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I've  already mentioned the book titled On Killing - The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman (Lt. Col. of US Army). It gave some food for thought and I'm planning to write some of my speculation.

But what did the author write? Let's summarize.
He starts with the observation that most men has a natural resistance to kill (only 2% of men - those who have "predisposition toward aggressive psychopathic personality" - can go on killing without becoming a nervous wreck). This resistance is so high that even at times that our life is directly threatened (like others shoot at us) still difficult to overcome it. This resistance is the reason why infantry fire was so embarrassingly ineffective in the past 300 years - with the exception of machine guns - despite the fact that infantry weaponry (rifles) are reliable and accurate enough to cause massive losses among the enemy.
The author gives examples and sources, such as a Prussian experiment in the late 18th century, several reports and notices from several authors during 19-20th centuries (American, French, Israeli etc.), and an interesting work by a US Army historian who (and his coworkers) made mass interviews with fighting GIs during and after WWII. Also he cites his own conversation with veterans of WWII and Vietnam.
He gives new ideas on what's really happening on the battlefield. He compliments the widely known fight-or-flight model with two other options: in reality the soldiers can fight, posture, submit or flight. And most soldiers choose the second option.
Then he ponders on what enables killing (I'm gonna write more about this later) and how modern (post-WWII) armies achieve this. Then he compares these methods with the ways of contemporary mass media. His conlcusion is (after pointing out the exponential rise of violent crimes) that mass media has an undesirable effect on society.

What interesting for me is this resistance, and the enabling part. These things are actually give an entirely new way of looking warfare, and how and why battles were won.
For example the part officers (the demanding authority to kill) play in the enabling. When people (professional historians, history pros and other armchair generals) comparing the Hellenic phalanx with Roman manipulus and why the latter was more successful they compare everything but the officers. In the phalanx he's only one among those who stand in line and do the poking with pikes, but a Roman officer is one outside the formation and pressuring the soldiers to kill. It makes a huge difference if someone shouting in your ears "stab! stab! stab!" and generally pressuring you to kill. Especially if this one person is an exemplary one, a veteran whose skill in killing surpasses all the others in that particular unit. However noone talks about this because noone thinks about it.

I'll continue this sometimes, maybe only next weekend, we'll see. If you wish to read the book you can probably find it on libgen.
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I don't remember the full details of it, I just know it was banned for soldiers in either 1940 or 1941 by the army not the government I think.

However, it's a commercial product and as I said I think it was banned by the army, so civilians and the Luftwaffe(and maybe SS and Navy) might still have been able to get it.
I know that the allies gave pilots amphetamines to keep them awake, maybe something similar was continued in the Luftwaffe.

A Deutshe Welle article says it was made illegal in 1941. I can't find the page that I was thinking of that mentioned the German army banning it because of the effect it had on soldiers though.

Pretty much everything that comes up are news tabloids and pop-history such.



Listened this Tucker Carlson monologue:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=WGGP_ypeibM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WGGP_ypeibM
The center of focus is the planned execution (by bullet) of the "Fort Hood shooter", specifically the plan of the DoW to livestream the act. (Msm says Trump cancelled it, so no public execution.)
I think it's worth a listen, he approaches the question and violence in general from a Christian perspective, I won't get into it deeper. But he talks about how watching violence, killings, desensitize people (same as porn just different area), which directly ties into this discussion here, and one of the points of LtCol. Grossman.
Grossman says that violence, specifically killing can be drilled into people. The revulsion and resistance can be broken down with conditioning and desensitization. All the violence we watch in movies, all the killings we do in video games normalizes violence and murder for us. And he says that the US doesn't have a gun problem, but a violence problem.



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> I'm not even sure what to play. I
Play one thing to try it out. Then another

> When I look it up the image search show weird weapons.
Weapons in the game have 2 forms that you can change on command. Really interesting gameplay mechanics. Too bad the game will never be out on PC or Linux cuz of Sony fuggerings


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Found this. Back in the day I played Rebuild 1 and 2, they were flash games. Now this one is for desktop since flash went away.
A bit repetitive. But they added new features, they tried to make the characters unique, not just numbers, some customization, story elements, and even factions apparently.
Not sure how much I'm gonna play this, but it's good to have, and can just play some minutes when one wants to wind down.

Found a very interesting game: Cyber Knights: Flashpoint. It's a very solid cyberpunk themed turn based tactics game. Kinda like Shadowrun minus the magic and the elves.
You run the shadows doing heists with your team of mercs. You have a Fixer Face who gets you the jobs, and you have a selected group of specialists you can to plan with. You have cyberware, matrix hacking (this part is more similar to classic hacking games than the one in Sharun Returns), guns, contacts, stuff to loot and sell, enemy assassins that hunt you on behalf of various groups and corpos.
I try to avoid reading the wiki, and learning/discover by meself. Except I lack the time.



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Previous one is autosäging.

Wanna watch The Longest Yard, the original Burt Reynolds movie.
I only see two remakes, the Mean Machine with Vinnie Jones, and the Adam Sandler comedy from 2005. Probably the only good Adam Sandler movie. It's greatest selling point is the catchy tunes played in the background and the supporting cast. Judging by the screenshots it follows the original story quite tightly. The Mean Machine is adapted to the circumstances of a Bri'is prison and normal football. It was entertaining too.
One more remake was made, and Egyptian one: Captain Masr in 2015. Not sure if it's available anywhere, or has any English dubs or subs. Also features normal football.
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S03 was completely released not too long ago. I'm reading the books with full force, and the telly show seems stupider by the day.
There is indeed a war with Iran (or rather a permanent hostility), but not how they depict it in the show. Beyond this the books are built up how it makes sense, but the show retcons even previous elements of the show itself, just to make some woke life lesson.
Compared to other telly shows like the Ring of GurlPowah, it's still a good show.

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> S03 was completely released not too long ago. I'm reading the books with full force, and the telly show seems stupider by the day.

true tbh

> but the show retcons even previous elements of the show itself, just to make some woke life lesson.

hate when shows do this ngl

> Compared to other telly shows like the Ring of GurlPowah, it's still a good show.

At least. 
Wow i literally forgot about rings of power. They really didn't know what they were doing with that show. Sooooo many bad plots and bad action scenes. It was such a bad show.

 >>/55597/
Yeah it sucks. I finished with the books, there are some short stories added to the edition I got.
> it was such  bad show
It was, I decided not to watch the second season.

I'm struggling to find good telly shows lately. It's bothersome, so I tend to go back to earlier shows. Watching Buffy again for a while now. Gonna move to Lost and House MD again sometimes. But all is more like for a background noise.



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So this "group" of analysts. Well it's not a real "group" but can be grouped together. Generally they are worth a listen because they give one alternative to the mainstream. They often tell facts that the mainstream won't, or put things in different light that worth consideration. Some has youtube channels, others don't. Some has own website or publish on Substack, some has books. They have different experiences and background, and even political leanings. Not one I could call "far right".
About some of them I have a formed opinion, others just an impression, the remainders, not much.
I think the biggest names are John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, and Chas Freeman. Perhaps Glenn Diesen too who hosts podcasts. And perhaps Douglas Macgregor. In Iranian related topics Seyed Mohammed Marandi is worth listening since he basically tells the official standpoint of the Iranian government. Pascal Lottaz also has a yt channel and hosts these chats. I gathered Larry Johnson can be taken less seriously and he likes to imply things and inside knowledge to embolden his seriousness. Stanislav Krapivnik is talks about Russia related stuff, he reflects the confident Russian standpoint (everyone else is weak, we can crush everybody, etc.). I've seen Warwick Powell here and there, like on Jeff Rich's channel.
There are lots of one time guests, like Max Blumenthal of The Greyzone, or Mattias Desmet who's researching mass formation.
Yet to discover more, and bound to as well.

NFKRZ is now all Putin. I don't mind listening his takes and insights about the situation in Russia, but this is too much. I think last video I watched through was the GTA IV one.
I'm not sure what's with him. Is this only what his subscribers watch? Is this what the yt algo pushes? Is this what pays? I dunno.


Look who set up his own youtube channel?
John Mearsheimer - Offensive Realism
He is not lying, quite a few people find his takes offensive...
https://yewtu.be/channel/UCEaoODAZJF5w20lzcX1v03w
https://youtube.com/channel/UCEaoODAZJF5w20lzcX1v03w
For now it's seems all just the current issues: Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Russia. I'd prefer if he put some videos up about the theoretical background, about Realism and International Relations in general. Maybe he will, mayhaps he won't.

 >>/55601/
While this isn't the place for political discussion I have to note.
Realism can give explanations of past events, and anchor us when we try to make sense of the world around, or even when we try to make decisions, reduce our ideological bias. But when it comes to predictions, it is really lousy. The reason of this inaccuracy: we are blinded by our biases, we have inherently distorted view of the world and we suck at making decisions.



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 >>/55250/
Some to .org, some probably had another lurkplace somewhere, some might have given up on imageboards. I remember reading a couple of posts stating the latter.

 >>/55254/
Problem is the server is in Ukraine. Can't really say everything that should be said.
But frankly this will be the situation everywhere.

 >>/55264/
I read it every day.

 >>/55264/
Yeah, KC was a busy place. This was a home for just a handful of Bernds, and now my blog.




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Tank thread reup. So.

Today I had to bury the 6th dead bird this year. Not even this year, this summer! I would say I never ever buried this much but frankly before this I had to do this only twice in my whole life. I dunno what's going on with them.
It would be easier to just dump them into the dumpster but frankly I rather spend some energy and give them an ok final rest.
During digging I came across a very interesting archaeological findings: this tank on picrels. It wasn't mine and not any of my pals owned such or even played around that spot in our childhood so I suppose one of my family members owned this there are some possibilities.
What Bernd think what type of tank is this? I think it has the Sherman looks.

Also this can be a general vehicle/weapons thread as well.
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Not all ships are the same so that does not help much. China has more ships than the US but most of those are small coastal ships.

The other competitor for this contract was German but their ship needed more crew and had a shorter life span so even though it was smaller than the Japanese one it would cost about the same over it's life time. Japanese ship is also configured to work with US navy ships so that helps us too. Plus there were probably diplomatic reasons, it makes more sense for us to work with Japan than Germany seeing as Germany has no presence or interest in this area anyway.

The UK recently build two, HMS Elizabeth(named after Elizabeth I not II) and HMS Prince of Wales. It's struggling to maintain it's navy though, but with the new funding they will get they may be able to finally maintain it properly, also personnel retention is an issue(that's the case in most western nations, hence why Australia wanted the ship with less crew).



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During Radom air show practice flights Polish pilot crashed with his F-16. Videos I got from 'sneets I haven't confirmed that that is the crash from other sources.
https://simpleflying.com/pilot-killed-f16-crash-rehearsal-poland-radom-airshow/

May Tengri guard is soul.

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A Gripen of the Hungarian Defense Forces crashed yesterday. The pilot catapulted, he suffered spinal damage, he gets operated today.

https://honvedelem.hu/hirek/lezuhant-a-magyar-honvedseg-egyik-gripen-vadaszgepe-szolnok-mellett.html
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 >>/52366/
> But Apocalypse Now is Vietnam
I think you can say that some of the lines and settings are inspired by the book. You can read then watch both and you can see the comparison.

 >>/52367/
> I figured out. The cover reminds me of The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Same creepy environment so I can kinda see that



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Reading the Silo novel series. Which was adapted into this:  >>/55519/
I read better novels, but the premise is good, and the story is interesting. One prominent aspect is that the author don't describe his characters, their physical characteristics rarely come up if ever. He spend the most precise description to Bernard, the antagonist. Even Jules gets nowhere that much attention to that, tho we learn a lot about her idiosyncrasies and such, so we get a different kind of familiarity. I think in the telly show Rebecca Ferguson was a good pic for the role.
The story has some strong female characters but it's not obnoxious unlike anything American television and movie industry produces these years.
I think it worth a read.



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I just realised something... something spooky as fuck.
 
You know how sumo is derived from some ancient rituals? How it was performed in shrines, to appease the kami, to ensure prosperity? It was only later professionalised, and is now performed on a national level by salaried wrestlers, but there are still many religious elements, from how the ring is consecrated by a priest before each tournament, yokozuna entering the ring with that big white rope around his belt, to wrestlers actually throwing salt into the ring before each bout as a means of consecration. It is a deeply religious ritual, somehow performed to appease the kami for the entire nation of Japan. Kinda like how the ancient Olympic Games were performed on temple grounds, and were a form of vitalist worship of Greek gods.
 
You know when's the last time sumo wasn't performed as scheduled? March 2011. The March of the earthquake and tsunami that rekt Japan. But guess what? The tournament was cancelled a month before. Because of some match-fixing scandal. Yep, that's right. And the earthquake happened 2 days before the tournament was scheduled.
 
The earthquake happened because the sumo ritual wasn't performed. Because the kami weren't appeased. They were pissed and caused the earthquake as a warning.
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Articles says he still suffers from the shoulder injury of late 2025. We could see it in January too. Wikipee says:
> dislocation of the left acromioclavicular joint
I'm not sure if he'll be able to fite in May. They might push it. I think Teru had to rassle in more serious condition. The problem I see is that Onosato is so young still. If he could recover he could be a fine yokozuna for a long time.

> Aonishiki
I do agree. I think this was a learning opportunity for him. I don't expect a yusho from him next tournament, but he will definitely prepare to be better rounded, and learn his opponents more.


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Wew, Natsu Basho starts today. I was afraid I couldn't get source, but managed. Was a hard go.
So Slov, if you read this, sumo is on in the next 15 days at 18:30 CEST.
https://cytu.be/r/endcorner

I still yet to write an intro for this, what to expect whom to watch.
Ah I heard Aonishiki starts with kyujo on the first week, high chance he'll be kadoban.

At the top of the banzuke Onosato and Aonishiki will start kyujo. So the banzuke will be a bit lopsided with one yokozuna and two ozekis. But that's fine.
Atamifuji is sekiwake now, just as Kotoshoho who managed to pull a good basho last time again, after previous bad performances. I expect Tummy to keep his form and Kotoshoho to lose now.
Veterans Wkage and Takayas at komusubi.
Tiny Fujinowaka at M1. It will be hard for him, expecting losing some ranks after the basho. But it's okay, it is very good place for someone his size.
Yushinofuji at M2 and OHO at M3. I really hope the big lad will do well this time around.
Hakunofuji down at M10. Expecting better results now. Hoping problems are smoothed out with Teru.
Old man Tamawash'. Is he getting too old? Can he pull a better one now?
Towards the end of the banzuke it's Wakanosho and Fujiryoga whomster we should pay mind. Youngsters both, not without talent.

Juryo
Taker's recovery is a question. And there is his stable mate Toshinofuji. He did well last time.
And ENHO!!!!! At the very end at J14.

All right. That's about it me thinks.





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