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  • They keep saying poor conditions as though this is some kind of outlier. But, honestly, the conditions they’re describing are basically standard. Not saying that’s good, but, broken heads, shitty food, terrible sleep… that’s life on carrier.

    The only thing it makes it remotely bearable is that it’s broken up every month or so with a couple days in port getting absolutely wrecked.

    What makes this USS Lincoln situation special is that it’s been going for 250 days straight… that’s over 8 months… most deployments don’t even last long, and they’re hitting ports along the way.

    Fun fact? If a ship can’t make port for 45 days, the captain is supposed to throw a “beer day”… basically a steel picnic… basically a BBQ day on the flight deck for a couple hours (for the day crew)… during “beer day” sailors are entitlted to TWO whole beers (that are non-alcoholic). And I bet you the Lincolnd isn’t even doing that…

    so yea, 8 months straight, 7 days a week, 12 hour days, no days off would have me putting on a chain vest and jumping deck too.


  • She definitely claims to be DSA. And I can be wrong about Hasan. Sure, but Im absolutely right about flopping on her past statements.

    I remember hearing about her during Cody’s Showdy

    In 2020 she said in a tweet that “police exist to uphold white supremacy” and that she supported defunding the police and even abolishing them…

    But then recent on Pod Save America she backtracked to say “I’m serious about public safety and I will not abolish the police”… she actually went on to say that she wants to give the more resources and training…

    When she went on Fox News, they asked her if still believed the police support white supremacy, and she lost her spine, folded and said “no”


    In 2020 she said that thinks Thanksgiving should be canceled since it celebrates a distorted history of colonialism. Pretty based…

    But then in a recent CNN interview shes now calling Thanksgiving her favorite holiday…


    Oh look, and here’s Bernie saying he wont endorse her

    Soooo sorry I got the Hasan tidbit wrong. But dont call me a liar, I brought you the fucking receipts.













  • that’s textbook moving the goal posts…

    “person should have done A”

    person did A

    “nono, I said A but I meant my standard of A, which is B”

    You’re just here to engage in bad faith bullshit. You act like some authority on the matter while having to prove nothing. Nothing will appease this made up bar you set because you already have a foregone conclusion. If anyone manages to meet these conditions, you raise it. Meanwhile couch it all with a tone of pseudo intellectual with a holier than thou attitude (see: redditor).

    All you really are is a slimy manipulative concern troll.



  • It was a very niche topic about crocheting or something, I think? The problem is that he didn’t know about it, so he was researching it as part of the script. And because he didn’t know about it, he didn’t realize that some of the information was wrong. Well, the crochet community knew it was wrong, because of course they’d know more about the topic. So that got people questioning how Hank could have come to this wrong information which led to people further dissecting the video and concluding that it was AI assisted.

    So, Hank, a human, looks to learn about a topic he wants to talk about it. He, a human, does check the material, but he’s not really qualified to know if the material is right (hence wanting to learn about it).

    I think what he should do (and I think he kind of touched on this, but I don’t know where) is he should reach out to experts in that field to verify his scripts. Rather than just trying to verify them himself. Especially if its about a topic he’s not super confident in.

    But most importantly… none of that makes the man out to be some kind mega villain, AI-slop loving, earth killing hypocrite that people are making him out to be. Just a dude who wanted to talk about something and made a mistake. And yet people want to run him through some kind of humiliation ritual and penance. It’s sad.


  • The Hank Green bandwagon hate really fucking irritates me.

    The man, and his brother, have done decades of charity work. Raised millions for all sorts of progressive causes (Pizzamas). Created completely free online educational course videos that I know a large percentage here used in highschool/college (Crash Course). Produced thousands of science videos and topics (SciShow). The pair of them spend their time trying to educate and improve lives in any way they can (VlogBrothers), and give back for everything they have.

    Hank makes a video that appears to have AI assistance, and people are ready to drop them on the spot like none of that matters.

    Hank even apologized for his reliance on it. Gave receipts that it was never used in any of his other works. Used his experience as a cautionary tale of how AI it take over a process, and promised to do better.

    Doesn’t matter… his previous decades of charity. His lifelong commitment to education… irrelevant… people want to hang him out to dry.

    The VlogBrothers stretch themselves over complex topics, educational materials, charity events… everything… FOR FREE. I don’t blame Hank for trying to streamline and organize things. I think the man has taken on way more than any one person should do. I think the people jumping on him to make him some kind of pariah are nothing but self-rightious douchebag fuckheads that haven’t done even a fraction of good as those two brothers have, and they know it. They want to use this one thing as though it somehow makes them superior, like they ever did a goddamn thing for anyone. Like they could even begin to understand that level of work and charity to do all of that.

    The man made a mistake doing too much and these cretins are tearing him down for clout. It’s fucking disgusting. Decades of positivity without controversy and yet it has afforded him no grace from the people who readily consume his content.