As with all military history, the actual answer is long and complicated, and this video is obviously a little comically glib. But the shortest explanation is:
The Royal Navy had not been very well maintained after WWI for a variety of reasons. The Brits started scrambling to catch up in military production after Hitler invaded Poland, but it took a lot time to roll out new ships
By the time the Brits finished the new classes of ships (and improved the old ones), the Germans had invented this fun little thing called a U-Boat
The German U-Boats decommissioned a large chunk of the Royal Navy in the early part of the war, shocking the world by essentially bringing the British naval force to its knees. This is the “do not get me started on the fucking navy” bit of the video.
(Though eventually they figured out how to track down U-Boats and the British Navy did okay in the latter part of the war)
U-Boats and German battleclass ships effectively blockaded most of the English Channel when the British and ally soldiers retreated to Dunkirk beach.
Despite all of the above, the Royal Navy did actually manage at least half of the Dunkirk evacuation (estimates vary based on a number of factors) - but they were also certainly not as “in play” as they should have been, due to German coverage.
there should be a tax that youtubers pay where 1.5% of all of their revenue goes back to Kevin Macleod for basically supplying YouTube with it’s own soundtrack.
who is this man and what music did he make???
if you hear a royalty free song on youtube, there’s approximately an 80% chance Kevin Macleod wrote it.
here’s some you’ve almost definitely heard:
for those wondering, yes, he also made THE generic royalty free song that was EVERYWHERE in 2014.
also, his site incompetech.com also has graph paper generators, if you’re in need of that. It has any kind of graph paper - INCLUDING hex paper, you tabletop gamers out there! (or knitting paper if you’re into that)
HOHOHOHO?
Y'all, I’ve been a fan of Kevin MacLeod for YEARS. I can identify his music within two seconds. He’s a fucking genius and he deserves all the love and credit and money people can give.
New dream house plan: An underground home in the middle of a city, with the aboveground part set up as a public park where people are free to be and spend time as they please.
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There would naturally be more than one escape route from the residence (only illustrating one tunnel here to simplify the diagram for clarity), but the lid at each entrance (protedted by a discreet locking mechanism, naturally) would be disguised as a manhole cover. So instead of being aware of there being a little comfy underground apartment beneath the park, people would only know me as the guy who is sometimes seen climbing in/out of the sewer systems.
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I hear you and I raise you by aboveground part being fake cemetery for goths to hang out. And you could just pop in and out of different graves.
fuck that’s awesome too.
Perhaps having both and an underground tunnel between them, the entrance hidden in both apartments behind a bookshelf. Even the people who know about one secret apartment won’t know about the other.
I have a bad habit of calling things “loathsome” if they mildly inconvenience me, which usually isn’t that bad, but today I spilled my drink and said “loathsome juice…” under my breath without realizing that’s not a normal thing to say
Probably what bothers me the most in media is how being ‘just friends’ is seen as something bad, something nobody wants. The classic downtrodden expression of ’we’re just friends,’ like it’s a failure. Why is friendship seen as a step, not a final goal? Why can’t we see deep friendships between people on TV and not have it portrayed as 'not enough’? There are so many types of love, man, and every single one of those is enough.
Edit: Since this is getting a lot of attention, I just want to clarify I’m annoyed at how, traditionally, romantic relationships are seen as the 'final step’ and friendships/platonic relationships are seen as the lesser option. Friendship is never the lesser option.
if somebody you knew for a year said “listen. im just gonna be honest here. i know ive known you too long to not know your name. but i simply do not. i dont know how this happened. im reasonably confident you told me your name at some point. could you remind me please” how would you react
“Oh, thank god, because I have no idea what yours is either.”
Do you understand what I’m saying?“ shouted Moist. "You can’t just go around killing people!”
“Why Not? You Do.” The golem lowered his arm.
“What?” snapped Moist. “I do not! Who told you that?”
“I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People,” said the golem calmly.
“I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!”
“No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.
Hopefully people will start to realize why trades in general are so expensive. You’re paying for someone’s experience to make a good finished product that takes skill and years of practice.
However there is also a giant gap that needs to be filled in trades. As people are aging out of jobs like tailors, carpenters, bookbinders, leatherworkers, etc, there aren’t enough young people going INTO the trades to repopulate the jobs.
Please. Please. Consider going into trades.
These are the kinds of jobs people “fall into,” because they aren’t visible, and are never talked about.
Kids never grow up telling people they want to be a bookbinder. They don’t know they even exist. And schools never ever present them as valid options. And if they do talk about them, they are treated as invalid compaired to NFL Linebacker, President, and Brain Surgeon. After all “jewelry maker” is something people do to supplement their “burger flipping” income, and not an extension of blacksmithing.
But that’s the crux of it, isn’t it? Crafting and trade skills are an extension of artistic skills, which are often seen as completely invalid, and a total waist of time.
As the daughter of a professional bookbinder/book restorer, I had to reblog.
reblogging because I was in a course at college that covered Artisan skills such as these. I have friends who have since gone on to do Jewellery, Carpentry, Ceramics, Glasswork AND Blacksmithing. Ironically I ‘fell into’ comics.
windows to Artisan jobs are still around, the rising interest of upcycling and restoration has brought young folk into doing them.
Boosting because Artisan trades should be valued and carried on.
hey, i don’t know if you’re cozy right now, but if you aren’t cozy, please, please get cozy. snuggle up. do whatever you have to do. please I’m begging
I wrote this because I am laying without a pillow and my neck hurts and I don’t have the motivation to get up. I’m still laying here, and I’m uncomfy. please don’t be like me
i am afraid of people who reblog things with no tags. not even any identifiers like the show it’s from or anything. just silence. what are you thinking?? hello??
