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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 1 year ago

Wow, this is so much faster

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 1 year ago
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    It’s rather complicated. In the “in-between” times, firearms were considered a coward’s weapon, making the user a “sniper” and thus less honorable than those who used more traditional arms. This faded with time however, as most ideas do.

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      This faded with time however

      Yeah, because the people that thought that way got fucking shot.

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        “what’re you going to do, coward? shoot me?”

        • Man who got fucking shot
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          Also because they became more accurate and more skill dependent. Early guns were just RNG. That’s why muskets were most useful fired in barrages.

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        Words of wisdom

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      The Pope tried banning crossbows

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        In latin languages it’s even called “besta” to indicate it’s from the beast (Satan)

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      Bro American Sniper was a fucking badass film. No politics or anything. Just a guy shooting terrorists.

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        Bro really called “just a guy shooting terrorists” apolitical

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        It has the same quality as that nazi propaganda sniper movie from inglorious basterds. Just different insignias

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          Wow. That’s such an unhinged viewpoint.

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            I just hate military propaganda with passion

            Showing all these cringy hero scenes with lofty music black hawk down etc. We are the good guys, heroes and all that horseshit.

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