Weird flex

3 months ago by geneva_convenience to c/usa

IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet 61 points 3 months ago

Not even small dick energy... Just a pathetic cultural mindset of evil. The Anti-Peace.

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deathmetaldawgy 9 points 3 months ago

Small dick energy gives these capitalistic fascist fucks too much credit. When I was out on the streets for George Floyd ppl were holding signs that said Derek chauvin has a small dick and small dick energy this and that. Y’all these monsters are killing innocent people. It goes way beyond dick size. Also there were kids around and I think you SHOULD bring your kids to this kind of stuff when it’s safe, so make your signs and rhetoric more solid!!!

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Windex007 9 points 3 months ago

It can be more than one thing...

Because this absolutely small dick energy.

This is the national equivalent of rolling coal, which is the pinnacle of small dick energy.

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MnemonicBump 8 points 3 months ago

The Anti-Peace

That's called war

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unwarlikeExtortion 1 point 3 months ago

Pro-Life!

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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds 36 points 3 months ago

They have healthcare and education instead.

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NigelFrobisher 23 points 3 months ago

When you let a small child cheat at the game but they still lose.

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chunes 20 points 3 months ago

Are aircraft carriers even relevant anymore? In the age of drones, they seem useful only against enemies who don't hit back.

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calmblue75 19 points 3 months ago

Aircrafts also become amazingly useless when your enemy hits your refuelling planes and you are in a fix now because those were all you had and you stopped making them 50 yrs ago.

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PolandIsAStateOfMind 14 points 3 months ago

After WW2 carriers weren't checked in peer warfare and were mostly used by US for gunboat diplomacy racket. Few years ago USA conducted wargames which conclusion was that carriers are vulnerable to hypersonic missiles. And some more years before Swedish diesel sub managed to "sink" carrier during NATO maneuvers.

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chunes 2 points 3 months ago

Hypersonic missiles, huh? Do drone swarms not pack enough punch?

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thedirtyknapkin 3 points 3 months ago

Most likely not, gun boats tend to be pretty damn tough and drones aren't actually fast or powerful. In fact I'd argue that drones are probably a terrible weapon against a carrier. They're vulnerable to hypersonic missiles because the missiles can move faster that the boat can shoot them down. Drones are good at being small, quiet, maneuverable, cheap, easy to use, and easy to deploy. None of those things are useful against an aircraft carrier. They have very very broad area of effect anti missile systems and are made of pure armor.

On the other hand they could probably be used to deploy the world's largest drone swarm quickly anywhere in the world from a well defended position. I don't think they're useless yet...

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PolandIsAStateOfMind 1 point 3 months ago

Maybe? I guess depend on conditions, afaik so far there has been no confirmed hit of large surface warship by drone.

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geneva_convenience 12 points 3 months ago

They are great at wasting the entire interceptor stockpile

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dessalines 6 points 3 months ago

Its more hypersonic missiles that have made them obsolete, as of many years ago now. If the US were in an actual war with a country who has them (China, Russia), its entire carrier fleet would be destroyed within a few hours. US military planners even admit this openly.

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owenfromcanada 18 points 3 months ago

5479

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tacosanonymous 8 points 3 months ago

Is this a Teen Girl Squad reference in the 2026 wild?!

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owenfromcanada 2 points 3 months ago

Homestar Runner references will still surface when millenials are in retirement homes, the workers will assume we've lost our minds.

j/k, millenials won't get to retire

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Telodzrum 12 points 3 months ago

Aircraft carriers are cool and a feat of modern engineering and technology. I have literally no idea what they have to do with getting speed bagged for 90’ in front of the whole planet, though.

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switcheroo 8 points 3 months ago

Hey now! That's my lack of national healthcare your talking about floating there!

😭

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alfonsothemonkey 8 points 3 months ago

The USA is the Flordia of the world

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ordnance_qf_17_pounder 7 points 3 months ago

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TrippingBalls 7 points 3 months ago

Only need an aircraft carrier if you don't know how to be diplomatic with other nations

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SapphironZA 5 points 3 months ago

Its because Belgium does not need one.

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RiverRock 4 points 3 months ago

Losing a game of billiards and pulling out your gun

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HrabiaVulpes 3 points 3 months ago

Americans can't possess small dick energy. To possess small dick energy you must be insecure about having a small dick. To be insecure you must know you have small dick. For that you need to see your dick. And americans are usually too fat for that.

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Chev 2 points 3 months ago

Everybody in Europe makes jokes on behalf of the US.

They are no more than toddlers with big guns that love to shoot everybody. No matter if friend or foe.

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Orthodox 1 point 3 months ago

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drath 1 point 3 months ago

Supercavitating torpedo goes brrrrrr

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macaw_dean_settle -2 points 3 months ago

Neither of them are wrong. But seriously, who cares about kids games.

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macaw_dean_settle -3 points 3 months ago

*brag, the word is brag.

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StinkySocialist 2 points 3 months ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flex

Language is fluid, and words are just sounds we assign meaning to. Meanings naturally evolve over time. so there is no 'correct' only convention.

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Fleezy419 -4 points 3 months ago

How exactly is one moron's tweet "US news and politics?" I think a lot of people in the thread need to get a life.

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geneva_convenience 2 points 3 months ago

This is a general US sub but did the tweet het that bad?

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mcqtom -50 points 3 months ago

Dude's got a point though. Y'all do make a super big deal about grown-ass adults playing a children's game.

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StinkySocialist 54 points 3 months ago

You sure you have an issue with adults playing childrens games?

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Madzielle 11 points 3 months ago

touché

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mcqtom -5 points 3 months ago

Would you like to make a big deal out of me playing children's games? Perhaps you'd like to place a bet on the Maximals winning this week. Lord help you if you're wrong and have to show your face at work tomorrow. Don't forget to wear your Maximals t-shirt while my play session is televised. I've sunk billions of dollars into my toys. I only hire the most competent friends to come over and play with me. I apologize if I make a mistake and ruin your entire day.

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StinkySocialist 14 points 3 months ago

I have no problem with adults playing with toys or kids games. In my opinion do what makes you happy and be happy as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

I'm just pointing out that you are an unserious hypocrite.

No idea what a maximal is and frankly don't care.

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mcqtom -2 points 3 months ago

Cutting all the snarkiness: I also have zero issue with adults playing kids games. My point was about the insane proportions to which professional sports are blown.

I also want to add that when you disagree with someone, going into their post history to find some personal attack to make against them is both lousy strategy and douchey. Even if I am a hypocrite, your goal should be to attack my opinion, not me.

And yes, I am also a douche for criticizing how people spend their spare time.

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geneva_convenience 17 points 3 months ago

As much of a point as the US president ordering FIFA to overturn a red card?

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Alabaster_Mango 7 points 3 months ago

With how popular US high school sports are (literally kids playing games), I don't think that's as good of an argument as you think it is.

I've got the reading comprehension of a twelve year old, lol. I think that was the point you were making too.....

Uhh, adults playing sports in the US are pretty popular too! (totally saved it)

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kingofras 7 points 3 months ago

Seriously dude, time to learn the difference. Playing children’s games is fine and nothing to be upset about.

Having a president who played with children in a very disturbing way and is going to the lengths of cheating himself into the highest office to avoid accountability, perhaps, maybe, you should get really upset about that.

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0_o7 6 points 3 months ago

Before world cup:

"We don't even care about soccer"

During:

"USA is the best soccer playing nation. Look at how scared everyone is. LMAO"

After losing despite cheating:

"We don't even care about soccer and look at our orphan crushing machine, do you even have one?"

What sore loser mentality.

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ShinkanTrain 6 points 3 months ago

What even is a children's game? A game that can be played by children? That's almost every game, even games with pointy or heavy things have child-safe versions

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superglue 2 points 3 months ago

Its just a cultural thing. In the US, children play just about every sport, but once kids get to high school, soccer falls off the map and everyone migrates over to American football and basketball. I think they just mean that generally speaking only children play soccer in the US. It's of course not true, there are high school teams and lots of tech leagues, but it is true that hardly anyone who is not a child plays in the US.

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ShinkanTrain 1 point 3 months ago

Oooooh, it's an american chauvinism thing

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superglue 2 points 3 months ago

No, it's an, Americans don't like soccer all that much thing.

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Blubber28 6 points 3 months ago

I think you misinterpret the tweet then. Such childish behaviour as "We hAvE aIrCraft CarrIEr nUhUh" doesn't exactly say "we don't care." It just screams "I am a sore loser." I absolutely agree with the rest of your statement, though. It is wild to me how many people care about a bunch of millionaires running after a ball. Or running circles. Or driving cars. Or hitting balls across a net. Or throwing a ball. Etc. It is absolutely fine to enjoy doing those things, but the whole show and dance around it is just ridiculous.

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mcqtom -1 points 3 months ago

I take it back. I did misinterpret the tweet a little bit. Dude CLEARLY makes a big deal out of grown-ups playing children's games.

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Blubber28 2 points 3 months ago

No problem fam, we all mess up from time to time!

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mcqtom -2 points 3 months ago

I interpreted it just fine. And you interpreted me just fine. Apparently a rare skill indeed.

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prole 5 points 3 months ago

It's only a children's game in the US.

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Phil_in_here 7 points 3 months ago

I think its that all sports are ultimately inconsequential entertainment people get way too serious about.

Unlike war profiteering, which is a very important contribution.

People should be proud of how many children the can kill directly and indirectly through military action, proxy wars, and allocation of lifesaving funds to the military industrial complex.

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prole 1 point 3 months ago

Wow, talk about non sequitur. Yes, war profiteering is far more consequential than sports. No shit.

They're not children's games, because we have entire professional leagues of adults being paid to play.

I'm not even a sports fan, I just don't purposely avoid trying to understand things so I can feel superior to people who do.

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mcqtom -2 points 3 months ago

Phil gets it.

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Bloomcole 1 point 3 months ago

When they lose.
They are such sore losers, in everything.

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ChicoSuave 3 points 3 months ago

All games are children's games. People use "growing up" as a reason to quit when in reality we get too old to play to win.

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Bloomcole 2 points 3 months ago

Yes the grown up americans like wrestling, some dudes in spandex and their little gimmicks.
Cringe AF

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kek_kecske_31 2 points 3 months ago

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