• PugJesus@piefed.socialM
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    “It’s winter! How are you even going to move your logistics train through the snow and rough terrain?”

    Mongol, on top of a horse: “What, like it’s hard?”

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      Why would we bring supplies with us, when villages full of free provisions are all over the place?

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        I know this is a joke about the Mongols’ well-known pillaging, but it might be interesting to know that pillaging for supplies was the major supply source of almost all pre-modern armies. The exceptional part of the Mongols’ strategic mobility/logistical advantage comes from being able to transport all of those goods via horse (rather than foot or even cart), and by being able to keep a detachment of traditional nomads accompanying the army closely to maintain their herds of animals as a mobile food source. Very handy for resupply deep in enemy territory!

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    If Ron Swanson is labeled “mongols” you don’t need to edit what the “permit” says. If you leave it as “I can do whatever I want” the joke is funnier.

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    Ron really fucked up that barbecue.

    Even if he were to slaughter the pig, which is fine, it takes a while to process and clean it and get the grill up to temperature.

    So if he was doing a suckling pig it would have been hours before food was ready.

    Which would have been fine if he had just indicated the approximate time when they would eat.