Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Ironmonger]

I'm glad you guys care. On a happier note, I've applied for a rather high-paying job at a merchandising company that could get me out of the situation I'm in, and I have a few other options as back-ups. I've at least got that to be optimistic about.

[O. Hinds]

A couple more links about the F-35:

[Frost]

I'm not really enough of an aeronautics guy to read past the titles, but let me go ahead and guess at the general message:

They sank billions into a worthless airplane while they cut my pay and benefits and discharged thousands of veteran soldiers in the name of "drawdowns"

[Frost]

Let me let y'all in on a teensy little secret:

Barring a handful of nations, we can crush most nations or even regions on the planet pretty fucking easily. And it's not some sort of next-gen superplane that makes that so. It's not fleets of drones or shiny carrier battlegroups. It's about having the benefits, pay, and career options that'll attract capable people, not guys who didn't have any other option. It's about then training those guys to meet the challenges they'll actually face, and training them rigorously. Maintain discipline, maintain morale, and get them the resources and equipment they need. 

Shockingly enough, it's not the Iraqi and Afghan Air Forces that are giving/ gave us the most trouble, and it's not the USAF that's dealing with heavy combat and has had to improvise and learn on the fly. 

So, yeah. Remember wonderful little projects like the F35  the next time Sgt Smith's legs get blown off and PV2 Jimmy's head gets splattered over a fucking wall because up-armored vehicles and CQB training ain't in the fucking budget. At least the 22 veterans that'll kill themselves in the next 24 hours because trying to get psychiatric help from the VA's like looking for Jesus in your alphabet soup can die knowing that tomorrow's military can deal with what's shaping up to be the airborne version of the Bradley.

[O. Hinds]

Oh, but things like APCs and practical airplanes are cheap and boring. Very bad for the contractors' shareholders, you know (Why, if the thing worked the first time, there'd be no extensive fixes to demand taxpayer money for!), and isn't that what really matters? I mean, it's not as if their wealth is a shared illusion that's among other things based primarily on the fiat currency of the state they're currently making look stupid and weakening militarily, right?

[Frost]

Sure doesn't help that fucking senators and pencil-pushers want their fingers in the war-pot. From dictating RoE's and strategy to fucking around with hardware (ratfucking the Bradley is nothing compared to literally sabotaging the M16, the weapons that patriotic volunteers and unlucky conscripts alike were carrying into battle, because the M14 was "more American") politicians continue to.....display exactly the sort of behavior you'd expect from a bunch of people who decide their own paycheck (via others' money)

[Vinylshadow]

Old houses look good, but are an absolute nightmare to maintain...

I've lived in a few of them and they have all been repainted, refloored and had air conditioning installed...and then never used because I live with skinflints, or whatever the term is for people with a lot of money that don't use it for anything

[Harmony Ltd.]

A couple more links about the F-35:

The funniest shit about the whole stealth thing is that the B-2, supposed to be the epitome of the concept, isn't exactly stealthy anymore, and hasn't for at least a decade now, due to continued advances in detection technologies.

So compromising actual figthing and fight-evading performances for an attribute that is only marginally helpful nowadays is like ground pounders deciding to get rid of half their ammunitions in order to bring more food & water.

Sure, it's always nice to have more of that, but once shit start going down you aren't going to fight the enemy with MREs (though given how nasty the stuff is...).

[Frost]

So compromising actual figthing and fight-evading performances for an attribute that is only marginally helpful nowadays is like ground pounders deciding to get rid of half their ammunitions in order to bring more food & water.

Gotta make space for the cucumbers and butter, son. We're in the field a long time, dude; shit gets lonely. Suffice it to say that the ground's not the only thing getting pounded.

[Vinylshadow]

You really need a boyfriend, Frosty

Also, cucumbers are much too fragile

Try a gourd or squash

They also have all those delightful ridges, bumps and grooves~♡

[Harmony Ltd.]

Give he's in Texas, he would maybe have better chances with a cactus.

[Vinylshadow]

*pomf* 

How delightful

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Deep pockets: A great metaphor, but a lousy addition to garments. 

"What, my quarters are no good, vending machine? Fine. I'll just use...wait, a minute...I can't reach the dimes!"

[RoboRed]

So compromising actual figthing and fight-evading performances for an attribute that is only marginally helpful nowadays is like ground pounders deciding to get rid of half their ammunitions in order to bring more food & water.

Gotta make space for the cucumbers and butter, son. We're in the field a long time, dude; shit gets lonely. Suffice it to say that the ground's not the only thing getting pounded.

Giggity.

Give he's in Texas, he would maybe have better chances with a cactus.

The ones in that area are too wide.

...Unless he views that as a challenge.


IN OTHER UNRELATED NEWS...

selfbait:

http://jalopnik.com/ford-gt-this-is-it-1678893649
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/there-are-plans-to-race-the-brand-new-ford-gt-this-year-1679039031

*squeeing approaches hypersonic levels*

[Harmony Ltd.]

Give he's in Texas, he would maybe have better chances with a cactus.

The ones in that area are too wide.

...Unless he views that as a challenge.

Das de joke

[RoboRed]

Srys, can't properly joke atm. Head crazy from work, first day of semester, and fangirling over the new GT. My mind is all over the place.

[iLateralGX]

Hopefully this new Ford GT doesn't suffer from the same mechanical issues that the last one had. If I remember correctly, Jeremy Clarkson had a particularly bad time with it (the transmission I think?).

Aside from that the car looks goddamn amazing and I can't wait to see it in Motorsport.

[RoboRed]

Huh...I don't ever remember him having trouble with it.

Aside from that the car looks goddamn amazing and I can't wait to see it in Motorsport.

SAME.

swickedlulz?:

[RoboRed]

scienzabait:

http://freefraq.deviantart.com/art/Wut-wut-498648433
And pretty much the entire right side of that page, too.

[Guest]

thought Danny did a good job with this cover


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF1Q56YAo0Q

[Frost]

You wanna talk about covers?

unrelated:

[Vinylshadow]

Needs more accordion, banjos and bagpipes

Maybe some kazoos and vuvuzelas

[Frost]

The best closure is great value

[Vinylshadow]

...hm

I look an awful lot like Qui-Gon Jinn without my glasses

Darth Plytera isn't killing anyone in this scene


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Tacos for Veteran Widows?

Better hope your wife doesn't plot with terrorists about killing you for the benefits

[Tytan]

@Frost, I've just started a game I think you'd really like.

Tropico 4.

How many games are there that encourage you to create your own police state where you can punish your fledgling banana republic society when there's an attempted assassination by declaring martial law and installing wire taps?

[Frost]

Can one institute a tax of firstborn?

[Tytan]

Not that I'm aware of. But you do have the option of openly mocking rebels in an attempt to goad them into attacking.

[Tytan]

ah, a classic:

[Vinylshadow]

Well, despite its random pacing, I enjoyed the Poké Wars saga

It's not over by a long shot though...Heh

How do you stop an army led by a being that is vital to the continued existence of the world?

Kill him, and everything on the planet loses their minds

[Tytan]

That's why you can create clone body doubles in Tropico.

All the satisfaction of murder with none of the fatty being-dead-ness.

[Vinylshadow]

I'm way too much of a goody two-shoes

Playing a Star Wars game? Nothing but Light-side choices

Playing Infamous: Second Son? I unlock the Cinder Grenade and incapacitate most enemies that way

Playing against that makes my skin crawl


Of course, if a game centers around violently killing people, then I'll do so happily...

...That, and I lack the attention span to monitor an entire self-created country

I suck at Sims

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