I think that this is very interesting and a playful literary conceit to compare Nadal with Russia.I hope you aren't suggesting that because of the similarities you've created (legitimately) their "lives" are bound to follow the same arcs. That would besympathetic magic.
Sawfish <[email protected]> Wrote in message:be sympathetic magic.
I think that this is very interesting and a playful literary conceit to compare Nadal with Russia.I hope you aren't suggesting that because of the similarities you've created (legitimately) their "lives" are bound to follow the same arcs. That would
I'm glad I'm successful in my writings. ;)
It's still 14 slams, ranked #3 in all-time slam count rankings, sharing that spot with Sampras. Drop from #2 but it's just one place, still not a huge drop, considering you've removed 8 slams.
And of course, ludicrous FO and clay accomplishments are still there so those are intact and those are his main boat credentials anyway.
All in all, the bulk of his legacy is kinda intact, although he's diminished.
It's a good comparison for Russia.
They want and need their non-FO accomplishments back.
They mostly always had it.
Certainly they had it when they were at peak.
Russian Empire had it.
Soviet Union had it.
Russian Federation doesn't have it.
*skriptis - serious question here. Besides NATO pulling back to it's 1990 borders, what is the biggest need for Russia to get back to it's full strength?
Scall5 <[email protected]> Wrote in message:> *skriptis - serious question here. Besides NATO pulling back to it's 1990 borders, what is the biggest need for Russia to get back to it's full strength?Population crisis, not enough births, basicallyRussians are disappearing.But it's something happening to West as well. In some ways Russia is better off and in some ways it's worse off.Russia is worse off because their population pyramid is horrendous, it shows generational shock from ww2 when entire
On 2/23/25 7:13 AM, *skriptis wrote:
Scall5 <[email protected]> Wrote in message:
*skriptis - serious question here. Besides NATO pulling back to it's
1990 borders, what is the biggest need for Russia to get back to it's
full strength?
Population crisis, not enough births, basically Russians are
disappearing.
But it's something happening to West as well. In some ways Russia is
better off and in some ways it's worse off.
Russia is worse off because their population pyramid is horrendous, it
shows generational shock from ww2 when entire generation was halved
and the effect is felt to this day. Another shock on shock was USSR
collapse causing mass poverty and population another decline.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russia_Population_Pyramid.svg
So one problem is not having enough births, another is that due to
historical events, generations are inconsistent in numbers which is an
additional strain on society imo.
Currently they have cca 1.2 million births which is to say if we
assume 80 years life expectancy they're producing enough people for
cca more or less 100 million nation.
So it's all bad.
They do import many people, it's been going on for the past few
decades, primarily they've focused on Russians from other former USSR
countries but also other people from those former Soviet Union states.
The positive side is that they're partially willing to endure the
consequences of their misfortunes by not going full immigration mode?
Russia is still somewhat feminist society pandering to women like they
did in Soviet times, but it's not really on pair with the west.
Women's "independence" or careers or promoting women over men in
society is not the state policy. And it's not controversial to say
motherhood is more important than careers.
Likewise, ethnic replacement of native people with imported people is
not seen as something good, nor is it seen as a solution.
If we need to import aliens to save us from going extinct have we
really stopped our extinction?
Basically for Russians this is a very simple, non-controversial
question with a clear answer.
For westerners it causes nervous breakdown and accusations of
Hitlerism begin.
FWIW, very good analysis, skript.
It's important now that the small cats of Europe keep their upper lips
stiff. Fat chance, but it's important anyways.
Sawfish <[email protected]> writes:> On 2/23/25 7:13 AM, *skriptis wrote:>> Scall5 <[email protected]> Wrote in message:>>> *skriptis - serious question here. Besides NATO pulling back >>> to it's 1990 borders, what is the biggest need for Russia to >>because their population pyramid is >> horrendous,>> it shows generational shock from ww2 when entire generation was>> halved and the effect is felt to this day. Another shock on >> shock>> was USSR collapse causing mass poverty and population another>>
get back to it's full strength?>> Population crisis, not enough births, basically Russians are>> disappearing.>> But it's something happening to West as well. In some ways >> Russia is>> better off and in some ways it's worse off.>> Russia is worse off
Yeah, I wondered where the connection to warfare came from that jd and pelle injected into the discussion.The saying here is "from out of left field".
Avoidable self-inflicted problems that are compounded by more ill-advised remedies?It's interesting to note that neither of them actually responded to your answer to Scall's question; they responded to my reply to you.It was my *reply* that got to them,looks like, and not your stated observations.Hmmmm.....
Sawfish <[email protected]> writes:
On 2/23/25 2:07 PM, jdeluise wrote:
Sawfish <[email protected]> writes:
On 2/23/25 12:45 PM, *skriptis wrote:To be fair, neither did you besides giving him the weekly handjob.
Sawfish <[email protected]> Wrote in message:
Yeah, I wondered where the connection to warfare came from thatI guess they think Putin thought that by dealing with one issue he
jd and pelle injected into the discussion.The saying here is
"from out of left field".
would solve another one.
;)
But hey, it's jdeluise and Pelle.
The points they make is kinda like?
https://youtu.be/fnHoKJTty5o?feature=shared
Sacrifice your 8 minutes to watch this episode, this Czechoslovak
cartoon is iconic, my childhood favourite really, among many. I'd
say it's as different from others as Fabrice Santoro of all the
cartoons I watched and liked.
(It's stop motion animated actually.)
Avoidable self-inflicted problems that are compounded by more
ill-advised remedies?
It's interesting to note that neither of them actually responded to
your answer to Scall's question; they responded to my reply to you.
It was my *reply* that got to them, looks like, and not your stated
observations.
Hmmmm.....
You only need to be fair to people who will reciprocate.
It's how you can tell friends from enemies, j.
That you know all this I'm sure of. I've never understood, in all
these years, is why you actively try *hard* make enemies out of
potential friends.
As I've said before, I don't need to come to an anonymous text forum to
"make friends". I don't need more friends and I find real life ones
more engaging and valuable? usenet is for us to engage with others in lively debate and utilize our freedom of speech in ways that are
restricted on most other platforms.
Yeah, I wondered where the connection to warfare came from that jd and
pelle injected into the discussion.
I think that this is very interesting and a playful literary conceit to compare Nadal with Russia.
On 2/25/25 4:29 PM, TT wrote:
Sawfish kirjoitti 22.2.2025 klo 20.20:
I think that this is very interesting and a playful literary conceit
to compare Nadal with Russia.
Seems like a desperately forced parallel...
"playful"
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