I remember once reading that having one beer and then changing to water would be a good rehydration strategy.

And I definitely believe it. Feels like that anyway. But.

Oh man I’d like a cold beer.

I’d love to sign that statement, but I can only go so far as saying I don’t mind watching Russian soldiers and pro-Putlerites die.

Got to leave some leeway for the sane individuals who’re just smart enough to know not to fall for any of the bullshit and keep their head down — or better yet, protest. Yes, protesting is more dangerous, but it’s also more moral.

Sting even had a song kinda related to this. Ages ago.

That being said, I have been looking up what those drone controllers cost, I want to practice on a sim as I’m already an NCO and with a little extra training could easily be a drone operator. That Sting song wouldn’t be my soundtrack of choice, though.

It’d be something more like this:

Between the Eyes- Бойова пісня для України - Battle song for Ukraine - Silmien välliin

Compared to other systems, seems like it’s pretty high.

Universal basic income would discourage crimes like that.

If I had to get a car in SF, I think I’d go for a small hatchback so you can see into the trunk, if it’s that bad.

The lockers usually have surveillance around them.

So you’d go there, open up an empty box and it would be incredibly easy to show who stole it. Plus even if there wasn’t surveillance, you could film yourself opening the slot, which would then show an empty slot.

So yeah, it does make a difference. The package is never left unattended, it’s never “up for grabs” by anyone.

That being said thieving and whatnot is comparatively rare in Finland anyway. We’re #1 in the wallet drop test. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/least-honest-cities

super rare occasion

The problem is so ubiquitous , they’re commonly known as “porch pirates”.

“~Two million packages go missing every day, 90 000 in New York alone”

And the video is five years old.

https://youtu.be/v90BhbW5_pM

other American was right, they’re really not as common a

He most certainly wasn’t.

He was practically denying that it ever happened, when it’s common as pickpocketing. Meaning more common in some places, less so in others, but definitely a known and existing issue.

Oh yeah, they’re exceedingly common here.

Usually placed inside commercial buildings like stores etc, there are a few just outside as well. They’re quite thin metal so I assume in some places in the US someone would just take a crowbar to a whole station, but if it’s inside a building that’s gonna be much harder.

Here you’ll need to have an ID or at least a driving licence (which isn’t technically an official ID, but is accepted as such in most places outside banks and whatnot) to go and pick up your shit.

Well, not anymore, as lots of them go to the automats and then you just require the PIN.

And depending on what sort of package you’re getting in the mail, you can sometimes give your package id to a friend who can pick it up, but they’ll need an ID of their own as well so it’ll get registered who picked up the parcel.

The US is a lot vaster but one still imagines people wouldn’t mind picking up packages from the nearest grocery store they use, if it meant that their shit can’t be stolen?

I mean I only need it to be there.

I genuinely don’t even know which part of a pizza you wouldn’t trust. Is it like the restaurant or the driver or your neighbours? What are they gonna do aside from swiping your pizza?

Ukraine, it is why did nobody in the west supply the Ukranian military with modern artillery and artillery stocks before?

Probably because EU trusted us Finns to keep the eastern border with our artillery, and we couldn’t give it to Ukraine because we need it to keep Russia away.

https://www.quora.com/Does-Finland-indeed-have-the-largest-artillery-force-in-Western-Europe-If-so-why-Does-Finnish-military-doctrine-rely-heavily-upon-artillery

Very different landscapes though, 75% of Finland is covered by forests, whereas I think it’s less so for Ukraine. Ya, 16.7%. There’s pros and cons to the differences.

I remember like 6 years ago chatting on Reddit to some American about how the system of just leaving packages at the door is unsafe as fuck and I would never trust it with anything more expensive than a pizza.

Here there’s delivery points and automats in pretty much every grocery store. So you can have shit delivered, but unless it’s something massive (or delivered food), people rarely do. You just get a notification on your phone and pick up your package from the point you chose to prioritise. Sometimes it can be full and you have to pickup a package from the next point over, but they’re all over the place so.

The American went on a huge rant about how porch pirates are rare as can be and how it would be beyond frustrating and a waste of time to pick up packages from your nearest grocery store.

Really?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterskin

Also, there was an ice age. Not everyone lives in scorching climates. Theres fresh water around me 247/365. As waterskins are somewhat recent probably, in terms of evolutionary history.

Except I know exactly what we trained with, and I know we didn’t…?

We only trained and got trained to train in the use of AA mines. (10 kilos each, btw, and a fighter carries two.)

Edit thanks for the added info to the thread tho

I’m aware, thanks.

I’m Finnish.

I would like for us to be in the treaties, but it would be foolish as we border Russia, and they just won’t respect any treaties.

I linked it so that people can read about why there is a treaty to begin with. Same with anti-personnel landmines. Hell, I should probably go and take a refresher course, because when I was doing my service, we weren’t taught shit about AP mines, because geopolitical situation was a bit more chill and we respected the treaty.

I do recall some of the older lieutenants saying something like “we won’t be teaching you about AP mines, although in practice, if Russia ever does start being threatening, we’ll probably back out of the treaty anyway”. Which we did.

But yeah, comment’s just here to generate conversation about why Putler is such a bastard.

Just to generally comment on this, cluster munitions are banned by quite a lot of countries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions

“Ooh, a flying mine, let me throw my rifle at it.” - That Kenny-as-a-grownup looking mf on the video

Russia really should’ve emphasised education in previous decades over whatever the fuck they have been doing.

No you won’t.

I’ve often thought about it.

Generally probably you just slowly learn what not to say or do to not get in trouble and keep your head down and hope you get through it.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOsQDFuB3bqczBIz-a66NvwaOBSyiCo9z

Colditz is a nice show. The Kommandant isn’t a Nazi, but a member of the Reichswehr, and often finds himself in the difficult position of doing the right thing or following orders.

It’s a bit more nuanced than when Finn in the new Star Wars shows changes sides from the empire to the rebels and two seconds later is blasting his former mates accompanied by loud “yee-haas”.

I think it’s the noise more than the visual, tbh.

So any sort of high toned buzzing will do.

Someone fires up a weed whacker?