The gamer gets 5000 credits for the kill. He purchases a new 4-pack of explosive drones and a 12-pack of Monster energy. The system logs where the kill happened and, when the area is confirmed to be clear, a scavenger is dispatched to collect the victims rifle and thermos, which will both be melted down for raw materials. The scavenger leaves the rest.
WAR! What is it good for?
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ceenote@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
why the hell does a coffee company want to align itself with firearm users? There are so many different coffee-consuming customer bases they could pander to, and they want to go for the 'aard maan crowd
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Feels before reals. They buy it bacase “Black Rifle”. It could taste like shit. They pour a cup and, “This stuff tastes like shit lol.” and they’d keep buying it because Black Rifle pisses off the libs, it has a gun on it, and the makers are making the brainwashed snowflakes feel manly for having Manly Gun Label Coffee.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
When virtue signaling is your advertising, you don’t have to think real hard.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s a MAGAt brand for a lot of things. It’s one of the ways you know the whole damn thing is a grift.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I said to my kids the first time Trump was voted in that there is the market of suckers that will but any garbage so long as you Mega market it. My kids are good people so didn’t take advantage of that but we have seen so, so many businesses that have popped up, not just Trump family stuff, to take advantage. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t moral and ethical. The grift is so easy against 25% of the population in (every?) country.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That and the very obvious, extremely transparent fucking astronomical grift happening before our eyes.
EpeeGnome@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Whenever a company makes their whole image about something that has nothing to do with their actual business model, I immediately doubt the quality of their product or service. Especially if that image comes with an overtly political agenda. If their thing is something I like or care about, I’ll consider the possibility that their quality might, maybe, be decent, but this particular company is one where I intend to let my assumption stand untested.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Same, they’re just pandering to a guaranteed base instead of actually bettering their product
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can’t tell you if the coffee is any good, (I’m not supposed to drink coffee anymore. But the doctor didn’t say anything about tea). But the company was started by veterans that were having a hard time adjusting to civilian life after combat.
They made some money, and then sold the brand out and retired.
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Because they need idiots to buy their dog shit robusta beans. That’s pretty much it. Nobody who takes coffee even a little bit seriously would ever drink that swill, so if they want to sell the beans they need a hook for stupid people.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The company was started by a group of former veterans that were having a hard time adjusting to civilian life after seeing combat. It was a tongue in cheek name riding the early wave of bespoke coffee.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Okay that humanizes it a bit, I like them a bit better now. It feels like it was built organically, but their corporate branch pivoted to the 'MURICA crowd
youngskywalker@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Illlusion no coffee is “strong” enough so insert man thing + advertising to vets and repubs
apric0t@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do you know anywhere else I can get tactical-grade coffee beans?
ElChinchilla@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
From the Erythroxylum novogranatense
bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The tacticool crowd is ripe for exploitation. You can make anything “tactical” and then boom, they’re in it.
Imagine taking something really cheap like ground coffee (and let’s be real, this is gonna be some cheap shit) and then you put it in a black bag with an all-caps stencil font and a silhouette of a gun, and some people will pay you premium price for it.
Business goes tits up? Slap a sticker on the bag with some floral designs and a picture of an amethyst crystal and now you can recoup it with the crunchy new age health crowd.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I used to work at Cabela’s back in the day, and I got pretty good discounts on store-brand products, which is why for years I drove a trick with Cabela’s tactical floormats.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So they can sell you gun related shit like stickers and hats. It’s basically a meme of bullshit where other mall ninjas can hang out and pay each other’s balls and measure all their lawns with tactical rulers.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Could be that the parent company makes lots of brands, and wants this sector to spend more. For instance, have you ever wanted bottled water? And some illusion of corporate choice?
bashibazouk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mack Bolan bullet porn for the modern battle field.
A good response to those espousing their 2nd amendment spiel: ya but how’s your drone skills?
Carmakazi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The idea that skrangly gamers are going to dominate wars from their basements using remote weapons is kind of a silly cope. Ukraine isn’t throwing out their rifles or tanks or anything just because drones exist. Drone warfare isn’t rendering all conventional warfare obsolete, it’s supplementing it and forcing it to evolve in its consideration.
99% of 2A types are simply not ready for warfare of any kind through, and that goes beyond just the considerations of drones.
decolo@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The story is clearly not about ‘war’ though, more like full societal breakdown with capitalist influences
AmyAye@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
The real problem with 2A types.
When the military is facing another country, they have to worry about civilians and potentially inaccurate location data and how other countries will react etc.
It’s as much a thinking diplomacy game as it is shooting shit.
If the government decides to go full authoritarian on its own people, they will just blast the entire 5000 person rural town with a load of napalm and let everyone else know that any other local militias thinking of playing hero will get the same, so buck the fuck up and get in line citizens. Because the normal “rules of war’ aren’t going to mean shit to a violent fascist authoritarian take over on local soil.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
True, you need boots on the ground, but more importantly you need the right boots on the ground. These guys fantasize about being the “operator” type special forces, which just fundamentally aren’t able to gain or hold territory, just like drone operators can’t. Drone operators however are great at kirking enemy infantry and equipment for cheap with low risk.
theneverfox@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
It’s exaggeration… The people flying the drones are generally very physically fit and flying by fiber optics out in the field so the drones can’t be disrupted. They’re also carrying weapons and other heavy gear, and escorted by friendlies, in case someone tries to get the jump on them
But it’s funnier to play into the fact that drones are genuinely dominating the battlefield
harcesz@szmer.info 2 weeks ago
Yeah, conventional military force is still in use but supposably over 80% of kills in Ukraine are done with drones, and drones shape anything that can happen on a battlefield now. So I’d say its safely on the side of domination.
Tho technically its usually basements very close to the frontline, which a decent chance of being razed by enemy drones or artillery
chunk6235@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Meal Team 6 aren’t soldiers tho, just larping as them
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My now-legal sawed-off shotgun loaded with cheap #8 birdshot would like a word with that drone.
Clasm@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Congrats! You got the first one, but what about drones two through ten?
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
If you spot it. If you manage to get a bead on it in time. If you don’t shoot too early and lose your opportunity. If, if, if. Obviously the Ukrainians have shotguns and are still badly affected by drones.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I also love the idea of him bringing a long term supply of HRT onto the battlefield. T vials much like E really want to be stored at room temperature (20-25 C, with short excursions of 15-30 C), so even if he was the badass he thinks he’s a few hot days away from ruining his supply
theneverfox@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
He’d probably have a fancy insulated case… One that he didn’t read the directions on, which say “for short trips” and “keep of direct sunlight”
The case gleams, prominently clipped to the combat webbing, very much in direct sunlight
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
tom clclancy has gone woke
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
carbon-fiber barrel
My immersion is ruined by the mention of the material that cracks if someone sneezes too hard nearby.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Hm, better not fly in any airplane made in the last 60 years…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_RB211
"On 23 June 1967, Rolls-Royce offered Lockheed the RB211-06 for the L-1011. The new engine was to be rated at 33,260 lbf (147,900 N) thrust and combined features of several engines then under development: the large high-power, high-bypass design from the RB207 and the triple-spool design of the RB203.[8] To this was added one new piece of technology, a fan stage built of a new carbon fibre material called Hyfil developed at the RAE Farnborough. "
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks, I’ll avoid flying with Lockheed Martin.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re gett9ng pretty common. It’s a steel barrel sleeved in a cf wrap. They’re lightweight and strong and the cf insulates the barrel. It’s more common for hunting rifles where the barrel itself is exposed and more likely to burn the shooter through handling than an AR which will have a handguard.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
War has brought us countless technological advancements like radio, which led to cell phones and the vast interconnected network we all use every day in modern times.
So the answer to “War, what is it good for?” is “absolutely nothing.”
Ageroth@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Definitely no chance those things could be developed without the incentive to kill other people behind it
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Porn did more. Probably.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There are literally porns about war. It encompasses war, and then some.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
War motivates rich people to pour money into technological advancements.
They could also do that without the fucking war aspect, but they won’t, the bastards.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
war also ruined bread
Magister@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
😂 😂 😂
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah, TRT – when you make your own – is the Cetricel White of the Jem Hadar from ST:DS9.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Isn’t the point of ketracel white that the Jem Hadar didn’t naturally produce something necessary it provided them?
EffSee@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is how I imagine everybody who drives a lifted Jeep Gladiator with gas cans and axes strapped to them but lives in the suburbs and works in an office.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
potpotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Had no idea what a widdle wadder was and even their official description is silly:
The Widdle Wadder is an adorable yet practical miniature ladder that adds a touch of whimsy to your vehicle. Perfect for off-road enthusiasts and casual drivers
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I just had a flashback to a place I worked at where this guy who was a client was an “author” that wrote the worst drivel that was all about the stuff his shitty James Bond ripoff carried around. It sounded like the whole first half of this, entirely unironically.
apric0t@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Agent Michael Scarn?
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Michael Scott wishes.
The guy got fucking published. Or paid someone to publish his shit. He would send us paperback copies of his books. Most of a paragraph about a Walther PPK (the gun you start with in GoldenEye is the only reason I remember) when he could have just said “an easy to conceal pistol” is where I drew the line.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This hits different when you read it in the Houthi dialect of Arabic
stembolts@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
(Dune chant plays) yaraaaaaaaaa
tangosox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
.jpg.jpg.jpg … super compression!
Technoworcester@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I delivered the picture by drone…
green_goglin@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
lulz
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
real
and thats why you gotta get EW right (which is done by biggest nerds you’re likely to know)
esc@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Ew is hard, you can’t really saturate the whole spectrum, and it’s pretty easy to adapt to by changing frequencies.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its also why a lot of the small combat drones use spools of fiber optic cable. Cant jam a radio frequency if there isint one
Cliff@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks. Now i got this song stuck in my head.
Tomas_reek@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
test comment from PirateNet hunter
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Broken Image
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
The sheep will spend it’s entire life fearing the wolf, only to be eaten by the shepherd.