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[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 83 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Directly quoting Starship Troopers completely by accident because you are yourself a caricature of a fascist is a real America as hell kind of thing to do

the reference

[–] whoops@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Everyone forgets that the meteor would have to have been launched before human civilization existed based on the distance

Also the humans apparently believed that bugs can launch asteroids perfectly targeted from light years away but also aren't intelligent

[–] SoloboiNanook@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's why Buenos Aires was a false flag.

[–] whoops@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago

It seems more likely that it was a freak accident that they blamed on the bugs.

Also, crack pilots who can plot optimal interstellar travel routes seem to completely buy it. Carmen has high math and science scores and pilots ships with FTL capabilities. In order to fling a meteor from Klandathu to Earth, the meteor would have to be propelled using FTL technology. But Carmen's evidence for the superiority of the human race includes that they developed interstellar travel, so it seems that they don't believe bugs are capable of it. It's a point of controversy that bugs even possess rudimentary intelligent.

So it implies that either the federation and the military are far stupider than they appear to be (plausible given their constant incompetence and poor education system), or they are so receptive to propaganda that they ignore the most basic logic (also plausible).

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And that they completely ignored/missed it with their space defenses

[–] whoops@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

Not surprising given how bad they are at their jobs. Carmen, a top pilot, is unable to dodge an asteroid with plenty of warning time. Two dropships crash into each other in the Klendathu drop.

When Ace gets his hand skewered with the knife, it's played as a cool badass lesson for rookies. But he actually was asking a great question, and their training is terrible at preparing them for combat against their actual enemy.

Ultimately, the fascist society loves war for its own sake. They love abusing each other and the aesthetics of war and the concept of eternal combat. As such, victory becomes tangential or even undesirable.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

youtube suggests you watch this next

no one understands this movie... and why
PewDiePie blue-check

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 74 points 8 months ago
[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 46 points 8 months ago

if there were a similar statement from a hypothetical and distinct character in a fictional environment, and another character were to mirror the sentiment back at the fictional congressperson that uttered it, that would be illegal in the setting of this scenario.

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 42 points 8 months ago
[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 35 points 8 months ago
[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago

Real holden-bloodfeast moment

[–] adultswim_antifa@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago
[–] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ACTIVIST: "Do you even have a heart?"

Silly question to ask given he's an Amerikkkan politician. These activists are too civil.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe comrade activist is gathering intel on whether to use a wooden stake or silver bullet.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A silver gun with wooden bullets thonk

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Comrade Choppy works every time

gui-better

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A silver guillotine it is then?

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Wooden block with a silver edge if you're into efficiency

Silver block with a wooden edge if you're into slapstick.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago
[–] M68040@hexbear.net 23 points 8 months ago

'I think we should kill 'em all,' me says of GOP reps

[–] jack@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

funny, that's how I feel about GOP reps

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago

funny, that's how I feel about ~~GOP reps~~ Congress

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago
[–] Heifer@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Surnames tend to come from patronyms/matronyms (named for parentage), toponyms (named for where they are from, live, or work), occupational names, ornamental names (invented largely by the middle class to resemble the names of noble lineages), and of course cognominal surnames, which are generally based on descriptors of the first of their line.

By process of elimination, he's descended from a voyeur.

(Actually it probably came from "Ocga Hill" in Old English, which seemingly was used by anglo colonizers in Ireland)