The worst is when it’s really vague. “Would you like to round up to help veterans?” How? What charity is it? Are we talking homeless vets or “freedom flights” hauling old war vets to the respective memorials? I need details, and some advertising of said charity so I know that the charity in question expects money, assuming there even is one.

Talked shit about cops to a guy I went to Iraq with who became a cop. I still give him shit for drinking his own piss. I treat him with contempt and he still thinks we’re friends.

I’m as leftist as it gets. I was called baby killer by someone at a mall when I was 19. I get their stance now, though at 19 I hadn’t killed any babys, still haven’t. But I thought I joined for the right purposes. 9/11 just happened and I was impressionable as a kid. It hurt. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time.

Impressionable kids were brought into a system that fucked them over. I thought I was doing the right thing by saving Americans that I thought were vulnerable. I’m not proud of where I’ve been or what I’ve done. I am proud that it helped me understand the world, and my subsequent choices. It disgusts me to know how many people I served with, that came away with a different understanding.

I felt we were there to help. We did some stuff that looked that way. Sometimes it even felt that way.

“Hey go feed the hungry and hand out school supplies”

And then on your way back “btw you’re passing by such and such on your way back, eliminate everyone who offers resistance.”

And you think of the kids “hey thanks for the crayons, but I really wish you didn’t kill my dad and 2 of my uncles in the process”.

My son idolizes me and my time in Iraq. I keep telling him that’s not something to look up to, and the job is full of pain. I honestly don’t know where I’m getting at with this, other than there’s no excuse for wars that didn’t need to happen. The military industrial complex decides we dont have enough information for the next war, so we start a new one with a smaller adversary and make up excuses.

Do do it in person. You’ll be sent to the Vatican catacombs to spend the rest of your days.

Woah, and now I’ve accidentally pranked myself. Totally unrelated but figured you’d find it funny. I just downloaded a mod in fallout 4 and didn’t realize it said [GERMAN] very clearly. And it turned half of my stuff German. I’m definitely not ready for that lol.

Lol hey I’m not mad. Why not harmlessly pull someone’s chain a bit?

Jesus fucking Christ.

Like your take that Canada or Peru or Chile are as evil as Israel? Lesser crimes against humanity that happened decades ago don’t compare to such a blatant crime against humanity that’s currently occuring.

It’s impossible to reason with someone who can’t reason. You’re so far gone that you’re like the people saying the CIA is in cahoots with bigfoot and the loch ness monster to keep little Caesars from overtaking dominos and Pizza Hut. I can’t even say you’re the left wing version of that person because spacecraft don’t have wings.

Seek help, bud. I wish you the best of luck.

You need medication.

How TF is Canada currently (or ever) worse than Israel, in any way? I dare you to reasonably justify that statement. If you can, it’ll be fucking mind blowing, because I’m giving it 0% at the moment.

Maybe choose a different word than eat. White Texans to this day mostly eat BBQ beef because pork is “black people food” so they would definitely never eat black people.

Eat? I’m sorry, what? American here that really wishes I wasn’t but eating people was never a “thing” and we definitely never fought a war for cannibalism. Not saying we wouldn’t, we’ve fought wars for less, but never for that.

Danke! Understood all but the end. Was ist “wurrenwanner”?

I wouldn’t dare try to speak it cause I’d fuck it up really bad, but I’m getting to the point I can read it or understand it spoken pretty well. Rammstein and eisbrecher helped a lot, but lemmy has really helped expand my understanding.

Keep at it and you’ll find that you’re starting to learn the language. I had a base of it thanks to Rammstein but I realized a while back that I can get a gist of it, I’ve never taken a class or done Rosetta Stone or any apps like it but I’m slowly learning German by exposure. Reading only. So far it only works on intake, it’s not like I can speak it or write it but I’m starting to understand it if I read or hear it.

“fuck this house in particular”

I’ve been playing jet moto with my kid. Just like I did with my dad, back in 1996.

James Gunn has been doing them really well, unlike marvel. Lots of heart, comedy and bad music.