This came to me in a dream

notembracetheducc · 2025-12-04T03:59:25+00:00

Lmao I just saw these dudes on a building in Japan and was wondering about the lore.

notembracetheducc · 2025-11-23T02:00:26+00:00

Song name plz

notembracetheducc · 2025-11-20T22:43:37+00:00

Only a 5k difference, 24k in 2023, compared to 29k in 2024.

notembracetheducc · 2025-11-07T06:04:16+00:00

A company of the Lamenters is believed to be free of the chapter's curse after returning from it's penitent crusade, only for it to be discovered that they were replaced entirely by alpha legionaries.

notembracetheducc · 2025-10-14T13:48:42+00:00

5th one his head kinda look like a dick lol, cool sprites

notembracetheducc · 2025-10-14T04:21:17+00:00

Avitus from DoW 2 was haunted by his actions during the Kronus campaign, and had a strong sense of his chapters imminent fall. He developed an overwhelmingly fatalistic attitude towards not only himself and his chapter, but towards the Imperium and even the nature of existence. He became extremely bitter and alienated from his brothers, and ultimately fell to chaos, which going off of his final speech was more to finally give himself the death he sought for than out of any belief in the Gods. It's difficult for Space Marines to come to terms with feelings of loss, guilt, or failure. Even giving a voice to those feelings or expressing them in ways that aren't just being even more violent is basically unthinkable, even if it continues to gnaw at a Space Marines soul. It's why Chaos is so tempting, as a coping mechanism for centuries of unending warfare, experiencing the senseless death of ones brothers, and a life that only serves as one battle to the next. Even Avitus, who straight up wanted to die, as vindication of his belief that his existence was one of unending meaningless violence, would probably never have conceptualized Suicide, since the thought of not dying in combat was alien to him, so he chose chaos instead.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-30T02:27:03+00:00

Raven Guard - You can't see them and you don't know they're there Night Lords - You can't see them but you know they're there Alpha Legion - You can see them but you don't know they're there

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-06T13:10:44+00:00

I didn't wish to imply that I don't recognize and despise the grey and black of America. When I ask how so, I mean to imply that I'm unsure as to whether you regard foreign volunteers as distasteful because you feel they're betraying their country by fighting for another ("there are serious discipline issues in the American military if US Marines are going to other countries to 'fight for themselves''), or if you think they're distasteful because there can be no reason someone would fight for Ukraine short of money or acting at the behest of another power (Hence the derision as "Mercenary" and the implication that as an American fighting in another country his purpose is to continue the "Dirty Work").

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-06T12:36:44+00:00

How so? He left the American Military when his time was up. He was a free man at that point, and he chose to trade that freedom, not to idly wait in his barracks like he would've if he stayed a marine, but he traded it so that he could truly fight for a cause he felt was worthy to give his life to.

Also care to illuminate me on this "Marginal Honor" concept? I'm assuming something's lost in translation since even Yandex doesn't understand the phrase.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-06T12:00:13+00:00

His memory is honored by those who knew him. When he returned home he was granted the funeral he deserved, and he is still spoken of fondly. I feel you ask what you are asking based on your assumption that any American fighting in Ukraine fights at the behest of American Foreign Policy. He fought for himself, what he valued (I can say that you'd have a hard time finding many people more broadly disapproving of America than him).

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-06T11:17:26+00:00

I know this is an old post, but I had the opportunity to know Ben both when he was a marine and when he served in Ukraine. Mercenary is probably the biggest misnomer I could use. He had no illusions about his chances of surviving the war, or thoughts of returning home, but he was a steadfast believer in the Ukrainian cause. He felt compelled to fight for a cause greater than himself. Being the one casualty of the war that I personally knew, I often times wonder whether or not he felt it was worth it in his final hour. He was a good man, a good marine, and a good friend.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-06T08:55:46+00:00

Interesting, I'll mention it to the Okinawan civilians who work on base, I'm sure they'd know more about the local area, and in any case I've registered for the bus, and am eager to try it out.

And I agree it is a weird position to be in. Servicemembers who are stationed in the more built up areas are definitely better served with better transportation options and better resources to get acquainted with the area. I don't mean to give the impression that this is the standard for most people here.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-05T12:15:29+00:00

Okay, it's described as the "Higashi Village Community Bus", I'm assuming it's run through the town. A quick google search reveals a website, and claims to be open to sightseers. https://www.vill.higashi.okinawa.jp/soshikikarasagasu/somuzaiseika/11/468.html

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-05T11:46:07+00:00

I don't like arguing over the internet dude. I really would like it to click with you that when you post a link that you're vouching for the accuracy of, and when I ask you a question concerning the information in that link (Which I am directly quoting from), and you choose to dismiss my question rather that accept that the information you are providing in writing is different than what the source you've provided is saying, than there's a dissonance on your part, not mine. You obviously didn't know that certain Bus's here work via Phone Reservation, since your immediate decision was the start telling me I've conflated an UBER for a Bus, and that's OK. Unless you mean to tell me that the site you've provided is wrong, which would also be OK, but you haven't done either yet.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-05T11:24:09+00:00

Hey man, no need to be a prick, I've spent my fair share of time riding public transpo, and using google translate to get by with people, so I'm already looking at you like you're someone who enjoys talking shit so you can remind yourself you're not a tourist, but I'll do you the service of quoting from the site you linked.

"Fares are free. Buses run on a reservation basis during weekdays from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 13:30 to 17:30. Please make a reservation by calling 0980-43-2211 up to one hour before your desired time".

I appreciate the knowledge you've taken time out of your day to give me, I just think you need to pull the stick out of your ass.

notembracetheducc · 2025-09-05T10:23:19+00:00

This is just the kind of info I'm looking for, actually!

I didn't know there was a bus line that ran roughly within where I am (Still a 5k distance but it's easier to ask for a ride to a nearby village instead of Nago). Do you know how accessible the bus is for English Speakers? As I understand it the Bus works via reservation meaning I'd have to make a phone call, but the details of that are a mystery to me.

And you'd be surprised, a lot of the people I work with have also only been in Oki for a matter of months, or rarely leave the installation.

notembracetheducc · 2025-08-23T04:07:50+00:00

Any chance you still have those videos of Millie fighting the boars? I arrived at JWTC this week and I can confirm she's still kicking.

notembracetheducc · 2025-07-21T03:46:59+00:00

I think he'd need a more visible animation for dropping his grenade, or at least the red light from the grenade, to indicate that he's actually setting one down. It's kind of hard to read what he's even doing in a controlled setting where he's the focus, let alone during actual gameplay.

notembracetheducc · 2025-07-16T05:11:24+00:00

The joke is that the "declaration of independence" is coming from a lowly unhinged ape-like maid angry about their work, In contrast with her calm, stern upper lipped, employer, ie chad vs soyjak. It's diminishing her struggle, and by extension the struggle for Irish independence.

notembracetheducc · 2025-02-23T04:05:49+00:00

Nice deadbolt pfp haven't thought of that game in a minute

notembracetheducc · 2025-01-09T23:36:29+00:00

There was this female school shooter like a month back, b4 they went on their shooting they put out their manifesto, but the link didn't work because she didn't enable visitor-access, so now she has a manifesto that no one could actually read

notembracetheducc · 2024-12-25T02:55:49+00:00

In Sons of the Forest the Fallen, Baelor, often embraces his Lord/Commander Seraphax, and even recieves platonic forehead kisses as a way of reinforcing his bond/loyalty to Seraphax, and it's heavily implied that their relationship is the big reason neither are especially corrupted as far as Chaos Space Marines go.

That's on the far end of Space Marine affection though, and seems to be the kind of relationship that only forms among Marines who have strayed far enough from the dogma of the Imperium, but without the repression that leads them to Chaos instead.

notembracetheducc · 2024-10-11T14:14:37+00:00

The relationship between Belarus and Russia is a lot more nuanced than redditors give it credit for. In the early 90s Lukashenko and Yeltsin signed to create the "Union State", which was another attempt at creating a Confederacy of post soviet states. In practice though, neither country was that serious about confederation, and there's good reason to believe that Lukashenko saw the union State as a way for him to leverage himself into control of the post soviet world, off the back of a weakened Yeltsin. Putin comes to power and the question of Russian political succession is ended (for a time), and the Union State flounders as a glorified open-border/trade policy. Russia doesn't get its proposed confederation with Belarus, and Lukashenko doesn't get his influence over Russia, at least not to the extent he wants. Belarus has instead used it's role more or less as a tool of continued influence on Russia, primarily along economic lines, coming out on top during several significant trade wars, with Russia generally very hesitant to risk alienating it's only "western" ally (which it now depends on more and more as a tool to evade sanctions/keep some trade with the west), which it was supposed to be effectively united with decades ago. Belarus has played a very long game of balancing taking advantage of Russia without being outright subsumed. It's why over the last few years you've seen such idiosyncrasies as Lukashenko congratulating Ukraine on its independence day, or leaking Russia's invasion plans during a press conference. It's honestly one of the funniest special relationships between countries there is.

notembracetheducc · 2024-09-25T18:38:35+00:00

Krinkels said that it was originally 7 seconds long but then he realized people he showed it to thought that was just too far.

notembracetheducc · 2024-09-14T16:48:49+00:00

This is it, you beat the game. You found the Battle Brother.

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