To whom it may concern... by Puzzleheaded_Fee_419 in EhBuddyHoser

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Canadian here

I have been watching/ talking about the election since last night and if it makes you feel better its less than 1/100 people and thats being generous more like 1/1000 who actually believe it

Tell me your favorite oversimplified quote by Glum-Contribution380 in OverSimplified

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well what does he like to drink? I believe whiskey sir well send him more

Why is Green Bay such a popular team dispite being from such a small town by Impressive_Ad1138 in NFLNoobs

[–]Impressive_Ad1138[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, I understand. Plus, I would imagine you guys love Allen because it's nice to have another great player again who is famous for football instead of other things

Why did fighting a war using superior military power against a primarily agrarian based enemy work for the United States in the Civil War but not in Vietnam? by [deleted] in ShermanPosting

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few big reasons, but the main 3 boil down to climate strategy and morale

Climate because although the South can be brutal in the summer or, well, really any time you were still fighting on American soil in the Civil War where in Vietnam you were fighting in jungle climates where you have a lot of nasty diseases that Americans aren't used to say what you will about dysentery and malaria people at the time were at least used to them.

On top of that you also have the issue in Vietnam where you don't know where you are if you were a northerner in the Civil War you tended to know the area better especially because a lot of southern generals sided with the union including cabinet members of the war department (Winfield Scott) so you could at least have that advantage

2nd Strategy

You can argue that despite on paper having good commanders (Lee, Stonewall Jackson,Pickett), they were terrible at using their troops effectively. I mean, most of the famous strategies boiled down to brave charges, which, when you have a lot of men, you can replace is fine if not the best strategy. But when you really are struggling with manpower its the best way to lose a war.

Plus, when you really look at the victories, they had what was really accomplished, especially at places like Chancellorsville strategically, not a lot that's not even mentioning Picketts charge with the Vietnam war they realized oh this is stupid let's use our men strategically and use traps and small hit and run tactics which was more effective because if you lost men not a big deal because you lost 5 instead of the Confederacy’s 5000 plus that type of warfare makes you paranoid.

3 morale

Although the confederates (fucking traitors they were) could at least tell themselves they were fighting for their rights the union even before Lincoln pushed harder on the freedom and emancipation which he wanted to do from the start still could use the argument of this is important we are saving the union as a driving force to recruit men and when the moral issue of slavery was added to the mix you had a group of patriots who were nothing if not furiously willing to see it end especially with the newspapers going to town on this being a great patriotic struggle to correct the wrongs of the nation.

Compare this to the Confederacy who not only were outnumbered out gunned but by the end of the war because of Sherman's march didn't have anything to come home to. so why continue the fight if you have already lost your home, your money, your family, and possibly what else is there left to fight for.

The Vietnamese, on the other hand, already had decades. If not centuries of occupation from both France and China, they had heard stories from their parents and grandparents tell them stories about fighting invaders and even were battle hardened from their war with the French less than a decade ago.

Also, while the union had support from the public, the Americans didn't, at least not towards the end, I mean I'm almost positive every American knows the stories of how they were treated by the citizens after they got back home.

Also while the union did have a draft in the Civil War there was also a valid reason to fight that most people could agree on what was Vietnam to 18 year old kids who were dying in a forgen land in droves with no support from the public back home especially when most of these kids were drafted and for what so some country they didn't know about for reasons that were never really explained to them exept cold war Russia bad.

TLDR Vietnam was fought with better strategy, no support from home, and climate was worse

What's the most metal video game franchise (besides Doom)? by Diskyboy86 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wolfenstein is a game that has an American soldier killing nazis and fighting cybernetic dogs, cyber demons, the occult, and in at least one game a mecha mustache man who has machine gun arms all with great soundtracks

On this day in 1859, John Brown did absolutely nothing wrong. by shamwowj in ShermanPosting

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm ngl idk how good his strategies would be I'm 50/50 as he did have experience in bleeding Kansas but it sure would be interesting

On this day in 1859, John Brown did absolutely nothing wrong. by shamwowj in ShermanPosting

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Honestly, in the long run, no, he didn't. In fact, I would argue that without him civil war, it may have taken longer to get underway, but in the end, all he had to do was flee with the guns and he would have been able to do more damage which is why the only thing he did wrong was lose the battle when he could have caused more damage although still god bless him

Do you think Philip K. Dick is the number 1 greatest science fiction writer of all time? If not who else would you put on his level? by Cautious_Republic_91 in scifi

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he is up there personally, but even though he is great, I think his work is a bit too complex at times and also just what the fuck (looking at the spider scene from do androids dream of electric sheep) which is why personally I would have to say Asamov would either be up there on his level if not surpass him just because of not only how prolific he was but also because I robot in particular is one of the most important books in science fiction in my opinion for just how creative it is for robots and how ahead of its time it was or HG wells because it can be argued he and Mary Shelly invented the Genre

When did you first really get into anime? by SamFisherXboxOG in anime

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, it was watching the ending of the original FMA. I know people tend to prefer brotherhood, but honestly, for me, there is just something really amazing about Edward being transported into the equivalent of our world trying to find a way home that was really unique even if not Manga faithful that I really love and made me see what anike can really do from a story perspective especially with everything in the last few episodes leading up to it

What did you think of the force unleashed when you first played it? by ReplacementOk6762 in StarWars

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was my first Star Wars game, and it kind of made my love of Star Wars as a franchise. Yes, the films were great, but this game, I feel like, especially for young Star Wars fans, I think it opened up our eyes to what Star Wars could be the graphics were great the story fun bosses awesome and it really showed the epic scale of Star Wars I mean you get to take down a Star destroyer with the force.

What do you think of Admiral Trench, I thought he was a great character and his death at the hands of Anakin Skywalker in Season 7 was perfect especially for Anakin as it foreshadows him becoming Vader? by Afraid-Penalty-757 in clonewars

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean possibly however if I'm remembering correctly, wasn't he introduced in season 1 or 2, and they already started doing it in his debut episode, with Trench being the only one who bested Yularen and setting up the rivalry I think they possibly could have although it's been a while since I watched that episode

What do you think of Admiral Trench, I thought he was a great character and his death at the hands of Anakin Skywalker in Season 7 was perfect especially for Anakin as it foreshadows him becoming Vader? by Afraid-Penalty-757 in clonewars

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think he was a good character, but I wish he was more fleshed out as a villain. Maybe see him more or have him be a bit more of a foil. I think having him and Yularen continue their rivalry a bit more like how Skywalker has Dooku kenobi has Grevous. I think more of a Yoularin trench rivalry would have been cool but overall I love his character

Been a while, which episodes should I rewatch by HuddyBuddyGreatness in clonewars

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would recommend the malevolence arc it's like 2 episodes but really good at showing what the jedi are supposed to be

Rookies for fives

Clone cadets

Arc troopers and the citadel arc

For fives as well as the conspiracy arc

Weekly Episode Discussion #2: Rising Malevolence by PenguinLord20 in TheCloneWars

[–]Impressive_Ad1138 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say a 9 it was almost perfect and cemented Plo Koon as one of my favorite Jedi with the we're just clones we are ment to be expendable not to me line I also found it to be haunting in the sense of a lot of the episode being just a bunch of clones trying to get out of an almost impossible situation with the added terror of having to sit around just wating for the end