In honor of the semiquincentennial the government is buying up local billboards in order to post cringe

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@hannah "A ragtag group of farmers and tradesmen came together to defeat the greatest military the world had ever known." Finally, Vietnam gets the recognition it deserves

[hannah@posts.rat.pictures]

@jalefkowit that one is so funny because it’s like “defeating Empire: good. Becoming Empire: also good”

[taq@thicc.horse]

@hannah that's funny, I thought the greatest* army the world has ever known has had a hundred year losing streak and is keeping it going

* most American

[cb@social.treehouse.systems]

@hannah guess they lost a home game in 1812

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@hannah Extra saucy ending it with "the title remains ours" as we are busy getting humiliated in the Persian Gulf

[nini@oldbytes.space]

@hannah "Aren't we great? Yeah, we're so great.... hey, did you see how we did this? It's great isn't it? Please tell us we're great cuz like... we don't need to hear it or anything but we like to know yknow."

[hannah@posts.rat.pictures]

@jalefkowit hold on are you saying that we shouldn’t be building the world‘s largest and stupidest looking triumphal arch

[dank@jorts.horse]

@hannah @jalefkowit not unless it has a gallows

[tekhedd@byteheaven.net]

@hannah Our Christian National government boasting that they invented Enlightenment age principles is extra painful right now, as it struggles to eliminate the last of them.

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[jillsjoy@nerdjoy.social]

@hannah I saw one of these in the wild last weekend.

[rowinspeez@mas.to]

@jalefkowit @hannah but where did all of those farmers and tradesmen come from??????