Conan the Barbarian

What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

Was curious about "rewards sharing" on X. Disclaimer that I have no intention of being "a creator", but I thought this was interesting:

"Impressions: Have at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in the last 90 days (impressions on replies are excluded)."

X does not find any value in replying to anyone's posts.

For maximum rewards, we should just be people who throw things into the void, hoping for readers, but never a discussion. Discussions do not count as contributions.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

Guy got bodied in the comments, so he disabled comments, lol. Truth is, Europe could step in and side with Ukraine at any time. Nothing is stopping Canada from sending troops either.

None of them want to. They just want America and Starlink to do what they won't do.

[Balkan Fella 🇪🇺 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇧🇬 ☸️✝️ @balkan_fella]

If this happens, America will be my enemy for the rest of my life. I’d rather see Europe join forces with China than with traitors.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@piyushmittal Good. If anyone is using their Tesla to attack foreign targets, they should get it disabled. I wonder how Toyota feels about all the terrorists that outfit their trucks with machine guns and uses them to mow down civilians.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@SawyerMerritt @Tesla If the range is good enough for them, it makes a lot of sense. Electric vehicles are easier to maintain than internal combustion, full stop. The fact that it's bullet resistant and can out-accelerate any non-electric (for PIT maneuvers) makes it seem like an easy win.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@tak_ya_anna Oh no! If only Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands or Belgium had a military that could help you.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@RonK3l 0% chance that Canada allows Telesat to be used to attack Russia.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@NewsHound88 @JohnCleese Yeah I just now finally unfollowed @JohnCleese. His perspectives on what's happening in the UK are interesting and I'm sad to not see them anymore, but it's not worth wading through all the TDS bullshit he keeps throwing into my timeline.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@elonmusk I'm always shocked by it when I visit relatives and they have it on. It makes them so mad, but they watch it anyway. And the bias and baiting could not be more blatant. Maybe you need to create a news station.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@Kalshi The entire United States Constitution is on their "list of targets" if the Democrats ever get into power again.

They challenge it all the time from the state level, but from the federal level they are far more dangerous.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@PolAnimalAus @davidportier Elon? Probably not. Starlink satellites would turn into legitimate military targets. And as low earth orbit satellites, they are far more vulnerable than GPS satellites.

So, again, why should Starlink and SpaceX do what all the militaries of Europe won't do?

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@nak3d_snak3 @NoMAGAallowed And you make serious accusations based on literal Russian propaganda. If I want to know your opinion, I'll read The Moscow Times.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@Sarakhan49309 It even says in the video he was fired for physically attacking another employee. You'll never grow on X by pretending to be an idiot. Bait like this gets views, but not subscribers.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@learning_yohei Many long years. But I only took an interest when Musk bought it, and then more interest when automated translation was added.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@hoshizorarock We cannot eat them, because they are in Japan. You must eat them for us. We expect a full report in the morning.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@TheDMVLive @ICEgov should obtain a list of anyone who was found to not have a license, and do a little follow-up to see if they are here legally at all.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@mynaaaaame9 @retail_recruit Yep. And the militaries of the world seem to be letting Putin do what he wants. Putin even got direct boots on the ground help from North Korea, and still none of the nations of Europe send Ukraine so much as a single platoon to help.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@Mrgunsngear Death penalty.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@blackmage1984 @retail_recruit Yep, people seem to keep dodging that. It's like Ukraine used Reddit to share critical military information then got mad because a mod shut them down.

Putting critical military infrastructure on a civilian service was reckless at best.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

Exactly -- they sell it. Lockheed doesn't operate its equipment during an attack. They teach the military to do it. If Ukraine was relying on a civilian service, with civilian controllers, to run military operations then they are fools.

Or more charitably, they are desperate. They are desperate because they aren't getting help from other militaries.

Everyone is expecting a civilian company to do what the militaries of the world are too scared to do.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@Damaan4u33 @JohnCleese falling for another fake edited video. You know better when it comes to the BBC and UK matters, but you fall for it every single time when it's America or Trump.

[Conan the Barbarian @RandomPerson242]

@tov_bezvidpovid @ZacksJerryRig In which case, no one should care, or be surprised, that "Starlink" was disabled as a military weapon.

It would mean that Ukraine was rather foolishly abusing a civilian service and rightfully got the plug pulled.