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allegorical oracle

(5,499 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:06 PM Jun 10

Mean no disrespect to veterans, but just viewed an aerial photo of tanks being taken into DC [View all]

for the big parade. A long line of trucks or rail with dozens of gray tanks aboard. Frankly, they all look alike.

What is the fascination with tanks?? Seems that if you've seen one tank, you've seen most tanks. Big, gray hulks of steel with guns. Accept that each has its special use. But boring beyond words unless you're into tanks, especially given the costs that moving them into the city entails (plus necessary road reconstruction).

Are they some sort of power symbol that I don't get?

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Mean no disrespect to veterans, but just viewed an aerial photo of tanks being taken into DC [View all] allegorical oracle Jun 10 OP

No clue. Guessing compensating... SheltieLover Jun 10 #1

With a penis as small and limp as Trump's C_U_L8R Jun 10 #2

Yes... And plenty of MAGA males share this insecurity quite obviously hlthe2b Jun 10 #4

Precisely. (Horse) mounted police officers are way sexier to me. Tanks, well, allegorical oracle Jun 10 #13

Sadly, horses are abused... TommyT139 Jun 10 #27

On that note I heard tRump threw a fit when they were going to display a mushroom shaped missile. nt ImNotGod Jun 10 #12

It still would be more exhilarating than a rectangular block of gray steel. allegorical oracle Jun 10 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 10 #30

Hmmmm... GP6971 Jun 10 #31

Echoing That Hmmmm ProfessorGAC Jun 10 #32

Sounds serious Torchlight Jun 10 #33

He's copying Saddam Hussein UpInArms Jun 10 #3

Well, if that's an omen as to how things will work out with djt, it's impressive. allegorical oracle Jun 10 #15

Same as big guns, big trucks, loud cars...etc. CousinIT Jun 10 #5

His VROOM!! VROOM!! , ran out of gas. Ping Tung Jun 10 #9

Nothing says Happy Birthday! like rolling tanks through the streets Torchlight Jun 10 #6

Golf carts would be more appropriate for Bone Spur Donnie. Ping Tung Jun 10 #7

Which rather suggests he's have a vicarious military experience. Cravings for power. bucolic_frolic Jun 10 #10

Sounds good to me! Abolishinist Jun 10 #20

bicycle motorcycle car pickup truck giant lifted pickup truck TANK LeftinOH Jun 10 #8

These kind of displays were considered unnecessary Klarkashton Jun 10 #11

It's a show of force. Look what we got! underpants Jun 10 #16

Many tanks is a lot scarier than one tank. Ocelot II Jun 10 #17

Great explanation -- the long line thingy. So, it doesn't matter if you're the most powerful allegorical oracle Jun 10 #19

It's reassuring for men worried about the size of their penis. Remember Trump has tiny hands and fingers surfered Jun 10 #18

Nobody should refer to the event as Danascot Jun 10 #21

Tanks Are Big, Ugly, and Mean-Looking MineralMan Jun 10 #22

Hah. Can you imagine a parade with a flyover of buzzing little drones & no tanks? Hekate Jun 10 #24

Depends. You can have them make pretty formations in the sky. MineralMan Jun 10 #25

This has nothing to do with veterans, nor any active duty personnel. It's his Generalissimo complex... Hekate Jun 10 #23

Tanks are obsolete. Trump is obsolete. Tariffs are obsolete. usonian Jun 10 #26

Tiananmen Square Protests 1989 Onthefly Jun 10 #28

Ex-tanker here; also current tank enthusiast. Aristus Jun 10 #29

Yup, also susceptible to drones Metaphorical Jun 10 #34

Every generation of tank has faced an anti-tank weapon that everyone insisted would put an end to the age of tanks. Aristus Jun 10 #35

Most likely Metaphorical Jun 14 #36

It'd be way cheaper and easier Sparkly Jun 14 #37