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[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Each successive mistake chips away at these buffers, and when the stock finally runs dry, the system will tip fast.

Like a giant star going supernova once it runs out of fuel after a long time and lots of pressure (like hollowing out your industrial base + causing the Iranians to close Hormuz by martyring their Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and murdering 168 schoolgirls on the same day)