• jonesey71@lemmus.org
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    1 month ago

    Where are all the soldiers and assorted politicians who swore an oath to protect the USA from all threat foreign and domestic?

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    2 months ago

    I refuse to look this up, it must remain potentially satire or the final thread of my sanity cannot take this being real

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    2 months ago

    sooooo this is a military threat against the local populace, right?

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      1 month ago

      Two comments, and I know this is now old news: it’s insane to see someone/somegroup get SO pissy for being hit with a soft, non-lethal projectile; and while I understand how he was likely carrying it, upon further review the clip above seems to show that this man is a sandwich-mancer and can summon subs from thin air.

      I don’t normally like to use the AI summary of a search, but this one was funny: Force of rubber bullet vs sandwich

      I’m glad they failed to indict him, and I hope he finds success in another place.

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    1 month ago

    This is very similar to his playing of fortunate son.

    He watched the movie and though the fire-murder guy was a badass.

    (Or more likely, he never watched the movie).

    I just realised he doesn’t make these himself (or come up with them). But still. Asshole.

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    2 months ago

    I’ve never seen Apocalypse Now, but I get the feeling Trump has never seen Apocalypse Now.

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      2 months ago

      Like pretty much every character in the film, the character Trump is cosplaying as has been driven insane by an insane war.

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        What about them ? Jay “Chef” Hicks
        Lance B. Johnson
        Roxanne Sarrault

        I asked the machine, here is what it said

        Jay "Chef" Hicks	Cowardice, instability, disloyalty, inability to cope with war.
        Lance B. Johnson	Emotional detachment, negligence, descent into madness.
        Roxanne Sarrault	Colonial arrogance, moral ambiguity, emotional manipulation.
        

        I have a hard time calling them pieces of shit for that. Seems normal to me to refuse to play the game of war and recognizing military duty as the infectious spook that it is.

    • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      I dunno, his government tracks so far with what I remember of the film.

      1. Feeling of Endless Hell
      2. Waiting for it to be over
      3. Everyone dying or in pain, in some cases at the hands of their own stupidity
      4. Pretty much the only person who gets what they want is the one main character leading the thing
      5. Swamp
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      2 months ago

      I could believe it, but my pessimistic interpretation is that whoever made this meme has seen it and doesn’t think Kilgore is a monster.

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      2 months ago

      One time there was a heat wave in my city, and I don’t have air conditioning at home. The movie theater was playing apocalypse now, I think it was the directors cut. It was 3 hours long so I bought a ticket because I wanted 3 hours of air conditioning. I had no idea what a great movie I was stumbling into! It was about war and how horrific it is.

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        1 month ago

        Going in neutral without expectations is the best way to enjoy a movie in my opinion, there’s a indie theatre near my home that mostly plays older classics from US and around the world. I’ve had my mind blown by movies that came out decades ago, good movies age very well

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        We just got it on DVD. It’s the “Redux” edition. 3 hours 22 mins. It’s the 6th longest movie in our collection behind LoTR extendeds, Beh-Hur, and Lawrence of Arabia.

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      1 month ago

      Insurrection is grounds to declare martial law, remove those in power, and halt elections. He has to push hard enough to force people to fight back.

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          1 month ago

          There will be an activity called an election. It won’t be free, or fair, or allow everyone to vote. The simplest method would be restricting voting locations to those deemed ‘safe from insurrection’ aka counties that voted for Trump.