North Korean Soldiers Are Auditioning for JACK*SS?

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#NorthKorea

[@hehehoho7046]

we are now 2% closer to the political analysis of Jackass i've long awaited.

[@alucardvekkia3966]

I thought the same thing lmaoo Jackass was the best

[@hehehoho7046]

@@alucardvekkia3966 yes it was. can't wait for the new movie, gonna be one of the only films i'll watch in a theater next year.

[@alucardvekkia3966]

@@hehehoho7046 Yeah, it's gonna be amazing! It's sad Bam's not gonna be there, but it's his own fault. What I love the most about Jackass is how simple and honest it was...stupid and childish, but honest

[@medes5597]

Chapo trap house did it already.

[@MrLFJ7]

Our glorious leader was tired of waiting for Jackass 3 he's got jackass 3 at home

[@atalcot1]

They this do for 3 reasons. First, it tries to give the illusion that DPRK soldiers are so intensely dedicated to the cause that they can perform “superhuman” feats (though to most Westerners it comes off as the same class demonstration you’d get from an 8 year old’s Tae Kwon Do class). Secondly, the chances are much higher that some of their corporals can successfully put their heads through concrete pavers than launching a test missile that won’t malfunction and explode 300 Km off target. Third, they could just be running out of cash and this was the best, cheapest thing they could do with this year’s limited military propaganda budget.

[@l_ndonmusic]

Rifle flipping is just twirling for guys who want to be super masculine: change my mind

[@painovoimaton]

Military tradition more like. I find it to be a pleasant display of dexterity and skill. And just neat in general.

[@axtondragunov1784]

Rifle spinning drill is not meant to a be a display of combat prowess its meant to be a a performance and a show of the precision and discipline of the military. although I do agree that drill team stuff is like the last stuff I care about when it comes to military readiness.

[@BeakerButch420]

In color guard, both flags and rifles are twirled

[@noobmaster71]

I mean it is, but isn't there actual utility to it? I think rifle flipping while just being a fun visual display also makes it so you have better control over your gun and are less likely to drop it.

[@axtondragunov1784]

@@noobmaster71 This is basically the best shortform explanation

[@PumkRock]

This kinda thing has never appealed to me at all. The discipline and dexterity displayed is impressive- this isn't a "pfffft I could do that!" comment- but the whole "0 individuality, completely subsumed in the role, clockwork solider" ideal actually creeps me out a bit. It's not that I'm scared *of* these soldiers- it's more that I get this visceral feeling that I don't want to be anything like them. The rifle spinning looks silly to me, but the robotically acting like an unnaturally precise thoughtless machines while carrying out mundane actions like walking or turning on the spot gives me the creeps.

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

They're like zombies or robots or something

[@prajwaljayaraj5887]

Ironic or almost symbollic coming from you because of your pfp XD

[@mitchellhoward3209]

Yeah its fucking bonkers

[@obliviousotterI]

I respect them, I could never hold myself to that kind of discipline and total self control, ADHD and all that, and I slightly envy someone who could that well.

[@ji3194]

not sure how you get zero individuality completely subsumed in the role, clockwork solider when its just a performance art for their job. Once they are off duty they are just like all the other joes. But I am ex military so there is no mystery to it, its just DNC (Drill and Ceremony) to the Nth degree

[@iuric.528]

Traditional and permormative shows of force/skill aren't directly connected to facism, but most facists governments like then

[@Tester-sh1mn]

Then what?

[@IceFireTerry]

@@Tester-sh1mn word I would like to know

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

Fascism is when strong

[@iuric.528]

@@Tester-sh1mn then what what?

[@Varkhal218]

So? Doesnt mean they are bad.

[@xpirate16]

Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier sounds like a Dark Souls area

[@haniyasu8236]

truuuuuuuuuu

[@barackobama129]

Sounds badass

[@TerminallyOnlineLeftist]

I don't care how many bricks you can break, you can't stand up to an A-10 Warthog

[@katyungodly]

I'm just imagining master chief running over north Koreans in a Warthog 😂

[@SaraphDarklaw]

@@katyungodly The A-10 is a plane… I didn’t mean to sound smug but I think you had the wrong idea.

[@adamsmasher9769]

@@SaraphDarklawi think they know that, its just basic word association

[@TerminallyOnlineLeftist]

@@SaraphDarklaw a plane built around a gun

[@julopabene8736]

I dunno man, a 200lb explosive warhead on a surface-to-air missile can break plenty of bricks and that takes out an A-10 no problem.

[@sevret313]

TankieTube will take this as an example of you promoting US imperialism.

[@RisingJericho]

Not gonna lie: being able to call yourself a Sentinel seems kinda cool. Even if the job is 100% ceremonial and dry as bones.

[@disarmyouwitha]

Anyone who can do rifle flipping could spin fire and it would be way cooler - change my mind.

[@falkorornothing261]

fire spinners have better outfits too. even the burners without outfits.

[@MysterousBear]

I read 'spin fire' as a verb, like spin their gun whilst firing shots on target. And yes, that would be absolutely tubular

[@mehdisilini7296]

if I learned anything from turned based rpgs, it's that spinning your weapon before an attack means it's a critical hit. Spinning the rifle 100% makes the bullet more powerful.

[@Syncopiia]

I wanna see them do that move from Jak 3 with the scatter gun.

[@diego032912]

@@MysterousBear That’s literally what I thought lmfao

[@michaeldonovan6876]

I was in the Air Force honor guard and worked with these guys. The badge they wear is the 2nd rarest in the DoD behind the astronaut badge.

[@carolinaandy5059]

I don't think there's any inherently fascistic about the tomb of the unknown soldier. Its more about paying respect to the many unamed grunts who fought and died as opposed to named monuments which moreso glorify individual actors as larger than life figures.

[@ninaasf-ck]

Agree, worshipping statues of specific people who existed is far weirder and more fasc-y, if you ask me.

[@verager2493]

There's a level of aggrandizement here. This isn't a critique of our meat grinder. Respect for the dead is all well and good, but this is inseparable from military fetishization. The ritual hinges on absolute, personless adherence to doctrine. If I died in a war and got forgotten, robots looking at an old rifle wouldn't do anything for me, even if I believed in the supernatural

[@DieNibelungenliad]

@@verager2493 I think you are missing the point. Ofcourse, the dead cant see the ritual, but the living can. Everyone, including you and me and Vaush, will die. When people see that their dead body will be respected and not just ditched in a random yard to be forgotten, it shows that there is worth in putting one's life on the line. This ritual is as much of a recruiting tactic as it is confidence building for the soldiers themselves

[@verager2493]

@@DieNibelungenliad I don't see how anything you said contradicts me

[@pancakes8670]

I agree, though I see Vaushs point that Fascists tend to eat this shit up. Though they also eat up those dumb North Korea strongman shows, so who cares about their opinion? I think it is possible to like the Military/Cermonial Rituals without being Fascistic. This isn't Discipline for the sake of the Military, it's Discipline for the idea of all the families over the years who have lost their loved ones to war. It's somewhat nice to know that someone takes that seriously.

[@kenmvilla]

A dude I knew when I was in was an honor guard for a while. He was a ranger with 3 combat tours. He said being in the honor guard was the hardest experience in his whole army career.

[@Fluttersniper]

The military might be cringe, but I’ve always idolized the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stuff. That level of hyper-disciplined hyper-vigilance always appealed to me as, like, a “2+2=4”, nothing out of place, well-oiled machine aesthetic.

[@ThePsychoRenegade]

For the most part I have no respect for stupid ceremonies or customs but if there ever was a place where one was deserved, it's the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

[@anarchomando7707]

Yeah I honestly respect it Especially in times of the draft Many were forced to the army No one has to live through that suffering and for their name to not even be remembered It's a travesty

[@BasedWop]

Mixed feelings here, part of me admires the precision and part of me knows it's straight lizard brain shit

[@MechanicWolf85]

I think is dumb as fck Im to much of a "let the world burn, ho gives a sht" type for me to ever enter something so degraded

[@somedudeok1451]

I think this is dumb. Like what does this hyper-traditional, hyper-strict have to do with paying respect? It's a bunch arbirtrary ritualistic nonsense that does nothing for the families of those who died.

[@davidtrujillo1689]

I like when they tresspass, Literally an npc yelling the same 3 lines until you go back the line and they go back to their pre programmed position

[@CrazyGiaky]

Remember that scene from *_Indiana Jones_* where a combatant was over performative before getting shot dead by Indy? Good luck using Taekwondo-ing machine guns and airstrikes.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

This might shock you but Koreans have guns and planes. American soldiers also have to train in hand to hand combat because it does happen in war for example in the Battle of Fallujah

[@redyeti34]

@@DieNibelungenliad when is it appropriate to employ the running, flying drop kick in close quarters military combat teach?

[@ada2456]

Can we just he happy that someone in North Korea is eating enough for there to be muscle development? That was the biggest surprise to me honestly.

[@dream-lh4pc]

I mean those guys definitely can eat, it's just that what they eat is restricted and that's only If you stay with the strict law

[@Twisthle]

This says more about how susceptible you are to propaganda than it says about North Korea

[@justinokraski3796]

their military and government are pretty much the best fed people in the country

[@katyungodly]

If they're in the main city where tourists and media cameras are allowed, they will be fed. Everyone else is f****d.

[@chasesigler9885]

@@katyungodly that's not even true they still eat just not nutritious foods

[@polandman4913]

Whilst this might be an 'odd take' I personally believe the high training that the soldiers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier conduct is fine to some degree. The whole point of the Tomb of the Unknown Solider is to respect the fallen and those who couldn't be buried in a grave and as such, it is a memorial/mass grave if you wanna be technical about it. I'd personally say respecting the dead is something that should be a well honored and respected celebration, though I will agree that the actions its self can seem strange, it's not like other countries don't apply the same 'zero tolerance' and hyper strict policy to soldiers for other important locations.

[@japanesegrime]

I agree it’s definitely not a ‘how big is America’s dick’ sort of ritual, it’s respect for dead people

[@medes5597]

So much cringe jesus christ.

[@dinodare1605]

If they really want to do it, sure.

[@Lectical]

@@japanesegrime I mean it’s both but yeah I generally agree

[@hobosorcerer]

I see it as a way to justify sending more people to die in needless wars, without actually doing anything to honor our living veterans. Disgraceful.

[@dankdurruti1862]

The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier ritual has to be the highest stage of Neurotypicalism

[@Cernunnnos]

Opposite. No neurolotypical is obsessed enough to enact that ritual that precisely.

[@dankdurruti1862]

@@Cernunnnos Good Point

[@JackgarPrime]

3 minutes of North Korea, 20 minutes of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Vaush likes the gun larp.

[@olagustafsson7555]

There should be a stealth game in which you need to steal those special guns, that would be so sick as a final mission.

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

Like a payday 2 mission

[@cucumbersandwitch]

@@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869 exactly

[@Sketchy3032]

and then you get to use those guns against the guards as you escape?? yes please

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

@@Sketchy3032 then at the end of the mission "New Weapon Unlocked: Unknown Soldier's Bayonet"

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Those guns are the only weapon sacred enough to take out vampire abe lincoln

[@burnttoast111]

These guards can have a promising future as silver man street performers.

[@andrescrespo2514]

One of my uncles was special forces and the other 2 were 82nd airborne. I remember the profoundness of when my mother told me that, if they died when on deployment, there was a high chance they would end up here. The idea that someone I love so deeply would be one of thousands of unidentifiable corpses still brings a tear to my eye.

[@SaraphDarklaw]

Sorry to burst your bubble but I served in the 82nd and we really weren’t anything special. We are no more likely to be buried at Arlington than anyone else. I think you can just request it, but most people’s any time be given to their families.

[@anarchomando7707]

@@SaraphDarklaw to be fair that's after years of DNA research Making it a hell of a lot easier to identify the corpse

[@YokaiX]

@@garrett9945the tomb

[@vriskaserket1120]

This is the best Vawsh video title yet.

[@xjing800]

This is the best foosh video title yet

[@hobosorcerer]

"No we totally care about our soldiers guys, look, we made an awkward ceremony to show it!" Maybe I'm just a cynic, but this stuff is insulting to me.

[@hakael5661]

And somehow some idiots think that a guy that walks like he shat his pants is cool or something

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

They're like robot clones

[@DieNibelungenliad]

A country can have a ceremony respecting the dead AND have the gov care about soldiers.

[@themenagerie5247]

I saw the changing of the guard for the unknown soldier, I was so pissed at how hyped it was for how little pay off.

[@zant2146]

Dudes will literally do this instead of going to therapy

[@Liquid_Smoke]

Western imperialist military: Stand up straight, private! Tuck in that shirt! Drop down and give me twenty! Juche military: I'mma crush these beer cans with ma pecs, brah! Dude, I can bench press, like, this entire keg!

[@Lectical]

I lol’d But in seriousness the martial arts feats prob have a lot of overlap with other rituals in terms of them being displays of discipline and precision

[@nathanbyrne9457]

Would say Destiny should apply to be a tomb guard. But there's a height requirement

[@DieNibelungenliad]

And he'll have to shave and get a hair do

[@mariusamber3237]

All that training, only to be mowed down by drones, operated by some dude sitting far, far away from the battlefield... wonder how the French soldiers felt during the first gas attacks in WW I.

[@pomponi0]

A drone operated by a trans woman of color 😍

[@Wavy-]

@@pomponi0 you go girl!!!!

[@katyungodly]

@@pomponi0 I'm trans!!! But I'm white... They probably wouldn't take me 😭

[@Carlosdreamur]

@@pomponi0 omgggggggg girlbosss 💅

[@mr.goblin6039]

@@pomponi0 Based.

[@vriskaserket1120]

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is more solemn than it is masculine, I wouldn’t personally say that tradition is inherently fascistic.

[@pi172]

Nah, its fascistic af.

[@KufLMAO]

@@pi172 ok zoomer

[@averyplaysguitar]

It's more cringe

[@pi172]

@@KufLMAO *millenial

[@PlatinumAltaria]

It's not just fascist, it's also cringe af. It's like one of those battle reenactments, the larp has gone well beyond the bounds of normality.

[@SlightlyCivil]

I cant help but respect the tomb of the unknown soldier. The dedication those men have to protecting a memorial to those who have never come home is inspiring.

[@hobosorcerer]

It's all performative. The same government that's upholding this ceremony is also the one sending more soldiers to die.

[@SlightlyCivil]

@@hobosorcerer I can acknowledge that and still find the ceremony nice. When I see this I'm not thinking of the hollow shroud that is jerking itself off. I am thinking of those who haven't returned, and those there who are honoring them. I'd like for our soldiers to not go out and die needlessly, but I'm not going to disrespect those that did. In the end imo, they were the victims in it all.

[@markparkinson6947]

Out of all the things I have expected North Korean soldiers to do, auditioning for Jackass would be the last thing on that list.

[@pogo8050]

What tankies want to be and I can’t blame them. This is kinda chadlike

[@superfluousnscrupulous9458]

I can only imagine the level of torture these soldiers have to go through to get to the point of handling a sledgehammer to the hand and not crying out

[@JackgarPrime]

There are tricks to a lot of these. The especially silly one is when someone breaks blocks on their stomach. Like....you're not in any danger unless the hammer keeps going. And breaking the block is just a little impact.

[@Yourhumbledictator]

I'm going to assume the bricks are break away bricks they use in magic

[@xblade11230]

@@Yourhumbledictator No it's not its just body conditioning There are plenty of videos of my muy Thai fighters bending metal poles, kicking down trees, breaking baseball bats with shin kicks

[@Yourhumbledictator]

@@xblade11230 Fair enough, but would you put it past the DPRK to fake this to loo "badass" ?

[@xblade11230]

@@Yourhumbledictator except if they were faking it why not make it completely unbelievable? Like catching bullets The stuff they are doing isn't even that amazing, plenty of martial artists do brick breaking, along with the other things If you look at the KZbin video "true power of shaolin" they do many similar stuff And many tricks like ripping a phone book, rolling up a frying pan, pulling a truck etc... all just body conditioning

[@MisterRorschach90]

All I could think when watching that was how easy it would be for them to die. People are basically just balloons that can move around on their own and have sticks inside them. And what do soldiers use? Guns. What happens to a balloon when you shoot it? What happens to a balloon when you stab it with a pin or knife? What happens to a balloon filled with sticks when you squeeze it too hard?

[@megantron5331]

The guy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier talks like a Fullmetal Alchemist character.

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

Abridged version even

[@chasesigler9885]

Rituals aren't fascist they are just apart of the state as a whole

[@hakael5661]

The tomb of the unknown soldier ceremony is cringe, goofy and quite stupid.

[@laffy7204]

They're trying to audition for a roll in Jackass as an excuse to escape North Korea

[@JackgarPrime]

It's funny because a bunch of these are just parlor tricks, essentially. You could probably do most of this shit with just a little practice and knowing what the trick is. Like the neck bending thing. Magicians do that shit all the time.

[@mr.goblin6039]

It’s all props and specific materials used to make that stuff easy to do. It’s shit that was done since the circus days.

[@Twisthle]

Wow wait a second you can't just think rationally like that. We gotta shit on North Korea every chance we get, it doesn't need to make sense.

[@verager2493]

@@Twisthle that those are parlor tricks is shitting on North Korea, dude. It's comical jackass shit presented as serious military might

[@lillysmith6123]

@@mr.goblin6039 Mostly it's not even special props.

[@mielipuolisiili7240]

Yes and no. A lot of them are absolutely parlor tricks. However it's my understanding that the practise required for for instance breaking bricks isn't just a little even when you know the trick.

[@God_gundam36]

This shit always weirds me out. Like the complete zero emotion, shaved heads and requirement that they all be the exact same hight. Like damn dude

[@MechanicWolf85]

*sniff *sniff Do you smell facist around here?

[@danielleighton4161]

I got to see the tomb of the unknown soldier and the atmosphere was really tense. I can't imagine being someone who walks past the barrier or starts talking.

[@stann8032]

I dunno bout America but there's a strange amount of drums and trumpet army band marching at my school and outside Buckingham palace. The one thing we're missing is the silly accent.

[@Tony_SaltBlock]

Each gun has a small fragment of the god emperors personal armor and one guard is 49 points not including war gear.

[@davidkramp3390]

Vaush should not discriminate against short kings

[@tylergodfrey5064]

I wonder how much the flinching was from getting stabbed, how much was from them fucking up the ceremony, and how much was from thinking the guy was about to accidentally shoot his foot off.

[@hendrikvanleeuwen9110]

These are the same party tricks I saw demonstrated by a Kung Fu 'master' when I was a kid.

[@The_Chosen_Heretic]

Under any other context this demonstration would be fine. Literally under ANY OTHER CONTEXT!! But under this context its just…. Funny, and kind of sad.

[@Sombriage]

Literally the sword twirling bad guy before getting shot by Indiana Jones.

[@logandeeter6151]

As someone who gets like insane 2nd hand embarrassment that video of the lady trespassing fucking took me out omg

[@pedrosaraiva]

The unknown soldier thing - which we also have where I’m from - is simultaneously amusing and ridiculous. I like it.

[@benh2339]

Its so weird to have such strict and absurd requirements for a job that basically makes your life suck. Why would anyone want to work their absolute ass off work at the Tomb when it basically means your life will never have joy in it again?

[@grandsome1]

You only do it for 1year and you can put "honour guard" 💂 on your résumé.

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

@@grandsome1 #1 tin can

[@michellecondrey151]

Do you really not comprehend the concept of human sentimentality? The Tomb of the unknown Soldier is a monument honoring every Soldier who could not be found for one reason or another. The absolute uniformity and precision is a symbolic representation of the 'ideal' of a Soldier, so in this sense the tomb guard is not a person, but a ceremonial representation of every Soldier in the Army paying respect to those that could not be given a proper send off. They choose the job because in many ways it is a position of great religious significance, even if it's rarely phrased that way. I'm sure the resume update certainly doesn't hurt, but that's the point of all of this. It's a religious ceremony without a formal religion attached to it.

[@benh2339]

@@michellecondrey151 I get that, I guess I just have never been motivated by symbolic or religious spirituality, at least not to the extent where I'd be willing to live a life like that even for a year.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

Theyre not gonna do it for the "rest of their lives".

[@matiaspereyra9392]

2:13 for some reason this just reminded me of that scene in kenan and kel where kel says (at least in spanish) "my brain is so powerful I bet I could break this desk!" And then proceeded to slam his head against said desk

[@matiaspereyra9392]

That memory was super buried but it amazes me that it was still there, where are the memories of geography and chemistry then?

[@python_7179]

lol vaush is coping here. this is not unique to north korea. the south korean military has shows of tae kwon do as well, martial arts is a part of asian culture

[@twisted202]

If your military needs a parade to prove itself it wasn't a very good military. Furthermore, dexterity and control over an object is far far more comprehensive and complicated than memorizing some baton flips.

[@flapajack3215]

7:50 Demonstrations like these can be literally the least fascist thing, what matters is what the person performing the act stands for. If fascists take power it will be only through the ruthless efficiency of men like these that they are driven back and killed. No amount of debating and protesting will save you at that point, only the realisation of how wars are fought and won.

[@arnarninson4413]

Did they leave the dude who rips the phone book in half for the end of the show???

[@unveiling_visuals]

I will never understand this amount of precision, discipline and effort in a non-religious ritual.

[@boxybrown6900]

Vaush just basically dissed the Shaolin. They do feats like these.

[@Dovoline3]

Those pistols are some Devil May Cry shit

[@walexander8378]

I couldn't do that without laughing

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

What’s wrong with 5’3” men? Short men are great. Just kind of feels like he’s mocking short dudes. Though I get where he’s coming from with the malnourishment angle. But nothing wrong with a short king.

[@evan6338]

Vaush doesn't typically punch down like that. He was making a comment about how performative masculinity like that can be juxtaposed with the reality of their situation, as being tall has been and still is a social signifier of perceived masculinity. NK soldiers engaging in these antics are pretty clearly compensatory. It's no different than if he made a comment about the Dragon Ball character Vegeta in the same context.

[@TheOtakuChuck]

This is a duty that looks amazing for their military careers. doing this job is an almost guarantee for promotion.

[@chasesigler9885]

You are promoted to this position not vice versa you also have to meet the requirements like sex, height and weight

[@TheOtakuChuck]

@@chasesigler9885 I think you misunderstand, first of all this isn't a promotion, it's a special duty assignment. Secondly if you do this duty for a year or two you are almost guaranteed for promotion in rank.

[@Xeridanus]

@@chasesigler9885 Sex isn't a requirement, I'm pretty sure they would let virgins in.

[@chasesigler9885]

@@Xeridanus is this a joke?

[@Xeridanus]

@@chasesigler9885 Of course it's a fucking joke. I thought "it takes one to know one" but clearly not. Seriously though, did you not see the part where they had a height requirement for female soldiers? Or the actual female guard right next to the guy there in one of the videos? Stop being dumb on my internet.

[@dylanb265]

Went to this a few days ago with gf and can confirm there are people who think the uniform and the ceremony shit is hot

[@Sheltered]

I used to do drill team for fun, was the color guard commander back in the day. now it was just a phase

[@i_buy_sh1tty_cars378]

Hi my name is Vooon and 이것은 잭스입니다!

[@luismurillo5855]

This sort of thing seems to be making a comeback of sorts (Jackass 4, XYZ guy)

[@codegeass7162]

I don't know those tomb guards seem extremely cringe. I can't imagine they make good democratic critical thinkers.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Every tradition from Christmas to Rappers using lil in their name is stupid, But its also stupid to be bothered over things like this.

[@DieNibelungenliad]

@Colby I wish it was culturally acceptable for me as a man to wear tall boots and click my heels when ever I want

[@DieNibelungenliad]

To be honest, democracy and military never perfectly aligned 1 to 1 in any country's history. Military men are expected to obey, not question except in really specific war crime situations. Democracy is all about questioning authority. Many soldiers find it tough to transition into healthy civilian life because their experience changes them.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

The tomb is not a place to debate it is a place to mourn.

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

9:11 The fucking *LOOK* that guy in the blue shirt gives the inspection ceremony 😂

[@user-gk9pl6vl5v]

That sounds like a onion article

[@Post-Ioooo]

i wonder what future historians millions of years in the future will think what the tomb of the unknown soldier was

[@MechanicWolf85]

The same as any historical monuments in ancient history, For scientists to salivate over and for internet nerds to make a meme out of

[@eelvis1674]

So many edgelords in the chat arguing against the literally existence of rituals and culture.

[@ukyoize]

are they wrong?

[@eelvis1674]

@@ukyoize basically everything in society is ritual, culture or tradition. Tradition is only harmful when it is something bad that promote purely on the basis of Tradition.

[@salamaabid6923]

@@ukyoize like it or not we’re a highly ritualistic species and throughout your day you probably have personal rituals to help you get through it. Not only humans do ritual either, groups of chimps have been recorded performing rituals and elephants if I remember right. It’s when ritual gets superstition tacked onto it is when it gets dodgy but as a tool it’s handy

[@pixiekawai]

The changing of the guard is hilariously non-fascist. This is not marching loudly demanding recognition of their power. This is a public cleanliness inspection, making sure the guards are up to standards for this most highly honored of positions, not a slippery slope.

[@jonoxes8662]

Hot take. I don't think the tomb of the unknown soldier is bad. Honestly, it's something we humans do to cope with the loss of those people, and to some extent the guilt of never even bringing their bodies home. In this case, this ceremony is a testement to how we as a society value human life. We feel the need to do something, somehow show that their death ment something. And I think there's something beutiful in that. In a way it's a display of our humanity, that we aren't willing to forget about those we lost, we try to honour them. So in short. I think this ceremony shows us the best of humanity not the worst

[@verager2493]

I think it's fine to have rituals like this, but my issue it in how it aggrandizes the machine that ground those soldiers under it's heel

[@whiskyfox7943]

There is one black guy in the whole audiences

[@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869]

Yeah and I've paused at the right time to see him

[@cctomcat321]

First thing I thought of was the Indian Jones sword fight scene. I mean... If Steve-O can do it...

[@Tester-sh1mn]

“You have committed treason, you shoulder blade was 1/64th out of alignment, i sentence you death by hanging” “Well actually my shoulder blade was 2/128th out of alignment” “Shit, he gotta point!”

[@frocco7125]

Guys, it's THE PEOPLE'S toxic masculinity!

[@renaigh]

what Americans lack in Height, they make up in Width.

[@sanders2850]

The North Korea thing is the real life equivalent of that Indiana Jones scene where the guy swirls his sword around all cool and just gets shot

[@RisingJericho]

Shame the chat didn't link Vaush the robot noises video of the Passing of the Guard

[@cool88905]

Yea the rifle flipping is exactly the same thing. “Ah it’s different because it’s about coordination and discipline” like breaking bricks with your head was just for funnies and they never even tried it before

[@TheRealGarg]

Look if you live in North Korea you gotta pass the time somehow

[@jimtroy4380]

They can barely upkeep a Su-25 fleet, let alone a capable air force

[@50043211]

I guess they are getting proper food in contrast to their fellow citizens!

[@tylerhackner9731]

Best title yet

[@philbop8647]

USA is totally what became the empire in 40k lol

[@sinenomine6180]

What happens if something is wrong with the rifle? I want to see that but I don't want to see that.

[@JesusNoGA]

Why the fuck is the guy Rifle flipping in a school sports hall?

[@JARV9701]

To be honest, those people that "joke" about "Thats racist" are as annoying as those who say it seriously, becuase it starts an entire discussion without any real reason. Also, I don't get why it would be an honor to be the guard when all you do is perform the same routine every fucking day for hours. It feels more like phisycal or mental punishment, but theres an artificial enhancement of the job.

[@enlightenednormie242]

When the Soldiers were verbally Communicating it almost sounded like they were literally barking at each other😂😂😂

[@PinkkElephantt]

I didn't know the US had a changing of the guard. Seems oddly ceremonial and pomp and circumstance for the yanks. But I do think that it's a nice thing to do -- not all ritual is bad.

[@-Mushroom_Kid-]

My fiancée did color guard and band in high school and I grew up doing karate so I can tell you from experience and her stories that a lot of it is similar in the performative sense Breaking boards and chains aren’t as hard as you think there’s a lot of magician like secret tricks we use for demonstration But I think people take martial arts too serious with that stuff when in reality we did it for fun and showing techniques The real skill is the quality of your striking and the moves you demonstrate not the ability to break stuff that’s already set up to be broken As for the tomb of the unknown soldier guards I honestly think that would be insane on a resume

[@casscody3488]

Not gonna lie, that changing of the guard shit makes me cringe hard. People show respect to dead people all the time without needing some overly-performative routine

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

The tomb is the symbolic resting place of hundreds of thousands of people. It should be treated with respect

[@Fisticufss]

Imagine having to memorize and write 17 pages of fucking regulations just to get a shitty job. This message brought to you by the wal-mart gang.

[@enlightenednormie242]

With that kind of Stride, these Soldiers should consider modelling 😂😂😂

[@chatboss000]

"the highest bar regarding discipline" - Well, maybe one other thing - nuclear missilieer or whatever the position is called. Being charged to basically sit watch over a weapon of mass destruction and be charged with it's deployment if necessary seems like it'd take a lot more discipline.

[@spaghettimon3851]

God bless the DPRK and long live Comrade Kim Jong-un! All my love and support from Cuba! 🇨🇺❤🇰🇵 ☭

[@amitty9818]

vaush shouldve watched the border ceremony between pakistan and india. now that is a chad ceremony