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Yesterday, a coworker told me that living through current events was like living in the Starship Troopers movie during the Buenos Aires attack. What do I even tell him on Monday? (hexbear.net)
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Yes, he described Palestinians as "the bugs" and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven's intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for "not getting it" and just enjoying the fascism).

I have some license with what I say because I'm moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don't want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

That's why I mentioned WH40k. There's no sci-fantasy setting save for WH40k where a starfaring civilization could even destroy a city that's halfway across the galaxy without using what present civilizations of that setting considers ancient for-all-intents-and-purposes-magic (eg Forerunners, Xel'Naga, Protheans, Celestials). It doesn't matter if it's Star Wars, Star Trek, Starcraft, Halo, Mass Effect, Dune, and so on. WH40k could get away with it through warp shenanigans as in the civilization shoots the rock through a warp rift and have the rock appear on the another side of the galaxy to strike the city.

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