exmarx posted:

Pirate Radar posted:

On the other hand this means drones won’t be allowed in the military when Pence becomes President

exmarx posted:

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Plutonis posted:

Iranian expats are incredibly scummy. I bet that dipshit would suck off Trump if he decided to do a regime change invasion.

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The Kingfish posted:

this might actually be the hottest take.

Byolante posted:

the hottest take is the ambulance doing clearup from the gay bomb

Byolante posted:

the hottest take is the ambulance doing clearup from the gay bomb

The Kingfish posted:

this might actually be the hottest take.

exmarx posted:

quote:

Abstract
Killing with drones produces queer moments of disorientation. Drawing on queer phenomenology, I show how militarized masculinities function as spatiotemporal landmarks that give killing in war its “orientation” and make it morally intelligible. These bearings no longer make sense for drone warfare, which radically deviates from two of its main axes: the home–combat and distance–intimacy binaries. Through a narrative methodology, I show how descriptions of drone warfare are rife with symptoms of an unresolved disorientation, often expressed as gender anxiety over the failure of the distance–intimacy and home–combat axes to orient killing with drones. The resulting vertigo sparks a frenzy of reorientation attempts, but disorientation can lead in multiple and sometimes surprising directions – including, but not exclusively, more violent ones. With drones, the point is that none have yet been reliably secured, and I conclude by arguing that, in the midst of this confusion, it is important not to lose sight of the possibility of new paths, and the “hope of new directions.”

Keywords: drones, militarized masculinities, queer phenomenology, robotic war, narrative

White Rock posted:

I googled it and the full abstract is worth a read:

exmarx posted:

fridge corn posted:

It's funny when ugly dudes think they can simply "become Chad" by working out, looksmaxing, "working on their personalities" or whatever else.

The simple reality is that Chads are born, not made. Chad is a combination of male model and/or pretty boy looks, male model physique, and high NT extroverted good-hearted and very likable personality. Moreover, Chad was born with all of these. If you don't have all 3, you are not and can never be Chad. Chad is the protagonist of almost every story; The "Goku" if you will.

So let's be clear:

If you're an ugly dude (underbite, big nose, droopy eyes or any other odd or non-symmetrical features in general) but are extrovert and have a good physique, you can't be Chad and you will likely never bang anything other than high-T ugly and fat women despite your efforts (most of TRP and PUA community right here). Nappa. Conversely the ogre gymcel that is not high NT is our Piccolo.

If you're a really good-looking guy, but an autist and don't work out much or anything, you will easily have a lot more success with women than ugly gymcel as face < everything else. You will probably even have female stalkers and fangirls here and there (though usually fugly weaboo girls that you aren't interested in) but you still can't be Chad. Chad-lite, Trunks or Yamcha.

If you've got good looks AND you're a gymcel but you're an autist, narcissist, or just an rear end in a top hat, you can do pretty well with women on some level, but will not be able to keep them or attract them like Chad effortlessly does and likely will always be jealous of Chad for his likability and charisma as well as the fact that no matter what you do, he's just better than you and gets way more attention than you. Narcissistic Chad-lite here, or our "Vegeta" if you will.

If you're a high NT likeable good-hearted guy but lack looks of any kind (e.g. "the jolly fat guy" of the crew or "the cool ugly guy" or something) you have it the worst as personality matters LEAST despite what femoids say. The bros will love you of course, but you will struggle to get dates even with hambeasts although you will likely "luck out" eventually and marry one that will treat you like poo poo, cuck you with Tyrone, and eventually divorce you.

I would say that last one is the "Krillin" but Krillin manages to marry a 10 like Android 18, something that would never happen in real life. Mr. Popo maybe?

DBZ theory is legit.

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

There are really only a few paths to get from leftist ideology to nutjob antisemitism, and "eat the rich" is one of them. Which would be… acceptable, I guess, if "eat the rich" got you any meaningful value as a policy proposal or ideological guide. But it's just resentment weaponized and any positive political result that comes from it is merely accidental.

So, can we just knock it off, as a coalition, please?

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

There are really only a few paths to get from leftist ideology to nutjob antisemitism, and "eat the rich" is one of them. Which would be… acceptable, I guess, if "eat the rich" got you any meaningful value as a policy proposal or ideological guide. But it's just resentment weaponized and any positive political result that comes from it is merely accidental.

So, can we just knock it off, as a coalition, please?

freckle posted:

https://twitter.com/Marxian_Arrow/status/969569534968500226

freckle posted:

https://twitter.com/Marxian_Arrow/status/969569534968500226

Wraith of J.O.I. posted:

There are really only a few paths to get from leftist ideology to nutjob antisemitism, and "eat the rich" is one of them. Which would be… acceptable, I guess, if "eat the rich" got you any meaningful value as a policy proposal or ideological guide. But it's just resentment weaponized and any positive political result that comes from it is merely accidental.

So, can we just knock it off, as a coalition, please?

Taintrunner posted:

oh my gooooddddd

freckle posted:

https://twitter.com/Marxian_Arrow/status/969569534968500226

BENGHAZI 2 posted:

https://twitter.com/Marxian_Arrow/status/971958961686462464