This is exactly the point. The USA showed itself collectively to be dangerous to associate with. Wildly unreliable, prone to inappropriate hateful demonstrations and frankly, culturally deeply suspect.

Because the one thing you desperately need is credibility and respect from some random twat on the internet. 🙄

What a horrible time to learn there is no free lunch...

When a man is murdered in a political assassination and the nastiest thing you can say, INTENTIONALLY, is to quote his own words regarding shootings, you are in a fucked up country.

What happened was horrific. It shouldn't happen anywhere. That it happened AGAIN in the USA? Do you not have mirrors?

Well that... That is certainly a thing someone said...

Don't let the yanks see that little peashooter. You know, you just KNOW, they will have to one up us.

I hate you. Possibly even more than I hate myself. Why did I laugh at that? lol

I would be interested.

On the bright side, with coastal erosion, we are all that little bit closer to waterfront property...

You know you now have to produce a 20lb sword. Then convert to human scale, not freedom units divided by population of pregnant eagles multiplied by the square root of six large hedgehogs colons.

... Partially I want to see the "sword". Mostly I want to see that math.

Blame Canad... Blame a small part of Canada!

Not the same ring to it, but it gives me something new to throw at mates so, yeah, I'll allow it.

Who the hell put this together? There are some serious questions.

Oh look! Old milk!

Cool. Cool... So now we know the plan. Shame the pricks face first on the second step every fucking time so it is more: Create fake crisis, fuck response up so fucking bad it is a fucking serious crises, try to find someone to blame, try to find the President, try to pay off witnesses...

Bloody rude that is. On brand, sure. Rude! Lol

That was my thought. I sense a pattern...

Simply travelling from one side of the country to the other is a massive strain on diesels.

What. The...

Wow. That is just... Wow. What the actual fu... You know what? No. No explanation. Some things are best left unexplained. That is the most gloriously stupid thing I have seen in a while.

If we kill off the whole AUKUS program, we are on the hook for a fortune, just like the French debacle. We will have paid billions and have nothing in the pipeline. We may as well give up permanently on submarine operations at that point.

Consecutive governments have screwed us.

We COULD attempt to extend the life of the Collins Class, but the expectation is that better than half the boats won't survive the process, and won't be affordable.

The only bright point is that the US benefits from offloading old trash, and we get 'training' boats, so we may get the US boats...

It absolutely is a terrible deal for Australia, but it is the only way we have a chance of having anything in the water before our AUKUS boats start arriving in the late 2030's, early 2040's.

We have put ourselves in a shocking position, but there is simply no other option on the table.

Not buying, essentially gifting the US a big chunk of cash to spend because they have had issues sorting out their own production facilities. IF they get back on track, IF they can produce the number of hulls they need, IF they can manage without them, they MAY 'gift us a couple of old boats.

You aren't paying them for AUKUS. That payment is an entirely separate agreement. A bad one, but not AUKUS. It absolutely blows my mind people still can't get this straight.

AUKUS is a class of submarine to be built by the UK and Australia.

The US is not building AUKUS.

$75k... Not too bad... It could be done!

Personally I thought there was some good content.

Coming off DnD5e, this was one of the first books (after Traveller Core Rules) I read. To say it was a step above what I had learned to expect undersells how good some of Mongoose's work is.

But that is really just sitting there with ideas and stuff. You know, it isn't like REAL work like I do... You know, [insert random menial task that does nothing for the greater good]!

This stings. I think we have all been there at some point. Welcome to the club, sorry to see you here.

Only a problem when prep takes weeks or months. Just saying... makes for some interesting moments.

#5 might be a problem...

... ok, so we need an old priest and a young priest... That is the most disturbed thing I have seen in a while.

Also, anyone know where I can find rubber chicken? Asking for a friend.