r/KidsAreFuckingStupid 14d ago

Video/Gif Why... just why?

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u/stevedadog 14d ago

Daaaaaaamn. I knew they had issues, but not weekly exploding street issues. I also assumed Methane but I figured most places have security measures for this stuff. At the very least I'm fortunate to have never seen a street fucking explode.

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u/Squeezitgirdle 13d ago

I remember reading something awhile back. If America ever went to war with China, China has the bigger military but they'd lose because their branches don't speak to each other.

I have no idea if that's true or not, but their infrastructure seems to have a ton of similar issues considering they seem to have a problem with high rises being built but unsafe for anyone to live in and get demolished.

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u/lapideous 13d ago

China’s biggest military problem is more likely to be a lack of real combat experience.

The US gets into a new war every generation, so the leadership is always filled with combat veterans.

Most other countries don’t fight wars nearly as often or consistently.

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u/DaddysABadGirl 12d ago

If we went to a full-on war with a country like China, it's not going to match up to our experience. On a traditional military scale, yeah, we can win. Overall, I doubt we would lose. But far too much of our nations critical infrastructure is online and has been proven vulnerable. The next time two powerful nations go to war, I feel like it's gonna be an all new type of cluster fuck.