POV 2026, you’re in Russia…
this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2025
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The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
Back up off me, I can barely handle one of y'all
Context: Tripple Alliance War
The extra P is what you get back home if you survive.
At least half those women would've been taken as slaves or trophies by the winning armies
"Fun" fact: Francisco Solano Lopez, who was ruling Paraguay back then, was a narcissistic psychopath and the biggest danger to the population. His secret police would often arrest "disloyal" people and many would end up executed. Churches had to effectively put him up with, if not above, Jesus. Any military officer that dared to tell him his combat plans were shit, or dared not follow his plans, was also at significant risk of being executed.
Sounds like the annoying orange these days.
That man would be a boy and there would be no girls at school.