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[–] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 101 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Um ...... it involves giant man eating insects

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But service guarantees citizenship

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An actual improvement to current American policy!

This poorly done critique of fascism, loosely based on a book the director didn't read, still had a less dystopic treatment of non-citizen volunteers!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Plus, I think America is willing to sacrifice Buenos Ares for the war effort.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

And, most importantly, coed showers.

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

And now, class, a lesson on the importance of hyphens.

Giant man eating insects means a man who is quite large is eating insects.

Giant man-eating insects means insects which are both quite large and man-eating.

The More You Know.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 75 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Remember the glory that was 90's optimism.

30 years later I thought we would live in a better 90's.

Instead we live in a really shit future that's worse than even the 90s.

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 10 months ago

I saw someone point out on a reply similar nostalgic message: this is basically the plot of The Matrix.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't disagree, but this context is a bit weird given that starship troopers depicts a rosy vision of the future but with fascism.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I know there is a bit Internet belief that starship troopers is fascist but I'm not convinced.

Everyone is equal, free healthcare and education.They have an entry to vote so admittedly not everyone gets a vote. But absolutely anyone can choose to serve their government and by serving you automatically get a vote. Tbh I think there are arguments for that system. Once you get citizenship the system is completely democratic. They have propaganda but it is total war and which democracy hasn't had propaganda during total war?

The book goes into it more and the book is a lot more serious and less campy. Verhoeven did try to twist it as much as possible which lost a lot but he still made a really entertaining movie.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry for the late reply. I admit I haven't read the book and thus can't comment on it, but the movie is a great commentary on fascism, because it surprises us by making us notice that "Wait a second, I'm rooting for the fascists. How did that happen?!". The visual messaging is pretty clear with the giant eagles, Hugo Boss leather uniforms and overall militarlism and xenophobia, but it goes much deeper than that.

Everyone gets free healthcare and education, as long as you're part of 'us' instead of 'them'. We're used to the fascism where 'us' is some ethnic or religious group of humans and 'them' is some different group of humans. In starship troopers however, the fascism gets to fly under the radar by making the entirety of humanity the in-group. The aliens don't need to be dehumanized because they're quite clearly not human. Yet they feel fear and are only reacting to the spread of humans into their neighbourhood, while humans are outright shouting for genocide. "The only good bug is a dead bug!"

Wisecrack made a good breakdown of this a while back.

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[–] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

There was no optimism in my country in 90-s. It was extreme poverty, extreme crime, no food, no jobs and near civil war. Fuck 1990-s.

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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 64 points 10 months ago

Oh, so now this is a novel idea? I tried to do a study on that and was thrown out of the waterpark alltogether for being a pervert and a creep... I was trying to save men with shower-science, you buffoons!

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Would you like to know more?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago
[–] TIMMAY@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This scene was a mainstay in 12 year old me's spank bank

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I crushed many out to memory recall of this scene when I was a kid

[–] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So who is she? Because she looks fun.

[–] jonez77@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Dina Meyer. That’s a scene from Starship Troopers.

[–] dipshit@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Happiness is when peepee hard

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago
[–] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm pro co-ed everything but this is not the reason it should be done lmao

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I've never really understood gender segregated public bathrooms. We don't segregate our bathrooms at home and it's not like anyone watches anyone else.

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Certain people are weirdos that's why

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes, fear of the others.

The one who molests children was probably invited to Thanksgiving.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also some people are afraid of people of the other gender hearing them shit

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hearing other gender shit can be a healthy experience of realization that we're all human, soooo... :D

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[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm kinda satisfied with the solution they ended up with, though. Have both mixed and separate.

Some people find binary segregation bad, including, but not limited to transgender individuals.

Some people, however, can get very uncomfortable with mixed option, and they need to have the separate one.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Okay, but there are plenty of incidences of hidden cameras in segregated bathrooms too. So I don't know that's a very good argument against them.

[–] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 months ago

It's incompetent and immature morons that continue to push segregation, and realistically the more they fight it the more I have to ask "what did you do"

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I desperately want to know more 🧠

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Women: Men only think with their penises!

Me: Frankly, I find the idea of a penis that THINKS, offensive!

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

Do the co-ed showers come with Dina Meyers?

[–] neptune@dmv.social 2 points 10 months ago

*Coed, Naked DND?

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