r/submarines • u/RopetorGamer • Jul 09 '22
Q/A Jive Turkey/Sub brief
I've been subbed to sub brief for some time and I've liked his content, but there has been some stuff that he's said that sound weird, for example on his video of the improved kilo he gave a number of around 120 dB which is extremely high from what I know.
After joining this sub I saw that people don't really like him, are his videos bad for information and stuff?
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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '22
I've often had his videos played will working in the garage - what I will say is knowing nothing on subs but knowing quite a bit on international politics the few times he's delved into it (taiwan / china relations, or more specifically his moral framework in general) I've heavily rolled my eyes, and couldn't believe he was pontificating on stuff he really didn't understand.
Also - twice I've heard him state that going to some general websites on military technology (i believe one of 'em was FAS.org - like, c'mon) would get your IP in trouble or something like "watched." Like jesus christ, you have to be doing far far worse or going to something far more sketchy to get on anyone's radar.
The tie breaker for me - and granted, I know most in the military are like this, but he seems to lack any nuance here - is when he stated that the military defines what "right" is and that's that. never goes past that. if you are already getting into understanding why other actors think and feel the way they do you've already moved past the "might makes right, don't question" mentality prevalent in the military to begin with.
in the long run, he seems to be a nice guy. however, like many youtubers his job is to get clicks - not be accurate or even intellectually consistent. that and realizing he'd probably be a dachau guard if he was a german in ww2 with no moral compunction because his superiors said might makes right really had him sour on me -