Apparently the US Department of DefenseWar thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.
Uh…
Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.
33 Comments
notabot@piefed.social · 107 pts · 221d
So, they want her to stop sending sex toys to Baharain, but
So she couldn't screen out those orders, even if she wanted to!
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 221d
Lol tell your soldiers to stop ordering butt plugs
notabot@piefed.social · 15 pts · 221d
It's probably better that they're ordering them than improvising, but yes, it's very much a them problem rather than a her problem.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 221d
spiff@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 220d
Due to country restrictions, they will unfortunately have to rely on IEDs (Improvised Excitement Devices)
notabot@piefed.social · 1 pts · 220d
Better hope they don't sit down too hard, or they might get more of that excitement than they're ready for! I've heard "without a base, without a trace", but this is more "sit on a shell, welcome to hell".
mech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 221d
Especially considering what soldiers have on hand to improvise!
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social · 2 pts · 221d
They should just be a rifle attachment.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 7 pts · 221d
Yup. The system by design (to avoid deployments being decodable) doesn't reveal the actual destination ... but somehow she's supposed to know.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 65 pts · 222d
I like her attitude to this whole thing.
I hope she updates her website with a 10% discount to all troops posted overseas
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 221d
"Half off to DoW addresses."
Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 221d
Just slap camo pattern on it and get a Pentagon contract
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 221d
Tactical Plug
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 221d
The picatinny rail is ribbed for your pleasure
glitchdx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 221d
Oh no, that sounds uncomfortable as fuck
TrillianAstra@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 221d
You could put it on the base for accessories
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 221d
Afixing a flashlight to the rail could make a handy reading light for maps. Imagine a soldier ducking under another soldier's poncho, poncho soldier drops their pants and squats so the poncho comes closer to the ground.
I do suspect that moaning, as the light is operated, would be frowned upon.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
Much better than the field-expedient buttplugs made out of everyday vegetables.
PwnTra1n@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 221d
Like magic it disappears into its surroundings
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social · 7 pts · 221d
Need a more flared base.
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 221d
Properly fitted, a buttplug reduces cavitation shock waves from shrapnel and small munitions, reducing internal damage and increasing soldier survivability by over 9000
mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 221d
I'm no ballistics expert so I'll take your word for it.
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 221d
You know, I miss the time you could look at a headline and know instantly it was The Onion. Now you have to check the URL and read the damn thing to know for sure.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 221d
Even then, are you truly sure?
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 221d
I know, right? Parody is dead.
Alloi@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 221d
you cant stop her from plugging the butts of american soldiers. YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d
She won't rest until she's plugged every butthole in Bahrain!
Devial@discuss.online · 15 pts · 221d
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 221d
She’s not a resident of Bahrain either, so it still holds. If the DOD wants to appease the Bahrain government, they should intercept things on their end.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 3 pts · 221d
No damnit, it says “ON their end” not “IN”.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 221d
DoW, I think you mean.
Doesn't matter even with that spin. The DoW is well aware of how its military postal system works and thus knows that the sender has ZERO idea of where a package will be delivered to.
Taldan@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 221d
It actually makes sense when you include this important bit, "on behalf of the country of Bahrain"
It's likely Bahrainian customs inspecting the package, finding illegal contraband, then contacting the intended recipient for an explanation as to why they're receiving banned goods
US Military responds by saying they'll inform all parties to prevent future occurrences. It's classic CYA
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 221d
There's a couple of problems with this:
The vendor has no idea what the destination is when sending it through military post. Part of the whole point of a separate postal system is that you can't figure out deployments from postage. So even if they're doing it "on behalf of Bahrain" they're aiming that the wrong direction. They should have been aiming it at the recipients (who obviously know where they are) not the shipper (who doesn't).
The country of Bahrain has no position where it can give orders to nonresident foreign citizens either.
Taldan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 220d
You're completely correct, but that doesn't stop it from happening. It's just performative covering of asses all around. Now the Bahrainian government doesn't look like they're giving the US military a free pass and the US military can say they're doing something