Oh shit
I’m not gonna spoil anything, but the timing of the two storylines and the order they were shown was really well done.
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What
Why are you reposting this. Wasn’t once enough.
That one was really damn good, I hope it cleans up
I wonder if actors feel unclean after having to study a loathsome asshole for too long to get the parody right
Yeah, I read a lot of Heinlein when I was in, Starship Troopers was oddly popular but I don’t think anyone got the message, they just liked the idea that only service members should be full citizens with voting rights.
And “thank you for your service” is exhausting. It always proceeds a sales pitch
I don’t have a solution, just noting the trend that keeps getting reinforced by our fucked up media environment.
We exist, but we’re sadly in the minority.
It’s one of the things that gives me the serious ick with an all-volunteer military, and then the military-to-law-enforcement pipeline after.
You wind up with two separate pseudo-castes of citizens, like we have now.
This is a very “look at my polished chrome-alloy thighs. Don’t you find them sexy?” pose, lol
Well thats a damn shame.
Yeah, I was out not long before 9/11, just barely dodged that shitshow. After that it was all “crusaders against the moslem horde” Christian nationalist bullshit.
When I enlisted, it was 5 or 6 years after preliminary draft notices had gone out to an older friend for operation desert storm.
I recall making the decision that if they were going to draft me after I turned 18, I might as well enlist on my own terms and go into the navy to weld or something.
I’m sure they were better back when drafts were still used, but the all-volunteer military means it’s self filtering for the desperate poor (like I was), or the worst pieces of shit you’ve ever met.
I was enlisted back in the late 90’s, and it wasn’t great, but not like the post 9-11 psychos.
I can’t post what needs to happen to that guy.
Gross. But probably true.
Interesting. Feels possibly evo-psych adjacent, which makes me hesitant. I’ll have to look it up.
Oh yeah, I’ve read about all sorts of stuff you face where it’s warmer that just can’t hack it with our tough winters. It’s interesting where the overlaps are!
Interesting! I fear anything in the Apiaceae family. Phytophotodermatitis is no joke!
I know we have giant hogweed in this region, but I’ve yet to encounter it.
Garlic mustard is interesting, because that one is native where you are, but it’s invasive here. At least it’s edible and easy to identify.
Conversely, I know a bunch of native plants here in the states are now major problems across Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Yeah, the knotweed population has only really exploded in the last few years here. Possibly from a string of mild winters? It’s been here for decades but there are massive thickets along the side of every road now.
What region are you in? I’m in southern New England in somewhat mountainous terrain.
I know we have invasive honeysuckle here, but I’ve yet to encounter it near me. Climbing fern is a new one to me, anything “climbing” seems to have extra nuisance properties.
There’s a lot of garlic mustard, assorted European docks, autumn olive, and smaller stuff like Japanese stiltgrass and sheep sorrel, but these are lower priority.
Oh, and mugwort, of course.
Oriental bittersweet is an actual tree killer, so that’s always top of my list.
Ha! I just went on a mini rant in that thread, but I’m happy to repeat:
Oriental bittersweet, Multiflora rose, Japanese barberry, burning bush, Japanese knotweed, and Forsythia.
There are plenty of others, but these are the ones I’ve identified as priority problems on my property (5.5 acres)
Third place is Japanese barberry, fourth is Japanese knotweed, fifth is burning bush, and now I’ve got Japanese stiltgrass that’s starting to piss me off and it’s really moving up the list fast.
Also, fuck Forsythia. That stupid fucking plant should be on my state invasive list.
I’ve been trying to rewild my back yard for six years, and once you see the ecological damage done by invasive non-native weeds, you too will become a true hater.
Mother of god, it is so much work.
What’s your most hated? Mine is a toss up between oriental bittersweet and multiflora rose.
I used to be really adamant that "there's no such thing as a weed," and I thought this was the ultimate environmentally conscious way to think. then I got access to a yard and now I'm a true weed hater
Can’t remember his name, but I hope he’s had a miserable life.
Same goes for all the racist shitbags I knew who whined about the Indian H1B workers and not our incompetent, parasitic bosses.
