@40ceb4c5 I’m cackling trying to imagine a trench coat with no holes. Just imagine when the ambassador from Mars opens the airlock! 

 @40ceb4c5 There will be once we do it 

 @2a70c54d 100% so civilians can pretend to be mercenaries 

 @2a70c54d @9d06aba0 Newbie: er, uh, does everyone normally have to do this?

Established crony: oh haha of course, this is a grand tradition in our hallowed halls, just bite down on the strap 

 @2a70c54d Wouldn’t that be nice? Like “this person seems decent and capable, and they aren’t in the pocket of Big Evil, I actually want them to have the job.”

I felt that way about Carter, and about Obama until he showed his actual allegiances. 

 @2a70c54d I’ve moved on to the gold-pressed latinum standard 

 @2a70c54d 2 Past, 2 Puny 

 @28c4bd15 The guy in the middle, it was common for Mexican villains and monsters to wear a lucha libre style mask. 

 @2a70c54d @419623b4 Everyone I’ve known who’s from there said they grew up constantly seeing people with Uzis, people in uniform, and messages of hyper vigilance to the threat of attacks. A police state mentality from birth.