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@WallStreetApes @HuneeBadger68 Another trick is ambiguous pricing on the shelf I.e. it rings higher because the bogo as only for some certain size or flavor and they figure you’ll miss it at the register or just let it go.

We aren’t just getting shorted in product weight on food This is a 100 pack of screws from Home Depot “I just counted them — I dumped 'em out. 73, there's 73 screws in here” Missing 1 or 2 is an error. Missing 27% of the product is fraud Americans are being robbed blind

@CondonBeingReal There’s this. A classic- youtu.be/xWQN5-Top6g?si…

Can anyone who listens to Baton Rouge FM Morning Radio recommend someone who always does a funny “Cinco De Mayo” bit every year? Thanks!

@DonutOperator Beware habu sake. Bout now on the steam that snake in the jar starts to whisper to you….

5 am spicy ramen 🤙🏻🇯🇵

@infantrydort Seriously. AI learned to write from good writers. Duh.

“Engineer the spirit of victory” is from my brain alone. Bereft of robotic support. Just because you have the literary acumen of a drunk raccoon doesn’t mean you need to project it on others.

@thomasbsauer @Shin01176 I look at it like medical types going out in their scrubs. Gross and basic.

I’m begging the Navy’s senior officers, with tears in my eyes… You all look silly. If you are not part of the crew of an aircraft, please don’t wear a flight suit. If your job is in a climate controlled office building… Wear a service uniform. This isn’t hard, you guys.

@thomasbsauer When I was doing the actual you know, tin can SAILOR thing in the late nineties it was dungs, cotton khakis or coveralls. Cammies later but that was for a legit brown water billet. Why is this so hard? God. The last thing I wanna do is larp as a fuckin aviator ;-)

@RSE_VB @TexSandlin @WMcluskey Stab. Stab. Look. Stab.

SWOs generally get fired for incompetence or toxic leadership. Aviators generally get fired for Liberty incidences or not keeping their pants up. That’s a broad generalization but reasonably accurate. Thoughts, @TexSandlin and @WMcluskey?

@SisePete @johnkonrad Would’ve been perfect for my last DD.

Should the Navy bring back figureheads on warships? If your answer is hell yes, drop a photo of your favorite in the comments

@mercoglianos Because the navy floats the dead wood up to the Puzzle Palace to sit on the uniform board or to design the new fitrep forms.

Why is this so hard?

@Damnyoube_ul @USN_Submariner Move over Swanson, I’m driving!

@USN_Submariner 👇

Every time I take my kids out on the water I tell them to always assume everyone else out here is an idiot

@N_K_Skywalker @KulasanM 💯 🎯

@TLNola @KulasanM FFGクラスだと水族館になってしまうんですなあ…

駆逐艦と言っても満載排水量9千トンとかある艦がこんなんなるのか… 昔の2千トンくらいの駆逐艦とかどんな事になってたんだ しかし流石に10万トンのスーパーキャリアーは安定してるなあ

@johnkonrad Always step up into a lifeboat.

“Don’t give up the ship” literally means “Don’t give up the ship”. This is one of my absolute favorite books from WW2 written by the Navy’s top salvage master. The number of warships lost because captains abandoned way too early in that war is unbelievable.

@cavannastan Big field. Anything can happen.

Because I know ALL OF YOU are wondering, Wonder Acute's grandson, Wonder Dean is running in this weekend's Kentucky Derby at 30-1 odds Seems like a sure thing to me!

@goatmaster89 @OldGnarlyGoat OBA all the way for me. Was glad to see y’all finally spring for SCBA for more than just the torpedos. I’ve breathed so much of that hot recycled air while tempting heat exhaustion in an FFE in a sweltering DC locker….

@OldGnarlyGoat One of the benefits of starting a career as a SWO and then becoming an EDO is you get to fix some of the stuff that frustrated you at sea. I began in the OBA era and then in the DDG program office transitioned the class off OBAs and on to SCBAs.

Time for a quick sea story. When I was Damage Control Assistant on USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) - whose machine shop looks the one pictured below on Mitscher - there was a young unrated Fireman who wanted to strike into the Machinery Repairman rating. We would give him time to work in the machine shop under the direction of our MR1 (Machinery Repairman First Class). One day he was in there by himself and got bored. So, he decided to use his newfound skills with all those cool machines to cut open an OBA canister to see what was inside. (These canisters produced breathable oxygen to be used by fire fighters while fighting fires.) For those that know some basic chemistry, the next event will not surprise you. The machine shop was soon engulfed in flames and the duty fire squad (we called them the flying squad) was dispatched to put out the fire. I then had an uncomfortable discussion with my CO about the young men in my division. The young fireman, after getting off restriction, found a different rate to strike into.

@johnkonrad @znhc @RobManess To their credit they got the tin can stuff right on. And yes. The book was what excellent.

@znhc @RobManess Great movie Fantastic book

The most decorated living US Merchant Mariner is probably Captain Hugh Stephens 102 years old His first trip was on a 100 ship convoy crossing the Atlantic in World War 2 As they approached the Straits of Gibraltar, the convoy broke up and 30 American ships entered the Mediterranean. The waters were filled with unseen enemies. German U-boats moved silently under the waters like sharks. The convoy made their way toward Crete. Here they were met with a heavy Luftwaffe presence. The planes strafed the decks of the ships first with incendiary rounds to light the hatch tarps on fire, and then conducted a second round of strafing with regular rounds. Hugh zigzagged across the deck as the bullets tore into the deck around him. He was assisting the Navy gunners as a loader, and his bravery, as well as that of all the others aboard, ensured that the ship’s defenses were able to hold off the enemy attack. PATRIOT

@ENJU1123PIPI Every Saturday afternoon there was a Japanese or old American Monster movie on the UHF local channel 44. They also played anime and Ultraman after school. Course this was the 70s….

@TLNola ゴジラいいですね❗️✨ 懐かしい🤭

海外で日本🇯🇵といえば 忍者をイメージする人が多いらしい🌿 でも実は現代の日本に 忍者はいない🤭 あなたのイメージする 日本って何？🌍 忍者？侍？アニメ？

@BlastingThrough @CaryHawkins_ Else just collected. With tweezers.

@CaryHawkins_ Cool, calm, and collected.

National Explosive Ordnance Day is observed to honor US Armed Forces members who risk their lives disarming bombs. This year, EOD Day is May 2. I'll post info about EOD all week. Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, is an EOD man. Please join me in congratulating Secretary Cao on his extraordinary career and his official appointment.

@MikeyDiMercurio Bob @quantumheat can tell you the gouge there. Teleported intact reactor parts FTW.

It's not like me to insist on getting in the last word. I usually leave that to others. However, serious doubt arose in my mind about the goings-on at Chernobyl. I studied the accident through KGB post-accident analysis files translated to English. But we all know intelligence agencies are prone to spin the truth. So here's what we think we know - x.com/i/grok/share/0…

@MRTs_Haircut @SGTWipper1Each C’mon erbody has tinnitus, that’s good for 10% get thee on the gravy train ;-)

@SGTWipper1Each I was there!!! Disability rating still: zero.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEPARTMENT OF WAR 
April 28, 2026 The Department of War today authorized the World War Eleven Campaign Medal for all personnel who survived the latest global mess. “After the usual committees and one very lost intern, we’re proud to present this bronze globe-on-fire medal with its red-black-blue ribbon,” said Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Thaddeus “Buzz” Killington. “Wear it proudly… or at least ironically.” Eligibility: Served in theater, didn’t surrender to a Roomba, and can still spell “Ypres.” A bronze star device goes to anyone who lived through more than one Tuesday. Uniform update: Tactical velcro now authorized. Complaining remains punishable. The Department of War – Still Here, Still Counting