Stage hands wore it so you wouldn't see them come move shit around

Most likely real ninjas just wore ordinary clothes

Probably did dress in black to sneak around at night and assassinate people

I did see a thing on real ninja. outfits that have survived to today were actually navy blue, as without electronic light that's the colour the sky takes

Yeah the real ninjas used peasant weapons and would’ve worn common clothes.

Hence the nunchaku

A tool for harvesting rice

Most of those peasant weapons were tools

Oh, this stick? That's not a weapon sir, it's a walking stick because I'm old

Yeah exactly.

Weren’t there laws at that time against common people carrying weapons?

I know that only samurai were allowed to have a katana and a wakizashi.

Only samurai could have a katana

Peasants could have a wakizashi because it's short. There was a regulation length

If a commoner did not show respect to a samurai by kneeling etc, the samurai was legally allowed to behead him for it

But, the commoner was also allowed to defend himself as long as he didn't strike first

But also a halfway decent sword was not cheap

There's an interesting article on a lot of sites about medieval prices, taken from historical documents, sales records etc

I saw one time that a full suit of European knight armor would be like owning a private jet today.

A custom-fit private jet

Duke of Gloucester's armor was worth 103 pounds

Equal to 5,150 days labor for a skilled trade

Or US$82,000 today

anyone wanna talk about the vietnamese dong?

Hahaha

Mail was about 500 days labor or $4,700

Like 4x what a modern soldier wears

Damn

alright

so its justifiable to have an exoskeleton now?

i mean

its like knight armor but better

Mercenary knight wage was about $60 a day

Nobody should get anything new in the army until they allow beards

Nunchaku for harvesting rice? Wat?

You mean a kunai or kama right?

Also cant have a beard it messes up facial recognition in Gundams

Nunchaku are for beating the shit out of the rice stalks I think

Some pilots in G Gundam had beards

And Galan Mossa

Idk

Wiki says its Okinawa martial arts weapon

I'm gonna tell 1st sgt, you think beards are unprofessional? Are you saying Robert E Lee was unprofessional???

Yes

All officers are

Thats why that cant be trusted with the american flag ever

Always enlisted

Same with guidon and other flags except for change of commands

http://civilwarsaga.com/famous-civil-war-soldiers/

Confederate units elected their company grade officers. Field grade were appointed by the state in some regiments, elected by the company grade officers in others

Union was similar until halfway through the war

And the government generally picked people with experience. Not like today's shitshow

Still cant be trusted with the flag

All those rules were made before the US was

Modern officers make up lies about facial hair

Hell they go back to Rome

British system was purchase of commissions

I meant relative to the flags

Rank was bought if there was a vacancy, promotion the same way

I meant relative to the officer corps

Still werent allowed to carry the colors

They did once

The lowest ranked officer, Ensign/Cornet/Subaltern was the standard bearer

Rarely someone with experience, and could be as young as 14

Beards weren't common then because of fashion

They're banned by the same bastard who obsesses over white vs green socks

And those rules are enforced by thrice-divorced first sgts and platoon sgts who believe the army is God and is always right no matter what

We cannot drink alcohol because it may offend the Afghan soldiers, who are drinking alcohol with the Euros

Standing in line for two hours will make you a better warrior

Sunday I kneel in front of the altar and make the sign of the cross. Monday, they kneel in front of the commander's desk and make the sign of the army. Which is to finger themselves in the ass

Cant drink alcohol because most drunks cause problems down range

How do you know if alcohol is banned?

Why doesn't every other coalition army have that problem?

Why don't the Chinese, Koreans, and Russians have that problem?

1st sergeant lied to you

The only thing even remotely realistic about Naruto was the Land of Iron. A Samurai military power was the only thing close to realism since feudal Japan had Samurai as the main force, and Ninjas were just for espionage, spying, and whatnot.

Yeah sort of. Samurai were the real warriors and officers but the bulk of the army were poor expendable conscripts

Yeah rip.

Thankfully Land of Iron is that one guy who believes in 2A because everyone there has swords and some knowledge and experience in Kenjutsu and Iaido lmao.

Tobirama was pretty cool too.

DEPORT THE UCHIHAS

There was a law in Britain in the medieval period, you had to own certain weapons and armor depending on your net worth and income

That would be like today...all fast food workers must own a Hi-Point...all retail workers must own a pump shotgun...all skilled tradesmen must own ARs

The law explicitly said it was not really for military reasons but because there was so much crime and none of the local authorities were doing jack shit

Interestingly if you owned the amount of land to support one knights household you had to own mail, helmet, shield, and lance...but if you owned more land, you had to own multiples of equipment

So basically if you have a small house you own an AR...but if you have twice as much land, you have to own two ARs

"Those who live in the woods that can come out" had to own a bow and arrow. I dunno if that refers to hillbillies or homeless people

Continued in European channel

Well couldn't settle on any particular time period so decided to get a giant book about all of Chines history

Also cant recall the artists name but someone here shared his song Nothing To My Name and really liking his music

Cui Jian

Father of Chinese rock

He's an interesting guy. Check out this photo of him at a bigass public concert

Can't imagine what that red blindfold represents.

He has a song called A Piece of Red Cloth... government shut down the concert when he pulled this stunt

He was banned from major venues and radio in the 90s but in the mid 2000s he was kinda forgiven and became big again

He criticizes both sides in a way...of course communism and censorship is wrong, but also under Maoism, everyone had a job. When they opened the market, they started closing state enterprises. A lot of people lost their jobs, some of my family included. It highlights another evil of communism, that even when it dies, its curse lives on and its ghost will still haunt a nation.

He participated in Tiananmen also

Reminds me of towards the end of Shen Yun when they talked about that stuff and how the play is banned there

Haven't seen it but their posters are everywhere

Tiananmen changed a lot of things for better and for worse. It made a lot of things more strict but it also was a huge eye opener for the government.