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Have an excellent 2026! (and a good slide in, on the slim chance it's not too late for you) PS the US Navy (although its final cause is instrument of empire) i
by aebtebeten 10mo ago
Have an excellent 2026! (and a good slide in, on the slim chance it's not too late for you)
PS the US Navy (although its final cause is instrument of empire) is one of the easier ways for a young man with little cultural capital and even less economic capital to find himself in an organisation that not only values lifetime learning but even goes out of its way to support it.
- gsf_emergency_6 10mo agoIn ("cultural") theory, USMC, being "integrated", should have an advantage over USN but in practice(, putting sentients together in a confined space .. :)?
- aebtebeten 10mo agoIn theory, https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кот_Матроскин https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кот_Матроскин was surprising to Fedya's mother because he knew how to sew. But of course he does, because on a cruise one can't just run into town in order to get something done by someone else; it's not just his striped pattern that makes him resemble a sailor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Fedya,_His_Dog,_and_His_Cat#:~:text=He%20has%20many,guitar%2C%20and%20reading%2E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Fedya,_His_Dog,_and_His_...
- gsf_emergency_6 10mo agoНемцы думают стоя, англичане-- сидя, а русские-- потом
- aebtebeten 10mo agohttps://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/americans-will-always-right-thing/ https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/americans-will-always...