Why tf are they advertising cruise missiles to the general public with epic anime videos?

I don't know why I keep breaking the bot I'm so confused. thurston

  • pastalicious [he/him, undecided]
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    2 months ago

    That company is owned by Palmer Luckey, the guy who made the oculus rift and ran nimble America in 2016. Every time you think you’ve heard the last of some awful grifter they show up again somewhere worse.

    • hypercracker
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      2 months ago

      The LA times ran this profile of him not long ago: https://www.latimes.com/la-influential/story/2024-06-30/palmer-luckey-anduril

      Anduril means "flame of the west" btw it's not exactly subtle

      Their business model differs from most defense giants because they develop the "product" (mass murder machine) first before selling it to the government, all the others do it on contract according to requirements. So it makes sense they would do ads like this I guess.

      I had one of their recruiters reach out to me on linkedin recently and was like heeeeellllllll no.