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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: ToxicAdam on October 20, 2013, 01:09:43 AM

Title: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 20, 2013, 01:09:43 AM: Meet the USS Gerald R. Ford:

(http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Pic/America%20s%20newest%20aircraft%20carrier%20Gerald%20R%20Ford%20is%20floated%20for%20the%20first/America-s-newest-aircraft-carrier-Gerald-R-Ford-is-floated-for-the-first.jpg)

(http://www.likecool.com/Gear/Pic/America%20s%20newest%20aircraft%20carrier%20Gerald%20R%20Ford%20is%20floated%20for%20the%20first/America-s-newest-aircraft-carrier-Gerald-R-Ford-is-floated-for-the-first_1.jpg)

22% over budget.

13 Billion dollar price tag.

Countless foreigners to be killed.

:american
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 20, 2013, 01:13:39 AM: Schools? Who needs 'em! Let's build more battleboats!
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 20, 2013, 01:15:39 AM: I'll wait for the USS Ted Cruz.
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Post by: brawndolicious on October 20, 2013, 01:15:47 AM: It has a choad.
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Post by: El Babua on October 20, 2013, 01:16:04 AM: Did they run out of good Republican presidents to name boats after?

I mean, there's still Nixon.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 20, 2013, 01:22:44 AM: Remember when Mitt Ronmey was complaining that the US Navy was the smallest it had been since WWII? :heh
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 20, 2013, 02:11:11 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 20, 2013, 01:22:44 AM
Remember when Mitt Ronmey was complaining that the US Navy was the smallest it had been since WWII? :heh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3ORgw-h_4

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc658a74329ffc4e56a0433bfcff966d/tumblr_msyfj8ujMR1shjzdpo1_400.gif)
will never get old
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Post by: Shaka Khan on October 20, 2013, 01:58:01 PM: If it ends up killing 22% more foreigners, would that be 22% less people holding US debts?

(http://i.imgur.com/8khTucT.png)
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 20, 2013, 02:07:59 PM: It looks cross-eyed from the front with a stupid happy cutesy japanese emblem on its forehead. China laughs.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on October 20, 2013, 02:16:43 PM: "Gochisosama deshita!"

(http://i.imgur.com/EAai0VM.png)
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 20, 2013, 02:46:24 PM: I wish ships still had figureheads. A mermaid Gerald Ford with exposed titties would have but the fear of God in any commies who dare to look upon it.
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Post by: Boogie on October 20, 2013, 03:10:06 PM: Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on October 20, 2013, 02:07:59 PM
It looks cross-eyed from the front with a stupid happy cutesy japanese emblem on its forehead. China laughs.

China's still making do with ancient, refurbished Soviet hand-me-down carriers, they don't have anything to laugh about.
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Post by: headwalk on October 20, 2013, 03:13:50 PM: couldn't you guys have found some loophole in order to avoid naming a 13 billion dollar flagship after gerald ford?
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 20, 2013, 03:20:44 PM: Quote from: Boogie on October 20, 2013, 03:10:06 PM
Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on October 20, 2013, 02:07:59 PM
It looks cross-eyed from the front with a stupid happy cutesy japanese emblem on its forehead. China laughs.

China's still making do with ancient, refurbished Soviet hand-me-down carriers, they don't have anything to laugh about.

They are just spending that money on superior weapon platforms like owning U.S. dept.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on October 20, 2013, 03:26:43 PM: Quote from: headwalk on October 20, 2013, 03:13:50 PM
couldn't you guys have found some loophole in order to avoid naming a 13 billion dollar flagship after gerald ford?

USS Christopher Nolan
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Atramental on October 20, 2013, 03:55:53 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/6PBkkGY.gif)

:usacry

edit: But really. Gerald Ford?
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 20, 2013, 04:58:08 PM: Look at all the foreigners mad jelly in this thread. :american

Also, Gerald Ford was the longest living president and survived two assassination attempts. Who better to represent America, a shitty president who JUST. CANNOT. BE. STOPPED. You come at the king, you best not miss, brown people.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 20, 2013, 06:08:37 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on October 20, 2013, 04:58:08 PM
Look at all the foreigners mad jelly in this thread. :american

Also, Gerald Ford was the longest living president and survived two assassination attempts. Who better to represent America, a shitty president who JUST. CANNOT. BE. STOPPED. You come at the king, you best not miss, brown people.

He actually survived 3 assassination attempts. The above gif, he is actually dodging a bullet. He is just playing it off as an easy going trip because that's how Gerald do.
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 20, 2013, 08:52:03 PM: Don't be mad that our aircraft carriers cost as much as your country's GDP :win
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2013, 09:02:58 PM: Fuck military complex.
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Post by: Boogie on October 20, 2013, 09:29:16 PM: Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on October 20, 2013, 09:02:58 PM
Fuck military complex.

An original and worthwhile contribution, as always, Himuro.
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2013, 09:30:28 PM: Must have had a bad day at the office today, huh? It is okay. You just need a hug.
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Post by: hampster on October 20, 2013, 09:32:29 PM: The This American Life episode about life on an aircraft carrier is one of my favorites
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Post by: Diunx on October 20, 2013, 10:19:27 PM: Quote from: Mary Tyler Whore on October 20, 2013, 08:52:03 PM
Don't be mad that our aircraft carriers cost as much as your country's GDP :win

lol I wish!
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: T234 on October 20, 2013, 10:43:23 PM: Yeah Boogie, ain't you got some NB First Nation to suppress?
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Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Himu on October 20, 2013, 11:23:10 PM: Boogie's job requires him to be hard. Don't hate on him, he just can't let it go when he's on the internet on a topic about a new carrier. We all must offer original and creative content for Boogie-san.
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Post by: T234 on October 20, 2013, 11:45:15 PM: Seems like Himu-Sama must have got some sand in his imagina.
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Post by: Himu on October 20, 2013, 11:57:45 PM: Imagina :lol
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Post by: Mandark on October 21, 2013, 12:14:35 AM: Himu, if anyone in this thread is giving the impression that they had a bad day at the office and "can't let it go," right now it ain't Boogie.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on October 21, 2013, 12:15:12 AM: I'm filing a patent for that as I write this.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on October 21, 2013, 12:50:00 AM: Quote from: T234 on October 20, 2013, 11:45:15 PM
Seems like Himu-Sama must have got some sand in his imagina.

omg :dead
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: chronovore on October 21, 2013, 04:13:29 AM: Quote from: T234 on October 20, 2013, 11:45:15 PM
Seems like Himu-Sama must have got some sand in his imagina.
:rofl
I was laughing so hard, I quit making any noise at all.
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 21, 2013, 06:26:35 AM: Quote from: T234 on October 20, 2013, 11:45:15 PM
Seems like Himu-Sama must have got some sand in his imagina.

:whoo
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Powerslave on October 22, 2013, 12:33:10 AM: does it have wifi
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Post by: pickle on October 23, 2013, 04:18:18 AM: You guys need another USS Franklin D. Roosevelt #bestpresident :american
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Post by: Steve Contra on October 23, 2013, 06:18:06 PM: Quote from: pickle on October 23, 2013, 04:18:18 AM
You guys need another USS Franklin D. Roosevelt #bestpresident :american
Maybe the top half of him

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Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on October 23, 2013, 07:07:05 PM: Quote from: Atramental on October 20, 2013, 03:55:53 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/6PBkkGY.gif)

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt2p5mvN9G1qmf6e5.jpg)
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 23, 2013, 07:24:33 PM: Quote from: Steve Contra on October 23, 2013, 06:18:06 PM
Quote from: pickle on October 23, 2013, 04:18:18 AM
You guys need another USS Franklin D. Roosevelt #bestpresident :american
Maybe the top half of him

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Honestly, slap some braces on the old one and that bitch will run so long, they'll pass laws limiting the the service time a carrier can have.
Title: Re: America's newest aircraft carrier
Post by: Brehvolution on October 23, 2013, 09:09:02 PM: Quote from: Steve Contra on October 23, 2013, 06:18:06 PM
Quote from: pickle on October 23, 2013, 04:18:18 AM
You guys need another USS Franklin D. Roosevelt #bestpresident :american
Maybe the top half of him

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The bottom half of the carrier is metal also.