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[Loud Whispers]

I half expected it to be a British vid, heh.

britposting is too lethal

aussie shitposting is classical vintage

[smjjames]

...If other countries don't just bend over and think of england,...

Not sure what you mean by 'think of England'. England in it's empire's peak?

[Criptfeind]

...If other countries don't just bend over and think of england,...

Not sure what you mean by 'think of England'. England in it's empire's peak?

This one's not just a frumplism, it's a saying that basically means accepting (usually metaphorical) rape. No idea where it comes from.

[Frumple]

Originated from the journal of a british wife, apparently. I did misquote it a bit (it's lay back or close your eyes, not bend over) but that was mostly intentional.

[Shadowlord]

Now all that said? To stuff mentioned above, if he tried to institute a draft for shit like settling his own pissing contests, or anything that wasn't outright fending off a ground invasion, you might actually see a civil war in our lifetime, or at least more than one attempt at a coup and/or civil unrest that makes all the shit that's happened the last few years look like a mildly rambunctious kegger party. American public is still pretty iffy on military flexing outside the country, and support for the draft outside of existential threats is... not high. To say the least. Try to force them into that and I'd give good odds it's going to get ugly so fast it gives analysts whiplash.

That makes me think of Queensryche's song Speak from Operation: Mindcrime (a concept album with a plot, basically, where the singer is a drug-addicted revolutionary / assassin under some sort of mind control. He's locked in a mental institution recounting what happened to the tune of his favorite music, I believe, because he was captured).

I'm also reminded of Lahannya's albums Welcome to the Underground, Defiance, and Dystopia.

...If other countries don't just bend over and think of england,...

Not sure what you mean by 'think of England'. England in it's empire's peak?

Rolling hills, and narrow valleys, and frequent moistness?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If the US were actually going to take over the world, it would start by solidification of our island territory and generous buyout offers for other island nations.

I think you've got it backwards, spending hundreds of years accumulating incremental territorial gains seems ridiculous in the era of nuclear weapons and rapidly advancing technology. God only knows what could derail it in that time; at best you've got like 10-30 golden years of one reign to prepare for and start the conflict, and everyone else will be gearing up in that time as well.

Maybe you could warm up and get some easy pickings before breaking the nuclear stalemate, but Russia and China would need to both be nuked one way or another, and they'll be on alert at the first sign of abnormal behavior. So really, if your goal is world conquest, you should probably open with nuclear weapons on both, without even doing any basic preparation. Starting a completely unprovoked global nuclear war halfway through an otherwise normal presidential term won't exactly be popular, and I don't think any fabrication of justification after the fact could remain convincing for longer than a few years, but if you can survive and successfully transition to dictatorship, the world is your oyster.

Remind me not to include you in my world domination panel. I typically do not think "kill everybody who's not us" is a valid interpretation of taking over the world. Besides, nukes are too dangerous. You want a genetically engineered Class IV plague you've already found the cure for.

[Loud Whispers]

Not sure what you mean by 'think of England'. England in it's empire's peak?

Victorian era phrase for wives stuck in economic/political marriages absent of any love not having sex, but enduring sex, by thinking of something pleasant instead
Apparently originates from a journal quote by an English woman in her fifties married to an Englishman her senior who retired in bad health, that then got dramatized and popularized over the century

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It should be noted that said quote was satire.

[Frumple]

Rolling hills, and narrow valleys, and frequent moistness?

More like something green and lovely to think of while doing something unpleasant. The relative lack of your last part is somewhat implied.

And yeah, it's... well, specifically marital rape is probably more accurate than the broader term. Basically congress you feel like you have some sort of duty to/must inevitably perform (however screwed up that is), but don't want and don't enjoy. LW got most of the details in one place, just then.

[smjjames]

Speaking of the whole alt-right stuff, there's a possibility that Trump may have Bannon as his Chief of Staff. Yes, that Bannon, that alt-right guru and CEO of breitbart. Either that or Reince Priebus as they're the top two picks atm. Trump could easily go and pick someone else though.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The same twisted part of me that wants to see just how horribly the Trump Administration (eeeugh) can go makes me want to witness the fallout of him making some kind of LGBT commission and having Milo Yiannopolous head it despite not being American.

[Loud Whispers]

Speaking of the whole alt-right stuff, there's a possibility that Trump may have Bannon as his Chief of Staff. Yes, that Bannon, that alt-right guru and CEO of breitbart. Either that or Reince Priebus as they're the top two picks atm. Trump could easily go and pick someone else though.

now this is britposting

[Max™]

I'm angry at you for showing me... whatever the fuck that was, I expected humor, I'm not even investigating that shit.

Rolling hills, and narrow valleys, and frequent moistness?

Oh dear, getting me all hot and bothered, might have to unbutton the top button of my high buttoned everything if you don't stop.

[Frumple]

... is that a proposition or a threat?

[Max™]

... is that a proposition or a threat?

Yes.