Trapped with me

[@xFrankie107x]

Raptor calling canards t-Rex arms is the funniest and most accurate thing I’ve heard today.

[@jeromegarcia5396]

😭😭😭

[@terryhannerjr1136]

I just fell out my chair laughing at that ,my wife just came downstairs asking me, am I okay?!😂

[@alexmartinez5859]

Meanwhile in China: “MAYDAY, MAYDAY! PLANE GOING DOWN!”

[@carlyar5281]

I’m a retired military aerospace engineer, and I’ve deployed to Afghanistan. Calling canards “ T-Rex arms” made me laugh even harder than the Thursday line. Well done HLC!

[@DocWolph]

Rafale, Gripen, and Eurofighter: HEY! 🤬

[@Chaos-Devil51]

The next time in an argument I'm just going to say canards are gay and refuse to elaborate.

[@mwhe3111]

It's totally my new go-to. 😂😂😂

[@JohnDoe-rj9cq]

Doing that would in fact be a really weird canard.......

[@peterlang777]

that's how Nixon won the 70s election!

[@Dragonbear13-k2r]

Didn’t the Swedish viggen have canards like 40 years ago? And China put them on their most recent fighter? Gawd, how can you not say that’s gay af!

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

they are 🎵happy, happy, happy! happyhappyhappyhappyhappy!🎵

[@richardhemminger5771]

My favorite one was "I am begging you, with tears in my eyes... Fuck Around!"

[@aizle101]

Which one was that?

[@minemaster2392]

Uh, *EVERY* time the foreigns Tried to beat their chest/fuck around? Edit: thanks for the sympathy likes guys. Really appreciate it.

[@richardhemminger5771]

@@aizle101 I honestly don't remember which one it was I keep hunting for it.

[@Ggboi1103]

i think it was the super bowl sunday one, if I can find it i'll link

[@Ggboi1103]

yeah it's this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2bRfJaDd96mpLsfeature=shared

[@DownTwisted]

Scariest five word horror story. Raptor, you are weapons free.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

F22: drooling

[@DownTwisted]

@@unifiedhorizons2663 Enough of this vegan bullshit. Give me some MEAT!!!

[@pyroavok]

F22: MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!

[@TTVBakedXbeanzzz]

I just shit myself because of that

[@BillD5244]

Dude I use to get BDA involving F22s eating ground targets.

[@robsteingruber9488]

The Thursday joke was hilarious. The trapped in the sky with me is a chef's kiss.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

So ... Are you going to let the rest of us in on the joke?

[@BigCheese117]

The dudes liked little young boys

[@BionicLeg]

I cackled at the Thursday joke.

[@innezka]

afghan vet... laughing my ass off bout thursdays joke confirmed.

[@Aurik-Kal-Durin]

What does it mean?

[@damilkk]

can you explain it to us, civvies?

[@rynerenzaglia8006]

Explain?

[@carlmoats8673]

?

[@tornadomash00]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN

[@willswenson3169]

The Kid explaining why the J-20 has canards is simply a thing of beauty.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

Funny nonsense . JC-31 was the competitor to the J-20 ... that's now become the J-35 .

[@maddhattergaming6863]

I'm gonna refer to the j20 as the "T-Rex"

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

@@maddhattergaming6863 Plus the Grippen and Euro fighter ...

[@maddhattergaming6863]

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 i thought the J-20 was the pnly foghter based off the f22

[@pr_tr4p_g4wd20]

Chef's kiss.😙🤌🏽

[@hugorodin4780]

Shit has hit the fan when you hear: Let the kid out of its hangar…

[@Oklahoma_is_me]

Yup

[@oldmanjim2376]

Probably just say: "Air Force! Unlock the hangar doors."

[@devonhattaway3786]

Release the Sky Krakens!!!!

[@Keiranful]

​@@oldmanjim2376or someone mumbling "click on one..."

[@fulconandroadcone9488]

You know, I hope that is how official order will be marked for history books if it comes to it.

[@itsjustme8947]

Desert Shield/Desert Storm/OIF/OEF veteran and 20 year pilot of the 15E. Thank you USSR (RIPieces) for cobbling together the Fartbat! Thanks to you, I had the BEST toys to play with for 2/3rds of my career (we're NOT going to talk about the 2 years I spent stuck in the 'Wobblin' Goblin' (/shudder)! Sincerely, JB III, Major General, USAF (Ret.) p.s. I know a LOT of our boots on the ground thank you as well!! Keep up the 'good' work because the -22 and -35 are just practice runs for what's next out of Skunkworks! See you in the rubble!!

[@nielsmichiels1939]

Was the F-117 that bad?

[@itsjustme8947]

@@nielsmichiels1939 She's slow, underpowered, and handles like a drunk pig, but we'll just call that growing pains. At the time, it was all the rage! So, I'll just chalk it up to flying the 22's daddy and say no more about it, lol!

[@josephbrandon549]

Damn, sir. I wonder if this is you holding back or not. Either way, it was pretty awesome.

[@LtColSoundboard]

A salute to you sir! I can't wait to see what ~ $1 Trillion/year buys us for the NGAD 😃👍

[@Altoist2000]

Rah sir

[@genxjaws1191]

3:42 Skittle hair people. I love that! That is the funniest thing I've heard all day

[@PriestessRosa]

Love the F22 saying that he is not trapped in the sky with them, but they are trapped in the sky by him. Love the Kid 😂😂😂

[@joeljohnson3515]

Great Watchmen reference

[@andrewatwood4711]

​@@joeljohnson3515😂 yep I was just about to say that's a reference to Rorschach. I love that scene in the prison lol

[@jasonflay8818]

Now THATS a future b-branding t-shirt design right there!

[@kevboymich]

Rorschach would be an F-22 pilot! Think of that beautiful nightmare!😅

[@F14thunderhawk]

thats understating it though. the F-22 ensures that it can kill any opposing plane it can reach. in the Air, on the ground, or under the ground.

[@Aldhardt]

The F-22 is the spiritual embodiment of the dude from tropic thunder, just screaming "I WILL FUCKING END YOU!"

[@troystaunton254]

Les grossman

[@norm3380]

Les Grossman Should be left to the Iowa or Ohio class. Lol.

[@irishbrewgaming2296]

@@norm3380 give the Wisconsin a voice XD

[@norm3380]

@@irishbrewgaming2296 Dude! Temper incarnate! Good call!

[@AngryRadical]

Tom cruise in snow epic performance

[@nathanengland5121]

As an aerospace nerd- canards suck for stability. Their big claim to fame is that they are a more efficient way of lift generation, as rear mounted horizontal stabilizers usually generate negative lift, canards generate positive lift. However, they tend to be extremely unstable and simply aren’t great at radar cross section reduction. They make excellent sense for a fourth gen aircraft- it will be more maneuverable and able to climb more rapidly. They make terrible sense on a 5th gen style, where your primary goal is stealth, as you are generally increasing your frontal cross section and potentially your horizontal cross section as well

[@h.a.9880]

So is it fair to assume that it does make sense on the Eurofighter, given that it doesn't want to be stealthy?

[@commanderknight9314]

@@h.a.9880 It does try to be reduced radar crossection so not quite stealth, but it does try to be less noticeable.

[@nightkil13r]

As far as the stability goes, Thats a feature of design not of the part themselves. Take the F16 for example, It was designed to require the Horizontal Stabilizers to generate lift instead of using said lift to make the aircraft fly level, Where as the typical design(as you mentioned) has the Stabs use lift to fly level. The F16 was intentionally designed in this way to allow for better maneuverability. What im getting at here is, it doesnt matter what the typical design calls for with canards/horizontal Stabilizers, it matters how the engineers designed them to function, as evidenced by the F16 an intentionally being designed as "Unstable". Final note, cause itll bug me if i dont. Aerospace deals with the engineering of flight in space. You should have used Aeronautical instead, which deals with engineering of flight in atmosphere. Was my major before i dropped out and went back into IT(Aerospace Engineering that is)

[@Gearhead221]

Basically: Canards on the Eurofighter or Saab Gripen? Good. Canards on the stupid J-20? LOL, LMAO even.

[@archae108]

Simple answer- use both

[@kcnichols8968]

As a member of the LGBTQIA community, i hearby give HLC and the F22 a gay joke pass, meaning the kid can call canards gay all he wants now.

[@WillSing4TP]

😂

[@evilferret1453]

when the F22 shoots its guns it should say "sparkles" that way the gay folks think its as cool as we normies think it is.

[@nightwing5740]

@@evilferret1453he gave HLC and 22 the pass not u man

[@ThetticomanClan]

"Canards are gay" made me ROFL

[@harmonybutnomoney]

​@@evilferret1453hm sparkles, sounds ominous enough, I like it

[@realmenhavelittledogs2661]

Dude includes my favorite line from Watchmen. There needs to be an emoji for screaming loudly in pure joy while the world burns around you....that is what I need for this. Thanks bud.

[@Dirpitz]

As a skittle person....he's right about canards

[@flightmaster529]

Rope gang numba woooonn

[@charlayned]

Yay!! I'm not the only one. This granny of 67 years rocks all sorts of colors. Why? Because it's fun and I don't care about those who think it's just the weirdos that like color. And yah, he's absolutely right about canards!

[@StormTheSquid]

As one of the "skittle-haired people" he's talking about... As much as I dislike being called "skittle-haired", that "canards are gay" bit was hilarious lmao. Sincerely: a gay trans girl.

[@Rob_F8F]

Reminds me of The Simpsons episode where Lisa and Nelson are caught kissing by his sidekicks and they say, "Nelson is kissing a girl. How gay." 😂

[@lizzyobrien2376]

As yet another Skittle-haired person, I can confirm, that joke was fucking funny as hell!! - Sincerely, another gay trans girl

[@hillogical]

As someone with WAY too many hours of Kerbal Space Program under my belt, I can vouch for canards being the "boosters and struts" of fixed wing aviation.

[@BloopTube]

Listen I cant design better, but I can design around my inefficiencies, Just. well shittily

[@Damen178]

Yeah, canards are my cheat code for getting my crappy designs to hold still and fly straight in KSP.

[@ironfire2296]

Ah yes the little wing as great for my disfunctional disfucntion of a space "craft"

[@ravenmarine2015]

I feel like people don't quite understand.... when 22 says "he's the most dangerous thing to fly since the Cretaceous period", he's not talking about the Dinosaurs, he's talking about the Asteroid the wiped out all the Dinosaurs.

[@Damen178]

To be fair, that didn't exactly "fly" as much as it "dropped like a rock." More like how Grandpa Buff is going to be by the time he's given his final upgrade before his retirement in the year 3155.

[@JohnPaulHare]

It got better.

[@WinVisten]

Quetzalcoatlus isn't a dinosaur, it's a pterosaur, which are also reptiles, but are a separate group. Pterodactyl is probably the most famous of the pterosaurs. The "Lock Ness Monster" looking reptiles aren't dinosaurs either, they're called Plesiosaurs. I assume Quetzalcoatlus is what he was referring to because it's the largest flying organism that ever is known to have existed, and had a 40 foot wingspan.

[@CptJistuce]

​@@WinVistenThat's all well and good, but Raptor was referring to the cyborg T. Rex with jetpack, laser cannon, and sidewinders that he drew in flight school.

[@anonymouspotato4899]

@@WinVisten Had a forty-foot wingspan, was as tall as a giraffe, had a mouth that could almost reach the ground standing up, frequently swallowed baby dinosaurs whole, and absolutely *could* swallow any human being whole as well. Literally a nightmare pelican.

[@hammerheadxray8152]

I vividly remember standing in formation for accountability while tornado sirens were sounding. Pitch black, wind whipping, rain pouring down and that damned siren. Good ol Fort Rucker.

[@tamrabrawley4573]

My gosh. But as someone who has lived in most of the states in tornado alley I respect that

[@Real28]

I dont know how you keep coming up with such banger lines for the kid, but keep em coming.

[@jobanh7ify]

“you couldn't figure out how to keep it stable, so you had to put on two little t Rex arm style” 😂😂😂 I’m dying over here 😂

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

JC-31 aka J-35 has no canards . 😎

[@RipRLeeErmey]

​@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 Still gonna look like a light show when it gets hit with a missile from a jet it didn't even know was coming.

[@ScratchyYard]

@@RipRLeeErmey or a typhoon which isn't stealth, it was made for one purpose find somthing and kill it, and to be fast to replace the tornado and harrier, and canberra

[@jennifersweet3740]

"To keep yourself from falling out of the fucking sky you piece of shit" 😂😂😂

[@pike100]

​@ScratchyYard The Typhoon didn't replace the Harrier.

[@jarretthuffin]

Iraq vet here. I spat out water cause of that Thursday joke. Don't forget about manlove Mondays.... those are important days as well.

[@jgkitarel]

You know how they are. Women are for children, boys are for fun.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

You guys are such teases. Come on, explain the joke. Okay. Nevermind. I googled my way to an answer.". Interesting. And not that surprising, to be honest. Before gay and bisexual men in the West started to come out of closet several decades ago, there were similar things. Hell, in some homophobic US states, I promise you there are still plenty of married "straight" men who say they are going out with buddies for a drink (which might be true) but end up with their end-up. Source: Trust me bro. No. Seriously. Just trust me. I'll spare you my long inventory of proof. So in the muslim world .. Uhhhh.... Yeah. They've got such medieval ideas about women, homosexuality and sex to begin with. I bet every man that an ISIS fighter threw off a rooftop was simply a gay guy who refused to give up their booty to them. Rejection hurts.

[@ghowell13]

😂😂😂😂" I'm not trapped in the sky with you, you're trapped in the sky with ME" That absolutely folded me in half😂❤

[@HeroFighte]

Absolute gem

[@shadowphoenix073]

Should have been. "Would you intercept me? I'd intercept me"

[@ghowell13]

@@shadowphoenix073 that would have been great too😂

[@kyze8284]

I hoped it was coming from the title alone, and was not disappointed

[@CrabNicolson]

The Foxbat was a technological marvel. As the u.s. discovered that when they got their hands on one. It was a marvel that were using vacuum tubes instead of transistors for their electronics 🤣

[@olegkupran5284]

Isn't Foxbat is a plane, that has maneuver ability equal to a thrown brick?

[@matthewellis3134]

So it would survive an EMP pulse, which would fry all transistor/IC based electronics

[@anzaca1]

@@matthewellis3134 In theory. Knowing how bad the Soviet tech was, they probably managed to make even VTs vulnerable to EMPs.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

that's the thing. the foxbat is faster than the f-15, it just takes 2 weeks to get up to that speed. the foxbat is more manueverable than the f-15, but not when it's going that fast. they didn't outright lie, but in typical russian fashion, they left out a few details and asterisks, lol.

[@CrabNicolson]

@@theghostofthomasjenkins9643 they claim it's faster.

[@tommaley6907]

🤣🤣🤣 OEF Vet here and yup about had my drink shoot out of my nose when I heard that lmao 🤣

[@AngelOkie]

Thank for the recognition for us here in Oklahoma, and in the Midwest. Had an uncle close to where three tornadoes tracked, Lucky he's okay. Sulpher got hit the worst of us, so we're doing all we Okies can to help them. Beautiful old town, sad to see it now. Just wanted to say thanks Habitual

[@Aqueox]

Yeah, Sulphur got the worst of it all by far. Okemah was looking bad too, arguably could've been worse if it had hit.

[@AngelOkie]

@@Aqueox Haven't seen it yet, but I was watching Ryan Hall's channel and it looked like a conga line of tornadoes tracking north. Marietta was an Ef4 apparently, first since 2016 for Oklahoma.

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

Sympathies and prayers of safety and a speedy recovery from the U.K. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@AngelOkie]

@@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it Thanks. Only good news from this week is that the NBA team here in OK set up a relief program to assist in helping family effected.

[@TheCrazedHydra]

Tis a good day to live in Fort Gibson

[@tfk_001]

Storm chaser here; the April 26 tornado event was a fucking miracle. On that day, we had numerous mile wide tornados and one possible two miler, several EF4, possibly EF5, strength tornados, many of which hit cities (Omaha, Nebraska caught two). Zero deaths. One severe injury. I expected a double digit death count (I was watching on radar as I was unable to chase that day). April 27 had a lot less tornados and those that did touch down were weaker, but they occurred at night and were a lot more rain wrapped (thanks low level jet) and thus was a lot less of a miracle and is the reason Oklahoma is currently in a state of emergency

[@MultiMachinegunner]

A TWO-miler? Might as well mark it as an EF6 (I know there isn't one on the scale, but seriously, if I learned anything from the movie Twister... 😅😅)

[@jameskarg3240]

Its been kinda ugly in Texas too. Most of its NorthEast though thankfully. We just have the tailside of storms with squall-lines

[@tfk_001]

@@jameskarg3240 yeah on the 27th you all didn't get much but one cyclic supercell just kept dropping tor after tor on the 26th. I hate chasing squalls because if they do drop a tornado it tends to have a lot less warning and it's a lot more likely to be rainwrapped but I'd def prefer a big squall line because they're a lot less likely to produce a really strong tornado like any of the several tornados from this outbreak

[@tfk_001]

@@MultiMachinegunner nah width doesn't necessarily correspond to strength. Some of the strongest tornados are only a few hundred feet while there have been mile wide tornados barely capable of EF2 damage. This one was very likely capable of EF4 and MAYBE EF5 damage but fortunately Omaha wasn't hit anywhere near as hard as it could have been

[@jameskarg3240]

@@tfk_001 Honestly: you all DO NOT get the credit you deserve. No joke, your crazy, but you know your limits and use your skill for informative analytics that have made unprecidented leaps in finding what makes storms tick. So, thank you for what you do. God willing we dont see anything like El Rino agsin

[@acerolobo]

F-22 Always has the hardest lines

[@Clearwood_]

He does but so does Grandpa Buff.

[@trisrenaquino8794]

Because he snorts crack for breakfast and downs enough white monster to fly to the edge of the milky way

[@acerolobo]

@clearwood_. Yes you're right, Grandpa Buff has the best lines. The f-22 comes in second.

[@thaliazelmer2327]

Thank you HLC for your unique take on news, I love your delivery and characters. I also treasure the fans who comment, one of the best communities to read. Almost entirely positive, I learn something new every time, and appreciate the sincerity and goodness found here, despite the grim backdrop of war. Tickles me that there is such a cross section of fans: along with the obvious armed forces element is paleo-nerds, grandmas (like me), aeronautical engineers, storm chasers, linguists you name it.

[@shelleymarion7412]

Grandma here as well. Love the videos and the comments!

[@carolakelleski7905]

& skittle colored grammas too for all the same reasons😊

[@peytonmulder8059]

You know, we joke about how frustrated the F-22 is, can you imagine how frustrated the actual pilots are? They fly one of the most advanced aircraft ever built and have to stay on the bench.

[@allanadams5214]

T-Rex arms 🤣 The Kid has something to focus on besides raccoons stealing his nuggets. LOVE IT! 😎

[@RaggedAssRobin]

It was a possum. *Much* scarier.

[@Allurade]

Damn, Raptor taking Roast Game lessons from Grandpa Buff? Because that rip into the J-20 was a thing of beauty.

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Well grandpa buff is obviously his mentor, i love the story time about how buff was the entire gulf war 🤣 the kid is so starstruck

[@spooge1oh1]

I haven't thought about Man Love Thursday for more than 10 years. I about pissed myself with that joke.

[@davidgoodnow269]

Thanks for the explanation. The military got even weirder _after_ I left? "Man Love Thursdays." Gotta be influenced by the kiddie-freak Kuwaiti pop music, little boys singing about their adult male lover. I thought we should've backed Iraq against Kuwait over Saud, in exchange for Sadaam putting his murderous rapist sons on trial--see how THAT changes politics in the region!

[@TheBeavadelic]

"Skittle haired kids" ......glad I didn't just take a sip of coffee b4 that one 😅

[@RobespierreThePoof]

This trend sounds a lot like 60s people complaining about "long-haired hippies"

[@TheBeavadelic]

@ems4884 the hippies had wayyyyy thicker skin

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

As an Iowan, I am glad to be in one of those tornado free zones...and going under mother nature's radar of vengence. Also...sad to see Russia disecting an M1 Abrams, but it's interesting to see just exactly how the armor looks on the inside. I'm sorry...I have to agree with the kid about the canards, skittles be damned, they ARE just like tiny T-Rex arms! 🤣

[@richwalter3107]

Wait til they realize they've been irradiated disecting an Abrams.. it ain't just the armor..

[@1idiot985]

funny thing, the leo2a6 they have is ANCIENT at this point to the 2a7v, 2a8 and the panther(new one). Let them have it, we don’t need it. It will be outdated even more when German engineers get access to the new military budget. Still better than T-14 Armata.

[@chemislife]

The only platforms the T-14 threatens are the ones active when the first gen Abrams rolled off the line any models after that one will pretty much laugh at it. Which means they are about 30 years behind in the tank arms race.

[@moteroargentino7944]

Plus due to the circumstances tanks are being used more as high mobility artillery rather than direct combat, so they're more than enough. Only if air superiority could be achieved, more advanced tanks would make sense.

[@Darqshadow]

​@@moteroargentino7944 F16s confirmed are on the way to Ukraine. With SEAD capabilities being superior to what both sides have right now, that means Ukraine might get the skies cleared up again

[@1idiot985]

@@chemislife30 Years? the 2a5 should be younger than that

[@majesticface3631]

@@Darqshadow sead isn't easy, its not just launching agm 88 missiles at s400 sites, mig 29s can do that. air defense batteries are vert heavily defended, wacth hypops beating the s400 video to see why. You'll need to amass a bunch of sead aircrafts as well as launch decoys ect to overwhelm russian air defenses. They won't have any ew assets so that'll make it much harder. Optimism isn't something you can win wars with. F16s are great but Ukraine lost the tactical initiative.

[@chris_wizzudz]

“Skittle hair people” always a classic 😂

[@owenjennings2151]

As a skittle haired person i can confirm canards are in fact gay

[@legionx4046]

I second this

[@Bluecatte]

Thirding this

[@MrIrishpunk]

Hows life on that side of the rainbow?

[@qx_sarah_xp557]

Came here to say this 😂

[@someguywithaphone5921]

Can confirm. Currently humping one. Is male. Am male. Kinda loose. Definitely been gay for a minute. Cheers.

[@JonThomas92]

"You're trapped in the sky with F-22, until NGAD is flying, then good luck with him."

[@kibathemechanic4967]

I just love the kid more every time I hear him. He definitely needs a "grounded" US F-14 hype-man living vicariously through him.

[@joeg8200]

The fact that F22 now taking lines from Rorschach makes his intercept line even creepier.

[@appo9357]

0:57 They are Strategically Transporting Equipment to Alternate Locations

[@charlayned]

Well, with the abilities we have, we can arrange an ICE to help them out with the tear down. (Involuntary Conversion of Equipment).

[@willb5278]

Ooh, i love these things, git half a dozen on my shirt right now. One of my favorites is from the rocket crowd tho. Rapid Unplanned/Unscheduled Disassembly (It blew up). Or Lithobraking (it crashed into the ground... and stopped!)

[@The980Junior]

@thefatelectrician

[@CptJistuce]

Not TOO strategically, or they'd've removed the lojack.

[@chthulu27]

"I'm not trapped in here with you. YOU'RE TRAPPED IN HERE WITH *ME* !" Fucking love Rorschach.

[@nyctoshade6302]

Dude, love the Rorschach comment at the end. THAT was GOLD

[@rolbuch1449]

"And will be until about two years after mine came out." Man, this always delivers!

[@nategoodwin3329]

Thursdays are a dark day for a weak stomach in Iraq. 😂😂😂😂 At least the goats get a day off.

[@omarrp14]

Please explain!

[@nategoodwin3329]

@omarrp14 Let's just say it isn't the kind of NSFW you actually want to see.

[@themooman5590]

@@omarrp14 They will have relations with men and boys. Much like the catholic churches thinking back in the day a young boy is thought to be pure and without sin. Then to add to the problem you have a bunch of men growing up in this type of life and thusly see no problem with perpetuating the abuse. The thought of "I went through it, and I turned out alright." is rampant, so even with people that wouldn't gravitate toward children will do so because it's what they know.

[@erikcourtney1834]

Love it when the kid gets to talk shit. Just wish he was allowed to back it up.

[@glenchapman3899]

Yeah I am on the same side as him and I am scared.

[@ryandrury6226]

His day will come soon enough...

[@Acrophobia2]

In case anyone is wondering, canards almost completely negate stealth when they are actuated…

[@pirobot668beta]

Check again...canards have radar cross-section about the size of an F4 Phantom. The root of the canard is the problem; where it joins to the aircraft is a sharp corner. This makes a very efficient 'corner reflector'. Some angles of the canard are worse than others, but there is no stealth for Viggens, either.

[@valmikabeneteau7229]

@@pirobot668betaI think that is what he is saying

[@Acrophobia2]

@@pirobot668beta that is what I was saying😂

[@bluefleet1655]

@@pirobot668beta good thing stealth wasent required for the viggens, then again, dont really need stealth when you are eating trees

[@yankee1376]

Are you saying that the canards retards stealth and J22's are gen 4/5 bastards?

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Raptor at the end straight up channeling Rorschach from The Watchmen. Classic.

[@FirstIsa]

Remember several years ago when the US overhauled most of our missiles and they had a sudden boost in performance? China spent the equivalent of $6 billion to figure out what we did. Turns out we just took the motherboard Sony was using for the current iteration of the PlayStation and repurposing it. we literally improved out missiles by reusing tech they were mass producing.

[@CptJistuce]

That sounds dubious. The military tends to have higher standards for durability and reliability than video games do.

[@FirstIsa]

@@CptJistuce possible since I can't find any sources for it now, I can tell you though that the MIPS R3000 CPU that was the core for the original PlayStation is actually still in use in AWACS and NASA uses it for controlling ignition timing for rocket launches.

[@CptJistuce]

@@FirstIsa Knew about that one. NASA uses a ruggedized and radiation-hardened version of the R3000(which was a quite popular processor). They've got some spectacular CPUs in service due to their reliability standards. The Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance use essentially a hardened version of the original iMac CPU. Twenty years later, it has gone from state-of-the-art to primitive-but-durable.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

I was curious about the F35 deal that had been mentioned, and found this from a few articles: it should be noted that an UAE official said and I quote "The United States remains the UAE's PREFERRED provider for advanced defense requirements and discussions for the F-35 may be re-opened in the future." the official also added that there were discussions to "address mutual defense security conditions for the acquisition". So, even when working in close proximity to China, people prefer the US when it comes to equipment. You gotta love that name brand recognition.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

That's as close to saying "we don't want China's stuff, but we don't have a choice" as you can get. 😅 Let's get on better terms, UAE.

[@Shirayumi9090]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!! (Is the only damage that aircraft can inflict) 😂

[@cairnex4473]

It only fires Beijing Corn!

[@carlyar5281]

“It’s like Thursday not exist in that part of the world anymore” 🤣 Yup. I fell over laughing at that part! 2:44 ⬅️fact!

[@ComputerElectronicTechnology]

😂 I'm laughing at, "we prove that what you say it does, actually it doesn't do it, so I accidently created the most dominate aircraft for" accident!! 😂😂

[@donvielenio8956]

F-22 calling canards gay; random European aircraft: "Would you dogfight me? I'd dogfight me."

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

When the f22 has no fuel tanks: Oh NOOOOOOOOO 😢😭😱😱😱😱🇬🇧🇪🇺

[@Garbage.geologist]

Depression never goes away, and you cover stressful news. Remember to give yourself positive distractions, reach out to friends and family, and stay strong brother. Slava Ukraine.

[@James-bw4np]

Afghan vet, "Thursday" joke has me chuckling grimly.

[@aredjayc2858]

Please explain

[@jeremyfleshman3865]

​@@aredjayc2858just asked my vet friend, 🤢 you don't want to know ...

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@aredjayc2858it apparently means man love Thursday..

[@valiensr1037]

As a vet who never deployed to the Middle East, could you explain the context?

[@James-bw4np]

@@aredjayc2858 our Corpsman called it "Good Thursday, Bad Friday" since Friday would have a flood of locals coming to our medical people to suture up torn sphincters on young boys. I only heard about it from my docs. If it was "man love" Thursday, I can't say but it would not surprise me.

[@DRAONWEED]

The F-22 is Rorschach now,______ that is SO cool.

[@colbunkmust]

...always has been.

[@IronBand4]

Mixed with Dirty Harry

[@rucker69]

"What do you see?" "*CANARDS*"

[@imanassole9421]

"What?? Canards???" 😂😂😂

[@dombrazil6497]

That Thursday joke made me spit my tea out 😂😂😂😂😂 ex British army

[@aaronlopez492]

😂Thursday night in Iraq! That was savage, never mind Neosporin that burn will require an air ambulance to the nearest ICU burn Ward! Awesome video thanks!

[@LegendaryCollektor]

I dont get it

[@addison_v_ertisement1678]

I might not get the joke, but I know I'll probably never get the answer due to KZbin shenanigans. I'll still comment for boosting though.

[@geodkyt]

​@@LegendaryCollektor"Man Love Thursday"

[@engmed4400]

@LegendaryCollektor it's known as Man Love Thursday. According to some Imam, Allah is too busy to notice men having gay sex on Thursdays, so it turns into Brokeback Mountain in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Not joking, its a thing. 🤣

[@anonymee7681]

Skittle-haired people - gonna borrow that one. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 snork!

[@theplayer1997]

The F-22's pouty little face when someone's talking shit is so fucking funny. 😂

[@OstblockLatina]

3:06 - did you just do a Uncle Roger impression there? I love it!

[@Gunslinger_studios]

That skittles people line got me dying😂😂😂😂

[@forexed8948]

although I know whom the joke is aimed at, I LOVE sour skittles.

[@botspotter8379]

@@forexed8948 I'm going to start calling them out as Sour Skittles now. 😁

[@forexed8948]

@@botspotter8379 They really are like the candy because of how they demand you address them how they want to be addressed.

[@legionx4046]

@@forexed8948as a member of the “skittle people” i can confirm thats just a small minority of us the rest just act like normal people 🤘

[@Lukkaboc]

@@botspotter8379 I love this! I'm a skittle but not one of the sour ones now this is a perfect term to differentiate! Some of us taste the rainbow yet don't really care about pronouns. Call me ma'am, call me sir, both are respectful intent. Love Linecrosser's humor :)

[@e7yu]

I'll say it again. Watching your comedic news brings calm and laughter to my life.😂👍

[@thou_dog]

Brother, you already have us skittles-hair people in your comment section. I laughed at the "If Queers for Palestine, why no Queers for Queers?" because, yeah, so many activist-minded people see the Israel-Arab conflict simplistically as a fight between good and evil, and see their chance to cheer for the defeat of Evil™️ without having to question their assumptions or acknowledge the people they're rooting for are worse than the people they want defeated (or worse).

[@guardian7773]

They’re already so confused about who they are already, how much better they gonna do when discussing international conflicts?

[@thou_dog]

@@guardian7773 This ain't it, chief. People search for who they are or should be all the time. Yeah, I know, it was a joke. It's amazing, though, how someone like HLC manages to be consistently funny while mostly avoiding those kinds of jokes, right?

[@thou_dog]

@@guardian7773 More seriously, there are genuine reasons why people actively searching for meaning in their lives could get suckered by folks promising them a simple Good vs Evil conflict to feel strongly about (instead of "flawed democracy with criminal leaders vs fascist dictatorship with criminal leaders"). I think Ryan Macbeth has some good info on that, HLC's touched on it here and there too.

[@guardian7773]

@@thou_dog I’m not saying I have a problem with people trying to find themselves, I’m saying that they don’t even consider themselves as what they biologically are. They are more wrapped up in their identity that they created for themselves that if anyone says anything remotely against it they get mad and call you names.

[@CptJistuce]

It isn't just activists. America in general lately has gotten very polarized. Everything has to be black and white, good vs evil, all or nothing. This is an EXCEPTIONALLY poor worldview for the Middle East, where things have been so screwed for so long that any reasonable stance can be opposed on reasonable grounds.

[@Guildelin]

Dude I'm fucking loosing it over these videos. Love em

[@rebekah.2187]

"Skittle hair people." 😂😂😂 I'm stealing that.

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

Not exactly related, but cool fact about Tyrannosaurus Rex is that it could one arm curl about 400-450 lbs. per arm. Still doesn't mean that the Chinese aircraft isn't as useless as an abelisaurid's arms in a fight (yes they are even smaller than tyrannosaur arms in proportion to their bodies).

[@heatherbullock9020]

I didn't know that about the T-Rex. Thank you!

[@KingBrit-lw7jx]

Remember kids! The sky is the limit! And that limit is a coked up Raptor with anger issues.

[@maxsmodels]

Will somebody PLEASE let the kid out to not play nice with the other kids?! 😆

[@jerrylittle7797]

"Two little T-Rex arms style wings"... that's funny right there....

[@thesupportingcast6972]

Raptor has been hanging with Buff I see. Handing out flames 🔥 😂

[@odinsson204]

Holy crap, the kid was throwin some serious shade. 😂😂😂

[@BOEING--mh6xm]

That Chinese voice was spot on lol

[@SugrStrz]

Skittle haired person here. Canards are definitely gay. Side note, don't agree with all of your politics (no sense yelling about what I don't agree with cuz who cares) but I love your content none the less. Days you upload are days I laugh!

[@nielsmichiels1939]

Yeah feel the same. He doesn't get why students are protesting at the colleges and that israel isn't the nicest guy around the block but he does make laugh with all the rest as well. I love his characters.

[@SugrStrz]

@@nielsmichiels1939 Same reason. I hate terrorism but also hate genocide. its not hard to see that there are bad actors on both sides but agreeing with protestors who are protesting genocide shouldnt be controversial. But yeah. I may disagree a bit but who cares. ya cant win every debate and you cant agree with everything. Comedy is subjective and his is enjoyable and overall he has decent takes and is smart on situations as a general so I love his content!

[@ToastyMozart]

​@@SugrStrzNot that they've been a shining beacon of morality, but if Israel's attempting genocide they're doing a pretty terrible job of it. The whole kerfuffle would have been over months ago if that were the case. Though I'm sure the distinction is lost on the "river to the sea" chanters.

[@Dirty0o0Jester]

The Chinese accent is coming along! Also the Mexican one isn't half bad 😅 my grandma talked just like that, and most of my neighbors when they speak English sound that way too. You're growing ❤

[@charlesandresen-reed1514]

I learn so many new things about other cultures when watching this and then looking up the jokes. Just... damn. LOL

[@alienicarus]

From Oklahoma, still kicking & still got up at 4 AM to go to work today.

[@legionx4046]

As a “skittle hair” person i can confirm canards are gay

[@michaelbracho3956]

Speak the facts 22. Put that 22 from dollar store wish in its place.

[@paulyguitary7651]

The kid has been trapped in the hanger so long he has all the movie quotes

[@archietiberius5005]

All of my skittle-haired friends laughed their asses off at "Canards are gay" absolute fuckin' banger xD

[@miiawolf5929]

as a femboy, and a huge military aircraft nerd, I laughed at "cannards are gay"

[@GeneralLizations]

This former CAB guy knows too much about FAFO Thursdays, we carry that burden so civvies can remain naive and blissfully innocent of the things we've seen

[@carlyar5281]

One of the many things that those of us who know carry so that the majority of citizens can remain innocent.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

I want all the details. All of them. (Takes out typewriter...). No seriously, I genuinely want to know. I bet I could guess half of it anyways'.

[@GeneralLizations]

@@RobespierreThePoof you don't but if you insist Google "bacha bazi" and you'll get the gist

[@GeneralLizations]

@@RobespierreThePoof you really dont want to know, it's something you can't unknow but if u insist just google "bacha bazi" and you'll regret you asked

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

We civvies do genuinely thank you for your service. 🫡

[@ralikdiver]

Persian Excursion Sailor grinning at the Thursday mention.

[@krullachief669]

Honestly The Kid quoting Rorschach really works.

[@Egonowhere]

Spent all day in the hospital for my mom… thanks for the 4 minutes of relief

[@Rangerdoom]

Damn sorry to hear that man hope she gets better soon

[@sivx17]

Few weeks back, a J20 pilot had to retreat following a confrontation with a F35 in south china sea after realizing how big of a difference in capability between the two planes.

[@Nelsonwmj]

Gonna need a source for that bud.

[@Taolan8472]

Confrontation? What. Did the f35 get close enough to draw dicks on its hull with the LTADS? The only way a hostile J20 would know an F35 was in the air before getting reduced to an environmental impact statement would be if the F35 decided to say hello with communications bandwith radio instead of targeting radar.

[@ilikestarwars4438]

Source? It doesn’t sound unlikely but I haven’t seen or heard about this anywhere

[@rylanward7039]

A claim like that needs a source

[@mnandeazy34]

Meh kind of a stretched statement... they met like 2yrs ago, all you gotta do is freakin search "f35 meets j20" fellas.

[@LazyVanny]

Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures? I approve.

[@haven_lady675]

Lol. I thought he got inspired by South Park.

[@LazyVanny]

@@haven_lady675 Aiyah is an Uncle thing, but maybe you are right.

[@Violent_Wolfen]

​@haven_lady675 Uncle did that a lot in Jackie Chan Adventures which I think it was due to due Cantonese Accent. Not sure if Liu Kim did the same thing or had the same accent.

[@Kingsquad2011]

F22: "Canards are gae" Dassault Rafale: "On est repartis pour un tour..."

[@benn454]

Rafale and Eurofighter cope harder

[@minecraftfox4384]

European aircraft are garbage.

[@geodkyt]

​@@benn454Eh, don't forget those aren't 5th Gen stealth aircraft. The disadvantages of canards aren't really a problem.for them.

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

LMAO, when I hit the Google Translate and translated this, it says "Ducks are Gay" guess canard must mean duck?

[@benn454]

@@geodkyt As long as Euros remember that the USAF plays wargames with one arm and one leg tied behind its back.

[@ethandye396]

Thanks for mentioning us mate, we are struggling here in Oklahoma and I hope we will get through it!

[@pogveteranar9415]

The Thursday joke was awesome, glad you explained what canards are.

[@h.a.9880]

As a German, seeing that Leopard 2 and Marder being on display in russia, I feel mainly one thing: Mild amusement that for the first time in their entire history, russians can now look at armored vehicles that don't vanish in a puff of smoke and superheated shrapnell, when someone kicks them in the tracks. The Leopard 2 is a 30 year old variant, so the technology inside really isn't cutting edge... so either the tech doesn't teach russia anything new cause it's old or russia can't learn anything from it, cause russian engineers are incapable of understanding anything about it anyway lol.

[@zerg539]

That's what amuses me about the F-22 the rest of the world is still playing catch up to 1997.

[@h.a.9880]

@@zerg539 Oh man... I actually own a videogame that runs on Windows 95(!), that features the F22. Can't really argue with the facts: The US made the single most fearsome fighter jet in the world and those few who tried to come up with something similar have failed miserably. I actually think most of NATO is just not even bothering trying, cause we're happy to know the F22 is not going to be used against us... _hopefully._ As for the Su-57 -Fellon- Femboy and whatever that flying ricecooker from China is called: lmao.

[@unorec1983]

That tornado was a bitch, had 2 close to the house could watch from the back porch

[@kineticstar]

I got a 4am wake up alarm for tornadoes last night here in Texas. Nothing happened but have to say mother nature ain't playing this year.

[@madisonhasson8981]

I was driving between Lubbock and Wichita Falls TX and a 1/2 mile diameter tornado came down right on top of my car in Knox TX about 30 miles west of Seymour. Luckily the tornado's winds weren't strong enough to blow my car around. I kept on driving and got away. I don't apologize for going 90 mph to outrun a tornado and I thank the highway patrol for understanding.

[@zetaking2909]

@@madisonhasson8981 had 2 forming near bossier city La thankfully nether made it to the ground, still the winds at the head of that storm last night where nasty, and we only got grazed by it, bless the hearts of anyone filling it head on.

[@3dpyromaniac560]

Friday was probably one of the biggest nights I regret not taking time off to chase, those were some beautiful storms.

[@nb31b]

Which one there were like 100 of them lol

[@Kolehmanni]

Going to need help with that "Thursday" joke.

[@SRTifiable]

Man love Thursday. It’s a thing.

[@gbear34]

Many men in the country practice "Man Love Thursdays", where on Thursdays, they will, you know. Love other men.

[@shanee.6751]

I fucking spit out my monster at that joke

[@Ignitegaming2024]

​@@gbear34 wtf lol

[@commidore4499]

It's man crush Monday. Woman crush Wednesday.

[@streakerofevil]

A WATCHMAN Rorschach reference....nice work HLC!!!!

[@Ritchie472]

Kid don't rant much, but when he does, he digs deep. Breath

[@JaxAttax451]

As a colored hair queer: that was fuckin’ funny 😂 HLC, as far as I’m concerned, you have the pass to make gay jokes.