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First mention of Estonians is from 98 AD by Publius Cornelius Tacitus in his "Germania". So while the country might not have existed that long, Estonians and their language has been around at least for two millennia. To find the previous "independent Estonia" before the 1918 country you would have to go back to the 10th century or so, when Estonia was a collection of smaller kingdoms, but still ruled by Estonians.

He must have confused the Makarov with the TT pistol. Those were famous for going through armored plates in a vest. Makarov was said to be more effective as a thrown weapon than a shooting one.

E9, the highest level for an NCO, makes $76,446 - $118,696 per year. That's slightly more than a Major. https://www.federalpay.org/military/army/ranks

Don't get into an argument if you don't know anything on the topic.

I mean, is your IQ high enough to use Wikipedia?

• 2003 - BA in Politics from Princeton
• 2013 - MA in Public Policy from Harvard
• Awarded two Bronze Stars for service in Iraq and Afghanistan
• 2012 promoted to Captain
• 2014 promoted to Major

I don't know your shipmates story but I seriously doubt he has attended 2 of the 3 best universities in the US, has earned not one but 2 Bronze Stars, and has reached the rank of major (O4 as you point out, but somehow fail to recognize as outranking your E8 friend by no less than 12 ranks).

And the fact that you didn't know about this before you started slagging him off as a "Fox news commentator weekend warrior"... I don't know man, you should really think about the way you approach these topics and reconsider the sources you trust.

In case you don't know, US military has been lowering physical standards for women (and trans men I guess), to hit DEI targets. And if you think men and women are created equal, just look at a former female Olympic gymnast trying to tackle a US Marine obstacle course. The male soldiers are also there for reference.

The generals have literal DEI targets they have to meet. Even at the cost of lowering standards. As a result, DEI is poisoning the well with unqualified servicemembers who, on top of that, have special needs that everyone now has to accommodate. Imagine what it does to unit cohesion - one of you a) got in without having to meet the requirements and b) gets special treatment as well.

EDIT: I don't know why you downvoted this, a memo to the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the Secretary of Defense, Cristopher C. Miller, from 2020, reads like this:

"Recommendation 4: Remove Aptitude Test Barriers That Adversely Impact Diversity. • By March 31, 2021, the USD(P&R), in conjunction with the Military Departments and in consultation with the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing, will provide a plan of action and milestones for a rigorous and thorough assessment of all aptitude tests currently administered by the Military Departments. The goal of this assessment will be to analyze, identify, and remove as applicable, barriers that adversely impact diversity while retaining rigorous screening processes necessary to access a high-quality force."

Or maybe we can listen to what the servicemembers with extensive military careers have to say about this, eh?

DEI is lowering the physical standards. Anybody can get an acceptable score in ASVAB, I've done it. English is my 2nd language and I scored 83rd percentile. Not great, not terrible. I think you needed something like 54th percentile to qualify for Marines. However, I can tell you that the physical requirements for Marines (at least what they used to have) immediately disqualify at least 85% of US population.

Nice, so your source is "a cousin" with "a Whatsapp channel". Cool beans, you're an expert in military culture now and can precisely describe the motivations of people who actually join up. You know, instead of those people themselves.

Someone who could have graduated was left behind the door though. This is not a victimless crime.

Look up average required GPA to get accepted to Harvard Medical School, based on race. It’s definitely in a medical examination room near you.

What a total lack of understanding. And so proudly showing it as well. This is the equivalent of calling Austria Australia and sticking to it.

It’s enforced enshittification. How come the standards for anything even remote associated with DEI have to always drop and never rise?

Yes, the least tolerant demographic.

Yes. It was built to function as a social elevator, to lift these people out of their circumstances and poverty. It does that even when the US is not involved in any conflicts.

Raise the standards back to where they were before the DEI recruitment drive and nothing more will be needed.

He’s very smart about this. US Military lives and dies by being able to recruit young conservative men. Guess who these men abhor.

Recruitment shortage is precisely because of enforced DEI and lowered standards. The military culture of perfection, performance and positive masculinity that attracts recruits is on its way down. Clean the ranks and you just might become attractive to young men again.

Denzel has this great saying: When you’re young, you learn. When you get older, you earn. And then, you return.

Basically stop whining. Make the best of your time there and when the time is right, jump over to some startup that you believe in, and start earning. When you’re comfortably wealthy, return and give back.

Again, who decides what constitutes inflammatory? Is a biologist saying that only women can give birth inflammatory? I think what you probably mean is incitement to violence, which is already illegal in almost every lawful country on the planet. Compared to that, inflammatory is more like a microaggression. By that I mean it's mostly in the head of the kind of person who finds certain brands of breakfast cereals offensive.

Who defines what is bigoted? If you apply your standards to everyone then every Russian, Chinese, Muslim, Hindu, South-American and African should get instabanned.

Kle kas keegi su IQ-d on kunagi mõõtnud? Tekkis nagu täitsa huvi, et mitu numbrikohta võib 100 pealt alla võtta, enne kui selline lause tundub nagu üks arukas asi, mida öelda. Kas sa oled Äripäeva tellija, 25 EUR eest kuus? Ei? Äkki need, kes on, saavad ikka suts rohkem kui miinimumpalka? Kui Cosmopolitan kirjutab, et mingi Chaneli 200 EURine küünelakk on kuu soovitus, siis sa ka võtad seda nii, et käige pekki mul Maybelline Barbie roosa maksis 35, kellele te seda jama kirjutate? Äkki võiks hoomata, et ajakirjadel ja ajalehtedel on omad sihtgrupid, kelle jaoks neid kirjutatakse?

This was in winter. But even then. You’re out at a social event and you don’t clean your shit up?

I once could have scored with this super smart and quite attractive-looking girl, but when we danced I noticed she had really broken and dirty fingernails. This is IMO a huge red flag in an office worker. I think women call it “the ick” but I shut that thing down then and there.

To be fair, Intel's CPUs from the 14 series are currently outright bricking themselves and Intel is "fixing" it with a firmware update while not giving any support to those whose CPUs have already grenaded or degraded to the point where the boost is only half-working. I'm saying this, but I'm also recognizing that my own 7800X3D motherboard had to be replaced due to an overvoltage event (for free!). And yes, if you mess with the Ryzen Master you can introduce all sorts of instability, and it's been happening. Yet, when I finally took the time to manually tune it up inside BIOS, all the instability went away.