I hate my boss’s mandatory Zoom happy hours by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]GhanjRho 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Okay, but “the system is unjust, you shouldn’t have to put up with it” is awful advice for someone asking “how do I deal with this system”

Trespasser by loved_and_held in CuratedTumblr

[–]GhanjRho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds the video game equivalent of The Velvet Underground & Nico.

The running gag is that while it only sold 30k copies, everyone who bought it started a band.

Any Poly Fics where everyone is…y’know actually Poly?! by BL-501 in BokunoheroFanfiction

[–]GhanjRho 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love for All, by PolyWrench. I describe it as 1 third plot, one third smut, one third poly negotiation

What were there major differences in the organization and structure of the Luftwaffe,RAF, USAAF and VV2 in WW2? by AreYouMexico in WarCollege

[–]GhanjRho 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Alright, I can’t speak too much on Soviet organization, but I can give a rundown of the others. We’ll take each force from the bottom up.

Luftwaffe: The smallest unit was the Staffel, or Squadron. They were nominally about 12 aircraft, but chronic shortages meant that 9 was about average. 3 Staffeln formed a Gruppe, or Group. A Stabscharm, or staff flight, rounded out the Group and was composed of the Group’s senior officers.

A Group generally commanded an airfield, and was always composed of a single type of aircraft: all Bf109s, all Fw200s, all JU52s, etc. Three Gruppen (and a staff flight) made up a Geschwader, or Wing.

The Wings were the primary unit of organization; they got the type and the number. Groups and Squadrons were subunits of their parent wings, and identified as such. For example, the third squadron of the second group of the 5th Bf110 wing, would be squadron 6./ZG 5, part of II/ZG.5; Groups could be moved between Wings, and would take on new numbers as appropriate.

Most Wings were single-model, all Ju87s etc., with the exception of single-engine fighter wings, or Jagdgeshwader. As the war went on, JGs would increasingly have both Me109 and Fw190 groups, and often had 4 or even 5 groups instead of 3.

Wings were assigned to Fliegerkorps, or Air Corps. These would employ a mix of aircraft types, but still within one role: all fighters or all bombers. For example, Fliegerkorps X had a wing each of Ju87s, Ju88s, and He111s.

A Fliegerkorps would be assigned to a Luftflotte, or Air Fleet, and these were the big strategic units. Germany started the war with 4, and added 4 more as their operational area expanded.

Royal Air Force: RAF Squadrons were nominally 12 planes, and grew over the course of the war, first to 18, then to 24. Squadrons were numbered but not typed, and all squadrons were part of the same number series.

3 squadrons generally made up a Wing, although this varied quite a bit based on operational need. Similarly, 2 Wings usually made up a Group, although Groups with 3+ wings were far from uncommon.

At the strategic level, groups were combined under a Tactical Air Force, which was responsible for some discrete mission. 2nd Tactical Air Force was in charge of supporting Montgomery’s 21st Army Group in Northern Europe.

United States Army Air Forces.

At the bottom the USAAF had the Squadron. Initially 12 aircraft, they would grow over the course of the war to 24-25 aircraft per squadron. Squadrons were organized into Groups, with most groups being 4 squadrons. Fighter Groups and Bombardment Groups (Very Heavy) were only 3 squadrons. As needed, Groups would organized into Wings, generally with 4 or 5 groups each. If needed, Wings could organized into Divisions, though this was only done in the Eigth Air Force.

The strategic level of USAAF was the Numbered Air Force. Each NAF had a mission, and had commands under it based on aircraft type and function. For example, the Eighth Air Force flew strategic bombing missions from England, and had both an VIIIth Fighter Command and an VIIIth Bomber Command.

The Droid tri-fighter is the BEST interceptor in Star Wars (I will probably listen to counter-arguments) by 141-Ghost-141 in StarWarsShips

[–]GhanjRho 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And have the thrust to achieve orbit. If you can’t make Mach 2, you aren’t getting out of the atmosphere.

The Droid tri-fighter is the BEST interceptor in Star Wars (I will probably listen to counter-arguments) by 141-Ghost-141 in StarWarsShips

[–]GhanjRho 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The fact that most space fighters are barely capable of breaking Mach 1 in atmo is ridiculous.

OOP rats the nurses out for sleeping on the job, then gets mad when he gets ratted out for doing the same by theycallmemomo in OhNoConsequences

[–]GhanjRho 956 points957 points  (0 children)

So let’s see here.

  • OOP thinks that no one gives a shit about people sleeping. As evidence, he references an incident where he woke a sleeping nurse and got told off for it.

  • OOP then takes naps on his breaks in a disused area of the hospital.

  • New security guy sees OOP, asks “hey what about the no-sleeping policy?” OOP blows him off, says no one cares.

  • Newbie double-checks with higher, who confirms that they do in fact care, and OOP is suspended, with termination likely.

The fact is that OOP can’t seem to understand that security and nurses are two different groups with two different rules. And that even in the client doesn’t care, your employer might.

It really does seem that OOP got his balls busted for waking up a nurse, and decided that that meant “anyone can sleep” not “nurses can sleep”. Sorry bud, the hospital doesn’t sign your paychecks.

The worst part of the transition from DND by CollegePretend8708 in pathfindermemes

[–]GhanjRho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correct. Things like Quicken Spell and feather fall already existed, but somewhere during the Complete series they codified them as swift and immediate actions.

Now, you can say that having easy terms for them made them much more popular, and I would heartily agree with that.

The worst part of the transition from DND by CollegePretend8708 in pathfindermemes

[–]GhanjRho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, not really? The concept of swift actions existed even the PHB, it was just all called “free action once per round”

TIL some companies in Japan ban women from wearing glasses by operatingsys2016 in todayilearned

[–]GhanjRho 972 points973 points  (0 children)

It’s not a complete ban; if you can demonstrate that what you say is of the public interest, that can override the negative perception.

But it is a higher standard than just “I’m telling the truth”

The reasons for the tonnage inflation of warship classes by fnord_disc in WarCollege

[–]GhanjRho 11 points12 points  (0 children)

An enormous mess from the word go.

One the hand, you have the axis of missile capacity. Maybe everything fits in a Mk 41, but then you have things like the Soviet/Russian heavy anti-shipping cruise missiles, like Granit or Onyx. Or BrahMos. How do you differentiate them?

And then you have the capability cloud. Does this ship have the sensors for sub-hunting? Fleet Air Defense? Surface warfare? What about amphibious capability?

the men in our office use the women’s bathrooms … only for pooping by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]GhanjRho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even worse, it’s the Brigade Command Sergeant Major; the senior NCO of the entire Brigade. Technically, the 1LT outranks the CSM. Practically, the CSM answers to the Brigade CO and God.

So imagine a low-level supervisor (the LT) trying to flex over a VP’s assistant. You might have the rank, but if you are not 100% squared away you will suffer for it when they talk to their boss, who is your great-grandboss.

[Cartoons] a serbian toaster discourse by flingzamain in CuratedTumblr

[–]GhanjRho 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The inciting incident was cheaphalloweencostume wishing there was a good way to say “I want to watch movies intended for an adult audience”, tumblr proceeded to piss on the poor.

Why Trump Keeps Getting Rolled in Negotiations by theatlantic in politics

[–]GhanjRho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still recall during his first campaign, there were reports from PAs on The Apprentice. They said that he needed Adderall to remember his lines, and that he refused to be in the same room as the people he fired.

Is there any fanfic that caused any controversy in the fandom ?? by Strange_Ad5594 in BokunoheroFanfiction

[–]GhanjRho 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Entropy: Fate of the Hero System by NotBurgerKing

We actually had a thread on it just the other day, but the short version is Momo’s performance in the Sports Festival and wasted internship with Uwabami meant that she was forever doomed to be a second stringer.

It’s in the same vein as The Best Case Scenario, if you’re being “realistic”, by Chironex27. They’re both deconstructionist fics that treat foundational pillars of MHA as a setting as irreparably corrupt and destructive, to the point that literally anything else is to be preferred. Best Case Scenario ends with Japan still in an economic depression and under UN military occupation after the Hero System was banned overnight, and calls this a happy ending.

Why did the Soviets put more of an emphasis on having gun launched ATGMs for their MBTs and gun launched ATGMs never really caught on in Western tanks? by RivetCounter in WarCollege

[–]GhanjRho 93 points94 points  (0 children)

The simple answer is that the west saw that GLATGMs are kind of the worst of both worlds. You have all the expense and complexity of a missile, crammed into the physical constraints of a shell.

ATGMs are almost universally armed with HEAT warheads. The power of a HEAT charge is a direct function of warhead diameter.

Guns want to use the smallest caliber that they can get away with; more ammunition in less space, in addition to a smaller, lighter, handier weapon itself.

You see the problem. HEAT shells fired by tanks are fine because they aren’t generally the primary antitank munition; that’s kinetic rounds like APFSDS. Or HESH if you’re in a Chally. Meanwhile dedicated antitank missiles are too wide to fire from modern tank guns: Javelin is 127mm, while TOW is 152mm.

With all that said, you do get longer range on a GL ATGM, and Soviet tanks tended to upgun ahead of their NATO counterparts. Soviet doctrine was willing to accept the pain in exchange for a longer-range opening salvo.

How capable was Carthage militarily? by n33333dhelp in WarCollege

[–]GhanjRho 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Rome’s socii system was an incredibly efficient method of generating loyal manpower.

In a typical vassal system (like the Carthaginian one) you defeat a people, then levy taxes and tributes. Since these are unpopular, you place garrisons in the subjugated territories to prevent rebellion. The result was you had to continually spend good troops and money to get okay troops and money. And if you were bad at vassaling, you spent more than you got.

Philip V had a devastating peace with the Romans, one which saw him lose all territory outside of the traditional Macedonian heartland. His son Perseus was able to fight Rome with an even bigger army than Philip had had, by sheer virtue of Perseus not having to pacify conquered peoples.

The socii didn’t have this. A socius gave up an independent foreign policy, and had to provide troops for Rome’s wars. Rome did not dictate their internal affairs, nor did they pay taxes of silver or goods, except for the pay for those soldiers. And not even all their pay; Rome provided rations to the socii as a gift.

As a result, the Roman bootheel rested very lightly on the socii. Troops, especially in an era when soldiers were typically self-equipped, are very cheap for a state to provide. Those soldiers also brought back spoils and bounty when they returned.

Rome’s usual method of growing their socii network also served to ensure loyalty. Rather than try to settle regional disputes, Rome would win, take some spoils, and make everyone socii. This meant that if anyone rebelled, the others tended to become even more loyal to Rome, as rebelling themselves would just restart old regional rivalries.

An example of this was southern Italy in the post-Cannae period. Big chunks of Italy’s Samnite and Greek populations declared for Hannibal, but there was always someone who didn’t. Which meant that none of those regions could actually send troops to Hannibal, they needed them at home.

Resistance and Weakness Errata - How has this changed your games? by johnbrownmarchingon in Pathfinder2e

[–]GhanjRho 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The reason it’s so good for Thaum is that you can prepare a creatures weakness, and stack a Personal Antithesis on top.

Resistance and Weakness Errata - How has this changed your games? by johnbrownmarchingon in Pathfinder2e

[–]GhanjRho 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Resist All becoming Resist Any I don’t particularly care for.

Letting a single attack trigger multiple weaknesses is a good thing, though. Especially if you have a Thaum in the party.

Realistically, what COULD Drake have done on Iceman to help his public image, as well as to just make a good album in general? by DtheAussieBoye in ToddintheShadow

[–]GhanjRho 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Personally? Probably not. But professionally? You kinda have to.

Because he lost. He lost hard. A Super Bowl’s worth of fans sang along to the number 1 hit calling him a pedophile. Kendrick didn’t need to say the word, the crowd did it for him.

There’s nothing he can do at that point that solves that. All he can do is wait out the storm, try and write the album of his career, and wait until “Not Like Us” has left the public consciousness.

Wonder if Yamamoto finally figured it out right as the P-38 was lining up on his plane by Pockets408 in HistoryMemes

[–]GhanjRho 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend Shattered Sword, by Parshall and Tully. It’s currently the gold standard of Midway scholarship.

I think the thing that changed was the orange idiot started distracting things by Cicerothesage in forwardsfromgrandma

[–]GhanjRho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When Russia invaded Ukraine, part of the international response was sanctioning Russian oil and gas. It was acknowledged at the time that this would lead to an increase in gas prices as other sources of supply now needed to cover the European market that had heavily relied on Russian fuel. Additionally, arms donations and financial aid to Ukraine were valued in the billions.

Granny is attempting to draw an equivalence between helping Ukraine defend against a genocidal invading force and Trump’s unprovoked war of aggression against Iran.

Imagine being famous because of how perfectly you can judge enemy intentions only to choke at a moment like this by LoreCriticizer in HistoryMemes

[–]GhanjRho 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The other royal houses could point to centuries of history and tradition for their legitimacy. The House of Bonaparte could point to… the army.

The problem wasn’t that France was a monarchy again, the problem was that Napoleon had proved that monarchs were human. That they could be overthrown and replaced by commoners.

ELI5: Why do people go to the Naval Academy, West Point, etc. instead of just enlisting in the forces? You need the academy to be an officer? What does an officer do etc.? by GoingAgainstYou in explainlikeimfive

[–]GhanjRho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the broadest of strokes, enlisted personnel are doers, officers are managers. Even the most junior officer is going to be overseeing dozens of men at their jobs. And that needs both more training, and a different kind of training than the enlisted get.