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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 154 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

Totally true story

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

^citation ^needed

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

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

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

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] sfbing@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's still up!

BOOM

No it ain't.

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

Sounds like a party.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for your cervix

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago

infrequent Brit W

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

This cracks me up every time I see it.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks 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.