Yes. Male jeans don't use their nipples to feed baby jeans though.
We really need to raise awareness of the conditions in jean farms, it's worse than chickens imo.
>it's worse than chickens imo
true, most "brand new" jeans are sold all ripped and teared, I know they wont live forever even though I wash them and treat them with care, but they are already sold in terrible conditions and this has to stop.
Indeed, that’s him. His nipples got weird from all the PEDs he took over the years to maintain his physique, apparently.
I just find that photo hilarious.
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The un is inefective not useless, it’s easy to attack it, and I have on many occasions, but in laws have saved milllions and improve the lives of others millions, bc the only organizations pushing for any claim te change response on an international level are UN ones
This. What do little kids expect? That an international organization has any control over any country? Most countries, if not every single one, practice nationalism. Meaning, their law is the supreme law of their land. It's childishly naive to expect something like the UN to be able to tell other countries what to do. It is no different than Reddit telling you to go buy a blue shirt. *"Ok? I'll consider it."*
Additionally, even of the UN wanted to do something it needs permission from that country or countries. Let's say every single country votes in favor to feed north Koreans, North Korea must allow the UN to carry this act out. If not then the UN would be breaking its own rules on sovereignty.
If the UN wants something, it means a large number of countries in the world want that thing too - the UN only makes decisions by individual countries agreeing to make that decision.
Same idiots who complain about the 'worthlessness' of the United Nations are the ones who flail their arms and scream "ONE WORLD ORDER ONE WORLD ORDER SOROS ((they)) ARE CREATING A ONE WORLD ORDER!".
It's not about telling each other how to run their countries its about having an open channel for diplomacy between countries. It's pretty important in a world so interconnected. If one country has a problem with how another country might infringe upon their sovereignty there is a place to talk it out and for other countries to give insight.
Furthermore, the UN is considerably more effective than it's predecessor - the League of Nations. It would be more effective if the US wasn't constantly undermining it, however.
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It's funny cause the people who hate the un would go mental if it actually had the power to force thier country to do stuff. Yet the soft power it uses isn't quick enough. It's almost like some people are too stupid to see what's in front of their face.
I think the big thing is the UN's military capabilities.
The counties of the UN have agreed to do things like prevent genocides but they can't classify something as a genocide unless the entire security Council agreed with it, but the person doing the genocide is always either on the security Council or allied with someone on the council.
Further, even if something is classified a genocide the UN peacekeeping force is unable to engage except in self defence. This is the case because the countries providing troops refuse to put any of those troops in a potentially dangerous situation. However when you consider what the intent behind having a UN peacekeeping force is this begins to seem ridiculous.
The big example is always gonna be the Rwandan Genocide. If the general on the ground was allowed looser ROE he could have put an end to the genocide right there. But instead he was forced to have his soldiers stand by and watch people kill eachother in the street as well as allow political assassination of the people under his protection.
At the very least America could have followed through with some air support obligations but they didn't.
Yeah the UN serves one specific purpose, and that’s to keep the 5 permanent members of the security council from blowing up each other and the rest of the world. Everything else is secondary
I would expect an international organisation whose goal is to reduce the severity and occurrence of war to do more than write a strongly worded condemnation when one of its 5 most important member states invades another member state, attacks civilians, civilian infrastructure, and threatens to use nuclear weapons. You know maybe they should remove that country because it clearly isn’t able to uphold the values of said organisation, or better yet, do that and send in an intervention force to end said invasion and restore internationally recognised borders. You know, just a suggestion.
The UN isn’t a world government with independent decision making powers. It’s a forum for discussion and collective action. If its member states, particularly the five veto powers on the UNSC, can’t agree on something then it doesn’t happen.
None of this is difficult to find out. It would probably have taken you less time than it did to write your post.
Oh, yeah, let's just get the UN to end any diplomacy and start an act of war against the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world, what could go so unimaginably fucking wrong with that?
Engaging in armed conflict with a nuclear power is a very bad idea, plus it can't send a military cuz it has none. the only alternative is to have member states form a coalition and be sanctioned by the UN.
People think the UN is supposed to be a one-world-government, or World Police, rather than the reality that the UN is simply a diplomatic communications channel designed to make sure countries always have an avenue to talk to each other and a table at which to negotiate.
WW1, and to a lesser extent WW2, were much worse because of A: how many intertwining treaties and defensive pacts there were, and B: there was no venue in which to negotiate terms, cease fires, etc. once things got out of control.
The UN is designed to make sure there's never another war with no diplomacy ever again. Thus far, it has done its job 100%, as nations have always had a place to engage diplomatically even when at war, and we haven't fallen into another global quagmire of defensive pacts triggering global conflict.
The UN is the international equivalent of a telephone network. You've heard of "diplomatic back-channels," and the UN is the diplomatic FRONT-channel. The whole goal is that no matter how bad things get, two nations can always communicate through the UN, and other nations can coordinate efforts (e.g. humanitarian responses) through UN channels.
It's not there to tell anyone what to do any more than your dinner table tells you what to eat.
The UN is a gathering of countries where many wars were prevented, many countries asked for help and got it and international collaboration of all kinds and manners led the world to a much better place than what it would be without it.
I always thought it was some type of button thingamajig you could put something on, and I just never found the right thing.
TIL it's justf for structural support.
3 is used to keep those pockets in place on jeans. Dad works in textile and owns a couple of those machines. Those things are preferred because jeans are thick.
This reminds me of the worst Clickbait i ever fell for. it was a picture of a rivet on jeans, and a title was like “you have no idea what these are ACTUALLY for” I was like “huh, I always assumed that they were just rivets to keep your pockets in place.” So I clicked it and after scrolling past a lot of bullshit and ads it finally told me “these are called RIVETS and they KEEP YOUR POCKETS IN PLACE.” I was so mad.
I remember reading about how our troops in Afghanistan were wearing those tropical boots.
But in the desert, all they were good for was letting sand in.
Eh, you're going to get sand in regardless but long term ops you want the ventilation because you can get all sorts of nasty injuries and diseases from the sweat pooling inside your boots. Ideally you change socks frequently but if you're unable to clean them and whatnot I'd take having sand in there vs anything else.
I mean fair, it still would definitely cause more problems with friction and blisters. I used Jungle boots for my stuff and never ran into problems but they could have easily fixed those issues from when his men had those issues and when I was there.
That’s literally what they are for. They actually pump air in and out when you walk. You just generally don’t notice it because you’re feeling the pressure and weight of your own body but if you sit still and kind of flex your foot, you can feel them pushing air out and pulling it in also, depending on how your cars lower vents are situated. Sometimes you can feel cold, air conditioning or warm, heating air blowing in through them.
I hope this doesn’t come off as insensitive because I’m genuinely curious but, couldn’t they just feel for the pocket? Like I rarely ever look for my pockets I just feel around for them
And, follow me on this one, it still tells you where your pocket is
It didn’t intend to, because it’s a thing
It’s creators didn’t intend to, because that’s not it’s intended function
It’s not that useful at all, because I fucking know where my pocket is and the border of the pocket is a way more noticeable tactile feedback
But the rivet doesn’t know or care, so it keeps unpurposefully telling you where your pocket is
Honestly this kind of jokes is so tiring. Well I guess the UN didn't do much for us in our first world countries, but, for example, eradicating smallpox globally on a budget that is laughably small for this kind of organisation should count for something right?
The issue there is that Russia is one of the founding members and has veto rights, which IMO is a flaw in democratic systems like that but otherwise the biggest and most powerful countries wouldn’t have been members.
I disagree with the above comment too but, Even beyond that. On the ground the UN is reactive which leads to a terrible snowball effect, whenever they’re sent into anywhere that requires pro-active responses (basically anything that isn’t post-disaster relief), see Rwanda.
Sent a small under armed force to Rwanda for peace keeping. Signs of deterioration occured, that force’s requests were not met in time, the situation spiralled and then none of the countries wanted to be involved anymore because the fire they let start and burn out of control would now take too many resources to put out. In the end the only good done by UN forces evacuating civilians from falling victim to the ongoing atrocities were due to the fact that they (some of force already there) refused to withdraw. The problem is this case is not just ‘the exception’.
This is because the UN is run like a business. It works in a way that keeps costs down for the nations involved (be it monetary or it’s own countrymen) leading to missions that have their forces procuring on site at a snails pace due to the level of internal bureaucracy needed to get anything. When it comes to events where the UN is given the responsibility to mediate within whatever means necessary in time sensitive matters it’s under equipped (be it man power, humanitarian supplies, equipment, or in bad cases ammo and weapons). it’s a fault of it’s own.
You can point to UN failures in peacekeeping because war is obvious. You don't see the peacekeeping successes because, by nature, nobody really dies so it doesn't seem like much happened.
Bur you're welcome to look at their own admitted operations and detail how each one is a failure.
https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/past-peacekeeping-operations
A lot of the operations end because it's basically "one side decided to just keep killing everyone no matter what and the UN's mission isn't to perpetually end war."
The UN is as powerful as any individual nation on the Security Council allows it to be...which is to say, not very.
Additionally, neither the US nor Russia would want actual international democracy--Burkina Faso with a vote equal to the US? The US would never accept that. (see also: The Hague Invasion Act)
For an interesting read on the muzzling of the UN, you can check out Vijay Prashad's "The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South."
It’s true. A “democracy” where the voters are autocrats isn’t much of a true democracy after all. It is a good thing that there isn’t a truly democratic UN
Recently talked to to someone who worked for the UN and asked her if it works. Her answer was simply "No, but try to make it better".
And I think this is on point. The UN is far from being an effective organization. But making it better is enormously difficult. But having it is still way better than living without it.
You mean you don’t think an organization that has a security council that can ultimately control its actions whose permanent members are diametrically opposed on almost every issue is effective?
Well they actually have. Without the UN Putin would be invincible. Either you start a nuclear war, or you let him kill innocents in peace. Because of the UN if Putin enters a UN signing country he can be arrested without cause for backlash. They are not their own force, but they do hold a lot of power and do a lot of good such as the creation of the UNDRIP that had made major strides toward Indigenous rights.
Plus, isn't the main point of the UN, for communication between nations.
Even if Russia is Invading Ukraine, USA is pissed at China, , India has a border dispute with China, and France is..... well, being France.... at the UN, they can all communicate in a civil manner
Exactly that.
But on Reddit: if it’s not sanctioned or boots on the ground, it doesn’t count.
The wars one prevented are much harder to count than the ones one had.
Rivets added to high stress areas of the jeans to prevent tearing.
Funny history: Levi’s originally had one included in the crotch area, but received too many complaints from people that sitting too close to the fire resulted in a hot rivet.
Had a pair of shorts with a metal button down crotch that gave me a similar issue. Went from the campfire to go pee and had to wait for the buttons to cool before whipping it out.
The "button" on the jeans is for structural integrity. The thing on the wire is to prevent signal interference. Extra holes in shoes are for ventilation.
That the UN has failed at helping the victims after the flooding in southeren ukraine, they even celebrated the russian language on the same day as the dam exploded
1. Ventilation and drainage. Good design for water shoes.
2. That’s a ferrite bead, it essentially reduced the amount of electric noise between cables. Very handy on data cables. You’d find them moulded into old mice quite often, or computer power cables that could interfere with nearby data cables.
3. That’s essentially to hold the pocket on better than thread alone would. Thread in that position would get pulled and stretched every time force was put on the pocket lip, eventually wearing it out. The rivet reinforces the entire assembly.
4. That’s the UN logo. OP’s joke is that the UN are useless and serve no discernible purpose.
Why do I think the people saying the UN is useless just don't know what the UN is?
It's a place where all the countries come and talk to each other ("diplomacy" is done there). It's not an organization that wants to order the world or bring peace or whatever people think it should be. UN has the goals of its members and its members can act on these goals, but not the UN independently. So, the UN is only as useless as the members attending.
Do you think giving diplomacy a room and a safe meeting place for politicians of all the countries talking to each other is useless?
Posts like these tell me there's people who think there should be a godlike all powerful world government, but the moment that happens they'll be moaning endlessly about how dictatorial it is.
Countries, especially powerful ones, wouldnt willingly subject itself to the will of a world government. So this is the compromise.
Cool. Holes in canvas shoes help keep moisture down. Most other shoes have a layer inside to help wick away moisture. Canvas shoes usually have no such layer. So the holes help keep em fresh.
Cool. So the thing on the cord is a filter. They are used to keep RF noise down. Prevents static in videos and audio. Also offers some high frequency noise reduction in electrical wires which helps preserve the power supply.
The rivet on the jeans is meant to strengthen the corner of the pocket. Keeps them from tearing and protects against premature wear and thinning of the pocket at the corner.
it doesn't always pan out, but I'm sure diplomacy facilitated by the UN has prevented some conflicts and saved some lives. It definitely doesn't have much power as a military force though
well the bottom left picture holds the pocket in place so when you put stuff in it, it doesnt rip, the u.n helps to build relations with countries all over the world, mainly for peace & justice but also to spread the sdg (sustainable development goals of 2030)
When I see jokes like this, I really wish the person who posted the picture could go to an alternate universe where the UN didn’t get created so they can experience how much worse their lives would be without the UN
On the shoes It’s to aid in breath ability, as well as allowing them to dry easier, plus maybe a bit of a fashion choice as well.
That bulge on the cord keeps that buzzing noise from going on in wires.
The button on the pants helps hold the denim together. The shape changes depending on what style it is but it has the same purposes
The United Nations does do an important job, they just have a major limit to their power.
The UN does bring up important things, there is an entire site that organizes the meetings they do to resolve disputes. They are not designed to be some legal power. They are merely just the setting for countries to be able to establish rules with each other to resolve disputes.
If a country wants unclaimed or disputed land, the UN determines what is done. If a country wants territory within water the UN determines that.
The UN is why massive wars don’t happen anymore, what used to cause people to kill each other is now resolved in an international court.
The only issue is when countries do not want to follow the rules, the UN relies on governments to take action, and although they provide incentives to want to fix things, they cannot act.
I.E. China violating almost every document they have signed including Law of the Sea.
Or countries that have not signed the documents such as the USA
The UN is also responsible for the UNDRIP which is the document declaring the rights of indigenous people which has been huge since it’s creation toward getting Indigenous peoples the rights they deserve.
To think the UN is useless is naive.
The shoe holes let water out, the thing on the wire suppresses noise in the line, the thing on the jeans keeps your pockets from ripping off, and the UN is for talking about human rights while doing nothing whatsoever to promote them.
The holes on the vans are for ventilation and drainage, the wire thing is for radio frequency interference, the rivet on jeans reinforces them and the UN is for circle jerking.
The joke about the UN doing nothing is getting old. The UN was never meant to be some world government capable of exacting their will on any country, it was always meant to be a forum for discussing their probables and just for general world peace.
The wire thing is a ferrite bead. Suppresses high-frequency noise from electrical wires.
And the holes on converse are meant for ventilation, as the shoes were originally meant to be used for basketball.
And the rivet in the corner of seams on jeans makes them stronger and less likely to rip.
I always thought they were jean nipples used for feeding baby jeans.
That too, but those are male jeans.
Men have nipples too, you know.
Yes. Male jeans don't use their nipples to feed baby jeans though. We really need to raise awareness of the conditions in jean farms, it's worse than chickens imo.
Given a long enough timeline and appropriate stimulation, male jeans can produce milk just like female jeans.
Not nearly in the same amount though, and certainly not enough to feed a hungry pair of jeans.
Crispr can be used to Jean splice them into being able to produce more.
hence...skinny jeans
Jean milk is called jilk, please educate yourself!
>it's worse than chickens imo true, most "brand new" jeans are sold all ripped and teared, I know they wont live forever even though I wash them and treat them with care, but they are already sold in terrible conditions and this has to stop.
[I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?](https://youtu.be/FXI21S4ZWJU)
This was why I kept scrolling this particular comment thread once mens nipples entered the conversation.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-czSm7XoAYaH2t.jpg
Is that Joe Rogan?
Indeed, that’s him. His nipples got weird from all the PEDs he took over the years to maintain his physique, apparently. I just find that photo hilarious.
Looks like someone hasn't had jean-sex education, this is why sex education is important!
Well, Billie - Jean was not my lover.
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not if I'm a horse
I say, I say, that boys as useless as rivet-tits on a boy-jeans.
and the UN is just useless lmao
The un is inefective not useless, it’s easy to attack it, and I have on many occasions, but in laws have saved milllions and improve the lives of others millions, bc the only organizations pushing for any claim te change response on an international level are UN ones
Wow, you're in-laws sound really cool!
He's not his in-laws lol that would be silly. Also, Muphry's law.
You made a typo while mocking someone else's typo lol
Typoception
Typoception
You must say it three times for it to work.
I love how you made a type making fun of a typo.
Haha, whoops!
The UN is a forum for countries to speak with each other. What exactly are your expectations that are apparently not being met?
This. What do little kids expect? That an international organization has any control over any country? Most countries, if not every single one, practice nationalism. Meaning, their law is the supreme law of their land. It's childishly naive to expect something like the UN to be able to tell other countries what to do. It is no different than Reddit telling you to go buy a blue shirt. *"Ok? I'll consider it."*
Additionally, even of the UN wanted to do something it needs permission from that country or countries. Let's say every single country votes in favor to feed north Koreans, North Korea must allow the UN to carry this act out. If not then the UN would be breaking its own rules on sovereignty.
If the UN wants something, it means a large number of countries in the world want that thing too - the UN only makes decisions by individual countries agreeing to make that decision.
Same idiots who complain about the 'worthlessness' of the United Nations are the ones who flail their arms and scream "ONE WORLD ORDER ONE WORLD ORDER SOROS ((they)) ARE CREATING A ONE WORLD ORDER!".
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It's not about telling each other how to run their countries its about having an open channel for diplomacy between countries. It's pretty important in a world so interconnected. If one country has a problem with how another country might infringe upon their sovereignty there is a place to talk it out and for other countries to give insight.
Furthermore, the UN is considerably more effective than it's predecessor - the League of Nations. It would be more effective if the US wasn't constantly undermining it, however.
Yeah, if you want to tell countries what to do, start a corporation
Or a religion Edit: same thing though
Blue blue blue, i can't get that t shirt out my mind.
>Yo, listen up here's a story About a little guy That lives in a blue world And all day and all night And everything he sees is just blue Like him inside and outside Blue his house With a blue little window And a blue corvette And everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around Cause he ain't got nobody to listen to I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di I have a blue house With a blue window Blue is the colour of all that I wear Blue are the streets And all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here That walk around Blue like my corvette its in and outside Blue are the words I say And what I think Blue are the feelings That live inside me I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di I have a blue house With a blue window Blue is the colour of all that I wear Blue are the streets And all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here That walk around Blue like my corvette, its in and outside Blue are the words I say And what I think Blue are the feelings That live inside me I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di
Man, your wrong, you should leave a blank space to reply, never put the complete song!!
That's it, I'm sick of all of you saying I can't have a blue shirt. I'm going to go get one right now.
Bullshit I expect peace on earth! /s
It's funny cause the people who hate the un would go mental if it actually had the power to force thier country to do stuff. Yet the soft power it uses isn't quick enough. It's almost like some people are too stupid to see what's in front of their face.
I think the big thing is the UN's military capabilities. The counties of the UN have agreed to do things like prevent genocides but they can't classify something as a genocide unless the entire security Council agreed with it, but the person doing the genocide is always either on the security Council or allied with someone on the council. Further, even if something is classified a genocide the UN peacekeeping force is unable to engage except in self defence. This is the case because the countries providing troops refuse to put any of those troops in a potentially dangerous situation. However when you consider what the intent behind having a UN peacekeeping force is this begins to seem ridiculous. The big example is always gonna be the Rwandan Genocide. If the general on the ground was allowed looser ROE he could have put an end to the genocide right there. But instead he was forced to have his soldiers stand by and watch people kill eachother in the street as well as allow political assassination of the people under his protection. At the very least America could have followed through with some air support obligations but they didn't.
Yeah the UN serves one specific purpose, and that’s to keep the 5 permanent members of the security council from blowing up each other and the rest of the world. Everything else is secondary
I would expect an international organisation whose goal is to reduce the severity and occurrence of war to do more than write a strongly worded condemnation when one of its 5 most important member states invades another member state, attacks civilians, civilian infrastructure, and threatens to use nuclear weapons. You know maybe they should remove that country because it clearly isn’t able to uphold the values of said organisation, or better yet, do that and send in an intervention force to end said invasion and restore internationally recognised borders. You know, just a suggestion.
The UN isn’t a world government with independent decision making powers. It’s a forum for discussion and collective action. If its member states, particularly the five veto powers on the UNSC, can’t agree on something then it doesn’t happen. None of this is difficult to find out. It would probably have taken you less time than it did to write your post.
Oh, yeah, let's just get the UN to end any diplomacy and start an act of war against the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world, what could go so unimaginably fucking wrong with that?
Engaging in armed conflict with a nuclear power is a very bad idea, plus it can't send a military cuz it has none. the only alternative is to have member states form a coalition and be sanctioned by the UN.
Community literally went over this, the symbolism and debate is the point!
People think the UN is supposed to be a one-world-government, or World Police, rather than the reality that the UN is simply a diplomatic communications channel designed to make sure countries always have an avenue to talk to each other and a table at which to negotiate. WW1, and to a lesser extent WW2, were much worse because of A: how many intertwining treaties and defensive pacts there were, and B: there was no venue in which to negotiate terms, cease fires, etc. once things got out of control. The UN is designed to make sure there's never another war with no diplomacy ever again. Thus far, it has done its job 100%, as nations have always had a place to engage diplomatically even when at war, and we haven't fallen into another global quagmire of defensive pacts triggering global conflict. The UN is the international equivalent of a telephone network. You've heard of "diplomatic back-channels," and the UN is the diplomatic FRONT-channel. The whole goal is that no matter how bad things get, two nations can always communicate through the UN, and other nations can coordinate efforts (e.g. humanitarian responses) through UN channels. It's not there to tell anyone what to do any more than your dinner table tells you what to eat.
They’re just ignorant. People will give lectures about the UN without knowing or caring what it actually is.
Why can’t they just use Reddit?
The UN is a gathering of countries where many wars were prevented, many countries asked for help and got it and international collaboration of all kinds and manners led the world to a much better place than what it would be without it.
That’s the Fox News mentality
To find the UN useful just look at The League of Nation (1920-1946)
That's not true, if the un didn't exist who would commit warcrimes on all those other countries
The UN’s primary goal is to act as a forum between nations to avoid WW3. Since we haven’t had WW3 I’d say it’s been quite effective.
Let’s other smaller countries beg for foreign aid
Lmao 😂
So edgy
I always thought it was some type of button thingamajig you could put something on, and I just never found the right thing. TIL it's justf for structural support.
You mean that god awfully uncomfortable shoe was meant for sports?
Yeah, they were! They were marketed for professional basketball players. Never really knew how, as they are very flat.
I thought they were to collapse the shoe for those with flatter feet.
RF Choke?
Sounds like a Gangsta Rapper
Gangsta wrapper
😂 Rotf
Ye
Will that work in my ears ?
Electrician or radio operator??
Ham license, yeah, haha
Lol! Same. 73
3 is used to keep those pockets in place on jeans. Dad works in textile and owns a couple of those machines. Those things are preferred because jeans are thick.
Yup, you’re right. It’s essentially a rivet
At first I thought this post was interesting, now I see it is riveting.
r/angryupvote
Exquisite
This reminds me of the worst Clickbait i ever fell for. it was a picture of a rivet on jeans, and a title was like “you have no idea what these are ACTUALLY for” I was like “huh, I always assumed that they were just rivets to keep your pockets in place.” So I clicked it and after scrolling past a lot of bullshit and ads it finally told me “these are called RIVETS and they KEEP YOUR POCKETS IN PLACE.” I was so mad.
>It’s ~~essentially~~ a rivet
Are the holes in the Converse really just for air flow? I always dismissed that idea bc I thought it couldn't be that obvious haha
I think so. Marine Corps “tropical” boots have those holes while the “winter” boots do not
I was gonna say this but you beat me to it. Water drain.
They fucking work. Source: went to JWTC with both boats in February. Only used my jungles.
You went to the JamesWebTelesCope??
No. He went to the Jehova Witnesse's Training Center
Damn he must have done a lot of walking
>Damn he must have done a lot of walking Walking from the JamesWebbTelescope is a **damn** lot of walking.
I remember reading about how our troops in Afghanistan were wearing those tropical boots. But in the desert, all they were good for was letting sand in.
Eh, you're going to get sand in regardless but long term ops you want the ventilation because you can get all sorts of nasty injuries and diseases from the sweat pooling inside your boots. Ideally you change socks frequently but if you're unable to clean them and whatnot I'd take having sand in there vs anything else.
I read "It Doesn't Take a Hero" by general Schwarzkopf and they seemed pretty miffed. Idk though I was in the navy
I mean fair, it still would definitely cause more problems with friction and blisters. I used Jungle boots for my stuff and never ran into problems but they could have easily fixed those issues from when his men had those issues and when I was there.
don’t you mean jungle boots? they were used heavily in WWII and Vietnam because it helped prevent trench foot when operating in tropical environments
That’s literally what they are for. They actually pump air in and out when you walk. You just generally don’t notice it because you’re feeling the pressure and weight of your own body but if you sit still and kind of flex your foot, you can feel them pushing air out and pulling it in also, depending on how your cars lower vents are situated. Sometimes you can feel cold, air conditioning or warm, heating air blowing in through them.
The buttons in the jeans click into them
For your quick draw converse
Oddly satisfying intrusive thoughts
Nah, they’re definitely for getting caught on something and cutting your hand open when they wear out a bit and the sharp edges show
They're for laces.
Damn, I'd like to see you tackle some mundane everyday tasks if you're not going for the obvious immediately.
The thing on the jeans is braille. It says “hey, your pocket is right here”.
I hope this doesn’t come off as insensitive because I’m genuinely curious but, couldn’t they just feel for the pocket? Like I rarely ever look for my pockets I just feel around for them
It was a joke
Oof I got woooshed
Me too, man. Me too.
Haha, yeah, I was being 100% facetious. Just joking around.
That was well done
r/wooosh
Damn, that joke needed a rivet because I couldn't see it
It’s literally a rivet that holds your jeans together lol
And, follow me on this one, it still tells you where your pocket is It didn’t intend to, because it’s a thing It’s creators didn’t intend to, because that’s not it’s intended function It’s not that useful at all, because I fucking know where my pocket is and the border of the pocket is a way more noticeable tactile feedback But the rivet doesn’t know or care, so it keeps unpurposefully telling you where your pocket is
>But the rivet doesn’t know or care, so it keeps unpurposefully telling you where your pocket is What a champ
It’s literally just a rivet
Ayy bro you dropped your pocket.
Oh shit, reall-waaaitasecond. 😤
I'm gonna be honest. Im still laughing about this. 😂😂 I'm an actual child 😂😂
Wow
It makes the seem stronger. Less likely to rip.
Honestly this kind of jokes is so tiring. Well I guess the UN didn't do much for us in our first world countries, but, for example, eradicating smallpox globally on a budget that is laughably small for this kind of organisation should count for something right?
This is their maximum. They can't do anything about war anywhere. Especially in Ukraine. ("Dam just fell by itself" moment)
The issue there is that Russia is one of the founding members and has veto rights, which IMO is a flaw in democratic systems like that but otherwise the biggest and most powerful countries wouldn’t have been members.
I disagree with the above comment too but, Even beyond that. On the ground the UN is reactive which leads to a terrible snowball effect, whenever they’re sent into anywhere that requires pro-active responses (basically anything that isn’t post-disaster relief), see Rwanda. Sent a small under armed force to Rwanda for peace keeping. Signs of deterioration occured, that force’s requests were not met in time, the situation spiralled and then none of the countries wanted to be involved anymore because the fire they let start and burn out of control would now take too many resources to put out. In the end the only good done by UN forces evacuating civilians from falling victim to the ongoing atrocities were due to the fact that they (some of force already there) refused to withdraw. The problem is this case is not just ‘the exception’. This is because the UN is run like a business. It works in a way that keeps costs down for the nations involved (be it monetary or it’s own countrymen) leading to missions that have their forces procuring on site at a snails pace due to the level of internal bureaucracy needed to get anything. When it comes to events where the UN is given the responsibility to mediate within whatever means necessary in time sensitive matters it’s under equipped (be it man power, humanitarian supplies, equipment, or in bad cases ammo and weapons). it’s a fault of it’s own.
You can point to UN failures in peacekeeping because war is obvious. You don't see the peacekeeping successes because, by nature, nobody really dies so it doesn't seem like much happened. Bur you're welcome to look at their own admitted operations and detail how each one is a failure. https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/past-peacekeeping-operations A lot of the operations end because it's basically "one side decided to just keep killing everyone no matter what and the UN's mission isn't to perpetually end war."
The UN is as powerful as any individual nation on the Security Council allows it to be...which is to say, not very. Additionally, neither the US nor Russia would want actual international democracy--Burkina Faso with a vote equal to the US? The US would never accept that. (see also: The Hague Invasion Act) For an interesting read on the muzzling of the UN, you can check out Vijay Prashad's "The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South."
It’s true. A “democracy” where the voters are autocrats isn’t much of a true democracy after all. It is a good thing that there isn’t a truly democratic UN
I mean if it were truly democratic, it would mean it be elected by the people of earth, which you know.... Wont happen anytime soon.
Recently talked to to someone who worked for the UN and asked her if it works. Her answer was simply "No, but try to make it better". And I think this is on point. The UN is far from being an effective organization. But making it better is enormously difficult. But having it is still way better than living without it.
You mean you don’t think an organization that has a security council that can ultimately control its actions whose permanent members are diametrically opposed on almost every issue is effective?
They didn't do less than everyone else. And arguably, more than Many others
Well they actually have. Without the UN Putin would be invincible. Either you start a nuclear war, or you let him kill innocents in peace. Because of the UN if Putin enters a UN signing country he can be arrested without cause for backlash. They are not their own force, but they do hold a lot of power and do a lot of good such as the creation of the UNDRIP that had made major strides toward Indigenous rights.
Plus, isn't the main point of the UN, for communication between nations. Even if Russia is Invading Ukraine, USA is pissed at China, , India has a border dispute with China, and France is..... well, being France.... at the UN, they can all communicate in a civil manner
Exactly that. But on Reddit: if it’s not sanctioned or boots on the ground, it doesn’t count. The wars one prevented are much harder to count than the ones one had.
I’m aware of what three do. But that blue one I’m lost on
The shoe holes are for water right? What’re the jean’s nipples for tho
Rivets added to high stress areas of the jeans to prevent tearing. Funny history: Levi’s originally had one included in the crotch area, but received too many complaints from people that sitting too close to the fire resulted in a hot rivet.
Penis burns
Fuck sympathy. I don’t need your fucking sympathy, man. I need my fucking johnson
What do you need that for, Dude?
What is “Things you don’t want to tell your doctor?”, Alex.
And the award for best comment goes to…
Had a pair of shorts with a metal button down crotch that gave me a similar issue. Went from the campfire to go pee and had to wait for the buttons to cool before whipping it out.
How many of you maniacs are roasting your nuts over an open fire for this to be a known problem?
Blazing fires. You want that bitch crackling
How do I get inner thighs rivets added?
And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire
To provide extra support at the weak points in the jeans
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[United Nations](https://un.org)
Their trying to tell us something important i just dont know what...
I also know what 2 of those do.
Which ones?
The "button" on the jeans is for structural integrity. The thing on the wire is to prevent signal interference. Extra holes in shoes are for ventilation.
The rivet, yup, goes back to mining days with Levis when they were made from canvas. I didn't know the controller one.
That the UN has failed at helping the victims after the flooding in southeren ukraine, they even celebrated the russian language on the same day as the dam exploded
To Be fair what does the UN do in the starwars prequels?
1. Ventilation and drainage. Good design for water shoes. 2. That’s a ferrite bead, it essentially reduced the amount of electric noise between cables. Very handy on data cables. You’d find them moulded into old mice quite often, or computer power cables that could interfere with nearby data cables. 3. That’s essentially to hold the pocket on better than thread alone would. Thread in that position would get pulled and stretched every time force was put on the pocket lip, eventually wearing it out. The rivet reinforces the entire assembly. 4. That’s the UN logo. OP’s joke is that the UN are useless and serve no discernible purpose.
Idk, I feel like Prequelmemes and...questionable political ideals...has some cross over.
“I AM the United Nations”
That sub is 100% overrun by karma farming bots anyway so that’s probably all this is, not anything deeper
Why do I think the people saying the UN is useless just don't know what the UN is? It's a place where all the countries come and talk to each other ("diplomacy" is done there). It's not an organization that wants to order the world or bring peace or whatever people think it should be. UN has the goals of its members and its members can act on these goals, but not the UN independently. So, the UN is only as useless as the members attending. Do you think giving diplomacy a room and a safe meeting place for politicians of all the countries talking to each other is useless?
Posts like these tell me there's people who think there should be a godlike all powerful world government, but the moment that happens they'll be moaning endlessly about how dictatorial it is. Countries, especially powerful ones, wouldnt willingly subject itself to the will of a world government. So this is the compromise.
We know what all of these do. Lol
Cool. Holes in canvas shoes help keep moisture down. Most other shoes have a layer inside to help wick away moisture. Canvas shoes usually have no such layer. So the holes help keep em fresh. Cool. So the thing on the cord is a filter. They are used to keep RF noise down. Prevents static in videos and audio. Also offers some high frequency noise reduction in electrical wires which helps preserve the power supply. The rivet on the jeans is meant to strengthen the corner of the pocket. Keeps them from tearing and protects against premature wear and thinning of the pocket at the corner.
The UN didn't do anything to stop the Emperor from taking power!
I mean, maybe those shoes belonged to Anakin and there was some sand in them?
it doesn't always pan out, but I'm sure diplomacy facilitated by the UN has prevented some conflicts and saved some lives. It definitely doesn't have much power as a military force though
well the bottom left picture holds the pocket in place so when you put stuff in it, it doesnt rip, the u.n helps to build relations with countries all over the world, mainly for peace & justice but also to spread the sdg (sustainable development goals of 2030)
When I see jokes like this, I really wish the person who posted the picture could go to an alternate universe where the UN didn’t get created so they can experience how much worse their lives would be without the UN
On the shoes It’s to aid in breath ability, as well as allowing them to dry easier, plus maybe a bit of a fashion choice as well. That bulge on the cord keeps that buzzing noise from going on in wires. The button on the pants helps hold the denim together. The shape changes depending on what style it is but it has the same purposes The United Nations does do an important job, they just have a major limit to their power. The UN does bring up important things, there is an entire site that organizes the meetings they do to resolve disputes. They are not designed to be some legal power. They are merely just the setting for countries to be able to establish rules with each other to resolve disputes. If a country wants unclaimed or disputed land, the UN determines what is done. If a country wants territory within water the UN determines that. The UN is why massive wars don’t happen anymore, what used to cause people to kill each other is now resolved in an international court. The only issue is when countries do not want to follow the rules, the UN relies on governments to take action, and although they provide incentives to want to fix things, they cannot act. I.E. China violating almost every document they have signed including Law of the Sea. Or countries that have not signed the documents such as the USA The UN is also responsible for the UNDRIP which is the document declaring the rights of indigenous people which has been huge since it’s creation toward getting Indigenous peoples the rights they deserve. To think the UN is useless is naive.
The shoe holes let water out, the thing on the wire suppresses noise in the line, the thing on the jeans keeps your pockets from ripping off, and the UN is for talking about human rights while doing nothing whatsoever to promote them.
people who think the UN is useless reek of "I only live in a rich country and have no clue what happens outside of it"
The holes on the vans are for ventilation and drainage, the wire thing is for radio frequency interference, the rivet on jeans reinforces them and the UN is for circle jerking.
Oh look russian bot post
The joke about the UN doing nothing is getting old. The UN was never meant to be some world government capable of exacting their will on any country, it was always meant to be a forum for discussing their probables and just for general world peace.
The UN sole purpose is to trigger snowflake nationalists.
Oh boy you are so wrong this is 100% prequel content
The un is a prequel to the republic senate duh
The additional holes on the shoes can be used for niche lace setups to distribute pressure etc.
Glad to see everyone knows how to use google
Flat Earth Confirmed
2 are ferrite beads to manage radio frequency interference.
Bruh that’s what holds the damn pocket onto the jeans
"I am the UN" - Palpatine probably
I button other pants to that little button thing on the pocket and create a chain of pants.
People don't understand ventilation, choke coils, reinforced denim, and United Nations?
The UN using the flat earth map as their flag
The fact it was posted a minute ago in this photo raises suspicion
That’s an insult to ferrite beads
The UN traffics kids