i'm a very strong supporter of fireworks, but they suffer from many of the structural problems that make so many neutral-cool things problematic in capitalist/yankee/etc. systems.

think of these when they were invented. the only ways we had to brighten our cities at night were candles and oil, small, not very bright. the buildings were not very tall, and quite flammable. the cats that decided flammable weapons used in sieges would look sick domestically were being extremely unsafe but turned out to be extremely right. man made thunder and lightning happening above your head (usually) not killing you. completely delightful. cities used to be a lot quieter without cars, planes, and industry. occasional loud noises were more unique and novel.

modern suckage: loudness, the city is fucking loud and 80% of the things that are loud are not spectacular in any way, just irritating. quiet being the special state to seek out is a reversal of what has existed for most of human history. urban sprawl, i can hear but not see most occurrences of fireworks in my vicinity--then what's the point? it's like hearing just the bass through the wall of a neighbor listening to music, even if it was music you liked it is not enjoyable dismembered. alienation/lack of community, fed by the physical distance of sprawl: very often fireworks are still attached to festivities, but not strictly public ones anymore. you couldn't use the shared space of your medieval neighborhood to independently fire off rockets without being reprimanded or it becoming a public event; modern suburb castle doctrine freaks seem to think they can and are largely allowed to subject several kilometers to their displays with no obligation to party with the people that have to witness it

sax/sexon-y would be the equivalent of anglia, which is another perfectly reasonable alt-name

I would usually expect something like that to be mounted on the outside of a vehicle in a tube or something (like a TOW launcher would be on the side of a Bradley turret in an external box). I wonder if the charges are particularly volatile or susceptible to incidental detonation or something

these are a lot bigger than TOWs, they're very simple compared to actual weapons but 100+ meters of sack filled with explosives is heavy and takes up a lot of space. there's versions that mount it all to a trailer and pull them behind utility vehicles. but having a bespoke armored plow that can fire the clearing lines while getting shot at seems quite useful to attacking prepared defenses

im going to give the whole fucking thing to the irish republic, and if they fail to kill the king i'll do it myself

i do not recognize the rogue monarchichal regime of the northwestern afroeurasian peninsula allegedly called "denmark"

"when fascism comes to america it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross" is a distorted antifascist slogan from the 40s, i was riffing on that

it should be permitted to share beers with the animals at the zoo

as the original 1977 theater audience seeing it for the first time

okay yes yes space ships and shooty lasers and robots, when the hell is luke going to fuck this weird hairier version of the catchman

under Biden-appointed U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan

can you feeeeeeeeel the harm being reduced

people literally think hitler is the single end-all-be-all of fascism. bitch didn't even invent it did

if fascism comes to the united states it will be cloaked in a flag of course, but more importantly 80% of this idiot country will confidently declare it isn't because it doesn't come from a bavarian beerhall or some shit. the american people are unintellectual

snobbishness. real ones simply vow to murder priests, we don't make a show of it

it is genuinely shocking how different lectures are when done virtually vs. in person. couple of my teachers this week had us do online due to complications and lectures i was extremely interested in, engaging with, were so flat i literally wanted to turn on family guy clips.

conclusion : i'm so fucking geriatric pilled i cannot take online courses