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@warscapegeo @RobertJMolnar

@RobertJMolnar Actual footage of the administration's latest plan to get through the Strait. Hegseth thought it up when he was doing Jager Bombs last night.

how fucking stupid are you people? Serious question.... The 2 MEUs have about 4000 ish actual war fighters....with minimal hardware..... The 82nd airborne rapid response force has zero hardware with them by hardware i mean FUCKING TANKS, BRADLEYS, IFVs, etc Also, how exactly are these MEU flotilla going to get through the straits? Or, or, land Marines on cliff ridden coastline somewhere else...there are no sandy beaches you dumb muppet The idea that ten thousand troops is some sort of invasion force, against a million IRGC and regular Iran military on their home turf is just goddam fucking stupid and I am tired of hearing about it from you MAGAtards

@RobertJMolnar @tubabumusic Counterpoint: Trump may well intend to land a much too small force even though its an incredibly bad idea. Ref: everything else Trump has done.

@tubabumusic ok fine....but he is fucking stupid for saying this shit

Had a dream of a new "punk" aesthetic. RUSTPUNK Aesthetic defined by industrial hyperstructure based off old rusted industrial buildings. Civilizations of people live within the giant network of machinery, keeping it running, though they have long forgotten it's purpose.

@el_don_prospero @TwinkTheory Tangetially, It must be annoying to be a muggle born wizard who comes from money only to find out your muggle assets don't matter much in the wizarding world

@TwinkTheory James Potter seems to have come from a well off or at least reputable wizarding family and probably had a good inheritance. Lily was muggle born and not rich. Harry just received his dad's money.

How did Harry potters parents have all that cash for his trust fund? They died at 21 and the only jobs in the wizarding world are civil servant, barmaid, teacher or shop owner. Or is it just like magic? And if so how are the Weasleys poor like how far does magic go? Are they just bad at magic?

@8MTwagq5CLCDO5I @OrthodoxOrigen ~If~ Trump instates the draft, there's no way they'll allow a college exemption, because maga very ideolgically opposed the college educations as they exist.

@OrthodoxOrigen Then it will be followed by mssive relaxation in college standards. Grade inflation and low ranked college sprang up during the vietnam war, professors rejecting or failing students could literally have them killed back then.

Warning signs the draft will be reinstated….

@ick_real Yes, of course

If I offered you $3k every week and all you had to do was read a book for at least 4 hours a day, would you take it?

@PAHoyeck @estherzelda0514 Only The Last Jedi

@estherzelda0514 Correct about everything except that the Sequels are better ;)

Because I'm old and was of an age to be sentient when the Prequels were released, I can tell you that, until The Clone Wars was released and redeemed the series, the hatred for the Prequels was incandescent and pervasive and much worse than the hatred for the Sequels, although the Sequels (IMO) are much worse. You have to understand, the Prequels were not "nerdy" when they began releasing in 1999. They were as mainstream as Jurassic Park or Titanic. Everyone watched them. You would be made fun of if you didn't, actually. Back then, we had a distinct monoculture, where everyone was expected to know of certain things. We did not have the fragmentation of the market into niches or gatekept streaming services. The Prequels were absolutely one of those things. Picture the cultural event of the Barbie movie, except ten-fold. The Phantom Menace was released in 1999. The hype was absolutely massive. However, this was then met with almost uniform backlash. Most people, even famous standups or talk show hosts, were making fun of how incredibly annoying Jar Jar Binks and young Anakin were. This was extremely mainstream, it was not consigned to just fans. While the podracing and Obi-Wan's duel with Darth Maul were praised, the rest of the movie was considered childish, with stupid dialogue, and bad CGI. While Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, and Natalie Portman were sparred, the voice actor for Jar Jar, Ahmed Best, and the child who played Anakin, Jake Lloyd, faced such severe harassment that they later admitted in a documentary to suffering severe, long-landing mental health issues. Attack of the Clones came out in 2002, and this was was considered not as childish as the Phantom Menace, but still very stupid. Everyone harassed Hayden Christensen for his wooden dialogue. The cultural consensus was that he was a pretty boy that lacked talent. This took its toll, as after the Prequel series, Christensen left mainstream Hollywood entirely. People really started concluding, around this time, that Lucas himself was to blame for how bad the Prequels were, citing the incredibly unconvincing romance between Padme and Anakin, and the ridiculousness of the dialogue in those scenes. However, Ewan McGregor remained very popular, Natalie Portman grew in popularity, and the key action scenes (e.g., Kenobi versus Fett, Yoda versus Dooku, and the Battle Of Geonosis sequence) were praised. Outside of the action scenes, people still criticized the CGI. Revenge of the Sith is what this sequence was from, and it came out in 2005. This was, far and beyond, the most well-received of the Prequels. People liked the dark tone, increased action, and how it finally linked the Prequels to the Original trilogy. However, Padme's death sequence was the subject of mainstream and late night talk show ridicule, and people still noted Christensen's poor performance, melodrama, and stilted dialogue. There were some slap fights among fans whether this was on par with any installment of the Original trilogy, with people who had spent the last six years despising the Prequels extremely loud and insistent that it was still unredeemable garbage. None of these movies were at all safe to admit that you liked until The Clone Wars, nostalgia, and the poor quality of the Sequels redeemed them in retrospect. However, what is interesting is that the action sequences in the Prequels were always its strongest point, and most reasonable haters could admit that they were quite good. In contrast, the action sequences in the Sequels were always noted to be lackluster in comparison, and were criticized at release. However, the Sequel hate did not reach anything like the volume of the Prequel hate. Even The Last Jedi, the most controversial installment, was criticized only in niche circles. It wasn't the topic of mainstream jokes. When The Rise of Skywalker bombed, we all collectively winced and agreed it was bad, and moved on. There was little of the overwhelming monoculture discourse that accompanied the Prequels. Remember, the Prequels were released at a time when the monoculture was relentless in immiserating pop stars it deemed fair game. That dynamic of the culture no longer existed by 2015.

@WUTangKids Feel like they need to throw some grippos in their too

All these teams out here posting their new fancy food items at the ballpark and Cincinnati be like we’re just gonna do us 😂

@RatAlt64 @atlanticesque Now this is the kind of forward thinking we need

@atlanticesque Election Day is fun, but I've come to enjoy the little ritual one makes out of taking your time with the ballot at home, looking stuff up, and the rest. I deserve two votes so I can enjoy both

I’m anti-mail voting for quirky civic pride reasons. Come on, Election Day is fun! You go out to the polls with friends or family, you get to wear a sticker, make a day of it. We should make it more festive; brass bands and streamers and confetti and parades!

@SandyofCthulhu carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean…

Let’s pretend this is true. The US contribution to carbon in our air had been steadily decreasing. We don’t dump plastic in the oceans. This is true for both the USA AND europe. Surely the climate people should start going after the nations which are INCREASING carbon and dumping plastic? Shouldn’t they? Unless it’s all just performative.

@IAPonomarenko Its a common enough thing for countries to do, that I think there rpobably is some sort of national need clause in arms sales contracts. Still a shitty move though

I mean, how the hell is this even legal? Was it part of the contract that the seller is entitled to say “screw you and the money you've paid us, we're talking these weapons for ourselves”?

The US didn't win any of those wars, "dum dum"

@LinkofSunshine I'd only ever heard of the other version by the title, didn't even realize they were the same song.

I’m not kidding, I’ve genuinely only ever heard the radio version where it’s replaced with “let’s it started in here” every time What the fuck is this

@CorvidDevoid @500blowies @dyingscribe TBH, I just assumed it happend in the US

Because you people assumed that Asia = China, Japan or Korea. You forgot that Thailand, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey and even Afghanistan (which I admit I made that mistake in the past) are Asian countries. And Russia is a cross-continent (transcontinental) country, located in both Europe and Asia

Just saw a video of an Asian dad put a loaded gun down in front of his depressed son, and daring him to shoot himself Bro immediately boomed himself and then the first thing that dad did was slap him on the head And then mom and dad started freaking out

@AxelTalksFilm I think its mostly the brightness and saturation

the contrast is insane

@pepsi Moxie and an Italian

name a better combo than Pepsi + pizza. we’ll wait.

@JamesThrot Well, that and the Bush admin thought it sounded less scary.

This is why Global Warming is now referred to as Climate Change. There was a recognition that some people would be too dimwitted to understand that global warming doesn’t mean “always warmer” weather. It’s even scarier when you realise these dimwits are British politicians.

@BovrilG How many motorcylce couriers does it take to defeat iran? One, at sufficent velocity.

If America had set aside its Imperial hubris long enough to learn from Van Riper during Millennium Challenge, it could have won the war with Iran in the first half hour by slamming motorcycle couriers travelling at the speed of light into every conceivable military target.

@DeseretStone Zoomers just mostly look like teenagers.

People are so used to fatties and roided out lifters that normal-weight guys in their 20’s look like kids. Most of history’s wars were fought by guys who looked like this and it would be a very serious mistake to underestimate their strength and speed.