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[Diamondback 2/2]

lol, that's just sad.

No question about it in my mind, some of the best warriors I've known personally were in fact Marines......but I'd never tell them that and wouldn't hesitate to put a squared away Soldier up against a squared away Marine. But for the masses, I would say the USMC has a better product (run of the mill, light infantry).

That said Marine Infantry is not the same as Rangers, neither is any other Army Infantry unit. There is a reason they are called the "premiere light infantry" as they are.

 

[Mad boomer]

What's really embarrassing is that the authors served in the Marine Corps and wrote these fanboy idiotic articles.

What's interesting is they published this, the brevity of the article and lack of completeness and depth of content. The title was way over the top... A short article, very cool (as in slick) and well done pics, its hard to believe this is modern journalism. But it is! Kind of like a recruitment brochure. I think it's just the splash appeal thing, short attention span focus audience. This seems to be a mainstream publication.

 

[Salt USMC]

I see that they're copying the Buzzfeed style of vapid news reporting

1. Put up a sensationalist headline
2. Recycle pictures or gifs from the internet
3. Put a short caption on each
4. ????????
5. Profit!

Don't get me wrong, I like Buzzfeed sometimes. When they actually produce original content, it tends to be pretty good. But 90% of their stuff is "15 ways you know you're a totally random and cool guy", with accompanying subtitled gifs from "Parks and Rec" and other shows that may be tangentially related to the topic. It's very low-effort and superficial.

EDIT: As if to prove my point, here's their top story right now http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/what-no-one-tells-you-about-becoming-a-parent

 

[Sendero]

From a pure Website publishing perspective. My guess is it has a title tag optimized for SEO and keyword research with responsive design and mobile users in mind. Thumb scrolling without having to read small text.

Driving search traffic and in that ad revenue. Add on the teaser links which people click on driving more page view's and ad revenue. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[Mad boomer]

I see that they're copying the Buzzfeed style of vapid news reporting
1. Put up a sensationalist headline
2. Recycle pictures or gifs from the internet
3. Put a short caption on each
4. ????????
5. Profit!
Don't get me wrong, I like Buzzfeed sometimes. When they actually produce original content, it tends to be pretty good. But 90% of their stuff is "15 ways you know you're a totally random and cool guy", with accompanying subtitled gifs from "Parks and Rec" and other shows that may be tangentially related to the topic. It's very low-effort and superficial.
EDIT: As if to prove my point, here's their top story right now http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/what-no-one-tells-you-about-becoming-a-parent

Well said!

 

[Salt USMC]

From a pure Website publishing perspective. My guess is it has a title tag optimized for SEO and keyword research with responsive design and mobile users in mind. Thumb scrolling without having to read small text.

Driving search traffic and in that ad revenue. Add on the teaser links which people click on driving more page view's and ad revenue. Rinse. Repeat.

This makes too much sense. Stop it!

 

[Sendero]

This makes too much sense. Stop it!

Ha! I said the same as you, I just nerded out a little bit.

 

[fox1371]

Here we go...the old "Rangers vs. Marines" battle.

Rangers are just the Divas of the Infantry. All they care about is looking like they're more special than they really are...It's okay. We get it.

 

[Mad boomer]

Here we go...the old "Rangers vs. Marines" battle.
Rangers are just the Divas of the Infantry. All they care about is looking like they're more special than they really are...It's okay. We get it.

I wouldn't make a comparison...

 

[xGenoSiide]

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I agree with you in respect to the quality of the article. My coworkers and I could do nothing more than laugh, but when I have PJs and Controllers an arm's length away, I'm going to give them shit. Nothing wrong with some friendly ribbing.

 

[TLDR20]

The next person who posts something about a comparison of units will have me lobbying for a temp ban to the admins. It is pretty clearly understood that this is not the site for that, and we dogpile people for posting questions or comments like that regularly.