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It turns out US Navy boats can’t handle rough seas either. farquaad-point

The US MIC really is showing us what they can do.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

a lifesaving mission that has seen over 1,000 metric tons of aid come in

Wow, so a freeze dried 24h food brick, the most compacted and light weight food we can possible make, weigh like 1kg. So assuming this is all just survival ration bricks and no water or filters etc. They gave 1'000'000 24h/rations. So less than 50% of the people could eat for a whole day. And this is after several months of starvation.

Amazing. Biden is really trying here, you guys.

Edit: Even more realistic calculation: 2kg of water + 1kg of food brick = 3kg/person/day minimum. So we're talking a whooping 300'000 people could eat for a whole day, or ~12% of the population in Gaza could eat for a whole day.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

$320million pier.

Use of one of the worlds largest logistics machines (the us military).

1000tons total.

Nobody could be doing more. stairs

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yeah it's a bit worse than that...

The "mission" has been roughly 2 weeks, so that's maybe 75,000KG of food per day tops. This is about how much food all the people in Berea eat in a day.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

No no, you see Biden's weapons sales is pushing down the "demand" for food, so the 75k "supply" will be enough, we just need to reach the equilibrium point. I swear, tankies don't understand basic economics.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

sea takes another W

Please take this one, great Poseidon. no-oil

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

mighty poseidon boutta find out why we don't have health care

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Spoiler, it’s not because the navy is good, it’s because we’re run by capitalists who’s only interest is extraction of value. Not military efficacy or social benefit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Poseidon never lived that one L against Rome down, so now he's coming for Amerikkka

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

an aid pier the service built to deliver food to starving Palestinians.

doubt

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Yea but calling it a joint venture between “Dems throwing libs some plausible deniability about their involvement in genocide” and “contractors making bank” is a lot less snappy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Mr president, another wave has hit the pier.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently a major reason why Biden won't stop this genocidal war is that the white house thinks doing a war will make Biden look more like a competent leader and less like a bumbling old fool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

They should choose someone more in their tier of technology to fight, like themselves. Pit every branch of the US military against themselves. Whoever wins gets to retire.

No more US military.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

But does Neptune condemn Hamas?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm starting to think the brilliant minds at the Navy built this $320,000,000 pier out of bondo, plywood, cardboard, and duct tape.

How could the terrible might of the sea break our beautiful pier, which was constructed entirely of thrifted porcelain and sugar glass?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Garry's mod ahh incident on a Garry's ahh pier

susie-laugh

Fuck this country lmaooo you filthy fuckin hogs are going to get your comeuppance one day.

amerikkka

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Best military in the world btw