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IncelTears mocks bullied kid who is venting in shortguys subreddit, blames him for his problems. Compassionate comment about bullying downvoted into oblivion.
▲ 52 r/IncelTearShame

IncelTears mocks bullied kid who is venting in shortguys subreddit, blames him for his problems. Compassionate comment about bullying downvoted into oblivion.

Bullied kid who was venting was just connecting with other short guys with some benign Beavis & Butthead humor. He had made no hateful remarks.

IncelTears' community purports, "This subreddit does not support mocking people for being virgins or struggling with relationships".

Note sadistic IT's smug amrchair psychoanalysis as she presumes to know everything about the kid she is ridiculing--and that he must deserve it. This grown woman feels justified while making fun of a bullied kid. Shame on you!

u/hellscape_goat — 2 days ago
▲ 72 r/andor

Nemek expressed an ancient and cross-cultural idea about tyranny.

"Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction...And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks. It leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear". -Karis Nemek, Andor

This idea aligns closely with the Confucious' (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE) idea of The Mandate of Heaven. "Heaven", here, is a misleading and perhaps Christianized translation of the word Tian, which reflects a natural order rather than a supernatural realm or deity.

A cornerstone of millennia of Chinese political thought, the Mandate of Heaven posits that rulers derive authority by the virtue of their leadership aligning with the good of the realm, the natural order of the world and of human existence. Dynasties which become debauched and tyrannical risk losing The Mandate of Heaven and being superseded by a new dynasty.

Aristotle and Plato (c. 4th century BCE) similarly argued that tyranny was so unnatural as to be self-limiting--that it sows the seeds of its own destruction. Tyrants purge competence and surround themselves with sycophants. The tyrant himself, as a victim of his own corruption, makes very poor and paranoid decisions. A tyrant's successor inherits an inefficient state starved of talent and hated by its own populace, and maintaining the oppression required to sustain tyranny, like Nemek also observed, requires constant effort.

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u/hellscape_goat — 2 months ago
▲ 26 r/totalwar

Turn 1 Moves for Cao Cao, 190 CE

Playing as Cao Cao, I prefer to focus on Southern expansion while maintaining non-aggression pacts with Northern neighbors with the exception of Tao Quin.

One of Cao's neighbors, Liu Dai, is eligible for you to receive marriage in diplomacy. Liu Huimin can join your family tree as a match for your cousin Cao Ren. This can be negotiated with the dowry of a stone pig, 2 food for 10 turns, and 2 credibility. This is an option at the beginning of turn 1, improving relations with on your Northern border while getting an immediate start to expanding the Cao family.

Another scheme to execute immediately is the "Dominion Over the Realm" stratagem, targeting yourself. This unlocks a new reform but has 20 turn cool down, so the sooner you use it the sooner you can use it again.

Either now or in 3 turns, target Tao Qian with "Children of the Hand". At the beginning of turn 4, Tao Qian--who enjoys good relations with his powerful neighbor Liu Bei--assassinates your father and the Cao patriarch, Cao Song. If you follow the story and declare war of Tao Qian and score associated mission objectives, diplomatically isolating Tao Qian is helpful. In my game, Liu Bei was willing to sign a non-aggression pact with Cao Cao during my invasion of Tao Qian.

Once Tao Qian has been dealt with, I try to maintain peaceful borders in the North for as long as possible. Expanding South of the Yangtze River is a sound strategy for Cao since their faction's unique building, the Farming Garrison, interacts differently with rice fields that dominate the southern biome. There, they increase the reinforcement rate of Cao armies in the field--including the most powerful units that are hobbled by very slow replenishment, such as the Imperial units.

Fun Fact: Cao Cao's tomb was discovered in Henan province in 2008. Before his death in 220 CE, Cao Cao is said to have suffered migraine headaches. Travelers who make a pilgrimage to Cao Cao's tomb often leave a bottle of Ibuprofen.

u/hellscape_goat — 2 months ago