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Will the conflict in Syria cause World War III?
Yes/it most likely will. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
No/it most likely won't. 78%  78%  [ 7 ]
Undecided. 22%  22%  [ 2 ]
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13 Apr 2018, 3:09 pm

I'm fairly unconcerned about the prospect. It's got me thinking about something interesting though. If we did have a war, it's in the internet age. Ordinary people on both sides would be talking to each other.



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14 Apr 2018, 1:35 am

Drake wrote:
I'm fairly unconcerned about the prospect. It's got me thinking about something interesting though. If we did have a war, it's in the internet age. Ordinary people on both sides would be talking to each other.

There would be excessive propaganda in social media. And tribelike attitude of most of the people.
I'm close enough to Ukraine to see it happening now. Even political fights in my own country look like this.
The internet would be just another frontline.


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14 Apr 2018, 3:39 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

Feeding the cow and her farts may be problematic tho...hmm.


Feeding may be a problem...
But the farts?
Bottle them...
Gas power generation... :mrgreen:



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14 Apr 2018, 3:56 pm

Pepe wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:

Feeding the cow and her farts may be problematic tho...hmm.


Feeding may be a problem...
But the farts?
Bottle them...
Gas power generation... :mrgreen:


But of course! Cow's fart is full of methane.



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14 Apr 2018, 4:44 pm

you can do amazing breads with only water and flour and bacteria that already exist in the flour and air
but i never went to a war



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14 Apr 2018, 5:55 pm

It hasn't happened yet, but it might if that idiot doesn't stop saying saying stupid things on Twitter. I'm surprised his Twitter account hasn't been suspended, but it really should be for the sake of the world. At least I don't think he's dumb enough to actually follow through with what he threatened to do, so in the meantime there's no war and I'm going to remain optimistic that there won't be.



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14 Apr 2018, 7:00 pm

Can you think of anything either side wants badly enough to risk the fruition of Dr. Strangelove?

I really have my doubts. Trump's just following the Obama policy of PR-related strikes when someone breaks the gas out (which hopefully isn't us, but it's strategically out of sorts enough for one to wonder).


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15 Apr 2018, 5:24 pm

Tross wrote:
It hasn't happened yet, but it might if that idiot doesn't stop saying saying stupid things on Twitter. I'm surprised his Twitter account hasn't been suspended, but it really should be for the sake of the world. At least I don't think he's dumb enough to actually follow through with what he threatened to do, so in the meantime there's no war and I'm going to remain optimistic that there won't be.


You take modern-day politicians too seriously...
Most bulldust that comes out of their mouths (if they have more than one) is bulldust...

I am surprised people still take jingoistic posturing seriously... 8O