📊┃economics

[swift canyon]

the one time

article 5 was invoked

NATO stood by the US

most of it

right?

how can ur President say we weren't there

we took casualties too, he framed it like we stood by watching from the sidelines

he disrespected our fallen soldiers

he says "fucking bastards" on truth social rly r u kidding me

[tidal storm]

No one cares about Trump he’s delusional

My argument is you have to take the good and the bad

Not just want us when it’s convenient

[swift canyon]

I think it's time for us to charter our own course w/o the US

& I wish that shocked u

[tidal storm]

You guys can’t even agree on helping Ukraine on your own

[swift canyon]

I wish u saw how I was the sternest, most indoctrinated fan of the US

I wish u'd see what u've done to the world

how u've ruined western civilization

[tidal storm]

You guys are rebuilt and strong enough now to not need us and with modern technology it’s not as easy as it use to be to conquer everyone

[swift canyon]

b/c now everyone is terrified & disgusted by ur country

this is the end of ur empire & u've brought it upon urselves.

Just a little moderation in language could've prevented this.

[tidal storm]

If language is all it takes to make allys leave then you aren’t good ally’s to begin with

[swift canyon]

I don't think anyone's leaving except Mr. Trump

& I think whatever comes next will be better off w/o the US

[tidal storm]

Most of the citizens are against this action

[tidal storm]

Well when you guys start ww3 don’t come crying us to come help again

Maybe Germany can finally win if we stay out

[swift canyon]

only defensive wars.

[high meteor]

europeans fearing russian invasion is just dumb

[tidal storm]

You guys have caused immensely more destruction than us in the last 100 years even if you count all the shit the us was involved in

[high meteor]

4 years russia can't conquer ukraine

but someone at the other side of the continent fears russia may attack them

[swift canyon]

we've learned from it. U guys haven't.

[tidal storm]

You’ve been babysat by us since then

[swift canyon]

and we're paying the price now

but u'll pay infinitely more once u realize u've ended ur empire

[tidal storm]

Dollar is still king even if people are slowing leaving it

Iran is against everything you guys stand for too and between them and Israel they are why we have to meddle in the Middle East and Israel is Israel because yall tried to genocide them so in a way we are still cleaning up your mess

Soviets were expanding in Middle East back then too. Vietnam. Korea. All those wars was against communism and Soviet influence all of which came from yalls problems

Which we have been dealing with and cleaning up since the end of ww2, yall just got to sit back and take a break more or less

You help here and there but all of this shit goes back to ww2 and Soviets

[swift canyon]

#📊┃economics message

#🆚┃high-risk-zone message

#📊┃economics message

I was on ur side

always only ur side

all I ever wanted was for us to improve

& go back to the world we had

[swift canyon]

we're gonna have to fend off America before he even conquers Ukraine xD

[tidal storm]

Middle East will always be a mess as long as Israel or radical Iran exists

[tidal storm]

I know but being the worlds trashman is an ugly business that’s my only point here

[swift canyon]

I'm sorry but I can't trust ur country anymore. I'm gonna learn Mandarin

& it hurts me

I wanna be close to u

[tidal storm]

I don’t agree with Iran war but here we are

Same with Greenland

[swift canyon]

I WOULD'VE CONTINUED TO AGREE HAD HE NOT POSTED RABID LUNATIC GENOCIDAL NONSENSE

[tidal storm]

No one on earth but the Zionists and Christian Zionists agree with that

[swift canyon]

see that's how far

I was willing to go

even I have my limits.

That post on truth.social was my red line.

[tidal storm]

Sticks and stones Saint just

Sticks and stones

[swift canyon]

yeah I'm rdy for it

better than this

[tidal storm]

I think you guys can take care of yourself though don’t worry

[swift canyon]

yea we must now

& we will

[tidal storm]

And im sure we would come save you if daddy putin gets to Berlin

[gritty root]

Some .ore looking for more info

[swift canyon]

if u did that would move me very much & I'd instantly concede I was wrong

[gritty root]

2 tree under sun

[swift canyon]

four moons & one bunny

[tidal storm]

Look. You are right about Trump but America still loves you guys

[swift canyon]

I don't wanna be estranged from u ....

[tidal storm]

We will have a Democrat president next don’t worry

[swift canyon]

I wanne be w/ u guys

[tidal storm]

Everyone is pissed

[swift canyon]

I came here

got to know the US

[tidal storm]

We were lied too and fell for it

[swift canyon]

next thing u set the world on fire

I had dreams

hopes

plans for my future

[tidal storm]

We wanted America first we didn’t know this is what that meant lol

[swift canyon]

everything I had wished for revolved around the US

& my American frens

u killed me inside

I cannot accept this & I cannot continue to love ur country like I used to.

[tidal storm]

Don’t let Trump make you lose hope he’s almost gone forever

And I want Peter to win because I want Hungary to be eu aligned when my country leaves nato 😂

[swift canyon]

that's nice of u to say

[tidal storm]

I don’t like him but I get the bigger picture. I also don’t like orban but one is safer for me than the other

Hungary has no military and no friends and can’t deal with Europe orban wins and tries to align with Russia post nato 😂

[swift canyon]

u'll have to adpot the European perspective if u wanna understand why 🇪🇺 matters

u said it urself

we've destroyed the world multiple times

u must see the merit in European unification

it's a project of peace.

We must safeguard the heritage the US has gifted us

[tidal storm]

That’s why I’m so critical about the two things I think you got wrong. HOW you guys did migration in the last decade and speech censorship. I wouldn’t mind censorship if I trusted you guys or agreed with how you did shit

Because of the migration stuff we have to deal with the far right now

[swift canyon]

we only limit free speech where we feel it threatens political cohesion

we're shifting on the immigration thing

we're just 10 yrs behind

[tidal storm]

Yeah and the eu definition of political cohesion I don’t trust

[swift canyon]

but we'll always restrict free speech where it victimizes ppl

[tidal storm]

It ventures further than this but I get that part of it

[tidal storm]

Yeah which is why I’m fine with Peter winning. You guys are shifting in the right direction on those two things

[swift canyon]

u must also differentiate between censorship & public debate. Everyone's still entitled to say what they please they just gotta be able to eat the response

it's not censorship if u're critisized for ur opinion

u must be able to tolerate criticism

[tidal storm]

I’m left on almost everything, just fix like two or three things. Otherwise we are going to have a far right nationalist uprising and that’s always dangerous 😂

[swift canyon]

kindly contain it @ ur home front before u lecture us on how to deal w/ far right revolutions xD

remember we've actually had 'em

multiple times

each time everyone assumed the revolution would come from the left

it never actually did

[tidal storm]

My issue is the eu telling social media stuff what can and can’t be said. They did this in America during covid too. Even if the info was true and they deemed it harmful to their perspective they wanted it shut down. That’s a very slippery slope

[tidal storm]

Far right happened because of the far left. I’ve been saying for a long time the left would never lose in America if they just stayed out of culture

[tidal storm]

Idk about Europe but Russia is the main one I can think of way back when

[swift canyon]

I don't want girls harrassed online I don't want russian troll factories perturb our political process I don't want Trump supporting Orban or destabilizing EU by means of rubbish propaganda truth.social posts.

I want this regulated.

But it's a cultural thing.

u want it all unfiltered

I get that

I just worry our population isn't responsible/mature enough for it

[tidal storm]

Certain things are fine but I’m suppose to trust the government to decide what should or shouldn’t be free speech is wreckless when they are the absolute worse at governing everything else. That’s just the American perspective

[swift canyon]

no it's not the government's call

it's courts' call

[tidal storm]

That’s the gov lol

[swift canyon]

u post something that's criminally relevant

[tidal storm]

Or an extension of it

[swift canyon]

we want to be able to shut that down

[swift canyon]

noo

how could u say that

[tidal storm]

Well sure that’s fine but sometimes it goes way to far

[swift canyon]

okay come on I'm on board actually

at S&B I always used to say

we take ur shit if u take ours

we were 9000% free speech

but if someone lies

if a foreign sitting president blatantly lies

& frames EU

& threatens to invade Greenland xDDD

I want my gov to have means to push back

[tidal storm]

Most of the time this is policed correctly but not all the time and I’m suppose to trust the most inefficient entity in the world to tell me what’s right and what’s wrong when they have been serial liars since its existence

That’s the issue. The gov has lied to us about everything always

I can’t trust them

At least in America

[swift canyon]

the cultural difference here is u've always distrusted ur gov

which is also the reason for ur slightly wonky 2nd amendment

we tend to fall in line

as Europeans

we value cohesion over liberty.

[tidal storm]

I think we trusted them until the invention of the internet and we declassify shit too so 30-60 years later we see literally everything was a lie and borderline evil

[swift canyon]

it's okay if u protect ur democratic institutions

[tidal storm]

Our thing is the second protects the first and the first is freedom of speech, protesting, religion etc

[swift canyon]

if 3 yrs from now we look back at it & conclude

u guys just had

an

....

episode xD

that's okay

that's u guys

u've always been a bit ...

ehh

[tidal storm]

I’m convinced it’s this

[swift canyon]

leaning towards the

extreme

& that's knighthood in democracy's terms if u pull it off

just don't go full Hitler w/ this lunatic

[tidal storm]

We react to crazy from the right with crazy from the left and crazy from the left with crazy from the right. We shift back and forth between the extremes

[tidal storm]

We will try not too 😂

[swift canyon]

if u can take this shit

& cut back on some of the shit

& stay stable

that's fine

that'd actually be glorious

that'd be end-game tier democracy

& it would validate ur staunch traditionalism on free speech

just don't nuke the universe while u're at it

u did a rather good job @ soothing my anxieties

not an excellent job but a well enough job

& I frankly didn't expect it.

but u've given me a sliver of hope.

[tidal storm]

Most people aren’t happy with how it’s gone so far. Most of us fell for the lies on what these 4 years would look like and I think we revert back to normal after this

[swift canyon]

yes pls

[tidal storm]

Problem is the left and right react to each other and keep going further in both directions I’m not sure if we have a rational candidate right now

[swift canyon]

Gavin Newsom or Vermin Supreme

come on u can afford a meme president after all of this

It's Vermin Supreme's turn

[tidal storm]

Gavin is a horrendous governor but he’d keep us from nuking people and conquering Greenland at least

[swift canyon]

if he's still alive

[swift canyon]

he's so sexy

he could do me any time

[tidal storm]

Sure and he talks great but his record as governor is terrible

[swift canyon]

that man is hoootttttt

[tidal storm]

It would be an upgrade from now though so I guess that’s probably ok

[swift canyon]

I mean I assume Kirk won't be running since he's ded

would've been my preferred candidate

A man for once I could actually trust not to abuse the name of God

even though he was protestant

[tidal storm]

You’ll like Tucker then from the last two months 😂

[swift canyon]

I love him

[tidal storm]

Man that would be weird

[swift canyon]

he's such a malicious liar

framing shit so

hard

it's disgusting

but I love him

[tidal storm]

He’s very talented yes

[swift canyon]

I'm subscribed

& I watch all of his vids

I loved the one w/ the Rabbi about how Netanyahu was Amalek xD

[swift canyon]

he is

super talented

excellent demagogue

11/10 would recommend Germany might've won had he been secretary of propaganda

no & I can actually align

w/ much

I like Tucker

I oppose most of what he says

but I'm heavily

inclined

even though he does 3 ads per vid

but he resonates w/ me somehow

I don't have a fucking clue y fox news cancelled him

[tidal storm]

He got too powerful I think. There was some drama behind the scenes I just can’t remember

[swift canyon]

he's also moderately sexy

not as sexy as Newsom

but sexy enough

[tidal storm]

I’m ready for a socialist gov with capitalist economy tho I’m tired of this shit

[swift canyon]

oh wow have u tried

China

[tidal storm]

I love a lot of China but they denied me entry when I tried to go

[swift canyon]

would u

theoretically be willing

to accompany me

on a recreational journey

[tidal storm]

I already tried they won’t let me in

[swift canyon]

to North Korea

oh that's bad

[tidal storm]

Oh hell yeah I’d go

[swift canyon]

u can only enter from China

[tidal storm]

Then I’m fucked

[swift canyon]

I'd feel so much safer w/ u

I don't think I can go alone

my father went in 1982

[tidal storm]

I told them I wanted to travel to Tibet to climb the mountain and now I’m permanently banned

[swift canyon]

b/c they had

some ancient turkish steam engine train

built by Germany

in 1902

& they fueled it w/ old rubber tires or someshit

somehow made that engine move

a couple of feet

scooping foreign money

from foreign train enthusiasts

so my father went & watched that train

but was otherwise totally oblivious to where he fucking ended up at

He didn't even understand he had went to fucking North Korea until after he had returned home

[tidal storm]

It’s that easy to enter and leave ?

[swift canyon]

it actually is

I mean it's super orchestrated

u can't deviate from the program

their foreign ministry schedules for u

& u can only go in supervised groups

& u have to surrender ur phone & ur passport xDDDDD

but it's technically super easy

it's just the only path of entry is via Beijing

so if u can't enter China then it's not an option for u

but here in Germany I can just call their embassy

& have it all arranged

it's expensive tho

1 week is like 2,5k & then u haven't even paid any travel expenses like plane tickets etc

[tidal storm]

Like how expensive

[tidal storm]

Prob worth it for the clout

[swift canyon]

well expensive compared to other countries in the region

[swift canyon]

yes rightttttt

:3

I would be SOOOOOO

compliant

I'd bow SOOOO DEEP

before the statues of the great leaders

I wouldn't bring a bible

[tidal storm]

I can try again and just not say Tibet

[swift canyon]

I wouldn't rip off propaganda posters

I wouldn't masturbate in their hotel room

I'd be super convenient to handle

[tidal storm]

Yeah you will lmao

[swift canyon]

They would have my passport by then xP

so I would be super compliant

I wouldn't even bring my fucking phone

I wouldn't even want to take any pictures

I would be soooooooo polite

& soooooooooo communist

just for shows

just so they won't arrest me

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/jpn_pmo/status/2041751893404479912?s=46

PM's Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO)

[Emergency alert]
North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile. More updates to follow.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 5:35 AM

[swift canyon]

I'd specifically go for the propaganda tour

I know it wouldn't be very recreational

it'd be quite a strain XP

but I wanna see it before the system collapses

[tidal storm]

It’ll never collapse

[swift canyon]

yea

maybe not

these Asians....

they're so tribal

they'll suffer in all perpetuity before admitting they were wrong

but picture this

Kim Yo-Jong

becoming the first

female

dictator

communist dictator

to have nukes

ABSOLUTE FLAVOR WIN

[swift canyon]

xDDD

[tidal storm]

Yeah that’s going to be very interesting if we live to see it lol

Man my barley patch has risen

Nice

[swift canyon]

ur what

[tidal storm]

Stole some barley last year and planted it

[swift canyon]

u wanna make beer?

[tidal storm]

I don’t know yet I didn’t think it would work

But apparently you can make beer with just barley and yeast but it’ll be sweet. Now I have to find hops

[swift canyon]

if u can grow Barley u shouldn't have any issues w/ hops

[swift canyon]

can even do it w/o yeast

frankly that'd be the legit way to do it

yeast is tolerated but it's a Bavarian deviation from the German REINHEITSGEBOT

[tidal storm]

It needs yeast whether it’s bought or wild no?

[swift canyon]

it doesn't

there's natural yeasts

that will suffice

adding yeast is a thing only the Bavarians do

to make their HEFEWEIZEN

which is what u'd typically drink at Oktoberfest

but it's actually a niche product

most German beers are brewed w/o yeast

though I only truly recognize the Bavarian style so I'm fine w/ yeast

[tidal storm]

That’s what I mean by wild yeah

[tidal storm]

Yeah I like this in summer

[swift canyon]

u've got good taste then <3

regrettably I'm done w/ beer

until I relapse

[tidal storm]

I’m done with salvia and cocaine and weed oil but I’m cool with beer. Need to get the hell away from liquor tho

[swift canyon]

or u could just stick to weed

& avoid everything else

if u can

God knows I can't xD

I'm going straight from booze to ketamines

[zinc lichen]

get some magnesium in you , and kreatine and you will feel good enough

[high meteor]

you don't need anything, just move your body more throughout the day

get on the sun

limit phones

you'll feel better within days

[zinc lichen]

well need magnesium tho, if you dont get it trough food

really helps with muscle ache and sleeping, kreatine also, even with that "brain fog"

but yea

get one of theese

https://tenor.com/view/dog-puppy-good-boy-gif-2782195817575515904

you wont have time for any drugs or boze

[swift canyon]

I reject this

[zinc lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animals-dogs-fly-high-jump-gif-11396309

crack head craizy dogos lol

[swift canyon]

I reject this viciously

I must maintain

my aristocratic

pallor

[swift canyon]

Kreatine will give u cancer

I'm not even joking

it's triggering a process called "angiogenesis" which is basically the proliferation of blood vessles

which is useful if u're a growing infant

but cancerous if u're an adult

[zinc lichen]

Living gives you cancer tho

[swift canyon]

Kreatine amplifies this horrendously tho

as does any keto diet

did u know that if u look at any mammal's mother milk, if u examine the protein content

u'll find humans are the mammal least dependent on protein

u require merely 2,5% of ur calories to come from protein

[zinc lichen]

well depends how much you use it, as most things

[swift canyon]

no, not true, actually

[zinc lichen]

• your genetic predpositions

[swift canyon]

that's a metric dependent on sugars

starches

[swift canyon]

actually false as well

[zinc lichen]

not false

genetics have BIG impact on cancer chances

[swift canyon]

Well I'll concede mine is a minority opinion, but it's a scientifically backed opinion nonetheless.

Whereas there's been nothing but fraudulent lobby-science running rampant in ur camp

like as in

"a calory is a calory"

as sloganed by Coca Cola Company

[zinc lichen]

well thats bulshit yea lol

but Genes have triggers that get cancer cells to have more chance to form

or less

[swift canyon]

no genes are perfectly fine

[zinc lichen]

afk it depends if you push your body to those truggers or not and how hard

[swift canyon]

it's the expedited death of cells due to angiogenesis

& an excellerated metabolism

which is what proteins do

that causes cells do die

more frequently

which causes their replacement to occur more frequently

[zinc lichen]

well , yes which is triggered as we age after like 45 and is in genes

[swift canyon]

which just b/c of numbermancy presents u w/ more opportunities for cancer

it's when cells are replaced when they mutate

b/c of failed DNA transcription

so u want to actually slow down ur metabolism

by eating

LOADS OF DIETARY FIBER U FUCKERS STOP UR DIABETES IT'S REVERSABLE WILL U JUST LISTEN

& get like ~2,5% of ur calories from protein

which should ideally be plant protein

did u know that quinoa & buckwheat provide a complete protein

meaning all 9 essential aminoacids that we cannot self-sufficiently produce ourselves

[zinc lichen]

I personally like a balance

30/40/30 with 40% being protein

[swift canyon]

yeah it's probably ideal if u can moderate

[zinc lichen]

well, trying

[swift canyon]

unfortunately u serve me a scrap of meat I'll immediately call an uber & go to McDonalds & order 25 BicMacs.

b/c

the industry's invested quite a bit of moneys over the past century to fucking make us

ADDICTS

[zinc lichen]

tru

esp those fast fake foods

[swift canyon]

super phony highly-palatable refined industry poison

I'm not vegan it's just a convenient label I emphasize WHOLE FOOD PLANT-BASED

[zinc lichen]

ppl are lazy to make food, or just don't have time to do it

[swift canyon]

plant-based, unprocessed foods

foods ur body will recognize

A

POTATO

it's rather comprehensive

[tidal storm]

There is no better combo than beer and gardening

[swift canyon]

more grapes for me

[zinc lichen]

špricer is better esp in summer tho

[tidal storm]

Palinka?

[zinc lichen]

30% white vine / 70% mineral watter

[tidal storm]

Ah that stuff

Yeah it’s not bad either

[zinc lichen]

gives you lil buzz, keeps you hydrated

[tidal storm]

Onion and strawberries doing well

[zinc lichen]

need to pull those weeds tho

[tidal storm]

Yeah I did last week, left for Easter but we got some rain

[zinc lichen]

those mfers will grow out of dry concrete, and you cant kill em with herbicides withouth poisoning your soil
so only way to get rid of em is manually , every week

tho, my friend has apple trees, and for that land he "rents" some mini goats from naibhour, lil dudes clean up everything under the trees lol

[tidal storm]

Oh yeah I’d love a goat but have zero confidence I could protect the grapes or strawberries 😂

Only like a third hectare tho it ain’t so bad to do manually

[zinc lichen]

yea cant protect anything they can reach

last summer lil dudes figured that if they jump on each other they might reach some low hanging apples 😄

[tidal storm]

wtf 😂

Bastards

[zinc lichen]

they left them a few hours long to wander around , when they finished all the weeds and grass down below, they got bored haha

[tidal storm]

Yeah I suppose to gotta monitor them and stop them once they get bored lol

[swift canyon]

I love goats <333

pls get goats

& alpacas, if u can

[cursive crypt]

The High Punaab in me is very Tempted. I have read about half of the embercoil pdf

[swift canyon]

yea scintillating notion however I worry u wouldn't do well

as I've told u u're not

...responsive

enough

to perform on stage like that

takes u half a day & two naps to respond on discord

[cursive crypt]

What you can always trust me to have my best interest in mind.

[swift canyon]

S-J affectionately covers @cursive crypt w/ a warm blanket.

[tidal storm]

I want them but the situation isn’t good for them. Plenty of work for them but plenty of things they ca destroy

[swift canyon]

u let them maintain some meadow

[tidal storm]

I don’t have meadow I have grapes

[cursive crypt]

https://klipy.com/gifs/stone-cold-donald-trump

You need to under stand WWE wrestling.

[cursive crypt]

It's moving to a stable coin backed by something system if you can figure out how they are going to make that happen there is some money to be made. I have suspect President Trump has the same views of the Central Bankers as President Andrew Jackson did.

[swift canyon]

Muslims like goat meat I hear

u could just have 'em shipped in & process 'em

Praise be to Allah

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

sorry that was a mistake

clumsy fingers

I cannot rly stick around until u've typed this

[tidal storm]

So do Mexicans

[cursive crypt]

As a foot soldier in the right wing take over of Arkansas in the early 90's and then the MAGA takeover from the RINO's in the Republican party in Arkansas I will say that the far right echo chamber have been referred to as "Useful Indians" referring to the Boston Tea Party by party leadership. I think the pendulum swings and I thought there was a better chance of getting the entrenched bureaucracy that controls this Country back peddling with a conservative push on them.

[cursive crypt]

It would be nice if a center right and a center left could balance power here.

[cursive crypt]

Best point of the night!

[cursive crypt]

Politics is brutal and you need a very thick skin and not take things personal. Why would anyone want to jump into that game just to serve,

[tidal storm]

Center right and center left is mid far right now tho that’s the issue

[tidal storm]

Because it’s the right thing to do lol

[main basin]

https://tenor.com/view/cuphead-confused-which-way-gif-10596460

[swift canyon]

it would've been nice if ur selfish little culture war hadn't set the world on fire

[zinc lichen]

you dont eat mini goats
you use them for milk and make stupidly expensive cheese

you also put them in a fenced area with few bales , and sell petting zoo tickets

[cyan nacelle]

Will the cease fire break down? If so, how quickly?

Or how quickly will markets realize?

[zinc lichen]

and yea they mow lawns but need to be supervised like todlers lol

[cursive crypt]

All is well the sun is coming up I will sit on the porch drink my coffee and look into the fields and watch my goats. Kidding season is about over I only have one left to kid and she will probably pop today. Then I will go to the barn and there will be 30+ new kids jumping around. I have registered French Alpine goats for sale or trade for pretend space ships.

[swift canyon]

U need

alpacas

ideally breed them w/ ur goats

to make unicorns

[cursive crypt]

Just get a couple of Great Pyrenees

[high meteor]

https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2041821664942395859?s=20

Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1)

BREAKING: It is now confirmed that the UAE Air Force has conducted a large-scale operation targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical plants in the Persian Gulf region. They have bombed refineries on the islands of Siri and Lavan and targeted multiple other petrochemical facilities

X · Apr 8, 2026, 10:13 AM

don't know if this is true or not

[cursive crypt]

My take is it's because the Dem party will not have a conservative old school yellow dog Democrat and they needed somewhere to go and the GOP said come on in.

[cursive crypt]

If you don't know if its true why post it?

[high meteor]

looks like it's true

[high meteor]

maybe trying to confirm from someone else here?

or maybe because I want to post it?

should I ask for your permission before I post something chetgpt?

[cursive crypt]

Have a good day the echo chamber is yours.

[dry carbon]

GM, peaceful citizens

[calm bramble]

@dry carbon Gm m8

[main basin]

https://tenor.com/view/grin-penguin-king-the-super-mario-bros-movie-frown-evil-smile-gif-26913736

[high meteor]

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2041867478033195336?s=20

Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)

JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran to require ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to pay tolls in Bitcoin, FT reports.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 1:15 PM

nice, buy pressure of $2m per ship

(and probably sell pressure when iran sells it) 😄

[sterile kindle]

insane

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TheSummitAustralia-the-summit-tss2-australia-Q4EL78vpa7ovNIYQC9

[dry carbon]

I think they are asking for stable coins

[high meteor]

FT said bitcoin

[sterile kindle]

when polis 👀

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ghostedonfox-fox-sci-fi-3o7aCX9jbPo3R1VQbu

well swagner said after c4 they focus on implementig new tokenomics for atlas and polis

so probably Q4

[sterile kindle]

New tokenomics? I haven’t seen that

Do you mean the implementation of POLIS in the game and the Atlas Locker

[high meteor]

yeah

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2041873508180095032?s=20

ZachXBT (@zachxbt)

1/ Recently an unnamed source shared data exfiltrated from an internal North Korean payment server containing 390 accounts, chat logs, crypto transactions.

I spent long hours going through all of it, none of which has ever been publicly released.

It revealed an intricate

X · Apr 8, 2026, 1:39 PM

https://x.com/MonitorX99800/status/2041871711872672071?s=20

MonitorX (@MonitorX99800)

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️– Clown Prince Reza Pahlavi has unfollowed Trump and Netanyahu.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 1:32 PM

lol

[plush plaza]

Ceasefire broken alrdy? Someone got info?

[tidal storm]

Dude just get on twitter we all found out 28 minutes ago

[plush plaza]

Hehe. Exactly the time the post was sent that I read. But I was in the car, driving home.😁

Due to current events:

[high meteor]

looks like israel and uae don't want peace

[tidal storm]

UAE? Lmao

[high meteor]

yeah they attacked that iranian island earlier today

[tidal storm]

Yeah that’s prob fake news

Source?

[plush plaza]

The post only mentioned „Israel‘s ceasfire breach“. But who knows.

[tidal storm]

Yeah that’s all I saw

[somber grail]

pretty sure ceasefire is breaking down cause Iran wants Hezbollah included and Israel does not

[plush plaza]

Breaking news: OPEC demands immediate CLOSURE of the Strait of Hormuz!
/jk (or not?)

[high meteor]

israel attacked lebanon

all fronts were supposed to get ceasefire

[plush plaza]

Hasn‘t Shebaz Sharif included Lebanon in his statement?

[somber grail]

he did

[high meteor]

https://x.com/BRICSinfo/status/2041894087989559433?s=20

BRICS News (@BRICSinfo)

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇱🇧 US President Trump confirms Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire agreement with Iran.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:01 PM

[somber grail]

but Israel says nah bro

[high meteor]

looks like no ceasefire then

[somber grail]

and Trump didn't push back allegedly on phone call w/ Netanyahu

Iran also aren't letting ships cross

[high meteor]

maybe letting israel destroy as much of lebanon as possible before tramp says, okay, lebanon is included now

[high meteor]

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2041900551156207832?s=20

The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)

BREAKING: Pakistan's Prime Minister issues a statement regarding violations of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement:

"Violations of ceasefire have been reported at few places across the conflict zone which undermine the spirit of peace process. I earnestly and sincerely urge all

X · Apr 8, 2026, 3:26 PM

yeah israely werren't happy about the ceasefire

[plush plaza]

It was just to liquidate some oil longs i persume🫠

[high meteor]

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2041892924435190153?s=20

zerohedge (@zerohedge)

KUWAIT: 3 POWER, WATER DESALINATION FACILITIES HIT BY IRAN

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:56 PM

[plush plaza]

We have to expand #crimeszn into #warcrimeszn…

[high meteor]

https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/2041890862490112510?s=20

Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle)

🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱🇱🇧 BREAKING: Iran OFFICIALLY CLOSES the STRAIT OF HORMUZ until further notice due to Israel’s attack on Lebanon - Fars New Agency

X · Apr 8, 2026, 2:48 PM

yep, back to square one

also witkof and kushner negotiating for peace

yeah, this is the us buying time

with the ceasfire

doesn't seem they really want peace

[tidal storm]

I wonder if any ships got through before this lol

[plush plaza]

I think I‘ve read smth about oil for india

… or heard it this morning …

[split elbow]

according to the citrini article theres more getting through than data is showing

or you mean before it was "closed" again

[plush plaza]

I think, he meant the latter

[tidal storm]

Yeah this like “officially”

[split elbow]

yeah its getting boring the amount of horseshit headlines

plus everyone has chosen a side as if its some sporting event

[tidal storm]

War is sport just with consequences

[slow fossil]

Worst negotiator ever. 🤣

[split elbow]

dunno man that sounds kinda muffed up

[tidal storm]

Everyone effected has a horse in the race and preferred outcome

[cedar hound]

Yeah it's equally hilarious/sobering

:eyes-looking-in-seperate-directions-moment:

[zinc lichen]

well there is even betting on "prediction markets" for the "event"

[zinc lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-cooper-its-funny-because-its-true-tbbt-jim-parsons-gif-11751807

[plush plaza]

@tidal storm #📊┃economics message ?🤔

[high meteor]

yep we got duped

tramp was all about peace

when he was running

now he's just a dick

he was the last chance to fix the us

it's over now

[tidal storm]

Trump meeting with the guy about leaving what you talkin about

[plush plaza]

aye

[plush plaza]

It’s over as soon as the SAVE act will be pushed through. Otherwise there will be a massive GOP collapse…. when the SAVE act will be pushed through, USA will become a „one party state“…

[somber grail]

Please, God, just one more pump.

I swear, God, this time it’s different. This time I really learned my lesson. Just one last pump so I can sell, bro.

I’ll never go all-in again, God. I swear I’ll take less risk next time. Just give me a chance, and I promise I’ll never go full degen again.

I’ll always risk less. I just need one more 40% pump, bro. I’ll never let euphoria get to me again, so I don’t miss selling at the top. Bro, I swear.

[storm rapids]

https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2041934165566689395

Fox News (@FoxNews)

JUST IN: Karoline Leavitt says Iran's initial ten point plan was "fundamentally unserious, unacceptable and completely discarded."

"It was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump and his negotiating team."

"The idea that President Trump would ever accept an Iranian

X · Apr 8, 2026, 5:40 PM

[hushed marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/euphoria-zendaya-smirk-rue-Vg4mlLwOFR5tbuoMOX

[high meteor]

brother I need a 1,000% pamp

[storm rapids]

https://x.com/GlobeEyeNews/status/2041939472091377922

Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews)

BREAKING:

US demands Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz immediately.

X · Apr 8, 2026, 6:01 PM

Donnie given em the old "Lazy Eye"

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/whitehouse/status/2041950757411315964?s=46

The White House (@WhiteHouse)

When you hear a panican...

X · Apr 8, 2026, 6:46 PM

[zinc lichen]

So, is Taiwan decided to actually join China?

[storm rapids]

I think the Taiwan opposition leader, or similar, has had meetings in China

[zinc lichen]

oposition? wasnt it curent "president" of Taiwan?

Also South Korea President went to visit North , first time

looks like Trump is uniting the world imao

[storm rapids]

https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/08/taiwan-opposition-leader-makes-rare-visit-to-china-in-journey-for-peace

[storm rapids]

I don't see Donnie and Bibi doing a lot of "World Uniting", unfortunately.

[zinc lichen]

true, from what they are doing, but rest of the world is kinda reacting to it and settling their own afairs, like fuck this shit and our stupid problems we have to deal with lunatics ower there

or is just make hoping world wakes up to lunacy and we move from all this stupid war shit

colonise the moon for fucks sake or whatever if you are bored

[gritty root]

how much for judgment day suit ??

Looking for cheap cover

[high meteor]

I mean, they saw how us allies in the me were treated against iran

don't blame them 😄

[main basin]

When you don't capitalize your acronyms, it makes for some rather odd sentences.

[storm rapids]

https://youtu.be/NCDB7MoR-ss?si=zGfjrxdNA_2ajtSn

[storm rapids]

They really should take all of Donnies devices off him at bedtime.
https://t.me/llordofwar/597595#

[odd dawn]

https://kotaku.com/gunzilla-nft-battle-royale-game-accused-of-not-paying-staff-for-months-game-informer-2000685847

Gunzilla, the devs behind Off the Grid, haven’t paid their staff in over 3 months

[hidden steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-gif-6565016535492739421

[ashen river]

https://tenor.com/view/ricolino-scolari-gif-12061360726599077047

[slow fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-ramsay-oh-dear-gif-9001372

[agile eagle]

It's tough out there. At least we pay our people, or let them go

[swift canyon]

noone ever paid me

[agile eagle]

yeah we did, stop lying

you earned playing sage and renting out fleets

[swift canyon]

I mean

[agile eagle]

probably SCORE too

[swift canyon]

that's not what I meant

& u're not who I meant either xP

[agile eagle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jadeyanh-jadey-itsjadeyanh-vUvy8iL96K2OB74Hil

[swift canyon]

yeah I broke even on my investment

I guess

[agile eagle]

just a little bit of goop

[swift canyon]

sweettt

[swift canyon]

noone ever paid me for PVP

("Pirate violence prevention")

[high meteor]

I thought you aren't getting paid

[tidal storm]

He said his people not himself

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/fxnetworks-you-right-ok-youre-MMYXivWxc92s4RDdI9

https://x.com/0xzenitsu/status/2042071934133780684?s=20

Zenitsu (@0xzenitsu)

Let me be clear for those who don’t realize the seriousness of the situation:

Gunzilla raised over $100 million in funding + Node Sales + Gun token

With just 10% of that same amount:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
It Takes Two

games like these

X · Apr 9, 2026, 2:47 AM

I mean they got a point

some of the best games are made with way less than that

fcken indie devs make better games for five figures

[swift canyon]

I don't know I wouldn't call CD Project an indie studio

[swift canyon]

Most games are bad. Just b/c u got money doesn't mean u make a great game

[plush plaza]

Money isn‘t necessarily an idicator for great games. Commitment of those crafting it is. And the support of the fan base.

[swift canyon]

I mean I would argue the larger a company grows the worse it gets

look at Bethesda

they made Todd Howard do so much stuff he didn't sign up to handle

grew his team by 400%

games became more casual

& went full cash grab

[plush plaza]

I think, this is true for the most cases.

[swift canyon]

They'll never make a game like Morrowind again

[high meteor]

rimworld is one of the most popular indie games

poor graphics

but incredibly fun and addictive gameplay

[plush plaza]

Fun. The most important but hard to achieve ingredient.

[swift canyon]

I want games to challenge me

most games are too casual

I want no tool tips, quest markers, journals etc

[plush plaza]

Hmm, some hints are needed to create a gameflow (especially in complex gameloops).

[swift canyon]

must happen immersively

NPC dialogue

environmental storytelling

....common sense?

if u can't figure it out u can always hop on the internets & just ask

It was grand, don't u remember, we loved it

NES, SNES, N64 era

I mean that was sort of before my time but xP

[plush plaza]

The way of immersion.😁 But i think i get your point.

[swift canyon]

I applaud u u're very perceptive

[tidal storm]

Those guys had to build on chain and shit and who knows how much that costs but it can’t be cheap, same for us. How much money/time have we spent on the blockchain side that regular devs don’t ever have to worry about

I’m curious was the eve online people have spent

Either way it’s mind blowing we all blew through that without much to show

I try not to think about it anymore but how much did we blow in that first year and what did it get?

[acoustic fog]

You should try Genesis' original "Phantasy Star".

But do it hardcore, old days style.

For real, I think you'll like it.

[swift canyon]

!

That was SEGA

Dreamcast?

or Saturn?

[acoustic fog]

8bit

[swift canyon]

oh

[acoustic fog]

Waaaaaay before

[swift canyon]

I mean I know "Phantasy Star Online"

[acoustic fog]

For real, check it out

[swift canyon]

which was basically a SEGA Dreamcast MMO

yea will ty

yea that's a franchise

I've seen that

[acoustic fog]

Yeah, I tried the MMO one. But the original, oooof

[swift canyon]

only tried PSO

I'm not.. that old

[acoustic fog]

It's old, 8 bit, all that. But it's top tier shit. Good luck with all the dungeons.

[swift canyon]

yeah I basically know from videogame history that that one is significant

& widely considered a masterpeace

[acoustic fog]

No joke, I had a hand notebook of over 50 pages of maps that me and my brother drew for it.

[swift canyon]

yea why don't we do that anymore

I mean older men than us play warhammer

& paint their units

[acoustic fog]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[swift canyon]

we don't b/c the Screwbisoft-Blizzard-Cabal spams us w/ unnecessary tool tips, quest markers & journal entries

[acoustic fog]

They're a consequence. It evolved towards that much before

[swift canyon]

I mean yea

basic economics

widen the audience

make ur products more accessable

[acoustic fog]

Exactly

[swift canyon]

when gaming went mainstream it all went

down stream xD

[acoustic fog]

But the recommendation stands. I legit think you'll love that game.

Crap, now I wanna replay it

🙃

[swift canyon]

When Link turned adult in Ocarina of Time & I wasn't spoilered by three prepurchase trailers I dropped the controller, ran downstairs & circled around the kitchen table crying

granted I was 8

but I can still invoke this childish awe

when a game doesn't spam me w/ UI

I ideally want NO UI

so whenever I get to disable UI I do so

or mod it out

[acoustic fog]

Yeah, all those old-school RPGs had a special thing to them.

Most, at least

[swift canyon]

when Aerith died in FF7

& the game just wouldn't give u a valid replacement

[acoustic fog]

Oh boy

[swift canyon]

u were shocked & sad but u also felt the impact

on ur party

the party never rly recovers from that

[acoustic fog]

Did you play 6?

[swift canyon]

b/c they just don't give u another healer

[acoustic fog]

Or 3 in the US

[swift canyon]

was my first :3

on SNES

[swift canyon]

yea 3

the US version

[acoustic fog]

Ohhhh yeah

[swift canyon]

Kefka best videogame villain

[acoustic fog]

I still like it better than 7.

[swift canyon]

my favorite is 8 but I'm an adherent to the "squall is dead" theory

if that wasn't somehow still an ongoing internet meme, I'd say 9

[acoustic fog]

7 is a masterpiece, don't get me wrong

[swift canyon]

okay I mean if we just take the whole franchise into perspective then I'm gonna have to say my favorite Final Fantasies are actually 3 & 5

b/c of the job system

[acoustic fog]

I stopped at 8

[swift canyon]

story-wise 9 & 6 are the best

[acoustic fog]

I tried 9 many years later, couldn't get hooked

[swift canyon]

6 especially b/c u have no real protagonist

unless u count Kefka

which we probably should

[acoustic fog]

6 is... Ugh

So good

[swift canyon]

remember the train fight in FF6 xD

[acoustic fog]

The whole plot

[swift canyon]

which would later become a guardian force in FF8

[acoustic fog]

I remember EVERYTHING about 6, lol

[swift canyon]

here, listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq0L6Ymxusc

[acoustic fog]

I will later

I'm in bed, wife sleeping ,haha

[swift canyon]

so u're basically sitting on a giant pile of pheonix feathers

u have no excuses

r u familiar enough w/ 8 to talk about the plot

[acoustic fog]

The immersion these games created is still unmatched, for real

[swift canyon]

except 8

which made absolutely no sense

story is totally wonky

UNLESS

u listen to the squall is dead theory

https://squallsdead.com/

read this

[acoustic fog]

I played 8 once, didn't like it a lot

[swift canyon]

it'll change ur life

[swift canyon]

IT MAKES SENSE IF U READ THIS

U'LL LOVE IT AFTERWARDS

[acoustic fog]

But I was already older, busy with life, different moment...

Alright, I'll check it out later

[swift canyon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1213191270181113916/1342995111226773595/fish-slap.gif

life is a trap

don't fall for it

u must escape it

videogames can do that for u

[acoustic fog]

😬

[swift canyon]

this advice was free

the next one will be costly

[acoustic fog]

😂

But yeah, I think if there's a group of people that's been doing it, it's us.

A constant escape from daily BS

[swift canyon]

it just works all the time

got me sober twice

[acoustic fog]

Alright, I'll get back to sleep.
Bottomline: try Phantasy Star. For real.

[swift canyon]

& u've got a metal remix & a wonky fan theory to read up on

salutations, kind ser

[high meteor]

tbf, we didn't get much if I understand correctly

most of what sa rased was in (worthless) atlas

[tidal storm]

60% was atlas which they rode to zero basically. Had to pay a quarter or so of the total in taxes and on the value of the atlas when it was raised. Probably had like 50-60 million in dollars by the end

Not counting what we all spent after FTX

And idk how much dollars they lost in FTX

But still tens of millions burned up to FTX and at that point we didn’t really have much. That I know of anyway

[rotund hare]

this tax strategy hugest blunder

i know they used Big 4 but those guys are fucking dinosaures

[main basin]

they're doing what to dinosaurs?

[rotund hare]

https://klipy.com/gifs/im-gonna-eatcha

[dry carbon]

GM

[main basin]

Congratulations! You're on a 3 day streak. GM 4 more times for a bonus awkward comment from Groove!

[dry carbon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1320841634023473163/1370128263837384795/28875468-7344-4b65-9f49-75c4b80a1921gif_1.gif

[high meteor]

yeah we technically had way less than gunzilla

and did relatively a lot of stuff

even though none of them is a complete game, but still

😄

at least everyone who worked for sa got paid

[tidal storm]

We probably have sage and half of ue5 if there was no blockchain involved

Just a guess

[rotund hare]

gm. war over.

first time in about 40 days

no attacks

[cursive crypt]

Your thoughts on the bigger war, central banks verses blockchain and the collapse of the petro dollar with stable coins being backed by US debt in a pretty big way. Something big is about to break but I'm not exactly sure how. That do you this is the best way to position to collect some of the crumbs.

[rotund hare]

https://klipy.com/gifs/dwight-the-office-19

[sweet crow]

Interesting amount of time there. 🤔

[cursive crypt]

Both question and belief I guess. We did weigh everything against the US dollar and I see that changing now. I guess the question is what is the best asset to hold that tips the scale in your favor.

[sweet crow]

What's changed in favor of the dollar now?

[cursive crypt]

The dollar as we have known it is changing Nixon took us off the gold standard and Kissinger negotiated the new Petro dollar and the Middle East kept our currency propped up as well as our trade deficits. Financing US debt by foreign Country's holding our bonds is not happening any more and other country's are not wanting us to have the power to sanction them with the SWIFT system anymore. The SEC did not sue Ripple for no reason they were trying to slow down or stop blockchain tec and even with the Clarity act battle we can see where the battle lines are, To answer your question "What's changed in favor of the dollar now?" all I can say is I think is it is changing. For now it is one of the main things we measure against.

[odd dawn]

but you paid meee

[sweet crow]

I mean I don't think anything favors the dollar right now. I think I misunderstood your original statement when you said we "weigh everything against the dollar". My morning brain interpreted "weighing" as "betting" and that "changing" now. But if you meant that the notion of everything being "valued" in dollars as changing, then I would agree with you.

[odd dawn]

What I didnt realize is that China paid Iran for a shipment of Oil in Yuan for the first time at somepoint last year. That was a big no no

[sweet crow]

Was that really the first time that's happened? Was Iran ALWAYS trading in dollars before that point?

[odd dawn]

I will say tentatively yess.........

Only becuase I didnt look it up myself. But I was listening to some podcasts by some former CIA guys

I have never been more convinced that its almost nearly about the oil at the end of the day. Which is fine. Oil money buys Swags spaceships

[sweet crow]

According to google, Iran started selling oil in currencies outside the us dollar in the mid 2000's.

[odd dawn]

Yes, but what was the first time the Yuan was used? Asking cause I dont know. I could google it too, but doing some other things

Like if im US, I dont really care if someone uses pesos or nigerian dollars or w/e

[sweet crow]

They've been normally selling in Yuan since 2018.

[odd dawn]

hmmmm lol maybe the podcast I listened to was from 2019 lol

OR, I vaguely remember them tying in the sanctions

I.e. Iran is currently santioned. So their ONLY lifeline is the Yuan right now

[tidal storm]

They are also trading in D

[odd dawn]

The veteran in me was about to make a mom joke

[tidal storm]

Surprised you didn’t know about d

[odd dawn]

im not falling for that

[tidal storm]

😂

[odd dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/hirxha-hahaha-good-one-gif-11199247073115110154

[sweet crow]

The petrodollar died 2 years ago anyway. So I really don't see this war about that.

[cursive crypt]

Here is a tin foil hat thought for everyone. In Trump's 2016 campaign some of the rhetoric I used when people talked about Trumps bankruptcy's was "Who would be better than Trump to preside over the Corporation of Americas bankruptcy?" The only thing that keeps the US dollar strong is trust. I think that one thing the world is starting to believe and you could say trust is that when President Trump says this is what we want or we will kick your ass he means it. He keeps saying the world will respect America again anf I think he is right at least in our Military power hopefully he can holster his 6 shooter and we can all start playing relatively nice untill C4 starts. Hopefully Lysimach is not ONI.

[sweet crow]

I think it could potentially be a move to make the world more dependent on American oil though.

[odd dawn]

I was pretty good about not falling for them from the juniors, but my DO got me real good once. She was from kenya and I asked about something with the Kenyan flag on it. She was like, what you dont know about Kenya? And I was like no Im sorry. And then she immediately followed up with "Kenya see deeze nuts?"

fuggin roasted by my own DO

[cursive crypt]

Maybe there are MANY forces at work no one wants to lose power and there are plenty who want to gain it.

[cedar hound]

😂

[sweet crow]

Tale as old as time.

[cedar hound]

Self identifying as a victim -> abuser pipeline in broad daylight

[somber grail]

LOL

literal comedy

Trump has accelerated de-dollarization and you post this slop

[cursive crypt]

Best part is we get to live it in Galia irl I'm hard core in Christian faith and I'm required to live with and even Love my enemys. I have been politicaly active in the past but know that ultimatly God is in control so about all I can do is pray for our leaders the ones I like and the ones I don't like. irl I don't make decisions to go to war others do but I am American and as a Christian have to trust again God has it in control.

[cursive crypt]

I think Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump have very simular views about Central Banks.

[cedar hound]

Like a wet fart on a camping trip

[cursive crypt]

The echo chamber is yours have a great day. P.S. the signal coming in from the UK is pretty weak all I'm seeing is blocked message. I'm thinking the City of London and the UK in general are becoming pretty irrelevant I would say Greenland has more value.

[cedar hound]

I think that colostomy bag is leaking into your bloodstream friend. We do have echo chambers but you're in cloud cuckoo land. Take care

[void quarry]

Tump begged the world for help after dropping ten thousand bombs, and the world rejected him. Now Iran controls the strait and is charging a $2m toll per boat. What part of that tells the world to fear us?

[sweet crow]

What if we make the world more dependent on American oil?

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/gunbygunz/status/2042226418545778868?s=46

GUNZ Official (@GUNbyGUNZ)

Our CEO @VladK133 addressing the recent noise.

The full picture matters.

X · Apr 9, 2026, 1:01 PM

For anyone following this

[sweet crow]

Something tells me this ceasefire is temporary. Don't think Iran is going to get away with $2m per boat going through there. If it does keep up, I suspect countries might start looking elsewhere for their oil.

Maybe this is actually part of Trump's play?

[void quarry]

It’s already over.

[tidal storm]

It won’t last unless Israel stops bombing Lebanon world seems pretty clear about that

[plush plaza]

What if the world has options not to do so?😁

[cedar hound]

Let's hope, seem to be one of the companies that got the dynamic right

[void quarry]

Trump doesn’t have a plan mate.

His plan was brinksmanship.

It failed and we’ve been coping ever since

[cedar hound]

Trump and his cronies have been milking the betting sites with politics and insider trading. Even the calls for ceasefires/more than likely that 'Praise be Allah' was another bet confirmation outcome. Just milking folks nonstop lol

War is just a great way to get defense contractors public funds etc, the theatre is justification

[sweet crow]

Time will tell.

I remain skeptical of both sides for now.

[dry carbon]

https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2042148263567225232?s=20 Is this real sir?

aixbt (@aixbt_agent)

solana validator costs just dropped 98% from $60k/year to $1k/year through the VAT system. minimum profitable stake went from 4,850 SOL to 450 SOL. jito, marinade, and lido control ~40% of staked SOL charging 5-9% service fees. anyone with 450 SOL ($37k) can now capture full 6-8%

X · Apr 9, 2026, 7:51 AM

[sweet crow]

Is this bullish or bearish? 😅

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/deitaone/status/2042239531735249219?s=46

*Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone)

GERMANY'S MERZ SAYS I AM CONVINCED THAT IT WAS NOT TRUMP'S INTENTION TO DESTROY A CIVILISATION

X · Apr 9, 2026, 1:53 PM

That’s gotta hurt bro

[rotund hare]

no its garbage dude. agent making up random shit. there isnt 2,400 validators. only 750. lido doesnt exist anymore on solana. i dont even know what the VAT system is.

[void quarry]

? Clearly he wasn’t going to do it. Iran would have turned around and decimated the Persian gulf.

[rotund hare]

fake news. iran doesnt have anything left

[void quarry]

Then why are we still begging them to open the strait?

[rotund hare]

terrorism is harder to root out. one dude hiding in a cave threatening to shoot a ship with a rocket.

thats a much different question then "decimating the persian gulf".

[tidal storm]

Clearly? No one on earth at this point can claim what he may or may not do 😂

[somber grail]

America has no heavy crude bro

you used it all up in the 70s

[tidal storm]

That’s why we need Canada and Venezuela

[somber grail]

That's a slippery slope

whole ME would probably kick out US if they leaned on that too much

[tidal storm]

Sounds like a good deal to me

[plush plaza]

His boss is the same as most of the US congress menbers. Larry Fink…🤪

[tidal storm]

Friday when market closes Trump will leave nato and an hour before it opens on Monday we will go back

[sweet crow]

Kick the US out of what? Policing for them? Ok. Deal. 😂

[tidal storm]

Getting old sucks man it takes me twenty minutes to pee sometimes

[void quarry]

All it takes is a few drones to take out a desalination plant. They just did it yesterday.

[sweet crow]

https://tenor.com/view/sml-joseph-dude-you-should-go-to-the-doctor-you-should-see-a-doctor-you-might-want-to-get-that-checked-out-gif-2862334091908687

[rotund hare]

right "decimating the gulf". they have been threatening this for a month.

all they have left is words

no military

and a few drones

[somber grail]

you realize US is quickly losing it's status as the defacto global superpower at this current moment right?

we are literally watching them be downgraded to regional power

[rotund hare]

if only the other countries had any power to compete with

[hidden steeple]

True. ROME is taking over

[sweet crow]

Compared to who?

[rotund hare]

European powers are too paralyzed by fear to do much of anything.

WW2 all over again

[tidal storm]

No one? Will be may regional powers and no global super power

[rotund hare]

they will keep seeking peace and then come beg to the americans when half their countries are gone

[plush plaza]

Never interrupt a competitor when he is making mistakes…

[sweet crow]

Seems like we're all in the same boat then. 🤷

[rotund hare]

Guess who has zero missile defense

Europe

[tidal storm]

Partially. US boat is still faster but that doesn’t matter when we can’t keep energy flowing

[plush plaza]

o rly?😁

[tidal storm]

They have some, Poland just told us to fuck off when we asked for ours back

[somber grail]

wdym

[sweet crow]

At least we won't have to worry about AI taking over. 😂

[somber grail]

I guess UK in the 20th century?

lol

[rotund hare]

so just poland?

[rotund hare]

lmao UK has nothing left

[somber grail]

exactly

you are making my point

[rotund hare]

what are your point ? i wasnt following

[tidal storm]

I’m sure there are some others but not enough to sustain and modern war defense

[somber grail]

find a world power that has lost a major resource chokehold in the 2000 history of world superpowers and retained their power

Britain loses Suez Canal

power evaporates over next decades

[sweet crow]

I mean, no superpower lasts forever. But who is taking the place of the US right now? Everyone is in shambles.

[somber grail]

no one has to replace them as world superpower immediately

why do you think that has to be the case?

lol

[tidal storm]

Yeah lol

That’s kinda what I was trying to say

[rotund hare]

i mean they lost a lot more then the canal but sure. what's the U.S.'s resource chokehold they are losing?

[somber grail]

The US became the defacto superpower after WW2 cause they decided to not acquire any land and allow FREE GLOBAL TRADE

Allowing Iran to implement tolls on Strait where they rake ~$70B a year

[void quarry]

They said they will attack economic infrastructure if we attack theirs infrastructure. We’ve tried it and they’ve shown that they are capable of doing the same multiple times. Words didn’t shut down kuwaits desalination plant yesterday. Highly mobile and cheap drones did.

[somber grail]

is of course a loss to their status

come on

how is this arguable

[rotund hare]

oh you think thats going to pass? lol.

no fucking way that happens

[somber grail]

well you all seem to think the way is over

I don't agree that it's over

[rotund hare]

oh i dont think its over

[somber grail]

I'm saying if they give up control of the Strait of Hromuz

[sweet crow]

Then why does it really matter right now that the US's power is dwindling when everyone's power is dwindling? It's just the state of the world right now. Like saying the Dollar is losing it's value. Right, but so is every other currency.

[tidal storm]

If we can’t open it I think people will pay that instead of letting their civilization die

[somber grail]

they are 100% finished

[somber grail]

what

China's power is NOT dwindling

neither is Russias

[rotund hare]

well, how much is the US actually importing from the straits? Are they making money from it?

seems like its more of a play to force the rest of the world to intervene

[somber grail]

Mate the US is supposed to be world protector

that's literally their status

[rotund hare]

but destroying Irans infrastructure to turn around them 75B a year income is fucking batshit.

[somber grail]

it's not up to anyone else

[plush plaza]

He wants to bind others. Ez to see.

[somber grail]

😂

this is why they get to have the world reserve currency

if they aren't going to protect free trade

they lose that status

[tidal storm]

Yeah

[rotund hare]

yeah i see your point

[somber grail]

and if they lose that status

The dollar is FUCKED

cause they lose their ability to borrow infinite $ cheaply

[sweet crow]

China is facing economic crisis. Russia is running out of men to draft for their perpetual war in Ukraine. But ok,

[somber grail]

China is not the world reserve currency

neither is Russia

US has A LOT further to fall

[rotund hare]

and do you think we will have a new currency or just fragmentation?

[tidal storm]

Gonna have to super print to buy our own debt, c
Long eggs again

[sweet crow]

Ok. But the point is China and Russia aren't really gaining any real global power right now.

[tidal storm]

More and more people are caring less about Russian sanctions on oil

[somber grail]

The only big winner from this war so far is Russia

so Iunno how true that is

[tidal storm]

More people ok with trading in yuan for oil