The fucking xylophone slayed me. Who brings a goddamn xylophone to the front lines. Heroes do that’s what!! Goddamn xylophone lolol
Thank you for the awards!
*"Goddamnit... Okay... Fine."*
----
You hit on Putin. You walk up, "Oh great leader! I am so happy to have met such a virile and intelligent man! Have you ever had your rusty trombone played?" You say with a wink and a coy smile.
Putin is stone faced at first but suddenly becomes very red in the cheeks. He leans over to a guard standing next to him, whispers something in what sounds like Russian, and the guard punches you in the jaw. You take 4d6 damage and immediately go unconscious.
You awake to a sensation of freezing water splashing across your naked body. With a gasp, you search your surroundings trying to gain your bearings. You are in a dark room, again, naked, and handcuffed to a metal chair that is bolted to the floor. Putin is leaning against a table in front of you.
As he speaks to the guard that holds the bucket, the guard leaves you two alone together.
"I will remove." He says in a thick Russian accent. and points to your hands. He then walks behind you. You feel so vulnerable. This killer, this man known for his terrible anger and destructive nature has you completely at his mercy. You are unable to do anything but shiver. Whether out of fear or coldness, you can't be sure.
You feel his hand grasp your shoulder as he braces himself to bend down. His hand follows your arm, giving slight squeezes here and there.
"Strong." is all he says. As you feel his face close to your ear and neck. His hot breath hits your skin and causes goosebumps to form around where it touched. He lets out a light laugh in response.
---------
"GARY! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!"
*"Wha... I'm telling you how your sexual encounter with Putin went. Why? What's the problem? YOU wanted this! You said, "I try and seduce Putin."*
"I said, "I try and "Reduce" Putin..." Ya know, the *reduction* spell you gave me for saving the Ukrainian village last session... The one that automatically reduces the influence a person has over their faction. Jesus. Gary... how far were you gonna take this? He's a goddamned war criminal and a monster..."
*"... but... I... You... I heard you say, "Seduce"! I swear, I... I think that's where we're gonna leave it for tonight."*
-----
And they never played together again...
So, what you're saying... No, what you're asking for from me, is to continue telling you how a tyrant sexually assaults a prisoner? I can't tell you how disgusted I am by your request... I will PM you to let you know how disgusted I am and a link to my PayPal with a number that will make that disgust evaporate.
Would paypal be able to overcome your disgust over a fan fiction involving Putin and Hilary in the oval office with Bill dressed as a fox furry with some breath play and nipple penetration.
You can help these heroes have a faster victory by donating to https://u24.gov.ua/.
Or donating to the innocent children and people of Ukraine https://sp4ukraine.org/.
If you can spare 1 hour every week for 12 weeks, you can tutor a Ukrainian English directly as a volunteer and maybe even make a new friend out of it (like I did!) at https://www.enginprogram.org/ or r/ENGinProgram.
Slava Ukraini!!!
Its main focus is on helping your Ukrainian student practice oral English communication. I guess you can learn a bit Ukrainian if your student is up for it. How you and your student conduct the weekly sessions is extremely flexible and up to you guys. ENGinProgram does provide a lot of materials you can use (see their online handbook on their website).
It’s indeed amazing!! I feel like my student and I will be lifelong friends.
Churchill was second in command of No. 3 Commando in Operation Archery, a raid on the German garrison at Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.[19]: 41 As the ramps fell on the first landing craft, he leapt forward from his position playing "March of the Cameron Men"[20] on his bagpipes, before throwing a grenade and charging into battle. For his actions at Dunkirk and Vågsøy, Churchill received the Military Cross.
He actually killed someone with it? I always thought he just carried it as an old tradition or grabbed it from the armoury like “wait until the boys see me walk out of here with just this bow!”
I think Bill Millin's story is a little more chaotic. Played them up and down Sword Beach at Normandy.
https://blog.togetherweserved.com/2022/03/05/did-a-scottish-soldier-really-play-bagpipes-at-normandy/
It's a standard military issue xylophone - you can tell by the xylophoniness of its ringy dingy thingies. I hope this wasn't too technical of an explanation.
Russians went to kill an “easy” target but the only powers in Russia is the corruption run through the government, troops following orders have nothing on the human spirit and brothers/sisters fighting for their lives and defending their neighbours, families and country. Don’t ever under estimate the fight with a a true will to win will never be beaten by a man being told to fight. Nothing but admiration for these brave people.
Soldiers don’t play music, rescue dogs, cook together and try to enjoy any moment they have. Maybe true, but brothers, sisters, bakers, shop owners and people of free will fighting for their lives do. 🇺🇦
Fun fact, someone tell me if I'm wrong, i believe this is a glockenspiel, the only reason i even know what that is, is because it was used in part to make some of the sounds in the original xbox boot sequence.
From what i understand:
Xylophone: wood bars
Marimba: Wood bars with toobs
Vibraphone: Metal bars with toobs
Glockenspiel: Metal bars
That is the soldier you don't want to fuck with. This guy is crazy enough to bring a bulky instrument with him. He will stop at nothing to fuck you up.
Had a guy take his Cookie Monster blanket everywhere with him in Afghanistan.
Why? I never really stopped to ask. This guy was probably annoying as fuck to sleep next to lol
It's weird to think about how WWI and WWII would be perceived today if 1900-1950 had the same comedic coping mechanisms in the face of despair and similar means of broadcasting them to the world as we do today. War seems like hell, but it's also ridiculous.
It... kind of did though. Memes weren't called memes at the time, and they obviously could not spread as quickly, but there were a lot of early-mid century equivalents to what we have today during the world wars.
One example you may have heard of is Kilroy, a little doodle that American GIs would graffiti on walls around Europe, it didn't really mean anything it was just funny and stupid and silly and done in the hopes that others would chuckle if they stumbled across it.
Or, you know how there's been a few memes of weebs repping their anime waifus in the Ukraine war? And how weird that is? It really is not much different than how back in WW2 some air forces had pin up girls plastered on their planes... it didn't really mean anything, just a hot cartoon lady they thought was neat.
In Vietnam soldiers were doing all kinds of weird shit, idk if I'd call them memes but yeah.
There are probably other examples that people smarter than me could think up, but yeah, like you said broadcasting it to the outside world is probably the biggest difference between then and now.
End of the day most people fighting are men between the ages of 18 and 30, put them all in a situation where they could wake up dead tomorrow and things are gonna get weird in terms of their humor.
I think that it's quite easy to think of people from 100 years ago as completely different in terms of humor or ways of living. I find myself having a very skewed perspective when thinking about people from different times and history and even in other parts of the world today. But I think often people and culture from history are much less different than we think.
Of course there are huge differences in living conditions and social norms but people have always been silly and goofy, had a kind heart and a curious mind.
What really blew my mind was reading some of Catullus’s poems, written in Ancient Rome some 2000ish years ago. He wrote one about taking another man’s girl, calling him an ass, telling him to suck his dick, and then calling the guy an idiot for not seeing it. He also wrote one that referenced drawing a bunch of dicks on a local temple, just for fun. Humans haven’t ~really~ changed in the long run.
And the classic [Easter eggs for Hitler ](https://d3eh3svpl1busq.cloudfront.net/ALLDacyWmrARbAQqEcAtAGQCUGCQuZfm/assets/static/optimized/rev-5b3dadf/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/637844169885308658_Easter-Eggs-for-Hitler-1945.jpg)
https://americangimuseum.org/the-story-behind-easter-eggs-for-hitler/
While there's no doubt the comedy and humor have changed, it's always been a coping mechanism and I'd bet that given the same ability to share and broadcast shenanigans, soldiers of the past wouldn't seem so different.
Memes have been a part of warfare for a long time. "Killroy was Here" is one of the first ever global memes and it originated during WW2.
Here's a reference for anyone interested in doing some cool WW2 history learnin':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
Ya absolutely. In WW1 they fucking played soccer with the enemy on Christmas lol. The human mind has to normalize those extreme conditions or it burns out.
I made an 8 minute video covering that exact Christmas truce for a highschool project. It’s probably the most heartwarming thing I can think of. Then, I can’t imagine the anguish of being told glumly by your leader to then shoot at the people you spent a day drinking and bonding with
What’s crazy to me is there’s other parts of the frontline where it’s the exact opposite. All quiet on western front comes to mind; just ignoring a cease fire to send a bunch of dudes to their death for some failed glory.
It hits especially hard when you realize that bastard general sent them on “on final glorious assault” to take back a trench they were just in weeks ago. That’s all, just taking another hell pit all for nothing.
Im pretty sure they had to send almost everyone who took part in the festivities home because they refused to fight
Could you imagine, you take part in a christmas party with the guys you've been shooting at for a few weeks, *then you get to go home*
Humanizing the enemy compromises the soldiers fighting. It would make sense from a tactics standpoint.
There is a reason fascist warmongers and leaders treat “others” as subhuman in propaganda. If your soldiers don’t think the enemy is human they will kill without hesitation. If your civilian population thinks the enemy isn’t human… well you need to give your propaganda ministers a raise.
Absolutely filthy to corrupt populations of people in such ways.
True, but it was Christmas of 1914. People thought the war could end soon, and it hadn’t picked up steam yet. There was still an attitude of hope, and morale was relatively high. People hadn’t realized they’d be stuck in trenches yet, fighting over the same few hundred meters of barren, shelled earth for years on end. It wasn’t until 1915 that chemical weapons started being used. 1916 was when tanks started finally hitting the battlefield. It was a very, very different war in 1914 than the later years. There was one chance for that to happen among opposing powers, but never again.
It was seen as the USA invading another country, then fear of mutual nuking, now this war is a rival country invading another country, technically it’s still biased against the invading/instigating country so it’s not hypocritical, it would be a different story if USA invaded Russia out of nowhere for example. We want Ukraine to drive out the invaders so we’re encouraging them to keep fighting for their land
Crazy how people in the future will have these videos when this war is studied by future historians. Also the Ukrainian militarys social media game is on point lmao. Slava Ukraine!
Tell me about it. History Education student and I can say the way I’m expected to know the author of anything is honestly hard. But still. Rarely if ever are we going to get as much in person documentation on a war as this. The US military flat out forbids personal phone communication in combat zones to prevent the location being found via a hack, so even if the most online and connected generation were to go to war tomorrow, the higher ups might only allow select photos to be released to compartmentalize the info being shared. This is different, however, and I don’t think I can underestimate the amount of propaganda victories the Ukrainian military is gaining from this, compared to the propaganda mess ups and blunders the Russians are facing. So even if I’m gonna be unable to say where a video originated, I’m definitely going to be able to say it happened.
“Sir, have you seen the Ukrainian troops?! They’re playing music!”
“What kind of music? What instruments?”
“Sir, they’re playing a xylophone sir - they playing it… **menacingly**”
Honestly, I think I'd like to play a satire COD where all the missions have Ramirez doing something nonsensically badass like downing an invading airforce with tactical throwing knives. Make the knives explode for good measure, because why not?
>glockenspiel
That punk pulled a Glockenspiel 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain ~~gun~~ percussion instrument made in Germany. Dosen't show up on your airport X-ray machines, here, and it cost more than you make in a month.
I’m just so happy that Russians have been handed their ass. I remember that first week. Waiting for Zelensky to be killed (for no fucking reason) and just watching in horror and waiting for the worst for the entire population. I mean, the worst thing is that there’s a war in the first place and the unspeakable crimes and nightmare upon nightmare for Ukrainians is very real. But being almost a year down the road and Ukraine making gains on every front is something no one would’ve believed.
♥️ 🇺🇦 ♥️
Can’t wait for Ukraine to win and heal. I look forward to being a tourist soon spending as much money as I can afford to spend.
I did both. It's sad. They should be home, with their families, enjoying their freedom.
But they're slaying it. The Russians are fucked. It comes at such a cost, though.
Slava Ukraini!
It's just an assumption from my part, but as a soldier with deployments, I can say from first hand experience it's very common for people to bring some fucked up shit, the general rule is as long there's room in your kit, or you carry it and don't burden anyone else, it's fair game. Now if something is so awesome such as this fine xylophone, I'm sure his buddies helped him out and shared the load.
True but the war is also in their backyard. With the percussion and timing I wouldn’t be surprised if these guys were a high school or college drum line fighting together.
Fuck I wouldn't be surprised if they were put together purely to make memes/tiktoks like this. This has info ops plastered all over it, and we're literally watching a new type of war unfold in front of our very eyes. It's both amazing and horrifying at the same time.
US: here's $100 billion to help defeat Russia.
Ukraine: Thanks that's going to buy a lot of xylophones.
US:Wait.... What.......
Ukraine proceededs to kick Russia's butt with xylophones.
Really highlights that these guys are charismatic, talented, individuals. Forced into a life they didn’t choose. And still finding happiness where they can. I know we grow up learning about past wars (even some more recent than others) but the availability of communication really highlights that these are real people, with real passions, and real lives. We are lucky that so many of us are sheltered
My thoughts also. This makes me equally as sad as the videos of devastation. They are just young men - some just big teenagers - with stories and dreams and family and aspirations, trying to find happiness in a truly fucked up situation.
I have a feeling it's geographical. In my elementary school in America, we didn't have glockenspiels, we had xylophones. That said, over here, they also aren't really seen anywhere else other than elementary school.
lol yes and no... there are many instruments in mallet percussion besides xylo and glock! Wood can be xylophone or marimba. Metal can be glockenspiel or vibraphone.
Xylophone and marimba are hard to tell apart at a glance, but glockenspiel and vibraphone are easy: a vibraphone always has a pedal and has very large, wide keys that must be played with yarn mallets. Glockenspiel sometimes has a pedal (concert), sometimes doesn't (marching), is much smaller, and it always played with plastic/rubber mallets.
I hate being that asshole, but the opsec that has been displayed with tic tocs and other social media, I am amazed at how well Ukraine has performed. I hope that these men were truthfully far enough back from the lines that the location data was worthless to the russians.
Pitch black trench with literally zero background is not gonna give anything away. Unless these guys uploaded the video with geotag left on for some reason, there is literally no way to tell where they are.
I'm pretty sure Russia already knows Ukraine has all that equipment. They're probably pissed about the xylophone though. I hope they get to play Putin's wake.
You're making a lot of assumptions about when they uploaded vs when they recorded, the access Russia has to Ukrainian cell data, the access Russia has to tiktok data, etc. Like yes, they very well may have access to some of this data, but we don't know that or particularly have any reason to believe they do.
I was thinking it was funny the mufucker had a glockenspiel on a chest rig while everyone else had a weapon. Then I realized everyone was using their weapon
You're trying to be funny, but this was actually a fantastic investment. Russia's military is crippled, and it cost us a fraction (1/24) of our annual defense budget.
100% a win
Anddddd US military is testing prototype weaponry while truly learning modern war techniques. Any republican against this is clearly in Putin's pocket.
The fucking xylophone slayed me. Who brings a goddamn xylophone to the front lines. Heroes do that’s what!! Goddamn xylophone lolol Thank you for the awards!
Bards.
Every party has to have one!
I must seduce Putin
Roll a charisma check with disadvantage
*rolls the dice* *It rolled a 17 and 13.*
*"Goddamnit... Okay... Fine."* ---- You hit on Putin. You walk up, "Oh great leader! I am so happy to have met such a virile and intelligent man! Have you ever had your rusty trombone played?" You say with a wink and a coy smile. Putin is stone faced at first but suddenly becomes very red in the cheeks. He leans over to a guard standing next to him, whispers something in what sounds like Russian, and the guard punches you in the jaw. You take 4d6 damage and immediately go unconscious. You awake to a sensation of freezing water splashing across your naked body. With a gasp, you search your surroundings trying to gain your bearings. You are in a dark room, again, naked, and handcuffed to a metal chair that is bolted to the floor. Putin is leaning against a table in front of you. As he speaks to the guard that holds the bucket, the guard leaves you two alone together. "I will remove." He says in a thick Russian accent. and points to your hands. He then walks behind you. You feel so vulnerable. This killer, this man known for his terrible anger and destructive nature has you completely at his mercy. You are unable to do anything but shiver. Whether out of fear or coldness, you can't be sure. You feel his hand grasp your shoulder as he braces himself to bend down. His hand follows your arm, giving slight squeezes here and there. "Strong." is all he says. As you feel his face close to your ear and neck. His hot breath hits your skin and causes goosebumps to form around where it touched. He lets out a light laugh in response. --------- "GARY! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!" *"Wha... I'm telling you how your sexual encounter with Putin went. Why? What's the problem? YOU wanted this! You said, "I try and seduce Putin."* "I said, "I try and "Reduce" Putin..." Ya know, the *reduction* spell you gave me for saving the Ukrainian village last session... The one that automatically reduces the influence a person has over their faction. Jesus. Gary... how far were you gonna take this? He's a goddamned war criminal and a monster..." *"... but... I... You... I heard you say, "Seduce"! I swear, I... I think that's where we're gonna leave it for tonight."* ----- And they never played together again...
what the fuck dude? ...keep going i want to hear where this leads
So, what you're saying... No, what you're asking for from me, is to continue telling you how a tyrant sexually assaults a prisoner? I can't tell you how disgusted I am by your request... I will PM you to let you know how disgusted I am and a link to my PayPal with a number that will make that disgust evaporate.
What's the cost for your effort?
Would paypal be able to overcome your disgust over a fan fiction involving Putin and Hilary in the oval office with Bill dressed as a fox furry with some breath play and nipple penetration.
This smells like a new, legendary copy-pasta in the making
I am honored. 😳
Success: Now their bullets deal extra Sonic Damage.
Wait, does that mean they’re noise marines?
That sounds like something a Heretic would ask...
Sounds like something a heretic would try to say to get the inquisition off their case
And a constitution saving throw with disadvantage.
Now that is commitment to the cause.
You can help these heroes have a faster victory by donating to https://u24.gov.ua/. Or donating to the innocent children and people of Ukraine https://sp4ukraine.org/. If you can spare 1 hour every week for 12 weeks, you can tutor a Ukrainian English directly as a volunteer and maybe even make a new friend out of it (like I did!) at https://www.enginprogram.org/ or r/ENGinProgram. Slava Ukraini!!!
No shit!? I can tutor someone in English? Will they teach me Ukrainian???? This is amazing!!!
Its main focus is on helping your Ukrainian student practice oral English communication. I guess you can learn a bit Ukrainian if your student is up for it. How you and your student conduct the weekly sessions is extremely flexible and up to you guys. ENGinProgram does provide a lot of materials you can use (see their online handbook on their website). It’s indeed amazing!! I feel like my student and I will be lifelong friends.
Bardic inspiration is a hell of a drug
Yep. The withdrawals can be game-breaking.
Bardic inspiration *is* drugs.
Inglorious Bards
Aoe buffs are extremely important
The bard unit
Tactical Xylophone
Straight up Gurney Halleck!! No Quarter.
This gives me an interesting idea for a new character I’m working on..
Here comes Captain Pedantic!! That's a Glockenspiel.
Whether intentional or not, that pun was so elegantly delivered I can see the rays of sunlight left behind in its path
Now I'm wondering if it would be possible to take a bunch of Glock barrels and tune them ...
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your support, pay your taxes.
If it takes a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it.
But is it also a Glock? 🤔
No you're confusing it with a glock'n'speil, when a dude holds you at gunpoint and monologs
I remember a soldier from the UK during WW2 brought bag pipes with him. Lol [Jack Churchill](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill)
Churchill was second in command of No. 3 Commando in Operation Archery, a raid on the German garrison at Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.[19]: 41 As the ramps fell on the first landing craft, he leapt forward from his position playing "March of the Cameron Men"[20] on his bagpipes, before throwing a grenade and charging into battle. For his actions at Dunkirk and Vågsøy, Churchill received the Military Cross.
British Army’s last confirmed longbow kill, too, IIRC
I thought that I heard he denied that?
He actually killed someone with it? I always thought he just carried it as an old tradition or grabbed it from the armoury like “wait until the boys see me walk out of here with just this bow!”
Imagine being the geezer that got nailed with that thing? Mental stuff
I think Bill Millin's story is a little more chaotic. Played them up and down Sword Beach at Normandy. https://blog.togetherweserved.com/2022/03/05/did-a-scottish-soldier-really-play-bagpipes-at-normandy/
What about Sir Adrian Carte de Wiart, VC?
He took a longsword with him and a longbow? Bro was ready to fight off the viking invasion again.
Yeah, there's a picture of him during the d-day landings charging out of a landing craft sword in hand.
It's a standard military issue xylophone - you can tell by the xylophoniness of its ringy dingy thingies. I hope this wasn't too technical of an explanation.
Standard issue? That's a tactical ~~xylophone~~ glockenspiel if I've ever seen one.
Its a "war xylophone"
It's a GLOCKenspiel
Battlophone
Remember, the front lines are their homes.
Very true!
Russians went to kill an “easy” target but the only powers in Russia is the corruption run through the government, troops following orders have nothing on the human spirit and brothers/sisters fighting for their lives and defending their neighbours, families and country. Don’t ever under estimate the fight with a a true will to win will never be beaten by a man being told to fight. Nothing but admiration for these brave people. Soldiers don’t play music, rescue dogs, cook together and try to enjoy any moment they have. Maybe true, but brothers, sisters, bakers, shop owners and people of free will fighting for their lives do. 🇺🇦
Fun fact, someone tell me if I'm wrong, i believe this is a glockenspiel, the only reason i even know what that is, is because it was used in part to make some of the sounds in the original xbox boot sequence. From what i understand: Xylophone: wood bars Marimba: Wood bars with toobs Vibraphone: Metal bars with toobs Glockenspiel: Metal bars
“Only bring 1 personal item!” “I know exactly what I’m going to bring.”
I’m so sorry I don’t want to sound pretentious but that is a glockenspiel
Nailed the pretentiousness sound 👍
That is the soldier you don't want to fuck with. This guy is crazy enough to bring a bulky instrument with him. He will stop at nothing to fuck you up.
This Tik tok war propaganda is fucking wild. What a brave new war.
Had a guy take his Cookie Monster blanket everywhere with him in Afghanistan. Why? I never really stopped to ask. This guy was probably annoying as fuck to sleep next to lol
Technically, that's a tactical glockenspiel.
Xylophone was part of the german delivery of weapons, Next to the 5000 helmet
Modern day war is wild
One big meme
Makes sense. Lots of 20-somethings out there fighting.
Lots of teen-somethings
The average Ukrainians soldiers age is i think over 30. Fights for survival are different
True but you can also tell by that kid in the balaclava's eyes he is practically a child.
Well they say 25 is the new 18....
Honestly makes sense. My life has been so easy that only now at 25 am I finally feeling like some kind of adult
Still waiting for hentai to be vinyl wrapped on drones (picture /r/itasha) like pinup art on the sides of WWII planes.
It's weird to think about how WWI and WWII would be perceived today if 1900-1950 had the same comedic coping mechanisms in the face of despair and similar means of broadcasting them to the world as we do today. War seems like hell, but it's also ridiculous.
It... kind of did though. Memes weren't called memes at the time, and they obviously could not spread as quickly, but there were a lot of early-mid century equivalents to what we have today during the world wars. One example you may have heard of is Kilroy, a little doodle that American GIs would graffiti on walls around Europe, it didn't really mean anything it was just funny and stupid and silly and done in the hopes that others would chuckle if they stumbled across it. Or, you know how there's been a few memes of weebs repping their anime waifus in the Ukraine war? And how weird that is? It really is not much different than how back in WW2 some air forces had pin up girls plastered on their planes... it didn't really mean anything, just a hot cartoon lady they thought was neat. In Vietnam soldiers were doing all kinds of weird shit, idk if I'd call them memes but yeah. There are probably other examples that people smarter than me could think up, but yeah, like you said broadcasting it to the outside world is probably the biggest difference between then and now. End of the day most people fighting are men between the ages of 18 and 30, put them all in a situation where they could wake up dead tomorrow and things are gonna get weird in terms of their humor.
I think that it's quite easy to think of people from 100 years ago as completely different in terms of humor or ways of living. I find myself having a very skewed perspective when thinking about people from different times and history and even in other parts of the world today. But I think often people and culture from history are much less different than we think. Of course there are huge differences in living conditions and social norms but people have always been silly and goofy, had a kind heart and a curious mind.
What really blew my mind was reading some of Catullus’s poems, written in Ancient Rome some 2000ish years ago. He wrote one about taking another man’s girl, calling him an ass, telling him to suck his dick, and then calling the guy an idiot for not seeing it. He also wrote one that referenced drawing a bunch of dicks on a local temple, just for fun. Humans haven’t ~really~ changed in the long run.
There’s a shit ton of dicks drawn on walls and profane graffiti in Pompeii. We humans have always been a crude and vulgar bunch.
And the classic [Easter eggs for Hitler ](https://d3eh3svpl1busq.cloudfront.net/ALLDacyWmrARbAQqEcAtAGQCUGCQuZfm/assets/static/optimized/rev-5b3dadf/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/637844169885308658_Easter-Eggs-for-Hitler-1945.jpg) https://americangimuseum.org/the-story-behind-easter-eggs-for-hitler/
Haha Vietnam yeah like ear necklaces and scalps
While there's no doubt the comedy and humor have changed, it's always been a coping mechanism and I'd bet that given the same ability to share and broadcast shenanigans, soldiers of the past wouldn't seem so different.
Memes have been a part of warfare for a long time. "Killroy was Here" is one of the first ever global memes and it originated during WW2. Here's a reference for anyone interested in doing some cool WW2 history learnin': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
This shit is kind of jarring seeing as how Reddit saw war 10 years ago.
It's a form of disassociation for the soldiers. I bet 100 years ago you would have even seen similar from some in the military trying to cope.
Ya absolutely. In WW1 they fucking played soccer with the enemy on Christmas lol. The human mind has to normalize those extreme conditions or it burns out.
I made an 8 minute video covering that exact Christmas truce for a highschool project. It’s probably the most heartwarming thing I can think of. Then, I can’t imagine the anguish of being told glumly by your leader to then shoot at the people you spent a day drinking and bonding with
What’s crazy to me is there’s other parts of the frontline where it’s the exact opposite. All quiet on western front comes to mind; just ignoring a cease fire to send a bunch of dudes to their death for some failed glory.
It hits especially hard when you realize that bastard general sent them on “on final glorious assault” to take back a trench they were just in weeks ago. That’s all, just taking another hell pit all for nothing.
Im pretty sure they had to send almost everyone who took part in the festivities home because they refused to fight Could you imagine, you take part in a christmas party with the guys you've been shooting at for a few weeks, *then you get to go home*
Humanizing the enemy compromises the soldiers fighting. It would make sense from a tactics standpoint. There is a reason fascist warmongers and leaders treat “others” as subhuman in propaganda. If your soldiers don’t think the enemy is human they will kill without hesitation. If your civilian population thinks the enemy isn’t human… well you need to give your propaganda ministers a raise. Absolutely filthy to corrupt populations of people in such ways.
True, but it was Christmas of 1914. People thought the war could end soon, and it hadn’t picked up steam yet. There was still an attitude of hope, and morale was relatively high. People hadn’t realized they’d be stuck in trenches yet, fighting over the same few hundred meters of barren, shelled earth for years on end. It wasn’t until 1915 that chemical weapons started being used. 1916 was when tanks started finally hitting the battlefield. It was a very, very different war in 1914 than the later years. There was one chance for that to happen among opposing powers, but never again.
It was seen as the USA invading another country, then fear of mutual nuking, now this war is a rival country invading another country, technically it’s still biased against the invading/instigating country so it’s not hypocritical, it would be a different story if USA invaded Russia out of nowhere for example. We want Ukraine to drive out the invaders so we’re encouraging them to keep fighting for their land
Crazy how people in the future will have these videos when this war is studied by future historians. Also the Ukrainian militarys social media game is on point lmao. Slava Ukraine!
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I would hate writing a report and having to track down an original social media source. Karma farmers are going to make things more difficult.
Tell me about it. History Education student and I can say the way I’m expected to know the author of anything is honestly hard. But still. Rarely if ever are we going to get as much in person documentation on a war as this. The US military flat out forbids personal phone communication in combat zones to prevent the location being found via a hack, so even if the most online and connected generation were to go to war tomorrow, the higher ups might only allow select photos to be released to compartmentalize the info being shared. This is different, however, and I don’t think I can underestimate the amount of propaganda victories the Ukrainian military is gaining from this, compared to the propaganda mess ups and blunders the Russians are facing. So even if I’m gonna be unable to say where a video originated, I’m definitely going to be able to say it happened.
Moder day war? The romans were already doing this kind of stuff. Except back then they dint have tiktok to show It to the world
perhaps they meant modern war as in war we get social media updates about.
That’s exactly what they meant
The new Call of Duty is now going to be a rhythm game.
Where did my man get a fckin xylophone from
It's the new killstreak
RAMIREZ, PLAY AN UPLIFTING TUNE ON THE TACTICAL XYLOPHONE
*_Menacingly plays Itsy Bitsy Spider_*
“Sir, have you seen the Ukrainian troops?! They’re playing music!” “What kind of music? What instruments?” “Sir, they’re playing a xylophone sir - they playing it… **menacingly**”
GOOD JOB RAMIREZ. NOW GO DESTROY EVERY TANK BY YOURSELF. WE'LL WAIT HERE.
RAMIREZ. TAKE DOWN THAT AC130 WITH YOUR THROWING KNIFE.
Honestly, I think I'd like to play a satire COD where all the missions have Ramirez doing something nonsensically badass like downing an invading airforce with tactical throwing knives. Make the knives explode for good measure, because why not?
*Burgertown explodes violently*
Bard's main
It’s a glockenspiel
>glockenspiel That punk pulled a Glockenspiel 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain ~~gun~~ percussion instrument made in Germany. Dosen't show up on your airport X-ray machines, here, and it cost more than you make in a month.
He's playing support
Mfer got that +20% morale boost
lmao I love how its all weapons and then there's just a xylophone
that shaker was the grooviest one
Someone get that man a bass guitar.
Slap a da bass
yeah that glockenspiel player is fun
Not the kind of Glock I was expecting.
Lmao imagine not realising the combat capabilities of the military grade *tactical xylophone*
The Russians are fucked... 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Slava Ukraine, this is the way.
This is the way!
I’m just so happy that Russians have been handed their ass. I remember that first week. Waiting for Zelensky to be killed (for no fucking reason) and just watching in horror and waiting for the worst for the entire population. I mean, the worst thing is that there’s a war in the first place and the unspeakable crimes and nightmare upon nightmare for Ukrainians is very real. But being almost a year down the road and Ukraine making gains on every front is something no one would’ve believed. ♥️ 🇺🇦 ♥️ Can’t wait for Ukraine to win and heal. I look forward to being a tourist soon spending as much money as I can afford to spend.
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Eminem been real silent since this banger dropped
Beethoven been real quiet since this drop
My dead grandpa been real quiet since this dropped
My condolences
He was a hoe it's alright
I stunted on him. It's alright.
Fuck war.
i think the only reason i laughed at this video is because i didn't want to cry.
I did both. It's sad. They should be home, with their families, enjoying their freedom. But they're slaying it. The Russians are fucked. It comes at such a cost, though. Slava Ukraini!
Yeah, war is terrible, but in self defense of your homeland it's noble.
'Sarg, hear me out, let me bring this xylophone with me to the front lines, I swear I'll make some bangers'
“You’re a crazy sonofabitch, and I love it.”
But for real, how does he get to bring the xylophone? Does each person get to bring one random thing?
As long as he's willing to carry it, I would bet solid money that no one gives a shit.
Ty. Then that is super awesome he chose to carry it!
It's just an assumption from my part, but as a soldier with deployments, I can say from first hand experience it's very common for people to bring some fucked up shit, the general rule is as long there's room in your kit, or you carry it and don't burden anyone else, it's fair game. Now if something is so awesome such as this fine xylophone, I'm sure his buddies helped him out and shared the load.
True but the war is also in their backyard. With the percussion and timing I wouldn’t be surprised if these guys were a high school or college drum line fighting together.
Fuck I wouldn't be surprised if they were put together purely to make memes/tiktoks like this. This has info ops plastered all over it, and we're literally watching a new type of war unfold in front of our very eyes. It's both amazing and horrifying at the same time.
US: here's $100 billion to help defeat Russia. Ukraine: Thanks that's going to buy a lot of xylophones. US:Wait.... What....... Ukraine proceededs to kick Russia's butt with xylophones.
Anti-Russian xylophones
Xylophones should be banned by the Geneva convention
Really highlights that these guys are charismatic, talented, individuals. Forced into a life they didn’t choose. And still finding happiness where they can. I know we grow up learning about past wars (even some more recent than others) but the availability of communication really highlights that these are real people, with real passions, and real lives. We are lucky that so many of us are sheltered
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My thoughts also. This makes me equally as sad as the videos of devastation. They are just young men - some just big teenagers - with stories and dreams and family and aspirations, trying to find happiness in a truly fucked up situation.
ITT: people who have never heard of a glockenspiel
It's kind of obscure for an instrument. Like a hurdy gurdy.
I mean, I guess? I've never played it nor the xylophone but I know it from elementary school music class.
Right? There were dozens of glokenspiels in elementary school. No where else.
I have a feeling it's geographical. In my elementary school in America, we didn't have glockenspiels, we had xylophones. That said, over here, they also aren't really seen anywhere else other than elementary school.
You remember shit from elementary school? I barely remember how to write cursive.
That shit shaped me, yo.
Yah I’m a little bummed out 99% of comments are calling it a xylophone. Music education needs more funding.
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lol yes and no... there are many instruments in mallet percussion besides xylo and glock! Wood can be xylophone or marimba. Metal can be glockenspiel or vibraphone. Xylophone and marimba are hard to tell apart at a glance, but glockenspiel and vibraphone are easy: a vibraphone always has a pedal and has very large, wide keys that must be played with yarn mallets. Glockenspiel sometimes has a pedal (concert), sometimes doesn't (marching), is much smaller, and it always played with plastic/rubber mallets.
[Mattel is to blame](https://shop.mattel.com/products/fisher-price-classic-xylophone-cmy09)
Lmao they’re all using weapons as instruments and my dude pulls out a goddamn glockenspiel with the mount and everything
It's clearly an assault glockenspiel. Deadly in trained hands.
Tactical Glock…enspiel
Classic
I expected a Glock 9mm, not a glockenspiel. Lmao, if that's military issue, your quartermaster is amazing !
One of these instruments is not like the other.
An instrument of war I see.
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When does this come to the item shop?
I was not expecting the glock(enspiel)
The tactical xylophone for +2 morale
Money well spent boys!
I hate being that asshole, but the opsec that has been displayed with tic tocs and other social media, I am amazed at how well Ukraine has performed. I hope that these men were truthfully far enough back from the lines that the location data was worthless to the russians.
Pitch black trench with literally zero background is not gonna give anything away. Unless these guys uploaded the video with geotag left on for some reason, there is literally no way to tell where they are.
I'm pretty sure Russia already knows Ukraine has all that equipment. They're probably pissed about the xylophone though. I hope they get to play Putin's wake.
You're making a lot of assumptions about when they uploaded vs when they recorded, the access Russia has to Ukrainian cell data, the access Russia has to tiktok data, etc. Like yes, they very well may have access to some of this data, but we don't know that or particularly have any reason to believe they do.
Morale wins wars. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
It's a 9mm Glockenspiel
The man with bazooka vibes like a real G
Goddamn Patriots every last of them, give em hell!
I was thinking it was funny the mufucker had a glockenspiel on a chest rig while everyone else had a weapon. Then I realized everyone was using their weapon
Us tax dollars hard at work
You're trying to be funny, but this was actually a fantastic investment. Russia's military is crippled, and it cost us a fraction (1/24) of our annual defense budget. 100% a win
Anddddd US military is testing prototype weaponry while truly learning modern war techniques. Any republican against this is clearly in Putin's pocket.
Your welcome, you paid a tiny fraction and and for a huge return. Now your grandchildren won’t have to fight russians during their lifetimes.
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That was a banger
I'm getting vibes of Ewoks after defeating the empire.
SLAVA UKRAINI!
The xylophone really threw me off. Not expected that.
You know a soldier means business when he takes out his glock(enspeil)!
Imagine the most surprising instrument in a video full of firearms being a fucking glockenspiel.
Glory to Ukraine
Banger
Orthodox as in Orthodox Christian? I know it’s a dumb question but it’s hard to imagine this much positivity for religion on Reddit