โฒ 391 โผ Amends (2018-05-23) (discuss.online) submitted 1 year ago by m_f@discuss.online to c/pbf@discuss.online 292 comments fedilink hide all child comments ๐
[โ] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 21 points 1 year ago (9 children) Went to war and only killed one dude? permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (4 children) For a Vietnam vet, statistically it was more likely to be his CO than an enemy combatant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) what's CO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Commanding Officer. A practice known as "fragging" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* That's going to be an awkward encounter: "Hey Dave, how's death treating you? I'd like to say I'm sorry for fragging you, but it would be a lie. You absolutely had it coming and I saved a lot of lives that day" permalink fedilink source parent [โ] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago As it should be. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] festus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) The average soldier kill rate (of other soldiers) can't exceed 1; if one side does really well with a high average, the other side necessarily did poorly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] festus@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* Put it another way - imagine a super bloody war with 1 million soldiers who all killed each other. You have 1 million kills, divided by the 1 million soldiers, creating a 1.0 soldier kill rate. If any soldiers survived, the rate drops. Obviously you can get a number above 1 if you place civilian deaths in the numerator but not denominator; but in the "ideal" war where civilians are safe it can't exceed 1. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago Thats not unusual i would think. If you get injured in your first encounter then thats a pretty likely outcome. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago Aka an infinite k/d and we don't know his assists permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (4 children) For a Vietnam vet, statistically it was more likely to be his CO than an enemy combatant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) what's CO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Commanding Officer. A practice known as "fragging" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* That's going to be an awkward encounter: "Hey Dave, how's death treating you? I'd like to say I'm sorry for fragging you, but it would be a lie. You absolutely had it coming and I saved a lot of lives that day" permalink fedilink source parent [โ] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago As it should be. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) what's CO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Commanding Officer. A practice known as "fragging" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* That's going to be an awkward encounter: "Hey Dave, how's death treating you? I'd like to say I'm sorry for fragging you, but it would be a lie. You absolutely had it coming and I saved a lot of lives that day" permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Commanding Officer. A practice known as "fragging" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* That's going to be an awkward encounter: "Hey Dave, how's death treating you? I'd like to say I'm sorry for fragging you, but it would be a lie. You absolutely had it coming and I saved a lot of lives that day" permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* That's going to be an awkward encounter: "Hey Dave, how's death treating you? I'd like to say I'm sorry for fragging you, but it would be a lie. You absolutely had it coming and I saved a lot of lives that day" permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 year ago As it should be. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] festus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) The average soldier kill rate (of other soldiers) can't exceed 1; if one side does really well with a high average, the other side necessarily did poorly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [โ] festus@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* Put it another way - imagine a super bloody war with 1 million soldiers who all killed each other. You have 1 million kills, divided by the 1 million soldiers, creating a 1.0 soldier kill rate. If any soldiers survived, the rate drops. Obviously you can get a number above 1 if you place civilian deaths in the numerator but not denominator; but in the "ideal" war where civilians are safe it can't exceed 1. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] festus@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* Put it another way - imagine a super bloody war with 1 million soldiers who all killed each other. You have 1 million kills, divided by the 1 million soldiers, creating a 1.0 soldier kill rate. If any soldiers survived, the rate drops. Obviously you can get a number above 1 if you place civilian deaths in the numerator but not denominator; but in the "ideal" war where civilians are safe it can't exceed 1. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago Thats not unusual i would think. If you get injured in your first encounter then thats a pretty likely outcome. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago Aka an infinite k/d and we don't know his assists permalink fedilink source parent
