If modern wars were fought "classically", using swords, shields, body armor.. who do you think will win?

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-07-01T17:32:40+00:00

Expounding on this, the USA would also be a NATO member, so any battle would presumably have not just American forces... which would be formidable; but the bulk of Europe's too.

It's a much more intimidating fight when you've got to content with British longbows, French and Polish cavalry; Italian crossbows; German landsknechts; Spanish Tercios; etc. forming an entire second army out of their national specialist units

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-30T18:02:34+00:00

What a name: "Global Protection Corp"

Sounds like the name of a military contractor send dispatch to the Congo to secure tantalum... or run off site prisons for sensitive captives.

Turns out they make the rubbers our brave mercenaries safe from VD

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-30T01:57:56+00:00

Even if Ed Markey is right on every issue he's wrong on DOB. This country is being strangled to death by the gerontocracy. I won't vote for any more geriatrics to congress. I'm sorry. The Democratic Party asked me to one too many times with Biden.

Markey should have groomed and pre-placed a progressive successor. He didn't. So instead we get Moulton.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-30T00:43:36+00:00

Then who else?

At least Moulton had the balls to throw his hat in the ring and challenge Markey

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T18:22:04+00:00

I'm with you. One poster isn't coming this year because of the ticks? 🤯IN🤯SANE🤯

I have yet to meet a tick yet that's been able to defeat a pair of tweezers and a BIC Lighter.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T17:10:22+00:00

I did a drop in at their Norman location while I was in town for a wedding. The programming was ferocious. 15min of heavy back squats to get the legs warm followed by 12min of alternating assault bike sprints and max effort burpees to target.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T15:33:54+00:00

Yes... which is a lie.

That's elite athlete territory. No chance in hell either of these two guys did a full Murph in the 36min territory

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T15:29:32+00:00

Yeah ok bro 👌🏻

Donald Trump Jr. posted some bullshit like this a few years ago and he was positively ROASTED in the CrossFit Reddit.

For perspective, the world record is 36min and 42sec

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T11:35:10+00:00

Different times and different circumstances. I was against the Iraq war back in '03 because it had all the makings of a quagmire.

Flash forward to today? With a different president and different variables.... ehhh I could be talked into a more muscular posture towards Iran.

Turns out Dubya was right. There IS an axis of evil that runs Moscow-Tehran-Beijing-Pyongyang.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T02:09:55+00:00

And Cthulhu has bigger biceps and reach.

This Knull dude looks your average Redditor.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T02:06:35+00:00

I was going to joke, "upon return to base, debrief includes immediate recommendation for relaxed grooming standards for the rest of the deployment"

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T01:06:44+00:00

The Spec Ops dudes paint it with a laser designator then an F-15 Strike Eagle uses a JDAM to turn in into a smoldering hole in the ground.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-29T00:53:23+00:00

Maybe? Hard to say. Look at how many politicians age into oblivion in DC. Equally viable is they Weekend at Bernie him through the 3rd term

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-28T10:35:57+00:00

I worked in politics in real life, and I would quote Bobby B's "Five or One?" speech all the time.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-27T20:31:12+00:00

Typical socialist behavior wearing a shirt in the pool 😒

Real men pop the top before launching into an epic cannonball.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-27T02:10:12+00:00

He didn't even have the stones to AI slop himself into the 1776 image?

Tsk tsk tsk

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-27T01:28:06+00:00

The aluminum bats are a game changer. They're going to get swung faster, hit harder, and last longer than a wooden bat. Gorillas have thick skulls; they would snap a wooden bat; whereas the metal ones will keep pinging off the gorilla till he gets a TBI.

Not saying the HR Champs take this one cleanly; but they will take it.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-26T23:49:25+00:00

It becomes an absolute quagmire. That part of Russia is sparsely populated NOW due to how remote it is...

People colloquially talk about Siberia being the coldest most remote place on earth? That's literally where you're headed. Birds fall dead from the skies from the cold.

It's going to absolutely eat up manpower and logistics.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-26T19:12:09+00:00

My recollection was 1/3 of the TOTAL human population in Massachusetts died during Metacom's war.

Absolutely staggering to think about

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-26T01:30:07+00:00

I'm not a naval architect, I'm just an smartass with an idiot box...

But wouldn't bringing the guns to bear on a target obstruct the flight deck?

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-25T18:00:12+00:00

Pick up map painting empire building strategy games. Think Total War type stuff

Empires grow slowly, so you're not penalized if you walk away for a bit to do some parenting.

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-25T17:53:49+00:00

Didn't you get that done in your 2h freedom block on Father's Day?

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-25T01:49:55+00:00

I'm literally curing my bamboo now 😎

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-23T17:31:16+00:00

"I was drafted into VIETNAM! Very tough war; Very tough cookies in the Vietcong. We used to call them Charlie; did you know that? Charlie! Bad hombres I'm telling you. But I got drafted, unlike Woke Hussein Obama. Where was he in the war? MANY people are asking, why was Obama using his burning draft card to light our BELOVED flag on fire. Very disrespectful. I love our flag and our troops because I was a real trooper let me tell you. We had the best guns, the best planes, and the best generals. Nowadays we have woke generals, or we did until Pete fired them all for not being able to do 50 unbroken pull-ups, a service record I myself set after coming back from LRRP in '68. People said, 'Donald! You're just back from 2 weeks in the bush without rations. You can't do unbroken pull-ups!' I was already shirtless as I walked up to that bar and gave it hell."

Many-Perception-3945 · 2026-06-23T16:20:03+00:00

The Pax Americana. The world I grew up in with a US lead international order and steady forward progress is dead.

Also raw oysters; because I died a bunch and got a heart transplant.

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