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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons...

-- Wilfred Owen

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[–] Staark@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"doing poems"? Who does a poem? Don't you write a poem?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're poeming all over the aircraft carriers!

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Ugh, I got meter all down my whites

[–] funkpandemic@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

I did the dankest poem the other day, shit had me fuckin literate out of my mind

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, you shouldn't make fun of congressmen with severe learning disabilities.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

So that's what the R stands for is it?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In the article, his quote mentions reading them over the boat PA systems. Probably just jealous of their literacy.

Something something ship not a boat. Come at me, squid-bros.

[–] NOPper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Former squid and I still call everything a boat just to see what different people say.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone says boat. Unless they're calling someone shipmate because it's hilarious.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda wish I'd been on a ship just for the experience of it but the closest I got was a grudging admission about being under the "Department of the Navy" umbrella and a dangling carrot of a MEU if I'd been willing to reenlist. Sorta regret not doing it but I'd had my fill of the routine daily bullshit and was ready to move on. All the Navy guys I knew with the first name "Doc" were cool as hell though, the rest were probably at least all right.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I got about a week's worth of boat time. Definitely not for me glad I just joined a department of the navy too.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Falafels@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meet us behind the bike sheds after school, we're going to do some poems.

[–] TALL421@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's the intelligence of this stooge on full display.

Tommy Tuberville everybody!