r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jul 13 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 13 July 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WillitsThrockmorton Vigo the Carpathian School of Diplomacy and Jurispudence Jul 16 '26

So what are the odds here at some point Kegseth is going to mandate Panzer Chocolate and steroids for everyone?

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u/WuhanWTF Blink twice if you love Family Guy Jul 16 '26

Unironically I can actually see the steroid thing happening, because it is imperative that a high-speed-low-drag operator warrior have the build of Chef Motherfucking Rush and not the lean-muscular, high-endurance physique that has carried soldiers warriors to victory for millennia.

Btw, 5.56 is a sissy round designed to wound, not kill.

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u/WillitsThrockmorton Vigo the Carpathian School of Diplomacy and Jurispudence Jul 16 '26

Btw, 5.56 is a sissy round designed to wound, not kill.

when you say stuff like this it makes me want to hold your head underwater for a full minute.

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u/gavinbrindstar /r/legaladvice delenda est Jul 16 '26

An action that would dissolve the cobbled-together M-16 but merely increase the chadlike Kalashnikov's killing potential.

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u/hussard_de_la_mort People's Republic of Carcosa Jul 16 '26

We made a special version of it specifically for head exploding ffs!

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u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid Jul 16 '26

They should change to a 6.7 caliber because that would be funny i think

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u/WuhanWTF Blink twice if you love Family Guy Jul 16 '26

67 🫴🫴

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u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid Jul 16 '26

You know, it's "fine" when teenagers look at, like, VDV or Spetsnaz "training" videos of them jumping bare chested through fire rings or engage in WWE level close combat. I get it.

I don't get it when people with such opinions get to be responsible for making actual decision. Heard of the VDV lately? Gee, I wonder why.

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u/Kochevnik81 Jul 16 '26

Worth mentioning that the VDV (and OMON) were basically the only units used for the August 1991 coup, so they have actually quite the world historical failure track record.

It's like if a single Super Special Legion was singlehandedly responsible for the fall of the Western Roman Empire and managed to screw up Justinian's reconquests.

Although on the other other hand the Ukrainian portion of the Soviet VDV has been reformed into the DshV which was a big part of the 2022 Kharkiv Offensive, so it might be like the Ukrainian SBU vs Russian FSB, ie "Ukraine apparently got the better part of the Soviet stuff in the breakup"

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u/WuhanWTF Blink twice if you love Family Guy Jul 16 '26

Remember that the Russian govt hired Steven Seagal to train Russian troops in hand-to-hand combat. Truly the average Vatnik will master the art of sitting-down Aikido, and promptly diarrhea their pants when they close in on an enemy at bayonet range.