Exacerangutan
?????
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SAYS
Lucy
DO YOU WISH FOR GLORY
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does it actually make sense in some way, because I'm a bit worried I've forgotten how words work
Lucy
JOIN SPACE FORCE
Lucy
and it WEIRDLY looks like starfleet idk idk
Exacerangutan
........I guess it's trying to say that being in the space force means you will play a part in crafting the doctrine for space warfare and then you'll be able to brag to your family about it later?
Exacerangutan
like, the first step in telling the story of doing a thing is doing the thing?
Exacerangutan
and here is your opportunity to do the thing because it's new unlike the other things
Exacerangutan
I mean
Exacerangutan
marginally
Exacerangutan
officially space militarization has been considered a Thing To Not Do
Exacerangutan
until, you know- yeah, approximately now-ish
Exacerangutan
I mean, you know, if we plan to have Lunar or Martian colonies, we need to establish a tradition of colonial marines to oppress them with
Exacerangutan
you don't want to leave oppression as an afterthought
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"you don't want to leave oppression as an afterthought" is the funniest shit i have read all day
Decemberween
it's either how an alien thinks people from Earth talk...
Decemberween
...or something they would say about the Blood Space War from Welcome to Night Vale
Decemberween
Male Child: Father, explain to me the methods used to shape the strategic environment.
Male Adult: Child, long before you exited your fluid sac, I was in The Shaping.
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I legit read that tweet and was convinced I'd accidentally drunk something or was having some sort of medication reaction that made me unable to understand words anymore
Exacerangutan
I mean in fairness it's probably written by some rando assigned to social media and ordered by whatever general or somesuch to write a thing and make sure to use the general's list of buzzwords
Decemberween
it's like a MadLibs
Exacerangutan
kind of an inverted one I guess? here's a list of words to use in a sentence
Exacerangutan
rather than here's a sentence, fill in the blanks
Exacerangutan
I grew up on MadLibs!!!
Decemberween
Word Bank
Exacerangutan
that one I don't know so much
Exacerangutan
I'm just imagining some guy being ordered to use "strategic environment" in a sentence that evokes pride
Decemberween
oh no I just mean, like the activity you get with vocab words in school, where you have a word bank to choose from
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