#pt

[shoomt]

"seldom seen and completely naturalised"

you guys are so obsessed with America that it doesn't come to your mind that air strikes against terrorists (and anti terrorist operations in general) are seen as typical policy by residents of any country who has to deal with them, this is "military worship" as much as investing in a bridge is "economy worship" it's mere routine! the majority of people from any country would support retaliation against a group striking trading ships let's alone what they do internally

that "this is uniquely American" cultural analysis is completely unhelpful and kinda self affirming as you keep this image of an almost universal and normal non-American culture that isn't real or is real but local I'm not sure

Everybody is shocked that US journalist was invited to a top secret chat discussing military strikes and then just left (honestly that's the funniest thing) while refusing to reveal sensitive information but that's about what I expected. You can read on his article, he doesn't care about the fact that the US military is striking one of the poorest countries in the world. In fact, he probably even supports it.

What he is outraged about is how dare Trump be so incompetent, how dare him compromise the effectiveness of the US military, which is doing its job to 'protect this country'. You will see this in media from other countries, there's little to no mention about WHERE the airstrikes were directed to, WHY and WHO they killed. It's all "oh Trump let a random journalist on his chat, how embarrassing!" If it had been Obama or Biden or whoever, the journalist probably wouldn't even had published anything, because after all I imagine (ha!) that they talk about bombing third world countries with propriety and decorum, not unlike these guys who are so, so cringe.

this is why I tell you that the US has a level of military worship seldom seen and completely naturalized

[pisces-core]

[egelim]

[anakinisvaderisanakin]

There they all are. In live action and cartoon form. Glorious.

Most people seem to willfully forget Padmé. I'm not most people.

[shoomt]

I think politeness doesn't refer to political opinions, preferred policies, or the equality of your attitudes towards different groups. it really just means being nice to people in everyday life.

you're judging them for lying about the claim "our people support humanist and moral policies" when the claim here is just "our people commonly have nice manners". Not that they wouldn't claim the former as well but it's not relevant to politeness and lying about it is hardly unique to them either.

the way british people pretend to be sooo polite without being basically good is crazy but it mirrors exactly how democrats are. brits say "Oh I couldn't forget to say please & thank you, I'm british!" and then say "asians can't drive" as if its a fact. democrat politicians go on TV and say " we would NEVER be rude or curse, we are democrats and we uphold decorum!" while saying why palestinians totally deserve to be bombed on msnbc.

[comebackali]

every time i watch the 212th's half assed order 66 attempt i think of that time that in tcw where cody and the rest of the 212th watch obi wan get drop kicked into a steel wall at 90 miles an hour and barely even glance his way cuz he pops right back up and they're like, "nah he's probably fine." and it just makes their, "sir, no one could have survived that fall" SO MUCH FUNNIER because they have SEEN that man survive much worse and they're just like, "well we did our best." like sirs,

[tubbsen]

I drew this in 2022? Others have done the same joke I'm sure but Disco Elysium owns my whole heart and Kim was very patient with me

[antotheclownest]

PT portraits but ANTONBLAST:

[ecoharbor]

📍Algarve, Portugal 🇵🇹

[rapunziedameron]

#tfw your bff has completely lost the plot

[kuueater]

how did anyone figure this shit out in 2014

[jinsouli]

x

[kairokust]

Y'know what? Take this *gives you a small anxious Italian man*

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[aampharros]

they will always be my number 1 forever and ever and ever