• acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    1 hour ago

    The October Revolution in Russia famously started with the sailors taking action. Just saying.

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    2 hours ago

    There was also reports of 7 dead during a mutiny attempt on the AC. Not sure if posted here or mainstream. Epstein-Netanyahu mossad regime did not prepare for this war at all. Killing pope and school girls in surprise attack during negotiations is next level dumb, guaranteed loser, move.

  • BigTurkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    Joining the military in a corrupt capitalistic country is about as dumb as it gets. I got more patriotism for those fighting the fascists here than the ones doing the racists bidding abroad (or here for that matter, looking at you ICE)

    Healthcare, housing, education, a steady income, a promise that you too can become a billionaire from nothing is the modern day smoke and mirrors that make people think they are soldiers with free will as opposed to what they really are slaves to the system.

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    18 hours ago

    I worked onboard an out-of-service cruise ship during COVID and was stuck onboard for 195 days at sea in a row. There were only 95 other crew members, and only 3 women onboard. I am still fucked up from all the isolation i went through.

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      12 hours ago

      As someone who truly enjoys being alone and left alone, I think it was a lost opportunity not trying to be a ligh house keeper or something of the like.

      I find extremely interesting your underlining of that were only three women on board. It shouts how much humans crave for closeness when isolated.

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        11 hours ago

        What makes you think they weren’t one of the women onboard and through that were effectively even more isolated?

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    Not trying to be a dick, but this is what can happen when you join the military. That’s why they say you’re signing your life away for five years, it’s not all partying and sitting around. I mean it blows, but you also get free college, free healthcare, everything is paid besides personal spending… Just saying.

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      15 hours ago

      Oh please, be a dick. Anyone who’s still participating in the operation that double tapped a girl’s school, and hasn’t mutinied yet, is a coward or a piece of shit.

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      To a point, yeah. Short on supplies when you’re deep in the Ardennes forest pushing towards Berlin in 1944, sure. In a carrier group in the Arabian Sea doing fuck all, there’s no excuse for it not to be ice cream and Xbox all the time. There are a number of nearby bases and friendly countries to resupply, even while underway. There are no threats that would prevent them from rotating out with another carrier group to give everyone some leave.

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        Transporting resupply of everything from weapons to people to bags of mail into the carrier from other ships, all while still sailing at regular speed, is something bosuns do and practice doing all the damn time. It should be ice cream and Xbox but they’re being dragged around like a show pony who’s about to die of heat stroke

        Or, you make another great point, we have a dozen of the goddamn things, send another group. Literally no one on earth beside France have the sea to air capability we do so it’s all just dick wagging anyway

    • Jhex@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      sure but you are expecting you’d be put under duress when your country is in peril… not when the pedophile that stumbled into the presidency because he was openly racists and turns out your country is full of hateful or careless people, needs a distraction from his kiddy raping days becoming public… just saying

    • TheGoldenV@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      lol “free college” the MGIB would like a word. “Free health care?” Yeah, you get what you pay for.

      Btw these chuds haven’t even been out for 9 months yet. Wait until the Dear John’s start really coming in at the 12 month mark. They’ll have to wait in line for their turn to jump over.

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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        Can’t wait to see all the future studies showing that (forcibly?) administering synthetic testosterone to all these guys permanently FUBARd their hearts and likely killed a good number of them.

        Naturally, brought to us by the anti-vaccine party. Of course. Consistency is overrated when they can be chaotic batshit instead.

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      Facts. They can come home literally as soon as they collectively decide they’re done fighting Trump’s stupid war, and not a moment sooner.