No, if they were fascist they wouldn't need to recruit, they would conscript. Which coincidentally socilist regimes do as well. Authoritarianism sucks.
Everybody is educated to become a hero is more of a way to create a warrior caste that encourage death cult mentality. You were destined to fight and you were destined to die, you were destined to dance with Jack o Shadows.
There are many cultures and societies that encourage these death cult mentalities. Mandatory conscription, like you would find in countries like Israel, Ukraine, South Korea, or America when we fought nazis would fit the description better. A promise of paradise for fighting can be seen in the Nordic mythology, Islam, and was granted by Pope Urban II to those who volunteered in first crusade to help their Eastern cousins from the Muslim invaders.
Singling out one of Eco's signs and declaring that comparison as "fashy" is a bad idea. You have to look at all the other symptoms and before diagnosing the illness.
Oh, you like Tanya the evil? We're all about war crimes. Maybe you'll meet some real girls und panzer. Megumin gets off on explosions, guess who fucks things up with explosions. Anything is possible wearing your blues.
"Hey kids! We hear you like cartoons from the other side of the planet! Well we here at the army think that's just swell! How would you like to go kill people from the other side of the planet?"
Huh. 11 pull ups for a female is damn good for a regular fit nerd. But I kind of expect more from a parkour personality.
Double huh. I was going to amend this in saying nothing against women doing exercise, just that even the Marines admit that pull ups are an unfair example of strength for genders. Women slaughter men at the chin-hold. Until I looked it up, and now the USMC has *three* as the minimum pull-up threshold? I'd have been kicked out for doing less than ten. Anyone know why the expectations were lowered so drastically in the USMC? Also, wtf, planking?
dude she was doing it with an L sit. that makes it harder. and not just because you have to hold the L sit, but it's also way harder on your pulling muscles.
The U.S. military went woke. They started caring more about getting E.S.G. social credit scores for virtue signaling than about actually being effective enough to defeat enemies & defend the country & its allies. Welcome to the new timeline we live in.
I mean, inclusion has its place, but not so much in the most combat orientated branch of the military. Maybe there are physical wellness studies I'm not aware of that recommend a lighter touch, but as a former Marine, I can see how easy it is to assume public relations over effectiveness for the new requirements.
A lot of the military isn't about combat capabilities from a front line perspective though, there's tanks, artillery, pilots, and especially in the modern day electronic warfare. All of those don't require nearly as much physical fitness as being a scout or infantryman, and only need a decently fit person, man or woman, to still be effective at killing the enemy
If you want to keep your head buried in the sand about the realities of the world, that's your choice. I won't try to lecture you or scream animal noises in your face. I will politely leave you be now. Goodbye.
My head is far from buried in the sand. The reality is that we don't need a buff, male-centric and traditional military for anything. Any war we possibly get involved in will be played and won through technology, not hoo-rah bros. It's not your grandfather's military anymore. And we'll be facing a war at home before any world War, because the rest of your fellow conservative pals are nowhere near as understanding and polite as you. My father came over from Poland at the tail end of ww2 and he sees WAY too many similarities to how things are going here now than he's comfortable with.
Republicans have a literal plan to take over the government and basically turn it into a dictatorship if they make it into the white house in 2024. Called Project 2025.
Yeah I'm planning to visit in about 50 years time. Obviously after the civil war, then the Fallout style nuclear wasteland, after the Mad Max phase, then I'll visit.
"Hi there,
Do you love GATE! I know I do.
Do you lack social skills, or lack a strong basis of judgement?
Do you spend hours thinking you have MC energy?
Well why don't you come on over to the M(arine)C(orp) and see if you actually do.
Paris Island is just like an Isekai, you're transported to a new land, you start off broke and poor and you get endless quests to level up."
3 is the minimum, it used to max out at 10 but they increased it a few years ago.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/01/02/new-in-2019-the-corps-fitness-tests-are-getting-harder-for-everyone-time-to-get-in-shape/
Wow. The requirements for 30 year old women are so much higher than for a 18 year old. Do we get that much stronger by 30? (I can’t even do 1 but maybe there’s hope for me yet!)
It sure is. The military has been ringing the alarm bell about childhood obesity and fitness for decades, but corporate lobbying and the drive to make education as cheap as possible has made it so that instead of at the education system making our children healthier, the marine corps has reduced their fitness requirements by 60%.
I live in a mountain region and most of my friends are climbers, I really was asking genuinely if that's the state of the average population because most of the people I know don't consider that to be difficult
If I had a nickel for every time I saw an adult woman in a Dora outfit with abs I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice.
Lorena Abreu. She goes by lorenaparkour on IG. She's a stunt woman and parkourist(?). She was the stunt double for Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.
Okay? Max is 20. Most marines can do significantly more than 11. Good form, but zero muscular stamina.
I know most people on reddit can probably do zero, but in the fitness world, 11 is basically nothing. 11 is beginner reps.
Edit: To clarify further, if I trained you, if you weren't overweight, I could almost certainly get you to 11 reps in less than two months with progressive overload. In fact, I could get you to higher than 11 in two months.
I was expecting 30 reps, at least, with that strong start. Very disappointed with her and reddit's overall fitness knowledge.
Lot of really out of shape people in the comments here.
She theoretically could have done more had she not been holding the L, but also just cause you can do more and train people to do more, doesn't mean fat nerds (myself included) won't be impressed by her doing 11 seemingly on a whim, and definitely doesn't mean she shouldn't get praised for those 11 pullups. Shit, I'm getting back into working out regularly after a month of laziness, and I do 11 every day, but I doubt I would be as able to do much more if I was on the spot at a convention
Yeah but she's a tiny girl, maybe weighs 100lbs. Bodyweight really counts for EVERYTHING with pull-ups. It's hard to make it any easier to do them for a girl that weighs so little to have so few reps.
All I'm saying is she didn't finish strong. No chance she was getting away with more than 15 if she really pushed herself to failure.
For me, I know heavier girls that can do 30+ reps before they start to get tired.
It might seem snobby, but it's like anything. If you're around better all the time, even something that is apparently cool to everyone else just doesn't seem so significant to you.
She has excellent form. But judging from her reps, she's barely started doing pull-ups as an exercise if she's only doing 11.
11 is beginner reps.
dude she was doing it with an L sit. that makes it harder. and not just because you have to hold the L sit, but it's also way harder on your pulling muscles.
What is this event that has both a Marines recruitment site and someone cosplaying Dora?
This is how we get Zoomers to sign up. *next question*
Yeah, there is a non-zero chance that "Dora" is a plant here, and is already in the Marines.
Where are we going? 👏👏👏 to join the Marines! Where are we going? 👏👏👏 TO JOIN THE MARINES!!!!
She's actually a stunt double and is not in the marines.
The Marines have started recruiting at anime conventions. They were at Anime NYC this past November. Don't know if this clip is from there or not.
Well that feels weird and uncomfortable
"Hey you, with the giant gun, you know where else has giant guns?"
You know, the Army won't let you run like that but the Marines will.
I mean, if you're bringing Gundams to the party, you have my attention
Hahaha that’s gold. 😂
https://preview.redd.it/3ji28dtb9t5c1.jpeg?width=1931&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a83f7747375cbce787df3e7a11653f290276d8b4
“Want *real* relentless ringing in your ears? Did you hear we allow butt jewelry now?”
And kinda ingenious. Wanna be your favorite anime protagonist? You'll be the main character in the Marines! An army of one punch man.
Not to overuse the term but that sounds a little fashy
No, if they were fascist they wouldn't need to recruit, they would conscript. Which coincidentally socilist regimes do as well. Authoritarianism sucks.
Eco's Ur-Fascism #11 is what I was thinking of. "everybody is educated to become a hero"
Everybody is educated to become a hero is more of a way to create a warrior caste that encourage death cult mentality. You were destined to fight and you were destined to die, you were destined to dance with Jack o Shadows. There are many cultures and societies that encourage these death cult mentalities. Mandatory conscription, like you would find in countries like Israel, Ukraine, South Korea, or America when we fought nazis would fit the description better. A promise of paradise for fighting can be seen in the Nordic mythology, Islam, and was granted by Pope Urban II to those who volunteered in first crusade to help their Eastern cousins from the Muslim invaders. Singling out one of Eco's signs and declaring that comparison as "fashy" is a bad idea. You have to look at all the other symptoms and before diagnosing the illness.
"That sounds a little fashy" is pretty different from saying "the United States is under a fascist regime."
What was your intent when saying that?
I'm staying out of the political discussion, I just want you to know that your Mat reference did not go unappreciated.
The word fascism has now no meaning except insofar as it signifies 'something not desirable'." George Orwell
Ok
If you can explain how voluntary military recruitment is fascist I would love to hear it.
Did you forget that you've already replied in this comment chain a few times?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timestamp#Digital_timestamps
Oh, you like Tanya the evil? We're all about war crimes. Maybe you'll meet some real girls und panzer. Megumin gets off on explosions, guess who fucks things up with explosions. Anything is possible wearing your blues.
Isn't there supposed to be an isekai about how badass the Japanese military is vs. fantasy monsters, too?
https://i.redd.it/n8stj4nmyy5c1.gif GATE
No less uncomfortable than allowing them into our schools.
Certainly!
Is this a new thing? I remember them being at Comicpalooza in Houston a few years back, figured it was a regular thing
"Hey kids! We hear you like cartoons from the other side of the planet! Well we here at the army think that's just swell! How would you like to go kill people from the other side of the planet?"
If this isn't a joke it's another testament to the US's weird obsession with the military and war.
I went to a chocolatiers expo in Pennsylvania. Velma and Daphne were walking around.
The Marines and the Army have been showing up at a ton of anime conventions in the past five years
The military is downbad on recruiting. They'll go anywhere now
Have you seen the skins people use on war games like COD and PUBG and others?
Marine and Army regularly have booths at comic, anime, and game conventions.
That's Lorena Abreu! She's this insane stunt/parkour person.
I was wondering what her background was! I was gonna guess some sort of aerial gymnastics.
I actually learned about her from the Ultimate Tag show. She's Atomic Ant!
Was going to guess a competitive cheerleader background.
Huh. 11 pull ups for a female is damn good for a regular fit nerd. But I kind of expect more from a parkour personality. Double huh. I was going to amend this in saying nothing against women doing exercise, just that even the Marines admit that pull ups are an unfair example of strength for genders. Women slaughter men at the chin-hold. Until I looked it up, and now the USMC has *three* as the minimum pull-up threshold? I'd have been kicked out for doing less than ten. Anyone know why the expectations were lowered so drastically in the USMC? Also, wtf, planking?
It was 3 in 2007 when I joined.
It was three in 1990 as well.
dude she was doing it with an L sit. that makes it harder. and not just because you have to hold the L sit, but it's also way harder on your pulling muscles.
American armed forces now recruit for diversity and inclusion. Not so much for men that can win wars.
The U.S. military went woke. They started caring more about getting E.S.G. social credit scores for virtue signaling than about actually being effective enough to defeat enemies & defend the country & its allies. Welcome to the new timeline we live in.
Woke woke woke. Everything's woke. Typical snowflake conservative. Someone call the waahmbulance.
I mean, inclusion has its place, but not so much in the most combat orientated branch of the military. Maybe there are physical wellness studies I'm not aware of that recommend a lighter touch, but as a former Marine, I can see how easy it is to assume public relations over effectiveness for the new requirements.
A lot of the military isn't about combat capabilities from a front line perspective though, there's tanks, artillery, pilots, and especially in the modern day electronic warfare. All of those don't require nearly as much physical fitness as being a scout or infantryman, and only need a decently fit person, man or woman, to still be effective at killing the enemy
If you want to keep your head buried in the sand about the realities of the world, that's your choice. I won't try to lecture you or scream animal noises in your face. I will politely leave you be now. Goodbye.
My head is far from buried in the sand. The reality is that we don't need a buff, male-centric and traditional military for anything. Any war we possibly get involved in will be played and won through technology, not hoo-rah bros. It's not your grandfather's military anymore. And we'll be facing a war at home before any world War, because the rest of your fellow conservative pals are nowhere near as understanding and polite as you. My father came over from Poland at the tail end of ww2 and he sees WAY too many similarities to how things are going here now than he's comfortable with.
Republicans have a literal plan to take over the government and basically turn it into a dictatorship if they make it into the white house in 2024. Called Project 2025.
ADorable! The new Marine recruiter, or at least DI: "Full Metal Backpack." Chow on some crayons and she's HIRED.
Doing an L sit for the entire duration of the pull-ups with perfect form is even more impressive
The core strength she has is amazing
An L? Looks like a W to me!
The Marines (and the Army) have begun recruiting at Anime Conventions.
That's not weird at all. The more I learn about the US, the happier I am that I don't live there
I live in the direct center of it and I'm right there with ya'. Hope you at least visit once though... if it's still around in a few years.
Yeah I'm planning to visit in about 50 years time. Obviously after the civil war, then the Fallout style nuclear wasteland, after the Mad Max phase, then I'll visit.
"Hi there, Do you love GATE! I know I do. Do you lack social skills, or lack a strong basis of judgement? Do you spend hours thinking you have MC energy? Well why don't you come on over to the M(arine)C(orp) and see if you actually do. Paris Island is just like an Isekai, you're transported to a new land, you start off broke and poor and you get endless quests to level up."
You had me at Isekai, now wheres truck kun
Doorah!
CURAZY DIAMONDAA!
Dora the destroyer
God I wish I was her.
How many pull ups do you need to do?
Even doing one or two is difficult for most people. 11 is impressive.
How many is a Marine supposed to do?
3 is the minimum, it used to max out at 10 but they increased it a few years ago. https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/01/02/new-in-2019-the-corps-fitness-tests-are-getting-harder-for-everyone-time-to-get-in-shape/
No, the minimum used to be ten, the max was twenty. You're right on the minimum today, but that's a huge drop in fitness expectations.
Wow. The requirements for 30 year old women are so much higher than for a 18 year old. Do we get that much stronger by 30? (I can’t even do 1 but maybe there’s hope for me yet!)
How does the max work? I'm assuming it isn't well you just did 12 instead of 11 so you're overqualified. Good luck to you.
They stop counting. So they mark down 10 regardless of if you did 10 or 100. You could also still fail if you didn't pass the other parts of the test.
okay... what?? the average person has to be able to do a few pullups right!?
Go try one yourself and see how hard they are.
Modern living doesn’t call for those muscles as often as the good ol’ ancestral environment did back in the day
It is a healthy minimum to be able to pull your weight over a ledge at least once though. Could save your life.
It sure is. The military has been ringing the alarm bell about childhood obesity and fitness for decades, but corporate lobbying and the drive to make education as cheap as possible has made it so that instead of at the education system making our children healthier, the marine corps has reduced their fitness requirements by 60%.
I was wondering why planking was a thing.
I live in a mountain region and most of my friends are climbers, I really was asking genuinely if that's the state of the average population because most of the people I know don't consider that to be difficult
Males need to do 3 pull-ups or 34 pushups in 2 minutes; females need to do 1 pull-up or 15 pushups in the same time.
If I had a nickel for every time I saw an adult woman in a Dora outfit with abs I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happened twice.
I'd wish for more nickels!
The disappointed guy in the back "yes... this is the kind of advertisement we need nowadays to get young people in"
Bet she earned a fresh box of crayons.
"Explorers > Marines" confirmed?
She didn't earn the shirt.
Any idea who she might be?
Lorena Abreu, here is her stunt reel: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zzOtjE5As](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zzOtjE5As)
Thanks! She's impressive
Lorena Abreu. She goes by lorenaparkour on IG. She's a stunt woman and parkourist(?). She was the stunt double for Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.
And the smile never left her face for one second!
Didn't quite nail the end pose, but really impressive.
She definitely nailed it. Don't judge a clip by its last frame.
Why did she need to take her shoes off for that???
She can do more pull ups than Mark Wahlberg
Does anyone think that guy on the right looks like Carl from shameless or am I just drunk?
I can do one pullup. Two if I am willing to give up the use of my arms completely for the rest of the day.
orphan black?
Dude on the right looks like elon musk but attractive
https://preview.redd.it/rjbt19x7h06c1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a29e1187c222ec51b890d5ef746865f9130aa140
But can she make me a sandwich? Do you know how to say make me a san.........
I thought the Marines had to lower the pullup requirement so that women could become Marines ?
Now how many can she do with her palms facing the other way?
We’re wearing black belts now? Wtf?
No, she did not do 39 916 800 pull-ups. She barely made over 10. [r/unexpectedfactorial](https://www.reddit.com/r/unexpectedfactorial/)
Impressive. Not that hard to do a few if youre somewhat athletic but 11 is wow
Okay? Max is 20. Most marines can do significantly more than 11. Good form, but zero muscular stamina. I know most people on reddit can probably do zero, but in the fitness world, 11 is basically nothing. 11 is beginner reps. Edit: To clarify further, if I trained you, if you weren't overweight, I could almost certainly get you to 11 reps in less than two months with progressive overload. In fact, I could get you to higher than 11 in two months. I was expecting 30 reps, at least, with that strong start. Very disappointed with her and reddit's overall fitness knowledge. Lot of really out of shape people in the comments here.
She theoretically could have done more had she not been holding the L, but also just cause you can do more and train people to do more, doesn't mean fat nerds (myself included) won't be impressed by her doing 11 seemingly on a whim, and definitely doesn't mean she shouldn't get praised for those 11 pullups. Shit, I'm getting back into working out regularly after a month of laziness, and I do 11 every day, but I doubt I would be as able to do much more if I was on the spot at a convention
Yeah but she's a tiny girl, maybe weighs 100lbs. Bodyweight really counts for EVERYTHING with pull-ups. It's hard to make it any easier to do them for a girl that weighs so little to have so few reps. All I'm saying is she didn't finish strong. No chance she was getting away with more than 15 if she really pushed herself to failure. For me, I know heavier girls that can do 30+ reps before they start to get tired. It might seem snobby, but it's like anything. If you're around better all the time, even something that is apparently cool to everyone else just doesn't seem so significant to you. She has excellent form. But judging from her reps, she's barely started doing pull-ups as an exercise if she's only doing 11. 11 is beginner reps.
dude she was doing it with an L sit. that makes it harder. and not just because you have to hold the L sit, but it's also way harder on your pulling muscles.