Got a crush on a good friend, asked them out, they gave a "maybe" sort of answer which I generally take as a "no" but they talked a lot about comphet, how they're uncertain how much that is making their feelings unclear, and not knowing how normal it is to have little crushes on friends so I've kinda been waffling about whether to squash my feelings about them or wait a little.

I probably just should, shouldn't I?

TIL about the MKUltra connection to what happened to her

I mean it also trains men to view women as things

I mean, any army would do that regardless of whether they were going to push forward again or not. Being able to extend your base of logistics for an offensive is important. That they dug in isnt really an indication either way.

Pay attention to what King says about the white moderate.

Fixed the link, please read letter from Birmingham jail.

I think you might benefit from reading letter from Birmingham jail again.

https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

Is this a time to go into the discussion about how twinkness and capital W Whiteness are intertwined

I just mask everywhere because I dont want to worry about getting covid and getting long covid

Sorry, what I'm saying is that tanks are less able to engage in attrition if they are constantly requiring a lot of constant work on them and guzzle more fuel as they move, including as they move from engagement to maintenance and back and forth. And requiring bridge layers and such makes logistics harder, further limiting the use of the vehicles.

Their doctrine only works if things stay maneuver warfare, and not attrition based, is what I'm saying.

That the doctrine isn't built around extended periods is actually a problem in the era of combined arms. Not everyone is going to roll over like desert storm.

The m1 abrams is a superior tank, in a nazi masturbatory fantasy where maintenance, logistics, cost of manufacture, and crossing bridges doesn't matter.

Oh yeah that one was gross

Those were urban poors though

I would not describe tpol as sex vulcan, I remember her constantly being a hairs breath away from murdering everyone on that ship

Edit: except Hoshi and Travis, but Travis isn't really a character.

Okay is it bad that I really like the theme? Like it is Christian rock but it actually works

They were basically slaves but not legally slaves. They couldn't leave the plantation(long termI mean, they could physically leave to go do things) and they didn't get paid in real money and they could be punished corporeally. They could be shot for going onto land of someone who wanted to shoot them, including during medical emergencies where they would have spend extra hours or days going around massive estates to carry someone to the hospital. Conditions varied but like, that was the general deal.

I mean it does go against the narrative of you have to find a man and settle down with him of you want to not be a spinster or whatever.

yes, and as a result they aren't avoiding the labor which you suggest wouldn't be occurring anyway because they don't have time for a relationship.

They dont have time for a relationship while pursuing their own goals. They could get in a relationship and be economically dependent on a man.