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Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

And was has that to do with the tanks being part of the airforce? It's Really not clear to me.

I could make them part of the navy, but that wouldn’t be much better now would it?

Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

And was has that to do with the tanks being part of the airforce? It's Really not clear to me.

A tank is just a very large can.

You're thinking about MBTs I'm thinking of what they shove propane into.

Kaonas wrote:

Yeah… A win that won’t even be worth while, having thousands of men go overseas and die for a pointless cause.

I can see the citizen backlash now

I mean, you just described half of all Val's wars ever...

Brethren wrote:

Fair.

Interesting fact that I don't want anyone to act on: cow's parsnip (a relative of giant hogweed) does have edible flesh. It's in the middle of a living stalk, like the heartwood of a tree. (Dead stalks are hollow.)

Now, the reason I don't want anyone to act on this . . . it's a relative of giant frickin' hogweed. It has the same compound that makes hogweed poisonous, just in lower concentrations; those concentrations are still high enough to cause a "touched hogweed" reaction in some people, including my own dad. Finding out about this sensitivity (or developing it) by eating the stuff would be Very Not Good™️.

Even more interesting fact: carrots and actual parsnips are also relatives of the same plant. They also have the compound. People allergic to them are often just having the same reaction to an even lower level of the stuff.

Funny story I: hogsweed is phototoxic. It requires very strong lighting - like sunlight - to do it's dirty work. Otherwise it's significantly more mild than you might assume.

Pineapples digest you, apple trees have enough cyanide to kill an adult human, bananas are radioactive and cause hallucinations, green potatoes do the nightshade thing to people, rhubarb has enough oxalate in it to form kidney stones, caffeine in coffee is more toxic than either arsenic OR hydrogen chloride, oh and taro root has fvcking sharp needles in it when raw.

Kaonas wrote:

Why not just open friendly relations? You still get most of the benefits, just without the backlash.

Oh, I can just straight-up buy your country piece-by-piece. That's a less difficult idea.

Why do I have the feeling people are being nonsensical to joke with me?

Order of the Saint Dumas wrote:

Why do I have the feeling people are being nonsensical to joke with me?

I’m serious about the tanks being part of the Air Force

Myehn, apparently Dumas doesn't believe that there's any such thing as a "water tank", and now I'm worried

Kaonas wrote:

well, we spend the least money on our marine force, about 15% on them, the air force gets about 40% and the Navy gets 45% so it would be easier to have some of the extra money that the Air Force has to operating and maintaining our tanks

Hence why our tanks are under the Air Force

just cut some spending from the air force and move it to the marines
or just merge the marines into the navy and give the navy the tanks

Osmauri wrote:

Myehn, apparently Dumas doesn't believe that there's any such thing as a "water tank", and now I'm worried

Sorry?
Also Ci Arovannea, what was that rp you wanted to do?

Fun Vic3 Facts:

If the USA becomes a British dominion, they are capable of Confederation with the Canadian dominions.

Peatiktist wrote:

Childhood is thinking that Batman is the good guy.

Adolescence is thinking that The Joker is the good guy.

Adulthood is realizing that Commissioner Gordon doesn't get paid enough to deal with either.

Pure intelligence is realizing that Gotham is the worst city to live in, and that taxpayer money is most likely being siphoned somewhere else.

Krozland wrote:

Pure intelligence is realizing that Gotham is the worst city to live in, and that taxpayer money is most likely being siphoned somewhere else.

Honestly I sometimes wonder if they ever hold public trials in Gotham anymore, or if everyone just gets an insanity plea before it gets that far.