TheLifeAdjunct
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#usa #stupid #conspiracy #covid19 #trump
Jul 13, 2020 11:40 PM
TheLifeAdjunct
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#usa #stupid #conspiracy #covid19 #trump
barnwolf
Japan is not terribly impressed by the US military right now.
trikucian
If it were a political issue then I'm pretty sure members of the military wouldn't be allowed to wear one in uniform
4thwalled
Pooprocketpower
As a climate change researcher, this isn't new......
pumper
How many of the "American" Nobel winners are actually just immigrants who went there for better opportunities and funding?
DV8fromNormal
Okinawa in Japan is going on lockdown because GIs are bringing Covid-19 to the island. The American government is bad for the world too.
glassware
It’s not our nation that is dysfunctional. It’s republicans. Pretending that both sides are equally to blame is why we can’t fix it
londonosierra2000
Religion has replaced education and democracy
cwilli08
Your opinion is invalid as you do not have a TV show.
damienxwaltz
From what I gather from all this, is that our government cares more about money, than it's people :(
RatKingCerf
While that has been the case for some time, its never been so abhorrently blatant
damienxwaltz
and what hurts the most is that our people are ok with this :(
azmyth1
The military is involved in covering up flat earth because their artillery trajectories compensate for the curvature of the earth.
PlankTableGo
One party has a base steeped in Creationism- requiring the rejection of nearly all science and scholarship. It's all downhill from there.
torokunai
40% of USA Nobel prize winners have been immigrants
thatjewishgirl
"Legal immigrants"... there, FIFY
PhyshStycc
Even the crayon-eaters get it /s
thatjewishgirl
Um... he's a contractor, not military.
bundleofwoodensticks
whhy
Rah
Castironpeppers
Did someone say crayons?
altonbrowndeserveshisownmemefuckyouifyoudisagree
he’s ?♀️ a ? Marine ?⚓️ First ☝️ to ⚔️ fight ?
demonphage
Hehehehe, I got this joke. Gold star for me today!
jhackofalltrades
Can you explain it to me so I can tell my friend? He's confused by it.
xahul
Damn window lickers.
iDrinkDrano
I don't think the /s is necessary
Narit
Tell that to okinawa.
georgeforsythe6911
Did you know that yellow and blue taste exactly the same?
Agatsu74
The military also uses the metric system.
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
didnt like every service members in a few bases catch it ? Japan ?
Domehammer
The people going "everything is political" really coming off has jackasses now. Made masks political.
sjbrooksy7447
It's because the military has a system to ensure compliance. Otherwise they just as dumb as the population they are built from.
13Alpha
Pretty sure there are more statistical outliers on the dumb end of the spectrum. At least in the Army and Marine Corps.
ScrewMyVacationPlansIGuess
We have our fair share in the Air Force, I’m surprised half the guys I work with haven’t accidentally killed themselves
BCadiz
On the flight-line 95+ heat and humidity we wore these for 12 hrs at a time https://imgur.com/R16safc
Cheomesh
Ah, the M17.
buttcreambandit
Marine police will literally pull you over if your riding in a car with more than 1 person and don’t have masks on. Let that set in
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buttcreambandit
Lol true
doinkrr
Marine MPs will pull you over if you haven't finished your pack of crayons. They want some, too!
drsisler
Military has intelligent people gave me a chuckle
HoneyBadgersAreBadAsses
The military is on a conspiracy to make earth round again.
Idontlikeolives
I would believe the first situation before I believe that the S1 is actually intelligent.
Maraxus
Everything (that concerns more then you and maybe the people closest to you) is political.
kaijuuGold
outliers do exist
TerryCrews
Yes, but in the service their compliance isn't negotiable.
taytotom83
Where I once feared the cost of truth, now I can only ask... what is the cost of lies?
mrmayortheiv
r/im14andthisisdeep
taytotom83
It’s a quote from ‘Chernobyl’ the mini series. A great watch
mrmayortheiv
So? Still pretentious and over the top as a comment here. I wouldn't quote Ayn Rand or Plato on a post about Peppa Pig. Same concept.
mrmayortheiv
Would you quote Tolstoy or Orwell on a dump of people slipping on ice?
Retzayy
I'm ashamed that my Dad supports Trump. I hear him defending him over the phone and want to tear my hair out. We aren't even in the US.
Retzayy
I want to prove him wrong so badly, but I still live with him and don't want to potentially sour our relationship over this bullshit.
Retzayy
I don't fucking understand what he sees in him. We don't even live in America, we live in Australia. He's blind to the truth or in denial.
ILovedUnicornsFirst
I’m in a red state. That basically means I’m surrounded by people like that. It’s infuriating. I’m terrified he will win again. There’s no>
ILovedUnicornsFirst
>no discussion or listening to facts. They say “fake news” or “Biden sucks too.” And the convo grinds to a screeching halt. It’s pointless.
ILovedUnicornsFirst
And these people actually can and will vote for him. I get so angry but I don’t want to flat out say I think they’re stupid or heartless.
Retzayy
My condolences...
destinoz
“We” haven’t made it a political issue. Trump supporting republicans did, and now demonize Dr Fauci too. This is a one sided issue.
Cheomesh
The Trump-supporting Republicans I work with don't wear a mask when nobody makes them, military base or not.
Waiting4gooddoggo
Thank you. We, as if its something we're debating. No, just the assholes have made it an issue
ImMuddy
I’m from NYC. Everyone wears a mask here and is very compliant with what is asked from the citizen. Today we had zero deaths due to Covid
Camelspotting
The response was pretty bad at first, Cuomo's gotten a lot of shit.
ImMuddy
Very proud of this city and the people that make it “breathe” !
thisiswhyicanthaveanythingnice
Im from Los Angeles and we are shutting down again because many people are absolute morons that cannot follow simple instructions.
emkayL
Halfway through walking my dogs this morning I realized I forgot mine and felt like a fucking idiot
randouzername
Former Army here lets tone down the intelligent statement ive seen screenshots of soldiers being sent to make copies to physically hand to
AmActuallyACat
My dad tested positive and was ordered back after 1 week
randouzername
Their commanders after testing positive. I agree with the sentiment but military branches have their idiots
dasoffendor
my uncle who was a marine has a saying he picked up during his service, "There's always that 10%..."
whhy
Hey man, if Marines could read they'd be very upset.
ElSuperbeasto
I read this to my Marine friend. He laughed.
Jooga
Cause he couldn't read?
secretagentdoubleobeaver
After a minute tho right?
MoonMoon89
When one party is threatened by truth, facts, and science then maybe the problem is with that one party?
RawBlow
They’re also against making the voting process more accessible.
icommentwithsteveharvey
Don't trust GOP, GOP is asshoe
FlissFloss86Gaming
Which party? Haha, just kidding. I know it's the Green Party. /S
flexistraw
Unfortunately this isn’t new. Same story as global warming and most inconvenient science.
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
Anti-intellectualism is a core trait of fascism. This isn't a coincidence.
madpathmoth
YES. THIS. We have only two political parties for no good reason, and they both suck, but jeeze one sure seems to be actively supporting--
Ikusame
One side tries to back up their shit with facts. The other with gut feeling and anger. BoTh SiDeS amiright?
Bigboipoi
Your the reason there's 2 sides. Easy to put old rich men who push policys that buff the oligarchy when your busy hating the other side
madpathmoth
a lot of incredibly harmful, ignorant, and selfish things that are resulting in literally THOUSANDS OF DEATHS!
Camelspotting
It will be multiple hundreds of thousands in not too long.
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TheRealPumpkinQueen
Two parties, same motivation. Lining their own pockets.
SuperAgentJackBauer
Damn, that was dumb.
Keairan
Compared to the rest of the world? They're absolutely right-wing. Compared to the GOP, they are not.
ifatreefallsintheforest
Just say you want Trump. Don’t blame the dems. Own it.
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TheFoxCouncil
That's democracy
FlissFloss86Gaming
Alphadef
R: "Masks give superaids" D: "Please listen to science" Its both sides, really.
SecretlyASiberianHusky
Glad you’ve finally come to see that the Democratic Party is the problem.
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UnitedGalactic
flamingflamingo
Time to stop riding the fence and pretending that "both sides have valid points".
spittleteets
If you meant "sitting on the fence" the problem is the opposite. People are not undecided, they wont change their minds even if proven wrong
flamingflamingo
I'm mostly addressing the imgur audience, not the absent right wing. Imgurians often pride themselves on not choosing sides.
flistdumpnumberonemillion
Death cultists don't change their minds when proven wrong. Centrists don't change their minds when death cultists are proven to exist.
bustyalexa
I think it started out as being against anything the left says.
LurkerOfDarkness
"Left"
aintnothinbutahounddog28
So? Just cause someone starts one way doesn't mean it stays that way. I'm all for the ethical treatment of animals, but FUCK peta
bustyalexa
And like Peta, the opposition has morphed into extremism and perversion.
CuntyMcWhoreBag
This still stands today.
DVsloth
Both sides generally dig in and made it my team vs your team like some sort of sport. God forbid if you dislike a part of one or the other.
IssacOppenheimer
Team psychology aka ingroup bias is a big problem, but so is validating the modern GOP as remotely redeemable by any possible criteria.
bustyalexa
Except one team uses science and facts and the other team doesn’t.
OtterlyMagnificent
That's exactly it. And if you're in the middle, or trying to be, the extremists on both sides shriek about how you're a traitor to America.
hawfwit
Centrists judge left wing jaywalking as being equal to right wing murder.
RunanD
It ain't even that. Extreme leftists don't even have a seat at the fucking table! Biden is basically a republican! It's like you have to 1/
RunanD
be a centrist or a righty in this country, leftists are just casually dismissed from even joining the fucking conversation! 2/2
aintnothinbutahounddog28
Yes the extremists on one side saying science and facts are real, and the other side saying they arent. Yup. Two equal sides shrinking at u
OtterlyMagnificent
And the issue is that both of them think they're on the side of science and facts. And, interestingly, the facts are backing the 1/
koboldesq
Except in this case one set of "extremists" are taking the position that facts are a thing. There is no middle ground with facts.
OtterlyMagnificent
Yes, one has the stance that facts are a thing. The other has the stance that facts are more important than emotion. Unfortunately, both1/
Beepity
"Meet me in the middle" says the extremist, so the centrist takes a step towards them,and the extremist backs away. "Meet me in the middle."