die_reklame·Die ReklamebyHofmaimaier 1943 US Navy recruitment posterView original on feddit.org147Comments29Reply
hhOrni lemmy.worldResponsibilities include: -Raising the periscope -Polishing the torpedoes -Deep exploration -Having sex with other men58Reply
NNaibofTabr infosec.pub3Hide 3 replies"100 guys go down, 50 couples come back up." - as quoted to me by a career submariner43Reply
llightnsfw replyreddthat.com1Hide 1 replyDang they all paired up? I'd think there'd be a lot more just sleeping around going on in a scenario like that.8Reply
NNaibofTabr replyinfosec.pubHey nobody said the couples were exclusive, or that they stay the same for the whole underway.2Reply
sstarik lemmy.zip3Hide 3 replies$7M is nothing for a sub. Cheap ass sub, can’t even afford shirts for their sub boys. Pass.35Reply
RRemember_the_tooth replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThat's like $140M today. Also, that ad makes it pretty clear that shirtless boys that are subs is the main selling point here.33Reply
puppycat (she/her) replylemmy.blahaj.zonewhile i certainly wouldn't turn money down, I'll go for free.5Reply
AAxiochus lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThis was so unbelievably homoerotic that I had to check. It's real. No edits. 1944. 😸 Source: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/en/objects/20669/learn-to-operate-a-7000000-sub32Reply
tetris11 replyfeddit.ukHey, America was made on the backs of young strapping men and women. He just always had a preference for some reason... 18Reply
aabbadon420 replysh.itjust.works2Hide 2 repliesNo they did't know, because they didn't ask and they didn't tell.22Reply
DDragonTypeWyvern replymidwest.socialAnd McCarthyism technically ended in the 50's, but you can still make anachronistic references for humor and comparison.2Reply
PPommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.orgImagine how awkward it would be to be the only straight guy on the sub.14Reply
bbinarytobis lemmy.worldMy dad would always tell me about how many unreasonable people made his life hell in the Navy. Maybe it was because he was too straight and missed all the “team building”.6Reply
ccertified_expert lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesWhat about serving your nation by being the captain of a (current) $800,000 electric bus? Less gay (lol) and more useful to the country.1Reply
ccertified_expert replylemmy.worldI know, right? It is a bummer. It's probably due to the lack of steam and close spaces 🥵1Reply
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Responsibilities include:
-Raising the periscope
-Polishing the torpedoes
-Deep exploration
-Having sex with other men
"100 guys go down, 50 couples come back up." - as quoted to me by a career submariner
You had me at going down
Dang they all paired up? I'd think there'd be a lot more just sleeping around going on in a scenario like that.
Hey nobody said the couples were exclusive, or that they stay the same for the whole underway.
$7M is nothing for a sub. Cheap ass sub, can’t even afford shirts for their sub boys. Pass.
That's like $140M today. Also, that ad makes it pretty clear that shirtless boys that are subs is the main selling point here.
Still pretty cheap, good subs go for billions these days.
while i certainly wouldn't turn money down, I'll go for free.
This was so unbelievably homoerotic that I had to check. It's real. No edits. 1944. 😸
Source: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/en/objects/20669/learn-to-operate-a-7000000-sub
Hey, America was made on the backs of young strapping men and women. He just always had a preference for some reason...
Can't afford bigotry during total war.
They knew
No they did't know, because they didn't ask and they didn't tell.
DADT came from the Clinton era.
And McCarthyism technically ended in the 50's, but you can still make anachronistic references for humor and comparison.
They totally knew
Imagine how awkward it would be to be the only straight guy on the sub.
Would (the guy, not the submarine)
Correct choice is both, but you do you.
What's long, hard, and full of seamen?
Not an expert, but I believe that's a "Come Hither" look.
Man, I wish I cost $7000000. We gotta stop setting unreasonable standards
My dad would always tell me about how many unreasonable people made his life hell in the Navy. Maybe it was because he was too straight and missed all the “team building”.
"Beeing trapped inside of a submarine with a 100s peoples farts"
What about serving your nation by being the captain of a (current) $800,000 electric bus?
Less gay (lol) and more useful to the country.
Bummer =/
I know, right? It is a bummer. It's probably due to the lack of steam and close spaces 🥵