this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2024
220 points (87.2% liked)
NonCredibleDiplomacy
743 readers
31 users here now
Shitposting about geopolitics, diplomacy, and current events for shits and giggles
Rules
1. Be nice
Do not make personal attacks against each other, call for violence against anyone, or intentionally antagonize people in the comment sections.
2. Explain bad diplomacy takes
If you want to post a non-credible take, it must be from a "credible" source (news article, politician, or military leader) and must have a comment laying out exactly why it's non-credible. Low-hanging fruit such as random Twitter and YouTube comments belong elsewhere.
3. Content must be relevant
Posts must be about international diplomacy. This is not the page to fawn over Youtube personalities, simp over political leaders, or talk about military tactics or equipment. There are other places for that.
4. No racism / hatespeech
No slurs. No advocating for the killing of people or insulting them based on physical, religious, or ideological traits.
5. No politics
We don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Stalinist, Baathist, or some other hot mess. Please leave it at the door. This applies to comments as well.
6. No seriousposting
We don't want your fundraisers, credible news articles, or other such things. The world is already serious enough as it is.
7. No classified material
Classified ‘western’ information is off limits regardless of how "open source" and "easy to find" it is.
8. Source artwork
If you use somebody's art in your post or as your post, the OP must provide a direct link to the art's source in the comment section, or a good reason why this was not possible (such as the artist deleting their account). The source should be a place that the artist themselves uploaded the art. A booru is not a source. A watermark is not a source.
9. No low-effort posts
No egregiously low effort posts. E.g. screenshots, recent reposts, simple reaction & template memes, and images with the punchline in the title.
10. Don't get us banned
No brigading or harassing other communities. Do not post memes with a "haha people that I hate died… haha" punchline or violating the sh.itjust.works rules (below). This includes content illegal in Canada.
11. No misinformation
NonCredibleDiplomacy exists to make fun of misinformation, not to spread it. Make outlandish claims, but if your take doesn’t show signs of satire or exaggeration it will be removed. Misleading content may result in a ban. Regardless of source, don’t post obvious propaganda or fake news. Double-check facts and don't be an idiot.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You're thinking of a different phenomenon, wherein nothing the protagonist does changes the end result.
You could remove Indy from Raiders and it still ends with the Nazis opening the ark and dying.
Yeah but Marion would probably be dead. The Nazis probably would've killed her and took the medallion at the beginning.
It's a classic "the real treasure is the friends we made along the way" kind of story. But because of an explanation popularized by the Big Bang Theory, people seem to be missing the point of the movie. I mean they have to literally look away from the Ark sor they'd be dead. Earlier, Indy leaves Marion as a prisoner of the Nazis to go after the Ark. Later he's willing to blow it up to get her back. There's a character arc there, learning occurs. The whole point is that everything Indy is doing to get the Ark is pointless because the Ark doesn't matter as much as Marion.
It's also the point of basically every Indiana Jones movie. Temple of Doom: Saving the village is more important than than the "fortune and glory" Indy could get from those stones. Last Crusade: Henry Jones Sr. realizes his son is more important than the Holy Grail and tells him to let it go.