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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 155 points 1 month ago

Incubus: a male demon that preys on women.

Succubus: a female demon that preys on men.

Vengabus: a gender neuteal demon that likes to party.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 58 points 1 month ago

Totally true story

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Love the "not entirely in jest" part of

It is often referred to by crewmembers (not entirely in jest) as "the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle".

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

^citation ^needed

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I went to the Bovington Tank Museum which I absolutely recommend and sat in a Chieftain and yes it had a teapot

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Having hot water on hand can be pretty important in a warfare context...

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Who was in the Leopard 2? I think the Brits use Challengers and the US Abrams. The Leopards are German and exported to a few countries?!

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think Leopard 2 must have been the callsign. Also, unless I'm mistaken we didnt send any heavy armour to Afghanistan?

[–] tryitout 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The US had tanks in Afghanistan, I'm not sure about the Brits. They weren't used nearly as extensively as MATVs/MRAPs but they were there.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've just checked, we (the uk) didn't deploy heavy armour to Afghanistan. So as funny as the Op is, I feel like it might not be true....

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

At least Denmark and Canada had Leopard 2s in Afghanistan that were involved in combat. So maybe the "Brits" were just fancy Canadians.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A guy I knew in high school kept talking about using Abrams tanks to clear out the Al-Qaeda cave networks

I still think about him sometimes

I hope he fucking died, the moron

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And Vengaboys is a Dutch band, so the whole thing is a bit of a mishmash.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Brits use Challenger 2. Also, the M1is called the Abrams, not Abraham

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] sfbing@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't hit me with them negative vibes, Moriarty!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s a mother beautiful bridge and it’s gonna be there

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

It's still up!

BOOM

No it ain't.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Being British, and having met some ex soldiers, this is absolutely a believable story.

Edit a day later : fuck you for posting this OP, I've had this shit stuck in my head all day.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 1 month ago

I refuse to accept this a bullshit. This sounds like NCD.

Sounds like a party.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your cervix

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

infrequent Brit W

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 8 points 1 month ago

This cracks me up every time I see it.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I hope people realise actual war isn't fun shenanigans like this.

The army is fun shenanigans, yeah, on occasion. In movies/memes that's all you'll see. Whereas the routine is boring af.

And real war is scary and heartbreaking because of how fucked up it is to have your friends explode to pieces or bleed out in your arms.