If you ride the subway in Washington DC there are posters advertising anti-aircraft systems and other military contract products right next to the ads for car insurance and chewing gum and it's so fucking weird.
Bro if you're in the market, you've gotta check out Conksat's offerings they've got some absolutely unmatched products like Missiles As A Service, next generation bombers based on the bleeding edge Cessna platform, and even a ground based satellite power system with integrated return reel!
Maybe like 10 years ago, someone did a regression analysis to see which stations were most expensive to advertise in, when corrected for actual ridership starting or ending their train rides swiping in and out at those stations. For the most part, most stations' advertising prices pretty closely matched the number of riders, with the clear outlier of the Pentagon station.
I'm not from DC, but I've visited a number of times, and I said subway not Metro out of the assumption that people outside of DC wouldn't know what I was talking about if I said Metro. The ads I saw were near Pentagon City or Alexandria.
The RIM-7 doesn't even have that justification for being green; its a short range anti-missile (and super cost effectively, anti-drone...) system. It isn't used to blow people up directly.
The marketing speak, tho. I think that angers me the most. More eco friendly than something that has zero measurable levels of eco friendly, is a low bar. It's like saying asbestos is more eco friendly than coal carbon emissions, so therefore asbestos is eco friendly and should be celebrated. Theres zero good to their argument.
It's not. It's a parody account that took advantage of Twitter's unbelievably stupid decision to hand out checkmarks to anyone who paid for an account.
Theres a comment saying "jokingly" the killing of people reduce emission. First of all, this is eco fascism because although Im sure it is not intentional; A joke forwards an attitude. It is a sightsteer.
This sightsteer takes on consumerist approach to climate action. However it is important to note that it is might and machine that is poisoning our world, not people. We should put responsibility where it belongs. That way we can plan for actual change, instead of symbolic change.
I'm sure it's not even green in any meaningful sense but just slightly greener than the others (if that's even true). Not that that would really make a difference either way.
I can't even imagine who this is for. There just one guy rubbing it to war weaponry but only if it's environmentally conscious? Dirk, buddy? Did you like that tweet?
On top of the other obvious complaints, I think that nobody in their right mind would compromise the performance of an antiaircraft missile to make it relatively less polluting.
Environmentally friendly missile for children is like saying the new E/I (educational/Informational) version of Epstine island. Here's a wild idea... maybe stop spending billions on "green" murder machines and start putting it towards digging humanity out of the eco crisis that is going to leave our grand kids in a Mad Max movie.
"our missiles and drones are made with 10% oceanic recycled plastic, and with other post consumer recycled materials. Raytheon strives for a greener world with our commitment to carbon neutrality"
Aside from directly destroying the flora and fauna, I've pondered a lot how much pollution World War 2 had produced with all the bombs dropped and fuels used to run a global scale industrialised warfare and genocide If I decide to switch my career to environmental science, I would like to do research on that topic.
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GraniteM@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 125d
If you ride the subway in Washington DC there are posters advertising anti-aircraft systems and other military contract products right next to the ads for car insurance and chewing gum and it's so fucking weird.
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 34 pts · 125d
Huh... perhaps I should buy myself a few anti-aircraft batteries, you never know what home invaders can come up with ig
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 124d
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 124d
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 124d
Bro if you're in the market, you've gotta check out Conksat's offerings they've got some absolutely unmatched products like Missiles As A Service, next generation bombers based on the bleeding edge Cessna platform, and even a ground based satellite power system with integrated return reel!
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 125d
Wait fr? Thats a normal thing in the USA?
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 125d
in and around the central hub for all us lobbyists and politicians it is.
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 125d
Is this a satire community?
This is certainly not a real tweet that you posted.
Zomg@piefed.world · 7 pts · 124d
Around DC where many DoD entities exist. I doubt it's like that in many other places
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 124d
Definitely not a thing in Ottawa, Canada (where our Department of National Defence is)
Steve@startrek.website · 5 pts · 125d
Thats crazy
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
Maybe like 10 years ago, someone did a regression analysis to see which stations were most expensive to advertise in, when corrected for actual ridership starting or ending their train rides swiping in and out at those stations. For the most part, most stations' advertising prices pretty closely matched the number of riders, with the clear outlier of the Pentagon station.
I can't find that article anymore because Google search turned into dog shit, but this more recent article basically covers the contours.
zd9@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 125d
I lived there for many years and never once saw that...
The fact you called it the "subway" and not Metro makes me think you're full of shit right
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 125d
I'm not from DC, but I've visited a number of times, and I said subway not Metro out of the assumption that people outside of DC wouldn't know what I was talking about if I said Metro. The ads I saw were near Pentagon City or Alexandria.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 125d
Well I guess all the people they kill can't contribute to any emissions
pennomi@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 125d
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 125d
But who's going to fund all the killing then? It's more efficient to keep your stream of income alive.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 125d
Not if their money is redistributed. It’s not like it disappears.
TassieTosser@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 124d
Well the missle being advertised is an AA missle and the rich spend lots of time jet setting so...
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 125d
That's a grimly salient point. I wonder how long it will take to advertise them as carbon-negative.
Drusas@fedia.io · 6 pts · 125d
Well hello, Mr. Malthus.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 124d
Well hello, finite resources.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 125d
The RIM-7 doesn't even have that justification for being green; its a short range anti-missile (and super cost effectively, anti-drone...) system. It isn't used to blow people up directly.
Upperhand@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 125d
Not just the people, but they are so thoughtful as to remove the polluting airplanes, too. Praise to the overlords.
zd9@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 125d
This is not real... right?
The greenest missile is the one used to remove Big Oil executives and lobbyists.
ch00f@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 125d
Every search result I found links back to this exact screenshot.
merdaverse@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 124d
Couldn't find the tweet, but they do seem to engage in some military greenwashing:
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 124d
Remember when Robert Evans did fake ads for Raytheon on his podcast? This is more ham fisted than his parody ads were.
therewolftherecastle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 124d
"Yeah, we kill civilians in droves but at least we're eco friendly about it."
LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 124d
The marketing speak, tho. I think that angers me the most. More eco friendly than something that has zero measurable levels of eco friendly, is a low bar. It's like saying asbestos is more eco friendly than coal carbon emissions, so therefore asbestos is eco friendly and should be celebrated. Theres zero good to their argument.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 124d
this can't be real, dear lord in heaven it cant be real, can it ?
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 124d
It's not. It's a parody account that took advantage of Twitter's unbelievably stupid decision to hand out checkmarks to anyone who paid for an account.
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 124d
They left out the best part: it's operated by women and children, we finally ended the patriarchy
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 125d
"Every person we murder helps the ecosystem" ~Raytheon
They're not wrong
NewDark@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 125d
Nah, get out of here with the eco fascist rhetoric.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
No
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 124d
are you a fascist, no?
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
i'm sorry facts disturb you
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 125d
Few people realize it because most people will see past that greenwashing bullshit immediately.
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 124d
Theres a comment saying "jokingly" the killing of people reduce emission. First of all, this is eco fascism because although Im sure it is not intentional; A joke forwards an attitude. It is a sightsteer.
This sightsteer takes on consumerist approach to climate action. However it is important to note that it is might and machine that is poisoning our world, not people. We should put responsibility where it belongs. That way we can plan for actual change, instead of symbolic change.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Devils advocate here; the Iran war will cut emissions due to less abundant amounts of oil in global circulation.
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 124d
I'm sure it's not even green in any meaningful sense but just slightly greener than the others (if that's even true). Not that that would really make a difference either way.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 125d
I can't even imagine who this is for. There just one guy rubbing it to war weaponry but only if it's environmentally conscious? Dirk, buddy? Did you like that tweet?
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 124d
Ashiette@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 125d
Is this a subsidiary of Veridian Dynamics ?
egrets@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 125d
This isn't real, right? Please tell me it's not. If you wrote this as satire, it'd be shot down by the editor as being way too on-the-nose.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 6 pts · 124d
kinda like using a swab to clean the spot where the needle goes… before giving someone the lethal injection on death row.
one5low7@lemmy.org · 5 pts · 124d
solar powered ice misiles targeteting the sun
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 124d
Does Iran get a carbon credit for each dead schoolgirl?
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 124d
No, just for the child soldiers.
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 124d
On top of the other obvious complaints, I think that nobody in their right mind would compromise the performance of an antiaircraft missile to make it relatively less polluting.
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 125d
These fuckers are making fun of all of us. They know we won't do anything to stop them selling shit to kill people.
bss03@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 124d
Imma reuse my joke from last time this was posted:
The Green Revolution deserve AA capability, too!
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 125d
Honestly, I know a few jets it could hit, but I don't think it's a good way to a solarpunk future.
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 125d
FPV drones are cheaper :>
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 3 pts · 125d
https://quokk.au/comment/3818189
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 125d
Reality is officially too on-the-nose for Starship Troopers.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 124d
This needs to be Jason figuring it out.. then it’s accurate.
10thGlyphix@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 124d
Environmentally friendly missile for children is like saying the new E/I (educational/Informational) version of Epstine island. Here's a wild idea... maybe stop spending billions on "green" murder machines and start putting it towards digging humanity out of the eco crisis that is going to leave our grand kids in a Mad Max movie.
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 124d
This is insane
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
If they're used to shoot to down airliners then they really do have some genuine green tech potential.
Zomg@piefed.world · 2 pts · 124d
Imagine...
"our missiles and drones are made with 10% oceanic recycled plastic, and with other post consumer recycled materials. Raytheon strives for a greener world with our commitment to carbon neutrality"
Like lol?
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Aside from directly destroying the flora and fauna, I've pondered a lot how much pollution World War 2 had produced with all the bombs dropped and fuels used to run a global scale industrialised warfare and genocide If I decide to switch my career to environmental science, I would like to do research on that topic.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
I feel like they missed the point entirely