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Answer the following question Mr. Griffin: "Home of the _____?"

Peter: "H- Home of the Whopper...?"

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

They can't effectively fight us if they have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diarrhea

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder what the cost is per Whopper?

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

well including the humanitarian crisis discount and the urgency in need fee, about 20$

That’s cheap for the US military.

I was thinking $1000/ea would be a deal.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I kind of expect a version with McDonald's and Trump saluting while crying tears of joy.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

We have sotilaskoti and for field stuff they sometimes brought out a sotku car. Women selling coffee, berliners, cigarettes, everything a growing young lad needs. It was bliss eating a berliner after a week in a damp and cold forest.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It makes me laugh when a certain type of veteran likes to act like they're some self sacrificing hero.

Like bro, you signed up to murder brown kids and eat Burger King.

...and we're all out of Whoppers.

Hey, wake up and start the fryer, I think we landed.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Yeah I did two Tours to Afghanistan."

"No I'm not in the military, I work at Burger king"

"I still see the Friday Night as the fryer broke in my nightmares...."

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Sometimes, it's preferable to shoot someone than be on the line.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I recall an anecdote about (I think) a Japanese admiral during WWII, who upon realising the US Navy had a ship dedicated to making ice cream, knew that they had lost the war.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago

I had to look this up. If numbers are down this would make great recruiting material.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_barge

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The Americans truly fight like kings. Having an ice cream ship is definitely something yoh should all feel patriotic about!

3 flavors, all you can eat.

[–] ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Tbf, these had two good reasons. 1, coolant for Project Manhattan if something went horribly wrong with a nuke while getting it to the Pacific theatre. 2, the South Pacific is f-ing brutal without AC when you depend on your armor for safety.

That said, this is clearly an OpSec-related disguise. I'm not military but I've heard enough to pretend I saw nothing unless I hear someone inside begging for help. Usually it's just ammunition transport, so that nobody gets a bright idea to steal military-grade weapons.

If you think that's just "halfway between Hollywood and reality" BS, look up Project Mogul on wikipedia and keep in mind the CIA can pose as "a former FBI agent" if need be to spread disinformation about military assets. They were terrified the Soviets might get/drop nukes, the more paranoid you are, the more you should be able to relate to spies, generals and anti-terrorist personnel, even if it's not that likely to go bad in practice.

Remember, the last time military intelligence wasn't on the ball, 9/11 set the ball rolling for the current mess we're in. Not that the US under Trump again is in any way fully trustworthy.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Not just BK either. Taco Bell, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Wendy's all have contracts with the military, probably more.

Re: your username. Navy nuke?

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It was burger king, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Starbucks that I remember. They even had some kick ass delicious food. Never thought pizza hut would be this good, I swear. Pizza was fresh and fucking thick crusted. Burger King was just out of this world. πŸ˜‚

[–] credo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

And the tactical BK had the Royale, instead of the standard crispy chicken. At least the ones I visited did. It was a nice break from the US version with proper chicken breast.

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The power of not employing minimum-wage 16 year olds who don’t give a shit.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Spot on. Lol

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s a continuous test cycle of logistics. If you can get familiar fast food, XBoxes and other creature comforts to troops stationed half a world away from home, you can get much spicier fare over when circumstances demand.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

I ordered stuff from Amazon on deployment lol

[–] ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

That makes sense, actually, yeah. Logistics is a difficult task, take it from an OpenTTD player.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The prop for the W.O.P.R. sold a few years ago. IIRC, someone paid $25,000 for what my father said was a refrigerator box, with Christmas lights inside, painted black, and with plastic caps. He did all the computer graphics on Wargames. Apparently I threw up on Matthew Broderick the time my dad brought me to the set. I would have been 1 or 2 at the time.

People don't realize what constraints props departments are under, or for that matter, how little it takes to impress a camera.

IMO, everyone should binge-watch Adam Savage's YT channel before putting down serious money on a movie prop. A shocking amount of this stuff is basically made to survive the production time-frame, and little else.

Also: congrats with that brief brush with stardom. That's hilarious. Next time, you should seriously lead with "I threw up on Matthew Broderick once."

I'm here all day, go on

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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The camo on the cab is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting for the rest of the truck.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cab portion is military owned. The trailer portion is corporate owned.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What trailer? I can't see a thing.

I just see a truck pulling America out of a plane.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 23 points 2 days ago

Above all else the US defence has the best logi

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Pacific theater in World War II had entire ships dedicated to distributing ice cream.

I am unaware of any historical evidence they blasted "Turkey In The Straw" when approaching another ship. But we can dream.

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