this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're chart is missing American's Army, which was funded by the government.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the plus side, that one might have actually saved some lives by teaching future child soldiers CPR.

Which, ya know, probably puts it at the head of the curve, propaganda wise, right?

Baby steps.

[–] Zoboomafoo@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

CPR and how to operate a Javelin, I played that game a lot as a kid

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

of course this is the natural progression of reactionary propaganda morphing from "buff grizzled white western ubermensch" to appealing to aggrieved incels that are desperate and lonely and can often never attain the idealized form of their idols.

[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Horny straight dudes will join the military that's 70% men looking to get their dicks wet when they could just go to a dance class where it's 70% women who you get to touch.

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

But dancing is gay and being yelled at to get sweaty by an old man is masculine

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's hard to choose.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] DagonPie@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I think you dropped this \

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

FR though, they always used horny for that.

[–] Resistentialism@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fuck me. Black hawk down was fucning amazing. Might have to go replay it.

I have mixed these two up. I was gib King of delta force: black hawk down. The point still stands.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The last level sucked so much though, all those RPG guys everywhere. I had to cheese the level by running around the outskirts and finding all of the RPG wielders before the convoy got going.

[–] antisuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm doing my part.jpg

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Please send more jpeg

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

The worst part is that many of the influencers and models are likely not even paid by the DOD