossible goal. It’s even a trope in media to display super intelligence
He wanted his wall, not because he gave a shit, but he wanted a landmark. He wants the model Nobel peace prize, but he really wants to be remembered as this mythical deal maker, the peace president
And honestly? Aside from Gaza, for a little while it seemed like he was about to do it, through the power of open bribery and having a melty soup brain
If great white sharks count I think orcas would too
But yeah… Those are cool and all, but it’s like asking me what my favorite kind of flower is. I see how they look cool, I see how others might get excited for them, but I’m just not that interested in them
But orcas have many different languages and cultures. They swim across entire oceans. Some of them started sinking yahts (for what I’m convinced is based on understanding which humans are destroying the world), but they never harm humans (outside of the ones driven insane by confinement)
They might actually be smarter than us, their brains are the most wrinkly in the world. They could have oral traditions going back as far as human history
Yes, he’s the real deal. He has the math worked out, he’s got a cohesive plan, he’s made alliances, he’s got a ton of energy behind him, and he just nails every interview - even hostile ones
Yes, it’s going to be an uphill battle. There’s going to be a ton of institutional resistance… But if he can force policies through anyways, it would so huge for the entire country
I think you’re looking at this the correct way - these people are totally impulsive and incompetent, but they’re not acting randomly
I think Trump genuinely wants to be peacemaker, he was advancing talks and holding back the MIC (who have wanted was with Iran for decades)
So he goes to camp David, and in a matter of hours “Iran can’t have a nuke, they’re close, they can’t have it”
I don’t know what they told him, but I think Trump’s plan was to do a big bombing run, declare success, and force Israel to back off before working towards a peace deal
And yes, Trump just tweeted out a cease fire and expected it to work, but the US does have that much power over Israel’s ability to wage war… He told Netanyahu to cut it the fuck out, and we’ll see
The MIC wants this to go forward, they love supplying arms to Israel, but theoretically Trump could cut off arms shipments to them
But to be clear, this is not about the nuclear program itself one way or the other… It doesn’t matter if the sites were destroyed or moved beforehand. Peace talks were ongoing, Iran wants back into the fold
What matters is if a peace deal can be reached, and I think Trump genuinely wants it. The money behind both Israel and the US definitely want war
We’ll see who’s in control
No, this campaign was everything you could ask for
His core platform - free and faster buses, free childcare, rent freezes, and no one making less than $1M will be paying for any of it
It’s simple, it’s hard to fear monger against, and it’s things the people want. The best they had was “but he’s Muslim”
Does this picture count as a meme too? Because Vance also looks weird and creepy in it
Did you see the parade? That was after people spotted ads for crowd fillers in the wild
This administration struggles to organize anything
OMG really? That must have been so hard for you
Our boy did win, and it was not close. I hope you too have taken a moment to enjoy this overwhelming victory
People were named after the steak sauce? That’s wild
I’m also very sick of the clickbait titles. But in the case, he did actually lose it… I was doubled over laughing, the whole sequence is amazing
Okay, that flavor maths out much better, I can picture it
You don’t understand. They never stopped, they aren’t distracting from Gaza… They needed another war to keep Netanyahu in power
Okay, I’ll eat shrimp tails sometimes, hell I eat the end of chicken bones until they get all splintery
But you say leftover… Do you just like, pop a handful in your mouth one by one? And is this something that’s surprisingly satisfying, or just ok?
No need. Zohran killed it, he probably wins by double digits in round 2
Now we’re letting AI impeach our president?
Well, at this point let’s give it a shot…
Then do orcas count? Because I just can’t think of anything from the depths I find that interesting, things just move so slow down there
But I have orca facts for days
I don’t have one, but now I’m thinking about it
Abstraction is a trade off. You don’t want to build interface layers between everything… It’s a pain in the ass, and if there’s a 1-1 relationship between parts of a system then you’re basically putting in a minimum cost to modify that area in any way. So if you do it, it’ll probably be once you’ve locked down the design pretty well
Game development is pretty different than normal development too. You have a lot of one off and lose ends based on creative decisions… You aren’t building up on top of your system, you’re building out
And frankly, it leads to a mix of mind blowingly good code and a lot of terrible code
So no, I don’t think it’s that easy. I think it’s also a bullshit argument, and they should release the “proprietary” code when they finish supporting the game, or put in the time to make the interfaces